Baugh Denies Shropshire Accusations Over Meeting Site
Robert H. Baugh president of the Southern Association replies to Clyde Shropshire alleging unfair criticism over choosing the directors meeting site. Baugh says the meeting will be held where the majority votes, with New Orleans or Nashville as options.
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New Orleans
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Coakley Rehired to Coach Columbia Baseball
Andrew J. Coakley, Holy Cross star and former Philadelphia Athletics pitcher, is re-engaged to coach Columbia baseball for a multi year term. He has spent three years at Columbia after coming from Williams College where he coached several seasons.
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Andrew J. Coakley
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Holy Cross
Philadelphia Athletics
Williams College
Baugh Proposes $10 Fine On Each Player Put Out
Southern Association president Robert H. Baugh announced a plan for a $10 automatic fine on any player put out of a game by an umpire. If he is president next year the fined player must pay before participating in another game, even in a double header.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Association
Robert H. Baugh
Association
Sweeping Amateur Sport Changes Recommended
The Amateur Athletic Union certification committee has completed its work and will present changes to the constitution at the November 20 annual convention. The most notable shifts redefine who qualifies as an amateur, following the general sports conference held in New York last winter under the Intercollegiate Association of the Amateur Athletes of America.
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Intercollegiate Association of the Amateur Athletes of America
Packing Plants Near Completion in Grand Bay and Irvington
Dr. C. F. B. Winberg president of the Gulf Coast Citrus Growers Association reports rapid progress on packing plants at Grand Bay and Irvington. Grand Bay building is finished with machinery being installed, Irvington packing house to be completed in a few days.
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Spring Hill Faces Birmingham College In 1916 Tilt
Spring Hill College gears up for a 3 PM Monroe Park game against Birmingham College. Coach Brown leads the visitors after a 6 6 draw with Monrovia foes. Expected lineups feature Ed O Dowd as captain and a full slate of backs and linemen from both sides.
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Ball Players Barred From Indoor Sports by Bank
Chicago October 26 Major league players are barred from exhibition indoor baseball basketball or football after the season. President Johnson of the American League announced the ban in reply to protests by Ball Players Fraternity president David L Fultz over fines on members for post season games. The contract clause requires written club consent to any exhibition game. Johnson cited the Hippodrome features as inseparable from such events.
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Norwegian pastor takes charge of Seamen's Mission
Rev. Lars Froyland of Norway arrived in Mobile Thursday afternoon to assume leadership of the Norwegian Seamen's Mission, succeeding Rev. Andreas Kielland who returned to Norway. He also oversees missions at Gulfport New Orleans and Pensacola. A reception is planned at the mission at Conception and Monroe streets Friday at 7 30 pm with music singing speeches and refreshments.
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Site Picked for New Boys Detention Home on County Tract
Committees from the Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners and the Boys Club selected the site on the County Poor Asylum tract. County commissioners will likely lease the land to the club for many years at the next meeting in November. Erection of the new buildings would begin in 1917 with plans to convert the old home into a girls rescue house if funds are raised. The site committee included A. G. Ward, R. L. Whatley, J. C. Bolton, County Engineer Fisher, Assistant Road Superintendent Joseph H. Jackson, Mrs. J. B. Waterman, and Mrs. J. P. Weinacker.
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New Blood Brought Into Election Fraud Probes
In Washington on October 26 Frank C. Dailey of Indianapolis former U S attorney for Indiana was named special assistant attorney general to lead investigations and prosecutions of election law violators in Indiana Ohio and Illinois. Assistant Attorney General Graham will handle the Washington end. The appointment followed a conference with Attorney General Gregory and Senator Taggert of Indiana. Reports of election fraud in the Middle West have surged to the Justice Department.
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Indianapolis
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Indiana
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Illinois
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McNamara Seeks Parole On 20 State Murder Charges
John J. McNamara former official of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers seeks parole from San Quentin on twenty murder counts. He pleaded guilty to dynamiting Llewellyn Iron Works and received 15 years. His brother James B. McNamara is serving life for killing Charles Haggerty in the Los Angeles Times bombing of 1910.
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Los Angeles
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International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
San Quentin Penitentiary
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James B. McNamara
San Quentin
Charles Haggerty
Los Angeles Times
Trinity Parish House Concert Tonight
A concert at Trinity parish house tonight at eight features the Trinity choir with soloists Vera Williams Ruth Krudop Doris eil and others. Performances include violin solos by Mrs Harris piano by Mrs Young readings by Miss Vera Williams and choral numbers under the choir direction.
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Traffic on Fifth Avenue Surges to 25000 Daily
New York Oct 26 A count by Fifth Avenue Association shows at Fifty second Street corner traffic reaches 25150 vehicles daily with 17151 north south and the rest east west. The study notes a twenty minute hourly interruption for cross traffic and urges opening parallel streets to relieve congestion.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Association
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Hughes Leaves On Last Leg Of Speaking Tour
Charles E. Hughes began the final stretch of his presidential campaign departing New York for three speeches in Hartford Providence and Boston with an evening meeting. He plans four days in New York state one day in Ohio and two in Indiana before returning to New York state for two more days of campaigning and a final Garden speech on November 4.
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William M. Chase dies at 67 in New York home
Renowned American artist William M. Chase died at his New York residence in the evening, in his sixty eighth year. The death marks the loss of a leading figure in US art, with Chase having long been celebrated for his contributions and influence in the field.
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