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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1918
Page
7
Philadelphia pitchers were wild and inefficient, yet Boston faltered as Philadelphia took a 6 to 1 win. Fahey faced and retired the first four batters in the fourth inning. score details incomplete.
Cleveland defeated Detroit 8 to 4 using a lineup of mostly substitutes. The win hinged on timely hitting from Finneran and aggressive base running, as Detroit struggled to respond.
Boston topples Philadelphia 9 to 6 as Powell homers twice and adds a single and two triples. Philadelphia took a 5 run, 4 error fiasco before Boston rallied with timely hits. Pitchers Tincup Prendergast Adams and Nehf Wilgon contributed.
New York hosted Washington in a second game on Thursday as Washington waged an uphill fight and defeated New York, completing a decisive victory to even the series.
In a game featuring Harper, Shaw, Yingling and Ainsmith among others, Yingling earned the win while Mogridge took the loss. The lineup included Caldwell, Love, Mogridge, and Hannah contributing as cleanups and supports in a tight match.
No progress Thursday was recorded in Peoria as jurors were sought to try Edgar A. Strause, former bank president, on charges of murdering Berne M. Mead, a bank cashier.
The quotation contrasts girls seeking education abroad with those marrying at home, and mocks men who imagine themselves capable child trainers despite failing to train a dog. The tone is sly and instructional, reflecting social commentary.
Chicago edged the St Louis Cardinals 8 to 2 as Hendrix led the attack with three hits including a triple and a double. Erratic fielding by Smith and Niehoff briefly challenged the Cubs but timely hitting by Hendrix and Paskett secured the win.
New York April 26 The New York Americans announce the purchase of catcher Thomas Clarke from the Cincinnati Nationals. Clarke was a holdout refusing to report this spring, completing a three cornered inter league trade with St. Louis and Cincinnati that sent Lee Magee to Cincinnati and Timothy Hendrix to St. Louis.
New York Giants beat Brooklyn 6 to 5 in ten innings to extend their winning streak to eight. McCarthy and Hickman homer? No, two base hits by Young Fletcher Myers and Hickman accounted for offense as Perritt pitched nine innings for the win. Brooklyn dropped their eighth in a row.
A reader offers practical cane growing guidance to readers amid sugar scarcity. The column outlines profitability, planting timing around May 10, soil needs, seed spacing, and uses for leaves as livestock feed, based on the writer's experience with sandy creek bottom ground.
Instructions on harvesting orange cane for molasses and seed procurement by E. W. Menee plus a public inquiry to Whig editor about the Newcomb hotel porch and Civic league actions.
The Empire presents Kaiser Beasts of Berlin a three day spectacle beginning today April 26. The sensational photo play promises startling scenes of the Kaiser fueling public anger and will be shown to remind viewers of life in the United States.
Edwardsville Illinois April 26 sixteen persons indicted by a grand jury probing the April 5 lynching of Robert Paul Prager at Collinsville Twelve civilians charged with murder and four policemen charged with malfeasance in office The arrested include Joseph Riegel Wesley Beaver Richard Dukes Sr William Brockmeier and Enid Elmore The indicted officers are Fred Frost Martin Futchek Harry Stephens and John Tubnick The panel was led by State's Attorney J P Streuber with Assistant Attorney-General W E Trautman
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