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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
10
Peoria's Speed Boys beat the Distillers in a close game as Stellbauer failed to land a homer. A late rally in the eighth inning sent fans to their feet after Dang’s near fence catch. With three games left in the season, fans are urged to pack the ball yard for the final push into first division.
Bob Waugh of Dallas Texas was awarded the decision over Battling Nelson at Juarez Mexico after a 20 round bout on Labor Day. Nelson showed his old time ability to absorb punishment but lacked steam and cleverness to cope with the younger more agile Waugh.
The Detroit baseball club purchased pitcher Grover Lowdermilk from the St Louis Americans. No price was announced and no other players were involved in the deal.
Disturber IV owned by James Avn Pugh won the opening race for the national championship and the Wrigley cup at Chicago. Miss Detroit finished second while Peter Pan from Toronto showed Canadian presence. The event drew motor boat enthusiasts after the Harmsworth Cup was canceled due to war. The next race is scheduled for tomorrow.
Results from the Great Western Meet at the Minnesota state fair record a 2:16 trot won by Miss Perfection with Slippast second and The Proof third, best time 2:08. A 2:16 pace shows Madam Mac first, Dicto second, Byron Lockheart third, best time 2:07 4.
An Athens dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph reports a British submarine operating in Marmora has sunk a Turkish transport bound for Gallipoli. The vessel carried 23 centimetre guns from Constantinople to Gallipoli, amid ongoing operations in the region.
New York Sept 7 The Brooklyn Nationals swept the series with Philadelphia at Ebbets Field to gain a lead of a little over a game in the pennant race The Boston champions moved closer to first place after beating New York at the Polo Grounds While Brooklyn and Boston pull ahead Detroit and Boston fell behind in the American League as Boston dropped three straight to New York and Detroit lost to Chicago The Red Sox were surprised by New York’s pitching and weak batting overall.
An old advertisement touts Dri Bell Pine Tar Honey as a top remedy for colds. It claims pine and honey clear the throat relieve stuffed feeling and fight children's colds while stressing early treatment to reduce complications. The product is priced at 25 cents.
Hastings Mich Sept 7 The eightieth annual meeting of the Michigan M E conference gathers a large attendance and promises the most notable session in years. Bishop Burt of Buffalo presides starting tomorrow with addresses by former Vice President Fairbanks Bishop Anderson of Chattanooga President Grose of DePauw University and President Dickie of Albion College among the speakers.
May results show Springfield Indees taking both games from Quincy. Morning 8 3. afternoon 9 8 in ten innings. Akers pitched game one allowing six hits. Golvirt six innings in game two, Akers finishing. Attendance light due to nearby circus. Hits: two-base Higbee. homers Dang Kohl. Stolen bases Galvin two. Errors, pitchers, and fielding notes listed with Bealzie catching. Time 1:25. Batteries: Smith and Bealzie for Springfield. Golvin Ackers and Beelzie for Quincy.
Davenport visits were outplayed as Moline won game two 7 to 0. Wells allowed 15 hits in that game while Moline hit for power. First game score shows Davenport 6 1 0 at seventh? Moline 7 runs. Batteries Gould Meyer for Davenport and Bohken Dobbins for Moline. In second game Moline 7 Bloomington 3. Wells pitched for Moline with support from Meyer Neal. Peoria takes both from Bloomington in a high hit total doubleheader. First game Peoria 9 Bloomington 4 with Romine Marshall Gard Schlansker Ehrgott as batteries. Second game Peoria 12 Bloomington 6 with Needles Marshall Richmond Ehrgott.
Freeport out-batted Rockford in both games on Labor Day but won only the second. Four errors doomed the locals in the opener as Rockford built a lead before Freeport rallied. Final scores show Rockford 5 to Freeport 0 in the first game, and Freeport taking the nightcap.
Fragment shows partial baseball scoring lines and pitcher names Hardin Jacobs Thomas and Kerns. No clear date or complete team names. readable entities include Rockford Freeport and players Hardin Jacobs Thomas Kerns.
Burlington split with Cedar Rapids in two games both halted by darkness. Muscatine swept Mason City 6 to 3 and 6 to 0. Keokuk won 6 to 5 then lost 5 to 0 to Waterloo. Clinton routed Marshalltown 33 to 4 then 3 to 0 in the second game.
Chicago defeated Cleveland 1 to 0 while New York 55 defeated Boston 0 to 2 Washington led Philadelphia 5 to 0 Detroit tied Louis in rain conditions with unclear score.
In St Louis the score shows 3-10 with Chicago at 2-0. First game went 12 innings, second game 8 innings due to darkness. Other results include Brooklyn 6-7 Philadelphia 3-3 Cincinnati 3-2 Pittsburgh 0-5 New York 5-4 Boston 2-0.
In Chicago the St Louis team defeated by scores 8 to 4 in the first game and 2 to 4 in the second after 11 innings, with darkness ending play. Buffalo and Baltimore split with the first game tied 3 to 3 and the second at 2 to 2 after 10 innings. Brooklyn won 5 to 1 while Newark lost 0 to 1.
Yale defeated Harvard seven to two while Princeton beat Williams eight to one and Pennsylvania triumphed over Cornell seven to two at Greenwich Country Club in the first team matches of the intercollegiate golf championship. Illinois drew a bye as a new western entrant.
Illinois faces Yale with Princeton meeting Pennsylvania as tomorrow's competition limits. Five matches extended to the home hole or beyond. Yale's R D Pierce defeated Harvard's J G Heyburn on the 310 yard nineteenth, sending a powerful drive to near the green to win the hole.
Mrs Ruth N Mould tired of vainly seeking a cure propped herself This summer there seems to be an unusual amount of sickness headaches lame backs rheumatism ill humor and tiredness blamed on kidneys failing to remove poisons Foley Kidney Pills help elimination provide sound sleep and restore strength Miller J Arthur Drug Co reports.
A woman in a New Victoria hotel room reads a book on death then shoots herself. She leaves a note naming her husband Wis at the Butler hotel in Seattle Washington.
A reminiscence of the Yukon River voyage from Dyea to Dawson and beyond recounts the two thousand mile travel by steamer through ice and sand bars. It details shipboard life, sand bar antics, the icebound lake crossings, mosquitoes on board, and dramatic scenery from Fort Selkirk to Circle City and Fairbanks with notes on Dawson, Eagle, and the Klondike era ambiance.
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