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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1915
Page
10
Mobile led 12 to 0 before Chattanooga tied it in the seventh. Elberfeld’s strategy and substitutions carried the Lookouts to a 4-2 victory over the Gulls. Northen doubled and Holmquist yielded the decisive runs in a tense late innings stretch.
In the Southern Association Mobile visits Chattanooga while Birmingham plays Memphis and New Orleans goes to Little Rock. Atlanta hosts Nashville in two games amid cloudy skies. National League matches include Philadelphia at Chicago amid rain and Boston at Pittsburgh in two games with varying clouds. American League features Cleveland at Agro ge and Chicago at New York under cloudy conditions. St Louis hosts Washington, Detroit visits Boston, and Baltimore travels to Kansas City in Federal League action with several rain delays. Brooklyn also meets Pittsburgh in two games and Newark faces Chicago in rain.
Notice states all amateur games must be filed in this office for publication by 8 30 a m Monday.
The Carrousels won the first game in a pitching duel with Jackson versus Southerland. Glendale took the second, edged by Petithory over White and Southerland. Umpires Ponds and Mayberry. scorers Rose. American Laundry standings noted.
Chattanooga tops the Gulls 2 to 0 through seven innings before Holmquist weakens and Covington surrenders. Elberfeld uses thirteen players in the win. Schmidt to start Tuesday. Calhoun out, Northen shines at first with a 4-for-4 effort and a homer. Newark Feds outslug Chi fects in sixteen innings. Tigers beat Red Sox in rain-shortened seven-inning game. Yankees rally to top White Sox with Cole allowed one earned in eight.
Leading the American Association in batting has become a family affair. Last year Bill Hinchman led the league while managing the Columbus club. This year his brother Harry Hinchman leads the league with Pittsburgh as Bill also pursues his second major league stint after time with Cleveland.
In Brooklyn, Pfeffer pitched shutout ball for the Dodgers who defeated the Cincinnati Reds easily. Elsewhere the Barons beat the Chicks on eleven hits and fielding errors, while Walter Johnson celebrated his eighth anniversary with the Washington team by defeating St. Louis in a routine game. A Little Rock city council vote renamed the local Southern Association park Kavanaugh Athletic Field in honor of the late Judge W. M. Kavanaugh.
Heathley Ford of Chicago upset W M Johnston of San Francisco in the western tennis tournament at Lake Forest winning 3 7 7 5 and 6 4. G M Church became favorite after Johnston’s defeat and beat J D Brown while J J Armstrong defeated H F Logan. Women's matches were postponed.
Elder statesmen advised Emperor Yoshihito to keep Count Okuma and his cabinet in power unconditionally. Prince Oyama and Field Marshal Yamagata relayed the decision to Okuma, who would confer with colleagues on resignations.
Frank Johnson assistant cashier at the Mercantile National Bank in St Louis shot himself in the head late last night. His body was found early today by a night watchman. Johnson had been in ill health and served as assistant cashier since the bank's organization six years ago.
In New York on August 3 the International Association of Display Men adopted a resolution objecting to the term window trimmer. About 2,000 members attended the convention and urged manufacturers trade journals and periodicals to refer to them as display men.
Baseball results list New Orleans over Little Rock 2 1 with 11 4. Memphis over Birmingham 11 2. Nashville Atlanta postponed. Philadelphia 4 7 Chicago score 7 0 47. Brooklyn 1 7 Cincinnati 0 7. Boston Pittsburgh rain. Newark 1 14 1. International League Providence 2 3 Rochester 0 2 Harrisburg 4 1 Toronto 1 0. American Association St Paul 3 Columbus 0 St Louis 4 Minneapolis 1 Kansas City 8 Indianapolis 7. Texas League Dallas 6 Beaumont 6 San Antonio 4 Worth 1 Shreveport 6 Houston 6 Waco 13 Galveston 8. lingering note on truth lingering over time.
A vintage advertisement extols Prince Albert tobacco as delivering everlasting smoke joy and morning cheer. It claims a unique patented process removes bite and parch, delivering a pleasant P. A. flavor and fragrance that tastes as good as it sounds.
Savannah Georgia and Scranton Pennsylvania began campaigns for the 1916 Gra cerie Fraternal Order of Eagles in Spokane Washington. Delegates from both cities wage an energetic struggle with reports giving them about equal chances.
Southern star Swan Vamadoe meets rising Cat Frishkorn in Daphne Alabama on Saturday August seventh at 8 30 p m. Vamadoe seeks another strong win after defeating Clabby of St Paul on July 4 in Magnolia Springs. Mobile fans travel to Daphne by 3 30 p m and return after the match. Seats for 1500 are available.
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