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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1916

Page

7

Hannibal Defeats Quincy in Doubleheader Record Crowd Attends

In Hannibal on Decoration Day the Speeders lost 2 0 and 4 5 0 to the Mules as great crowds swelled receipts for a Three I league contest. Smith pitched superbly for the Mules with Art Smith star turns in both games.

Hannibal Speeders Smith Art Iron Man Sherer Bromwich Beatty Nye Higbee Vogel Quincey Golvin Sondheim Bowie Holmes

Blue Sox Split Double With Moline

Davenport and Moline split a Decoration Day doubleheader in Moline Illinois. First game Davenport scored 8 runs on 8 hits while Moline had 4 runs on 2 hits. Second game Davenport won 2 to 0 behind Gould.

Blue Sox Moline Moline Ill Davenport Moline Gould Carroll Mille Selby Dobbins E. Davenport Mills Eller

Rockford Takes Doubleheader From Islander Opponents

Rockford won both games of a doubleheader against Rock Island yesterday. The first game ended 3 to 2 in Rockford’s favor in an exhibition context. In the second, Rockford’s pitcher Neal was hit hard, giving up 16 hits as Islander batters connected for many hits.

Rockford Rock Island Neal

S. O. S. Fall in Two Scoring Games

S. O. S. converted 11 scores but visitors failed to tally. In game one Rock Island led 25 to 37 with Ware and Munch battering Rockford defensive, while Carlson and Cox shared duties. Game two ended 7 to 11, Rock Island struggled with Neal Vance Adams and Shock handling pitching duties for Rockford.

Rele Rock Island Rockford Ware Munch Carlson Cox R.W.E. Rock Tsland Neal Vance Adams Shock

Distillers Divide Pair With Bloomers

Peoria and Bloomington split a twin bill as Bloomington won 2 to 1 in the opener and Peoria took the nightcap 1 to 0. Darringer's eighth inning sacrifice scored Watson for the decisive run in the first game.

Distillers Peoria Til Bloomington Darringer Watson Vamet Rustle Bluciicket Simon

Athletics Take AST in Gotham

The Philadelphia Americans won their first victory of the season in New York yesterday as pitcher Myers defeated Shanker in a pitchers' battle. Philadelphia showed 7 hits in two games, while Crowell struggled with wildness in the morning game and Myers starred in the afternoon win.

New York Philadelphia Americans Myers Shanker Oldring Crowell Philadelphia Meyer Murphy Fischer Nanamaker R.ile Myers and Shawker Love and Walters

Cliff Darringer Joins Castle Speeders at Third Base

Cliff Darringer, recently released by the Hannibal club, is signed by Manager Johnny Castle to play third base for the Speeders this afternoon. The signing followed Bert Holmes leaving the Castlemen after a double in Mule City, with Holmes returning to Lafayette.

Cliff Darringer Hannibal Speeders Cliff Johnny Castle Mule City Bert Holmes Castlemen Missouri City Lafayette

Harvard Downs Stanford in Tennis Meet 3-0

Cambridge May 31 Harvard's tennis team defeated Leland Stanford Jr. University 3 to 0 after Stanford beat Uhnus Chicago and Cornell on its continental tour. Williams, a Davis Cup player, beat Hahn 108 7 5.

Harvard Stanford Cambridge Mass Leland Stanford Jr Uhnus Chicago Cornell Williams Hahn

Romine and Sullivan Batter Signings

Romine and Sullivan are listed with second name Rue in Bloomington. A financial figure of 600 000 090-03 is noted alongside Peoria oo indicating a battery of Watson and Simon Crabb and O Warrell.

Romine and Sullivan RUE Bloomington Peoria Watson and Simon Crabb and O'Warrell

Club Standings and Results From Yesterday

Standings and results show Hannibal and Quincey with mixed records, Davenport and Rock Island posting losses, and a Bluescope schedule listing games today including Ouincy at Hannibal Davenport at Moline Rock Island at Rockford and Bloomington at Peoria.

Hannibal Quincey Moline Davenport Rockford Rock Island Peoria Bloomington Ouincy Beague Bal Tate See Quincy Owe

Unclear Data Points From Bevetent and City Codes

Fragmentary entries list Bevetent 110 S 1 Washington B14 and New York 7-32 Q-43 Philadelphia 27-3 14-0 with Detroit 131 VIS Chicago 361 8-5-2 and St Louis 212-2 Cleveland $114. Unable to determine full event context or outcome from the scattered figures.

Bevetent Washington New York Philadelphia Detroit Vis Chicago St. Louis Cleveland

Matchups Set as Washington and Boston Face Off

Washington plays Boston while Philadelphia hosts New York Chicagoe meets Detroit and Cleveland visits St. Louis in planned games.

Washington Boston Philadelphia New York Chicagoe Detroit Cleveland St. Louis

American Association Scores Mixed Across Cities

Fragmentary records show Louisville beating Indianapolis and Minneapolis with ten dollar bets at stake in St. Paul and Milwaukee with Kansas City and Toledo also mentioned in a sporadic tally of scores for the American Association.

American Association Louisville Indianapolis Minneapolis St. Paul Milwaukee Kansas City Toledo Ly Celanbus

Western League Final Afternoon Game

Wichita 6 Denver 9 in final afternoon Western League play. In college baseball Princeton defeated Pennsylvania 7 to 2 in 12 innings. Yale beat Cornell 4 to 2 and Brown topped Harvard 8 to 1.

Wichita Denver Princeton Pennsylvania Yale Cornell Brown Harvard

Dubuque St. Josephs Clinches Hawk baseball title

Dubuque, Ja, May 31. By defeating the state teachers baseball team Tuesday 18 to 0, Dubuque St. Josephs college clinched the Hawkeye baseball championship.

Dubuque Dubuque, Ja State Teachers Dubuque St. Joseph' c

Iowa State Triumph Over Highland Park in Des Moines

Iowa State College shut out Highland Park of Des Moines 2 to 0 in a baseball game played yesterday in Ames. The Cyclones secured a decisive win as the visitors failed to score.

Iowa State Ames Towa State College Highland Park Des Moines

Browns Defeat Cleveland in 16th Inning Thriller

St. Louis rallied to win the first game 4 3 over Cleveland when Severeid doubled in Pratt in the 16th inning. The nightcap ended 1 1 after seven innings before darkness halted play.

ST. Louis Browns Cleveland Severeid Pratt AB. R.hlo Grranev Engle Speaker Smith Roth Gandilib Wee Nee Howard Barnes Wambsganse Coveleskie Klepfer Abril OA Shotton Tobin See Tohnson Sisler Miller Austin Bee Hartley c Borton Davenport Etee Marsans Piank

Drowned Competitor Marred Harlem River Regatta

At the Harlem River regatta in New York on May 21 Melvin T. McKenna of the Wehnetah Boat club Flushing struck by the bow of a rival boat from St Alphonus Boston and fell overboard. His body was not recovered as the University Barge club of Philadelphia won the event.

New York Harlem Melvin T. McKenna Wehnetah Boat Club Fluching St Alphonus Boat Club Boston McKenna University Barge Club of Philadelphia

White Sox and Tigers Split Decoration Day Doubleheader

Detroit and Chicago split the Decoration Day games with the morning affair won by the White Sox 3 to 1 and the afternoon slugfest won by Detroit 9 to 8 in 10 innings. Seven pitchers appeared in the second game as Detroit rallied with three ninth inning runs. Davis scored the winning run in the 10th on Bush's sacrifice and Vitt's single after being passed. Batteries for the morning game were Williams Russell Scott Schalk Hamilton and Stanage. Afternoon game details follow.

Hartley Davenport Cleveland Lewis Toward Vobtin Coveleskire Miller Speaker O'Neill Totin Sisler Enele Wami Coveleskie Klepfer Sand bin Plank de Davenport He Plank Wildebrand Connolly Detroit Chicago White Sox Tigers Davis Bush Vitt Williams Russell Scott and Schalk Hamilton Stanage Abr A.E J. Collins Weaver &S I Collins Ness Jackson Felsch Rr Schalk McMullen Prery Faber Scott P Fournier Boland Chicapa Tou Gan Sumit Tins Weaver Ness Cobb Collins Bush Young and Burns Sect Tarb Roland Wolfgeny Russell Ind Fabe Coveleskip Dauss Lane

Cardinals Split Pair With Cubs

Chicago and St. Louis split a holiday doubleheader with Sallee beating Steele 3 to 0 in the morning and the Cubs later defeating Jasper 5 to 1 after pounding him for multiple runs. Williams and Smith homered for Chicago. BATTERIES: Sallee and Snyder for St. Louis. MeTonNelly and Archer for Chicago.

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