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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1913
Page
2
Mobile and Montgomery played a tense extra innings clash with Waves and Katina delivering the decisive run in the 14th. Stars Sentell Starr Schmidt and Knaupp stood out as Montgomery rallied to force the marathon, while Campbell and Brown handled pitching in a low scoring, rain affected contest.
In a tense fourteenth inning at the Montgomery game, Billivens pitcher Campbell faced a runner on third as J. Dobie Dobbs, Montgomery’s first base coach, urged a wild pitch with repeated mental prompting. Campbell delivered a wild pitch, allowing Montgomery to score the winning run.
In Buffalo last night George Davis of Buffalo fought Soldier of Brooklyn in a ten round match. Kearns floored Davis in the ninth with a right hook but failed to finish in the tenth due to fatigue from earlier exchanges. Davis weighed 182 pounds and had the edge early, with Kearns weighing 202 pounds.
The national baseball commission issued a rule clarifying salary obligations of a club that releases a player after the contract begins. A club must pay the player at the rate of his cancelled contract up to the start of his salary with the new club, if he reports promptly and serves the new club.
Montgomery tops Mobile 2 to 1 in 14 innings as Chattanooga defeats Atlanta 7 to 5 in 10 innings. New Orleans Memphis game rained out. National League games include Boston 5 Chicago 4 and Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 1 with Washington St Louis 0. Cleveland 2 New York 1 and Boston 4 Chicago 3 in 12 innings. Philadelphia 8 Detroit 7 in 10 innings.
South Atlantic results include Jacksonville 1 Charleston 0 and Columbia 2 Albany 6. Macon 2 Savannah 4. American Association shows Toledo Indianapolis 2, Kansas City 6 St Paul 4, Columbus 7 Louisville 6 with Milwaukee Minneapolis rain. Texas League games list Galveston 3 Waco 2, Houston Dallas 1, San Antonio 7 Fort Worth 0, and Beaumont Austin postponed.
Providence defeated Baltimore 6 to 5 while Newark dropped Rochester 2 to 6. Montreal beat Jersey City 6 to 1 and Buffalo won over Toronto 8 to 6.
More than 450 athletes from 104 schools in 25 states were entered for the interscholastic meet at Marshall Field under the University of Chicago. Officials predicted several records would fall.
In New Orleans on June 7 the Columbus outfielder Kyle was obtained by New Orleans. Manager Frank released pitcher Swindell to the Cleveland Americans and third baseman Mills to Waterbury, Connecticut.
Mrs. Miranda Clarke Cooke of Hartford was granted a divorce yesterday from Jere Knode Cooke of New York City. The former Hempstead clergyman eloped in 1907 with Floretta Whaley, a young girl from his congregation.
Jere Knode Cooke, former Hempstead pastor, says a Hartford divorce granted to his wife allows his marriage to Floretta Whaley within days. He and Whaley, with two children, live in a Washington Heights apartment. Whaley expresses happiness over the suit’s outcome.
At Annapolis Maryland June 7 a large crowd witnessed the final official ceremony of the year. Graduates received their diplomas from Secretary of the Navy Daniels after remarks by United States Senator Smith of Maryland. The new ensigns were urged to live cleanly and shun hazing, while Daniels praised those behind the guns.
A list of scheduled baseball games across the American League and National League including Montgomery at Mobile, Memphis at New Orleans, Birmingham at Nashville, Chattanooga at Atlanta, Pensacola at Selma, Clarksdale at Meridian, Jackson at Columbus, Philadelphia at Pittsburg, Brooklyn at Cincinnati, Boston at Chicago, New York at St. Louis, Detroit at Washington, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Chicago at New York, and Cleveland at Boston.
Scores from Atlanta Chattanooga New Orleans Nashville Philadelphia Boston Washington New York Chicago Pittsburg Meridian Columbus Pensacola Charleston Albany Macon Baltimore Jersey City Montreal and other sites show varied results. Final tallies include Philadelphia 8 Chicago 3 and New York 16 Cleveland 28 with multiple denotations of innings and pitchers across the day.
A fifteen hundred mile cowboy race for a $1,000 prize began in Kansas City with riders Miller Hawk Spur Texas William Benton Sierra Blanca Texas and T O Henderson Coayama Mexico racing to Winnipeg Canada. They travel via Omaha to Minneapolis then split routes with pack ponies and plans of 25 miles daily early and 70 miles on the home stretch. Mayor Jost started the event and sent a letter to Winnipeg.
Berlin June 7 American horse training methods are praised in Germany due to Baron Opere's Cologne stable under J Hyland formerly of Sheepshead Bay. Hyland's horses already won over $50,000 this season and his backers say he may win Vienna's derby and Hamburg's German derby later in June, both $25,000 events.
Locust Valley New York June 7 British polo players used a stronger American team and won 31 to 2 1 4 in a practice on Piping Rock field. One regular was out with a temporary indisposition making it the closest score yet tallied by the Britishers.
W J Hogue of San Angelo Texas was released on parole from the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth Kansas, after a sentence begun in 1912 for violating national banking laws. The article also notes an advisory line to ask Jimmy and Bob at Van Antwerp s about the No Name.
Oliver R. Cox, sought in Paragould Arkansas for the killing of Ben Boland two months earlier, was arrested in St Louis yesterday. Cox said he would return to Arkansas claiming Boland attacked him and he had nothing to fear.
Holt A. McDowell, 1913 Alabama baseball captain and star left fielder, arrives in Mobile with Montgomery and signs for a try out in the outfield. Known as Mickey, he attends Barton Academy commencement as a guest. He aims to win a Southern League berth and recalls facing Palmer Snedecor in Montgomery.
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