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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1913
Page
2
Rehg singled in the eleventh inning to score Gardner and lift Boston to an 11 to 8 win over Detroit. Detroit led until Gardner tied the game in the ninth on a fielding error and a wild pitch. Rostow and Hooper produced early runs for Detroit, while Boston rallied with key hits and timely runs before Rehg’s decisive hit.
Washington and Cleveland opened a two game series with both ends won by Washington as Boehling and Jolson shut down opponents. Ayres relieved Johneen and gave up three hits in one inning, while Moeller led at the plate with a homer a triple and two singles in eight appearances.
SPW York notes a Sept 9 baseball clash with St. Louis in which New York wins 6 to 5. Fisher endured early hits before yielding to a pinch hitter. St. Louis jumped to a 3 run third, Walker cleared the bases with a double. New York rallied with two singles and chased Wellman in the fifth as three runs scored. Pratt, Williams, Covington tied it in the eighth. Pecinpaugh walked in for Fisher with bases loaded in the ninth.
Bodie homered in the second inning and later singled in the fourth to back Chicago's 2-0 victory over Philadelphia. Collins scored on a misplayed ball in the fourth as Philadelphia threatened in several innings but failed to plate a run. Rietell and Schalk joined Bodie in the Chicago lineup with Bender and Sohng absent from the Phillies.
In a season finale pitchers' duel, Chicago defeated St. Louis 4 to 0 as Oakes misplayed Corriden’s diving catch allowing a two run homer. Niehaus tossed a shade better than Eddie Stack, while O’Leary doubled and Miller’s throw nabbed a runner at the plate.
Sam Langford, the colored heavyweight from Houston, earned 1000 dollars in 20 seconds by stopping John Lester Johnson, touted as South Africa's heavyweight champion. Johnson appeared frightened, circling the ring and collapsing after Langford’s kidney blows, the referee counting him out. Langford weighed 155 pounds, Johnson 75 pounds.
Brooklyn defeated Pittsburg left hander Rube Robinson 2 to 0 as a wild fifth inning throw by Dolan allowed two runs. Moran advanced to third on the error and scored, Wagner was banished for disputing calls. Batteries Yingling Fischer for Brooklyn and Robinson Cooper Simon Kully for Pittsburg.
Wichita beat Des Moines 7 to 4 in the second game while losing 3 to 1 in the first. Topeka fell to Sioux City 5 to 4, with Des Moines and Wichita posting the other results in the Western League.
Portland Sept 9 Arthur Pelkey the heavyweight fighter quits manager Tommy Burns and releases a signed confession accusing Burns of staging their Calgary bout on March 26. Pelkey says they rehearsed the fight nightly and that Burns forced two knockdowns to one to make a show before friends. He claims no offer to fight Jack Johnson in Paris ever existed.
National Boston at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago Philadelphia at St. Louis New York at Pittsburgh American League Chicago at Philadelphia St. Louis at New York Detroit at Boston Cleveland at Washington
Catcher Meyers the Giants heaviest batter and Third Baseman Baker of the Athletics are favored by their managers for the World Series opening in October. Baker, who helped win the series two years ago with two late home runs, is noted for his impact. Meyers, a full blooded Indian and college graduate, hails from an unspecified origin while Baker comes from Maryland.
Clarence Griffin and John Strachan lost the doubles final to W M Johnston and Elia Fortress 6 4 6 3 6 2 in the California tournament. William Johnston won the singles title over Lynn Murray of Stanford 6 4 5 7 6 4 6 4. Annita Meyers claimed the women s singles title defeating Mrs W J Nicholas 3 6 6 1 6 1. All winners represented the Golden Gate Tennis club of San Francisco.
Vancouver promoter dispute prompts Willie Ritchie to quit the Ritehle Welsh lightweight title bout set for September 20. Ritchie sought 50 percent on concessions including $16,000 guarantee and 50 percent of moving pictures revenue, with promoters tallying a dispute near $400. He left for San Francisco and the bout was called off as of now.
In San Francisco on a September afternoon Bob McAllister and Sailor Ed Petros fought 20 rounds at middleweight and battled to a draw, repeating a prior encounter. McAllister, favored at 10 to 6, pressed the pace throughout the bout.
A fragmented OCR item mentions the Shermas company and a Bam mer region or group, with unclear phrasing and missing specifics. Readable bits point to a business or regional reference but lack concrete actions, dates, or names to confirm an event.
An exchange marks a humorous scene at a sanitarium where an attendant asks what baths to prescribe to patients a director questions the occupation and a seamstress is told to try needle baths the dialogue ends with a rebuke about ignorance and national quirks in a London sketch tone
Marl Cooper won the long distance events at Corona Race Track. He captured the 251.97 mile medium event in 3 hours 21 minutes 29.15 seconds and then won the 301.81 mile free for all in 4 hours 2 minutes 38 seconds. Howard Waterman won the small car 202.45 mile race in 1 37 26 setting a new world record for 251 cubic inch cars. Several accidents injured four people including William Warren, Frank Sandhoffer, Barney Oldfield and Charles Oakes.
A passage touts Eckman’s Alterative as a universal cure for consumption and a path to strength through abundant eggs and milk. It cites a user from Wilmington, Del, who reportedly recovered from lung hemorrhages after taking the remedy and later passed a health exam for tuberculosis, urging readers to write Eckman Laboratory for more evidence.
Michael L. Woods former vice president of the State National Bank of Fort Worth returned from California and surrendered. He faced a preliminary hearing on embezzling about 15000 of bank funds and was released on bond to await trial in the federal district court. Woods said he would issue a statement tomorrow as the shortage was reported to the Acting Comptroller of the Currency Kane last week.
A fragmentary report suggests New York’s 100,000 schoolchildren are affected by a shortage, with unclear ties to gunmen activity. Local officials and experts are cited as seeking explanations and policy responses amid ongoing concerns.
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