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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
6
Cincinnati defeats New York in a nine inning game as Shean and Mitchell score on misplays. The Yankees had won the first game 3 to 1 while Cincinnati won the nightcap 6 to 4. Other action includes Boston overpowering Cleveland 11 to 4 with nine runs in the second inning.
In St Louis on June 5 the Braves lost the opening game of a series to the Cardinals after eleven innings. A two to two tie broke when the knothorn gang pushed across a winning run as three straight hits lined the eleventh. Cruise doubled in the second, aiding Momsby to score and Snyder drove Cruise home. Pitchers Tyagan Tra gresser Meadows and Snyder teamed for the heavy work.
A summary of yesterday’s AL games in Philadelphia and New York with Detroit winning twice over New York while Cleveland routed Boston and Washington defeated St Louis. Tonight Chicago faces Washington while Louis meets Philadelphia and Cleveland meets New York as New York and Detroit reportedly split a doubleheader in front of a large crowd.
A Sunday clash at Glenwood park will decide which team is superior as Ogden Packing and Provision faces Salt Lake's Stall and Dean. Last Sunday Salt Lakers beat Ogden 9 to 4, with a prior Ogden game postponed by rain. Both teams are seen as evenly matched and the Glenwood diamond showdown is billed as a likely tough local contest.
Owls club calls a special meeting Saturday night at 8 p.m. with old time initiation for members only and a social committee arranged entertainment after the lodge. Free admission for attending members.
Advertises two room Plaza Apartments with beds gas ranges and refrigerators comparable to larger flats. Monthly rent from $18 to $20 including light and heat. Also notes Rushton Lots closing Shaver Estate Cedar Rapids Town and mentions Ogden terms and Uniontown electrical workers social committee. A mention of an electrical workers event or notice appears.
City Attorney Jack Littlfield suggested in morning remarks to Municipal Judge George Marker and Clerk Isaac Fulton that every man within the conscription age be searched for a registration certificate. If not found, the offender should be held for investigation, aiming to bring slackers in the local floating population to justice.
Three hundred Molokan Russian colonists near Glendale Arizona refused to register for military service. They traveled to Phoenix in monastic robes and signed a sworn statement sent to the government. Assistant US Attorney Langston said a complaint would be lodged without waiting for Washington instructions.
At the Plattsburg officers training camp the dummies used for bayonet practice have been named after Teutonic leaders. Some dummies are even made to resemble the men they honor, reflecting a controversial commemoration at the camp.
The Ogden area reports 3432 young men registered in Weber county with about 350 exempt from registration. Exemptions include all men in troops B and K, 15 men in the new Utah cavalry troop, and those in the U.S. army navy and marine corps. Totals suggest about 3590 registered across Ogdenstown and nearby districts with 190 more possibly missing.
Bradies, former operator of the Associated Press in Ogden, left for Salt Lake City to take the final examination for active corps service in the United States Army. He enlisted in the signal corps about two weeks ago and will be replaced locally by Rice, a veteran relieft man at the Ogden office, who has served both Ogden papers and has many friends here. Fine rug cleaning advertised by Ogden Steam Laundry and a note about Stratford labor union demand.
J W Wilcox, an agent in Ogden City, says about 80 percent of American-born young men in the Seventeenth district are married and suggests Utah may have a higher rate of married men enrolled under the draft. He notes many may seek exemption only in extreme cases, while most farmers and industrial workers would not miss duty. Walter Richey reports city-wide registration shows strong participation and public interest, with foreigners, including Japanese and Italians, broadly enrolled in downtown Ogden.
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