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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1917
Page
5
Chicago wins the first game 9 to 6 while Boston takes the second 8 to 1 in a baseball doubleheader. The Cubs and Braves are noted in the scoring lines with the Boston team suffering two losses.
Boston and Chicago split a Tuesday doubleheader with Chicago winning the first 9 to 6 and losing the second 8 to 1. A triple play in the second inning featured Fitzpatrick to Konetchy to Rawlings, erasing Zeider on a double play and ending the inning.
Cleveland defeated Philadelphia 8 to 5 in hot conditions. Seibold left after strong heat, followed by Bush and Dugan. Klepfer and Gould pitched for Cleveland, Billings, Meyers, and Schang played for Philadelphia in a high scoring early summer game.
New York defeated St. Louis 4 to 1 as Walters Caldwell Bauman and Peckinpaugh delivered run scoring singles in the fifth after two were out. The Browns scored first but could not sustain the comeback while Davenport Wright Severeid Caldwell Walters worked the mound for the Yankees.
American National standings list teams and results including Columbus 6-14-6 Toledo 7-12-3 Louisville 6-11-3 Indianapolis 7-8-0 St Paul 8-9-4 Kansas City 9-10-2 Minneapolis 7-12-1 Milwaukee 11-14 Western League Omaha 4-7-3 Joplin 2-3-3 Bronx City 3-7-0 Wichita 1-6-2 Lincoln 6-8-1 Denver 8-15-2 Des Moines 5-6-1 Hutchinson 6-11-5.
Brooklyn took the second game of the series on August 1 by 4 to 2 in a slow game. Myers starred at bat as Cadore pitched well despite heat, leaving after relief by Smith. Toney was hit hard, but Brooklyn's timely hits decided the contest.
Boston moved ahead in the American League by beating Chicago 5 to 2. Hooper delivered a freak homer with two aboard in the first inning, while Lewis led Boston with three hits and every Red Sox player had at least one hit. Cicotte struggled for Chicago as Leonard pitched well after the first inning.
Chicago August 1 Mrs Melvine Jones of Glen Oak Country Club champion of Chicago won the first match round at Midlothian Country Club defending her title defeating Mrs Ralph Smalley of Windsor Golf Club 3 and 2. Jones shot 91 for 18 holes in heat and wind, two strokes better than Mrs F C Letts western champion in qualifying. Jones will meet Mildred Smith of Evanston who defeated Carolyn Lee of Kansas City 3 and 1. Letts reached the semi finals by beating Louise Fergus as Kennett of Evanston defeated Stuart Pritchard.
New York pounded Pittsburgh pitching to win both games 11 to 7 and 9 to 3 in Pittsburgh. Scores show strong hitting by the Giants led by Sallee Tesreau and Gib son and the Pirates by Cooper Jacobs and Fischer. The day ends with a quip about a bore who always discovers it last.
opening day at Recreation Park Kalamazoo Michigan features Tramp-A-Bit as the upset in the 2:11 pace while Royal Mack wins the 2:17 trot. The Savoy, favored in the 2:05 pace, holds on by a head. bets hit $25 on The Savoy. Wednesday promises the $10,000 Paper Mills purse for 2:08 trotters.
Philadelphia shut out St. Louis 6 0 in the first game, then St. Louis won 4 2 in the second. Alexander allowed four hits in the opener, Paulette scored on Adams error in the fourth of the nightcap, and Baird delivered the decisive single. Batteries listed as Alexander Killifer Meadows Mays Snyder and Bender Lavender Adams Horstman Gonzales. The millinery workers of Boston average $5 a week during the entire year.
Detroit took an 8 4 win in Washington on August 1 as both teams fielded poorly with only four earned runs. Rice and Heisman led Detroit with timely hits while Ayers and Gallia struggled on the mound. Cobble, Menaskey, and Charrity stole bases for Detroit, and Washington left nine on base.
Princess-Charles Ray stars in The Clod Hopper and Their Weak Moments while Janet Eastman and Neal Hart headline The Honor of Men. Eileen Sedgwick and Kingsley Benedict lead Money and Mystery. Eddy Lyons with Lee Moran present Tell Morgan's Girl. Ruth Stonehouse appears in Mary Ann in Society. Lisle Rank features in His Hero. Family-Ray Stewart and James Girard in Double Standard and Universal Magazine. Antonio Morena co stars with Belasco in A Son of the Fills and Quincy Brady with Alice Brady in Bought and Paid For.
A Highland Park concert night August 1 1917 features a 50 member band from the Quincy Musicians Protective Union local 265 at a musical festival. The program includes pieces from Gounod Litolff Strauss Eilenberg Friml Sousa and Lampe with a xylophone solo and Remick hits, plus The Star Spangled Banner.
The text notes that ancient belief in a square world yielded to modern inquiry as political investigation committees emerged, signaling a shift from myth to structured scrutiny. It references a transition from old cosmology to contemporary governance.
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