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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1917

Page

16

Palmyra High School 14 Canton 7 in Friday clash

Palmyra High School edged Canton 14 to 7 at Kneuppel's park on Friday afternoon. Rogers scored both Palmyra touchdowns and kicked both goals while Edwards scored Canton’s touchdown on a forward pass. Coach Bloom praised the team as two new candidates join next week amid optimism. Diphtheria cases rise as Lutheran school closes and several residents fall ill.

Palmyra Kneuppel’s Park Cantons Rogers Clark Edwards Canton Mayes St. Francis College Quincy Bloom Nelson Moss Yarbrough Appel Madden Zoller Stuhlman Apple Quest Barr Keller Schneider Stone A. R. Stone United States Army Gorgas Adjutant General Odd Fellows’ Lodge No. 228 Mary R. Allen Hannibal Nielsen Pee Dee Warren Farm Bureau Frey Telka Billie Willis Frank Willis Peuster

College football scores and season openers across multiple cities

In Cedar Rapids Coe defeated St Ambrose 13 to 0 as their line plunges powered gains. Champaign High crushed Monticello 122 to 0. Northwestern beat its freshmen 29 to 0. Ohio State routed Case 48 to 0. Indianapolis beat Toronto 5 to 3 in a championship game. Wabash and Marietta opened with a 0 to 0 tie amid new players.

Cedar Rapids Champaign Champaign High School Monticello High School Keokuk Carthage High Keokuk High Columbus Ohio State Case School Cleveland Clevelanders Indianapolis Ind Toronto Lajoie Crawfordsville Wabash College Marietta College

American Averages Show Cobb Leading In 1916 Race

Chicago September 30 There is little chance Tris Speaker can overtake Ty Cobb for the American league batting title Cobb leads with a .378 average and 218 hits while Speaker stands 20 points back Cobb also nears 250 hits and has 825 total bases including 41 doubles 24 triples and 6 home runs Detroit tops team batting at .257 The paragraph lists leaders in various batting categories and pitchers with Earned Run Averages across multiple clubs.

Chicago Tris Speaker Ty Cobb Speaker Cobb Chapman Cleveland Bobby Roth Roth Bush Detroit Pipp New York Sisler St. Louis Feisch Warris Veach McInnis Philadelphia Jackson Lewis Boston Rice Washington Civette Caveléskire Cleve Faber G. W. Lea Ruth Leonard Bagby Mays Coombe

YMCA and Quincey Men Pick Teams for 400 Member Drive

Energetic YMCA and Quincey business men are being chosen by team captains to join a campaign for 400 new members. Names will be announced at a Monday luncheon at the Y. Dave Wilcox assigns captains who will form committees after careful selection. The drive starts Monday with active work to meet the goal amid challenging conditions.

Quincey Dave Wilcox

National League Batting Leader Likely to Roush

Ed Roush of Cincinnati appears set as the National League batting champion with a 343 average, holding a 27-point edge over St. Louis' Rogers Hornsby as the season nears its close. Hornsby leads in total bases, while New York players pace the league in runs and steals as team batting still tops for Cincinnati.

Chicago Ed Roush Cincinnati Roush Roger Hornsby St. Louis Hornsby New York Benny Kaufft Burns Zimmerman Carey Pittsburgh Cravath Philadelphia Deal St Louis Kauff Groh Jack Smith Wheat Brooklyn Wilhoit

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