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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
7
Chattanooga announces the Lookouts will leave the Southern League in 1913. Manager Kid Elberfield cites no new name yet while fans inspired a bold uniform overhaul featuring red trimmings and maroon coats.
Funeral services were held Sunday for the Rev. T. A. Jaggar bishop of the American Protestant Episcopal churches in Europe. He died in Cannes Friday and burial will take place in Boston.
Sage College athletic council bans intercollegiate games for women students citing nervous strain and violence of basketball. Only intra campus class games allowed with Dr Esther Parker noting risk and stress.
August Belmont announced shipping the brown colt Dandy Rock from Lexington to the government farm at Front Royal Virginia for breeding in cavalry service. The horse by Rock Sand Donna Mia is described as compact and well suited for mounts. The French government has paid 80 000 francs for Amowreus, a son of Octagon Amicitia, a race winner on the French turf.
Twenty seven men and boys died by firearms in the New England states and maritime provinces during the fall hunting season which ended at midnight Saturday. Maine reported ten fatalities Massachusetts five New Hampshire four Vermont Rhode Island and Connecticut one each and the provinces five. Women gunners were noted but the number of hunters mistaken for deer and killed totaled six. Ten were killed by their own guns and eleven by accidental discharge by companions.
Call on me at any time after January 1 1913 at 54 St Michael street and I will lend you money on good security in large amounts or small. If you wish I will sell you a lot and build you a home on easy payments.
Roy Walker a Cleveland pitcher appeals for new trial after being sentenced to ten years for assault to murder in Tennessee. He expects to play ball next spring if bond is granted during appeal. the Cleveland association may post bond once fixed. He vows to return to baseball after prison release.
PRINCETON N J Dec 16 An announcement says Princeton will not meet Cornell on the cinder path next spring for the first time in eight years The track team is financially a losing proposition and the expense of transportation was cited as the reason for dropping Cornell from the schedule.
Lyric presents five balanced acts this week with Mlle Lorette and her dog Bud in visions of old gold statues Handers and Meliss singing and dancing Dean and Price in a bunch of nonsense Robert Strauss and Company in a sketch and the Livingston comedy trio offering laughs. Performances at 3 7 45 and 9 15 with seats on sale.
Henrietta Crosman brings The Real Thing to Mobile Theatre tonight in a light comedy about a wife who neglects her husband after starting a family. The play, written by Catherine Chisholm Cushing, is praised as Crosman’s greatest success with a company of familiar stage players.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for eruptions blotches sores pimples eczema salt rheum and chapped hands. It claims to heal boils cuts and bruises and warns the product is sold by all druggists.
New York December 16 All the riders who finished last week's six day race in Madison Square Garden rested after a day’s sleep and were declared none the worse for their arduous labors Pay totals nearly 25000 dollars with 5100 prize money and 19000 bonuses The largest guarantee went to Frank Kramer who says he will never run another six day race Most riders plan to sail tomorrow for Europe to race in Germany and other nations
Atlanta report says manager Billy Smith will close a deal with George Stallings of the Boston Doves for an outfielder next week. The lineup will feature Agler, Alperman, Harbison and Smith in the infield with Bailey in left and Long likely to win center. The pitching staff already includes Donnelly, Weaver, Brady and others as trials proceed.
A notice from Bloomington Indiana dated December 16 reports Sigma Delta Psi, an honorary athletic society at Indiana University, has mailed its constitution to Central West colleges. The group aims to encourage physical development and training among students not on college teams, while requiring the same academic standards as varsity athletes.
The Southern International Poultry Association show opens in the Auditorium Armory in Atlanta with 4500 prize chickens ducks and pigeons on display. It is touted as the third largest in the United States. Special cars of fancy birds arrived and are housed in cages for the 1 PM opening. The show closes December 21.
London report on a Sunday air crash near Wembley where Lieutenant W Parke of the Royal Navy and airplane company manager Mr Hardwick died. Their monoplane failed in a choppy wind near Hendon en route to Oxford, flipping at about 150 feet and pinning both men beneath wreckage. Parke, a leading aviator, had earned his license in April 1911 at Brooklands.
A Sunday afternoon gathering in the Harte auditorium of the Y M C A heard Rev L B Sanford of the First Christian Church speak on The Greatest Mystery in the World. Aubrey Boyles introduced the speaker as acting chairman. Next Sunday Dr John Van de Erwe will address the audience on What Do We More Than Others.
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