Mobile Gulls Take Opening Game In Razor Ledbetter Victory
In Rock Arkansas on July 4 the Mobile Gulls beat the Travelers 7 to 5. Ledbetter pitched all game as the Gulls surged in the seventh inning on Schmidt's two on base hit. The Travelers were unable to overcome the early Mobile lead. A doubleheader is planned with Works and Cavet or Allison expected to pitch for Mobile and Hardgrove and Hoff for the locals.
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Rock, Ark
Mobile
Schmidt
Gulls
Ledbetter
Holmquist
Ralph
Pug
R.H PO A. E
Assey
Holly
Sense Burke
Via
O Cavet
Wes
Little Rock
Kirby
Larbare
Ae Gibson
Uchman
Oe Starr
Hoff Balese
Eele
Coachman
Couchman i
Baseball results and suspensions from Monday games
The Indians beat the Tigers 6 to 4 and the White Sox topped the Browns 3 to 2 while the Red Sox won 6 to 4 over the Athletics. Cobb was suspended three days for throwing his bat into the Chicago crowd. Braves beat Phillies 5 to 1 to rise to second in the National League. Brooklyn defeated the Giants 6 to 1 and the Cubs beat the Pirates. Lefty Townsend starred for Memphis and the Pels won 7 to 1. Chattanooga topped Atlanta 5 to 3. Yankees edged Senators 1 to 0 in 12 innings with Slim Caldwell pitching.
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Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Browns
Red Sox
Athletics
Cobb
Chicago
Boston Braves
Phillies
Alexander Monday
Alexander
Brooklyn Superbas
Giants
Cubs
Pirates
Melita
New York Yankees
Games Today Southern
Chattanooga at Atlanta Nashville at Birmingham Memphis at New Orleans Mobile at Little Rock Brooklyn at New York 10:15 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Cincinnati at St Louis 1:45 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston Detroit at Cleveland 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. New York at Washington 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. St Louis at Chicago 10:15 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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National
Brooklyn
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Southern
Pet
Nashville
New Orleans
Wee Ee
ORICA
Yank Icceccsaas
Result Games Southern at Little Rock and other matchups
Scores from various games show Southern at Little Rock 10 to 3 over Mobile with Couchman Holmquist and Gibson. N Orleans 8 over Memphis 0 with Townsend Higgins Monroe and Ruel. Atlanta 3 over Chattanooga 6 with Brennan Laffite Perkins Allen Marshall Kitchens. Nashville Birmingham in rain. New York 3 over Brooklyn 9 with Anderson Schupp and Varianten Coombs Miller. Boston 5 over Philadelphia 8 with Reusbach Gowdy Kil lifer. Pittsburgh 2 over Chicago 6 with Cooper Wilson Seaton Packard Fischer. Cincinnati St Louis rain.
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Little Rock
Mobile
Couchman
Holmquist
Gibson
N. Orleans
Memphis
Townsend
Higgins
Monroe
Ruel
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Brennan
Lafitte
Perkins
Allen
Marshall
Kitchens
Nashville
Birmingham
Iain
National
New York
Brooklyn
Anderson
Schupp
Rariden
Coombs
Miller
Boston
Philadelphia
Reusbach
Gowdy
Alexander
Killifer
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cooper
Wilson
Seaton
Packard
Fischer
Cincinnati-St. Louis
Untitled baseball brief
Off Coachman seven in three innings with four runs and Holmquist four in five innings with three runs. Time two hours. Umpires Rudderham and Hart.
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Coachman
Holmquist
Baseball Standings and Headline Boxing Pairings
Washington 0-3-1 and New York 1-6-1 with Johnson Ainsworth Caldwell Nanamaker. Cleveland 6-6-2 beats Detroit 4-11-2 with Lowdermilk Bagg ONeill Davis Erickson Stanage. Chicago 3-5-0 loses to St Louis 2-8-3 with Wolfgang Schalk Weisman Severied. Philadelphia 4-12-3 trails Boston 6-11-1 with Nabors Sheehan Meyer Shore Mays Cady.
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American
Washington
Ew York
Johnson
Ainsworth
Caldwell
Nanamaker
Cleveland
Detroit
Lowdermilk
Bagg
O'Neill
Davis
Erickson
Stanage
Chicago
St. Louis
Wolfgang
Schalk
Weisman
Severied
Philadelphia
Boston
Nabors
Sheehan
Meyer
Shore
Mays
Cady
Dodgers death may push bean ball ruling
Brooklyn president Charles Ebbetts asks President Tener to instruct umpires to award the batter first base when a bean ball is thrown. He cites the death of Dodge in Mobile and the Mays case, plus near-misses by Barnes on Stengel and Daubert and Tesreau hitting Daubert in Brooklyn.
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New York
Charles Ebbetts
Brooklyn National League Baseball Club
Tener
Dodge
Mobile
Mays
Ebbets
Barnes
Boston Nationals
Stengel
Daubert
Brooklyn
Tesreau
Giants
Jake Atz Released as Fort Worth Manager
Fort Worth Texas July 4 Jake Atz former Southern Association player tonight was released as manager of the Fort Worth team of the Texas League after refusing to remove a pitcher from yesterday's game as directed by the club owner. Fred Hunter first baseman was also released with no reason given.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Jake Atz
Atz
Fred Hunter
Hunter
Civil Service Exams Announced for July and August
The U S Civil Service Commission released a list of competitive examinations to be held in July and August. Posts include radio draftsman in Washington DC, Ordnance draftsman at the navy yard, coal mining engineer, assistant petroleum engineer, calculating machine operator, seed testing laboratory aid, mechanician and laboratory assistant, interstate commerce attorney, instrument maker at the naval observatory, topographer for the international boundary commission, field matron in Tadtan service, and accounting and statistical clerk with salaries and locations noted.
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United States Civil Service
Washington, D. C
Navy Yard
Bureau of Mines
Treasury Department
Department of Agriculture
San Francisco
Cal
Interstate Commerce Commission
Naval Observatory
Miller
Arizona
International Boundary Commission
Field
Tadtan
Hughes Opens Campaign Study in Bridgehampton
Charles E Hughes began a thorough study of all campaign aspects in Bridgehampton New York planning to devote the rest of his stay to preparing what he called the case of the Republican party against Woodrow Wilson. He paused briefly to pose for moving picture men organized by the national chairman.
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Bridgehampton
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Hughes
Troops Rushed to Guard Elephant Butte Dam
Columbus New Mexico July 4 Troops of the New Mexico national guard have been ordered to the Elephant Butte dam 135 miles northeast of Columbus to protect the second largest artificial water body in the world irrigating a 150 mile valley to the south.
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Columbus
N. M
New Mexico National Guard
Elephant Butte
Mexican Troopers Advance Toward Eagle Pass Across River
A large body of Mexican cavalry moved into Piedras Negras opposite Eagle Pass while U S outposts and guardsmen from Vermont and Kansas deployed along the river banks. The guardsmen were ordered to remain in camp.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Piedras Negras
Vermont
Kansas
Tuscaloosa Solicitor to Direct Old Tax Litigation
Solicitor M. T. Ormond of Alabama's sixth district arrives in Mobile to oversee the old tax cases. He will operate from the Van Antwerp building with County Solicitor Norborne R. Clarke as headquarters contact.
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Tuscaloosa
M. T. Ormond
Sixth Judicial District of
Alabama
William L. Martin
Mobile County
Mr. Ormond
City
Norborne R. Clarke
van Antwerp
Soldiers forced to ask city for food in Kansas City
Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Hunt of the Pennsylvania National Guard reached Kansas City and appealed to Mayor Edwards for food for his men. He said the troops were on half rations since Friday and nearly without sustenance since yesterday, and Mayor Edwards arranged rations for their journey to El Paso.
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Kansas City
Charles P. Hunt
Pennsylvania National Guard
Edwards
el Pao
Braves Are No Longer Warlike Verse
Satirical poem from the St Louis Post Dispatch lampoons the Boston Braves as silent and gloomier after a figurative silencer on Johnny Evers with references to management. It contrasts past bragging with current restraint and mocks Tener for thinking a team can win the flag.
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Johnny Evers
Antikamnia Tablets Advised For Pain Relief
Dr. C P Robbins endorses antikamnia tablets as effective against pain and headaches. He notes their use for malarial headaches, digestion related headaches, and neuralgia, claiming two tablets provide prompt relief and allow patients to resume activity quickly.
Charles Calametti Chosen Head of St. Josephs Association
Charles Calametti was elected to lead the St. Josephs Catholic Association, filling the vacancy left by William Gass’s resignation. The meeting also named Gregory Finch vice president and Emile Klump to the finance committee, replacing Finch. The group plans a July 19 picnic at Magna Beach with the steamer Pleasure chartered for the trip.
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Charles Calametti
St. Joseph's Catholic Association
William Gass
Noa
Gregory Finch
Emile ‘Klump
Finch
Magno Beach
Germans Turn to Soft Drinks Amid Beer Shortage
Berlin reports war and heat drive Germans to "soft drinks" as beer supply collapses. Beer gardens close or restrict hours. bottled beer scarce, only to favored customers. Bavaria faces tighter beer sales, barley limits cut to half normal. coffee shortages push barley roasting. Brewers receive limited barley quota for next quarter.
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Berlin
United States
Bavarie
Associated Press
Progressives Urge Parker to Call National Convention
Atlanta July 4. Local Progressive leaders urged John M. Parker to convene a new national gathering to complete the party ticket after Theodore Roosevelt backed the Republican nominee. Telegrams from J L Sibley C W McClure G R Hutchens Dr F H Peck and G C Adams of Missouri urged a convention in Atlanta with Georgia volunteers ready to support.
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Atlanta
Progressive Party
John M. Parker
New Orleans
Theodore Roosevelt
J. L. Sibley
C. W. McClure
G. R. Hutchens
F. H. Peck
G. C. Adams
Missouri
Illinois
Georgia
McClure
Progressive National
H. G. Hastings
Sibiey
Party For
Hutchens
United States
Hardwick
Parker Declares He Lacks Power to Call Convention
New Orleans July 4 John M Parker Progressive vice presidential nominee says he has no power to call a new national convention to complete the party ticket and has received several similar requests from other states.
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New Orleans
John M. Parker
Atlanta
Progressives
Officers in East Guard Rejected as Physically Unfit
New York July 4. An average of four to six officers per regiment in the East National Guard have been rejected for border service by the government due to physical unfitness. The vacancies prompt plans to enlist trained volunteers who can pass strict medical exams.
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New York
National Guard
Department of the East
Bowel Complaints In India Described By Missionary
A Des Moines church lecture featured an Indian missionary who fell ill in the interior. He carried Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and credits it with saving his life. He says the remedy is effective in India as preventive and cure for cholera and useful for milder bowel complaints here. Obtainable everywhere.
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India
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
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