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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
6
Twenty five Central Association players have entered the select circle of batters. Fox of Kewanee tops the list with a .476 average while Ens of Galesburg leads the league with 17 home runs. Muscatine players show three in the select set.
Babe Adams hurled for the Muskies as Muscatine fell behind early and never recovered. Fairfield of Burch allowed nine walks while Adams cruised, with Sampson homering and strong hitting from Anderson and Brausser. Mistakes by Muscatine and timely hits by the locals produced a one sided contest in which Adams received ample support.
Des Moines reports show LeMars Republican E D Chassell leading for secretary of state. Allen’s bid for the post is conceded defeated by over one thousand votes. John L Bleakley leads for state auditor. In the Democratic race Mason City’s Dunn leads Cedar Rapids’ Hamilton for governor by about 2,507 votes as returns come in from 94 of 99 counties.
Mt. Pleasant, June 7. Dr. W. T. Jackson rector of St. Michaels Episcopal church and Greek professor at Iowa Wesleyan College sails June 20 from New York for Naples and will tour Italy Switzerland Germany France and England during the summer returning home in September.
The United Brethren church moves the Children’s Day program from 11:00 to 10:45 Sunday morning aligning with the morning service. The adjusted time is 10:45, keeping the event in the Sunday schedule.
Central Association season averages show Muscatine regulars struggle with weak fielding and low team batting. Alperman Colman Masters lead locals with batting around .309, while Roxey Walters at .243 trails. Ottumwa, Hannibal, and Monmouth post stronger fielding percentages, with Stouffer and St. PainTer noted among leaders in various infield positions.
The item lists outfielders Milligan Bannibalmney Monmouth Kilpatrick Ke whinee and notes Alperman with .881, followed by a schedule of American League games between Washington Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Detroit Boston New York Cleveland and other matchups. It also presents club standings with Chicago and Washington atop the American League, then Detroit and Boston with partial scores.
National League games were postponed by rain with no completed matches. Central Association results included Kewanee 0 Ottumwa 4, Hannibal 5 Monmouth, Keokuk 8 Burlington 3, Galesburg 5 Muscatine 1. St Louis 2 Philadelphia 7 and Cleveland and New York scores listed as 3 and 0 with a dollar sign.
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