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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1915
Page
12
Manager Schmidt said Benny Karr and Holmquist would start for Mobile against Birmingham at Monroe Park with J. Bradley Hogg returning Monday. He also shuffled the batting order and aims for better results after the long trip.
Morton limited Philadelphia to two hits while Cleveland earned a 3 to 0 victory. Two runs scored in the second on Morton's two bagger. Southworth joined the Naps and made a spectacular one handed catch robbing Strunk of a homer. Appleton allowed no runs through 14 innings before Cincinnati won 1 0 in the fifteenth. Herzog drove in the decisive run as Griffith belted a double.
Eight high class colts were expected to contest for the $16,000 purse and Latonia Derby honors at the Latonia track in Cincinnati. The field, all carrying 122 pounds, runs a mile and a half. Entries include Royal II, Dortch, Emerson Cochran, Uncle Bryn, Leo Ray, Tetan, Rancher, and Gold Crest Boy.
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In a murky box score, New York beats St. Louis 3 to 1 with Mathewson and Smith on the mound. Philadelphia falls to Chicago 2 to 1 as Rixey Demaree and Burns pace a low scoring affair. Brook blanked 8 to 0 by Cincinnati while Appleton McCarty Benton Clarke and Wingo led Boston to a 19 to 1 rout over Pittsburgh on a day of uneven results.
The snippet lists team abbreviations and pitcher names across teams including Chicago New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington Detroit Boston and players such as Faber Cicotte Russell Schalk Daly Keating Pieh Warhop Schwert Nanamaker Cleveland Morton ONeill Bressler Bush Lapp Schang James Severeid Gallia Henry Dauss and McKee. It reads like a statistical box with scores and records.
Box score style listing shows multiple games with teams Baltimore Chicago Kansas City Newark Brooklyn and others. Respective innings by team indicate final tallies, pitchers and fielders noted for each side with run counts and errors. The fragment records varied scoring lines and player names in a condensed schedule summary.
Scores from the South Atlantic and Texas leagues show Charleston, Jacksonville, Savannah, Columbia, Columbus, Augusta, Macon and Waco with mixed results. American Association games feature Cleveland, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Indianapolis, plus Buffalo Rochester Montreal Toronto rain affecting play. No other schedules listed.
Tuesday standings show Memphis and Little Rock atop team batting with averages around .262 to .269 and .423 for East. Hemingway Birmingham leads base thefts with 23, Paulette Nashville tops sluggers with 99 total bases, McDermott Memphis leads homers with 4, Stark Nashville runs 47. Leading pitchers with ten or more games include Frost New Orleans 6 1, Cunningham Chattanooga 7 2, Allen Atlanta 7 3, Robinson Birmingham 9 4.
National and Federal League batting leaders shift as Ty Cobb remains the only .400 hitter. Tinker paces the Federal hitters despite illness, while Schneider tops the National among ten‑game players. Cobb swipes 31 bases and leads in total bases and runs. Giants grab club batting lead at .270 with Cincinnati close behind.
John J. McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, announced that Larry McLean’s major league career is finished after a hotel brawl in St Louis. McGraw and Dick Kinsella gave differing accounts of the incident. McLean allegedly struck Kinsella after accusing him of influencing a suspension. Two chairs were broken in the clash.
New York dispatch notes left handed pitchers have been unreliable across the leagues. Key stars including Boston’s Leonard Ruth Gregg and Braves' Tyler struggle. Dodgers hopeful with Coombs Dell Pfeffer and Rucker face uphill battle without dominant southpaws.
In Amore Alabama on June 12 Skeets McBride of Mobile struck out Um men and beat Bay Minette 6 to 1. Batteries McBride Higdon White Ertzinger.
Thoss Sporting Goods meets Haas Bros. at Lyons Park on Sunday to contest first and second places. Thoss is seven and one, Haas five and three. Mound duties by Murphy for Thoss and Creel or Faler for Haas. Game called at 3 p m with lineups listed.
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