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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
7
Corry fans witnessed a standout baseball game as Hill and Crandall faced Warren Butter Krusts in a 10 inning 5-4 decision. Hill struck out ten over six innings and held Warren without a run while on the mound.
The Refiners started the second half strong but rain cut the game to five innings. War affects rosters as players become scarce and a first half playoff date remains pending. Crowder’s work or fight order sparks debate while Clark Griffith leads fund drives for soldiers with fans urged to contribute.
Recap of multiple baseball and boxing items including Dempsey and Fulton bout aftermath, Hog Island shipyard players under work orders, and various 1919 era scores and lineups featuring teams like Brooklyn St Louis Chicago Boston New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Detroit Chicago St Louis and notes on Major Percy D Haughton resigning as president of the Boston National League club.
Chicago July 30 The closing of the major league season around August 20 and the world series to follow is the favored plan of AL President Ban Johnson to meet Secretary Baker's work or fight order. Clubs are asked for approval while NL also considers August 20 close. If agreed, AL Western clubs will not start Eastern invasion on August 14 and NL clubs will not start West.
The report from Washington states he will assume duties with the National Army Chemical Warfare Service after recently receiving a commission. He expects to be assigned to overseas duty in the near future.
John Robinsons Circus will pitch tents and perform twice in Warren on Thursday August 1. The 1918 lineup features over fifty wild animal species the largest elephant herd and a personnel of more than twelve hundred. Four rings a vast tented track and military displays promise grand pageantry and comic acts across a day of spectacle.
The Refiners beat the Banks nine in five innings before rain halted play. Kaltenbach Green Streich Lantz Lytle Johnson Williams Gustafson Howarth and Johnson faced Siggins while Price Hultman drove in the Bankers lone run in the third inning.
International News Sports Editor reports Ty Cobb roars back in the American League race after a season start slowed by a severe cold and eye trouble. Once vision cleared, Cobb vows to lead batting as he reconnects with rivals Wagner Lajoie and Crawford in a late surge for the title.
Clauda Willett left for Camp Lee with the boss last Friday. Leslie Sands and Kennedy family spent Thursday and Friday with Elmer Willett. Mrs Gerda Brooks and daughters Allene and Mane of Corry visited Frank Howle. A C Westerns and Mrs Ed Western visited. Emma Wright Hoppsman formerly here noted. Byron Bearamer spent Sunday with Will Wels on Wilson Hill. Mary Sandburg, ill, stayed with her son in Youngsville. Nettie Boyle from Titusville visited E Barton. Clyde Western, Erie worker, was in town. Vern Allen was home briefly.
A New York state captain issued the order to charge in the July 29 night report from the Aisne sector. Soldiers stripped packs and carried only rifles gas masks grenades and bayonets as they stormed the heights north of the Ourcq river.
Strong tone in early stock trading with mixed moves across sectors. Common steel rose briefly before retreating. Texas Company jumped to 153, Menominee rose to 100 3-8, Tobacco Products hit a new high, and American Telephone and Telegraph remained weak amid late session declines.
The report lists many industrial stocks and commodities including Am Allis Chalmers Am Anaconda Bethlehem Steel and U S Steel with varied figures. It also covers cattle hogs sheep and lamb prices with supply levels and price ranges and ends with a job notice for common labor boiler makers machinists and moulders at Struthers Wells.
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