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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
2
Chicago Cubs defeat Boston 5 to 1 as New York tops Cincinnati 4 to 0 and Cleveland falls to Boston 7 to 27 in a busy baseball day. Other results note St Louis and Washington split, while the American Association features Indianapolis shutting out Milwaukee and Kansas City beating Louisville in eleven innings.
Indianapolis defeated Milwaukee 2 0 while Toledo turned back St. Paul 9 4. Columbus beat Minneapolis 4 1. Kansas City edged Louisville 3 2. Philadelphia outscored Chicago 6 5 as St. Louis topped Washington 4 2 and Boston beat Cleveland 7 2. New York routed Detroit 8 0. Brooklyn defeated Pittsburg 9 0. Chicago beat Boston 5 1. Philadelphia beat St. Louis 1 0. New York defeated Cincinnati 3 1.
In San Francisco on August 20 Stanley Ketchel stopped Joe Thomas in two rounds. Thomas started cautiously but Ketchel pressed with power, landing a hard heart shot and a series of body punches that sent Thomas to the ropes and to the floor. Thomas rose at eight but Ketchel continued the attack until the bell ended the fight.
Billy Papke of Illinois used hard relentless punching to dominate Sailor Burke in a six round windup at the National Athletic Club. Burke absorbed heavy damage with both eyes closing and facial cuts as Papke maintained tiger like ferocity from start to finish.
President Elliott of the La Crosse club completed a deal with President Lennon of the St. Paul club selling First Baseman Harry Tracey for 500 dollars. Tracey will report after the state league schedule ends and will try out with the Saints for the remainder of the season. He is regarded as one of the league’s best first basemen and leads the league in fielding while batting .258.
President Moll of the State league voids the May 23 Freeport versus Wausau game won by Wausau after a protest by Pretzels manager Schoonhoven. A baserunner was ruled safe at second on a foul tip play and then returned to first, a call Moll says should have been an out under the rules.
An old man medical remedy notice claims many men over sixty suffer kidney and bladder disorders from enlarged prostate. It credits Foley's Kidney Cure with correcting symptoms and cites Rodney Burnett of Rockport Missouri, age 91, reporting marked improvement after two bottles.
The body of a 25 year old woman was found hanged beside an infant corpse in Evanston near Chicago. The baby was stabbed in the brain with a hatpin. A scrap inside the woman's clothing bore the name Mrs. Brodie Goldberg. Zelda Goldberg and brother Joseph identified the body at the coroner's inquest.
In a playful dialogue, Mr Loze Toft boasts of saving Miss Wockingham from drowning. He claims a wave knocked her over and an undertow pulled her toward sea, but he says he shouted for help rather than making the rescue himself.
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