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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1913

Page

10

Complete Games Leaderboard From Major Leagues Last Season

The article lists top complete game pitchers across the American League and National League, led by Johnson of Washington with 29, Scott of Chicago 26, and Russel 25 for Chicago. It notes Mack's use of pitchers, total league figures, and a full tally of 71 players reaching ten or more complete games.

Johnson Chalmers Othe Hard Worker Jim Scott Chicago White Sox Jim Reb Russel George Baumgardner Browns Vean Gregg Fred Falkenberg Naps George Dauss Jean Dubuc Tigers Ray Collins Red Sox Roy Mitchell White Elephants Addie Plank Bender Mack i Mack Shawkey New York Boston Washington Chicago Detroit Cleveland Scott Russel Baumgardner St. Louis Blanding Fisher Caldwell Leonard Philadelphia Leverenz Wood Brown

Homesickness Wins For Perdue Over World Trip

Pitcher Hub Perdue chooses to stay in Gallatin over a six month world tour with the New York Giants Chicago White Sox outfit. He cites homesickness and arm trouble from a late inning incident, noting a winter rest should restore him for spring season. Perdue returns to Gallatin after leaving for home.

Tennessee Purdue Gallatin Perdue New York Giants Chicago White Sox Boston Star St. Louis

Intermediate Leaders' Club Elects Officers

The intermediate branch of the Mo bile Y. M. C. A. Leaders' Club was organized Thursday evening by the Y M C A physical department with officers elected. V Jackson named president, C Tucker vice president, and Tutwiler secretary and treasurer. The training class begins next week with session plans to suit both day and night leaders. A committee will set class hours and report next meeting. Regular sessions every week and business meetings on the first and third Thursdays. Leaders are volunteer young men aiding in gym work and training new members before they enter regular classes.

Mobile Y. BM. OC. A V. Jackson C. Tucker Tutwiler Cne

Difficult Spelling Showdown Highlights Orthography Challenges

A fragmented passage notes an ora orthography facing spelling differences and a speaker who scorns the issue. The context hints at linguistic tension and teaching difficulties without specific names or locations.

Princeton Soccer Team Opens Practice Under Coach Taylor

Princeton New Jersey November 1 practice for the soccer team has begun under Coach Taylor famed for English pro teams. Sixty five candidates vie for spots as four full teams scrimmage daily and two fields are used. Returning players include Roberts Garvin Ligod Dinsmore McAlester Beck Boyle Faber back in form. Newcomers are Bird Gates Jackson with Faber aiming for varsity. Schedule lists ten games: Harvard Yale Columbia on specified November dates.

International News Service Princeton N. J Taylor England Roberts Garvin Ligod Dinsmore McAlester Beck Boyle Bird Gates Jackson Faber Harvard Yale Columbia

Harvard Athletes Eligible to Wear the H Letter

Sixty six Harvard athletes are entitled to wear the H this year. Any man in major sports competing against Yale earns the letter. Hardwick, the varsity left half back, has earned his letter in football baseball and track.

International News Service Cambridge Mass Harvard Yale Hardwick

Army Navy Game Will Be the Game at Polo Grounds

International News Service reports the Army Navy clash set for November 29 at the Polo Grounds in New York. Cadets from West Point and midshipmen from Annapolis will attend with families and officials from Washington. Of 41 500 seats, 386 000 tickets go to Army and Navy, leaving about 6 000 to the public as speculators are kept from profiteering while past Philadelphia games saw seats fetch around 25 dollars.

International News Service New York Cambridge Harvard Yale P Grounds Lake Washington Polo Grounds Army Navy Batttle Franklin Field Philadelphia

Pennant Winners In All the Leagues

Complete roster of baseball pennant winners from the United States leagues for the year. Listed by league with teams such as Athletics New York Newark Milwaukee Indianapolis and others including Valdosta Thomasville Walla Walla Boise Quin cy Manistee Great Falls Johnson City Knoxville Petersburg Houston Lowell Battle Creek Northampton Paducah Atlanta Grand Rapids Winston Denison Ottawa Savannah Erie Gadsden Jackson.

International News Service New York United States Newark Milwaukee Indianapolis Binghamton Long Branch Hartford Valdosta Thomasville Charleston Nebraska Kearney Oshkosh Walla Walla Boise Manistee Union Association Great Falls Johnson City Knoxville Petersburg Houston Lowell Battle Creek Northampton Paducah Atlanta Grand Rapids Winston Wilmington Denison Ottawa Ottumwa

YMCA Wrestlers Prepare for Late Fall Tournament

The YMCA wrestlers push into hard practice ahead of a late November or early December tournament. The senior team should have a strong lineup, intermediates eye medals, and juniors compete for titles. About thirty to forty entries are expected, with Silver and Bronze medals awarded in each class. Mobile athletes have trained for the event, with city and county titles the focus for now.

Americans May Row At German Olympic

There is strong hope American rowers can compete for the international championship at the 1916 Berlin Olympic Games. The German Rowing Association invites nations to Berlin and James Pilkington, head of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, plans to consult U S clubs. The American eight won the 1900 Paris title, with later Olympic contests in London and Stockholm drawing the field.

International News Service New York Berlin German Rowing Association James Pilkington United States Paris London Stockholm

Promising Y M C A Run Set For Thanksgiving Day

The YMCA cross country run on Thanksgiving Day November 27 promises strong turnout. Open to city and county amateurs, it offers ten prizes including gold silver and bronze medals for overall finishers and special silver bronze prizes for the first two high school entrants. The two mile street course and medals are pending final details with last year’s route a possible option. Entries may reach 25 to 30 or more as YMCA squads and other city clubs prepare to compete.

Will East and West Meet On GridIron

MADISON Wis Nov 1 The Western conference again discusses a post season intersectional football game with the East. Wisconsin fans push authorities and petitions to gauge Big Nine opinion as Purdue or Chicago contend for the title while Harvard or Princeton loom as Eastern champions.

International News Service Madison Wis University of Wisconsin Big Nine Badgers Purdue Chicago Wisconsin Harvard Princeton

Fulford Wins Duckpin Turkey After Neck-and-Neck Finish

The Conti Street duckpin turkey tournament in Mobile closed October 31. Fulford narrowly defeated Atkinson in a high scoring final, earning the noble bird as the top prize. Participants posted strong individual scores including Rohmer and others amid a warm field of Mobile bowlers.

Conti Mobile Fulford Atkinson Reyes Ogee Sears Mag

Freak Plays On the Cross Field In College Football

The Carlisle team uses ten men on the scrimmage line with one back gaining interference to break through. Lafayette spots eight backs in two rows of four shifting before the snap. Swarthmore has all line players straighten at the snap and run in varied directions aiding a forward pass as defenders are misled.

Carlisle Lafayette Swarthmore

Why Jake Daubert Won the Chalmers Trophy

The article traces Jake Daubert’s 1910 1912 rise to batting excellence and a potential league batting crown. It notes his past drafts and price tags, his solid defense at first base, and standout performances including four-hit games and strong marks against multiple teams. Daubert hails from Llewellyn Pennsylvania.

YMCA Basketball League Opens With Four Team Clash

The YMCA basketball league starts Thursday with four teams meeting for the opening games. The four squads are evenly matched and improved over last year, with Monday single games and Thursday double-headers open to the public. Tickets are free from association members and players, but non-ticket holders pay 25 cents at the door. Gym capacity is about 300, so tickets should be secured in advance.

Golf Costly for Englishmen in the United Kingdom

A London report estimates total UK golf expenditure at about 30 million dollars yearly. Caddies receive around 12.6 million, with 250000 players. Club subscriptions, green fees, balls, clubs, and travel add up to the stated total, while a weekly ball cost figures into individual yearly outlays near one hundred dollars.

London United Kingdom

Aged Russian heir inheritance shocks Saratoff province

News from St Petersburg reports M. Fialkovsky an elder official amid Saratoff upstate chatter over a vast American inheritance totaling about 25 million dollars. He plans to spend about 5 million on a university for the people at Tsaroff, Saratoft, modeled after American institutions.

ST. Petersburg Saratoff M. Fialkovsky America Tsaroff Saratoft University

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