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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
4
The Three I League will suspend its season next Sunday as wartime conditions drain finances and public interest. Eight clubs have lost about 25000 dollars. the circuit will retain players and territorial rights, with contracts renewed next spring.
Peoria Illinois July 5 President Jack Ryan of the Peoria Fans association announced Peoria will seek a franchise in either the Central or Western leagues as the Three-Eye league season suspends on Sunday. Negotiations have begun with Central league officials while Peoria has led the Three-Eye race and won last year’s pennant with large attendance.
July 5 The Three Eye league faced doubts about lasting the season. President Tearney reportedly believes towns wanting baseball and able to support it should not be denied. No objection to clubs joining another league for the rest of the year. National association rules will protect league territorial rights suspended due to war.
Western League results show Sioux City 4 110 to Des Moines 14 2. Sioux City totals 224 while Des Moines records 4 7 2. St Joseph 41 00 and Joplin 26 2. St Joseph 14 1 and Joplin 0 3 3. Denver 15 16 1 and Wichita 6 12 6. Lincoln 5 11 0 and Omaha 6 12 3. Lincoln 26 1 and Omaha 8 1.
Bryan Dowry of Columbus Ohio defeated Eddie Moha of Milwaukee in a ten round welterweight boxing contest held Wednesday. The bout took place on July 5 in Cae Wis.
Quincy lost the first game on timely hitting and won the second in a slugging contest. Moline edged the opener on an error by Meyer and a wild pitch. In the nightcap a local youngster was clouted as Plow Boys bats overwhelmed the defense. Dowell started for Quincy, then Glass relieved after five innings as four runs crossed. The visitors’ heavy hitting and Mo line errors defined the second game.
Fragmentary sports list shows teams and cities including Quincy Moline Rockford Hannibal Peoria Rock Island Bloomington Alton Cleveland St Louis Detroit Washington York Philadelphia Boston. Missing clear results or dates.
Boston wins both games in Boston as Foster staffed the second game with strong defense backing him. Morning 6 to 3. afternoon 6 to 2. Key hits include Thomas Foster Barry Hooper and Grover with R BIs. Hooper steals and double plays spark defense.
Cleveland defeats St Louis 2 0 in game one and 5 2 in game two at St Louis. Cleveland rallies in the eighth to win the second after St Louis ties the score in the second. Key hits include Marsand s double Rumler s pinch hit single Harris double and Evans triple.
An old advertisement promotes Microma claiming deep skin relief from itching and burning. It touts 50 years on the market for blood disorders and urges readers to seek expert advice from Chief Medical Advisor at Swift Spectra in Atlanta Georgia.
Boston won 4 to 2 in the afternoon game after Raga held the Phillies to two runs. Philadelphia took the morning game 5 to 3 with a seventh inning rally. Errors by Bancroft and Stack helped Boston in the afternoon while Rixey and Meyer worked for Philadelphia in the nightcap.
In a pair of games at Pittsburgh on Wednesday, St. Louis defeated Pittsburgh 4 to 1 in the afternoon contest after an earlier 4 to 3 morning win marred by Pitler and Ward errors. Deai pitched well, Carey drove in Pittsburgh’s lone run in the fourth, and Pitler scored on a sprint to beat Miller’s throw.
Mike Gibbons of St. Paul outpointed George Chip of New Castle Pennsylvania in a twelve round boxing match held on Wednesday in Youngstown Ohio.
Chicago wins both holiday games 4 3 in Detroit scoring in morning and afternoon contests. Cobb extends hitting streak to 34 games with a double in morning action. Cicotte troubles early, settles to notch wins aided by timely hits and Chicago fielding plays.
In Parish League action St Peters edged St Johns 4 to 3 in twelve innings. St Boniface lost to W C U 3 to 1 in eight innings, a game slated for seven. Niewmann fanned 20 for St Peters, while Winkink struck out nine for St Johns but costly errors doomed him. St Boniface botched the eighth inning with a costly two-run one-hit frame.
New York took two from Brooklyn yesterday 9 to 2 and 2 to 0. Dave Robertson's grand slam was key in the afternoon, breaking Jack Coombs long standing streak of 11 straight wins over the visitors. Brooklyn struggled to hit Schupp.
Johnny Griffith of Akron won a newspaper decision over Ted Kid Lewis in a 15 round no decision bout. Griffith shaded five rounds to four with six even, Lewis the world welterweight champion having won the title from Jack Britton at Dayton ten days earlier.
Tommy Krieg of Mansfield Wisconsin and Sailor Joe Choynski fought ten rounds to a draw in Dubuque Iowa on Wednesday. The Rose versus Fletcher bout ended in the ninth when Fletcher broke a rib.
Lincoln, July 5. Axtien chestnut stallion, owned by Sam Harris of Aurora Illinois and driven by Harris, set a new trotting stallion record in a half mile dirt track race. He covered the distance in the third heat in 2:09 14.
Pitcher by Vaughn faced Roush hit by pitch. Elfer allowed seven runs over seven innings while Mitchell allowed six runs in four innings. Ring, Vaughn, Douglas, Ruether each allowed small segments. Strikeouts totaled 14 with Ellear, Mitchell, Ring, and Ruether recording outs. Umpires were Quigley Byron and Emslie. Time was 2 minutes 30 seconds.
The listings feature Princess Has Man the Right to Kill with Arline Pretty and Robert Lawrence. Savoy presents The Criminal Thumb with Savoy-Iva Shepherd and Al Gaden. A Blissful Calamity stars Fred Church and Fritzy Ridgely. Grace Cunard and Francis Ford appear in The Purple Mask plus The House of Mystery. Gem highlights Left in the Soup with Gail Henry andAnimated Weekly. Family presents The Man and the Beast with Eileen Sedgwick and Kingsley Benedict. The Purple Mask again with Cunard and Ford. Belasco Veleska Suratt in She stars Star-House Peters Highway Hopes. Quincy features Theda Bara in Her Double Life. Colonial closes with The Yellow Menace.
At the Orpheum theater the play Bought and Paid For by George Broadhurst is presented with an excellent production. The marriage themed drama stars Tiny Leone as the wife and Hack as the husband, supported by Marion and Barnette in the comedy roles, with a matinee and two Sunday shows scheduled.
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