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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1913
Page
2
Carlisle coach Glenn and manager C A Clancy deny quotes attributed to them about Jim Thorpe. The letters claim Thorpe’s amateur eligibility could be jeopardized after Olympic success in Stockholm. Clancy says he never spoke to Thorpe or his team and knows nothing reflecting on Thorpe’s status.
York January 2 James E chairman of the national registration committee said he doubts charges of professionalism against Thorpe. He denies Thorpe played for Carlisle or any other league team and expresses full confidence in his amateur standing after a telephone call with Carlisle's coach.
James Thorpe, famed Carlisle Indian School athlete and Olympic champion, is accused of playing with the Rocky Mounts and other teams in the Eastern Carolina League. The charges were filed yesterday by James B Sub secretary of the Amateur Athletes Union, alleging sessional baseball participation from mid June through season end.
Jose Raul Capablanca of Cuba won his fourth straight game to extend his lead in the Chess Masters Tournament in New York. He defeated J H Morrison in twenty four moves while rivals including Marshall Janowski Chavez Tenenwurzel Whitaker Liebenstein Kupchik Kline Rubinstein and Zapoleon posted victories or draws.
New York Nationals move to begin training earlier than rivals. Captain Uriah Doyle, second baseman for the team, has informed management of a camp at Marlin two weeks ahead of the planned start.
In Cleveland on January 2, amateur champion Robert McLean of Chicago set a new half mile skating record in 1 minute 16 seconds 1 6. The former mark of 1 17 38 5 was set here three years earlier by Edmund Lamy of Seneca Lake New York.
The National Rifle Association announced the third intercollegiate gallery rifle match results for the college championship. Massachusetts Agricultural, 954, and Oklahoma A. and M., 864, won by default from Missouri, with numerous colleges and scores listed including Dartmouth 902 and Clemson Agricultural 60, among others.
Charles W. Murphy president of the Chicago National League Club announced he bought a half interest in the Philadelphia National League Baseball Park. The park alone is now jointly owned by Murphy and C. P. Taft of Cincinnati. An agreement tied to the recent sale of the Philadelphia club allows the club owners to buy the field in 1920 for 400000.
B V Covert of the Audubon Club Buffalo N Y took first honors in the preliminary of the sixth annual midwinter handicap trap tournament at Pinehurst N C. Covert and Allen Heil of Allentown Pa tied at 95 on 100 targets and Covert then hit a perfect 26 to win while Heil managed 21. Fred Gilbert and Wolford Henderson top professionals tied at 91.
Rain prevented the amateur derby stake of the All American Field Trial Club from being run yesterday in Rogers Springs Tennessee. A start is planned for this morning if weather permits.
Featherweight champion John Kilbane pulled out of the New York bout with Young Driscoll scheduled for January 28 due to a boil on his neck causing blood poisoning.
Jake Abel of Chattanooga won a ten round decision over Knockout Brown of New York at the Auditorium in Atlanta. Proceeds after expenses go to a fund aiding the Fifth Georgia National Guard to cover travel costs to Washington for Governor Wilson's inauguration.
President Charles B. Jones of the Montgomery Baseball Association reports manager John Dobbs in St. Louis has arranged to obtain from the St. Louis Browns two outfielders an infielder and a catcher. Names will be announced after contract signing. Dobbs plans tryouts with at least two players for each position.
Modistes and milliners react to the decision of the president elect not to hold an inaugural ball. About 1 million dollars usually spent on gowns and roughly the same for hats and cloaks will be lost, affecting manufacturers nationwide. Some orders already paused. others uncertain whether to proceed with inauguration garments. Vendors warn of a seasonal gap as they adjust to reduced force and shifting plans.
The mail steamship Princess Clementine narrowly avoided disaster in the English Channel while en route Ostend to Dover. It collided with the Norwegian bark Heimdal, which was waterlogged. The Heimdal crew of twenty were rescued by the Clementine. the Clementine lost two crew members when a boat was lowered to aid the bark. The Clementine’s bow was badly stove in.
Glamour of a noble title drew Rose Wagner of 1752 Hermitage Avenue to Joliet penitentiary where she chose Count Louis de Monte Carlo as her husband. The short-lived union reflects the lure of aristocratic status in a city report from Chicago dated January 25.
Count Montmorency of Florence tells Municipal Judge Cabath that his wife’s accusation is true. The judge sentences him to six months as a guest at the Castle Whitman and warns against titled foreigners. Montmorency admits past convictions after perjury warning. letters allegedly prove his identity.
Milwaukee officials announce no more boxing events after warrants are issued for Jack Redmond and Joe Welling on a January 13 prize fight. District Attorney Yockey said the bout violated Wisconsin law following a ministerial conference.
Health inspectors traced a leprosy death to Leona Rivers, a Black woman, with city health officer Dr. Charles Mohr demanding a satisfactory explanation by Saturday night or prosecution. The woman alleged treatment at a Davis Avenue house by Dr. Roger Williams and another doctor, then barred from entry. A separate note says a $2.5 million company will run refrigerated boats between St. Louis and New Orleans.
Omaha police respond to a distress call from a mother threatening to whip her 6 year old daughter Mary Foltz over washing hands before supper. The Police Surgeon Foltz hurries home to find the child already suffering alleged abuse as neighbors report.
Officers hunt for an enterprising coiner who flooded the area with spurious half dollars. The crude imitations show a primitive die. Eighteen coins were found on a railroad track by a local merchant's wife, suggesting they were dropped near the corner earlier.
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