Cleveland Defeats Washington in National League Game
Base ball scoreboard shows Cleveland 8 Washington 4 in the National League. Cincinnati 1 New York 11. Chicago 2 Philadelphia 4. St Louis 0 Boston 2.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1916
Page
6
Base ball scoreboard shows Cleveland 8 Washington 4 in the National League. Cincinnati 1 New York 11. Chicago 2 Philadelphia 4. St Louis 0 Boston 2.
The American Association results show Toledo 1 Indianapolis 4 with Columbus at 2 and Louisville at 5. Minneapolis St Paul and Milwaukee Kansas City games were affected by rain.
New Orleans wins 5 to 4 over Memphis in a rain soaked game with play delayed by showers. The contest featured tight defense and late scoring to clinch the victory.
Raleigh 5 and Charlotte 7 lead a brief tally with Winston-Salem 10, Durham 5, Greensboro 2, Asheville 2, and an additional 5 for another Durham entry.
Partial sports scores list teams and scores including Washington 13 Cleveland 3 and Philadelphia 0 but with missing data for Indiana New York Detroit Boston and St Louis leaving an unfinished score report for the game card.
The report lists several basketball results with team pairings and scores including Pittsburg over National 1 to 5, Philadelphia 5 over Cincinnati 6, Boston 1 over St. Louis 1, New York 4 over Chicago 5, and Brooklyn 38 over Chicago 5.
A compiled box of results shows Atlanta 5 over Little Rock 3, Birmingham 4-0, Memphis 6-1 with a second game set for seven innings by agreement, and Mobile 6 over Nashville 2.
A sports score line shows Hopewell defeating Rocky Mount 8 to 6 and Norfolk 2 leading Newport News by an unspecified margin with Petersburg and Portsmouth also mentioned.
Baseball results list multiple matchups with a mix of scores in cities including Jacksonville Columbus Columbia Albany Charleston Macon Augusta Montgomery St Paul Minneapolis Louisville Milwaukee Kansas City Toledo Indianapolis Newark Buffalo Providence Toronto Richmond Rochester Baltimore Princeton Harvard Ithaca Army Fordham Annapolis Navy Catholic University St Johns Johns Hopkins.
The Fifth district Democratic Executive Committee met at R H Sykes office with representation from all ten counties. J Elmer Long of Graham was elected chairman and Dr E A Abernethy named secretary. Plans were set to back Charles M Stedman’s reelection for Congress with strong district enthusiasm for Wilson and Stedman. The session adjourned to the chairman’s call.
From Field Headquarters in Mexico May 20 via wireless to Columbus May 22, thirteen troopers of the Seventh Cavalry were fired upon near Temosachic. one man wounded. Mexicans shadow the column, claiming pursuit of gringoes, with two theories about the hidden shooters: Carranzistas or bandits, the latter seen as likelier.
Chicago May 22 Hundreds of first aid devices for sleepy housewives were shown as the National Electric Light association opened its annual convention. Delegates explained appliances that ease kitchen work, with room for wall switches and money in the hubby’s bankroll. F W Lloyd of Chicago is president and Samuel Insull chairs the organization with 13,000 members and about 4,000 delegates present. May 25 Peter Junkerfield will report on energy supply for electrification of steam railroads.
Paris May 22 Corporal Kiffen Rockwell of the Franco American flying corps is proposed for promotion to sergeant as a reward for downing a German aeroplane near Harrimane Weiler Kopf on May 18 He will be decorated with the military medal Rockwell formerly lived in Asheville North Carolina before coming from Atlanta Georgia He engaged the German aircraft at close quarters and fired from 30 yards forcing the gunner and pilot to fall as the plane plunged toward German trenches Two other flyers Corporal Victor Chapman and Lieutenant William K Thaw are also up for promotions or citations for pursuits of German planes and counterattacks near the camp with several enemy planes driven off or forced down
In Cleveland on May 22 Jollie Topsy Pauline De Kol a four year old Holstein cow set a new world milk production record by yielding 28 416 pounds of milk or 3 304 gallons in one year surpassing the old mark by 1 671 pounds The cow is owned by the city and her milk from Warrensville correction farms goes to workhouse prisoners.
Fenrose Bushnell of New Hartford road drove to Winsted to fetch chicken feed at the Manchester feed mill on Main Street. While the order was prepared a hen perched on the wagon seat and, facing a large feed sign, conveyed its testimonial to the advertised product. The tale blends a town scene with an adage about a hen’s carriage and a Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy plug later in the column.
The Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad Company announces a timetable in effect starting October 1 1915. The schedule lists expected arrival and departure times at stations but notes these times are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice.
Southern Railway schedule No 12 32 38 29 31 11 37 21 45 48 35 141 and No 107 135 143 142 136 134 list times for Asheboro branch trains. No 107 arrives at Asheboro 2 10 p m and No 135 at 2 45 p m while No 143 serves Asheboro Branch. From Asheboro No 142 departs 7 05 a m and No 136 at 12 15 p m No 134 departs 5 40 p m and No 142 returns at 7 05 a m
Four per cent paid on time certificates of savings deposits announced by bank leadership. O. E. Kearns serves as president with J. H. Adams as vice president A. M. Rankin as vice president H. A.Millis as cashier and G. A. Pollock Jr as assistant cashier.
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