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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1920
Page
6
Pittsburgh pounded Sherdel while Carlson shut down St Louis as the Pirates won five to nothing. Two St Louis runners reached second base only as the eighth inning began. Pittsburgh score by innings 010 300 001 and St Louis 000 000 000. Carlson and Haeffner teamed for the win, Sherdel and Clemons held the lumber.
After hours of work at the Community Service office a tentative schedule for the Industrial Baseball League was drafted but not finalized. Secretary Ross Trevor is tasked with completing the schedule. The plan foresees a May 1 opening and an August 29 close, with grounds yet to be chosen.
Boston April 16 Pat Moran claims he has named the pennant winners and is arranging plans for the world series He intends a Cleveland exhibition July 26 with the Reds to scout the Cleveland ballpark and gauge the venue for next fall’s showdown Is Moran joking or spoofing he asks.
National League results: Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 6. Chicago Miami Cincinnati and several rain postponements. American League notes include Philadelphia New York rain. Washington Boston rain. Detroit Chicago war grounds. St. Louis Cleveland postponed. American Association Paul 4 Milwaukee 3. Hinnencatls 6 Kansas City 2. Columbus Louisville and Toledo Indianapolis on wet or rainy grounds.
In San Antonio on April 15 1990 it is noted that Frank Frisch the Fordham star and athlete has impressed McCraw replacing Zimmerman. Frisch praised as a rare multi sport talent may win a regular spot in his first pro season at age twenty one.
Ping Bodie the wandering Ankees star traveled to Hoboken on Friday night to hear Senator Hiram Johnson speak at St. Marys Hall. He was among the first to greet Johnson on stage, and he asked to meet the senator. The exchange drew the crowd as Bodie joked about his nickname and wife.
Cincinnati baseball club stockholders at a meeting pressed for season passes to Redland Field and for larger dividends. Directors recently tabulated results and prepared action on the requests.
Stockholders push to restore the pass system and secure increased dividends, arguing for fairer benefits and improved shareholder value. The move signals mounting pressure on corporate leadership to adjust policy and reward ownership.
The Gem Theater presents Bobby Burns in Ball Bearing but Hard Running. Savy Theater features Lillian Gish in The Tiger Girl. Family Theater shows Ethel Clayton in The Mystery Girl. Princess Theater screens Enid Bennett in The Law of Man. Orpheum Theater offers Madelaine Traverse in The Hell Ship plus three vaudeville acts. Bijou Theater features Frank Mayo in One Wings and four vaudeville acts. Belasco Theater runs The Miracle Man. Star Theater presents Elsia Janis in The Imp. Quincy Theater offers James J. Corbett in The Midnight Man with Hoot Gibson in Hair Trigger Stuff and Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran in Butting in on Baby.
Miss Margaret Wintringer, a temperance worker returned from a six month survey abroad, says Europeans especially in France and Great Britain drink more than ever. She forecasts twenty years until prohibition is fully effective, noting a lax postwar period with widespread drinking and Britain’s women also consuming heavily in public houses.
Miss Wintringer notes postwar liquor shortages and rising consumption shift in France Belgium and Germany. She cites a projected jump from 164 million to about one billion pounds and claims Germany shows an exception with temperance progress amid unrest. She says liquor distribution to laborers backfired fueling discontent and claimed Reds are used as troublemakers by drink.
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