Mobile 3 Memphis 0 in opener of series
Mobile wins 3 to 0 as Demaree allows two hits over six, Ferguson completes strong relief. Scoring by inning shows Mobile taking early lead and holding off Memphis with solid fielding and timely hitting.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1912
Page
5
Mobile wins 3 to 0 as Demaree allows two hits over six, Ferguson completes strong relief. Scoring by inning shows Mobile taking early lead and holding off Memphis with solid fielding and timely hitting.
Mantyoms ry Mla delivered a rugged nine innings while Aitchison fanned four and held Lookouts to one run until Priest faltered in the tenth on a costly error. A garbled late inning message notes a 2-1 final in favor of the locals as Priest yielded the decisive hit and the ball went to the bleachers.
New York defeated St Louis 5 to 2 in St Louis as the visiting Mets stretch their NL pennant lead. Crandall and Meyers sparked a big second inning with Crandall driving in two runs. Becker, Murray and Crandall added key hits across the game, while Evans and Oakes contributed for St Louis. Crandall and Meyers worked the battery for New York with Sallee behind the plate. Time 1.46. Umpires Rigley and Finneran.
A fragment from the Baltimore American notes a quip about Congress and its jokes in bills. It ponders how a funny department could operate and what jokes exist within the legislative text. The piece relies on a casual, humorous aside rather than a full report.
Charlotte August 19 Pitcher George Bauswein and catcher Malcolmson were sold today by the Charlotte club of the Carolina association to the Atlanta club of the Southern association for 2500 dollars. Bauswein, a top twirler last summer, won six of eight starts since returning, and hit .368. Malcolmson, a busy catcher, played eighty games this season with a .097 error average and .220 batting mark. They will report to Atlanta at once.
Joe Jeannette dominated Jeff Madden of Boston in a scheduled 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden, stopping the fight in the second round after Madden was knocked down three times. Jeannette weighed 196 pounds, five more than Madden. Tom Sharkey urged a future bout with Fitzsimmons or Burns as Jeannette eyes Jack Johnson next month amid a looming New York scheduling and forfeit agreement for a September 23 bout at the St Nicholas Athletic Club, facing potential state boxing commission hurdles.
The sporting editor addresses questions on all branches of sport. An inning in which a baserunner on second forces Rita to second. the fielder throws to third to retire a runner. The batter retires on a fielder's choice.
Vera Neave swam a mile in 1 minute 41.445 seconds to break the previous mark of 32 minutes 44 seconds held by Misa Annette Kellerman. Neave also holds the 300-meter women's record and is famed in England for winning local championships and last year’s Thames 15.4 mile race.
Ty Cobb dropped two points after one hit in four at bats. Tris Speaker gained three points with three safe hits in four tries. Joe Jackson did not play. Figures list Cobb and Speaker with batting lines and other players showing partial scores and at bats.
Elberton Ga August 19 Special Elberton defeated the invincible Gainesville 1 0 in the fastest amateur game here Batteries Gainesville Perryman and McNeil Elberton Alford and Eu banks Totals Elberton 1 run 3 hits 2 errors Gainesville 0 runs 6 hits 2 errors The feature was Alford pitching only two men reached second and he struck out ten men.
Nashville youth pitcher Rudolph Summers, star of the Southern league, is recalled by Brooklyn and immediately sold to the Chicago Cubs. He will join Chance's Dodgers at season end and report to Chicago after the Southern league season concludes.
The fragment suggests a debate on veto power and arbitration between two sides. A father and son exchange imply learning about equal powers and dividing a smaller country, with terms like dive and hadd. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or proper entities.
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