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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1915
Page
8
Rain halted the third inning of the Mobile versus Nashville game on Thursday afternoon after a fifteen minute delay at the start. The score stood 3 to 1 in favor of Nashville when play paused with one out in the top of the inning.
A Mobile area drug advertisement promotes Sargel as a safe affordable method for thin people to gain five to eight pounds in fourteen days. The plan requires one tablet with each meal for two weeks and claims fat from meals is converted into flesh without adding new fat. Van Antwerp Drug Co. and other local druggists sell forty tablets per package with a money back guarantee if weight does not increase.
A period advertisement sells three grain Cadomene Tablets as a home remedy for overwork gloom despondence and nervous symptoms. It claims tablets relieve heart palpitations dizziness insomnia cold extremities and timidity without physician input and urges readers to buy at large drug stores and follow sealed tube directions.
Umpire Kevin ruled home on a balk as Nashville plated three in the first without a hit. King walked. Stark, Baker, Paulet, and Farmer added small plays with a sacrifice fly and errors helping scores. Hogg balked, McCabe was hit, and Street closed the first with a fielder’s choice.
Nashville visits Mobile for two games starting at 2 15 p m continuing despite rain. Chattanooga plays Atlanta at 3 30 p m with rain. Memphis hosts Birmingham for two games starting at 2 15 p m in rain. Little Rock travels to New Orleans for a 3 30 p m start in cloudy conditions.
National League matchups scheduled with Cincinnati at New York Chicago at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and St Louis at Boston all slated for 3 30 p m times with play aimed to showcase top rosters in major markets and rivalries across the league.
American League matchups listed include Washington at Chicago at 3 p.m. New York at Cleveland at 3:45 p.m. Boston at Detroit at 3 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis at 3:30 p.m. Time slots show several key intercity games with multiple venues.
Schedule lists St. Louis at Baltimore Kansas City at Newark Chicago at Brooklyn and Pittsburgh at Buffalo all at 3:30 or 4 p. m. A sermon will be delivered at Franklin Street Baptist Church by Rev. D M Coleman of Selma at 8 o clock Tuesday night.
Southern Association games featured Little Rock and New Orleans in a 7 to 30 loss, with Gibson, Bagby and gains leading Little Rock. Chattanooga beat Atlanta 8 to 6 as Cunningham Clark Kitchens and Kelly starred.
Fragmentary OCR lines show multiple city teams and players listed with scores and dashes. Names such as Packard Brown Wilson Land Leclair Barger Berry Suggs Bailey Owens Hartley Schulz and others appear alongside cities including Kansas City Brooklyn Pittsburgh Baltimore St Louis Buffalo Newark and Chicago.
Montreal defeated Jersey City 9 to 1 while Rochester routed Newark 10 to 3. Providence edged Toronto 6 to 11 in a high scoring note for Buffalo and Richmond.
Columbia defeated Jacksonville 6 to 1 and Augusta beat Macon 3 to 1. Albany routed Savannah 6 to 1 while Charleston edged Columbus 7 to 6.
In a 12 inning game Beaumont beat San Antonio 3 to 1 as darkness halted play. Dallas topped Shreveport 3 to 1. Galveston tied Houston 9 to 9 after nine innings due to darkness while Waco edged Fort Worth 7 to 7 in a rain delayed contest.
Johnny Dundee of New York earned a newspaper decision by a slim margin over Frankie Callahan of Brooklyn in a ten round bout last night in Cincinnati. In Memphis, H D Gibbs led the first day of the Interstate Trapshooters Association tournament with 98 targets.
Brooklyn news says Jim Bluejacket, Indian pitcher for the Brooklyn Federals, has not been seen for over a week. He was injured in a Buffalo game recently and returned home to rest. last sighting had him barely able to hop. If he does not reappear, he may face trouble with the Federal League club.
The week features potential pitching duel between Jeff Cunningham of Mobile and Bill Fincher of Little Rock, recalling their 1914 amateur showdown in Dumas Arkansas. Cunningham from Stamps and Fincher from Holly Grove have long been top Arkansas amateurs and may each take the mound again.
A double header between the Nashville and Mobile clubs is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at Monroe Park at 2 15 if the grounds are playable. Manager Schmidt plans Hogg in the first game and Harkins in the second, with Floyd Kroh in the opener and McLeod in the second and Street catching. Carl Flick will play are and Perry will cover the third. Fans may see two games for one admission and an orchestra will perform.
Merritt won a thirteen inning decision for Memphis despite bases loaded with none out. Birmingham shifted personnel as Smith released Bowman Potts and Manning. Perryman and Herb Kelly joined the Crackers. Bagby starred for the Pets with three hits and nine chances without an error. Mayer fueled a Brooklyn surge with three early hits while Dagey Burns and Mayer protested decisions. Pittsburgh Feds swept Baltimore in a three game set as Suggs’ wildness hurt Baltimore.
Dr P H McDonald of Mobile will discuss Lenses Colored and Other wise Their Application to Visual Defects at the Alabama State Optical Society meeting in Montgomery on May 18. Other Mobile optometrists will attend.
The Bayou la Batre Albas defeated the I. W. Harpers 8 to 7 on Sunday. Merrit started, Schener relieved in the fifth, and Rabbit Westbrook starred for the Albas. The Harpers sought Sunday May 16 games with Pascagoulas and other amateurs while the Toulminville freshman routed the Toulminville club 12 to 7 behind Greer’s 12 strikeouts.
Bo Peep Flour defeated Little Hook Worms in a Sunday double header. The first game ended 8 to 2 with strong all round hitting by the Flour Boys. the second game finished 3 to 3 after nine innings and a slow start but steady play.
St. Mary's defeated the Little Tigers 9 to 8 with A Wahl pitching shutout relief and long three bagger. T Groom collected five hits, E Simmons starred for the Little Tigers, and St. Mary's prepares to meet St. Emanuel Street Sluggers at Lyons Park next Sunday morning.
In New Orleans Natallie Lafauci a local bantamweight boxer collapsed in his corner between the third and fourth rounds of a fight with Edward Kern and died at a hospital about a half hour later from brain concussion. Spectators said Kern knocked Lafauci down twice and the boxer fell twice to the floor. Authorities ordered Kern arrested. An investigation of promoter Tommy Burns and referee Walter Griffin was deferred until tomorrow.
The Chifeds won the final game with Newark on Monday following frequent changes in the pitching staff.
In New Orleans on May 11 Tulane players Morrie and Arthur Viers fell to Broad and Stacy of Texas as the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association tennis tournament opened. Tulane’s Bruns and Waters beat LSU’s Fellows and Tabor in doubles, while Watters of Tulane won singles against Broad. Stacy beat McGill, Vanderbilt, in singles and Vanderbilt’s Young defeated Tabor, LSU, in another match. Consolation singles begin tomorrow as Texas eyes a doubles clash with Vanderbilt.
In Greensboro Alabama on May 11, Howard University defeated Southern University 5 to 2 in the first game. Players Terry Little Sharpe Carroll and Searce contributed to the score and field play as the teams opened the series.
A testimonial from Madison Lake Minnesota claims Eckmans Alterative aided recovery for a patient with hemorrhages of the lungs. The letter notes weight gain from 130 to 165 pounds after treatment begun in Denver and credits the product with improved health and appetite. The ad highlights efficacy for bronchial and throat diseases and promotes mail orders from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia and Braswells Drug Store Mobile.
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