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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1909
Page
2
La Crosse wins 54 to 46 over Bee Claise in a key standings game as Wausau Duluth Winona and Superior also split results. The night saw Lakoff twirl and Dauss erratic pitching with two double plays aiding Drillers’ win.
La Crosse extended its winning streak with a 3 to 0 victory over the Roosters in Eau Claire. Morrow pitched a shutout for the Outcasts while errors by Eau Claire aided the visitors scoring. Brevette’s two seventh inning errors contributed to the scoring.
Johnny Frayne defeats Dick Hyland in a sanctionless twenty round match at the Coliseum. The fight shifts from a cautious early pattern to late aggression as Frayne’s corner pushes him to mix it up. Also noted is a bantamweight clash where Percy Cove loses to Monte Attell. Pirates beat Phillies as Wagner drives in two and Wilson hits a homer.
Score by innings shows La Crosse 3 Eau Claire 9. Schardt struck out seven, Morrow three. Bases on balls four for Schardt and eight for Morrow. Dex ter had a passed ball. left on bases La Crosse four Eau Claire six. Time two ten. Umpire Wheeler.
Wausau, Wis on Aug 21 Dauss the league iron man lost his own game by four hit batters and a series of hits. Lakoff puzzled the Duluth bats until the sixth when Breen homered. Two Wausau double plays halted Duluth scoring threats. Final score Wausau 4 Duluth 3 with 7 hits and 5 errors. Batteries Dauss Mueller Lakoff Johnson.
Superior beat Winona 14 to 3 as Corbett and Killian contributed early runs and Stremmel held the opposition. Batteries credited to Corbett and Killian while Stremmel and Drill worked on the mound.
Nausbaum of Batesville writes that last year a three month summer cold aggravated hay fever and stymied business. He tried several medicines until Foley's Honey and Tar quickly cured him, a success his wife later shared.
Sixty nine top long distance swimmers entered the Illinois Athletic club event in Chicago today. The two mile course runs from the river mouth to the Jackson Street bridge. Notables include H. J. Handy of I A C W Merriam of CAC S J Jansen and Fred Schiller famed for wartime long distance swims.
The second and third races of three for the Sir John Nutting trophy end today off the Chicago Yacht club. Manhattan Bay Yacht club’s San Dale led from the first leg and finished over three minutes ahead of Raven Ill. Yesterday Invader placed third and Vandal fourth.
Scores from yesterday include Milwaukee 4 Columbus 1 in the American Association, Detroit 3 Washington 1 and Philadelphia 5 Cleveland 94 in the American League, Cincinnati 11 New York 3 and Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3 and Chicago 5 Boston 3 in the National League, St Louis 3 Brooklyn 1. Wisconsin Illinois League results: Green Bay 3 Madison 2, Racine 6 Appleton 4, Oshkosh 4 Rockford 9, Fond du Lac 6 Freeport 5.
The schedule lists pairings including Milwaukee at Kansas City and St. Paul at Minneapolis with city teams facing off in a busy day. Other games span Columbus at Toledo Indianapolis at Louisville New York at Chicago Boston at St Louis Philadelphia at Cleveland and Washington at Detroit. Chicago visits Boston while St Louis plays Brooklyn and Cincinnati hosts New York. Pittsburgh hosts Philadelphia and Freeport faces Fond du Lac Rockford meets Oshkosh Madison travels to Green Bay and Racine faces Appleton.
Gray faltered from the sixth inning as Bush drove in runs and scored in the eighth. Detroit earned the 3 1 win with Willet steady and strong defense. Schaefer and Bush highlighted the hitting, while Crawford moved to first after Bossman trade. Cobb was ejected for disputing a call.
A health notice urges readers to take a caret at bedtime and wake feeling fine. It promotes moderation and warns against over eating and drinking as a path to well being. The message claims millions adopt this habit to stay well.
Wagner drove in two on a sixth inning single and Wilson homered with a man aboard to lift Pittsburg past Philadelphia 4 to 3. Byrne, formerly with St. Louis, appeared in his first Pittsburg game as a doubleheader opener went 11 innings with all scores in the final frame before rain halted the second game. Cincinnati hammered New York 11 to 3 as Fromme shone for the Reds while Chicago beat Boston 5 to 3 behind Sheckard and Coffey in a listless affair.
In Detroit, RHE Detroit defeated Washington with a 9 to 3 score in the AL game. At Cleveland, RHE Chevelams lost 6 to 41 as Philadelphia led 11 to 0 at one point. Batteries listed include Willet and Stanage for Detroit, Gray and Street for Washington, and Litton Booles Be mis Coombs and Livingstone for Philadelphia.
Baseball results from Philadelphia Brooklyn New York and Boston detail scores and battery lineups. Rain halted a second game while note is made of Mt. Clemens travel guide via Grand Trunk Railway with prospectus offered from Chicago office.
The Wisconsin Pearl Button Company protests the boat landing and levee design blocks wagons from the riprap within thirty feet of a barge causing yearly expenses. They just received 80 tons of clam shells and must move them up the riverbank by hand. They urge a gradually descending road to the water edge to boost water shipments of wood and other heavy material.
Officials from Mexico and the United States join to stop sale of the Peyote bean. Chewed bean induces immediate unconsciousness and visions followed by hours of semi consciousness. Frequent use can prove fatal. Bean grows in northern Mexico and southern Texas.
A small blaze at the American embassy in Paris originated in a pile of old papers and was extinguished quickly by attaches before the fire department arrived. Curtains and tapestries were ruined, furnishing the principal loss.
Mr and Mrs L M Bell of 1308 8 Fourth street were surprised at home by friends last Monday evening for their tenth wedding anniversary. After a tin show er a sumptuous wedding supper followed with social mingling. Guests included Mr and Mrs Henry Holst Gus Ranis Henry May William Janda Frank Kimball Frank Wichman Robert Braun George Bell Alda Holst Belva Holst Erna Braun and Elsie Braun.
President Tafte received a personal note from Mexican President Diaz via Ambassador Don Francesco Leon de La Barre. The message says Diaz looks forward to meeting Tafte in El Paso, Texas, next October and notes nothing in his long life gives him greater pleasure.
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