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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1919
Page
15
Boston and Chicago split a double header with Chicago winning 6 to 0. Notable players include Killefer Deal Thorpe and Maranville for Chicago and Vaughn Causey McQuillan for Boston. Giants vs Pirates and Dodgers vs Cardinals results noted with Cooper Schmidt Winters Snyder and Cadore on the mound.
Baseball's George Stallings once earned the title miraculously guiding the Braves to a pennant. Pat Moran now rivals that feat as Reds surge under McGraw's Giants era, with Moran seen watching Cincinnati sweep a double header from New York. Reds win four of six in three days.
Two base hits by FE Col ins Jackson Risberg and Gandil three base hit by Pratt. Home runs by Pipp Lewis. Weaver stole base Felsch sacrifice fly. Double plays involved Peckinpaugh Pratt Pipp and Hannah Pratt. Left on base New York 3 Chicago 6. Off Shaw key four walks O Doul one. Hits ten for Shawker in six. Ci cotte two strikeouts O Doul one. Losing pitcher Shawkey. Detroit beat Boston 8 to 4 on August 24 as Ruth’s grand slam powered lead. five Detroit hits five steals and two errors spurred six runs. Batters Hoyt Walters Dauss Ainsmith. Cleveland defeated Philadelphia 8 to 6 after Johnson first two innings. Noyes pitched six and Coveleskie allowed two costly innings. St Louis 11 Washington 4 with Harper on the losing end.
Standing American League, clubs, Detroit leads with 645? 65, Cleveland 65, New York 6 87, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston. National League standings show Cincinnati 28, New York 30, Chicago 6 7, Brooklyn 7, St Louis 4, Philadelphia 3 1. Yesterday's results include Detroit 5 Houston 4, Chicago 10 New York 2, Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 0, and St Louis 11 Washington 4. American Association games Louisville 1-1 Indianapolis 2-4, Milwaukee 3 Kansas City 11, Minneapolis 6, St Paul 4. Three Eye League scores Moline 6 Evansville 2, Bloomington 7 Terre Haute 4, Rockford 0, Peoria 4. In a game at St Louis, control in the fifth inning, St Louis batted around scoring seven runs to defeat Washington 11-4. batteries: Harper Erickson Picinich for St Louis, Gallia Severeid for Washington.
Chicago August 24 Frank Foss of the C A A set a new world pole vault record in the Sears Roebuck tenth annual field meet clearing 13 feet 39 16 inches in the invitation event. The former mark of 13 feet 214 inches was held by M S Wright of Dartmouth in 1912.
Chicago pitcher Vaughn and Martin shut out Boston 6 0 in game one and 7 6 in game two as Causey and McQuillan struggled early. Martin faltered in the ninth of the second game, Carter entering for Chicago with runners on third and first and one out to close the inning. Scores listed.
Eddie Murphy of the Chicago White Sox leads American League batters with a .467 average after 21 games, topping Ty Cobb and other stars. The report notes runners up like Harris, Cobb, Sisler, and Hooper, with bases stolen and total bases highlighted, including Ruth’s home run pace amid shifting leaders.
Charles S. Garland Jr of Pittsburgh won the Meadow Club men's singles final at Southampton New York. He defeated Willlis E Davis of San Francisco in three sets 6 4 6 3 6 8. Garland and William T. Tilden Jr of Philadelphia then beat the Australian pair Randolph Lycett and R W Thomas 7 5 6 2 6 4 to capture the doubles title.
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