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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
10
Amingham saw the Gulls win 2 to 1 in a pitchers battle over the Barons. Mobileeathce 2 to 1 with a fifth inning error by E. Gandolfi and a run scoring play behind the miscue.
Star pitcher Ed Walsh is lauded after rescuing two girls from deep water off a raft in Lake Michigan. The Chicago White Sox figure is celebrated for his life saving act performed during leisure on July 28.
London July 23. Crown attorney cites Ginnell speeches to prisoners as the reason for denying him access to Irish detainees in England. Ginnell had described prisoners as martyrs during Stafford visit and caused a disturbance at Wirral. he was arrested at Knutsford barracks under an alias. He also triggered a Commons suspension by refusing to withdraw.
Play-by-play notes show Schmidt and Ledbetter executing sacrifice hits for Mobile and Birmingham. Walks issued to Off Black and Ledbetter. Teams left on base Mobile six Birmingham four. Groundouts and strikeouts tally and umpires Breitenstein and O'Toole. Time of game listed as 1:40.
Summary of multiple standings with teams in Birmingham Atlanta Nashville Brooklyn Philadelphia New York Chicago Detroit Cleveland and St Louis facing various opponents. Scores show wins losses and key player mentions across the circuit amid rainy Chattanooga notes.
In the South Atlantic League Jacksonville beat Columbus 5 3 and Columbia defeated Charleston 4 0 while Augusta topped Macon 8 5 In the Texas League Dallas won 8 6 over Beaumont and Fort Worth lost 2 6 to San Antonio Waco shut out Houston 6 0 and Shreveport Galveston rain interrupted play In the American Association Louisville fell to Columbus 1 6 Milwaukee crushed Minneapolis 8 2 and Toledo beat Indianapolis 8 2 In the International League Baltimore shutout Newark 4 0 and Richmond edged Providence 5 4 while Buffalo routed Toronto 6 0.
New Orleans at Atlanta clear readings. Memphis at Nashville cloudy. Mobile at Birmingham clear. Little Rock at Chattanooga cloudy. National. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia cloudy. Cincinnati at New York cloudy. St. Louis at Brooklyn cloudy. Chicago at Boston clear. American New York at Chicago clear. Washington at Detroit clear. Boston at Cleveland clear. Philadelphia at St. Louis clear.
Local sports notes describe pennant race activity around Mobile area teams. No clear names or dates are readable, but the item signals ongoing competition and business around Friday.
The Chicago club is fined $1,000 and Ma Joe of the Cubs $100 for behavior in a July 18 game against Brooklyn. Umpire Bryan forfeited the game in the tenth inning after Chicago players delayed play and Tinker refused to leave the field. Chicago’s appeal was rejected.
Sheriff Onderdonk and a deputy pursued two white convicts who escaped a Chatom jail, Quincy Day and Henry Tucker, believed hiding on the Alabama River near McIn tosh Bluff. A $100 reward is offered. Day is 35, 170 pounds, 5 ft 8 in, limp on right hip. Tucker known as Jones, 135 pounds, 5 ft 7 in, brown mustache, stooped, No. 7 shoe. They fled after stealing a double-ender skiff at the Bigbee and Alabama rivers junction.
Freddie Welsh the lightweight champion meets Benny Leonard a title contender in a ten round Brooklyn bout. Leonard plans a sub lightweight limit weigh in and may claim the title if he stops Welsh. Billie Roche referees. no decision allowed if both stay standing at the end.
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