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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1915
Page
12
First basketball games drew crowds as Trinity Sunday faced All Saints and Methodist beat Trinity 18 to 4 after a close first half. A double header is planned each Saturday at 1 PM outlining the day’s scores and participants.
The ng Hill track team led by captain Parone Grefer and manager Joseph Haverty trains after school on senior campus, running an eighth-mile loop then moving to the mile at Maxon Field. Runners adapt from dirt to cement surfaces with notable effort as Hill plans to field three teams.
A reader advertises a non surgical cure for a ruptured condition called RAPTURE. The message claims success after years of pain, notes no operation or lost time, and provides a mailing address in Manasquan New Jersey for full information. The notice warns readers to act to save a life or at least.
Families from Fairhope and nearby eastern shore towns arrived in the city aboard bay steamers on Saturday morning and are expected to return Sunday and Monday for the carnival. Apollo crew listed include William Hedden, A. A. Chapman, Owen Roberts, D. W. Davis, William Schaff, T. F. Johnston, Jim Gaston, W. P. Minnich, Dr. Grant Minnich and Mrs. Minnich, George Wimberg, Ed Nelson, W. J. Overton, Mrs. EB. Keller, Siosson, W. D. McEimily, Ruth Glenn, Mrs. Frank Crenshaw, Mrs. Jefferson, Doctor Edan and Mrs. Edan, William Parker and Mrs. Parker.
The Christian Workers' Congress at Warren Street M B Church issues a two night program for February 28 and March 1 with live topics to discuss and an attractive agenda for the gathering.
A London solicitor’s wife and daughter of a Belgian army officer recount a perilous escape from occupied Belgium. After months apart they joined her husband in England, detailing deception at the Kommandatur, covert paper destruction, and a daring frontier crossing assisted by a bold driver.
Readers learn of notable guests arriving for carnival season in Mobile. Hon Sol D Bloch of Camden Alabama, Adjutant General William E Mickle, and numerous visitors from Mobile, New York, Waco Texas and beyond are listed. hotels and residences in Mobile host clergy, editors, and social figures during the carnival period.
Seventy seven competitors from multiple organizations will race Monday afternoon in a Mardi Gras Run event. Entries include teams from Y M C A chapters in New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola, Spring Hill College, Barton Academy, and several universities. The roster lists numerous individual entrants and clubs from Louisiana and nearby states.
Judge Armstead Brown resigns effective immediately sending his action to Governor Henderson. The move follows legislative changes creating a new court and transferring misdemeanor cases to Montgomery inferior court, leaving Brown handling only felonies. He is regarded as one of Alabama’s ablest jurists and won praise from Montgomery and state bars, including upholding rulings in the Theo Lacy case.
A late Saturday entry in the livestock show features the eighteen month old stallion Ben Hur owned by Ida Miriam Hayssen and family of Toville. Described as a Hambletonian with sire General Kuroki, the well regarded stallion Ben Hur enhances the exhibit lineup.
Races held in New Orleans on Saturday produced close finishes. Winners included J. B. Harrell in the first race, Oakland in the second, Jim Basey in the third, For Fair in the fourth, Kilday in the fifth, and Dangerous March in the sixth, with multiple runners-up and a series of times noted.
The St Marys beat the Dauphin Street Boys 12 to 6 last Monday evening. Notable shooting came from T Groom and O Snyder for St Marys and McPhillips for the Dauphin Streets. Lineups list E Snyder forward C Crichton center S Mauston guard O Cazalas guard T Groom forward for St Marys and E Rawls forward H Mahomer center J McPhillips guard B Sanders guard W Cowley guard for the Dauphin Streets.
The piece surveys age in boxing, noting many champions and contenders in their 20s and 30s. It compares Johnson with past greats like Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzsimmons, highlighting how age affected peak performance and title chances. It questions whether Johnson can surpass earlier champions and endure through age.
Magnate and former manager of the team of eedss and Jake Wells, now a notable electrical magnate, is part of the nine. Since Natona revived the Acid Iron Earth remedy, The Netona Company of Mobile plans to recruit top local amateurs to recreate the feats of the old Acid Iron Earths and boost Mobile's reputation for producing baseball stars.
Pittsburg Pa February 13 H Wagner of Pa refuses retirement at age 40 criticizes colleagues who want him to quit plans to keep working at least ten more years saying he can still fish and is not returning to the farm.
Boston February 13 reports say baseball pitcher Joe Wood is in the dumps due to the emery ball ban next season. The star is described as severely handicapped without his trusted rule breaking ruse de Suerre.
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