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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
8
Albright & Wood defeated the Crowns 15 to 13 at the YMCA in a Commercial League game. Bauer's fell to Cunningham 36 to 10, leaving Albright & Wood leading the standings after the win.
Frank Whitney versus Ad Wolgast bout halted at end of fifth round as Wolgast cannot continue. A deep cut above Wolgast's forehead bleeds since early in the fourth, ending a ten round scheduled match in Atlanta, Georgia.
Maurice Witherspoon star of Washington and Jefferson College will leave the school for McCormick seminary in Chicago. He was elected captain for next season but declined to play and pursue the ministry after three seasons with the team.
Southern League magnates prepare to vote on about twenty reform proposals at the Birmingham gathering. Key items include 10 percent sale-price levied for league treasury, elimination of optional agreement players, and moving opening-day salary limits up to the start of the season. President Heinmann opposes some changes. Nashville seeks new payment cadence and exhibition-game limits.
In the United States district court a Toulmin judge handled an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed by American Steel and Wire Company and others against C. H. Wilson Mercantile Company of Coffeeville Clarke County. The defendant was adjudicated bankrupt and the case referred.
Young Denny arrives from New Orleans to train at the Cawthon Hotel and join Jess Smith for a six round bout at Temperance Hall. Kid Quinn weighs about 148 pounds as Denny and Smith prepare with daily workouts and a crowded Fort Morgan soldier audience expected.
New York December 15. Bar ney Dreyfuss meets Ban Johnston in Chicago as the plan for peace between organized baseball and the Federal League nears approval. NL considers constitutional amendments and salaries limits while hoping for a compact ending the Federal League and a stronger major league system.
Chicago December 15 American League club owners gathered for their annual meeting and awaited Barney Dreyfuss arrival from New York with a message said to concern peace between the Federal League and organized baseball as talks neared.
The University of Alabama released its 1916 football slate with games on October 14 versus Mississippi College on campus, October 21 against Florida in Jacksonville, October 28 at Mississippi, November 4 against Sewanee in Birmingham, November 11 Georgia Tech in Atlanta, November 18 Tulane in New Orleans, and November 30 versus Georgia at Birmingham. Additional games with smaller colleges to be arranged for September 30 and October 7.
Max Carey of the Pittsburgh Pirates led the National League in steals this season with a record low for the franchise. The piece notes Carey swiped 32 bags while ball leaders like George Burns posted 62 in 1914 and Bescher 80 in 1911 with the league mark.
A lawsuit filed in law and equity court targets the Pullman Company with a Tuesday federal suit. Sympathy flows from supporters seeking information related to the case.
Mrs Mildred C Mangum of 884 Dauphin Street fell from her steps early Monday fracturing her left leg. She was reported better Tuesday.
A promotional note explains the link between kidney disease and heart strain, urging readers to obtain Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets and submit a sample of water for free analysis. It claims Anuric dissolves uric acid, assures authentic labeling, and offers free medical opinions for backache, urination issues, and general misery linked to kidney troubles.
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