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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1913
Page
8
Liebhardt and Snell named by manager Bernhardt as the battery for today’s Atlanta at Memphis game hoping to extend a winning streak. Thompson and Chapman lined up for Georgia's side as backstop. Weather clear and hot.
Auburn N Y July 21 National Board of Arbitration issues rules on sale and trade of players among major and minor leagues. Optional agreements must be exercised by August 16. Prohibits sale or release within twenty days of drafting period start or after season end for club disposing of player. Transfers between associations void against draft selections unless in service of purchasing club twenty days before major league drafting opens. Announcements list Gaston vs Norfolk approved claims, Williams vs Southeastern League disallowed, Welser vs Dallas disallowed, Hodge vs Meridian disallowed, Scheusler to Columbus awarded.
Park of Duluth piloted Locomobile No. 20 to a perfect score in the Minneapolis to Glacier Park reliability run earning the AAA touring prize. Glidden team trophy awarded to Metz cars of Boston and Anderson cup for runabouts went to Metz, two Hupmobiles and a Krit car with perfect scores.
Wakefield Miss July 22 Captain Stuart W Wise of the Bay state team set a new mark by hitting 108 consecutive bulls eyes at 800 yards during the ninth annual meeting. The event drew members of the New England Military Riflemen's Association and featured top marksmen from several states.
Southern League games include Nashville at Mobile in two games, Birmingham at Montgomery, Chattanooga at New Orleans, and Atlanta at Memphis. National League matchups are Cincinnati at Boston, St Louis at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at New York, and Chicago at Philadelphia. American League action features Washington at Chicago, Philadelphia at St Louis, New York at Detroit, and Boston at Cleveland.
Roger Bresnahan, the Cubs catcher, has continued his fierce two way play after Jimmy Archer was disabled. He remains a relentless fighter with sharp catching and base running skills, breaking up rallies and anchoring the defense.
After a conference with Mobile base ball head A L Staples, manager Mike Finn remains in charge through the season. Desmond resigns as special officer. Benson, formerly with Mobile, praised as a promising young second baseman in the league, joins Columbus. The column notes other games and player moves, including Doak and Wiltse pitching, Crandall's effectiveness, and St. Louis Browns and Yankees headlines.
Rube Kissinger worked the mound for Memphis Monday and pitched steady ball to blank Atlanta 5 0. Three hits and Smiths errors at start of the second inning sparked four runs for the Turtles before Price left the game and Con gelman finished. Dodgers rally from costly seventh inning errors in Pittsburgh Brooklyn game turn defeat into an 18 6 victory.
Montgomery action saw Rube Evans outpitch Manning while the Larons take game one. Eliam and Walker star on the field with a brilliant catch and a key double by Elwert. Dee Walsh ex Mobile shortstop, now with Chattanooga, is ejected after kicking at a called strike. Needham contributes in Chicago Boston clash to lift the Cubs to a win and even the series with the Doves.
Chief Charley Frank delayed action as he conferred with President Lewis and Manager Mills of the Jackson team Sunday afternoon. The talks centered on tips about top talent in the Cotton States league and the desire to keep them undisclosed.
The report notes Frank aims to secure the best first baseman to star in Pelican spangles as the series opening Monday with Chattanooga nears completion. It mentions Lewis Mills refusing to discuss recommended men and references players from Jackson and other clubs as leading Cotton States sackers while Gudger may be recalled from Pensacola after a string of wins.
Four thousand fans at Union League Park packed to see the Beautiful Chicago Bloomer Girls versus Locust Maryland's nine fled in a riot when organizers revealed the "girls" were men in wigs. Police reserves intervened and three officers were hurt by bricks and bottles. Charles C. Jones, 68, was arrested as alleged rioting leader.
St Joseph Missouri July 22 ex major leaguer pitcher Jess Tannehill has been unconditionally released by the Western League club in the city.
Ty Cobb, earning 12500 dollars, voices dissatisfaction with Detroit and favors a move. He writes he would welcome joining another club and mentions a possible Boston link in trade rumors tied to Speaker, noting interest in playing in Boston but doubting a deal.
Officers of the Brooklyn baseball club announce the purchase of pitcher Schmutz from the Vancouver club of the Northwestern League. He will report in September. Schmutz 1912 stats include batting .109, fielding .957, pitching 425 outs. 33 games and 216 innings with 13 wins and 17 losses.
Mobile beat Nashville in rain 4 0 while Birmingham routed Montgomery 4 0. Memphis shut out Atlanta 5 0 and New Orleans edged Chattanooga with rain. In other games Philadelphia 11 St Louis 8 and Brooklyn 13 Pittsburg 6. Several leagues show scattered scores across Cotton States American Association International and Texas leagues with rain affecting Charleston Columbus and other matchups.
In Appalachian League action Knoxville defeated Johnson City 6 to 1. Other scores show Morristown 7 and Rome 8 with Middlesboro 4 in a chaotic slate.
Boston July 22 Joe Wood star pitcher for the Boston Americans will be out for weeks. X ray shows a crack at the end of the big bone and a chip may have broken off. Doctors exercise unusual care to prevent joint stiffness and save his pitching career.
In Boston on July 22 twenty doubles and nearly thirty singles matches were slated for the Eastern championships at Longwood. The spotlight was on W. J. Clothier of Philadelphia and George P. Gardner Jr of Boston who faced N. W. Niles and A. S. Dabney, both Boston players, in the opening round. Clothier and Gardner are the eastern champions, while Niles and Dabney are former title-holders.
An old home advisory states that office or home is more comfortable than the sea with an electric fan present. It argues staying at home is cheaper and more comfortable than a seaside outing.
Chicago July 22. Hawthorne Race Track will reopen August 9 with a planned fourteen day meeting. Local racing interests expect to conduct the meeting on the oral betting plan used at Porter. Horsemen including T. F. Flynn and Tom Carey are connected with the move to assure ample prize money for the reopening.
A Mobile versus Nashville baseball double header was scheduled for Tuesday after Monday rain halted the first game. Umpires Hogg and Berger will preside in the two games at 2:15 PM with Williams and Beck for the visitors. Catchers Schmidt and Gibson will handle the live action.
Edward Payson Weston covered forty three miles to Elroy Wisconsin arriving at night. En route today a telegram from Minnesota Governor A O Eberhart extended an offer of his summer cottage for two months.
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