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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
8
Mobile manager Briscoe states he will cover the Keystone Sack position for the Gull team, replacing Starr. He emphasizes readiness and shifts in roster roles ahead of the season.
Manager Briscoe Lord discusses staffing for Mobile infielders and pitchers as the Gulls eye a stronger roster. He confirms Calhoun at first base, Tepe or Perry at second, Schmidt as catcher, Berger and Brown backing Schmidt, and Campbell Robertson Kirby forming a solid pitching nucleus. He notes Fred Smith’s stance, plans for outfielders Clark Miller McGill, and expects no immediate major trades.
New York Montana and Wisconsin boxing commissions clash over rulings on Packy fraud and Jack Johnson. French Boxing Federation cables suggest forming an international body to resolve the Johnson title. Victor Iyer and Paul Rousseau report developments amid state supervision.
Manager Moose McCormick has named twenty two candidates for the Lookouts 1914 season in Chattanooga. The group includes pitchers Kroh Somers Sline Howell Grimes Lorenzen Harden Goss catchers Street Graham Giddo a semi pro infielders Coyle Flick Barents Graff Gilespie Brandt outfielders McCormick King Johnson and Jacobson. Some newcomers from Detroit St Louis and Browns are Balenti Gillispie Giddo Brandt and others. Miller. McCormick plans to use Street Graham as catchers with Coyle Flick Balenti Graff infielders and McCormick Johnson and Jacobson or King in the garden.
After a Sunday game in Cincinnati Albert Demaree, nicknamed by some as a green hat observer, enjoys informal chats with fans on a crowded streetcar. He notes fans discuss baseball openly, while he downplays his own pitching prowess, saying he does not believe he is much of a pitcher.
Four dogs named Louisiana Duke Happy Medium Willie 3 and Miss Helen were ordered to race again in the third series of the National Field trials Derby stakes in Montgomery Alabama as birds were scarce. After the derby stake, six braces for the all age stake will run and a second series may begin with four braces yesterday afternoon.
Harvard coach Percy D. Haughton spoke at a mass meeting in Cambridge detailing seven mistakes by Yale in the 1912 game. He praised Harvard’s errorless play in the recent contest, questioned the value of the forward pass, and argued a conservative offense is best. He cited Yale captain Ketcham’s play as a factor in Harvard earning advantages.
G W Moffatt cashier at the Herald Company in Montreal was held up by an unidentified youth in the Herald Building and robbed of 500 dollars. A pursuing employee was shot in the thigh but is expected to recover. The thief took Moffatt's revolver and the payroll bag.
The Supreme Court upheld a city’s right to assess paying costs on landowners based on frontage on streets improved. The decision reaffirmed municipal power to finance street improvements through property assessments.
Former U S Senator Joseph Bailey of Gainesville Texas sold the Fairland stock farm near Lexington Kentucky. Bailey who bred harness horses at Fairland for years reportedly received about 90000 dollars and is believed to retire from the horse breeding business.
Packy McFarland faces a one year suspension from the Wisconsin boxing commission for failure to put on a satisfactory performance in the December 8 Milwaukee bout with Jack Britton. The decision follows a crowd of jeers and cat calls at the local event.
A Paris cabman and a groom, Charles and Aguste de Perrochel, were named sole heirs to a fortune of 1.4 million dollars by the Le Mans court. The will of Count Jules de Perrochel was probated after a three year dispute with other relatives who had challenged the will.
In Norwalk Ohio the Huron county local option election yesterday allowed thirty six saloonists to keep operating for up to three years. The county vote swung by a net 1 257 to 1.
Rev. John J. Ryan longtime Loyola College instructor and noted Jesuit geologist died in Baltimore yesterday. Born in Ireland 70 years ago, he was widely recognized for his scholarly contributions.
George W. Bowdoin, once a partner of J. P. Morgan and Company, died yesterday afternoon at his home in New York. He was in his 82nd year and had retired from the firm years ago. His son Temple Bowdoin is a member of the Morgan firm.
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