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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1915

Page

8

Barneys Triumph Over Davis in City League Game

Barneys beat Davis 12 to 5 in a winter City League match at Park. Barneys broke a 5 inning deadlock with steady offense and sharp defense, while Davis managed only in the first inning. Crowns and Davis’ face off next Sunday in a doubleheader.

Barneys DAVIS Barney-Cavanaghs A. D. Davis Barlye Banes Feeney Crowns AB. R. H. PO A. E. Tourye BO Péeney Teresh Murphy Ceesee Bennet Prpcilio Adams Williams Smith Cme Sery Steber Scandinis Wiseman Barneys O Iss Weenadie Eanes Lee Schmidt Jordan Hanes Touart Moss Ponds A. Smith Jones Burch Chambers Erhardt

No Exhibition Games For The Coast League Decides Coast Parks Gate Closures

The Pacific Coast League directors voted to close coast parks to exhibition games citing risk to players and the goose that lays the egg as a metaphor. They noted Chicago White Sox actions with two squads reduced finances and salaries. the limit on salaries was cut from five thousand to four thousand dollars monthly while managers may retain beel men as before and umpires salaries were trimmed slightly.

San Francisco

Verona Bombing Kills Thirty in Air Raid

Paris reports from Verona describe a bombing by three Austrian aircraft that killed thirty people and injured many more in the city square during a market event. The attack left nineteen dead in a single bomb and struck peasants from nearby districts.

Verona Paris

Tampa Oct Exports Jump 100 Percent From 1913

Exports from the Florida customs district in October totaled 2,262,884 dollars, about a one hundred percent rise from October last year, with more than a half million dollars added versus September. Tampa port receipts for the week ending November 13 reached 48,608.82 dollars, nearly double the year-ago figure and the best second week in November in four years.

Tampa Fla Customs District of Florida

Chalmette Sugar Refinery to Resume Full Operations

Ameri can Sugar Refining announces Chalmette refinery in New Orleans area will resume full operations and hire 1,000 more workers. Earl D. Babst, president of the company, made the statement.

New Orleans Chalmette American Sugar Refining Company Earl D. Babst

Newest remedy for backache and dropsy promises relief

An advertisement touts a kidney and urinary remedy by Dr. Jin Pierce claiming to cure backache rheumatism dropsy and related symptoms. It urges analysis of drinking water at the Invalids Hotel Buffalo New York with free diagnosis and notes insurers test water before policies.

Jin Pierce Insurance Company Invalids’ Hotel Doctor

Theodore Defeats Grand Bay in One Sided Shootout

Theodore capped a decisive home win over Grand Bay 15 to 9 as Creel Willard Wheatcroft and Jackson starred for Theodore. Umpires Fincher and Anderson called the game. The Cascades beat Fosko 11 to 5 at Spring Hill with Spencer striking out twelve and five RBIs as Heidelberg collected two doubles and a triple.

Theodore Ala Grand Bay R.H.E. Theodore Creel Williard Wheatcroft Jackson Fincher and Anderson Cascades Fosko Spring Hill Streb Spencer Heidelberg

Woman breaker of horses relies on kindness alone

Miss Betty Brown of near Philadelphia is said to be the only woman horse breaker in the country. She buys outlaw horses for little, trains them until safe for a woman or child, and sells them for about 1000 dollars. She uses kindness rather than brutality and does not wear spurs when breaking saddle horses.

Betty Brown Philadelphia Miss Brown

Spring Hill Faces Howard in Turkey Day Gridiron Tilt

Moon Ducote, Spring Hill star fullback, returned from Birmingham after Auburn loss blamed on too many green linemen. Spring Hill opens Turkey Day practice for Howard College at Monroe Park while Yale Princeton upsets and Colgate falls to Syracuse frame a strong Southern grid season. Duckt injuries sidelined E O Dowd, Blitch out in danger, Sames and Zellars suffer leg injuries in Mercer-Columbia clash.

Richard. Moon Ducote Spring Hill Birmingham Auburn Ducote Howard College Monroe Park Howard Hillians Rush Yale Princeton Tigerland Syracuse Colgate Cornell Washington and Lee Brown Harvard Landis Blitch Columbia Valdosta F. A. Sames J. T. Zellars Mercer

Biloxi Plans to Draw Big League Teams Next Year

Biloxi officials organize a stock company of local businessmen to fund a baseball park and attract major league teams for exhibition games in 1925. President George W. Grayson cites strong assurances and immediate action to form the company.

Biloxi Biloxi, Miss Seymour Jackson Harrison Hattie Carter W. R. Carter E. H. MacDonald France MacDonald Baptist Orphanange Gu Jackson Ship Island the Gulf

Steamer Luck Missing After Lake Storm Belief

Continued lack of definite information on the fate of the steamer Charles A. Luck and her crew of more than twenty men after a lake storm near Duluth Minnesota. Local officials and salvors pursue any signs of life or wreckage as inquiries proceed.

Duluth Minn Charles A. Luck

Lefty Herbert Sold To Chattanooga In SA Season Shakeup

Lefty Herbert, New Orleans pitcher who blanked the New Orleans Railway & Light Co. in the opening game of the New Orleans Winter Baseball League, has been purchased by the Chattanooga club of the Southern Association. He finished the season with the Oklahoma-Texas League, winning 14 of 18 decisions, after a strong Texas circuit year.

Lefty Herbert New Orleans New Orleans Railway & Light Co Heinemann Park Chattanooga Southern Association Texas

Bigger Work Less Effort

A well nourished man can accomplish more with less effort than one poorly fed. The text promotes proper nourishment for body and brain as common sense and notes many people rely on it today.

Grape-Nuts Promoted For Nutrition and Strength

Grape-Nuts foods made from wheat and malted barley supply rich nutriments including mineral salts for vigorous bodies and active brains. A ration of Grape-Nuts with cream and other food insures complete nourishment.

Hoosier Cabinet sale promises comfort and savings

An advertisement urges readers to buy Hoosier Cabinets with a one dollar down, one dollar weekly plan. It markets convenience, sanitary design, and durable service while urging early purchase before stock runs out tomorrow.

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