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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
8
The Southern Handicap shoot at Cap ital City Gun Club Pickett Springs drew a large crowd as W H Heer set a record with 210 straight targets. The Interstate Association will announce handicaps the morning of the event ahead of Thursday competition.
In Scottsboro Alabama on May 14 Lonie Connell a black youth accused of writing improper letters to a woman from Larkinsville was spirited away by the sheriff and deputies to an adjoining county to avoid a lynch mob.
W R Tipton a Fitting School student from Andalusia disappeared Friday night from his Greensboro boarding house and has not been located. He was a good student and ranked well in school according to the principal. Diligent search is underway.
Bradley Hogg to start against Tennessee with Schmidt catching. McManus to handle third game behind the plate with Bill Ludwig catching. Cavet ill with malaria may miss days, while Bill Robertson returns to start Thursday. Starr's seventh inning hit sparked Mobile’s rally. fans remain hopeful as the Barons and Gulls jostle for pennant tension in the Southern league.
Robertson again paces the hit column Tuesday as fans call for more power. He fouls two balls toward the usual safe spot, trying to deliver a key home run for the crowd.
Eddie Noyes played through illness to foil a double steal as Starr and O'Dell attempted. He threw to the pitcher catching Starr off base. Nashville club shows baseball brains, with Schwartz delivering solid performances.
Judd Daley continues strong hitting as Chattanooga signs infielder Williams from Buffalo and catcher Detcher from the Montreal International club. The Lookouts plan to release Harbison unconditionally after poor performance, while the new players bring solid records.
W. A. Phelan lauds the Brooklyn team for fast spring play and sharp pitching under Dahlen. The Ebbetts crew, often under early fire, shows life and vigor, and they finish strong by overpowering the Cubs with a powerful offensive push.
Billy Phelan notes a humorous scene on a New York field where Meyes Thorpe and Johnson attempted to speak in their native tongues. Thorpe cracks Lets talk English and they switch to paleface speech, with Meyers fluent in Spanish aiding understanding. The three legends are tall, powerful athletes, each with distinct physiques.
Brooklyn won three straight against Cincinnati as Fromme, a reported can candidate, was hit twelve times. Bates made a one hand catch on Daubert’s line drive against the right field wall. Pensacola also notched ten straight with Benn pitching against Jackson, tying the Blind Tigers in the percentage column. Kirby played in the Snappers outfield.
Memphis rallied past Atlanta 6 to 5 as a ninth inning error and bunched hits broke the tie. Baerwald homered to tie the game for Memphis while Smith collected five hits for Atlanta in the loss.
Albert J. Eidsmoe, former cashier of the First National Bank in Grandon Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to embezzling $36,000 and was sentenced by Judge Geiger to five years in Fort Leavenworth. He was captured after a two year worldwide manhunt ending in Maple Creek Saskatchewan.
President O B Andrews traveled to New Orleans for talks with Chattanooga manager Elberfeld. The negotiations are aimed at signing a new pitcher an outfielder and a utility man for the club.
Sanbury resident John Supsic praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for quick relief of constipation and digestive issues. The ad claims rapid improvement and a healthy bowels condition with a 25 cent price.
Montgomery game ended Birmingham 5 Montgomery 14 in seven innings due to errors. Memphis defeated Atlanta 6 to 5 with 13 runs, aided by Brady and Graham. New Orleans vs Chattanooga postponed. Detroit beat Bogo 4 to 0 with solid pitching. Cleveland defeated New York 8 to 5 behind Blanding and Carisch. St. Louis topped Washington 7 to 6 in a late comeback with strong hitting. Umpires Dineen Hart Connolly McGreevy O'Loughlin Ferguson.
Brooklyn defeats Cincinnati 3 to 9 in ten innings with Fromme Betts Kling, Allen Curtis Miller combining in a 12 hit, 10 error game. Time 1 40. Umpires Rigler Byron. At New York Chicago tops New York 8. Chicago 26 to New York 8 in 9 innings. Toney Reusbach Archer Bresnahan Tesreau Meyers Wilson. Time 2 02. Umpires Klem Orth.
In Philadelphia RoEEB and Pittsburg tied 4 0 as Camnitz and Simon Seaton Alexander and Doom worked in 1 40. Um pires Brennan and Eason. In Boston Horton and St Louis edged 4 3 as Perdue Whaling and Rariden Gunner Wingo handled pitching in 1 58. Um pires O Day and Emslie.
Photographs and data on Mobile dock facilities are being gathered by the Chamber of Commerce and Business League at the request of Senator Duncan A. Fletcher. The illustrated magazine piece will discuss the inland waterway from Maine to Texas. Irvine will compile data and seek views from Biloxi Gulfport and Pascagoula on shipping facilities.
Baseball results list shows Indianapolis 3 Chicago 9 Pittsburg 4 Cleveland 9 Covington 8 St Louis 11 Dallas 2 Galveston 1 Fort Worth 3 Houston 0 Waco 2 San Antonio 3 Austin 8 Beaumont 5.
Tuesday night a blaze at 11 St Francis Street, home to the Southern Seed Store owned by J J Blacksher, caused extensive stock and building damage estimated at 4000 dollars. Fire began before firefighters arrived and was extinguished after water streams were used. The Norwegian minister's wife, Mrs Andreas Kielland, alerted police and a officer sent the alarm. Captain Anderson of Hose Company No 4 sustained a minor cut. The seed company held 3000 dollars in insurance.
Peking May 14 The first advance of 1 200 000 was paid today to the Chinese government by representatives of the five power group of financiers in connection with a 125 000 000 loan China recently negotiated.
The Times reports the Chinese loan will be issued in Europe next week at five percent interest. The issue price is set at ninety.
A warrant is sworn out in the inferior criminal court by F W Dickinson and deputies arrest Clarence Washington a Gulf City Milling Company employee on a charge of embezzling 2 05 entrusted to him as agent.
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