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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1914
Page
7
The M. C. A. Basketball League will be organized early next week if arrangements are complete. Four teams will enter, each limited to eight players, with contracts guiding lineup. The winning team earns silver medals for all players who complete the full schedule.
Nashville Tenn Jan 13 The Nashville baseball club faces a pivotal annual meeting with a factional fight over board seats and officers. A directors board will elect a manager and officers. A dissolution of an injunction against President W C Hirsig gave his faction apparent control, potentially deposing manager Schwarts if no settlement is reached.
Cincinnati second baseman Groh today signed a three season contract to remain with the Reds. He rejected three liberal offers from Federal League clubs, choosing to stay in the National League.
Ezra Midkiff, the lone hold-out for the Baltimore International League Club, signed a contract with Baltimore yesterday amid reports that the Kansas City Federal Club made him an offer.
President Farrell of the New York American League Club announced receipt of the signed contract of Harry Williams the first baseman purchased from the Galveston Texas League club last August the deal reported by Associated Press from New York on January 13.
Ted Easterly catcher for the Chicago White Sox and Arthur Krueger outfielder for the Los Angeles Coast League joined the Kansas City Federal League Club after signing contracts yesterday in Los Angeles.
London Jan 13 The Queen of England was blocked from entering Norwich Castle Museum because she would not surrender her umbrella. Accompanied by the bishop of Norwich she persisted until officials recognized her. After the identity was revealed apologies followed and the Queen entered with umbrella.
The Greenwood Cemetery Association of Pascagoula elected officers for the coming year with Charles E. Chidsey named president. A plan was discussed to move several bodies of colored people buried on land owned by the association, with the association funding all removal costs and a committee to meet with affected families.
Otto Knabe, manager of the local Federal League Club, arrived in Baltimore and briefed Director Edward Hanlon and Secretary Harry Goldman on his Western trip. Hanlon declined to discuss rumors of Dolan, Walsh, Foster, and Beals Becker signing with Baltimore and said no consent was given to such reports. Plans call for grandstands to seat 14,000 on the home grounds.
Mike Gibbons of St Paul defeats Bob McAllister of San Francisco by knockout in the seventh round of a ten round middleweight bout in New York. Gibbons weighed 152 pounds 12 ounces to McAllister 160. McAllister led four rounds before Gibbons mounted a late rally and finished with a decisive right hook to the jaw.
Six of twenty contenders remain after Monday’s start in the all-age stake at Rogers Springs Tennessee. The second series today features Tidwell's Comet, Jo Blackburn, Moring, Babblebrook Ben, Terese Whitestone, and Whaler Whitestone. Each dog runs two-hour heats. parings of eighteen derby entrants were set last night.
Selma Alabama January 13. The Cotton States League plans to pull Anniston and Gadsden from the Alabama Georgia circuit before its January 29 meeting in Meridian to form an eight club schedule including Selma Anniston Gadsden Pensacola Meridian Columbus Jackson and Vicksburg. If approved the circuit promises shorter rail travel and profitable season for each club.
Former Tennessee Governor Malcolm R. Patterson will visit Montgomery this month at the invitation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to campaign for nationwide prohibition. He is noted as one of the South's most brilliant and scholarly speakers.
The wholesale grocery firm Sugar Brothers Company Limited was destroyed by a blaze in Monroe on January 12. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars with no immediate report of injuries. The incident followed by efforts of local fire department to contain the flames.
Cor poral Joseph Kindsmueller, an assistant clerk in the office of the assistant pay master, United States marine corps, shot himself as detectives closed in. A Major William Glasgow accused him of theft of proceeds from two checks totaling 244.38 and probable forgery. Kindsmueller left notes to his mother in Germany and to his office chiefs stating he preferred death to facing trial.
The vestry hosted a reception ending the church home-coming at Christ Episcopal Church after a Sunday and Monday program. Allyn Feeks Mr Miller and Dr Dunster were noted for contributions. Rev Dr Matthew Et delivered the morning sermon and the choir provided music. The evening service featured Brewster on The Music Toward a Higher Spiritual Development.
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