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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1914
Page
7
The Washington Lodge of Newark issues a provocative notice offering twenty bottles at a low price while mockingly protesting terms and taunting readers. The piece hints at a broader national game and promises a return to duty after a brief pause.
Briscoe Lord of the Mobile Gulls slips past Moore McCormick for the top batting average at .335 after 93 games. Liebhardt of the Chicks is second with a .427 in 31 games, while McCormick sits third 14 points back. Dave Callahan leads in stolen bases with 47, Barbare of New Orleans has 39, and Marcan of the Barons has 30. Bradley of the Gulls leads with 18 wins in 24 starts and Townsend is 2nd with 14 of 20. Club batting and fielding totals for Nashville, New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Memphis, and Montgomery appear.
Fred Clarke manager of the Pittsburgh Nationals fell ill in Philadelphia from ptomaine poisoning and left for Pittsburgh. Wagner will manage the club in Clarke's absence.
Ben Kart a pitcher sold from Selma of the Georgia Alabama league to Detroit of the American league for 1500 dollars He will report to the Tigers after the Southern Association season Karr left Selma to join Jackson Tennessee independent team Frank Schmitt reinstated by the national commission to join Boston immediately Fielder Jones on way to St Louis to discuss part ownership and management of a Federal league club Identity of club not known President Jones resigns then stays on until season end.
Robert Morgan a white convict who escaped from Speigner's on July 5 was captured at Jasper and turned over to Sheriff J M Gray of Walker county. He was sentenced in Jefferson county to two years for burglary and had served only a few months before his escape. One transfer agent is going to Jasper to return him to Speigner's.
Sam F. Gunn of Whatley Alabama reports severe illness from measles followed by rain exposure. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life and restoring health. For sale by all dealers. PP
New Orleans Aug 11 Briscoe Lord denies Mobile Gulls slump may continue saying the team suffered a temporary setback and will rebound. He expects his club to be in peak form within a week or two and relies on new pitcher George Lue who will report after his wife recovers. Lord arranged Luc Dobbs signing after scouts spoke to him.
Southern League features Mobile at New Orleans Birmingham at Montgomery Chattanooga at Nashville Atlanta at Memphis two games start 2 15 p m National League games Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Boston Chicago at Brooklyn St Louis at New York American League has no games Federal League games Pittsburgh at St Louis Baltimore at Indianapolis Buffalo at Kansas City Brooklyn at Chicago Salvation Army notes a daily parade by its members with a small group presence
O'Dell suffered a finger bruise after a Sunday swing and may influence his playing day placement. Hogg faces Kissinger on Tuesday while Robertson and Wilson are set to pitch on Wednesday, with venue dependent on O'Dell's hand recovery.
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