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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1915
Page
8
The Mobile Gulls face off with the Crackers over catcher Doc Niederkorn as the clubs dispute option with recall rights. Both teams plan to take the matter to league directors for settlement amid technical trade points.
The Crackers rest today and depart for Nashville for a final road trip to end the season in Memphis on Sunday September 26. They will play in Nashville Wednesday and Thursday, Chattanooga Friday Saturday and Monday, Little Rock Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, and Memphis Friday Saturday and Sunday. The home stretch closed yesterday and the club still has a shot at a top division if they win in Nashville and against the Vols later. The team has improved lately but remains weak on offense.
New Orleans Pelicans 5 Birmingham Barons 2 on September 13. Carl Black’s timely hitting and a strong effort by Smith led the Pelicans to victory, closing Birmingham’s eight game win streak. Edmondson homered in the first inning after Black walked Reilly and Thorns. The win puts New Orleans ten and a half games ahead of Birmingham for second, with pennant chances still alive.
The Crackers finished their home slate with a 7 to 3 win over Mobile in a shortened five inning game due to darkness. Holmquist and Allen led the offense as Mobile managed a few safeties while Teed tied the game with a three bagger and Slepowen added a late double.
Boston tops Chicago 2 to 1 and 4 to 1 as Leonard Shore combine for three hits each game. Gardner triple and Lewis and Barry run scores outline first win. darkening second game ends after eight innings with Boston ahead 4 to 1. Detroit blanks New York 2 to 1 as James outduels Tishner. Washington uses three in flat inning to edge Cleveland 3 to 2. St Louis beats Philadelphia 8 to 7 with Pratt two doubles and Eccles on mound. Pittsburgh tops Brooklyn 7 to 5 in thirteen-hit clash. Newark shocks St Louis 3 to 2 as Reulbach allows nine scattered hits.
In Chattanooga Nobite and Birmingham Little Rock city matchups draw attention while American League games feature Chicago at Boston St Gouin visiting Philadelphia and Detroit at New York Cloud at Washington. National League shows Boston at Chicago Brooklyn at St Louis Cincinnati and Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. Federal League slate lists Towark in St Louis Baltimore in Kansas City and Chicago offate in Kansas City.
Karl Black a Birmingham lefty lost to the New Orleans Pelicans after eight straight starts. Pop Boy Smith of New Orleans now has a chance to tie the season mark for consecutive wins in the Southern League. Fans await his next start to see if the streak continues.
Lawrence Jones won the second flight trophy in the Scribes tournament at Ansley Park Golf Course defeating Ward Green in the finals. Green led all day before Jones clinched the match on the eighteenth hole. Jones received a silver trophy. Green earned a club donated by Ansley Park’s professional.
A vintage advertisement praises Tuxedo tobacco for a mellow calm. It touts the original Tuxedo Process that renders the leaf mild and non irritating to the tongue and throat.
In St Louis on September 13 Brooklyn defeated the Cardinals 6 to 3. Coombs struggled, issuing seven walks, but St Louis’s early lead was erased by Lamline who held the visitors to two hits. Beare’s relief work steadied the game as Brooklyn built a five-run third inning and held on for the win.
Werner, the youngster who had a trial with the Crackers, was released by Manager Smith yesterday. The local mogul doubts the decision, believing Werner is ripe for Class A ball. Cambridge Harvard Football Seventy-Eight Candidates Report for Practice in Cambridge, Mass. Seventy-eight candidates reported today for practice as twelve coaches directed light drills. Beginning tomorrow there will be two sessions daily for two weeks until college opens. Captain Mahan expects more than 100 men to come out. Jelly sohony Jones For syth today.
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