Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

The Mobile Item in Mobile, Alabama

We have 1,623,049 pages in Alabama

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1914

Page

6

Double Play Stops Rally By Gulls in Ninth Inning

Montgomery defeats Mobile 6 to 4 after a ninth inning rally. Kirby multi hits four at bats driving in three runs as Jantzen hits first home run on Capitol Heights grounds. Hollander shines at short with eight chances errorless, Donahue catches well.

Montgomery Ala Gilks Black Mobile O. S Ng Schmidt Donahue Lord Hudna Calhoun Buscher Gulls Schmidt Don‘ahue Fritz Pat Hudnal Rome Hollander Billiken Jantzen Heinie Jantzen Capitol Heights Kirby Cor Daly Germ Odell Gribbens Donatie Bill Schwartz Billikens Megro Baker Aes Eee Keystone Bag Perry Dobard Ruscher Clark Miller Elwert Cobard Donahue Miller Clark, If Dingfte Wesaeseess Ss Cs xJantzen AB. R. Po.a. E HG Ies Acarp Teeta Baer OU Hollander Hiwert Snedecor Bunachep Pol R Shieh Eerte Breitenstein O'Toole Larue Kirby Ty Cobb

Continues His Great Batting Lead in League Race

Lake Kirby trails Pete Kniseley by only a few points as the league scoring leader. Hogg and Lord also rank among the top scorers in the ongoing season.

Lake Kirby Pete Kniseley Hogg and Lord

Food for Fandom Mobile Faces Sixteen Home Games Start Today

Mobile gears up for a tough stretch as Lord must steer the Gulls to win more than half of sixteen home games starting today against Memphis. Key players include Hogg on the mound with Schmidt behind the plate and Leichhardt likely starting for Memphis.

Mobile Memphis Lord Gulls Pelicans Turtles Atlanta Welch Mike Finn Leichhardt Schlei Hogg Schmidt

Baseball and league action across American and National circuits

GAMES TODAY Southern League matchups include Memphis at Mobile Birmingham at Atlanta Chiatanooga at New Orleans Nashville at Montgomery National League fixtures Boston at New York Brooklyn at Philadelphia Chicago at Pittsburg American League Detroit at Chicago St Louis at Cleveland Philadelphia at Washington New York at Boston. Safe hits and fielding miscues noted with Middlesbrough style play and Montgomery's Big Snedecor leading with three hits. London fog costs residents gas and light in a separate note.

Pet Chattanooga New Orleans Mobile Atlanta Birmingham Enneee Nashville Oe Attire Ly Montgomery Eenee Memphis Serene Pittsburg Philadelphia Brooklyn New York Ee Cincinnati St. Louis Weeenee Eo Chicago Boston Cone Een Ame Pet. Eae Tila Detroit Eee Ween Eoeeanne Eaneseda Aleeits Washington Eeenne New York Eeesecsas Ceeeeveener Ee Ee Ae Enwe Cleveland Cee Baltimore Ee Enee Eee Chicago Brooklyn Sscssssarss Indianapolis E.es Buffalo Kansas City Southern League Memphis Birmingham Chiatanooga Nashv Ike Montgomery National League American League

RESULTS FRIDAY At Chicago R H E

Detroit 021 003 103-10 18 5 Chicago 400 000 112-8 8 4 Dubue and Stanage Benz Scott Wolfgang and Schalk Kuhn. At Boston New York 000 000 000-0 3 2 Boston 2 000 000 08-3 7 2 Keating Holden Leonard Carrigan. At Ishtetah R H E Philadelphia 201 002 6460-9 15 6 Washington 000 041 211 0-9 8 5

Chicago Detroit Dubue Stanage Benz Scott Wolfgang Schalk Kuhn Boston New York Keating Holden Leonard Carrigan Ishtetah R.H. E. Philadelphia Washington

St. Louis Beats Cincinnati and Other League Action

Scores from Federal League and American Association show St. Louis and Cincinnati in a 3-0 loss for Cincinnati while St. Louis won 7-6. Other results include Buffalo 7 Kansas City 5 and multiple Midwest and South Atlantic games with various victors and run totals.

Federal League St. Louis R. H. E. Pittsburg Crandall Simon Dickson W. Adams Berry Kansas City R.hle Buffalo Hauser Moran and Allen Blair Henning Stone Easterly American Association Minneapolis Columbus Indianapolis Cleveland St. Paul Milwaukee Louisville

Birmingham Pitchers Torched by New Orleans Nine

Birmingham yielded six runs as three local pitchers were hit hard by the New Orleans players in a 6 to 3 defeat. Johnson started erratic, followed by Gregory and Harding. Styles allowed six runs before exiting, with Bagby finishing. Errors ran high and bases were left crowded throughout the loosely played game.

Birmingham Ala New Orleans Johnson Gregory Harding Styles Bagby

Lookouts Edge Crackers In Atlanta Showdown

Chattanooga Lookouts defeated Atlanta Crackers 8 to 6 in a May 9 game. It marked the Lookouts sixth win in eight meetings with Atlanta, with two ties. The match ended after seven innings so Chattanooga could catch a train. Key players included Harding, Lorenzen, Street, Poescher, Kissinger, and Reynolds.

Atlanta Chattanooga R.H. E. Chattanooga Atone Harding Lorenzen Street Poescher Kissinger Reynolds

Also Mentioned on This Page

Abie Ming Benny Wes Reba Sparkbaum Automobre Business ANC Dobbs Charles Starr New Orleans Daily States Hudnall Charley Schimidt Telephone Isvan Bell Telephone System Southern Bell Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company Duke's Garage Big Snedecor Barons Dobbers Moley Tigers Chicago White Sox London R. H. E. Cincinnati Arges Clarke Griner Doak Snyder Rochester Newark Toronto Providence Baltimore South Atlantic Macon Augusta Jacksonville Columbia Charleston Albany Savannah Merchants Bank Francis Maury & Unruh City Tigret Office South Royal St H.B. Jones, JR Pels Taxi Bell Dauphin ST Windsor Lotel Cafe Royal Conti Sis Verona Lumber CO. Retail Lumber Rad Ey Barnes
Search Courier

Search the The Mobile Item Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The The Mobile Item?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication