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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
8
The Associated Press reports parts of the country focused on baseball as the Commission discussed reopening the draft and the drafting system. Officials planned to announce definite plans after the World Series and noted unfinished races in major leagues.
The War Department authorized leasing 1 017 acres adjoining Fort Sam Houston in Texas for drill purposes. The area will allow a brigade of troops and will make Fort Sam Houston a key drill post.
Charlotte evened the inter league series with Nashville by a 3 to 2 win in eleven innings. A bases loaded walk and a double produced the decisive run after Nashville tied it in the ninth with two outs. Marshall led Charlotte with two triples and a double while Ellis Street Redding Ery Manchester handled the mound for Nash.
The Chicago White Sox moved to within a half game of the leaders Boston and Detroit in the American League standings. Boston leads the league on percentage, with Detroit and the Sox close behind. Washington trails. In the National League, Brooklyn leads with Philadelphia and Boston also near the top as remaining games count toward the flag race.
The Brooklyn Superbas gained a full game on their nearest contenders the Phillies and Braves after Thursday's National League results. Brooklyn defeated the Pirates with Burleigh Grimes on the mound and Cheney driving in the decisive run in the ninth. In the American League the White Sox won, the Tigers and Red Sox lost, tightening the pennant chase as urban Shocker pitched well for the Yankees on Shocker Day.
Ty Cobb stalls in four at bats and falls 20 points to Tris Speaker who gains one point on the day. Joe Jackson matches Cobb’s day, while Hal Chase pulls ahead in the National League with two safeties. Hornsby moves up as Daubert drops back, and Wagner fails to land a hit in four appearances.
Baseball scores from multiple cities show Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, St Louis, Brooklyn, New York, Detroit, Cleveland and Washington results with various pitcher and player pairings listed alongside team records. Marginal entries include incomplete names and symbols.
Toledo 0 St Paul 3 Milwaukee 0 Louis vile 3 Columbus 6 Minneapolis 7 Indianapolis 2 Kansas City 1.
In Richmond the Orioles beat the Colts 7 to 4. Montreal defeated Buffalo 6 to 3 while Rochester led Toronto 6 to 2 in a contest with incomplete final score.
Seventy five non commissioned officers and men in the Fourth regiment National Guard of New Jersey deserted at Sea Girt after returning from the Mexican border. Police in Jersey City were asked to arrest them. Two privates and a corporal gave accounts claiming they only sought a regular meal at home.
The navy department reviews 125 city and rural district proposals for a new 11 million dollar government armor plant. Hearings examined claims as officials seek a site best meeting navy needs and most secure from attack in war time. A new plant will be built as existing establishments are deemed unsatisfactory.
A Berlin bureau note cites the Koelnische Zeitung financial editor comparing the United States leader to a fat man. The piece says the once thin figure now sports a growing paunch as war contractors seek new European customers, with the editor framing this as wartime fate.
Brooklyn gains a full game on each NL rival and leads Philadelphia by 1.5 games after a win while Philadelphia loses to St Louis and Boston drops a game. In the American League White Sox day as St Louis beats Boston and New York defeats Detroit, leaving Chicago one game behind the Red Sox.
Directum I, world champion pacing stallion, broke the half mile record at the New York state fair Grand Circuit meeting with 65 3-4 seconds. Driven by Thomas Murphy of Poughkeepsie, he surpassed the previous 56 record set by Dan Patch on a Windshield at Memphis. The first quarter was 26 5-4 and the second 29.
Games today feature National League and American League clashes across major cities. Weather varies with rain in Chicago at Boston, and other cities reporting cloudy or clear conditions.
Jerome D. Travers former open and amateur champion returned to form in a four ball match at the Wykagyl Club New Rochelle beating Charles Evans Jr with a 72 to Evans 75 Travers and T V Bermingham defeated Evans and John G Anderson two up with one to play in a strong showing for the Montclair golfer
Mrs Pearl M Bates nee Gunn of Knoxville filed a chancery court bill in Chattanooga seeking annulment of her marriage to J K E Bates of Chattanooga claiming she was drugged at the wedding.
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