One Run Defeats Mobile in Shutout Loss
Chattanooga NT Sept 15 Mobile lost the final Chattanooga game 1 to 0 marking the seventh straight shutout by the local club. Poole pitched well for Mobile while Harris doubled and Merritt drove in the only run with a squeeze bunt. Cunningham fired seven shutouts in the string as Mobile totaled five hits. The New Orleans release notes Hendryx cannot be released until week end.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Mobile
Cunningham
Ding
Poole
Harris
Kitchens
Merritt
AB. R. H. Poa. E.cDowell
Northen
Burke
Ss-S
Joe Oss
Flick
Teniaiee Ty OO
Calhoun
Peatsevts
Hmidt
Baumgardner
Perry
Peck
Daley
McDowell
Dun- Gort
Bernhard
O'Toole
New Orleans
Hendryx
Baseball scores from yesterday's games across leagues
In the Southern Association Birmingham lost 5 to 4 to Little Rock behind Robertson and Wallace. National League saw Boston win 7 to 1 over Chicago and New York beat Cincinnati 9 to 2 with strong hitting from Schauer Mathewson Ritter and Doomn. American League results included Boston 2 to 1 over Chicago and Cleveland 8 to 0 against Washington. Federal League action listed Commr Eg and Minn teams, while minor leagues show various scores in the International and Carolina Leagues. No further fixtures scheduled.
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National League
Boston
Chicago
Rudolph and
Gowdy
Lavender
Standridge
Bresnahan
Boardman and
Snyder
New York
Cincinnati
Schauer
Mathewson
Ritter
Doomn
Wendell
Lear
Wingo
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chalmers and
Burns
Hill, Adams and Gibson
Brooklyn
Ee Enane
SSE
Augusa
Wulsees Ness
Marquard, Cheney
Dell and
McCarty
Southern Association
New Orleans
Eserene
Birmingham
Memp
Nashville Ie
Atlanta
Chattanooga Eee
Mobile Bean
Little Rock
Ubs
Sana OO
Boston Ee
Brooklyn Sane
Skr
Tholes
Aewseewee
New York Hess
Detroit
Waington
Storke
San Oxaucen
St. Louis
Cleveland
St. Louis Wach
National Commission Drafts on Minor Leaguers Discussed
National Baseball Commission opened its annual meeting in Cincinnati to consider drafts from the major leagues on minor league players. The plan likely keeps drafted names private to allow clubs to sign players without Federal League temptations. The event drew a large attendance. The closing line notes a contrast between old fashioned horse enthusiasts and automobiles.
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Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
Confessions of a Wife Memoir on Aunt Mary’s Death
The narrator recalls Aunt Mary’s death and the profound impact she had as a mother substitute. Jim Fdie reflects on mother imagery, while Aunt Mary’s will leaves the old home and most furnishings to the narrator, altering family dynamics and income prospects and prompting plans to work for independence.
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Mary
Jim Fdie
Jim
Margie
Aunt Mary
Mother
New York bout ends in a draw between Packey McFarland and Mike Gibbons
TheSept. 15 report says the ten round contest was considered a good draw by most observers with some favoring McFarland. Gibbons left for St Paul claiming superiority in every round but noted weight difficulties at 147 pounds. McFarland stayed in New York as guest of friends and said Gibbons was the toughest opponent he ever faced.
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New York
Packey McFarland
Mike Gibbons
McFarland
O ’ Gibbons
St. Paul
Chicago
Gibbons
Packey
Weather and Baseball Schedule Skews with Singular Verse
GAMES TODAY lists matchups across cities with weather notes including clear cloudy and rain. A short verse about Mrs Jones and her singular boy mentions one thematic and one not, using a whimsical analogy.
Alec Earns $1000 Bonus for 25 Wins in 1918 Season
Grover Alexander of Philadelphia National League, nicknamed the owner of a $1000 check from President Baker, in addition to a salary around $5000 yearly. The bonus was promised when he reached 25 victories in the season.
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Grover Alexander
Philadelphia
Baker
Phil
Alec
Gulls lose to Chattanooga as Poole debuts on mound
Jack Poole, a recent pick up from the South Atlantic League, started for the Mobile Gulls in Chattanooga and yielded four hits in a 1 to 0 defeat. Mobile's Cunningham was stifled by McDowell and Burke who totaled four of Mobile's five hits. Birmingham won the other Southern League game, defeating the Travellers on Ellam's big day with a home run, triple, double and single.
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Jack Poole
Schmidt
Cotton States
Gulls
Chattanooga
McDowell
Burke
Mobile
Cunningham
Birmingham
Mobile-Chattanooga
Barons
Travellers
Ellam
White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Johnnie Collins
Washington
Naps
Dumont
Fargo
N. C
Senators
The
Capitol
Marquard
Dodgers
Boardman
Winnipeg
St. Louis
Newark
Cubs
Snodgrass
Browns
Philadelphia
Schang
Detroit
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Cobb
Moridge
New York
Cravath
Stock
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Reds
Giants
Bill Bailey
Baltimore
Chicago Federals
Dave Black
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Brooklyn
Braves
Philadelphia Nationals
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Detroits
Red Sox
Tigers
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Cincinnatis
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Cleveland
Phillies
Alexander
Saier
Snodgress
Chicago Cubs
Egan
Gowdy
Evers
Barnes
Hughes
Zimmerman
Bresnahan
Eason
English Golf Caddy Earns All He Gets
A description of English golf caddies earning shillings for their work. Caddies perform ball spotting teeing and cleaning, swap worn balls, and polish clubs after a round, illustrating the duties and compensation of young caddies in England.
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England
Amateurs, Pro Teams Clash In Local Sunday Games
Thoss Sporting Goods beat Coden 8 to 1 as Jones struck out 13. J Moore and Cazalas led hitters while Green made two unassisted doubles for Coden. Fatima club won two and Hookworms split a doubleheader. B and B triumphed over Little Gulls. Next: Thoss faces Gulf Shin gles at Lyons Park. Barney-Cavanagh Hardware to Pasagoula.
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Coden
Jones
Thoss
J. Moore
Cazalas
Green
R. H. PO
Amio Ice
B. Schambeau
Hieronymus
Goldman
Yost
Schambeau
Mayhall
Tho&ss
Gulf Shingles
Lyons Park
Barney-Cavanagh Hardware Company
Pascagoula
Barney Boys
McBride
Cleveland
Schneder
Johnson
Smith
Ery
Brown
Watson
Finkbohner
Thomas
Jordan
Fatima
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Brickyard
Cooper and
Kirk
Wood
Marshall
Cooper and Roberts
Hawood
Gedard
Peterson
Roberts
Little Gulls
Inittle
Gulla
Betancourt
J. Anderson
J. Verneville
Munroe
New York
Foskes
Acute Articular Rheumatism and Its Treatments
The exact cause of rheumatism is unknown but linked to excess uric acid in the blood. No universal cure exists. many drugs have been tried with varying success. Physicians agree relief and nervous calm are aided by remedies, with Anti-Kamma Tablets touted as superior for rheumatic pain and headaches.
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Sea
Sam McVey and Sam Langford to Fight Twenty Rounds
Denver reports a scheduled twenty round heavyweight bout for September 30 between Sam McVey and Sam Langford. The card highlights other sport results from Seagirt, Cincinnati, Atlantic City and St. Paul with marine marks, tennis progress, and shooting scores evident in brief updates.
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Col
Sam McVey
Sam Langford
Seagirt
N. J
Henry Austin
United States Marine Corps
Claude H. Clyde
Noah ©. Reeves
Marines
William B. Martin
New Jersey
Cincinnati
Clarence Griffin
San Francisco
Eli Fottrell
Nate Emerson
Memphis
Irving Wright
Boston
Louise Feld, Jr
Chicago
Atlantic City
Wolfolk Henderson
Lexington
C. D. Jum
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
S. Chipley
Greenwood
S. C
ST. Paul
Minn
Mike Gibbons
New Orleans
Young Ahearn
Brave Deputies Seize Beer in Two Seizures
Deputy sheriffs seized twenty four bottles of beer in Room 624 at the Bienville Hotel and three dozen bottles in the rear of an oyster shop on Royal street near Canal. No arrests were made as no claimants appeared. The oysters beer will be used as evidence against J B Martin for violation of prohibition law.
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Oberhaus
Bienville
State Solicitor
Royal Street
Canal
Soles
J. B. Martin
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