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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
6
Cape Ann friends see Stuffy McInnis, star first baseman of the 1016 Athletics, aiming for a strong finish after a midseason slump. He had batted around .216 by July and raised hopes of reaching .300 again, with Connie Mack recommending a two week break to regain form.
Polo enthusiasts from Wyoming and northern Colorado gather for the third annual Wyoming polo tournament at the Polo ranch. Three teams compete for the Aliver Cup with elimination after the opening game and a final set for Sunday.
Announcement notes the taxi service formerly at Bands' Wrog store has relocated to Harry Wilson's Cigar Store. Contact Taw if method or hours are needed.
At the Lyric Theatre Bobby Connelly known as Sonny Jim appears in the Vitegraph Blue Ribbon feature The Men Behind the Curtain in five parts. He plays a perilous scene fleeing a governess racing to view motor boat action on the pier. He slips toward a cliff and climbs down a ladder into a boat as racers pass by and is rescued by Ewart Overton just before a racer crashes into the small skiff.
The Norwegian steamer Lodsen of 1,247 tons gross has been sunk. The vessel was sailing under flags likely from Norway and was reported by a London desk via Copenhagen on September 15. No details on casualties or cause were provided in the brief dispatch.
The article accuses the Republican Party of inaction and reaction shown by the Senate vote on the emergency revenue bill. It notes most Republicans opposed provisions like a nonpartisan tariff commission and postwar dumping protections, while praising the leaders allied with Hughes.
National League action in New York Brooklyn and Boston was interrupted by rain with several games postponed. Detroit and Chicago led the American League via key matchups while St Louis Philadelphia and Cleveland also faced rain delays. pitchers Jacobs Erans Marquard Meyers and others were noted in lineups.
Robert Simpson of the University of Missouri defeated F. W. Kelly of the Los Angeles Athletic Club and E. J. Thompson of the same club and Fred Murray of the Olympic Athletic Club in San Francisco in the 120 yard hurdle race.
At Newark New Jersey the Amateur Athletic Union nationals saw Tropert Simpsons 14 4-5 seconds race mark a new world record. Simpson joined Kelly Murray and Thompson as leading titleholders with four top men competing.
Boston reports quote President J J Lanoin saying W Carrigan told him this could be his final year in major league baseball. Heine Wagner and Patrick Donovan named as potential successors amid resignation rumors from Washington and Hartford.
A New York dispatch surveys Pacific Coast League graduates who moved to the majors in 1915. It highlights stars like Jon Wilhousen, Jimmy Johnston, Roy Corhan, Walter Schmidt, Stanley Coveleskie, George Love, Jon Gedeon, Harry Hellmann, Claude Williams, Byrd Lynn, Zeb Terry, Fred McMullen, Jack Ness, and a long list of other familiar Coast League names making impact with Boston, Cleveland, New York, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh and more.
The Boston Journal argues the best team in the National League may not win the pennant this season. It suggests if McGraw had the current Giants lineup earlier in the year the race for first would be less crowded, with the Clants and others far behind.
A fire at a teaching firm insured by the Federal Land Company involved multiple insurers and companies represented by the city’s insurance brokers. Details indicate coverage protections for property and ongoing operations.
In Casper Harry Hynds visits as Northwestern Oil nears oil sands in Big Muddy field and Elkhorn interests report a 75 barrel producer. Ohio Oil drills at Sage Creek hit black oil near 400 600 feet as gas flows occur. Hudson Oil shoots soon while Wyoming Petroleum adds wells. Three trainloads daily shuttle oil from Frannie to Greyball. Scott Mills spuds on Pease lease east of Basin aiming for a strike. Natrona County Tribune.
The State Leader office will sell one complete set new 10 point and one complete set bow six point one letter matrixe cheap. Address Bual.
El Paso police reduced woman driver accidents by 25 percent in a month by awarding a prize for efficiency. Officers tracked each car driven by a woman among about 2000 and Miss Helen O Shea won with 100 percent efficiency in 32 runs.
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