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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
8
All plays of the World's Series between Philadelphia and Boston will be given at The Item office starting Friday October 8 and continuing daily. A feature this year is that balls and strikes will be provided. Games begin at 1 p.m. Mobile time with electric score board and expert caller.
In a Sunday morning game at the Cotton Mill diamond C L C beat Pine Hill 11 to 6. Finch but two hits allowed with nine strikeouts and Lawler caught well for C L C while Green pitched for Pine Hill. Umpire McSwayne.
Mary Putney won the Kentucky Futurity for three year olds at the Grand Circuit meeting in Lexington with Humfast second and Colorado Range third. Best time was 2 05 1 2. The American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders re elected officers J W Bailey vice president William Russell Allen W D Dickerman C K G Billings secretary H K Deveraux and members of the executive committee W Garth and Eas Tipton were named.
The Mobile Item announces detailed World Series game coverage free to the public with sporting editor G. F. Flournoy outlining the plays. This marks the paper as the first in Mobile to offer extended game detail to readers starting Friday.
Philadelphia Nationalists face Boston Red Sox in a preview of the world series with Alexander anchoring the Phillies pitching staff and Speaker leading a strong Red Sox outfield. Moran and Carrigan steward storied lineups as both teams boast depth in pitching, infield, and hitting talent in a high stakes matchup.
The piece notes Jess Willard as the only strong puncher among current heavyweight titleholders while Mike Gibbons lacks knockout power for his weight. Freddie Welsh Johnny Kilbane and Johnny Ertle are described as less fearsome punchers and the era is said to favor boxers over sluggers.
The article notes St Petersburg as a potential World Series hub after Phillies practice there last spring. It mentions players Lude rus Niehoff and Hoblitzel ready for the World Series and hints at a German drive around October 9.
The text notes Stovall delivering right-handed batting with classic old-time form. It mentions Smith and Knabe from the Baltimore club as notable figures, while predicting Stovall will lead the league.
Chicago Ameri cans were chosen to oppose the Chicago Nationals in the city baseball championship. Scott was picked to start for the Americans while Bresnahan planned Vaughn for the Nationals. The Sox are favorites after four straight defeats of the National Leaguers.
The St. Louis Americans edged the St. Louis Nationals 3 to 2 in the opening game of the city series Tuesday. Players Wellman Agnew Doak and Snyder starred with umpires Eason and Hildebrand.
Francis Ouimet, former open golf champion, says he will take a break from golf and not enter tournaments for about a month after the season opens. He explains he has played so much golf that his strict interest faded and plans to play only for pleasure, then switch to baseball for variety next summer.
Harvard coach Percy Haughton faces changes aimed at curbing interference and possibly slowing Harvard’s famed line. The new rules invite penalties for defenders and attackers after plays, with critics claiming the rules were crafted to blunt Harvard’s dominant football system.
The Item compares pitching staffs of the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies for a World Series. It ranks Grover Alexander as the sole Phil ace capable of four starts, with Sox options Dutch Leonard Rube Shore George Foster Babe Ruth, while Phillies others Demaree Chalmers Mayer and McQuillen trail if Alexander cannot go four times.
In the National League left handed batters again top the charts with Larry Doyle of the Giants and Fred Luderus of the Phillies among potential leaders this season. Only three left-handers have led in sixteen seasons, with Daubert having done so in 1913 and 1914. The record includes Zimmerman Wagner Magee Seymour Beaumont Burkett, while in the American League the balance favors lefties 10 to 6.
The schedule lists games in Philadelphia and Boston with potential seventh game by coin toss. Venues are Braves Field for 47 000 and Philly Field for 22 000. Officials Klein Rigler O Loughlin and Evans oversee. Revenue splits allocate ten percent to the national commission from first four games, sixty percent to players, and thirty percent to owners, with no further shares after game four.
A historical overview notes right handers dominance in leadership since 1905 with Ty Cobb totaling nine straight seasons and Nap Lajoie Eddie Delahanty and Dungan also claiming titles. It references Milikin University girls learning inside football and Mrs Vanderbilt’s Sagamore Cup added for National Horse Show coaching teams. A bantamweight bout saw Kid Williams outpoint Dutch Brandt in Baltimore with Brandt enduring a tough ten rounds.
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