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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
5
Chattanooga Lookouts fall 56 to 23 as Mobile Bears erupt for three runs in the eighth. Bill Ellis stars, Lohman streets on mound, Bates, Walker and Coleman key hits, Ring and Higgins also productive. Final run spread settled late. defensive miscues cited.
Wartime notes blend navy combat readiness with baseball chatter. Mentions Admiral Gleaves, heroics against the Hun, and the war effort alongside ballpark talk about players like Walker, Bues, and Damrau. Includes quotes on patriotism and responses to battle, plus local umpire and manager remarks.
Expert argues team match competition can save tennis amid star players joining the military. The piece traces public interest in tennis sparked by Maurice E. McLoughlin and others, notes decline as stars serve, and cites court moguls’ push to sustain interest. It also includes a wartime aside about bean balls and a baseball anecdote, ending with Pug Cavet ready to pitch for the Lookouts against the Bears.
Players may still enter the all comers tennis tournament at Mobile Country Club. Register by Tuesday noon by calling Bell 155. Event includes five classes with finals Saturday. fees total 1.50 with 1.00 per event. Club bus will transport and match times will be announced tomorrow.
Postmaster reports aviation mail trials return promising results with on time deliveries cited from New York to Philadelphia. A Mobile test case included a single stamped letter dropped by Pensacola pilots and delivered to a Mobile recipient. Officials foresee nationwide expansion beginning May 15 as regular air mail links grow.
Mobile defeated Chattanooga 6 to 3 while New Orleans edged Nashville 3 to 3. Memphis beat Atlanta 6 to 3 as Little Rock at Birmingham was rained out.
The report lists baseball results with teams including St. Louis beating Philadelphia 4 to 2, Detroit 4 over Boston 3, Cleveland 1 over Washington 0, Chicago 0 over New York 2, highlighting a day of varied outcomes across the circuit.
Schedule item lists games from Mobile at Chattanooga, Birmingham at Little Rock, Atlanta at Memphis, and New Orleans at Nashville with matchups across four cities. Each line notes teams visiting or hosting in the region’s slate.
Cincinnati plays Philadelphia in a key opener while Pittsburgh faces New York and St Louis battles Brooklyn. Chicago meets Boston, New York visits Chicago, Philadelphia hosts St Louis, Boston travels to Detroit, and Washington visits Cleveland.
The report notes 859 million pounds of meat shipped to European allies last month versus 161 million pounds in April last year. It contrasts German U boats aiming to starve the allies with current outcomes, and urges continued farming despite forecasts of a fine crop year.
Sky watchers in Denver and across the nation prepare for the total solar eclipse on June 8. The center line crosses a sixty mile strip from Washington state to Florida, with Denver University observatory positioned for corona photographs using a twenty inch lens telescope.
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