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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1913
Page
2
In Chattanooga on August 30 the Gulls blanked Kid Elberfelds team 6 0 at Rickwood Park Birmingham. Slow fielding and miscues aided by daring base running and timely hits secured the win for the visitors with Pug Cavet pitching effectively.
Baseball results across leagues include New Orleans and Atlanta games with low and high innings scores, Memphis and Nashville clash ending 6-5, and Birmingham edge Montgomery 3-19. National League showcases Tesreau pitching for New York to a 27-2 win at Philadelphia, plus Chicago 6-1 at Pittsburg and St Louis 6-0 at Cincinnati. Also nurserymen elect officers with J R Mayhew as president and Harvey Templeton as vice president in Tennessee.
The police have no trace of a satchel containing 50,000 in negotiable bonds and stocks stolen from J. C. Lalor of New York at the Buffalo New York Central Station. Lalor left the satchel on a seat while he wrote a telegram and returned to find it missing.
Barney Lewis charged with the May robbery of a New Orleans and Northeastern train at Okahole Miss was held under 10000 bail at a preliminary hearing. Jerry Enis held on 6000 bail. Federal authorities expected to join as the train carried mail.
Mobile beats Chattanooga 6 0 while Atlanta and New Orleans head in different directions. Philadelphia tops New York 3 2 in the National League, and Brooklyn meets Boston on wet grounds. In the American League Cleveland defeats St Louis 3 0, with other results across the minors and leagues including Houston over Galveston 4 1 and Dallas topping Fort Worth 6 1.
Secretary Daniels and Assistant Secretary Breckenridge discussed the proposed abandonment of the army and navy football game. Breckenridge favored playing the game in Washington, while Daniels reserved judgment. Officials expect a conference with midshipmen and cadets next week.
Benny Chaves of Trinidad and Frankie Burns of Jersey City fought to a ten round draw in Denver. Both weighed in at 118 pounds.
Labor Day will be celebrated at Monroe Park with a band concert free motion pictures dancing and a grand display hosted by local organizers. The event begins at 8:30 and continues into the evening drawing attendees from the community.
Saratoga N Y August 386 The futurity feature closes the Saratoga Association racing season with nine finalists from 414 nominations. Top-weight Bringhurst 120 pounds with Southern Maid Pennant Forum 119 and 117, Black Toney Early Rose 119, Iridescence 114 Addie M 114 and Aaytime 119. Six furlongs, prize around 14000 to the owner.
Today at Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn the Ebbetts-McKeever Exhibition Company stages the third in a series of professional events. Longboat and Queal race Wood and Meadows in a four mile team run, with a baseball game between semi pro teams and a Velocipede clash between Frank and Joe Fogler.
Electric porch lights burn steadily and are unaffected by air flow. They emit little heat and maintain room temperature, with sealed glass globes consuming no oxygen. Push or twist to operate, no smoky chimneys or matches, and maintenance costs are low. Tungsten Mazda lamps last from 1,300 to 1,700 hours, with tests up to 2,000 hours. The wire drawn filament makes tungsten lamps nearly unbreakable compared to carbon.
Mobile at Chattanooga. New Orleans at Atlanta. Montgomery at Birmingham. Memphis at Nashville. Boston at Brooklyn. New York at Philadelphia. Chicago at Pittsburg. St. Louis at Cincinnati. Detroit at Chicago. Cleveland at St. Louis. Philadelphia at New York. Washington at Boston.
Cincinnati reports 202 players moved by major league teams in the last year through trades purchases and minor league sales. Boston leads with 23 new contracted players, followed by Cincinnati 21 and Detroit 19. other totals include Cleveland 17 New York Americans 14 Pittsburgh 14 and more. The commission also orders Nashville to pay Pittsburg 1500 for Arthur Hofman and records claims against BE Walker and C E Wares. Players now reside with the Montgomery club.
California civic groups move to circulate petitions for a state law banning long exhibitions and professionalized prize bouts. The push follows debates among churchmen and boxing fans as Jess Willard and eleven others face a preliminary hearing over John Young's death.
The Oregon Kid driven by 8 F Block of Portland won the Webb trophy with a 26 18 time for twenty miles, securing $1,000 prize and one year possession. Hydro-Bullet finished second and Barnacle third after a capsize incident injured Earl Beakin. C H Manley, newly elected admiral, piloted Hydro-Bullet in the final stages.
Doc Hoftum the Memphis promoter confirms this year’s ten mile Mississippi River swim is sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union He lists out of town entrants including St Louis champion C P Heath Bob Thursby of the Missouri Athletic Club and Tom Martin of the Birmingham Athletic Club Martin is a multiple year Southern champion.
A narrator extols a tobacco brand linked to his pipe joking that it outshines rivals. He recalls rolling cigars with ease, mentions One Armed Pete cooking nearby, and notes memories of the East, a girl, and old folks as he smokes a cigarette from the brand.
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