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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
5
Local items include sales ads for seed potatoes and furniture, visits by W. E. Tripp and Max Happle, Flag Day observances, and residents traveling to Eau Claire and Chicago. Schools, church events, births, adoptions, and a new sidewalk project are reported along with sailing barges, summer heat, and community notices.
Washburn and Bayfield played a swatting contest at Harbor City with a nine nine tie after nine innings. The game ended early due to time constraints for trains. Knight started for Bayfield, Gordon and Packard relieved, DeRusha and Willey pitched for Washburn. Batting highlights include Everson Estabrook Hovdel and Jarvis with multiple two base hits. Time two thirty. Umpires Brands Murphy.
Jack Mondhschine of Peyton Paper Co Duluth called on the trade in the city yesterday. Miss Mary Strecker daughter of Mr and Mrs Jake Strecker of Long Lake district was taken to Rhinehardt hospital Ashland with typhoid pneumonia the first of the week. This is the second child in the family ill with the disease. Henry Strecker was taken to the hospital at Ashland last week. Genevieve Willey left for Colorado to visit her sister Mrs W L Robinson. FOR SALE Nice Seed Potatoes white stock Raarap Bros. 25.00 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of party stealing the suckling pig from the Loveland farm between June 5 and 6 W A Loveland.
Hovde leads Washburn batting, Willey tops steals. Caruthers surges ahead of Willey and Esta Brook as Everson passes Willey. Everson remains the only player without a strikeout this season. All others show percentage drops except Everson Willey and Caruthers.
Homer Posey earns a rising reputation as a pinch hitter for Washburn in late innings. He has produced hits in recent ninth inning appearances driving in one or two runs. Peter Hovde leads the Washburn batting list as the team gains a slugger image with several players improving.
Washburn Baseball Association offers a ten dollar prize to the team member with the highest batting average who has played ten or more games. Players strive for honor over money. The town reports several local incidents and improvements including arrests, house painting, and a new law enforcement league formed locally.
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