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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1909
Page
2
Chicago erupted for eight runs in the eighth inning aided by selective hits and errors to defeat the Pirates. The Giants opened with a 6 to 5 win over the New York lineup while Philadelphia forfeited a second game amid a disputed decision.
Sam Berger, sparring partner and personal representative of James J. Jeffries, responds to criticism of the retired undefeated heavyweight champion. The Chicago Tribune publishes an unsolicited signed statement wired from Berger in San Francisco.
Chicago beat Pittsburg 8 to 2 and Boston edged Brooklyn 3 to 1 while New York defeated Philadelphia 9 to 6. A second game was forfeited to New York by the umpire.
Chicago defeats Pittsburg 8 2 to end the National League season as Chicago's pitching and a hot eighth inning power the win. Pittsburg initially scored two in the first but Chicago answered with eight in the eighth, aided by six hits and two misplays.
A Lowell Massachusetts priest Rev. Fr. John O'Brien overworked and ill received a cure from a specialist. His recovery inspired him to endorse Father John’s Medicine which spread through many homes. The sale pitched it as a non alcoholic remedy against lung trouble and consumption with a $25 000 charity guarantee.
Free scholarships offered. Railway mail clerks post office clerks city carriers rural mail carriers sought. Examinations in La Crosse Nov. 17. Short hours bi monthly pay annual vacation life position. Thousands of appointments ahead. Common education enough. Write to Central Schools Dept. 927 Rochester NY.
Tokio Oct 5 The University of Wisconsin baseball team lost a chance to tie Kei University nine yesterday as Keio defeated Wisconsin 5 to 4 in the fourth game. One run decided the contest as in the other games. Eight Japanese reached first base to seven Wisconsin men with six errors evenly divided.
Berger states Jeffries will sail Oct. 16 to America to sign final articles to fight Johnson. He says he is pressing Johnson to a meeting place for signing and accuses Johnson of stalling by noting the Ketchel Johnson fight could delay bids. Berger aims to secure a definite understanding before Jeffries returns east. The note also mentions Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a quicker cure for colds.
At a recent Ath letic association meeting in Tomah a reception dance after the game next Saturday was decided. A committee of Crosby Gotterdam and Gelatt was chosen by President Hodgson to handle arrangements. The group aims to boost fan enthusiasm with a rooting system while schedules for games with Pillsbury Academy Winona Claire Sparta and Chippewa Falls are being negotiated.
A reader reports sudden intense back pain from rheumatic muscle involvement. Quick relief is claimed from Cham berlain's Liniment applied to the affected area.
President John Elliott reports Duluth leads in attendance with Superior second, Winona third, Eau Claire fourth, Wausau fifth, and La Crosse last. Complete attendance reports have not been secured.
The battleship Minnesota was awarded a $10,000 silver service and a stand of colors by Minnesota in honor of the ship. The ceremony took place in New York on October 5.
In Roslyn Washington a blaze engulfed lumber piles and mine buildings at Northwestern Improvement Company's mile shaft No 4. Over a thousand men labored through the night to battle the flames after an explosion Sunday night left ten dead and two fatally injured with many others missing.
The copy describes corpuscles called Little Soldiers to fight disease germs. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilia makes them healthy and strong, a proprietary formula of more than 20 remedial agents. It asserts no substitute is as good and promotes year after year proven worth.
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