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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
5
J Phil Appel's schedule for the Three-Eye league was accepted by the schedule committee and will be released to newspapers soon. The chart reflects painstaking work amid scattered club locations this season, with Appel noting some owners may object but that overall satisfaction is expected.
Skinny Sohm left last night to join the Clarksdale team of the Astron states league. He has been wintering in the city and works at the Frank Dang cigar store. Jimmy Nolan departs soon to play with Mc Allister Oklahoma. Tred Glass, contracted with Ted Waring, is assigned to Hannibal by the National commission and will not play here. Glass overstepped authority signing locally. No. 2 Turner team earned prize money from the Fort Madison Tristate Bowling tournament. The team won first prize and Pott captured first in singles. Squad members are McKee Hageman Eiff Damhorst and Wee.
The Oakland Coast league team defeated the Chicago Nationals in San Francisco on Thursday by a score of 3 to 6.
London March 23 The former Emperor of Russia Nicholas Romanoff has arrived at Tsarskoe Selo palace Reuters dispatch from Petrograd says he alighted from the train calm yet haggard wearing the 6th Kuban Cossacks uniform a purple muffler and a Cossack dagger with the Order of St George pinned to his breast he is accompanied by Prince Dolgoureff.
In Grand Rapids on March 23, minor events produced more scores but did not topple leaders. Louis Franz of Cleveland tied for fifth with 683 in singles, while Franz and Chris Thies led doubles with 1,253. Top five teams include Kirk Brothers of Chicago and Palaces of Syracuse with strong totals. high single and average honors noted for Leindecker and DPeters. Next match features Bartenders and Printers.
MIAMI Florida March 23 The Boston Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Americans 9 to 4 Thursday in a decisive baseball game, with strong pitching and timely hits fueling the victory for Boston.
Chicago March 23 Crafts W Sliggins assistant secretary of the Western Golf association announced no handicap list would be published this year due to more than 100 clubs failing to submit handicaps of their leading players. Last year the USGA did the same.
Two bankruptcy cases were tried Thursday in the federal building before E S Robinson of Springfield referee in bankruptcy under the United States district court. In the other case William Horace Patrick of Brown county near Perry met and no action was taken. H Goodwin bankrupt of Rockport Illinois a compromise was effected.
In Corpus Christi the Brownies second squad leaves for Trouston for two games while the first squad faces the Bronchos in San Antonio. The Cardinals main squad, in good shape, heads to Waxahachie to meet the Tigers then head north. Alec Ferguson is a sought pitcher for Macon as Donavan weighs options. Wheat and the Dodgers dispute terms in Hot Springs. New Orleans notes Ten runs by the Indians edge the Pelicans 17 to 5 as Speaker homers with bases loaded. Waxahachie hosts the Tigers versus the Cardinals as Moran sends eight players back to the minors. Joaquin Rhoades appears set to secure a berth in St. Petersburg.
The March term of the circuit court in Carthage presided by Harry M. Waggoner resulted in multiple divorces granted among cases such as Margaret Colopy versus Edward Colopy and Nancy Martin versus Isaac Martin, with numerous criminal docket actions including burglary pleas and probation grants. Indictments were returned on several defendants and various motions and decrees issued across chancery and partition matters.
Palmyra March 23 city election judges named for wards one two and three. School election judges appointed for April 3 to elect two directors and raise school taxation to 75 cents. Candidates listed for mayor and council wards, city marshal, street commissioner, with several local residents mentioned. Fabius Sunday school meeting noted with officers elected in Liberty township. upcoming addresses and sessions outlined.
Raccoons appear in early frontier literature as a source of fashion and trade. Coon skin caps with ringed tails served as popular headgear for pioneer hunters and raccoon pelts were a favored barter item in country stores.
Reverend 0-H Phillipe reports that Mrs Ee Lane and Mr and Mrs A Mackey and Mr and Mrs Thad R Smith left for St Louis Tuesday morning aboard the Mackey. The group plans activities in the city and returns later in the week.
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