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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
8
Lookouts overpower Mobile 7 to 1 as Harris and Hollingsworth combine for two thirds of an inning of relief. Elberfeld’s lineup drives early runs with Hyatt, Elberfeld, and Messenger contributing in the first and second frames. The Gulls manage two hits and a scoring error cushions their deficit.
Weather and sports brief lists today's games with cities including New Orleans Nashville Mobile Chattanooga Chicago Boston Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cincinnati New York St Louis Philadelphia Cleveland and St Louis. Conditions: clear or cloudy as noted. No other games scheduled.
Harris left the mound after a squeezed home run by Graff and Young Hollingsworth took over to close out the inning. Hollingsworth allowed no more runs while Mobile managed only two hits, a Schmidt double and a Cavet single that produced their lone run. The Gulls shuffled positions with Dodge out and Burke and Holmquist filling in as Mc…
New Orleans Pelicans push for new pitching to bolster the staff as Rube Kissinger’s return is eyed. Heinemann Park on alert as signals for aid reach the team, with the option of Kissinger possibly rejoining once his arm proves fit for hard work.
Umpire Kerin sent Dowell from the game for disputing a close call at first base. Cavet moved to center field, and Holmquist or Ledbetter will face Tex Covington in tonight’s Chattanooga AR matchup. The Mobile offense totaled seven runs behind key hits by Messenger and Graff, while Jantzen and Hess contributed on defense.
Across Chattanooga Nashville Memphis Little Rock and Brooklyn results show multiple games. Notable pairings include Allen Kitchens Harris Hollingsworth Schmidt Rogers Street Higgins Kerr Ruel Lafitte Perkins Powell Rumler Hauser Cheney Mails Mevers Ragan Seiehah Rixey Killifer Stroud Schauer Rariden Harmon Schmidt Schneider Dale Wingo Hahn. No other games scheduled.
In Boston Washington and New York and Philadelphia Detroit Chicago St Louis and Cleveland multiple games were played with final tallies and listed player pairs. The records show varied scores and indicate lineup contributors such as Ruth Thomas Caldwell Nan amaker Bush Meyers Stanage Faber Schalk Hartley Severeid Morton Billings Baumgardner Plank Lowdermilk O Neill and others.
Frigid conditions sweep the country with snow halting Kazan street cars while Nizhni Novgorod records freezing point temperatures.
The Braves swept the doubleheader against Brooklyn 6 1 and 2 1 as Brooklyn stubbornly clings to NL lead after a Giants loss to Philadelphia. Giants stumble 4 2 on the road while Pirates beat Reds behind Harmon and Ruth edges Johnson in tight 1 0 pitcher’s duel. Joe Bush tops Yankees 3 0 as Athletics shutout, and Detroit falls to Chicago 6 3 with Joe Jackson hot for the White Sox. The Naps split with Browns 3 2 and 6 6 as Vols nip Pels 2 1 in a 13 inning grind. Memphis extends win streak 10 6 over Atlanta, and Little Rock loses to Birmingham 2 8 as Barons rally late.
George Leclair, pitcher for Little Rock in the Southern Association, announced he will quit baseball to work in a Canadian munitions factory. He plans to leave Monday and previously played for Baltimore in the Federal League last year.
Washington solicitor general John W. Davis is under discussion to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee, aiming to succeed W. F. McCombs. The move signals a potential leadership shift within the party's national machinery.
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