Gulls and Pels Open Final Series in New Orleans
Mobile and New Orleans renew play in New Orleans after two off days. The last series, moved from Mobile due to light attendance, features a patched Pell lineup with players at home. Ralph Ledbetter and Pug Cavet likely start as pitchers as the season ends across the Southern League with New Orleans Pels likely champions and second place tentatively settled between Birmingham and Little Rock.
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Baseball Schedule Headlines for Today
National league games feature Chicago at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati at St. Louis both under cloudy skies. Philadelphia visits New York in a doubleheader while Brooklyn plays Boston both games clouded. American league shows New York at Philadelphia and Boston at Washington with clear weather, plus St. Louis at Detroit and Cleveland at Chicago under varying conditions.
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Wale
Kid Quina to Meet Leonard in Boat Tonight
Kid Quina faces Battling Leonard tonight at St Josephs club in Mobile in a highly scientific boxing exhibition. Preliminary bouts include Pete Caronas against Joe Smith and Richard Bates versus Kid O Keefe. Admission is free.
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Battling Leonard
St Joseph's Club
Mobile
Pete Caronas
Joe Smith
Richard
Kid) Bates
Kid O'Keefe
E. J. Higgins
Augusta Wins Again in Sally Title Series
Augusta defeats Columbia 2 to 0 in game two of the Atlantic League championship series in Augusta. Bunched hits off Atkinson in the second inning produced both runs. The third game moves to Columbia the next day. Columbia 000 000 000 0 Augusta 020 000 00 2. Atkinson and Connolly Hall and Hubanks.
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Result Games Southern At Birmingham first game 8 7 1
In Birmingham the first game ends 8 to 7 with Southern at 8 7 1 and Atlanta 2 4 4 led by Robertson Smith Perry Davis and Snyder. No other games played at Memphis Little Rock Boston Pittsburgh New York.
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Hauser
Synder
Memphis
Chattanooga
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Ruel
Johnson
Peters
Little Rock
Nashville
Hardgrove
Chapman
Ellis
Street
Baseball Scores From Multiple Cities On Date
Box scores from Detroit Philadelphia Washington and Chicago show varied results. Detroit hosts St Louis while Boston tops Philadelphia and New York games feature Gallia Henry Mogridge Alexander Ayers Craft Goodwin Williams Fisher Shawkey Walters. Cleveland edges Chicago in a separate contest.
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Baseball Roundup Highlights Mixed Results Across Leagues
The Birmingham Barons swept a double header from the Atlanta Crackers to move up to third in the Southern League. Philadelphia Nationals beat Boston Braves to tighten their NL lead while the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the Giants. Detroit lost to St Louis as wild pitching plagued the Tigers. Tris Speaker widened the AL batting lead to 13 points, Hal Chase tops NL as best hitter, and Dave Robertson slumped below .300 as Frank Thrasher and Steve Yerkes posted strong averages.
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Travelers
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Brooklyn Superbas
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Rixey
Mayer
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Hal Chase
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St Frisco Sets World Trotting Mark in Charter Oak Race
Hartford Sept 8 St Frisco won the Charter Oak stake for 2:08 trotters securing two new world records in a six heat race. The second heat was a dead heat at 2:07 1 4 tying the previous Brighton Beach mark. The six heat average time stood at 2:07 1 4, besting Lexington 1910 mark 2:07 19-24. Close finishes left St Frisco and Mabel Trask split by less than a head at each heat end.
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Arista
Lexington
Mabel Trask
Woman Found Dead Near Jacksonville Under Detroit Identity
The body of a young woman was found in Trout Creek near Jacksonville Florida and detectives believe she is Miss A King of Detroit who had been missing since Monday. An autopsy will determine the cause of death and no murder is indicated at this time.
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Florida
Larry Doyle Leaves Giants in Three Way Deal
New York fans mourn the departure of Larry Doyle after ten seasons with the Giants. He is sent to the Chicago Cubs in a three way deal with Brooklyn, in which Heinie Zimmerman returns to the Giants. Doyle, a second baseman since 1907, joined from the Springfield Club of the Three I League for about $4500 and has hit over .300 in six of his ten years.
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Chicago Cubs
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Heinie Zimmerman
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Springfield
Sixteen indicted in Lima mob case over jail raid
In Lima Ohio sixteen alleged mob participants tied to the assault on Charles Daniels and the torture of Sheriff Eley were indicted. Thirteen are jailed under guard as authorities anticipate up to one hundred indictments. Daniels was brought to Lima and identified by Mrs. Baber, then hidden in an unknown jail.
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Lima
Ohio
Allen County
Charles Daniels
Eley
Daniels
John Baber
Napoleon
Lima City Hospital
British August imports rise by 6.7 million pounds
The British board of trade reports August imports up by £6,716,000 and exports up by £15,281,000. Major import gains came from cotton £3,000,000 and oils seeds and fats £2,250,000. Exports rose mainly in manufactured goods with cotton textiles £3,000,000 iron and steel £2,500,000 and coal £1,500,000.
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Associated Press
London
British Board of Trade
Tactical drills with four teen motor boats in naval training
New York readers report tactical drills by motorboats on the naval training cruise. The squadron grew to fourteen craft with Mustang and Priscilla joining Gravesend Bay. Under Lieut. J. W. Wilcox the boats practiced evolutions using a new synthetic signaling system eliminating the code book.
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New York
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Priscilla
J. W. Wilcox
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War visit blocked for panning Wilson claims writer
A published AP story claimed Socialist writer Charles Edward Russell was refused permission to visit the French front after criticizing President Wilson. The report was inserted in the congressional record by Rep Bennet while Rep Fitzgerald blocked a resolution to verify the claim.
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