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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1916
Page
8
The first cool autumn weather greets opening day of the 1916 season across the Deep South. Key matchups include Virginia vs Yale, Auburn vs Battery C, and a slate of games from Sewanee to LSU, with many teams testing strength after weeks of practice.
Yale faces a new opponent in New Haven for its first game against the Carnegie Institute eleven. Princeton meets Holy Cross at Worcester while Pennsylvania tests West Virginia under a new coach and system. Army and Navy also play their opener, Army vs Lebanon Valley and Navy vs Dickinson.
Auburn meets Battery C Alabama National Guard led by Bully Vandegraff in a season opener featuring stars from Auburn, Alabama, VMI, and Washington and Lee. The game was added to the Auburn schedule two weeks ago. Tennessee starts its season at home against Pisculum College under new coaches John R. Bender and W. C. Cool, with expectations high.
Mrs Myron J Pickard of Memphis New York says she used Chamberlains Cough Remedy for her two children during a severe cold season and found it to be the medicine they needed. The ad notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
No games were played due to rain in Boston where American league teams New York 0 5 2 and Detroit 4 6 0 had Ruth and Thomas Shawkey Walters and Hamilton Hartley. American Association games in Columbus Louisville and Milwaukee Toledo were played with scores Columbus 0 Indianapolis 2 Louisville 6 Toledo 4 Milwaukee 6 Kansas City 0.
Boston and New York meet in a clear weather clash at 10 15 a m Philadelphia visits Brooklyn at 10 30 a m and 3 p m Cincinnati travels to Pittsburgh at 1 30 p m St Louis plays Chicago at 3 p m Washington faces Philadelphia with clear skies Chicago hosts Cleveland and Detroit visits St Louis in a clear day with New York in Boston under cloudy conditions
Boston Americans appear likely to contend for the world series as Cleveland and Chicago race for the pennant. Detroit is out while New York and Philadelphia still hold remaining games, with postponed matchups allowed through next Wednesday.
Louisville defeated Toledo to clinch the American Association pennant. With three games left all against Toledo, Louisville leads Indianapolis, and owns a 100 win 64 loss record to date.
Evangelistic services at Mertz Station Baptist Church concluded with a large congregation. Rev. W. F. Fendley led the meetings from Monday, preaching on consecration. Four additions to Zion Church were reported by Rev. E. L. Goodgame. Converts will be baptized in Dog River at Mertz Station Sunday at 3 p.m. Fendley left for Geneva and then Florida for a two week series.
Chicago Sept 30 Hal Chase four points ahead in the National League batting race with Lou McCarty near. Tris Speaker about thirty points ahead of Cobb in the American. Chase powerful for Cincinnati with 241 total bases, second to Wheat. Major leaders include Max Carey 68 steals and Frank Schulte in sacrifices with 386. Speaker tops American batters at .392. Cobb leads in runs, 108.
A. C. Thomas Sanders county Republican chairman died from a pistol shot fired by Edith Colby a local paper reporter. Colby remains jailed as preliminary hearing continues Oct 5. Editor J Manire also jailed after allegations he urged Colby to kill Thomas amid a long political feud.
A compact list of players and teams with performance figures. Boland Detroit posts a 9 and 3 record with .750 percentage and 3.49 earned runs. Cul lop New York goes 13 5 .722 with 2.01. H Covaleskie Detroit 23 10 697 1.93. Morton Cleveland 13 6 .684 2.93. Cicotte Chicago 14 7 .667 2.15. Faber Chicago 16 8 .667 2.38. Ruth Boston 22 12 .647 1.94. Benz Chicago 9 5 6 435 2.09. C Williams Chicago 13 8 .619 2.65. Foster Boston 13 8 .619 3.07. Shawkey New York 21 13 .619 2.11.
Sir Henry Burdette told the 18th annual American Hospital Association session in Philadelphia that he looks to the United States to lead the world in hospital work. Dr John A Hornsby of Chicago predicted a merger of the Catholic Hospital Association with the American Hospital Association in the near future.
Scoutmaster R. E. announces the meeting is postponed from today to October 7. On that date the troop will hike to the Gulf Coast Fair grounds where instructions for Boy Scouts Day at the fair will be given.
Ty Cobb the lone leading batter to play Friday went one for four and dropped in the standings by 21 points behind Tris Speaker. The American and National League lists show Speaker atop the AL with 386, Jackson and Sund, while Cobb remains mid-pack amid low averages and sparse hits.
Berlin reports Germany will set clocks back one hour at midnight ending summer time. Farmers oppose the change along with the moving picture industry, while some theatres and commercial interests favor it. Opinions vary on renewing the experiment next year.
The Swiss Federal Council ratified the Germany Switzerland economic pact after Germany threatened June embargoes on cotton and foodstuffs. Swiss talks with Germany resumed in August and Paris dispatches on September 21 said final details were settled.
H G Clabaugh, local investigator for the department, sent information today to Washington on a blackmailing affair involving a wealthy Chicagoan and a larger-than-ever amount. DOJ agents are probing several other similar cases, he said.
Mrs W A Adams of Richwood Virginia describes severe itching burning and crusting scalp with hair loss lasting a month. After using a free Cuticura ointment and soap sample she recovered in about six weeks and notes world wide sales.
One win in four remaining games will seal the American League pennant for Boston as they beat New York 3 to 0 behind Ruth’s pitching. Detroit topped St. Louis 4 to 1. National League was idle due to rain with Philadelphia and Brooklyn delayed.
The reading room lobby and music hall are ready for occupancy after extensive interior renovations. The Y M C A has redecorated its interior and will also renovate the exterior to improve condition and appearance.
The city health officer reported another case of infantile paralysis on Friday afternoon. The patient is a negro child at 254 Fium street. All precautions have been taken. This is the ninth case this summer reported to the health board.
Rain halted play after two innings as the Giants led the Braves by a run when the day’s action was suspended.
William B. Wilson, secretary of labor, defended President Wilson’s eight hour law for railroad workers in Pittsburgh. He cited 26 years of Bureau of Railroad Statistics study, said the president studied data before recommending the bill, and argued the proposal was not from the Brotherhoods but faced defiance from railroad managers. He denied the president surrendered to any party or group.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, speaking in Louisville on September 30, endorses the Adamson eight hour law as a safety measure. He argues the law protects railroads by ensuring overworked crews do not operate trains.
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