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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
10
Detroit May 23. The Sox beat Boston 6 to 3 as Cobb barely beat third, scoring Ainsmith and Bush with the tying and winning runs in the seventh. Love pitched his first win in relief.
Baseball scores from Detroit and other games show Detroit winning 6 to 4 in ten innings with Jones, Walters, Love, and Ainsmith key in a long affair. Philadelphia fell to Cleveland 3 to 2 in ten. St Louis beat Washington 5 to 4 as Johnson yielded late runs. Misitions for defense and prosecution appear as a legal motto in the prose.
Captain Robinson, famed publicist for the Johnson Willard bout, predicts Dempsey will win by sundown July 4. He cites Dempsey’s speed, body work, and Willard’s sluggishness, noting the challenger’s confidence and Dempsey’s potential to dominate between rounds seven and nine.
NEW YORK May 23 On a drizzly Belmont Park track G D Widener's four year old chestnut gelding Lanius by Llangibby Southern Belle won the Metropolitan handicap at one mile. J E Widener's Naturalist favorite finished fifth as seven started with Flags second and Star Master third after a strong stretch run. Time 1 45 2 5 owners share 33 865.
Toledo May 23 Seat reservations for the heavyweight title bout between Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey on July 4 have topped 270000 dollars Promoter Tex Rickard said the total may rise beyond half a million with seven weeks remaining He noted a single 11000 dollar check from auto firm officials who bought tickets for their agents Dempsey meanwhile held a two round session with Willie Doyle Willard's camp eyes leasing the Casino near Dempsey's quarters and an indoor gymnasium is under construction to allow training in bad weather.
Dispatches report Company D of the 3Xth infantry, 88th division with Hannibal ties landed in the east Thursday on two large German liners. Soldiers named are Sergeant Arthur F. Forrest a Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Medal recipient, Corporal Dennis Mahoney, Privates George Barber and Harry Purdy. William Forrest plans to travel to St. Louis to meet his son as he and other Hannibal men are mustered out at Jefferson Barracks, likely by late next week.
Thomas C Garner, defendant in a $2000 damage suit brought by Alonzo Thomas in August 1917, was awarded a jury verdict in Kirksville Missouri circuit court on a change of venue. The case originally named Charles Garner who has since died. The incident involved a nine foot fall from a roof at Garner yards in 1916 injuring Thomas. Court proceedings were led by Eby & Hulse for Thomas and E W Nelson R E Bigger for Garner, with about a dozen witnesses heard as Judge Cooley presided in Kirksville.
Hannibal police pursued two likely 19 year old youths who were soliciting magazine subscriptions on Olive street. Residents reported the pair offered 25 cents to 1 dollar, claimed to be graduates of Hannibal High, and said they aimed to win a college scholarship. The men fled when officers arrived. search continued with no arrests.
The Julia Belle Swayne will make its first Hannibal appearance next Wednesday night for a Railway Carmen excursion. Bert Ewing serves as Hannibal agent for the modern excursion steamer, with several local organizations already booking trips.
A Hannibal Eagles delegation led by Harry Wilbur president Secretary Clifford Kane and Treasurer W J Schwab attends the annual Eagles of Missouri convention in Pleasant Hill Missouri. They are expected home Friday or Saturday.
Charles Smith former Hannibalian and long time army serviceman returns home on a brief visit to relatives and friends He visits E A Gwinner on Quincy street and other relatives in town.
Street and other parts of Hannibal will be called in to tell the various tales which the youths told them. The youths recounted happenings as they sought listeners among local residents, shaping a small-town chorus of accounts.
The band concert planned for Thursday night in Hannibal Central Park was postponed due to inclement weather. A new concert is set for Decoration Day afternoon. The Associated Press reports May 22.
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