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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
5
A star pitcher from Liberty Missouri balances college baseball with weekly pulpit duties. In four games he struck out 77 in 34 innings, two no hit games, and allowed only three hits in a quarter of a season. He also serves as a Rev. in a Bosworth Christian church on Sundays.
Promoters struggle to finance a Strangler Ed Lewis vs Wladek Zbyszko bout as crowd waits over two hours due to a financial dispute. The article also notes Miss France Cowell's record swim across the San Francisco Bay strait and upcoming yacht races from San Francisco to Santa Cruz with twelve boats listed for the event. Larsen, the Provo high jumper, may compete in Fresno Far Westerns, while Heinrich Schmidt eyes an Army commission affecting professional golf.
All members of the University of Oregon championship eleven that beat Pennsylvania at Pasadena last New Year have joined the colors. Quarterback Shy Tuntington is in an ambulance unit for France, forcing Coach Hugo Bezdek to rebuild the team for next fall.
Detroit Tigers seem to have hit their stride during the Eastern invasion with Ty Cobb leading. Honus Wagner returns to the Pirates, and Johnny Evers has not yet regained form. Pat Moran's Phillies and Happy Felsch with the White Sox show power, while Christy Mathewson's Reds press the pennant chase. Big names like Ruth Alexander Johnson Caldwell also display long-ball distance.
A classified ad announces wet wash services priced at four cents per pound with contact numbers 28 and 104 for Troy Laundry.
A temperamental mare named Jean, once unruly on the track, was sidelined by her trainer. Sold to a French government client, she fled before shipment but was later found by Dr. J. W. Brandewie who entrusted her to Frank Hedrick. Hedrick announced this spring she has been tamed and ready to start.
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