Virginia Military Institute Names 1913 Baseball Schedule
Special to The Washington Post Joxington Va Feb 2 After delays Bowles has completed VMI 1913 baseball schedule. Sixteen games planned twelve in Lexington and four away with strong opponents including St John’s North Carolina South Carolina Trinity and Kentucky State. The rubber match with VPI in Roanoke looms large. Battery weak yet material promising with new players and two good twirlers hoped to shore up Cox and Watt. Season begins March 26 hosting Randolph-Macon College and continues through April with key showdowns against St John’s Roanoke College North Carolina Trinity and Guilford.
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Creswell
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Roanoke College
Chapel Hall
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Lelington
Hampden Kidney College
Guilford College
Virginia
Yankees Will Live In Style In Bermuda Training Trip
New York manager A A Irwin arranges for Frank Chance and the New York players to sail March 1 on the Arcadian for Bermuda. Four in the party will stay at the Brunswick Hotel, with training on Hamilton grounds. The ship will provide premier meals and medical staff. Bermuda training aims to sharpen condition for the American League race.
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Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
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Hamilton Cricket Grounds
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Jersey City
International League
New Yorks
Skeetera
Former athlete marries after ten years as sweethearts
George L Isemann, a former Central High and YMCA baseball and track man, wed Miss Mercedes Cochran of Lynchburg Virginia in Baltimore yesterday afternoon. The bride, a Randolph-Macon School for Girls and Spencerian College graduate, surprised friends with a hasty nuptial.
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Central High
Mercedes Cochran
Lynchburg
Baltimore
Randolph-Macon School
Spencerian College
Washington DC
Refuse Rage Dates for Havre de Grace Track Sparks Court Battle
Baltimore Feb 2 Announcement that Harford County racing commission refused to grant racing dates to Havre de Grace Agricultural and Mechanical Fair and Racing Association signals a court fight. Backers seek 15 of 60 possible days, arguing fairness and no monopoly while Breeders track owners in Havre de Grace face a potential end to racing in Harford County.
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Thorpe Nearly Won Pirates Destiny In Dreyfuss Setback
Pittsburgh February story recalls Barney Dreyfuss a Pirate owner who would have kept crack star Ty Thorpe from the Giants if a year old promise to Thorpe’s attorney Robert Kennedy had not led to a different path. Dreyfuss says Thorpe honored the pledge and declined a probationary deal, preferring to wait for real worth.
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Lannigan Praises Referee Colliflower After Charlottesville Game
Virginia trainer Pop Lannigan lauds referee Jon Colliflower of Georgetown after a Charlottesville game with Virginia Military Institute. The praise suggests Colliflower will be in demand for Southern collegiate basketball, as Virginia and Georgetown officials commend his fair, precise officiating and calm presence.
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Pop” Lannigan
University of Virginia
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Georgetown University
Virginia Military Institute
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Washington
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Virginia
Collifiower
Georgetown
Charlottesville
Jim Colliflower
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Virginia Quint
Fred Rice
Orange and Blue
Washington and Lee
Lynchburg
State of Virginia
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Jack Marfin
Charle Wetzel
Wetzel
Runners Obscured by Crowded Six Furlong Card
A Cincinnati Enquirer style horse racing summary lists six races with winners and margins. Bo nanza captured the first race at five and a half furlongs, Gold Finn won the six furlong second, Orchid Led led the mile third, Pan Zareta took the six furlongs fourth, Jim Brsey won the six furlongs fifth, and Con sole won the one and one eighth miles sixth. Also noted are secondaries like The Cinder and Gasket as betting plays and a roster of other horses mentioned.
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Wessel
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Palma
Lilly Paxton
Minnie F
Fancy
Tom
Gold Finn
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Just Red
Hofman
Lortgny
Dominica
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Orchid
Tea-nan
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Thorpe Denies Contract With Oklahoma City Club
James Thorpe, the Indian athlete, denied reports he had a contract with the Oklahoma City baseball team. He arrived with Coach Warner from New York, where he allegedly signed with the New York National League club and will join that team on its Southbound trip.
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James Thorpe
Oklahoma City
Warner
New York
Thorpe Defies Odds to Make Big League Pitching Return
In 1913 columns Christy Mathewson discusses Thorpe, nicknamed Jin, predicting he may become a star pitcher with proper training. Thorpe’s early minor league stats with Rocky Mount show mixed results, while fellow Giants prospect Fallenwider mirrors similar records. The piece weighs natural ability, need for coaching in baserunning, and the risks of rushing a big league jump amid summer baseball exposure.
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South
Mike” Finn
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New York
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Glenn Warner
Carlisle
Warner
McClure
Princeton Five Local Players To Come Here Win At Whist
Georgetown will host the Princeton basketball team on March 3 to close a tough schedule and seek revenge for an earlier loss. The week also features Pittsburgh at Georgetown and other tests including Trinity College, Catholic University, Gallaudet, George Washington, and Maryland Aggies. The Washington Whist Club sent 4 teams to Baltimore, winning praise for a 297 board session. local players include Lewid Hathcock Parker Queen Zimmerman Taliaferro Bryan Brown Washington Chamberlain Davis Saxitan Burbank Tucker Lavender Finn Summers Babcock.
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Harvard Baseball Opens Spring With Slim Roster Prospects
Boston February 2 Baseball practice starts at Harvard as Coach Sexton signs a three year extension. The team faces one of its poorest prospect seasons with very few veterans remaining and most key positions needing new players.
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Meyer's Military Shop offers the largest stock of pins and charms in the South for every order, fraternity, college, and club in stock and made to order with all prices listed. Located at 1231 Pa. Ave. N. W. in Washington.
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Capablanca Loses First Game In National Masters Tourney
Capablanca of Cuba, after ten straight wins, suffers his first defeat in the national masters tournament. He loses to Inands of Chiles Jate after a tactical sequence, with Capablanca briefly ahead before a trap at the 29th and defeat on move 31. Other results include Marshall, Janowski, Whitaker, and Tiebenstein beating Tenenwurze, Eline, Morrison, and Zapoleon. Wapehick and Stapfir draw. adjourned Rubin gterma-Chajes game.
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