Race for second in the Southern League tightens contenders
Nashville holds first with a nine game edge over New Orleans as four clubs vie for second place. New Orleans Little Rock Atlanta Birmingham and Chattanooga contest for grip while Memphis and Mobile slide. Critics expect decisive clashes in upcoming dates with Atlanta and Birmingham meeting and New Orleans visiting next week.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Nashville Volun
Little Rock
New
Kern Association
Nashville
New Orleans
Pelicans
Ham
Birmingham
New Orleas
Barons
Chattanooga
Memphis
Mobile
Cobb Closes Gap in Batting Race as Season Nears End
Ty Cobb of Detroit narrows the American League batting margin to nine points behind Tris Speaker, led by Cobb at .368 while Speaker tops with .377. Cobb also leads in runs with 88 and steals with 48. Jackson leads total bases with 243. Pitching leaders and National League stats follow, including Carey, Wheat, Hon jtsby, and others.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tyv Cobb
Detroit
Speaker
Cobb
Jackson
Weaver
Chapman
Cleveland
Pipp
New York
Strunk
Philadelphia
Gardner Boston
Roth
Sisler
St. Louis
Felsch
Sporting Briefs: Braves Near Dodgers as Play Favours Brooklyn
The Boston Braves close the gap on the Brooklyn Superbas after Friday results as the Giants fall to Boston while Brooklyn loses to Philadelphia. Alexander nets his 14th shutout, and the Red Sox drop another to the Yankees with Pipp belting his 10th homer. In the Southern Association leaders slide. Thrasher and Moran stumble in batting, while Nashville clinches the pennant and Lookouts suffer a fifth straight loss. National League batting races tighten with Chase moving up and Robertson dropping, while American League leaders remain idle.
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Boston Braves
Brooklyn Superbas
Boston
Giants
Superbas
Phillies
Alexander
Rixey
Nashville Volunteers Clinch 1916 Southern Association Pennant
The Nashville Volunteers clinched the 1916 Southern Association pennant by defeating the Little Rock Travelers as rival Pelicans rested. Roy Ellam’s Vols played the most consistent baseball, leading most of the season and maintaining the edge even with potential late threats.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Volunteers
Little Rock Travelers
Pels
Vols
Ellam
Roy Ellam
Moderate betting on baseball not gambling, court rules
New Orleans judge V J Stentz held that betting a $50 on a semi pro baseball game between the Green Turtles and Greco Sweets was not gambling. He ordered the plaintiff to recover $50, stating baseball is a sport of skill and endurance and a non excessive bet is recoverable.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
V. J. Stentz
Green Turtles
Greco
Turtles
Batting leaders shakeups and late-week moves in graph of leagues
The report notes changes in batting leaders with Thrasher holding the National League lead after four for four. Moran drops two points after two failures and Daubert, Chase, Wagner, and Robertson shift positions. Hornsby and Daubert sit among top NL bats. AL leaders did not play. Also reports the sale of Friar Rock, the three year old colt, to John Eden for about 50 000 dollars.
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Pacodson Sc Csancees
Moran Shisacesacres Sosert
Raekoa
Occas
Hal Chase
Jake Daubert
Dave Robertson
Hans Wagner
Pittsburgh
Hornsby
Daubert
Chase
Wagner
Robertson
AR. H
Pet. Speaker
Cobbe Doerseee
Jackson
New York
Brooklyn
Rumler’s .341 Stays High Mark in Southern Association
Rumler of Little Rock continues to post a .341 batting average leading the Southern Association. Wares of Little Rock tops in stolen bases with 36 and runs with 79, while Rumler and Harris of Chattanooga share eight home runs each. Jacobson of Little Rock leads total bases with 226 and Little Rock leads team hitting at .270. Leading batters: Rumler .341, Jacobson .388, Thrasher .333, Yerkes .331, Moran .329. Leading pitchers over 21 games: Herbert 41–5, Kerr 22–11, Rogers 22–12, Johnson 19–10, Ellis 16–9.
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Cullop
New York
Morton
Cleveland
H. Coveleskie
Detroit
Paber
Chicago
Koob
St. Louis
Flack
Williams
Wheat
Brooklyn
Burns
Southern Association
Frank Thrasher
Jacobson
Yerkes
Moran
Thrasher
Rumler
Wares
Little Rock
Knaupp
New Orleans
Harris
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Meusel
Birmingham
Schmidt
Mobile
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McDonald
Herbert
Nashville
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Memphis
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Johnson
Ellis
Marshall
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Hardgrove
Brennan
Grimes
Ssi
Weather and Scores Roundup for Today
Southern Birmingham at Atlanta clear. Mobile at New Orleans clear. Memphis at Chattanooga rain with two showers. Little Neck at Nashville cloudy. National New York at Boston cloudy with two. Chicago at St. Louis cloudy with two. Cincinnati at Pittsburg cloudy with two. Brooklyn at Philadelphia rain. American St. Louis at Cleveland cloudy. Boston at New York cloudy. Philadelphia at Washington cloudy. Chicago at Detroit clear.
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Southern
Nashville
New Orleans
Little Rock
Atlanta
Birmingham
Memphis
Mobile
Brooklyn Wares
Fae Ween
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Chicago
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Boston
Detroit Ae
Rate Sensi
Seaee
Cleveland
Washington
Cee
Chattanooga
Little Neck
National
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Detroit
Challenger Charley White Trains Ahead of Welsh Bout
Charley White reduced his workout to four rounds while Freddie Welsh did full sparring and bagwork in Colorado Springs as the lightweight title fight nears. White focused on footwork and movement, Welsh continuing standard preparations for the scheduled 20 round title bout.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Charley White
Freddie Welsh
Oneralf
Welsh
Calls for dissolution of Denmark's lower house
Premier Zahle has submitted to the folkething a proposal to dissolve the chamber on October 5 and to call elections for the folkething and the landsthing in October and November. The move follows disputes over the proposed sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. the folkething supports the sale while the landsthing favors settling the issue by elections if postponement is not possible.
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Associated Press
London
Zahle
Denmark
Folkething
Reuter
Copenhagen
Landsthing
Danish West Indies
United States
Wilson signs bills and pardons as rail strike looms
President Wilson signed his name more than 1,000 times on Friday to clear his desk of bills commissions pardons and executive papers accumulated in the last three weeks while giving his entire attention to the threatened railroad strike and related matters.
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Washington
Wilson
Futurity Stakes At Belmont Park Draws Eleven Starters
Eleven two year olds are entered for the historic Futurity at Belmont Park, today. The stake is about 25000 dollars, the richest two year old race of the year, with Camp Fire led by R T Wilson and Tumbler Rickety Vivid and Skeptic among top contenders from Whitney Hewitt and others.
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New York
Belmont Park
R. T. Wilson
Camp Fire
Olambala
Harry Payne Whitney
Tumbler
Rickety
Vivid
H. H. Hewitt
Skeptic
Deer Trap
August Belmont
H. P. Whitney
Star
Result Games Southern and Alabama Minor Standings
Result games show Southern at Nashville 2 10 1 Little Rock 1 9 3 with Wells Rogers Street Baum Gardner Chapman. Atlanta 3 6 4 Birmingham 2 4 2 with Davis Snyder Perryman Smith. Chattanooga 2 5 0 Memphis 3 5 0 with Johnson Knowlson Kitchens Kerr Ruel. No other games scheduled.
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Southern
Nashville
Little Rock
Wells
Rogers
Street
Baumgardner
Chapman
National baseball scores from Boston Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
National box scores list games in Boston and Philadelphia with Brooklyn and Cincinnati results. Ragan Hughes Gowdy Anderson Rariden McCarty noted. Brooklyn pitchers Kilifer Coombs Marquard Miller. Pittsburg Cincinnati matchups key stars Kantlehner Jacobs Miller Fischer Toney Clarke Wingo St. Louis Chicago. Rain affected Chicago game.
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Brooklyn
Wagner
Pittsburgh
Hornsby
St. Louis
Robertson
New York
Wheat
Jce Chase
Cincinnati
Long
Louis
Hinchman
Zimmerman
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Stock
Philadelphia
Hughes
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Alexander
Rudolph
Benton
Tyler
National
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Gowdy
Anderson
Rariden
McCarty
Kilifer
Coombs
Miller
Rixey
Kilhlifer
Pfeffer
Dell
Meyers
Pittsburg
Kantlehner
Jacobs
Fischer
Toney
Clarke
Wingo
Chicago
Basketball Scores From New York and Washington Series
In New York on July 9 the American team 7 9 2 defeated Boston 3 9 2 with Shocker Fisher Cullop and Alexander Mays Shore and Thomas Cady contributing. Washington faced Philadelphia in two games, winning 3 11 0 to 1 5 2 then losing 1 2 0 to 4 12 2. Johnson Williams Nabors Picinich Craft Charrity Myers and Picinich were noted. No other games scheduled.
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New York
Boston
Shocker
Fisher
Cullop
Alexander
Mays
Shore
Thomas
Cady
Washington
Philadelphia
Johnson
Williams
Nabors
Picinich
Craft
Charrity
Myers
Hockey scores and weather dampen Toronto-Newark game
Buffalo 2 Providence 1 and Montreal 7 Richmond 2 highlight a day of varied results while Rochester 3 Baltimore 11 shows a lopsided score. Toronto Newark match faced rain conditions affecting play.
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Buffalo
Providence
Montreal
Richmond
Rochester
Baltimore
Toronto-Newark
Unclear matchups reported for American Association games
Results list shows Minneapolis 6 St. Paul 5 and Toledo 3 Columbus with no additional games or standings provided. No other scores or teams are listed in the fragment.
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American Association
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Toledo
Columbus
South Atlantic League scores from Jacksonville and nearby cities
In the South Atlantic League games, Jacksonville lost to Columbus 4 to 7. Augusta fell to Charleston 2 to 3. Columbia defeated Macon 8 to 1.
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South Atlantic League
Jacksonville
Columbus
Augusta
Charleston
Columbia
Macon
Industrial Preparedness Emphasized By Daniels
Secretary of the Navy Daniels declares industrial preparedness is an achievement not a promise. He says extension is needed to keep America ready in peacetime, contrasting Democratic gains with Republican inaction and calling for continued expansion of production.
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Daniels
Associated Press
Oakland
Eublgn Ais
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
Personal notice proclaims a home cure for piles including bleeding itching and protruding cases. Claims immediate relief and cures with a new absorption treatment. Offers free trial samples and references upon request, asking for address and city details.
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M. Summers
Notre Dame
Yankees Must Surrender 2500 to Senators in Draft Dispute
Cincinnati September 2 The Washington club claimed 2500 as the draft price for Beve from Los Angeles and lost the case before the national commission. The issue arose from a wartime agreement where Love moved to Los Angeles but title stayed with Washington. Love was later drafted by New York from Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
National Commission
Washington
Love
New York
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