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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
13
Philadelphia defeats St Louis 1 0 in a pitchers duel as Alexander limits the visitors to four hits. Killiter drives in the lone run with a second inning double and Paskett RBI single. The game lasts 1 hour 20 minutes.
Leifer and Kafo delivered back to back two base hits in the fourteenth inning as Butte pushed across the winning run. Gipe and Schroeder pitched shutout ball for most of the contest with superb fielding by both sides. Butte’s Butte earned his first win in 11 starts while Vancouver’s offense managed only five hits in the nine and a half innings prior to the decisive fourteenth.
The piece laments waning star power in sport, urging continued athletic effort amid war. It contrasts past giants with new leaders, celebrates Tris Speaker’s rise, and critiques curtailment of sport while wartime demands grow. It notes a hypothetical war tax on golf misses and discusses scoring and stamina trends.
Spokane beat Seattle 6 to 0 in a slow, low offense affair. Pitchers dominated as Seattle bats were held to two runs but totaled ten hits for Spokane with Gravenich Webb Baldwin Dailey Strand Sullivan on the batteries.
Professor George Walch of New York City originated American Flag Day. He ran a private school and held June 14 exercises of patriotic character with every pupil carrying a flag.
Cleveland defeats Washington 4 to 3 in a rough opener as all Cleveland runs come from three passes and two hits in the first inning. Washington stranded runners late as Bagby finished on the mound. Leonard bests Coveleskie in Detroit Boston game 3 to 1.
In a tight 2 1 victory, St. Louis batters clinched in the seventh on a walk and two hits off Johnson with two outs. Bodie belted a homer for Philadelphia, Strunk had two doubles and a single in four at bats as the Phils scored in the fourth. Score by innings shows St. Louis 250 while Philadelphia 016. Batteries Johnson and Schang Davenport and Severeid.
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