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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1912
Page
8
The Gulls defeated the Turtles 2 0 in a brisk mobile game at Monroe Park. Campbell pitched a brilliant nine inning shutout while Mobile's infield defense and timely hitting backed the effort as Starr O Dell Maloney and Walsh sparked the offense.
Chicago August 20 Failure to report to the Montgomery club of the Southern League led to the suspension of C. R. Brown a pitcher the St. Louis club recently sold per the American League bulletin released today. The notice also lists several player trades and releases including Taylor McLarry Williams Wetton Wolfe Moran Martina Brant and others.
Yesterday's results show many batteries and players across Birmingham Montgomery New Orleans Chicago Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Teams include Johns Johns and McAllister Allen More Hannah Noyes West Elliott Cullop Dygert Angemier Wiltse Meyers Wingo Burke Lavinder Archer Alexander Finneran Killifer Reulbach Smith Cotter Moore Rit ter Dooin Moran Donnelly Raridan Kling Benton Fromme O'Toole Warner Ferry Kelly Simons Ragan Erwin Miller Roberts Hendrickson Gibson Stack O Miller.
At Newport on August 20 159 entrants sought the national lawn tennis singles title with 85 still active after day’s play. Doubles were postponed due to illness of Thomas Bundy, and Clothier defeated Edward Larned in a singles exhibition. Keals Wright faced delinquent entry default. USTA cabled that America would not participate in the Davis Cup trial matches in New Zealand.
Spectators at American League Park saw the Detroit Tigers play in borrowed New York gear after their trunks from Syracuse failed to arrive. The Highlanders won 8 to 2 as Cobb struggled in mismatched apparel and Jennings wore improvised clothes.
Memphis faces Mobile while Atlanta visits Birmingham and Chattanooga plays Montgomery. Nashville to clash with New Orleans. Brooklyn travels to Pittsburg in the National League with no other games scheduled.
In a Forbes Field game Pittsburg defeats Brooklyn as Umpire Owen is struck by a ball hit by Miller and falls. Umpire Brennan tears a leg muscle while rushing to a decision. Both umpires were taken to a hospital. replacements from each club served for the injured officials.
Chicago faces New York, St. Louis plays Philadelphia, Detroit meets Washington, and Cleveland battles Boston in the American Association slate.
Maurice Ferenz, an old sailor, demonstrated a compact underwater apparatus in the Seine that lets a wearer stay submerged for ten to twenty minutes. Dressed in bathing tights, he promenaded along the river bottom, the device allowing easy expulsion of air through a mouthpiece.
A compact record of notable baseball events: Providence defeated Philadelphia 28-0 in 1885 with 27 errors. 1894 saw Brooklyn 20-11 over St. Louis and Boston 25-8 over Cincinnati. 1898 Thornton no hit Brooklyn. 1903 Ducky Holmes four outfield assists for Chicago. 1904 Red Sox Young and Gibson shutout St. Louis twice. 1905 Weimer and Tinker triple play for Chicago. 1907 Moore one hit for Philadelphia then Jersey City. 1907 Schulte three singles a double and a homer for Chicago. 1909 Mitchel struck out 20 in nine for Cleveland. 1909 Scanlon beat St. Louis in 18 innings. 1910 Vean Gregg fanned nine for Cleveland. 1910 Esmond five singles for Cincinnati off Dubuc.
Jeannette, slated to meet Jack Johnson, scored quick knockouts on Bill Tate of Tennessee and Battling Brooks of Michigan at Morris Park in Newark. Both opponents were stopped in the second round.
Charlee A. Comiskey visits Battle Creek as pitcher Lynn McDonald piles wins for the team. Baker Borton of St. Joseph reports to the White Sox on August 23 but Comiskey blocks his season finish to avoid draft. Memon car completes Minnesota tour with perfect road score amid boxers and baseball unrest.
Engineers and laborers are working this week on the Porter race course at Portr Indiana with a crew then followed by teams. A race meet is expected early in October though the date is not set. Comiskey has waived Billy Sullivan the White Sox catcher. Six players remain in the American league with their former clubs.
In Grand Rapids Michigan Melbourne Steil 18 homered on the first ball pitched to him in his first professional game after joining the local Central League team. He had only played semi professional ball prior to the call up.
Memphis club president Frank R. Coleman announced the Southern League infielder Hallinan has been secured from the St. Louis Americans. Hallinan will report in New Orleans Thursday.
A compact device attaches to a wearer as a rubber tube links to a bicycle pump and can be operated by an assistant from boat or shore. It can be fitted in ten seconds and used by anyone.
The Naps acquire Brenner a pitcher from the Racine Wisconsin league. He owns a record of 12 victories and six defeats this season.
Crowds at motorcycle racing rise as investors push permanent motordromes and large sums are funneled in. The sport's danger is real with injuries and deaths among riders, a brutal thrill likened to bullfighting that Americans increasingly crave.
Tom S. Andrews United States representative of Hugh McIntosh announced a forfeit of 15000 dollars to bind a proposed boxing match in Australia between Jack Johnson and Sam Langford and between Sam MacVey.
Alma W. Richards recounts defeating Horine to two friends on returning to Salt Lake City. He says the win came from skill not Horine’s form, noting American use of a slim cane for the bar versus Olympic sticks, and explaining the need for an absolutely clean jump to beat the pegs.
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