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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1920
Page
8
From United Press, Henry L Farrell reports a tense National League chase with Rickey steering the Cardinals and the Reds in a close fight. Giants Cubs Pirates jockey for position as arrivals and returns reshape the standings ahead of a decisive stretch.
Mobile 4, Birmingham 0. Memphis 11, New Orleans 7. Chattanooga 0. Baltimore 4, Rochester 0. Jersey City 1-2 Akron 7-1. Syracuse 2-8 Buffalo 5-5. Reading 6, Toronto 11. Dallas 7-4 Houston 0-3. Wichita Falls 1, San Antonio 5. Shreveport 4, Beaumont 3. Fort Worth 10-8 Galveston 2-7. Toledo 5, Louisville 7. Columbus 11, Indianapolis 1. St Paul 5, Milwaukee 4 (second game postponed). Indianapolis 14, Kansas City 1 (second game postponed by rain). Today Mobile at Little Rock. New Orleans at Pensacola. Atlanta at Nashville. Birmingham at Chattanooga. St Louis at Cincinnati. Pittsburgh at Chicago. New York at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at Boston. Cleveland at St Louis. Chicago at Detroit. No other games scheduled.
Mobile Bears travel to Little Rock to face Kid Wiberfeld's Travelers in a three game set through Wednesday after ending a five game losing streak. Luke Lukonovic earned the win with strong pitching as the Bears beat Nashville 4-0, aided by timely hitting and a pop bottle shower for Amos Gifford over a balk call on Perdue.
Babe Ruth hits a triple with two on to score the winning run and makes a brilliant ninth inning catch as the Yankees beat Boston 7 to 6. Joe Jackson homers in the ninth for Chicago? and Kept Tigers, Browns, and Reds in various wins. Johnson and Toney shine for Athletics and Dodgers respectively.
Mecgowin Lyons defeated the Dreamdales Sunday afternoon by 6 to 2. Wiseman was the standout with terrific hitting, driving in the tying run and scoring the winning run. Feeny and Styles were the battery, Souttole and Phillips behind the plate.
Monroe Price a Mobile business figure died in Portland Oregon at 2 AM Sunday while at the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine convention. He was 61 native of Mobile survived by his widow two daughters and other relatives. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Price led hardware firms including H M Price Hardware Company and earlier Price Lowe. He was a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. Miss Lucia Price and Mrs Annie Laurie Bringhurst of Nashville are among survivors. A fourth of July barbecue in Jackson is planned with Congressman John McDuffie expected to speak. Baptist pastors from Mobile and Baldwin counties travel to Bay Minette for their association meeting. The Mobile school board offices location remains unsettled.
A fragment notes Indiana caucus results placing Marshall ahead after delegation arrival. The text references potential indictments involving McAdoo and mentions Bay area political activity in San Francisco on June 28.
San Francisco June 28 Senator Pat Harrison named Mississippi’s member of the resolutions committee after a caucus selection. Former Governor Earl Brewer won a credentials post as the delegation aims to back Williamson on first ballot and Cox afterward. An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Mrs. Chas. Gray of Detroit claiming relief from backache and kidney discomfort.
Terrifying skin symptoms like eczema boils pimples arise from a blood disorder says this ad. It claims germs multiply in blood and surface remedies cannot reach the cause. It promotes S S S as the only blood remedy and offers free medical advice from the Swift Specific Co in Atlanta.
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