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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
7
Walter Johnson Grover Alexander top pitchers have never joined no hit club Eddie Plank among greats never threw a no hitter despite long careers No hit games are rare in majors and Johnson Alexander and Plank have few one or two hit games to their credit
Grover Cleveland Alexander has signed with the Philadelphia Phillies for 12500 next season, two thousand five hundred less than his asking price. He becomes the highest paid pitcher in the National League, tied with Walter Johnson for the league's top salary. Leading salaries include Tris Speaker 17500 and Ty Cobb 15000 with Eddie Collins 15000, Evers 10000, Johnson 12500.
Ernest Quigley of President Teers staff of umpires is described as the most versatile sport official. After the world series he quickly switched from baseball to football and then refereed major basketball games in the middle West. He has built a large reputation and is immensely popular.
Gilmour Dobie, new Detroit coach, holds a historic baseball record. Over 12 years his teams played 57 games, winning 54 and tying three. His first team at Minneapolis High School won four games. later North Dakota Aggies went eight games with no opponent scoring against Doble’s seven. In 1908 he moved to Washington for nine seasons coaching teams that never suffered defeat.
A lively collage of baseball gossip and conjecture. Tris Speaker’s alleged golf bug, Pat Moran’s stance on rule changes, and Connie Mack’s claim as the top manager are balanced with notes on Charley Herzog’s aviation hobby, Mike Menosky’s ego, and Lotis Guisto’s first base prospects. Also mentions Walter Leonard from Fort Recovery Ohio, looming salary cuts, and early farm system buzz as the season nears.
Reports from front correspondents describe German retreat through Picardy and Artois marked by scorched villages. Wells poisoned, fruit trees and shade trees cut, homes burned, valuables looted, and supplies for civilians destroyed. American relief stock and local refugees suffer as German orders prompted water contamination and wholesale devastation.
Statistics from Wellesley College show annual clothing, entertainment, and travel expenses by class. The spectacle includes a high first semester average of 4.27 dollars and a maximum clothes expense of 40 dollars with a minimum of 20 dollars. Freshmen spend least on outings at 3.67 dollars, and some students in several classes spend nothing.
A London ceremony for U S Consul Jay faced a music mishap then a diplomatics dilemma. The imperial band forgot the Star Spangled Banner and agreed to play Marching Through Georgia, but the procession finally heard O Say Can You See as Jay arrived.
French troops in the Aisne and Marne departments launched a violent infantry assault over about twenty five miles, making gains and capturing more than 19 000 prisoners and large quantities of war material. The offensive aimed to break through German lines between Seteons and Rheims amid heavy artillery and counterattacks.
Socialists opposed to the Philips Scheidemann government declare a new party at Gotha. The Independent Socialist Democratic Party of Germany aims to oppose the government and its war policy. Hugo Haase and George Ledebour lead the central executive as 143 delegates attend, including fifteen Reichstag members.
President Wilson issues a proclamation on April 1 warning all citizens and aliens that treasonous acts or aiding treason will be vigorously prosecuted. The document defines treason per statute and states offenses are punishable whether inside the United States or abroad.
Advices from Bertin state hunger strikes were declared in greater Berlin on April 16 among metal wood and transport industries. Other sectors including munition factories and the pepecal business of the city remain unaffected. Tram traffic was nominal.
Portland Ore The State Superintendent J A Churchill has compiled responses from over 100 Oregon teachers listing the ten virtues to be taught foremost. The list emphasizes industry punctuality and other key traits to mold diligent students across the state.
German casualty figures for March total 54 302, lifting the wartime official toll to 4,159,946 since the war began. Canada frees wheat and related products from duty, opening markets with the United States. A Vienna semiofficial statement notes Austria seeking peace with the Russian people.
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