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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
8
Buckahatay Moingamn recounts traditional duck hunting tactics to C L Gilman. The guide describes stealth approaches to ambush ducks, use of cedar decoys, hiding at shorelines, and breaking ice to lure resting birds, noting Anglo methods rely on costly decoys.
Mrs. Kate Smith of Mobile learns by telegram that her son Frank D. Smith a railway conductor was killed Tuesday morning in Hood River Oregon. The 45 year old native of Mobile served as telegraph operator and held engineering corps posts in the Spanish American War later serving as quartermaster with rank of captain in the Philippines. He had lived on the Pacific coast for fourteen years and is survived by his mother a sister Mrs Sallie Mangledorf brother W D Smith and other relatives. Body to be brought to Mobile for burial.
The bank announced at the annual directors meeting Tuesday that all officers were reelected. Henry Hall remains president with Charles D Willoughby as vice president and cashier. I H Shafer Junius W Woolf Marvin O Discher as assistant cashiers and E C Meredith as trust officer also retain their posts.
In Monday night basketball Barton High freshmen beat Settlement Home 15 13. St Josephs Club defeated Settlement Home five 7 5 with Yeend and Bogue starring. Earlier Settlement Home beat St Vincent’s Club 22 19 with A Danielsen Ollinger and Stubbs notable. Yerby High School Yerby team to meet C A C five Wednesday at Barton court.
Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Americans spring training trip schedule was cut as all tests with the Philadelphia Nationals were canceled. Connie Mack said the Phillies would not play the NL champions if the full schedule could not be kept. Minnie Hatcher and Anna May Pugh were arrested on assault charges in Plateau.
The St Louis Court of Appeals affirmed a 1912 verdict awarding John O Connor $5 000 against the St Louis American League club for discharge while under contract. It rejected evidence of a players conspiracy with O Connor to hinder Ty Cobb in a 1910 automobile contest, and ruled the contract was not void for ambiguity.
Evangelists Lowe and Clarke lead illustrated Life of Christ lectures at First Baptist and Government Street Presbyterian churches. Tonight Clarke discusses Enemies of the Home and Lowe begins Passion Week. Services start 7:30 each evening with noon talks at railroad shops. Excursion to New Orleans offered.
Ivory billiard balls, 23 to 8 inches in diameter, now priced at 16 dollars each. A three ball set costs 48 dollars. Prices rose from 18 dollars per ball not long ago. Supplying balls for many tables is costly.
The Bauer team defeated Albright & Wood 18 to 17 in a tight Commercial Basket Ball League game. Crowns beat Martin 34 to 27 as crowds surged. Scorers included Crenshaw and Penny with multiple baskets. officials were Phillips Mayhall and Posey. Next up Barton vs Medical College and Y M C A vs U M S.
New York Jan 5 James A Gilmore president of the Federal League says Harry Sinclair will not guarantee salaries or dispose of all Federal League players He only guarantees Newark club contracts and will release players from Newark Kansas City Buffalo and Brooklyn including Kauff Magee and Anderson Reginald is cited as a bystander comment.
The Mobile Athletic Club hosts a boxing bout Monday night at Temperance Hall. Kid Carter of Memphis faces Young Denny of New Orleans in a welterweight showdown. Carter previously beat Al Wambs and Denny beat Wambsgans in ten rounds. Carter and his manager arrive in Mobile Thursday to start training. Also, John T. McGrath pays $50 fine for violating prohibition, plus costs, in city court for liquor aboard a boat house. A. Desaler is arrested for prohibition violation, whisky found at his Delaware Conception street store.
George Moriarity once with Detroit agreed to join the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. He was injured early last season and given a conditional release by Detroit. He is expected to play third base.
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