Gulls Top Pelicans 8 to 2 in Hard Fought Game
Mobile pounded out 8 runs on 13 hits to defeat New Orleans 8 to 2. Holmquist allowed nine baserunners. ReillyPlayed short with ten chances. Perry led locals with a triple and a single.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1915
Page
4
Mobile pounded out 8 runs on 13 hits to defeat New Orleans 8 to 2. Holmquist allowed nine baserunners. ReillyPlayed short with ten chances. Perry led locals with a triple and a single.
Lee Meadows of the St Louis Cardinals notes a trend as Carmen Hill of Corry Pennsylvania signs with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hill a rookie is to report next spring after impressing a scout with an independent club.
Eastern writer rakes season woes as the Browns and Cards lead in strikeouts while printers misspell in a game by a Typographical team. Willard Moran praised as hopefuls while Connie Mack muses on fan tastes and Ollie Chill, the AL umpire, struggles.
The report notes a boxer who knocked out Jimmy Austin recently and mentions a federal judge upholding a port collector's ban on Willard Johnson fight films. It adds a line on Gaffney of the Braves building a 42,000 seat park in 1915.
National and American League results include Philadelphia versus New York and Boston versus Cincinnati with final tallies. Exhibitions feature Pittsburgh beating Stump in a rainy frame, plus minor league and league standings notes for International and Carolina circuits.
Regional results list multiple intercity matchups with clear conditions including New Orleans at Mobile Birmingham at Atlanta Memphis at Chattanooga Nashville at Little Rock Boston at Pittsburgh Detroit at Cleveland Philadelphia at Boston and more. Odds and outcomes are not detailed in this fragment.
The Guils end 1915 with a home game against New Orleans as Prexy Jackson shifts remaining games to Atlanta for revenue. Schmidt leads Mobile despite injuries, while Dodges and locals clash in a tense schedule highlighting standout fielding by Reilly and Knaupp and strong performances across several teams.
Bill infielder with the Cincinnati Reds has played six years and never been chased by an umpire. He captained a Pacific Coast club and often spoke to umpires after close calls. Rodgers is noted as one of the most gingery players in the game.
In a Sunday twin bill the Carrousels took the opener 6 to 5 while the Sea Gulls exploded for 20 runs on 30 hits to win 20 to 10. Marcel rallies Haas Bros as Beech Paint loss noted. Bayou la Batre game set for Sunday with key hitters Switzer Martin Roberts and Wilson starring in prior contests. A Zeppelin shot at by Dutch guards near the Belgian border prompted the Maasbode report.
New York, Sept. 10 Philadelphia widened its National League lead by taking two from New York and Boston as Brooklyn moved to second. The Superbas, three games back, overtook Boston who slipped to third while both teams head west for a four-game set. Philadelphia has one more game with the Giants before the trip. Boston and Detroit hold their spots in the American League after Thursday’s results.
Hartford reports Tommy Murphy drives Directum I to shave 1.5 seconds off the Charter Oak track record, tying the grand circuit season mark at 1:58 1-2. Murphy then sweeps both races, repeating last year’s three-win day across the program. In Chicago, Disturber wins the national motorboat race, with Miss Detroit finishing strong. Youssef Mamout is alive after rumors of his death. Cincinnati notches a doubleheader win to move from last place.
Police probe a Wednesday night hold up claimed by Gilbert Reese who says $42 was stolen part of which belonged to a friend John Carter an elderly farmer. Carter is detained as investigators seek motive and timing while Reese’s prior robbery claim with a woman is noted but not pursued.
The Government Street Methodist church men’s class sets a Home Coming Week starting September 27 with nightly services open to the public. No collections. William McLeod opens with an address, followed by T. G. McGonigal, Stewart Brooks, a debate, and a social session.
J W Doody will build a private cattle dipping vat on his dairy farm at Three Mile Creek in Mobile County. He informs county agent George A Maloney that he will construct the vat to protect his dairy herd from ticks.
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