Crowns Defeat Barneys in Slow Winter League Game
Crowns extend win streak on Monroe Park diamond as Barneys fail to field well and Murphy surrenders 23 Fly balls. Finnegan limits Barneys to two scratch hits while Charles Schmidt of the Mobile team fields at first base but struggles in warmup before delivering when at work.
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Southern Association
Gene Paulet
Schmidt
Mobile
Ery
Higgins
Candy Kid
Walsh
Farnell
Turner
AB. R.H. Po.a. E. Oom
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Bea Obey
Barney -Cav
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Ae Schmidt
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Beardsley
Leree Wcaiera
Eas
Barney-Cav
Thomas
Norton
Denny
Brown
Murphy
Betancourt
Cosminsky
Southern teams show form in week of football action
Southern teams led by Vanderbilt Texas Georgia Tech and Tennessee piled up large scores while Auburn Georgia Tulane Sewanee and Texas won decisively. Georgia beat Citadel 39 to 0 as Vanderbilt reached 101 points. Tennessee triumphed 80 to 0 over Central. Georgia Tech routed Transylvania 57 to 0. Florida held Sewanee to seven. Tulane defeated Spring Hill 35 to 13. Eastern teams Harvard Yale Princeton and Cornell won, Navy tied with Penn, Colgate beat Army.
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Georgia Tech
University of Tennessee
Auburn
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Tulane
Sewanee
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Yale
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Henderson Brown
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Cornell
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Army
Colgate
Yaie
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Mahan
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Lafayette
Bucknell
Stockholders Vow To Keep Local Franchise In Jackson
A Jackson stockholders meeting is planned for November to decide the fate of the Southern League franchise. President T. E. Jackson asserts no transfer to Evansville or Knoxville will occur without protest. The Birmingham league meeting October 30 will reveal plans, with a belief the Jackson franchise will stay for 1916 and possibly be controlled by a group of men.
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T. E. Jackson
Locaky Association
R. H. Baugh
Southern League
Evansville
Ind
Knoxville
The
Baseball Association
Evansville Eyes Mobile Franchise in Southern League
Evansville Indiana has reportedly negotiated with Mobile Alabama for the Southern League franchise. President Baugh of the Southern Association declined to confirm or deny the report, saying Knoxville Tennessee and Evansville have been negotiating but offering no definite statement.
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Evansville
Mobile
Birmingham
Ala
Baugh
Southern Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
Ind
Knoxville
Bancroft To Lead All Stars West Tour Nine
In Chicago on October 18 baseball stars from the American and National Leagues prepare to depart Tuesday night on a tour of the Northwest and West. Frank R Bancroft Cincinnati Reds business manager will supervise the trip. The Americans lineup includes Klepfer Ayres James Harper Cady Hoblitzell Mullen Schang Shanks Walker Roth Strunk Pipp. The Nationals lineup features Coombs Alexander Pfeffer Vaughn Miller McCarty Daubert Evers Groh Fisher Carey Kilifer Magee. The tour runs until November 23.
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Northwest
West
Frank R Bancroft
Cincinnati Reds
Klepfer
Ayres
James
Harper
Henry
Cady
Hoblitzell
Mullen
W. Schang
Shanks
Walker
Roth
Strunk
Pipp
Nationals
Coombs
Alexander
Pfeffer
Vaughn
Miller
McCarty
Daubert
Evers
Groh
Fisher
Carey
Killifer
Magee
The Winning of Barbara Worth at Amusements Lyric
The Quality Theatre presents the new scenic production of The Winning of Barbara Worth Tuesday matinee and night Harold Bell Wright's book adapts to stage with vivid desert prologue and mirages. The company is unusually strong and seats are on sale now.
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Quality Theatre
Barbara Worth
Harold Bell Wright
Fifteenth Chapter of The Goddess Shown at Empire
The Empire presents the final chapter of The Goddess featuring Anita Stewart and Earle Williams in a highly popular serial photo play. Also on the program is Vitagraph Broadway Star feature Youth with Antonio Moreno and Frankie Mann in a strong three act drama. Admission 10c children 5c.
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Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
The
Empire
Vitagraph
Antonio Moreno
Frankie Mann
Biloxi Eyes Large Land Sale To Kansas City Colonists
Kansas City colonists promoters consider buying Harrison county land to attract Middle Western settlers to Biloxi. Rev. Richard W. Lewis says a movement may begin in the next months, with several hundred people possibly locating near Back Bay. A mass meeting will hear New York engineer Gerald Case outline seawall plans and methods for permanent sea defense, called by the city board and Biloxi Commercial Club.
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Biloxi
Miss
Kansas City
Harrison County
Richard W. Lewis
Lewis
New York City
Gerald
Case
M.S. I
Case Protection Company
Major leaguers to star in Orleans winter ball lineup
In New Orleans on October 18 the largest gathering of major league players for a winter series in the city was announced by organizers Billy Richardson and Tony Denapolis. Players from Boston Graves Philadelphia Nationals Cubs and Indians were discussed for upcoming games with Denapolis coordinating efforts and awaiting a National Baseball Commission ruling on a Federal League player’s participation.
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New Orleans
Billy Richardson
Tony Denapolis
Larry Gilbert
Boston Graves
Jack Adams
Philadelphia
Ed Holly
Cubs
Ray Chapman
Cleveland
Harry Smith
Brooklyn Feds
Denapolis
National Baseball Commission
Kid Lewis Looms as Winter Lightweight Sensation
Freddy Welsh faces a stiff start to the winter ring season with rivals eager for a title shot. Names like Willie Ritchie Charley White Joe Mandot Johnny Dundee and Kid Lewis loom as dangers as Lewis has already beaten Britton and Glover. Lewis is seen as a formidable challenger and potential season sensation.
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Kid Lewis
Brown Holmes
Freddy Welsh
Willie Ritchie
Welsh
Ritchie
Charley
Meek Released by Venice Minor League Club
Dad Meek, long time professional baseball player nicknamed the Lajoie of the minors, was released by the Venice Pacific Coast team. He had been signed to bridge the club’s crisis until Tub Spencer’s thumb recovered and was viewed as a potential pinch hitter.
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Dad Meek
Venice
Pacific Coast
Doc White
Meek
Tub Spencer
Dad
Lajoie
Fort Hamilton St. Louis Americans edge Walter Johnson 1 0 in duel
SPRINGFIELD MO October 18 Fort Hamilton of the St. Louis Americans defeated Walter Johnson in a pitchers duel. Springfield Independents edged Webb City MO team 1 to 0 as Hamilton pitched and struck out 14 while Johnson fanned seven and allowed five hits.
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Springfield
Fort Hamilton
St. Louis
Walter Johnson
Springfield Independents
Webb City
Hamilton
Johnson
Shore Stop Triumph Over Folkes in Amateur Mayhem
In a fast amateur clash the New York Shore Stop team beat Folkes Sunday on Kling's diamond. Dug Neele pitched for the Shoe Shops, allowing five hits with twelve strikeouts. McCue at first and M Neely at short starred. Neely and D Levi, Streb and Culivan listed, with Umpire Smith.
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New York Shore
Folkes
Kling
Neele
McCue
M. Neely
Bhoe
Saess
Neely
D. Levi
Streb
Culivan
Smith
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