Vols edge Gulls delayed by rain in opener
Nashville Teers led 8 to in the sixth inning of the first game before rain paused the doubleheader. Ellis allowed Ledbetter’s errors kept the Gulls in trouble as the Vols scored early and added a late run on Schmitt’s single. Massey and Gandolfi featured in rain delay antics before Gandolfi was injured. Final: Vols 8, Gulls 3.
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Nashville Teers
Vols
Ellis
Ralph Ledbetter
Ledbetter
Gulls
Schmitt
Burke
Swadina
Mike Massey
Danny Gandolfi
WhVille
Bile
Tovene
UCL
Kauffman
Gondolfi
Ellam
Eilis
Schmidt
Swacina
Stobase
Baker
Holrto Massey
Mobile
Nashville
Williams
Robertson to rejoin Atlanta team after tryout
Pitcher Robertson, who tried out with the Southern Association club and later played in Georgia, will rejoin the Atlanta team. He was expected to arrive late today from his home in Norcross, Georgia, according to an official announcement.
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Associated Press
Atlanta. Ga
Pitcherobertson
Robertson
Norcross
Standard Motor Car Company Opens New Salesroom
The Standard Motor Car Company moved into a new site at the corner of Government and Jackson streets. The remodeled building houses a modern showroom and the agency for Overland.
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Standard Motor Car Company
New Home
The
Government and
Jackson Streets
Standard Company
Overland
Grand Circuit Meeting Opens at Pittsburgh
The Grand Circuit race meeting opened at Brunets Island in Pittsburgh after dates moved from Grand Rapids. The feature event was a $3,000 William stake for 2:07 pacers raced on a three heat system. Other races included the Matron stake for three year old pacers and a 2:08 trotting class plus the Northrop stake for 2 year old trotters. The weather was clear and the track fast.
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Pittsburgh
Grand Rapids
Mich
Brunets Island
Matron
Northrop
Result Games At Mobile And New Orleans Scoreline Summary
Results show Mobile 2 4 5 and Nashville 3 5 1 led by Ledbetter Schmidt Ellis and Street. In New Orleans first game Chattanooga Townsend Deberry Johnson Kitchens 1 6 2 3 4 2, second game New Orleans Brenton Higgins Merritt Kitchens 2 5 0 5 10 3. In Memphis Finch Ruel Baumgardner Holmquist Gibson faced Little Rock 6 10 0 2 8 3.
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Mobile
Nashville
Ledbetter
Schmidt
Ellis
Street
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Townsend
Deberry
Johnson
Kitchens
Brenton
Higgins
Merritt
Memphis
Little Rock
Fincher
Ruel
Baumgardner
Holmquist
Gibson
American Baseball Scores by City and Opponents
At St Louis the American team 0 3 0 faced Boston 1 8 1 with Koob Weisman Severeid Foster Thomas and Cady. At Chicago Washington 2 6 0 with Wolfgang Faber Schalk Boehling Johnson Henry Ainsmith. At Detroit New York 4 6 0 Davis Stanage Baker Cullop Russell Alexander. At Cleveland Philadelphia 6 11 0 Morton Klepfer O Neill Nabors Myers Bush Haley.
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St. Louis
Boston
Koob
Weisman
Severeid
Foster
Thomas
Cady
Chicago
Washington
Wolfgang
Faber
Schalk
Boehling
Johnson
Henry
Ainsmith
Detroit
New York
Davis
Stanage
Baker
Cullop
Russell
Alexander
Cleveland
Two Stabbings Reported To Police In City
A report to police says Eddie May, a Black man, is in the city hospital with stab wounds, allegedly from Clarence Burden who fled. Late Saturday, William Singleton, a Black man, was stabbed in the left arm by Debar Horn, a Black woman, who also escaped. The incidents occurred at Live Oak and Pecan streets.
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Eddie May
Clarence Burden
Burden
William Singleton
Debar Horn
Live Oak
Pecan
False Alarm Nears Accident at Dauphin Street Fire
A fire alarm from Box 13 near St Francis and Royals tree prompted a fire response after a man claimed his Dauphin Street business near Water was on fire. The responding truck narrowly avoided a collision with L N passenger train No 4 as it left the scene.
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Box 13
St. Francis and
Royalstree
Chandler
McCosker
Dauphin Street
Weather Forces Outdoor Feast Service to Move to Church
The Feast of the Transfiguration sermon by Rev. James F. Plummer at All Saints Episcopal and St. Francis Street Methodist union service, under the Church Federation of Mobile, was relocated due to threatening weather. The service could not be held in Bienville Square.
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James F. Plummer
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Church Federation of Mobile
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Bienville Square
Manager Gookie Considine Dead at New York Home
Pyne Gookie F. Considine former manager of boxers including Jim Corbett and Kid McCoy died at his New York home after mastoiditis led to complications following an operation. He had been stricken on Saturday.
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Associated Press
New York
Pyne Gookie F. Considine
Jim Corbett
Kid McCoy
Weather and games slate for Southern and National leagues
Weather notes accompany a slate of games across the South and East. Rain in Chattanooga at New Orleans, cloudy in Little Rock at Birmingham and Nashville at Mobile, clear in Memphis at Atlanta. Nationwide, Cincinnati at Boston cloudy. St. Louis at Philadelphia and Chicago at New York cloudy. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn cloudy. Boston at Chicago clear. New York at Cleveland clear. Philadelphia at Detroit clear. Washington at St. Louis listed without condition.
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Southern
Petashville
Eae Ween Aentewe
Lew Orleans Eeeeewes
Atlanta
Memphis
Philadelphia
New York
Wee
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburgh Wae
Cincinnati
Pet
Cvhebevvue
Catia
iCleveland
Cccesses
DIO
Casctssvesss
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Little Rock
Birmingham
Nashville
Mobile
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Overman Attacks Child Labor Bill as Federal Overreach
In Washington on August 7 Senator Overman argued against proposed child labor legislation urging that it should be sent to the states as a constitutional amendment. He warned the bill would erode state rights and concentrate police power in Washington, claiming its true aim is to regulate production under the guise of commerce.
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Washington
Overman
Senate
Congress
State Powers and Child Labor Stats Debate on Autonomy
Senator Overman argues for state sovereignty over domestic affairs and limited central power. He cites 1915 statistics showing North Carolina's child jail/workhouse rate of 15 per 100,000 for ages 14-16 versus 279 in Massachusetts, 199 in Rhode Island, and 122 in Missouri to support lighter state statutes.
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Congress
Overman
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Missouri
Harbor board authorized to use Tallapoosa cutter
The state harbor board received two letters from the treasury department at Washington authorizing the use of the coast guard cutter Tallapoosa for the board to view the harbor. Members will undertake a two day inspection trip August 10 to examine the harbor outer bar and the channel through Pass Aux Herons and Dauphin Island.
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State Harbor Board
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
State Board
Outer Bar
Pass Aux Herons
Dauphin Island
Compulsory Harvest Labor for Women and Children in Prussia
A London dispatch reports West Prussia has introduced compulsory harvest service for all women and children not exempted by doctors or local officials. Refusal carries up to one year in prison or a 375 dollar fine. Mayors and local boards organize mobilization with pay at local rates.
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London
West Prussia
Amsterdam
Russians Maintain Initiative on Brusiloff Front
Petrograd Aug 7 The Russians continue the initiative on General Brusiloff s front after losing Brody to the Austrians and seeing German resistance surge. A newly organized German army with reserves has shifted to an active counteroffensive under Field Marshal von Hindenburg s personal direction, but Russian observers doubt he can halt the Russian advance toward Kovel.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Brody
Stokhod
Brussiloff
von Hindenbureg
Kovel
Austrians Contest Lemberg Route and Sereth Front
Austrian forces press along roads toward Lemberg and the Sereth river southwest of Brody while Russian gains are minor. A shattered southern flank under General Pflanzer has regrouped and attacked Brusiloff’s left wing near Kuty with small units, but experts see little chance of a decisive shift.
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Lemberg
Sereth
Brody
Pflanzer
Czernowitz
Brussiloff
Kuty
First Regiment Rounding Into Shape Says Maddox
Col Maddox of the First Regiment Alabama National Guard says the unit is in good condition with few vaccination related exceptions and expects full readiness for duty by week end.
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Maddox
F. M. Maddox
Alabama National Guard
Mobile
Negro workman Henry Johnson dies at Marine Hospital
Henry Johnson, a colored workman for building contractor M. T. Judge, collapsed at about 8 15 Monday morning while making repairs at the Marine Hospital. Coroner G A Thomas viewed the body and found death due to heart failure.
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Henry Johnson
M. T. Judge
Johnson
Marine Hospital
G. A. Thomas
100 Teutons Fell for 2 Frenchmen
Paris reports Corporal Gouteau chief of French light infantry earned a military cross from President Poincare for capturing 100 Germans, including two officers, aided only by a single comrade. He recounted the feat after a Somme front parade, describing a July 20 action where a second wave faltered but a flank fusillade helped the prisoners fall into his hands.
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Paris
Gouteau
French Light Infantry
Poincare
Gourteaubier
Gouteaubier
Somme
Hemwood
Hunters of German Shelter Engage in Sudden Assault
Gouteaubier and Guillot advanced through trees to strike a German shelter. They forced surrender of 100 prisoners, then Guillot was fatally shot as they attempted to retrieve remaining Germans. The corporal guided the German prisoners to the French lines.
Gadsden Woman Praises Granger Liver Regulator
Miss Jenne Usy of Gadsden Alabama writes to Granger Medicine Co. ordering two more boxes and states the medicine is a continuous benefit she never expects to be without. The product is a vegetable tonic, alcohol free and easy to take, available from local druggists.
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Jenne Usy
Gadsden Ala
Granger Medicine Co
Miss Usy
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