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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1915
Page
8
Manager Lee Fohl of the Cleveland Indians urges free, opportunistic play when trailing. He argues batters should not be given fixed orders and pitchers should not be taxed heavily in spring training, noting arms are weakest then. He emphasizes taking chances late when behind to seize breaks.
Mobile loses 6 to 1 at Little Rock in the first game of the last series of the season. McDowell led Mobile with three hits including a double, while Murray topped Little Rock with three singles in four at bats. Fincher pitched for Mobile and Poole relieved for Little Rock, with Fincher getting the loss.
The Southern Association leaders include Burke of Mobile hitting .299. Hendryx leads runs with 307 and total bases at 251. Thomas of New Orleans tops homers with 11 and steals with 49. Bottling firm E Gregor Spring Bottling Co dissolves. W. W. Field M. Field J. W. Field owners.
New York, Sept. 25. Eastern colleges begin the 1915 season with top teams Harvard Yale Princeton and Pennsylvania in action. Harvard plays Colby in Cambridge, Yale meets Maine, Princeton faces Georgetown, and Penn hosts West Virginia. Other games include Dartmouth Massachusetts Aggies, Brown Rhode Island, Carlisle Lebanon, Amherst Middlebury, Williams Rensselaer, Bucknell Susquehanna, Dickinson Western Maryland, Holy Cross Bates, Lafayette Muhlenburg, Lehigh Orsinus, Penn State Albright, Syracuse Hobart, Trinity Norwich, Union St. Lawrence, Washington and Jefferson Geneva, and Bowdoin Hampshire.
Bay Minette Alabama September 25 Special Dr W M R Schowalter of Point Clear was elected permanent chairman of the good roads convention here Friday Captain Frank S White former United States senator gave an eloquent address tracing road history and urged taxing landowners per acre for road funding He cautioned against building too many roads to unused places. Lemon buys barber shop at 69 South Royal street naming W O Piele manager and announcing shop remodeling and marble chairs.
Washington announces tentative fruit maturity standards. Grapefruit must have seven parts soluble solids per one part acid, while Florida oranges require eight to one to be classified mature. Department notes study incomplete and expects further modifications.
Casey Jones, a railroad engineer and self titled world champion fan, predicts the Philadelphia Phillies will win the World Series. He cites their home park dimensions and hitting power led by Cravath Luderus Niehoff Bancroft Becker and Grover Alexander as key advantages. If the Phils cannot reach the series he favors the Boston Red Sox to prevail.
Mobile ends the season with a Little Rock doubleheader as Pelicans clinch the pennant and fans turn toward big league teams. McDowell shines for Mobile, Grimes walks many but keeps control, and Barons win 4 to 1 as New Orleans gains in Nashville.
Mike Gibbons, the former St. Paul tinsmith, plans one more year in boxing then to retire with farm funds. A $15,000 purse from a McFarland bout leads him to target further cleanups with Les Darcy Jimmy Clabby George Chip and Young Ahearn before tossing aside his gloves.
Milwaukee outfielder John Beall signed with Cincinnati after being drafted by the Reds. Boston Braves regained second in the National League by beating Pittsburgh while Brooklyn fell to Cincinnati. The Philadelphians split a double header with Chicago, widening their lead over Boston and Brooklyn. The Red Sox lost to St Louis as Detroit also fell, leaving Detroit five games behind the leaders.
Four players will be transferred to Little Rock by the St. Louis Browns in exchange for pitchers Fincher and East. The offered players include outfielders Manning and either Jenkins or Rumler, catchers now with Atlanta, shortstop Clyde Wares from Toronto, and outfielder Ernest Walker from the Rochester Internationals. Charles Starr is named as the Little Rock club’s next season manager.
In yesterday's Southern Association games New Orleans edged Birmingham 5 to 4 while Chattanooga crushed Birmingham 14 to 4. Pitchers Grimes Haley Cunningham Kitchens and batters Higins Kissingen Smit produced the decisive runs. American League note mentions women and humor in a light aside.
Bob Gardner wins the national amateur championship in Detroit, breaking the long standing trio of Travers Ouimet Evans. The Detroit victory elevates Gardner to a four man elite group with Travers Ouimet and Evans, signaling a lasting place among amateur golf’s top names. Gardner had previously won the title in 1909 as a teen.
The page lists today’s NBA style games including Atlanta at Memphis and New Orleans at Nashville with several double headers. National League matchups feature Boston at Pittsburgh and Brooklyn at Cincinnati among others with varied cloud cover and clear conditions. A stray sentence about a flute player and a dull student appears as unrelated filler.
The Allan-Darling racing dogs, 412 mile Alaska sweep stake winners, were sold Friday to Lieutenant Haas of the French army to be taken to France for Alpine service. A. A. Scotty Allan will accompany the dogs to France. In Indianapolis William M Johnston defeated M I McLoughlin 6-4 in the first set, 7-5 in the second. New Orleans reports 1847 cases of German toy shipments aboard the Dutch steamship SloterDIK from Rotterdam as Christmas novelties arrival.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb tops the American League in batting base stealing scoring and total bases as Detroit's star edges Sam Crawford for total bases. He set a steals record with 89 and maintains a .261 average. News notes also cover leaders across leagues including Doyle Hinchman and Cravath with runs and bases, and city teams pacing club batting.
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