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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1912
Page
6
Heinie Berger will start on the mound for Mobile as the Gulls meet Cholly Frank's team in two games in New Orleans. Mike Finn aims to win both games to move into second place while Berger and Cave fire well and Pug will pitch Sunday if matchups allow. Local fans expect a Mobile victory in both contests.
Boston seeks to extend new American League record as Red Sox lead the pennant race while Washington aims to seize second from the Athletics. Bob Groom and Hugh Bedient expected to duel as Washington fights for position. Weather outlook suggests a clear day for the game at hand.
In Wheaton Illinois CHICAGO GOLF CLUB Evans Edgewater Club Chicago five time amateur champion faces Jerome Upper Montclair New Jersey Opulitan champion in a high profile match. Travers and Evans have advanced past strong opponents as heat affected Norman Hunter withdraws.
In Birmingham the Birmingham team beat mery 6 to 0 with Gribbens and McAllister contributing. At Chattanooga Newton Kissenger Seabaugh More and Giddo helped to a 7 3 win over te shea elena 37 3. At Atlanta Nashville won 176 against Waldorf and Graham Ficharty and Elliott, with scarce scoring in the 9 1 final.
In Philadelphia the first game ends 3 to 4 with Nawixkorke scoring. pitchers include Crandall Matthewson and Hartley for the visitors. The second game features a 8 to 9 result with IN G Wa POPwasi on offense and Marquard Crandall and Hartley among pitchers.
A narrator describes a discourse on street mashers with a fictional Average Young Man. The dialogue satirizes urban behavior as a speaker compares stopping street mashers to swatting houseflies, stressing decisive action and social criticism.
At Chicago R H E Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 2 Cleveland 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 3 5 10 3 Benz Kuhn Baskette Ca isech. At New York R H E Philadelphia 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 45 2 Not OFit Crabb Lapp McConnell Sweeaney.
At Sea Girt New Jersey on September 7 the Dryden rifle match crowned Massachusetts with 1104 points of 1200 and a $4000 trophy plus $1000 cash. Alabama placed fourth in the New Jersey national match with 2473 as eight-man squads vied at 600 800 and 1000 yards. The event also featured the Evans service skirmish won by the U S Marines and the negative angle match taken by Sergeant Adam Muller of New Jersey.
Colonel Robert Lee Hedges of the St. Louis Browns reports better health and may keep his stock. The Boston Red Sox gains are cheered by James McAleer and Robert McRoy who own part of the club. Other notes include Pendleton likely joining the Yankees, Ganzel's Rochester squad facing a pennant doubt, Hendryx as top Southern League prospect, and Bill Carrigan lauded as Red Sox backbone and pitching boss.
Gaumont two reel hand colored feature drama shows heroism devotion in a sensational French Revolution episode. Today only at the Crown Theatre. 9:6-21.
Karl Horten pitched seven innings of hitless and runless ball in Jacksonville against Columbus in the South Atlantic League post-season. The locals won 4 to 0 as only two runners reached first base off Horton. Rain halted the game in the eighth. each side has one win.
A fragmentary mention describes a sensational epistléde linked to the French Crown Theatre with citations 9:6-21. The text hints at dramatic letters or theater correspondence surrounding royal French stage affairs.
Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Wild West Show shown in three reels on Sunday along with two other new reels priced at five cents each.
Today’s schedule lists MLB games across cities including New Orleans Montgomery Memphis Nashville and more. National League games feature New York at Philadelphia Boston at Brooklyn and Chicago at Cincinnati. American League matchups include Washington at Boston Philadelphia at New York and St Louis at Detroit.
Chairman August Herrmann said the National Baseball Commission will finalize arrangements for the world championship series at a Cincinnati meeting on September 16. He declined to comment on probable dates of the battles.
Dreamland announces two additional reels at five cents admission with showtimes 9:30 to 5t. The brief item notes new attractions and minor schedule details for the venue.
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