Nashville Wins Series Finale Over Mobile 8 2
Nashville defeats Mobile 8 to 2 as Williams limits the Gulls to five hits. Callahan hits a grand slam, Young adds a three-base hit, and Noyes Schwartz and Williams contribute big hits. Daley makes a sensational catch, while the Vols complete their sweep amid small attendance.
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Williams
Vols
Gulls
Bill Schwartz
Big Blonde Robertson
Callahan
Young
Lindsay
Noyes
Mobile
Daly
Stock
Starr
Odell
Lindsey
Jacobson
Schwartz
Short
Goalby
Bit
Daley
Clark
Perry
Ace
Shwartz
Nashville
Brown
Paulet
Mobile— AB. R.H. PO. A. E
Stock Ginger Wes Snee
Keewense
D. Robertson
Thos
Ess
Ces Brown
Oeese
W. Robertson
R. H. PO
Potty
Ow Schwartz
Breitenstein and
Pfeninger
Amateur Games: Spring Hill College routs M. M. J. 24 to 1
Spring Hill College dominated the amateur game Thursday afternoon scoring 24 runs on 26 hits. M. M. J. pitcher Braud allowed nine strikeouts in three innings before leaving the mound. Ducote and Cassidy contributed on defense as Murray and Day played in the field.
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Spring Hill College
Murray
Braud
Ducote
Cassidy
Day
Still Hunt for Scalpels Selling Chance Day Tickets
President Comiskey and a party hunted for ticket brokers selling seats to a weekend Chicago White Sox versus New York game. A broker offered fifty seven dollar seats and other prices as low as three dollars. Comiskey planned to bar the dealer and a seat list was kept at the park.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
New York
Frank Chance
Ball Park
Fine target records with high wind at Montgomery shoot
In Montgomery Alabama F T Joerg of Columbus Georgia won the Interstate Association shoot handicap with 93 targets despite a strong wind. Vassa Cate Brunswick and W T Leslie Tuskegee each had 90, J K Warren Birmingham 91. Professionals Bruns Indiana and two Montgomery pros exceeded 95. Capital City Gun Club presented officials Squires Shaner Winance with gold headed umbrellas.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
F. T. Joerg
Columbus
Interstate Association
Vassa Cate
Brunswick
W. T. Leslie
Tuskegee
J. K. Warren
Birmingham
R. H. Bruns
Indiana
Capital City
Iowa City High School Sets New Interscholastic Rifle Record
Iowa City High School won the interscholastic national rifle shooting championship and the Astor cup for the third straight year. The team posted a record score of 984 out of 1,000, beating its own mark by four points. Nineteen schools competed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Iowa City High School
Three After Jack's Toga
Associated Press reports in Calgary on May 16 that if Jack Johnson is sentenced for Mann Act violations, three contenders Burns McCarty and Pelkey will claim the world heavyweight title.
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Associated Press
Calgary
Alberta
Jack Johnson
Tommy Burns
Luther McCarty
Arthur Pelkey
Weather Forecast For Montgomery Baseball Series
Nashville arrives by delayed train from Mobile to play three games in Montgomery. Manager Schwartz will use McManus or F leharty with Noyes catching in today’s game. Montgomery pitchers Case or E Brown and Gribbens catch. Weather is clear and warm.
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Billikenville
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Nashville Baseball Club
Mobile
Schwartz
McManus
Fleharty
Noyes
Case
E. Brown
Gribbens
Weather and lineup for Atlanta at New Orleans opener
Partly cloudy weather for the May 16 game in New Orleans. Atlanta manager Smith decides between Price and Chappelle for the opener. McIntyre or Wilson will catch, with Wilson a new southpaw. An germier will bat. Yantz has a fractured ankle and will have X-ray today while Manager Frank seeks another catcher.
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Orleans
Associated Press
New Orleans
Smith
Atlanta
Price
Chappelle
McIntyre
Wilson
Cleveland
Angermier
Yantz
Frank
Chattanooga Memphis series starts with undecided lineup
In Memphis Tennessee on May 16 Chat tanooga and Memphis begin a four game series. Manager Bern hard has not decided between Harnell Parsons or Newton for today with Sea bough catching. Chattanooga will field More and Street as battery. Weather is threatening.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Chattanooga
Bernhard
Harnell
Parsons
Newton
Seabough
Vandegraaf Dominates Southwestern in Nine Inning Win
Alabama college notes say Har grove Vandegraaf struck out twelve in nine innings, allowed only two reach second, and came within a misplayed ninth inning for a lone score by Southwestern University of Texas. Umpire Beddow.
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University
Ala
Grove Vandegraaf
Wells
Lyons
Southwestern University of Texas
Vandegraaf
R.H.E. Ebs
Alabama
Cocke and Harris
H. Vandegraaf and
Beddow
English Polo Team Relies on Ponies for Meadowbrook Challenge
The English polo team arrived in New York for preliminaries of the International Polo matches at Meadowbrook Locust Valley to contest the West Chester cup. Captain Leslie St. George Cheape Captain A Noel Edwards Captain R G Ritson Captain Vivian Lockett and F M Freake train at Piping Rock with forty four ponies already on site. The squad is not rated as strong as the 1911 team but pony excellence is expected to boost their challenge.
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Associated Press
New York
Meadowbrook
L. IL
England
Leslie St. George Cheape
A. Noel Edwards
R. G. Ritson
Vivian Lockett
F. M. Freake
Piping Rock Country Club
Locust Valley
L. L
Baseball Tonight Includes Southern and Cotton States Matches
Games Today feature Southern League showdowns Birmingham at Mobile Atlanta at New Orleans Chattanooga at Memphis Nashville at Montgomery Selma at Pensacola Columbus at Meridian Clarksdale at Jackson National League action has Chicago at Philadelphia Pittsburg at New York St Louis at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Boston with varying cloudiness and a rain threat in Boston.
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Peon
Mobile
Memphis Ee Ee
Nashville Weeee
Atlanta Ee Aee
Montgomery Eeree
Eee Ee
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Selmanaeee Weer
Meridian
Columbus
Fane
Philadelphia
Ane
Brookly Tenes
New York
Weer
St. Louis
Eevee Eater
Chicago
Pittsburg
Boston
Cincinnati
Pet
Cleveland
Washington
Chicago Er
St. Louis Escnere
Detroit Ao
Southern League
Atlanta
New Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Montgomery
Cotton States
Selma
Pensacola
Clarksdale
Jackson
Brooklyn
Baseball Weather Watch Across AL Matchups
The American League schedule notes New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Cleveland Washington at Detroit and Boston at St Louis with varying conditions including clear skies and cloudy conditions.
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New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Boston
St. Louis
Two California Girls Seek Fortune in Sweden Estate Claim
Minnie G and Pearl KE Holmes manicurists from California travel to Sweden to prove direct descent from Carl Christopher Springer who arrived in 1758 and settled in Delaware. The estate valued at 16 million was bequeathed to Springer’s sons and later contested by their heirs. The Holmes sisters claim lineage to Lawrence Springer one of the heirs and hope to reclaim the property now spanning Wilmington.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Minnie G
Pearl KE
Holmes
Sweden
Carl Christopher Springer
America
Stockholm
Delaware
Wilmington
Springer
Holmes Girls
Silinas
California
Lawrence Springer
Six militant suffragette leaders and adherent under bond
Six militant suffragette leaders and a male adherent faced trial on conspiracy under the Malicious Damage Act. All pleaded not guilty and were granted bail from 4000 to 15000 dollars. Exhibits included a suffragette roll of honor listing about 1400 convictions for suffragette outrages.
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Associated Press
London
Alice Lake
Laura Lennox
Beatrice Saunders
Chemist Clayton
Australian meats on sale in San Francisco
Independent dealers in San Francisco received 400000 pounds of frozen beef and mutton from Australia with a 4 percent nominal profit cap. Prices run higher on the Pacific coast than in Chicago, and an immediate decline is expected. If dealers violate the agreement Australia will ship direct. Union Steamship Co plans four refrigerator ships for the service.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Australia
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Chicago
Union Steamship Co
Scheff Granted Final Divorce From John Fox Jr
New York May 16 A final decree of divorce for Fritzi Scheff from novelist husband John Fox Jr was signed by Supreme Court Justice Keogh at White Plains. The interlocutory decree was granted January 27 last. The suit was not contested.
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New York
Fritzi Scheff
John Fox, Jr
Supreme Court
Keogh
White Plains
McGraw Releases Joe Evers From Giants
New York May 16 manager Mc Graw of the New York National League club unconditionally released Joe Evers brother of Chicago manager. Evers joined the team on the spring trip at his brother's recommendation and appeared in one league game as a pinch runner after returning to New York.
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Joe Evers
John M’graw
Associated Press
New York
Manager McGraw
Manager Evers
Chicago
Giants
Tragic death of M Neill investigated in Florida
H P McNeill a Jacksonville business man and nephew of U S Judge Emory Speer died from a gunshot wound after a scuffle with his wife over a revolver near Pablo Beach. Mrs McNeill is in a nervous breakdown and a negro chauffeur and a negro maid who worked for the family are held in connection with the shooting.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
H. P. McNeill
United States
Emory Speer
Macon
Pablo Beach
McNeil
MecNeils
Birmingham Man Injured as Coal Dumper Collapses
Five men were seriously hurt when a $100,000 steel coal dumper collapsed on Lehigh Valley coal piers in Perth Amboy. Andrew Canavan of Syracuse was killed.
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Birmingham
Associated Press
Perth Amboy
N. J
McDonad
Ala
Andrew Canavan
Syracuse
N. Y
Barons Arrive Ready to Tackle League Leaders in Mobile
Birmingham Barons travel from Montgomery where Billikens took three of four. manager Molesworth fields Hardgrove at second and Mayer catching in opener against Mobile. New recruit Eddie McDonald, from Chicago, may start at third. Kniseley also joins. Lineup includes Marcan, Messenger, McBride, McGilvary, Carroll on utility.
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Birmingham Barons
Gulls
Montgomery
Johnny Dobbs
Billikens
Molesworth
Hardgrove
Mobile
Mayer
Eddie McDonald
Chicago
Birmingham
Ohio
Carroll
Mobile Club
Peter Kniseley
McDonald Leat
Barons
Marcan
Messenger
McBride
McGilvary
Eseaies
McDonald
United States to Enter Athens 1914 Olympic Team
James EB. Sullivan, A A U secretary, said the United States will send an athletic team to the Athens Olympic Games in spring 1914. The event is part of Greece only. Most entrants will be athletic club stars as college athletes will be unavailable in June.
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Athens
Associated Press
New York
James EB. Sullivan
Amateur Athletics Union
United States
Greece
Cobb and Teammates Cleared From Workmen Act
Detroit May 16 Ty Cobb and other Detroit baseball club members were declared not under the state workmen compensation act. The law covers only employees of the baseball plant. Severold to Louisville Boston May 16 sale of catcher Severold from Cincinnati Nationals to Louisville announced last night.
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Cobb
Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Ty Cobb
Detroit Baseball Club
Severold
Louisville
Boston
Maes
Cincinnati Nationals
Louisville Club
American Association
Revoire Wins Decision In Snappy Six Round Bout
Eddie Revoire of Philadelphia welterweight edged Art Magirl of Bartlesville Oklahoma after six fast rounds in St Louis last night neither fighter scoring a knockdown. Hobe Ferris and Glenn Liebhardt longtime players were released by the Minneapolis club.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Eddie Revoire
Philadelphia
Art Magirl
Bartlesville
Okla
Minneapolis
Hobe" Ferris
Glenn Liebhardt
Cantillon
Minneapolis American Association Club
Ferris
St. Louis Browns
Liebhardt
Cleveland Americans
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