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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1916
Page
5
Chicago wins final game of the series by four to three as the White Sox force Boston into first in the intercollegiate golf championship standings among eight contestants.
Chicago edged Boston 4 to 3 as errors and miscues plagued the visitors while Philadelphia defeated Detroit. Key players included J Collins and J Jackson for Chicago with Hooper, Babbitt and Ness contributing. The game featured multiple steals and base hits, with Williams and Shore handling pitching duties for Boston and Chicago respectively. Umpires Connolly and Chill called the action in a 2 hour 13 minute contest.
Lizzie Weaver known as Logan, a colored woman, was arrested by Detectives Bumster and Scharnhorst after a marked decoy pocketbook exposed theft at John Musolino's home on 122 South Eighth Street. Police found money hidden on her waist after she was taken to headquarters. Charles Alexander was fined 25 dollars plus costs for peace disturbance. the fine was suspended and he received probation due to dependents.
Pittsburgh Sept 19 Intercollegiate individual golf championship opened at Oakmont. After qualifying and first rounds only eight players from three colleges survived. Princeton John Herron Corkran Parker and Maxwell. Illinois Weems Simpson McDonald. Harvard Hubbell. Weems led with 80. Yale’s Frank Blossom, title holder, fell to Parker. Dwight Armstrong of Yale lost to Weems.
Springfield Hr Sept 19 Five heats determined two of three harness events on the Illinois state fair speed card. Strathell and Tommy D. split first and second in the 2:07 pace while Diamond Q won the 2:25 pace and Marie Constant took the 2:30 trot in straight heats.
Engineer Edmund D. Perkins of Chicago met commissioners W. A. Rinehart, Anderson Yeager, and C. L. Gorrell in Gregory Drainage district to begin appraising damages and benefits. The district, spanning 4,730 acres above Canton, Mo, will be protected from the Mississippi River and a main creek. Construction will be supervised from Quincy by Perkins Engineering with A. H. Beitman in charge. B. F. Glahn of Palmyra has handled legal issues.
An advertisement touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as soothing for irritated membranes and antiseptic against phlegm. It claims the product loosens phlegm and eases stuffed-up breathing, promising prevention of a hacking winter cough. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
Philadelphia beat Chicago 6 to 1 as McConnell pitched poorly and Carter Clemons backed him with errors by Chicago. Catcher O'Farrell suffered a finger split by a foul tip in the first inning.
Chicago reports fall football practice begins September 20 with rudimentary drills across central states. Indiana, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Northwestern and Illinois prepare for early games and inter-sectional matchups. Coaches face rebuilding after star losses while Minnesota hopes rise and Michigan, Purdue, Iowa, Ohio State show mixed prospects for the season.
Milwaukee trapshooter "Captain Jack" Wulf won the Grand American Handicap in St Louis after declaring he would win and breaking every target. He finished with 98 straight hits, earned 619.40 dollars, and planned further shots for the cameras. Wulf credits Robert A. Kane of Milwaukee for his skill and is a well known figure in Midwestern trapshooting clubs.
An old newspaper advertisement warns of sickness among children and urges keeping bowels open and liver active. It promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets from Millsler & Arthur Drug Co as a safe, painless remedy for indigestion headaches biliousness sour stomach and other bowel clogs.
In Columbus on September 19 at the Grand Circuit meeting Miss Harris M won the King Stake for pacers worth $3,000. The Real Lady defeated rivals in two year old trotter events while other entries like The Savoy and Roan Hal also appeared in races pace and trot divisions with times around 2:08 to 2:14.
Standings show yesterday results by city with records for New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston and teams Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago St Louis. Notable records include New York 2 8 0 1 3 2 and Brooklyn 4 10 2 1 6 0 with Cincinnati 1 7 3 2 8 0 and Philadelphia 6 7 2.
In Detroit the record shows 0-3-2 for Renaulta Yeterday against Philadelphia 2-3-2, while St Louis 0-2-1 faced Washington 1-7-1. Chicago 3-6-1 met Boston 4-11-11. Other notes list Kansas City 0-6, Louisville 1-13, Minneapolis 5 Toledo 3, St Paul 7 Columbus 6 Milwaukee 9, Indianapolis 6.
In Des Moines the Des Moines team beat St Joseph 8 to 7 while Omaha edged Denver 7 to 6 in a pair of close Western League games setting up a tight standings picture.
September 20 21 22 Cincinnati at Boston St Louis at Brooklyn Chicago at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia September 23 24 25 26 No games Sunday Pittsburgh at Boston Chicago at Brooklyn St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia September 27 Chicago at Brooklyn St Louis at New York September 28 Philadelphia at Brooklyn Boston at New York September 29 Philadelphia at Brooklyn Boston at New York Cincinnati at Pittsburgh September 20 Philadelphia at Brook at Pittsburgh St Louis at Chicago October 1 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati St Louis at Chicago October 2 2 and 4 New York at Brooklyn Boston at Philadelphia
The American League announces a dense slate from September 19 to October 4 featuring Philadelphia at Chicago, New York at St. Louis, Boston at Detroit, and Washington at Cleveland. Followed by a second wave September 22 to 26 with more cross league pairings and a closing stretch into October with Detroit, Chicago, and Washington road trips.
A reflection notes that every young woman with a baby grows nervous when hearing of an epidemic far away, highlighting anxiety among new mothers about distant public health threats.
Detroit, Sept. 19. Philadelphia defeated Detroit 2 to 0 Monday, scoring both runs without a hit. Vitt was out of the game after being struck on the wrist by a pitched ball Sunday.
New York defeated Pittsburgh 2 to 0 to extend its winning streak to twelve games in the first game of a doubleheader. The second game ended 1 to 1 and was called for darkness and rain in the ninth inning.
Cincinnati reports that five of the 12 Philadelphia Americans draftees from last Friday were cancelled. John E. Bruce of the commission announced the action late Monday. Kopp from Buffalo was set aside as Boston Americans purchased him. Washington withdrew drafts from St Paul and Rochester. Chicago Nationals with second choice from St Paul selected Outfielder Cruise.
Brooklyn split a doubleheader with Cincinnati, winning 4-1 in game one and losing 2-1 in ten innings. Cheney outpitched Schneider in the opener, while Knetzer outdueled Marquard in the second as Brooklyn and Cincinnati traded runs through nine frames.
Claud Thomas of Des Moines Western league, in his first major league start, held St. Louis to two hits as Washington won 1 to 0. Final: Washington 1 runs, 7 hits, 1 error. St Louis 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors. Batteries: Thomas Henry for Washington Plank Hartley for St Louis.
Tyler starred for Boston, limiting St Louis to three hits and no walks while driving in both runs in a 2–0 victory. St Louis managed no runs through the first nine innings as Meadows Williams Gonzales and Blackburn enjoyed the pitchers duel.
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