Local Nine Rally Falls Short in Ninth Inning
A Mobile baseball game saw a lead slip late as the locals fought back with three passes in the ninth. Fincher and Baumgardner sparked offense with key hits while Miller and Northen provided power, but the visitors' defense and timely hitting sealed the game in the late innings.
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Mobile
Polho
Nce
Gam
Flick
Beau
Fincher
Miller
Baumgardner
Northen
Burke
Messenger
Baker
Kile
Neiderkorn
Texas
Orthen
Hd Miller
Perry
Mobiles
Karry Covington
Powell
Covington
Jantzen
Safeugh
Starr
B. R. H.po.a.e. Pee
ye—Baker
Dontarr
Jantzen Ia
Karr
Banker Wins at Traps as Ancestors Shot Food From Air
Louis B. Clarke of Chicago, banker and society man, wins Grand American handicap trapshooting title in Chicago where 900 shooters spent about 80 000 for a week. Clarke breaks 20 birds in a shoot-off after finishing with 96, credited to heredity and a family history of frontier shooting.
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Brown Holmes
Louis B. Clarke
Chicago
Clarke
J. J. Randall
Greensburg
E. de Wire
Hamilton
America
Hibernian Banking Association
Sportsmen’s Club of America
Louis
Kelly Hands Crackers Narrow Win Over Volunteers
Atlanta scored 4 to 2 as Herb Kelly held Nashville to four hits while Frost was hit by a pitch with men on base. The Crackers pulled ahead in the early innings and protected the lead as Kell and Jenkins finished.
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Pels
Orleans
Tex
Clark
Jim Bagby
Lookouts
Pelicans
Bagby
Kelly
Atlanta
Herb Kelly
Crackers
Nashville
Frost
Street
Kell and Jenkins
Mobile City League Reorganized With Three Teams
The Mobile City League of Baseball Clubs will be reorganized at a Thursday meeting in the Cawthon Hotel. The three teams are the Barney Cavanaghs A D Davis and Crowns. Games start after the Southern League ends and will be at Monroe Park.
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Mobile City League of Baseball Clubs
Cawthon Hotel
Barney Cavanaghs
A. D. Davis
Crowns
Southern League
Monroe Park
Field Day at Ball Park With Races and Prizes
Field Day at Monroe Park features a Mobile versus Chattanooga game scheduled for 8 15 in the afternoon and a program of field sports for prizes. Mobile runners include Miller Calhoun and Baumgardner with Chattanooga and Gulf club members also participating.
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Monroe Park
Mobile
Chattanooga
Miller, Calhoun
Baumgardner
Gulf Club
Reds Rally as Braves Chase Last Season’s Mark
The Cincinnati Reds, long at the bottom, have won 11 of 15 to surge in the National League race. They swept the Phillies and beat the Pirates in a five game run while trimming the Giants in two of three. Manager Charley Herzog rehabilitated pitchers and added Williams and Mollwitz to lift the club’s play as September home games loom. Can they replicate the Braves’ last season pace?
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Brown Holmes
Cincinnati Reds
Boston
Braves
Reds
Pirates
Brooklyn
Phils
Giants
Charley Herzog
Red
Gene Dale
Frank McKenney
Northwest
Pete Schneider
Fred Tonéy
Herzog
Williams
Fred Mollwitz
Boxing Stag at Armory Set for Next Monday Night
George Rose promoter announces boxing stag at Armory Hall on Monday night September 6. McQuillen meets Lee while Day faces Miller for the second time. Several short bouts and fast action are promised.
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Armory
George Rose
Armory Hall
McQuillen
Lee
Day
Miller
Club Owners Plan Fight On Umpires Rife With Spats
Southern League magnates in New Orleans plan to challenge umpires led by Breitenstein and Chesnutt. Reports say owners will seek removal of several umpires, while Chesnutt faces clashes with Kid Elberfeld and Rube Marshall. The campaign centers on perceived bias and rule enforcement failures throughout the season.
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Breitenstein and
Chesnutt
Baugh
Orleans
Proxy Baugh
Scott Chesnutt
Heinemann Park
Kid Elberfeld
Elberfeld
Rube
Marshall
Scotty
Pelican
Breitenstein
Chattanooga
Andrews
Elberfield
Rube” Marshall
Y M C A Plans Big Scale Activities This Season
The Y M C A director says fall work begins September 1 with boys gym classes and senior informal sessions. Regular senior work runs September 15 to May 1, 1916. The program emphasizes keeping athletes busy, adds a Leaders Club, and plans strong basketball and track schedules with Birmingham A C Vanderbilt University Columbus Ga Y M C A Atlanta A C Auburn Alabama teams. A gymnastic team may form with matches, and several big swimming meets are planned along with a junior league start in January and fall opening of the league in November.
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Direcor
Association
Birmingham A. C
Vanderbilt University
Columbus
Atlanta A. C
Auburn
Alabama
North America
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