Mobile Gulls Rally In 11-9 Victory At Birmingham
Mobile Gulls beat Birmingham 11 to 9 in a high scoring opener. Schmidt homered for Mobile and Wallace added two doubles while Gudger struggled early before exit in the second inning.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
10
Mobile Gulls beat Birmingham 11 to 9 in a high scoring opener. Schmidt homered for Mobile and Wallace added two doubles while Gudger struggled early before exit in the second inning.
Boston and New York games ended early due to darkness after seventh inning. Notable players James Hess Crutcher Gowdy Marquard Meyers contributed for Boston and New York with scoring mentions. Cincinnati and St Louis and Brooklyn contests show varied innings results with Dell Miller Demaree Oeschger Killifer named in box notes.
Summarized box score results show St Louis and New York winning in tight games, with Detroit, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington suffering losses. The lines list pitcher and catcher pairings, with run totals and inning-by inning notes reflecting the day’s scores.
A terse scoreline shows Louis colleges played Pittsburgh and Davenport with several players listed. The scoring lines suggest final tallies near 8 to 12 in favor of Pittsburgh with mixed efforts from various players. Additional notes reference Baltimore Brooklyn games and multiple players including Bailey Conley Smith Owens and Russell. No further schedule details are provided.
Results show Augusta 12 Columbus 7 and Columbia 3 Jersey City 5. Albany 9 Jacksonville 3 and Montreal 4 Newark 1. Columbus 8 Macon 0 and Providence 4 Buffalo 1. Toronto 5 Richmond 0 with Albany and Jersey City posting decisive wins.
Cleveland defeated Columbuse 6 to 3 and Kansas City beat St. Paul 10 to 7. Indianapolis won over Louisville 8 to 5. Milwaukee edged Minneapolis 10 to 3. In the Texas League Shreveport lost to Houston 2 to 4. Waco 4 beat San Antonio 1. Fort Worth shut out Beaumont 2 to 0. Dallas defeated Galveston 4 to 1.
Southern League games feature Birmingham at Mobile Nashville at Memphis Atlanta at New Orleans Rock at Chattanooga Boston at New York Chicago at Pittsburgh Cincinnati at St Louis Philadelphia at St Louis Washington at Detroit New York at Boston rain. Federal League schedule shows Pittsburgh at Broskion St Louis at Newark Kansas City at Baltimore Chicago at Buffalo all with cloudy or clear conditions and 3:30 to 3:39 start times.
Elmer Miller delivered a sensational game in the field and at the bat saving Gudger and Covington as Mobile struggles with pitching. Ellam Powell and Wallace fueled the offense while Umpire Chesnutt and new arbiter Williams drew crowd reaction. Branch Rickey reveals Koob to join Browns. Ainsmith avoids jail with probation and fine.
The article outlines disputes over Benny Kauff’s eligibility amid a forfeit battle between New York and Boston. It notes Fred Merkle breaking his left arm and Jim Thorpe being released to Jersey City. It mentions bids of ten thousand dollars and two players for Kauff and McGraw’s statements on contracts.
Relatives of Captain Parrish and the crew of the schooner Don na Christina seek U S revenue aid in locating the missing vessel after it sailed from Mobile on March 1. The Winona cutter and other captains are on alert for the wreck, with Gulfport as salvage destination if found. Cargo plans include 4 200 000 superficial feet of lumber for the Plutarch of Lamport & Holt. The Italian bark Aline shifts to dry docks for repairs after arriving from Pensacola, and the Viking arrives at Progreso with a sisal load before repairs in Mobile.
Inport vessels include Viking Bluefields Dorothy Ganges Maria Anda Hildegard Ethel Clarke Skoda Widwad Lucinda Sutton Pleroma Albert D Mills Margret G Margret Turner Terminal Docks Spanier Barkers at Spanish River Pier 6 and Kansas City Docks Gulf Dry Docks with Pensacola Tonnage and Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks Port entries show bays steamers and coastwise docks across Pensacola St Andrews Mallory Docks and Daphne Alabama with foreign port links Ruatan Hon. and other lines noted.
Vessel movements include arrivals at Key West Havana departures to Atlantic Grand Davie and El Valle passages. ships named Henry Mer Othmar Beatrice and Albert W Robinson plus transport of Beatrice and Arca to Jacksonville and Meltonian to El Valle. New Orleans clears several ships including Hotham Newton Rouen Marowijre and Olaf with Pensacola routes.
In San Francisco amateurs and professionals competed in the Panama Pacific Exposition golf event. John Black of Oakland and Carl Anderson of Belle Air beat Robin Hayne and Jack Neville one up and posted 80 as low medal. Chick Evans and Arm strong followed with 81, defeating Barnes and Reilly two up three to play. In Oklahoma City Bob Burman won the 200-? race yesterday.
Reported results from amateur baseball with Welling and team defeating the Little Mobiles 16 to unknown. Highlights cite Heubach, Thomas and Edwards, plus O Rourke and Koppers McKinney as key players. Also notes St Matthews versus Columbia Cream Co lineups and a road race winner with a 2 h 26 m 35 s time.
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