Auburn Grapples With Crippled Squad Ahead of Big Games
Auburn News notes a frail lineup with Thigpen, Arnold, and Kearley sidelined or limited by injuries as midterm exams restrict practice. Coach Donahue plans a Wednesday session after exams and prepares for a demanding schedule including Tech Vanderbilt and Georgia. Louisell stands out for punting and tackling while Hart and Hairston recover.
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Carlisle
Mississippi A
Tech
Vanderbilt
Georgia
Isle
Mercer
Thigpen
Arnold
University of Florida
Donahue
Kearley
Mississippi
Louisell
Hart
Prendergast
C. C. Robinson
Hairston
Gridiron Warriors
Thach
Feds Threaten Movements Stir a Roster Rumor Mill
Britton of the St. Louis Cardinals seeks to win Polly Perritt and Ivy Wingo back from the Feds. Bresnahan presses for 45000 to release Henry O Day and offers 15000 to lead the Cubs. Dooin says he resigned, Stallings eyeing a deal. legal clashes loom as the St. Louis Feds and Cincinnati Nationals head to trial.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Polly Perritt
Ivy Wingo
Cardinal
Feds
Wingo
Pérritt
St. Louis
Dooin
George Stallings
Cincinnati Nationals
Wildcat liquor stills deemed real in Marion County
Special report from Montgomery notes nine illegal stills destroyed in Marion County near Hamilton in ten days. Townes, Examiner of Accounts, says farmers claim the European war is a myth used by newspapers to push cotton prices. The piece mocks war hysteria while recounting local law enforcement activity amid wartime rhetoric.
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Marion County
Hamilton
Charles L. Townes
Townes
Examiner Townes
Europe
The
Couny
Federal League to be discussed at Omaha meet
The National Commission plans representation at the National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues meeting in Omaha November 10 to 12, likely Byron Bancroft Johnson president of the American League. A strong move to bring the Federal League into organized baseball was anticipated, though Johnson offered no comment.
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National Commission
Omaha
National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues
Byron Bancroft Johnson
American League
Johnson
Federal League
Checkers Champion Demonstrates 12-At-Time Strategy in Mobile
E L Gensberg of New York, United States juvenile checker champion, tours the country giving exhibitions. In Mobile he will play a dozen or more opponents at once at the Y M C A and challenge any man woman or child to test their skill. He claims mastery comes from mathematics and scientific study, noting a 30 to 60 second defeat of average players. He plans to meet Alfred Jordan in Kansas City for a $500 purse and was born in Munich before moving to New York in 1911.
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E. L. Gensberg
New York
United States
Mobile
Gensberg
Chicago
Munich
Bavaria
New York City
Reinforcements for Maytorena on the Way
Reinforcements for Governor Maytorena are expected to arrive hourly from Ensenada to Nogales Sonora. The load includes 76 mules and 16 mountain guns. Report also notes unchanged Naco situation and Carranza garrison reinforcement at Agua Prieta. Sweden closes public houses Saturdays while savings banks stay open late.
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Associated Press
Washington
Maytorena
Nogales
Sonora
Ensenada
War Department
Bliss
Naco
Carranza
Agua Prieta
Sweden
Insane Shreveport Man Accused of Strangling Two Children
Associated Press report from Shreveport Louisiana states Roland Williamson an attorney is alleged to have strangled to death two of his children a girl aged 8 years and an infant son while they slept. Two other children were unharmed. Williamson was found away from home in night clothes and jailed. He is believed insane.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Ila
Roland Williamson
Williamson
Officers To Instruct Fruitdale Infantry
Lieut. Col. F. M. Maddox with Sergeant Sweeney and Capt. Mahign depart Saturday night for Fruitdale Alabama to inspect and instruct a platoon of M company First infantry A N G.
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Fruitdale Infantry
F. M. Maddox
First Infantry
Sweeney
U.S. A
Mahign
Mobile Rifles
Fruitdale
Ala
M Company
Passenger fare increases suspended by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended until January 29 a proposed advance in passenger fares set to take effect November 1. The increase, about one quarter of a mile in average distance, would affect routes on the Oregon Short Line via Salt Lake or Ogden and the Denver and Rio Grande to points east and south of Denver.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon
Eight Airships Reported Moving Westward Over Border
Eight airships were sighted passing Hasselt on the German Belgian frontier bound westward toward Brussels and Antwerp. The dispatch notes Zeppelin sheds were reported under construction at those cities, per a Rotterdam report to the Daily Mail.
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Associated Press
London
Hasselt
Brussels
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Daily Mail
Longtime superintendent Van Hassalt dies in Campeche
Mr. Van Hassalt, longtime superintendent of the New York and Mexican Whiting Company at Campeche Yucatan Mexico, died in Campeche on Monday. He was a native of Holland and had resided in Yucatan for years, regarded as an able whiting engineer in Mexico.
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New York and Mexican Whiting Company
Campeche
Yucatan
Mex
E. H. Fleming
Holland
Meixco
Americans defeat Nationals in tight all star clash
The American League All Stars edged the National Stars 1 to 0 in Walla Walla, with Tesreau and Clark contributing for the winners and Bush and Henry noted among the players.
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Nationals
Walla Walla
Wash
American League All Stars
National Stars
Tesreau and Clark
Bush
Henry
German Americans to Meet in Pensacola
Mobile branch of the German American Alliance will be well represented at the general council meeting for Alabama and Florida to be held in Pensacola November 23. Pensacola Chamber of Commerce assists in arranging entertainment for visiting delegates from the two states. Sessions will be in the municipal building.
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Mobile
Highest church spire at Ulm Cathedral tops world
Ulm Cathedral in Wurtemberg claims the world’s tallest church spire at 533 feet, a landmark noted for its height and architectural prominence.
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Ulm
Wurtemberg
Bender Refutes Quit Claim In World Series Debate
Philadelphia October 29 Chief Bender, Athletic pitcher, declares he would pitch until his uniform is torn. He denies plans to retire after Christy Mathewson criticized him. Bender says he was in peak condition during the recent World Series.
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Bender
Chief Bender
Christy Mathewson
Church People Plan Boosting Convention
Washington Oct 29 plans for holding a boosting convention in Chicago early in 1915 were made at the concluding meeting inaugurating the campaign to raise 5 000 000 during 1915 for the support of retired ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Representatives from other denominations addressed the conference explaining similar movements in their churches.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sisters Fulfill Side Pact of Ten Years Past
New York Oct 29 Two Brooklyn sisters Mrs Julia R McKay and Miss Jennie Roynel died in Venice after a self inflicted death pact made ten years earlier when funds ran out They hid poverty from friends leaving fifty seven cents found at their deaths Evidence included store labels in hats and a ring inscription They sold their Brooklyn home after their father died and lived on art proceeds Friends said they planned to end their lives when money ended with a vase as a farewell token and omen of misfortune.
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New York
Venice
Julia R. McKay
Jennie Roynel
Brooklyn
Levell
Level
Deal to Make Starr Manager Stopped in Chattanooga
Chattanooga club president Andrews refused a deal trading Third Baseman Bill Elwert for Second Baseman Charlie Starr to become Montgomery’s manager. Negotiations may reopen at the Southern League Birmingham meeting, but no agreement seems likely. McCormick plans more signings and withholds progress notes to keep moves secret from the Federals.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Bill Elwert
Charlie Starr
Montgomery Billikins
Andrews
Birmingham
Montgomery
Starr
Fred Graff
Elwert
Wilcox
McCormick
Federals
New York
Germans Shipping Submarines by Rail to Sea at Ostend
A Sluis dispatch says parts of several submarines were moved by railway from Gershging to Zeebrugge on the coast to be assembled and launched to attack the British fleet off Ostend. Movements are kept secret amid Belgian and German secrecy.
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Amsterdam
Sluis
Holland
Handelsblad
Gershging
Zebrugge
Gian
Theent
Gium
Officers School of Instruction Held at Armory
A school of instruction for officers of Mobile battalion first infantry A N G was held Wednesday night at the armory with good attendance. The session was directed by Sergeants Sweeney and Pahnke of the regular establishment.
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First Infantry
Sweeney
Pahnke
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