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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1920
Page
8
The week highlights top hitters with Marcus Robertson and Rogers Hornsby among leaders. Notable figures include Hendryx, Hee, and Jackson posting high averages, while Alexander and Fournier show mixed runs. Base stealing and power totals push several players into contention for season honors.
London June 5. John J. a former police detective of Kentucky was found guilty of the murder of R. H. Brown of Lynchburg Virginia. He was sentenced to seventeen years in the penitentiary for the crime on the streets of Lynchburg.
The public longs for Georges Carpentier to box Battling Levinsky as a showman clash. Curley plans a 12 or 16 round bout before July 26 with a $50 000 guarantee for Carpentier and Levinsky as the trial horse. The planned Madison Square Garden spectacle hinges on New York boxing law and venue availability.
Mount Clemens Michigan judge Fred Lamb will sentence Lloyd Prevost today after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the December slaying of J. Stanley Brown, a Mount Clemens club man. Lamb also calls a special grand jury to probe perjury in the murder trial.
Chicago battles over woman’s suffrage as Republican candidates seek female backing. Women’s bureaus run at Johnson Wood Lowden Hoover HQs. hotel lobbies host tea gatherings as party leaders court female voters amid a stubborn stalemate.
An incident in Atlanta on June 5 involves Evan Smith and a youth named Sage. The report notes a sharp object injury during an altercation and mentions evidence supports the claim of a violent act.
Ray Roberts, newly acquired pitcher from Pept Atlanta, is likely to start the opening home game against the New Orleans Pels with Sigman as alterna t e. If Roberts pitches today, Sigman will pitch Sunday. Mobile hosts two games then shifts to Little Rock, Memphis, Chattanooga, and Nashville. Moon Dutote remains injured and may miss this game as Monty Prieste covers.
Wet grounds affect many games in the Southern and regional leagues. National results show New York 11 Bos Brooklyn 5, Philadelphia 4, Louis 6, Chi Guclanats Dittsburgurgh. rain disrupts several matchups including Indianapolis 0 St Paul 6 and Toledo 0 Minneapolis 4. Tomorrow's schedule lists New Orleans at Mobile and Atlanta at Memphis.
Derrill Pratt, Yank second baseman, cleared the bases with a first inning home run as Yorks topped Athletics 12 to 5. Al Sotheron doubled in the ninth to win for the Browns over the Indians 7 to 6. Myers added a Brooklyn win with a double and triple in a 5 to 1 victory over Philadelphia. Hornsby and Fournier hit triples as the Cards beat the Cubs 5 to 1. Ray Schalk played his 1,000th major league game in Detroit's 6 to 3 win over Chicago. Fillingim issued ten walks as the Giants defeated the Braves 11 to 8.
President Wilson vetoed the bill to establish a rational budget system ruling it unconstitutional as it would remove the power to remove the comptroller general and assistant comptroller general. He returned the measure at the earliest possible moment urging Congress to remedy issues before adjournment.
Police declare a major drug ring uncovered in Chicago with Raymon and Walter C. Smith of Tulsa involved. Authorities say the group bought and sold large quantities of narcotics for distribution to southern communities.
Cory of Ontario High School California and Voorhies of Pomona College clash in the high jump. Cory clears 6 ft 4 in repeatedly and aims for 6 ft 6 in as a natural jumper. Voorhies uses a long run and flat crossing to clear 6 ft 2 in, tying with Templeton. California hopes to supply two top jumpers to Olympic trials.
St Louis, June 5. Former Federal Judge Henry F Priest announced his candidacy for the Democratic senatorial nomination. He is the third Democrat in the race alongside Breckenridge Long and George H Scruton.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania will not attend the Republican national convention in Chicago. He had planned to go but gave no reason for the change of plans as announced from his Capitol office.
Portland Oregon June 5 Op erations for the removal of the vermiform appendix are going out of style, according to views expressed at the annual convention of the Oregon State Medical Association. Much that was called appendicitis in recent years was not that at all but plain stomach ache in varying degrees of intensity.
The London Times reports large consignments of sugar are being shipped from Great Britain to the United States. Some shipments have recently arrived from the West Indies.
Governor H Brough of Arkansas received a telegram in Memphis offering him the presidency of the Mississippi A and M College at Starkville to succeed Prof W H Smith who recently resigned. He will announce his decision later as his term ends December 31.
Industrial League delegates attend Geneva congress aiming to push proposals on women’s rights. Discussions cover suffrage, abolition of slavery, equal guardianship, civil rights for married women, equal pay, and mothers pensions. Maude Royden to preach at Geneva Cathedral, first Swiss pulpit by a woman. US delegates listed include Cartie Chapman Catt and others from Chicago and New York.
Chicago June 5 Wholesale beef prices slipped three to five cents in May and stayed near the wartime level. The Institute of American Meat Packers said improved foreign exchange boosted exports, while pork orders remained small but prospects for continental sales were better than in months.
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