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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1913

Page

6

Wares Delivers Ninth Inning Victory For Montgomery

In a dramatic late rally, Montgomery scores three in the ninth to beat Mobile 8 5. Wares belts a pinch hit four bagger after Cavet serves a fastball to the plate. Knaupp, Snedecor, and Case set up the rally as the Gulls topple Mobile in a pennant push.

Montgomery Walker Starr Wares Elwert Sloan Whitte D. Gribben Sloan Knaupp Gribbens Snedecor Sentell Mont

Demolition of Mosque Triggers Riots in India

In Calcutta on August 4, the demolition of part of a mosque in Cawn pore for street work sparked indignation meetings across India and later rioting in Cawn pore. A procession with black flags targeted the mosque, bricks were replaced, police fired on the crowd wounding several. at least thirteen people were killed or wounded.

Associated Press Calcutta Cawnpore India Cawne Pope Lane Popeemes

California Tennis Player Still Winning

New York August 4 William M Johnson the young Californian won his place in the fifth round of the New York lawn tennis championship by defeating W Pate 6 3 6 4 No other singles matches were decided and the doubles began today.

Associated Press New York William M. Johnson Ww. Pate

Southern and National League Matchups Note Schedule

Southern League games listed include New Orleans at Montgomery and Atlanta at Chattanooga with Birmingham at Nashville and Mobile Memphis off day. National League has New York at Pittsburg Boston at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis. American League features Chicago at Washington Cleveland at Philadelphia and St Louis at Boston with Detroit at New York.

New Orleans Montgomery Atlanta Chattanooga Birmingham Nashville Mobile Memphis National League New York Pittsburg Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago Philadelphia St. Louie American League Washington Cleveland Det St. Louis Pihiboute Oo de Weces Brooklyn Ae Cinccinnatic St. Low Assesses Cleveland Oneee Detroit New York Wee R. H. E. Brooklyn Shige Ragan Wagner Miller Lavender Needham Brennan Eason R. H. E. Boston Werereness Dickson Rariden Packard Kling Rigler Byron R. H. E. Philadelphia Killifer Sallee Geyer Wingo H.e.lb Brooklyn Se Boston Ey Ewee

Southern League Pennant Peace At Interesting Stage

Atlanta Aug 4 The Southern Association pennant race enters an interesting phase as Mobile and Montgomery lead a tight group. Five clubs hover around .500 to .600, with Chattanooga and Montgomery distant yet not decisive. Atlanta Birmingham and Chattanooga close on the frontrunners while Memphis Nashville and New Orleans fade from the chase. Mobile beat Montgomery in eleven innings. Montgomery edged Mobile in a ninth inning rally yesterday.

Associated Press Atlanta Southern Association Mobile Montgomery Chattanooga Birmingham Nashville Memphis New Orleans

Burns and Coulon Signed for Meeting Soon

St Joseph Missouri August 4 Bobby Burns of Dallas Texas signed articles here today for a ten round boxing contest with bantam weight champion Johnny Coulon at Omaha September 12.

Associated Press ST. Joseph Bobby Burns Dallas Texas Johnny Coulon Omaha

Jake Daubert Emerges as Dodgers’ Valued NL Star

Captain and star first baseman Jake Daubert of the Brooklyn Dodgers earns rapid fame as the league’s most valuable man. He leads the NL in batting and his fielding astonishes fans and rivals alike, with Brooklynites lamenting he cannot join a first division squad.

Brooklyn Dodgers Superbols Brooklynites Jake

Baseball Scores From Nashville Memphis Chicago Cincinnati St Louis

Recaps show Nashville beating Birmingham 9 to 2 behind Evans Mayer and More. Memphis swept New Orleans 18 to 5 in game one and won 6 to 4 in game two. Chicago Brooklyn and Cincinnati Boston games produced notable offensive totals with varied results. St Louis defeated Philadelphia 5 to 3 after early deficits.

Kalamazoo Grand Circuit meets offer record purses

Kalamazoo Michigan August 4 The Grand Circuit race meeting opening today will surpass Detroit in total purse money with a 12000 dollar purse for a class trot and a 6000 dollar purse for pacers This meet features a 207 trot with 11 starters a 208 pacers early closing event a 216 trot and a 215 pace The Horsemans Futurity Tuesday totals 15000 with 10000 for three year old trotters 2000 for three year old pacers The Paper Mills purse of 12000 for 214 trotters runs Wednesday

Associated Press Kalamazoo Mich Detroit United States Cheeny Paper Mills

Powers Granted Vacation as Federal League President

John T. Powers president of the Federal League was granted a leave of absence until the third Saturday in September. The board of directors ended their conference in Indianapolis and stockholders meet on the third. J. A. Gilmore club owner of Chicago will act as president during Powers absence.

Federals Associated Press Indianapolis Ind John T. Powers Federal League J. A. Gilmore Chicago

Baseball Scores From Leagues And Standings

In American Association Montgomery defeated Mobile 6 to 5 while Nashville beat Birmingham 9 to 2. Memphis stood 5-6 with New Orleans 1-4. In the International League Rochester won 6-4 over Newark as Providence moved to 5-2 and Montreal 2-4. Federal League action saw Kansas City 13 to 1 over an unnamed foe, Indianapolis 13, Cleveland 5, and an extra innings note, a second game lasting 13 innings ended at darkness. Texas League games included Houston 1, Dallas 0. San Antonio 6-8, Fort Worth 3-0. Beaumont 0-2, Waco 5-2. Second game went 13 innings and darkness halted play.

Houston Dallas San Antonio Forth Worth Beaumont Waco

Major Leaguers Fight to Gain Safe Leading Margin

With two months remaining pennant hopefuls looked to stronger play across the leagues. The Phillies slimmed New York’s lead in the National, Cleveland surged with a 37 game swing in seven days, and the Athletics fell back as Carl Brown shined for Philadelphia. Marquard of the Giants extended his run to nine straight as Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn posted varied results in a tense pennant race.

Associated Press New York McGraw New York Giants Connie Mack Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia Cleveland Mack Phillies Chicago Giants Dooin Ban Johnson Birmingham Naps Athletics Carl Brown Plank Bender Coombs Brown Bush Clarke Griffith Griffith Washingtons Senators Detroit St. Louis Boston Red Sox Pittsburg Brooklyn Marquard

Wares Leads Mobile Comeback with Stinging Hit

Montgomery second baseman Wares sparked Mobile's rally with a timely extra base hit fueling a hard fought victory in a game packed with outfield catches and heated plays. Sentell handled short with five chances, Case produced three hits off Cavet for Montgomery, and Miller showed in right field with a clean defensive effort as other games across the circuit featured Philadelphia over St. Louis and Chicago over Brooklyn in slugfest affairs.

Montgomery Knaupp Cavet Snedecor Donahue Case Curley Brown Walker Clyde Wares Miller Robertson Brown Wares Ma Ween Dobbs Stock Bond Sentell Mobile Manning Gulls Starr Odell Behmidt Bertson Clark Elwert

Fans demand another pitcher annexation echoing old call

The crowd repeats its plea for more pitching help as Cavet tires and the Bills struggle with early-game misplays. Mobile meets Memphis in a three game set August 8 to 10, while the Turtles ride hot bats after two wins over New Orleans in Memphis.

Cavet Billikens Mobile Memphis

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