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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
4
Lee Axworthy lowers his own mile mark in a Rowland boys meet as the event unfolds amid a Chicago championship series clash. Attendance hits 17,250 with total receipts of 10 747 25 and a players pool of 5803 51. An onlooker hurled a bottle at umpire Orth after a disputed call prompting police to remove him.
Hal Chase has returned to major league baseball and leads the National League in batting. Once controversial as a trouble maker and moodily temperamental, he has shown top form this season, and Cincinnati is proud to have a first baseman equal to the Yankees’ 1966 star.
New York won both games of a Wednesday doubleheader against Washington, moving into fourth place in the 1936 American League race while Washington dropped to seventh and a half game behind Cleveland. Pipp hit his 12th homer of the season in the eighth inning to claim the league lead in home runs.
Philadelphia clinched second in the National League by beating Boston 7 to 5. An X-ray showed Whitted has a broken bone in his left foot from the first game Tuesday.
Brooklyn visitors fell 8 to 7 as New York used many substitutes and recruits to study the National League champions. Wheat departed with a finger injury after a split finger.
New York October 5 Brooklyn the Brooklyn National league club will oppose the Boston Americans in the world series beginning Saturday. Brooklyn players average 27 1 3 years old while Boston averages 27 1 2 years. Brooklyn is heavier and taller with an average weight of 178 pounds and a height of six feet.
At Lexington on Oct 5 the Kentucky Horse Breeders' meeting saw a world record and two season marks fall. Lee Axworthy lowered the world trotting stallion track record to 1:59 and 1/5, Lucile Spier set a season best trotting mare time of 2:03 3/4, and Roan Hal captured the Board of Commerce 2:00 pace with a 2:03 3/4 mile. The event featured purse races and multiple noted entrants, with all heats decided straight.
In St Louis on October 5 the St Louis Americans beat the Nationals 5 to 3. Davenport allowed five hits for the Americans while three Nationals pitchers yielded nine. Batteries Davenport Hartley Steele Williams Watson Williams Snyder. Also Norwoods defeating Rail Lights 4 to 0 in Cincinnati finals for class AA championship. Embroidery Killanna Hanovia among three entries in St Lefer handicap at Louisville two miles quarter with about 3000 prize.
At the first sign of sore throat or chest tightness take Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey. Pine tar and honey soothe, loosen phlegm, break up a cold and antiseptic aroma. Pleasant to take, bottle formula explains cold relief. Available at your druggist.
The Whig announces a special Associated Press service for the World Series. Quincy fans will get minute by minute bulletins and a blackboard box score displayed at The Whig office. The service, free to locals, will keep pace with the game and be unbeatable in the city.
Boston managers workers held a light workout at Braves field as the world series nears. Ten innings were played with no score kept, pitchers used briefly and fielding practice emphasized. Capt Barry hampered by injury may miss the series while Jan vrin is expected to take second base.
With four days left to save baseball in Quincy, George D. Levi of the Chamber of Commerce and W. A. Jackson of the Ad club spearhead a drive to take control of the Three-L team. Citizens have pledged support and a new organization may form this week, sending a representative to the Chicago league owners meeting.
Omaha and Louisville battled 12 innings to a 3 to 3 tie in the opening game of a postseason series. The game was called in darkness after 12 innings. Louisville scored in the second and fifth while Omaha plated in the first and fourth to force extras. Northrup and Billings opposed O'Toole and Kruger in a tightly pitched contest.
A vintage advertorial cautions that heavy meat consumption burdens the kidneys causing backache and nausea. It claims rad Salts or Jad Salts, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, will cleanse sluggish kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and end bladder weakness with a morning dose in water.
The Orpheum hosts an all star show for the final four days of the week starting today featuring acts highlighted across the bill. Tilford will headline the lineup.
The piece lists acts and performers including Abel Kabi the auto salesman in a novelty scene, The Amateur Detective, The Cop a police comedy, The Barry Sisters singing duo, and Charlie Ledegar the German comedian with a rope act titled The Flying Dutchman.
Amusements Today listsBelasco Edith Storey in The Two Edged Sword at the Belasco. Also showing Hearts of Men at Star and Gloria's Romance final chapter at Savoy, Mae Murray in The Dream Girl at Princess, and other acts including Cleo Madison and Jackie Saunders in feature reels and vaudeville programs.
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