Boston Braves Win First Game of World Series
Boston Braves take the opening game of the World Series as National Leaguers overpower the former world champions with an easy win in Boston.
09 Oct 1914
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
1
Boston Braves take the opening game of the World Series as National Leaguers overpower the former world champions with an easy win in Boston.
Boston pitchers dominated Philadelphia with a 7 1 final. Deal and Moranville made key plays early while Bender exited the mound for Wyckoff, marking the first time an Athletic pitcher was batted out in a world series. Strunk, Moranville, and Whitted supplied offense for Boston through the nine innings.
Twenty two thousand spectators packed Shibe Park for the World Series opener. Boston and Philadelphia traded early threats as Gowdy and Wyckoff produced multi base hits while Rudolph, Bender, and Wyckoff locked down in the mound. The crowd braved rumors of showers as Deal impressed at third for the Braves and Umpires Dineen Klem Byron and Hilderbrand oversaw the game.
Mayor Good of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has imposed a city wide ban on boxing in response to rising safety concerns. The move affects venues, clubs, and amateur bouts within the city limits. Local officials say enforcement will begin immediately and penalties will apply to violators.
Phil Brock and Kid Kansas have been matched to box in Erie Pennsylvania on October 16. The bout pairs two noted lightweights in a scheduled fight card likely drawing local fans.
The Clayton antitrust bill clears Congress with a 244 to 54 House vote, backed by Democrats and most Republicans. It targets interlocking directorates, holding companies, price discrimination, and exclusive contracts, while exempting certain agricultural and fraternal groups. The measure now goes to the President as Congress nears adjournment.
Washington announces a Bureau of the Census bulletin ready for distribution detailing state and local revenue systems. It covers general property taxes inheritance taxes corporate taxes income taxes business taxes licenses and fees along with assessment equalization and collection methods.
Mr R W Germany superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school urges teachers to secure full class attendance for the Sunday parade. Pupils from Methodist Baptist and Presbyterian schools meet at Grammont and Jackson streets at 9 30 Sunday to parade through main streets then return for rally day services. The Baptist church aims to double its attendance on rally and promotion day.
Prosecutors prepare for extensive testimony in the casper howell case charged with meliering involving a step daughter and alleged financial crimes.
The Shreveport Times reports eleven jurors qualified to sit in the trial of Casper Howell for the murder of his stepdaughter Mary Long in Simsboro on December 21 1915. The lengthy voir dire sifted twenty veniremen, with five of six jurors drawn from a special panel living far from town.
Quincy, Mass October 9 Preparations at Fore River shipyards for installation of the first three gun turrets on the battleship Nevelia These turrets will be the heaviest and best protected on any American warship each mounting three 14 inch guns weighing about 147 500 pounds They will be fitted with armor work and tracks and are expected to be hoisted aboard the Nevada next week Five 14 inch guns will face forward and five aft with a two gun turret above each position creating a powerful, highly concentrated field of fire
The Nevada and Oklahoma, two American ships with 14 inch guns, use five two gun turrets and are under construction at Camden New Jersey. Nevada’s armor progress is described with plans for a single smoke stack and centralized boilers. German forces are accused of using incendiary bombs against the city.
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that the state national guard in Putte may not punish for violations of law. Daniel Gillis, tried for rioting in a military court at Butte, was denied habeas corpus and ordered to be dealt with by law. The decision states the governor can detain militia to suppress insurrection but cannot authorize punitive military action.
Chicago October 9 William Lorimer former U S senator elect or removed after a probe on illegal election was indicted in federal court on misappropriation charges tied to funds of La Salle Street National Bank. Co defendant Joseph M Gwilinger and bank officers Charles B Munday Charles G Fox Thomas McDonald named.
The report notes Antwerp endures furious bombardment with incendiaries and siege guns as German forces press the siege. Belgian and Allied defenses hold, yet the battle line in France nears the Belgian frontier, suggesting a decisive outcome could lift or doom Antwerp.
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