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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1908
Page
2
American League games included a 4 2 Chicago win over Detroit and a 4 1 New York victory over Philadelphia. National League action saw New York top Brooklyn 6 1 and Philadelphia defeat Boston 7 2. American Association highlights featured Milwaukee 12 over St Paul 7 with Kansas City shutout 0 by Minneapolis 19. The Sox edged Detroit in an extra innings affair and the Giants of the Nationals claimed victory, keeping leaders in place.
The White Sox defeated Detroit in a tough game yesterday. National leaders added to their averages as Pittsburgh also posted a victory while positions remained unchanged.
Teams scheduled today include Chicago at Detroit St Louis at Cleveland New York at Boston Philadelphia at Washington in the National League and Chicago at St Louis Boston at Philadelphia Brooklyn at New York Cincinnati at Pittsburg Milwaukee at Kansas City St Paul at Minneapolis Columbus at Toledo Louisville at Indianapolis in the American League standings show Cleveland trailing with a .586 percentage while others hover in the .49 to .56 range.
Batteries Flaherty Chappelle and Graham overcome Foxen Moren and Doo in a Philadelphia matchup. Pittsburg game shows RHE team edges 41 to 6 in a lopsided result with limited scoring.
Cured hay fever and summer cold by Fo ley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package. O T Erhart of Batesville Indiana cites personal success with the remedy after ineffective prior medicines. The item lists multiple Batteries entries and includes endorsements from readers.
W A Engeman president of the Brighton Beach Racing Association will not use the six days granted by stewards last January. The Brighton cup and the $50 000 Produce and the Triumph stakes will be abandoned. Horsemen at Sheepshead Bay called for Gravesend or Empire City to run Brighton’s six days with a $2 500 daily overnight program.
Samantha notes enduring bargain counter habit while Tabitha praises biscuits from Goldseeent Pilour as excellent.
La Crosse must win one of two to secure second place as Wausau keeps win streak. Madison, Green Bay, Freeport and Oshkosh in chase with key matchups today. Pitcher Fred Liese shut down Hawley while La Crosse escaped with a ninth inning run and limited Madison to early scoring, attendance light despite Ladies Day.
Wausau 1 Green Bay 2 final. Two base hits Saxe Stickney Lang. Three base hits McAuley Gardner. Sacrifice Kernan. Struck out Dunbar six times Vance four. Walks Dunbar two Vance two. Lang hit by pitch. Time 1 35. Attendance 1200. Umpire Conley.
Stanley Ketchel is recovering from a severe beating by Papke in Los Angeles. Doctors say the long bout caused a nervous shock and prevented a return to fighting until after Christmas. He remains stiff and sore though in no longer in as serious condition as first reported.
Star Patch owned by Dick McMahon of Chicago broke the Woodland Park track record in the first heat of the free-for-all pace at the interstate fair. He clocked 2 04 4, fastest ever paced on an flown track, starting seventh, moving to fourth at half, and winning by a nose over Rollins. Other heat figures were 2 08 percent, 2 99 percent, and 2 08 percent.
A short aphorism notes that keeping a promise requires more character than breaking one, suggesting moral resolve matters more than physical power. It frames fidelity as a test of integrity rather than force.
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