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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
8
Mobile outplayed Birmingham Friday to win the third and force a new count in the series. Hallaway delivered a key hit and a sacrifice, with Birmingham tying late before Mobile pulled ahead in the first inning and secured the victory.
A Sunday concert at Monroe Park features Moving Pictures Nightly, with free admission beginning at dusk. Local residents are invited to enjoy a relaxed evening of music outdoors.
In a crowded City League clash, Mobile edges a close contest with key hits and solid defense. Players like Hester and Hogg contributed in a tense matchup, with base runners piling up and late scoring opportunities shaping the outcome.
Fragmented recap shows teams like New Orleans Little Rock and Cincinnati with sparse line scores. Mentions of players Smith Wille Robertson Andrew Bresnahan Ma maux Gibson Zabel and coaches and venues across cities including Fort Worth Houston and Charleston.
Eddie Ainsmith star catcher of the Washington club had his thirty day prison term annulled and a heavy peace bond substituted. He must still pay a $50 fine for assaulting a citizen according to the altered sentence.
Friday’s game featured Elmer Miller’s standout running backward stab and Malley’s base running helping Mobile overcome a big Birmingham lead. Townsend and Schmidt steadied the defense as the Gulls drew on late breaks in the eighth and ninth innings to secure a hard earned victory amid strong play and spirited support from fans.
George L. Lyon of Durham North Carolina, shooting for the New York Athletic Club, won the preliminary contest in Travers Island to lead the tenth annual amateur championship trap shooting. Lyon broke 191 of 200 targets with A Richardson of Dover Delaware second at 190.
The Little Mobilians defeated the Tigers in a Fridaternoon double header 7 to 4 in game one with key hitting by K White-Spunner and players James Rabby Mireck and Allen. Game two ended 9 to 2 with Bates Rabby Koppersmith and Allen contributing. Rounders meet Coca-Cola Sunday at St Emanuel and Savannah at 9 am. a win earns a banquet and dance for sponsors.
Atlanta faces New Orleans in clear weather at 3 30. Nashville plays Memphis in similar conditions at 3 30. Little Rock is listed at Chattanooga with 3 45 start and cloudy skies. Birmingham meets Mobile in clear 3 45.
Weather brief for three NL games shows Boston at Brooklyn York at Philadelphia Chicago at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati at St Louis. Conditions include cloudiness or clear at 3 00 with temperatures implied by 80 degrees in Cincinnati.
In the American League slate Detroit visits Chicago at 3:00 under clear skies. St Louis heads to Cleveland at 3:16 with clear weather. Philadelphia travels to New York and Washington to Boston play under cloudy skies, with 3:15 starts noted.
Cloudy conditions listed for games across the league with matchups including Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, St. Louis at Newark, Kansas City at Baltimore, and Chicago at Buffalo all with 3:00 start times except Kansas City at Baltimore at 3 30.
In New York on May 1 Charles Hayward Turner a former commission merchant on the New York Produce Exchange shot his five year old child then killed himself at his home. Turner's wife had been at a theatre and found the bodies upon her return.
Gribbens of Little Rock leads the Southern Association batters with 645 for six games. Followed by Lord Memphis 464 Cruthers Memphis .450 Hemingway Birmingham .396 Stark Nashville .379 Andreen Memphis .867 Bluhmne New Orleans .362 Paulette Nashville .359 Jenkins Atlanta .359 Johnson Chattanooga Neiderhorn Atlanta .333. McCabe Nashville tops base stealers with five. Atlanta’s Allen Leverette Nashville Frost New Orleans McLeod Nashville Dent Atlanta and W Marshall Chattanooga pace the pitchers with two wins and no defeats.
Jacques Fournier of the White Sox tops American League batters with .463, followed by Cobb .420 and Veach .428. Lapp, Jacobson, and Groh head National League and Gould. Snodgrass and Bescher share base stealing honors, with Lennox leading Federal League hitters at .500.
Police report details a Friday burglary at 14 Chestnut Street the home of Ed Wiaton. A apa filled watch and a blue serge coat were reported stolen.
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