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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
8
In Atlanta at home, Moran a triple and Thrasher and Mayers sacrifice drive three runs in the sixth to lift the locals to a 4 3 win over Mobile. A single run came in the first, another in the inning, Mobile tied in the sixth before Atlanta pulled ahead.
Two based hit McDonald. Sacrifice hits Reilly Mayer. Struck out by Brennan five. Bases on balls off Allison one off Brennan four. Stolen bases McDowell Thrasher Holly. Double plays Allison to Swadina Reilly to Yerkes to Munch. Left on bases Atlanta six Mobile seven. Balk Brennan. Time one thirty five. Umpires O'Toole Breitenstein.
The Prichard baseball club requests a game Sunday afternoon at the Prichard diamond. Contact M. Fe, Cramer, 75 Dauphin Street, or call Home 67.
Across Memphis to New York and Chicago to Philadelphia, teams posted varied results with player pairings listed for each matchup. Notable scores include Boston 56-10-1 over Chicago 1-6-0 and Philadelphia beating Cleveland 6-5-2, with multiple games featuring combined pitchers and catchers as indicated.
Southern Mobile travels to Atlanta, Nashville visits Memphis, and Birmingham plays New Orleans in a partly cloudy slate. Other matchups include Chattanooga at Little Rock, New York at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia at St Louis, Boston at Chicago, Brooklyn at Cincinnati, St Louis at New York, Detroit at Boston, Chicago at Washington, and Cleveland at Philadelphia.
Tris Speaker left the first game of a doubleheader after being spiked on the left hand and retired after two at bats with no hits, dropping his average by one. Cobb also failed to hit in a plate appearance while Jackson collected two hits in three at bats, gaining two points. National League actions show Robertson slumping to one hit in five, Chase going 1 for 3, with Daugert and Wagner inactive.
The grand sherif of Mecca proclaims a definite break between Orthodox Mohammedans and the committee of union and progress. He denounces Enver Pasha Talaat Bey and Djemal Pasha and pledges independence and preservation of Islam. The proclamation follows Arab support for Mecca's revolt against Ottoman rule.
Thrasher of Atlanta, Jacobson of Little Rock, and Meusel of Birmingham each failed to reach base at least once in four to five at bats. Thrasher posted 129 hits in 334 at bats, Jacobson had 146 hits in 383 at bats, and Meusel 111 hits in 325 at bats, amid a trio of reduced averages.
Cincinnati announces a Sept. 4 matchup at Chicago with Christy Mathewson set to pitch against Minor Brown of the Cubs. The Reds also sign Paul Smith, an outfielder from Montreal.
The Republican National Committee plans a campaign precedent by letting women handle their political affairs. William R. Willcox announced a Woman’s Republican national committee will be formed to mobilize votes from women in Western suffrage states.
Rev J W Whittaker will preach Friday night at 8 o clock at the Congregational church on Scott street between Canal and Charleston streets. He is chaplain at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
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