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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1916
Page
10
The Phillies with strong pitching held the Superbas to eight to four as Cheney faltered for the Dodgers and Coombs finished the job. The game opened a series with the Phillies securing the win behind solid mound work and timely hitting.
Chicago reporters were told no official World Series information would be released until next week due to the tightened National League pennant race. The national commission meeting to set the schedule was postponed to early next week as members await the outcome in New York.
In a Brooklyn led card, Daubert goes two for three and adds two points while Wheat goes hitless in four at bats, dropping three places. Cobb and Speaker have not played recently. standings show Daubert and Wheat among top batters with others like Hornsby Hinchman and Jackson in the race.
Games scheduled across major cities include Philadelphia at Brooklyn and Boston at New York with cloudy conditions around 3 p m. Other matchups feature Cincinnati at Pittsburgh and Chicago at Cleveland with rain in the forecast for the first game at 1 p m. Detroit visits St Louis and New York hosts Boston with clear conditions around 3 p m.
The program for tonight's air concert features Drago's band under Daniel 8. From Chicago to Frisco aes Stew Rhode Island Clam Fox Trot and other titles include Bunch of Blues March Down Home in Tennessee March and Morning Exercise March. The bill ends with Sweet Ada Finale March and Crimson Flush. Telephone 447
Chicago news reports a tight National League finish with Brooklyn and Philadelphia near a tie. Brooklyn leads by a technical half game with a .608108 to .606897 percentage, as both teams schedule games against each other and Boston. Meanwhile in the American League Boston holds a two and a half game lead over Chicago as Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland contend for the pennant.
Result Games National at Brooklyn show Philadelphia 8 8 3 vs Cheney Coombs and Miller Alexander Killifer. New York first game 2 6 1 to Boston 0 6 1 Tegreau McCarty Rudolph Gowdy. Second game New York 6 7 0 Boston 0 1 3 Schupp McCarty Kocher Ragan Nehf Gowdy Blackburn. At Boston New York 4 11 0 vs Mays Cady Mogridge Walters. At Philadelphia Washington 4 8 3 Nabors Bressler Schang Gallia Henry. All other American Association games rained. Kansas City 4 St. Paul 2.
The Mobile city commission awarded a three month stock feed contract starting October 1 to Cleveland Bros. bids show Timothy Hay at 18.75 per ton clipped oats 58 3 4 cents per bushel wheat bran 1.38 per 100 pounds and No 2 white corn 1.02 per bushel. Other bidders included McMillan Harrison Ziliak Shafer Milling G Mertz Co with varying rates.
The Carnegie Peace Foundation reports a surge in relief gifts for European sufferers. Since last week’s near 29 million tally, many new donations have arrived from individuals and groups via channels outside the sixty principal war relief societies.
At a Rotary Club meeting Charles H Scholfield announced 100 members attended. W M Clemens presided as Dix announced Educational Day with Prof Murphy to chair. Dr H T Inge introduced guest Mr Marsh who sought a factory site and fielded questions until Marsh revealed himself as E M Bailey president of the Chamber of Commerce.
A U S D A briefing explains how removing cattle ticks raises herd value and enables pure bred sires. On a Tennessee stock farm calves sold at about 44 dollars each after growing to 800 pounds, showing the gap between tick-infested and tick-free stock. The article urges local voters to back federal tick eradication, join bull clubs, and form associations with USDA support.
The article states a single season, with proper regulations, can remove ticks from states across the South. It notes Tennessee and Kentucky have no ticks, Virginia and North Carolina areas remain infested, while South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida report significant progress or cleared zones.
Washington news: Colonel William P. Evans, A. S. A., retired quartermaster at the Soldiers Home, dies. He served in the Indian campaign, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, led the Twenty-fifth Infantry before 1912 retirement, later edited the Infantry Journal. Born in Wisconsin in 1853, he graduated from the Military Academy in 1878.
Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for Battle Creek Michigan to deliver his second speech of the campaign. Republicans and Progressives cooperate on the event before his return to New York. He plans a western swing in October visiting Chicago Indianapolis Kansas City Denver and San Francisco.
A Boston reader describes six months of severe eczema on the wrist and arms with intense itching. After trying many prescriptions, Resinol Soap and Ointment stopped the itching within days and cleared redness, allowing restful sleep and a renewed feeling. Mrs. J. S. Walker of Charleston endorses the remedy.
At the Chicago convention of the American X ray Society a machine that records every heartbeat motion was exhibited. The device promises precise records for diagnosing heart disease. In Paris, Dr. A Magnan, leading alienist and head of the Paris insane bureau, died.
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