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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1917
Page
13
Chicago regains first in the American League pennant race as Gandil's triple and Schalk's sacrifice drive in the eighth inning, giving the Cubs a 5 to 4 win over Philadelphia. Boston ties Cleveland, dropping to behind Chicago.
Cincinnati took the opener from Brooklyn 5 to 2 as errors helped Brooklyn. In the finale Brooklyn routed two pitchers for a 9 to 2 victory. Box shows Olson Daubert Stengel Johnson Cutshaw O Rourke Hickman Miller Cheney Wheat Krueger and Wingo among others. Umpires were Byron and Quigley. Time 1 55.
Cleveland stalls Boston by splitting a doubleheader, taking the opener 2 1 and dropping the nightcap 9 1. Roth, Harris and Wambsganss spark Cleveland rally while Pennock and Coveleskie split pitching duties in a tense first game. Orioles?
Chicago August 19 Roger Hornsby slips further in the National league batting race as Roush strengthens his lead. Kauff rises to second, with .349 for Roush and .321 for Kauff. Cincinnati leads team batting at .267 while Cruising and Groh post strong marks for their club. Pitchers with 22+ games show top ERAs across the circuit amid scattered scores and names.
American Association standings show Columbus 5-9-3 first game and 6-11-2 second game with Milwaukee 3-10-1 and 2-6-2. Indianapolis 3-3-0, Minneapolis 1-4-1, Louisville 4-6-1, St Paul 2-6-2, Toledo 0-8-3, Kansas City 3-6-2. Western League standings list Joplin 3-8-3, St Joseph 2-7-4, Hutchinson 7-15-3, Omaha 9-12-3, Wichita 0-4-0, Lincoln 5-6-2, Denver 0-2-2, Des Moines 4-8-0.
At Cleveland a 2:07 class trotting featured multiple entries including Wilkes Jamison and Miss Directed with best times around 2:04. A 2:21 class trotting offered Northspur and Toddling with bids near 2:09. Free for all pacing showed Single G and Peter Gleich among notable runners. several others ran or declined. In Boston, Frederick B Alexander and Harold Throckmorton won the patriotic doubles in straight sets, with Mary Browne and N W Niles taking the mixed doubles. Detroit saw Johnson hold Detroit to four hits as Washington won 5 to 2. Judge fractured an ankle, Cobb sidelined by leg injuries. The charity bazar note closes the item.
Boston and Chicago split a Saturday double header with the visitors winning game one 4 to 2 on a ninth inning rally, and Boston shutting out Chicago 2 to 0 behind Tyler's superb pitching. Kilduff starred in the field in both games.
In New York and St Louis, both games went to the visiting team. The Giants won 4 to 1 in the opener as an error by Herzog aided St Louis’s run, and St Louis captured the nightcap 5 to 4 with Ames beating Benton after nine straight wins.
Philadelphia defeated Pittsburgh 3 to 2 in fourteen innings to complete a five game series sweep. Whitted started the decisive inning with a triple and scored on Nicholf's sacrifice fly. Final line shows Philadelphia 12 hits 2 errors and Pittsburgh 11 hits 0 errors.
St Louis scored seven runs on 13 hits to beat New York 7 to 1. In the sixth inning St Louis tallied four runs on five hits and three infield errors. Batteries: Caldwell Lave and Walters Davenport and Severeid.
Ty Cobb maintains .885 average for the week in the American League, with Speaker at .351 and St. Louis sister noting a .348. Chap and Harris rise into the .300 club. Felsch, McInnis also advance. Cobb extends lead in total bases. Veach and Pipp tied for home runs with seven. Bush passes Cobb for runs, chasing at 87. Strong batting leaders listed for the season and top pitchers with multi-game play are noted.
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