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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1909
Page
2
Dunbar leads with solid performance while five errors fuel a Lumberjacks win keeping the skid alive for the Outcasts. White Sox maintain a winning run as Sehmirler delivers strong form and Duluth defeats Drillers 18 to close the day.
Wausau and Duluth win in doubleheader style as La Crosse, Superior, Winona, Eau Claire, and others post varied scores. Rays of striking innings, errors by visitors, and late rallies color a day of Midwest baseball across Wisconsin and Minnesota.
A compact list of scores shows Milwaukee 6, Toledo 9. Minneapolis 1, Louisville 4. Kansas City 6-10, Columbus 7-3. Detroit 8, Chicago 1. Chicago 9, New York 9. Brooklyn 9-2, St. Louis 3-6. Cincinnati 5-3, Boston 2-1. Oshkosh 7-2, Racine 5-3. Fond du Lac 9-7, Madison 9-1. Appleton 3-11, Rockford 1-2. Green Bay 6-5, Freeport 0-10.
The schedule lists Columbus visiting Milwaukee, Toledo at Kansas City, Louisville at St. Paul, Indianapolis at Minneapolis, Chicago at Detroit, St. Louis at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Washington, Boston at New York, New York at Pittsburg, Racine at Fond du Lac, Madison at Oshkosh, Rockford at Green Bay, and Freeport at Appleton.
In front of about 39,900 fans, the Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Giants 9 to 4. M. Brown allowed four hits and Cran dall pitched for New York. Giants catcher Meyers left after four innings with Wilson replacing him. St. Louis and Brooklyn split a twin bill with Brooklyn winning 9 to 3 and the Cardinals 6 to 2. The Reds swept Beaneaters in a doubleheader 7–2 and 3–1, with Larry McLean injuring his knee. Detroit beat Chicago 9 to 1 to pull even atop the American standings, as Jones strained his side and was hospitalized.
Ex Alderman Harry Palmer prepares a Northern circuit entry at Merrill Wisconsin opener August 25 with Mary Barman and Dr D G Jourden’s horses. The stable includes Lou Van 4:30 trotting record setter 2:17 George L Gray and Lady Grace 2:28. Palmer received a welcome letter from the association secretary praising his return to the tracks where he set marks last year.
In Chicago the Chicago team beat New York 9 to 0 with Crandall Meyers and Wilson batting. In St Louis Brooklyn lost 9 to 3 as Sallee Harmon Blank Bliss Rucker and Marshall pitched and played.
Scores from games at Washington Philadelphia New York and Pittsburg with RHE teams. Detroit St Louis Chicago Cleveland and Philadelphia appear among the matchups with listed battery pairings Gray Groom Street Willette Summers Beckendorf Schmidt Morgan Livingstone Petty Criger Manning Hughes Sweener Smith Owens Arrelanes Carrier Falkenberg Bemis Pes and other players named for each game.
The article lists multiple battery pairs and results from a track meet in New York. It notes an athlete surpassing his prior mark with a 50.26 feet throw, Rose scoring 21 points to lead, and Forest Smithson of Multnomah beating Shaw of Chicago in the 120 yard high hurdles, equaling the 15 1-5 second record.
Seattle scored 46 points to win the senior championship meet at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition stadium on Saturday. The Olympic Athletic Club of San Francisco took second with 39 and Chicago was third with 26. Ralph Rose of the Olympic club set a new world record in the sixteen pound shot put.
August 16. Stanley Ketchel, middleweight champion, heads to New York to prep for his September 19 title bout with Sam Langford. He reports woods training with axe work to toughen his muscles, following the style of J. J. Jeffries, and says his only challenge now is to shed weight to reach fight weight.
A partial note states that he will reach York on August twenty second. The fragment mentions the date but lacks fuller context or identifications.
Cincinnati star catcher Larry McLean will miss the rest of the season after a knee cap fracture from a plate collision with Boston. Eight players carried him from the field as doctors warned the knee may stiffen. surgery may be required to save his career.
CAPTURED ESCAPED YORK, Pa., Aug. 16. Scott Johnson, the Maryland murderer who escaped from Sheriff Haggon by leaping from a fast train in this city while being extradited from Santa Rosa, Cal., is in jail here. He was recaptured near East Berlin last night. A reward of $200 had been offered for his capture.
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