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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1913
Page
27
A 1913 advisory by R L Goldberg explains how to secure straw hats against wind using proper methods and precautions. It offers practical tips and emphasizes careful handling to prevent hat loss during windy conditions.
Mobile defeated Nashville 11 to 5 in a rain hail delayed game. Williams weakened in the eighth as Mobile tied the series. Sentell and Odell led the hitters amid heavy fielding due to the storm.
The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association proposes a new handicap rule for its October meeting allowing a losing-time horse to enter a class one second slower than its record. The change aims to reward effort by favoring horses that started fast but were later beaten, potentially spurring fairer, more competitive races.
Baseball card reports results across New York Pittsburg Boston St Louis games. Highlights include Philadelphia at New York 2 7 9 lines and Chicago at Pittsburg 4 9 2 with pitchers Smith Lavender Archer Bresnahan Adams Simon. Cincinnati sweep St Louis 6 7 0 and 3 28 0 in doubleheader two games.
Summary of multiple league results including American League games Washington 5 Boston 4 Cleveland 5 St Louis 4 Philadelphia 12 New York 2 Chicago 3 Detroit x and other matches in American Association and International League. Notable tallies include Baltimore 5 Providence 4 in twelve innings and Buffalo 65 Montreal 0.
At Washington Boston won 4 to 3 with Bedient O'Brien Carrigan Hughes Altrock Engel Boehling Ainsmith Henry and umpires Egan O Loughlin. At Cleveland Cleveland beat It 5 to 4 as Leverenz Hamilton Agnew Steen Blanding O Neill and umpires Ferguson Dineen. At Philadelphia New York triumphed 12 to 7 behind Clarke Klepfer Sweeney Gossett Bender Taff Schang, umpires Evans Hart. Chicago saw Zamloch Rondeau White Schalk defeat DGAVON 29 to 3. Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Louisville listed with incomplete lines and partial player names.
Paul Sentell, a mobile player making his debut in Nashville, figures prominently as windstorm conditions disrupt the Cracker Billiken game. The event highlights Sentell's impact and the unforeseen interruption affecting the matchup.
The Baseball Players' Fraternity filed suit in New York Supreme Court against the Boston American League club seeking 1400 dollars. The complaint says pitcher Casey Hageman was paid 400 dollars a month from April 15 to October 15, 1912, and the Red Sox barred him from playing or joining another club. Papers were served on R. B. McRoy, secretary of the Boston club.
Friday June 6 designated as voting day at Yeend Pottery Store. Voters are urged to bring identification and check local polling arrangements for location and hours.
The report lists upcoming games across several leagues with matchups including Mobile at Memphis New Orleans at Montgomery Atlanta at Nashville Columbus at Pensacola New York at Cincinnati Chicago at St. Louis Detroit at Chicago St. Louis at Cleveland. International News Service.
Penn n team wins the thirteenth annual intercollegiate meet in Harvard stadium with 24 points, Harvard 21.5, Michigan 19, followed by Cornell 17.5 and Dartmouth 14.5. Notables include Jones defeating Taber, Lippincott tying the 220 record, Wendall tying the low hurdle mark, Patterson winning the 100, and Brown of Yale catching Jones in the half mile.
Birmingham May 31 Foxen hurls in fine fashion for New Orleans but the St. Louis Cardinals with Huggins at second base push to a pennant pace. Hendrix McBride and Marcan homer as Foxen yields two hits in three innings while Swindell Wilson and Adams handle the rest.
A brief pointer indicates further late sports reporting is available on page twelve section one, guiding readers to additional coverage beyond the current column.
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