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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
3
A crowded scoring report covers Southern League games in Nashville and Chattanooga, with Montgomery and Nashville matching high totals and Memphis, Chattanooga, and Atlanta posting late rallies. In the National League and American League, games feature New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, and others with varied innings outcomes and multiple pitchers listed.
Don Grant of Brinkley Ark fatally injured and John Harp of Brinkley seriously hurt in a Marmon crash at the Memphis Driving Club track during the 51st lap of a 100 mile race. C V Dunnivan won in a Studebaker in three hours fifteen minutes.
Five people were killed and three injured when the Scranton Flyer collided with a wagon carrying a Philadelphia picnic party near Quakertown Pennsylvania. The dead include Mrs Jennie Costello Edwin Kane Katherine Costello James Gillick and James Hannigan. The injured include Francis Costello Edward Costello and Frederick Costello. The party was returning from a fourth of July celebration.
Condensed league records list multiple city matchups with team wins and losses. National League standings show New York, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburg, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Cleveland with various records. Cotton States League items include Jackson and Meridian leading, plus Clarksdale and Selma results.
Toledo defeated Columbus 6 to 3 while Louisville beat Indianapolis 5 to 1. Milwaukee won 4 to 3 over St Paul and Kansas City moved to 7 and 7 after a 4 to 0 victory against Milwaukee.
South Atlantic standings show Savannah eight five over Charleston oh three and Albany six three over Columbus one four. Macon two zero over Jacksonville one two. International League results list Baltimore nine eight over Providence two six and Jersey City seven four over Newark one five. Montreal six eight over Buffalo three eleven and Rochester five four over Toronto four three.
Houston 6 Beaumont 0, San Antonio 2 to 0, Galveston 52, Dallas 3 to 3, Waco 2 to 1, Fort Worth 3 to 4, Austin 2 to 5. Standings reflect varied performances across teams with several close outcomes.
Clarencé Crosby, 18, of Toledo, dies instantly after falling 500 feet from his balloon during an ascent at the Wood County Sunday School Association picnic in Bowling Green. He attempted to swing over a cross-bar on his trapeze three times and lost his grip before the crowd of about 8,000.
Six people drowned on the Ohio river at Louisville during Independence Day recreation. Four Italians perished when their flatboat sank. Police officer Tim McCarty and 23 year old Carl Sykes also drowned while bathing.
Johnny Dundee of New York defeated Tommy Dixon of Kansas City by decision after ten rounds in Albuquerque. Dundee scored three knockdowns and built a solid lead on points while Dixon pressed with hard punches and a fierce final round effort.
Pittsburg July 5 Marty O'Toole pitcher with the Pittsburg National League club was operated on early yesterday for appendicitis at a local hospital. The procedure was not widely known until last night and it is hoped he may return this season. Mrs O'Toole is recovering from a similar operation.
Mobile at Birmingham. New Orleans at Atlanta. Montgomery at Nashville. Memphis at Chattanooga. Columbus at Selma. Meridian at Jackson. Clarksdale at Pensacola. New York at Brooklyn. Boston at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Cincinnati. American League Detroit at St. Louis. Chicago at Cleveland. Washington at New York. Philadelphia at Boston.
Mexico City July 5 The permanent commission announced there will be no special session of the Mexican congress despite President Huerta's request. It held that existing measures already grant the president authority to handle the Chinese indemnity and to disburse the recently authorized loan. Huerta attended celebrations hosted by the American colony.
The report outlines Mobile’s upcoming games against Rube Evans from New Orleans and Heinie Berger as a pitcher duel looms. Covaleskie prepares for Chattanooga while Nashville edges Memphis, and a look at Cotton States League ties in Al Demaree’s Cotton States career.
A suffragette shouting during the Bristol royal procession darted from the sidewalk, reached the king's carriage and dropped a paper scroll on his knees. The equerry warded the assailant with a light sword blow, police arrested her, and crowds mauled the activist before she was released after a brief police detention. She identified herself as Mary Richardson of the Women’s Social and Political Union.
Sight seeing autos filled with people sang hymns and floats lit up the downtown in a Fourth of July parade marking the World Christain Citizenship Conference celebration. Foreign representatives praised American institutions at a meeting with speakers from Norway Asia Minor Japan China New Zealand Canada Korea Ireland Scotland Germany Switzerland and France.
Luther O Barr of Odenville Alabama drowned Friday afternoon at Queenstown Lake while attending school in Birmingham. He dived into the water and his body did not surface until the lake was dredged for his remains.
Terre Haute Indiana July 5 Herr man Hulman millionaire grocer and philanthropist was found dead in bed here yesterday. He was 82 years of age and death was due to exhaustion. Mr Hulman was born in Germany and came to Terre Haute in 1854 and has been in the grocery business ever since. He is survived by two sons.
Three men accused of holding up a man at Western avenue and Went Sixty-third street fled in front of Eugene Whalen’s car in Chicago. George Paulson died from a fractured skull, Grover Paulson was injured, and George Pinkard was jailed.
In Johannisthal Friday evening a collision of two biplanes killed Hesscher and severely injured Captain Friedel. The planes piloted by Hesscher and Friedel crashed at about six feet altitude. Hesscher died soon after, Friedel suffered a bad spinal injury.
In Pittsville, Md, N. A. Baker killed his wife in their home during a jealous frenzy and then shot himself in a field. An alleged fortune teller had warned Baker a passerby would take his wife, which is believed to have unsettled his mind.
Twenty five people were injured and four fatally hurt when two crowded electric interurban cars collided head on yesterday in Ogden canyon. Fatalities include J. M. Anderson of Ogden Dan Grattan conductor J. M. Sherman motorman Peter W. Buller of Salt Lake City. The up train motorman reportedly did not obey orders.
Montgomery reader T. M. Hays swears a Digestit package outperformed all others and urges readers to test a 25 cent pack. The ad invites curious eaters to try Digestit to reclaim appetite, noting 25c and 50c sizes at Van Antwerp's.
An unnamed speaker announces his candidacy for the position of Commissioner of the City of Mobile for the election to be held on the first Monday in September 1918 and respectfully asks the support of all citizens.
A telephone call will bring our solicitor to talk over the proposition with you. The message indicates a planned outreach to discuss the proposition and obtain your input or consent.
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