OWE MAN WINS SAME FOR VOLS WILLIAMS STARS
Nose LLE, Tenn. Aug 18 continued her winning streak by taking the first game of the final series 2 to 1. Gus Williams led Mobile with a key double and triple as Nashville scored twice. Williams also scored on Kornes’ roller, while Schmidt added a three-base hit and Wilcox drove in Gandolfi for Nashville. The game featured ragged play and strong pitching by Kroh and Wiley, with Williams strong at the plate for Mobile and Nashville securing the win.
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Sporting Briefs Highlighting Free Gates and Minor League Feats
A local fan proposes free gate days to draw fans for next season and boost ticket sales. Asheville’s James Hickman reportedly posts eight hits with a home run and six singles in nine at bats, a possible minor league record. Gus Williams fuels Nashville’s comeback alongside Roy Ellam in the Southern Association race. Dannie Gandolfi shows steady hitting for the Gulls, while Mike Burke returns as pinch hitter. The Tigers deploy 32 players in a doubleheader against Washington with Cobb collecting six hits in ten at bats. The White Sox, led by Russell on the mound, shut out the Red Sox.
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Batting Race Tightens as Cobb Leads in Doubleheader
Ty Cobb posts six hits in ten at bats boosting his average to .864 and cutting the gap to 26 points behind AL leader Tris Speaker. Joe Jackson gains two points to sit 10 behind Cobb while Speaker drops after a single hit in four trips. Dave Robertson is the NL leader with a single hit in three at bats. Wagner and Daubert remain out.
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Casey Jones Wins Gulf Coast Speed Boat Race At Regatta
At Biloxi Mississippi the Gulfport boat Casey Jones owned by G B Dantzler and skippered by Ed Morris won the gulf coast speedboat championship race after Belle L retired with a breakdown. The Kitesy from New Orleans finished second and Casey Jones beat them by about two minutes.
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Gallagher & Ferran
National and Regional Baseball Scores Roundup
National and regional games listed with results from Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago New York and other major leagues. Highlights include Brooklyn 5-1 over Pittsburgh and Detroit 11-19-1 at various venues plus several Texas League and International League results.
Basketball games scheduled across cities today
The schedule lists Atlanta at Little Rock New Orleans at Chattanooga Birmingham at Memphis Mobile at Nashville and national games New York at Chicago Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Boston at St Louis Philadelphia at Cincinnati Cleveland at New York St Louis at Philadelphia Detroit at Washington Chicago at Boston.
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U S Ambulance Corps Praised by French Leader
Paris August 18 General Mangin issues an army corps order praising Section seven of the American Ambulance Field Service. The section is commended for more than twenty months of sacrifice and service in removing the wounded under the best conditions. Many members have been wounded.
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Open Investigation Into Black Tom Explosion Demanded
The National Board of Fire Underwriters asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to launch a prompt public open inquiry into the Black Tom munitions blast. The request seeks investigation of causes and circumstances, with recommendations to prevent future incidents. Estimated damages exceed 20 million dollars and several lives were lost.
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American Brothers Held in Mexico City Prison
Special Agent Rodgers reports two American brothers named Hamilton held in a Mexico City prison. They own ranches in Oaxaca state and he seeks their release. One brother is charged with no access Mexican in 1912. the other’s case is unclear.
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Rodgers
Hamilton
Oaxaca
Mexico City
Rotary Banquet Honors Rivers and Harbor Committee Members
Mobile Rotary Club will host a Thursday banquet at 1 o clock to honor the Joint Rivers and Harbor Committee of Mobile for securing a favorable federal engineers report on a thirty foot channel depth. Guests include Horace Turner chair and members Stewart Brooks J. S. Taylor A. J. Parsons John T. Cochran and S. A. LeBlanc. Major W. L. Guthrie praised the effort and credited facts for victory. Edward W. Faith spoke on Rotarian ethics and Palmer Pillans on duties and responsibilities. Baby Rotarian Gordon Smith was welcomed as a full member.
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Relief program to aid flood sufferers completed
Governor Locke Craig announced the North Carolina relief committee has practically finished relief arrangements for flood victims. He noted higher damage in some districts along the Yadkin river and said all necessary aid has been provided as funds continue to arrive.
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North Carolina
Decree Boosts Mexican Revenues and House Tax
Abolished state funds flow to federal treasury rises to fifty percent as federal costs cover order upkeep. A second decree imposes a house tax of fifteen percent on rents or estimated rents for vacant or owner-occupied homes, with ten percent for rents under ten dollars monthly.
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Hiram Johnson to Sit at Hughes Meeting in Frisco
Medford Oregon August 18 Charles E Hughes learned today that Governor Hiram Johnson of California Progressive leader and Hughes supporter had not been invited to attend the San Francisco meeting Hughes will address tonight. The arrangements committee said Johnson's presence would be highly undesirable and he had adjusted his plans to be elsewhere.
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Hiram Johnson
California
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Leatherbury’s Car Burns In Cedar Point Road Fire
A seven passenger automobile owned by George S. Leatherbury burned Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock on Cedar Point road about a quarter mile south of Long Bridge. The car was occupied by several persons but no injuries were reported.
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