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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1913

Page

7

Notre Dame Plans 1913 Basketball Itinerary

Notre Dame announces a one week travel schedule for the 1913 basketball season. The trip opens May 19 at Bellefonte against Penn State and closes May 26 at Providence against Brown, with stops at Colgate Navy Catholic University Fordham Army and Fordham along the way.

Notre Dame Ind Navy Penn State Colgate Brown Catholic Univer Bellefonte University At Providence Hamilton N. Y Annapolis Catholic _ University Washington Fordham New York City Army West Point

Milan of Senators Leads in Pilfering

Chicago dispatch reports baseball trend ideas for tracking base stealing. Clyde Milan of the Senators led last season with eighty eight stolen bases and 571 steals per game under a proposed per game ratio that combines caught stealing and steals. Detailed by city and catcher, the piece lists the teams and players who threw him out, including O Neil Sweeney Street Krichell Criger Stephens Kuhn Sullivan Schalk Carrigan Cady Egan Lapp Onslow Stanage.

Chicago Clyde Mlina Senators Raffles Brigade Washington Star J. Clyde Cleveland Milan New York St. Louis Boston Philadelphia Detroit O'Neil Easterly Livingston Sweeney Street Krichell Criger Stephens Kuhn Sullivan Schalk Carrigan Cady Egan Lapp Onslow Stanage

Knockout Brown TKO Wins Over Russell in New Orleans

New York fighter Knockout Brown defeated Frankie Russell of New Orleans in a ten round bout. Russell sustained bruises and a swollen eye while Brown remained largely unscathed in the New Orleans arena last night.

New Orleans Brown New York Frankie Russell Russell

Fiendish Rebel Raid Targets Tlaxcala Ranches

Rebels struck the ranch and mills of American J. M. Gleason near Chia n tempan Tlaxcala state killing four workers. Several women were abducted. The manager Gleason Jr. with his wife and child escaped. Buildings were looted and burned.

Mexico City J. M. Gleason Chian Tempan Tlaxcala

Rain Interrupts Amateur Field Trials at Rogers Springs

Rain halted the amateur all-age stake of the All America Field Trials Club in Rogers Springs Tennessee yesterday after twelve of fourteen dogs completed the first series. The event will conclude today to crown the amateur champion of America. Notable entrants include Babblebrook Bob owned by Louis McGrew Pittsburg Bill Johnston owned by Gustave Pabst Milwaukee Girlie Flexner owned by Dr. W. H. Miller New Orleans and Kidwell's comet owned by W. L. Kidwell Washington D C.

Rogers Springs Tenn Xain All-America Field Trials Club America Babblebrook Bob Louis McGrew Pittsburg Bill Johnston Gustave Pabst Milwaukee Girlie Flexner W. H. Miller New Orleans Kidwell Comet W. L. Kidwell Washington, D. C

Intercity Boxing Bouts Arranged

The first bouts of intercity boxing between St. Louis and Chicago will be staged at City Athletic Club on January 28. Matchups include Young Gus Rubline versus Kingdom Belmont 175 pounds, Jimmy Murphy versus Paddy Carroll 138 pounds, and Nate Kalb versus Francis Hennessy 116 pounds. Weigh in at 3 o'clock.

ST. Louis Chicago City Athletic Club Sullivan Harry Forbes Young Gus Rubline Kingdom Belmont Jimmy Murphy Paddy Carroll Nate Kalb Francis Hennessy

Two Chess Masters Play a Strong Draw

New York January 21 David Janowski the French champion and Frank J Marshall the leading American met yesterday in the postponed first round game of the grand national masters tournament and drew after thirty six moves Janowski had the initiative but blundered a pawn and doubled rooks Marshall pressed a mating net forcing a perpetual check to secure a draw The second round was postponed until today with no other games played.

New York David Janowski Frank J. Marshall Marshall Petroff Janowski

Dark Horse Origin Story Links to Tennessee Racing Tale

Springfield Illinois January 21. The article recounts how the political term dark horse originated from a Tennessee tale involving Flynn and his black stallion Dusky Pete. Judge McMinamee’s remark there’s a dark horse in this race sparked the phrase later used in politics.

Springfield Ill Tennessee Flynn Dusky Pete Pete Judge McMinamee McMinamee

Dog Derby Postponed in Nome Due to Snow

The Solo Derby, first winter dog race after All Alaska Sweepstakes, was postponed from Jan 21 to Jan 25 because heavy snowstorms. The 65 mile course runs from Nome to Solomon and back.

Nomb Alaska Nome Solomon

Schenk Is Granted Absolute Divorce in Wheeling

John Schenk multimillionaire pork packer wins an absolute divorce from Laura Farns worth Schenk in Wheeling West Virginia. Judge H B Kervey grants custody of their children. Laura Schenk was once arrested on charges of poisoning her husband and the case was dismissed after a long, sensational trial.

Wheeling W. Va John ©. Schenk Pork Packer Laura Farnsworth Schenk H. B. Kervey Schenk

Exhibitions of Fake Art Benefit American Millionaires

Exhibitions of counterfeit or improbable art have begun to entertain and profit American millionaires, presenting a curious trend where dubious works circulate as lucrative curiosities for the wealthy. This venture signals a growing market in deceptive luxury goods.

Eleanor Glynn Develops Warmed Novel Over Three Weeks

Eleanor Glynn works on a new novel that has taken more than three weeks to reach a proper warming phase as she refines characters and plot.

Eleanor Glynn

Field Trials Club May Oust Members

In Montgomery Alabama on January 21 a meeting of the Southern Field Trials Club officers and board was postponed to Wednesday. The session will decide actions against handlers and dog owners who did not pay nomination and starting fees for recent Letohatchee trials.

Montgomery Ala Southern Field Trials Club Capiol Handera Letohatehie

Wall Street Spikes On Wrong Supreme Court Telegram

Traders surged as a misread telegram suggested a favorable Minnesota rate decision for railroads. Rumor sparked rapid price rises in railroad stocks before the error was revealed and markets fell back to the day's lows.

New York Stock Exchange Wall Street Supreme Court Minnesota

Governor Blease defers South Carolina troops from Wilson inauguration

In Columbia on January 21 Governor Blease refused to release a battalion of South Carolina troops to attend President elect Wilson’s inauguration. He cites lack of formal invitation and will not let the troops depart unless invited. Troops had prepaid for Washington quarters.

Columbia S. C South Carolina Wilson Blease Washington

Eight-Hour Law Extended to River and Harbor Workers

Washington readers report the eight hour law now covers river and harbor improvement workers on government contract projects after a Senate vote. The change follows a Supreme Court ruling that river and harbor laborers were seasmen not subject to the act, prompting congressional amendment to expand coverage.

Washington Supreme Court Senate House

Five Sailors Rescued Off Cape Hatteras After Ship Sinks

In a harrowing sea drama, Captain Larkin and his first mate fell overboard on January 2 as the Boston schooner Future sank. Six survivors lashed to mizzen chains endured exposure with only raw potatoes, one man dying before the Asuncion’s boat line finally plucked them from near death off Cape Hatteras.

Manchester England Boston Future Cape Wmatteras Asuncion Larkin

Exe cutive committee delays 1913 convention city choice

Atlanta January 21 The executive committee of the Southern Educational Association postponed selecting the 1913 annual convention city to a later meeting. Nashville Charleston and Asheville are candidates. M L BrittainGeorgia superintendent of education presided as topics for the convention were discussed.

Atlanta The Southern Educational Association Nashville

Pensacola Welcomes Florida’s First Woman Lawyer

Pensacola reports a milestone as Minnie EZ Kehoe returns home from Tallahassee where she qualified to practice before the state bar. Kehoe has served in Pensacola’s court scene for years and has long studied court procedures. She becomes one of the few women admitted to practice in the first judicial district.

Pensacola Florida Minnie EZ. Kehoe Tallahassee Kehoe Coverel

Not AlTogether Cheerless Dialogue Cited

A fragmentary exchange questions chair removal and a vow to avoid swearing. The dialogue hints at tensions over local decisions and personal restraint, featuring terse remarks about behavior and political or social action.

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