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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
8
Birmingham won 13 to 0 as Moore Harris and Holmquist of Mobile were hit hard. Perryman pitched for the Barons, holding the Gulls to six hits. Derrick Coombs and Clark led Barons hitters in front of a large crowd, with ground rules in effect.
Inmates at Charleston prison Massachusetts form a working league with 26 games from April 28 to October 12. The Red Sox and Braves lead, averaging 25 year olds and strong play despite limited practice, with a 12 to 12 split last season and a final tie in game twenty five.
Saloniki dispatch reports wholesale Greek massacres in Adrianople Demotica and Smyrna by Turks and Bulgarians on April 11. About 400 Greeks killed and 300 wounded in Adrianople area with houses looted. Smyrna villages suffer heavy casualties while Constantinople also sees major but unquantified violence.
Stolen bases by Combs Lindsay and Clancy. Walks issued off Moore seven. Mobile left on six, Birmingham five. Hits off Moore six in three innings, off Harris six in four, Holmquist eight in one. Strikeouts by Perryman three, by Moore one. Time one forty nine? Time one fifty three. Umpires Rudderham and Bernard.
Scores from multiple leagues show Atlanta New Orleans Lafitte Perkins and others in tied tallies while Little Rock Memphis Chattanooga Nashville and national and regional games unfold. Key results include Brooklyn 7 to New York 2 and Philadelphia 6 to Boston with rain impacting Cleveland Detroit.
Navy defeats Harvard 8 to 4 in Annapolis. Leigh edges Catholic University 6 to 5 in Washington. Georgetown beats Washington College 9 to 4. Pennsylvania 6 Holy Cross 0 in Worcester. Bucknell 1 Cornell 2 in Ithaca. Tennessee 4 South Carolina 1 in Columbia. Villanova 7 Penn State 5 in Villanova. Swarthmore 2 Ursinus 1 in Swarthmore. Furman 4 Clemson 3 in Greenville.
The article details American and British authorities identifying German torpedo parts found on the wrecked Sussex. It argues the attack came from a submerged submarine and that no warning was given, with department comments aligning with Berlin's April 10, 1916 note.
A reminiscence on a father's coaching method that used playful challenges to develop baseball skills. The narrator recalls lessons, bursts of laughter, and practical tips shaping their early love of the game.
Joe Tinker Jr notes home run by cured, Jake Munch triples and Lee homers in Chattanooga. Mobile stays atop the division with three wins in five games as Birmingham fans cheer Swadina and McDowell. Tips on grip and overhand delivery accompany the game notes.
Birmingham crushes Atlanta with seven runs off Gene Moore in three innings while McDowell makes a key catch. Attendance tops 12,000 as Barons repeat for Cup title with strong hitting and safe plays at Birmingham.
Ted Lewis a Briton claimed the welterweight championship of the world by defeating Jake Abel of Chattanooga after eight fast rounds in Chattanooga Tennessee. Abel fought defensively and avoided heavy punishment but could not overcome the challenger.
The Little Bostons defeated the Little Washingtons 1 to 0 on Sunday morning at the Warren and Palmetto streets diamond. Herbert Johnson hit a homer in the tenth inning to clinch the victory for Boston.
The Mobile battalion of the Alabama National Guard under Colonel F. M. Maddox conducted a battalion drill on downtown streets Wednesday night. Two detachments of boys from Carson Academy joined, led by George Inge, and the school boys’ marching was praised by National Guard officers.
Three Brooklyn school teachers on Easter vacation were arrested in Hardeeville South Carolina as suspicious characters. They carried a map said to contain valuable military information which turned out to show roads between Savannah and Charleston. The men explained they bought the map in Savannah while walking from Savannah to New York.
Southern game list shows New Orleans at Atlanta, Memphis at Little Rock, Mobile at Birmingham, Nashville at Chattanooga. National League has Philadelphia at New York, St Louis at Pittsburg, Cincinnati at Chicago, Brooklyn at Boston. American League features Chicago at Detroit, Boston at Philadelphia, New York at Washington, Cleveland at St Louis.
A patchwork of sports tidbits features Teddy a jumper, Irish footballing myths, spring baseball debates, Del Gainer leaving the Red Sox for rail work, and looming pennant predictions. Also covered are boxing light Jack Hamand, dancer Heine Zimmerman, and circus duties.
Chicago April 20 The WN League ends its twenty five year split by staging a game on the south side against Cincinnati at a Federal League built park. The occasion marks peace in baseball as Charles Weeghman and fellow stockholders join the National League club owners. West side park leased to a semi professional league.
Arthur V. Roth of the Dorchester club won the Boston Athletic Association marathon from Ashland to Boston in 2 hours 21 minutes 16 26 seconds. He led from four miles after South Framingham and held off Villar Krongen of Millrose A A New York by ten seconds. Lindney of Illinois Athletic Club Chicago and John J. Corkery of Toronto finished third and fourth.
Vanderbilt defeated the University of Mississippi 4 to 2 with bunched hits in the third and eighth innings. The Commodores capitalized on timely hits to secure the win at Nashville.
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