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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1913
Page
10
The after-theatre crowd fills a club as Trixie Montgomery Irene Wallace and an eager crowd mingle. A festive turkey toy and clinking champagne mark New Year as Helen and Warren face questions of change and commitment in their rocky marriage.
Society notes recount rehearsal at St. Josephs Church for Miss Leah Claire Rosen and Mr. David R. Miller with daisies as the bridal motif. Parents Mr. and Mrs. S Rosen hosted a buffet with a bridal cake, cut glass vases, and daisy decorations while guests included Dr. A G Moses and Mrs. D Miller of New Orleans.
The last Discards meeting of the season, held yesterday afternoon, drew many of the town’s best players. Mrs. Joseph McPhillips hosted four tables amid prizes of silver thimble cases won by Miss Lyons and Mrs. Le Baron Lyons among others. Ice cream cake and punch followed as guests prepared for summer.
Mobile hosts report shows Food For Fandom manager Bill Schwartz and Nashville squad arriving from Montgomery after dropping two of three to Johnny Dobbs' Billikens. Nashville’s pitching plans hinge on Williams or More with Gib son catching. Berger leads Mobile on mound with Campbell or Cavet seen as alternates. Hogg handles night garden duties as Buena Vista contributes at bat and defense. Bradley notes stationery limits while Gulls aim for pennant. Nashville beat Montgomery in eleven innings with Noyes delivering the decisive hit. Johnson, McDonald, Kohe, and Evans figure in Tuesday action. Lookouts edge Turtles only win in series. Larry Brown shines on coaching lines for the Gull squad. The sun remains hot in the press box as workers shift location near midgame.
Baseball results across the Southern League with games at New Orleans Memphis Montgomery and New York St Louis Boston Chicago Washington and Chicago with scores, pitchers, and umpires listed. Key games include Atlanta at New Orleans 1-4 and Nashville at Montgomery 6-5 with multiple entries.
In Detroit the Cleveland team defeated Susquehonna 6 to 4 in the first game as Kahler O'Neill and others pitched, time 2 30. Umpires Egan and Evans. The second game ended 6 to 5 with Cleveland winning behind Blanding Mitchell and Gregg. Miss Etta Mayers visits Wayside Maryland for the summer.
Miss Anna Belle Courtright will host a delightful summer time party Thursday evening, inviting the younger society set to participate.
Mr R V Taylor and Mr Jack F Ross with Mrs Ross are due home from Virginia where Mr Ross suffered a sharp attack of illness at the Virginia Military Institute reunion. The Mobileian, class of 1873, is a banner alum of the Southern institution. Mr C A Cooper of Gastonburg Ala visited the city yesterday.
Mr H G Grimley hosted a day party at Dog River Club with Mrs Ben Pagett and Mrs Randall and her sister among guests. The gathering served as a farewell before Grimley sails July 6 from New York for a Caribbean voyage, Cuba and Cardenas, then Panama and Azores, arriving August 4 in Southampton for a summer in England. In autumn his sisters the Misses Grimley of Liverpool will visit Mobile for several weeks.
A young group enjoyed a seance at Monroe Park then a hearts games at the yacht club. Nellie Scott won first prize two embroidered handkerchiefs while Ruth Lott earned a prize for hearts and Lillian Doyle took the consolation prize. Punch luncheon followed then a baseball game at the park. Attendees included Eula Walsh Nellie Scott Marie Spotswood Lena Hatcher Alan Alba Gower Marion Overton Ruth Lott Ruth Burke Evelyn Mcaughtin Eleanor Gray Gertrude Arnold and Lillian Doyle. Mr and Mrs Geo Stone and family moved to Cremona at Zundels summer home.
Barons second baseman Marcan shows enduring form with four hits in Tuesday's game. Two were short bunts beaten out by his speed, despite Billy Campbell's crippling effort. Lil's slide added life to the contest as the action heated up.
Fragments describe two games with teams and players such as Burmeister Hauser Townsend Hauser Wiley Maeridian and Morton. Umpires named Law and Bennett. Time noted as 1:35 with partial scores and obscured details.
In Baltimore the game result shows Flueealo and Bereta scoring for one side with Frill and Gowdy and Roth and Egan contributing for the other. Final line score indicates 3 to 8 with entries unreadable due to OCR.
In the wake of Luther McCarty s death promoters stage a series of bouts to determine the next white hope. Willard meets Miller in San Francisco in a four round bout while Gunboat Smith faces Rodel in New York in a ten round mill. Carpentier fights Lurie in Paris as other cards unfold from June 24 to 29 across North America and Europe.
A Covington Kentucky Federal League franchise meeting decided to turn the club over to league directors with a probable award to Kansas City or Toledo. Attendance here was not enough to justify continued operation.
Manager Bill Schwartz wired in three games and sold infielder Sommers to Roanoke outright. Pitcher Tolson sent to Roanoke to season up before duty at Mo bile next season. President Hirsig expects Doak to report in ten days. Almeida seeks higher salary and Dodge may replace the Cuban. The Nashville club plummeted from second to seventh in two weeks.
Four bulls broke loose while being led to the bull ring in Almeria Spain. They charged down narrow streets injuring many and killing one. Three bulls were captured. the fourth ran into the sea and drowned.
A new Cotton States League schedule replaces the old one, shifting games to Selma and adding four games per three day series. Pensacola was sent to Meridian by the change, causing a day idle in Pensacola. The plan favors clubs with strong pitching like Pensacola and Jack Snapper but strains weaker lineups.
Lima Ohio June 25 Joe Viola age 2 is dead and Joe Zigerall age 36 is fatally hit while John Flynn, his wife and four children were rescued seriously injured from a fire in Flynn's boarding house early yesterday morning.
The betrothal of Ulysses Grant son of the late president and Mrs A L Wil of Marshalltown Iowa was announced. The ceremony is planned in San Diego next month. Mrs Wil is 35 and Mr Grant has just passed his sixtieth birthday.
Reported change from twenty rounds to ten moves the fight between Jack Britton and Charlie White to an arena in New Orleans. Governor Hall banned twenty round bouts in Louisiana prompting officials to shift the July 4 event from McDonaghville to the city venue.
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