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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1911
Page
6
A local baseball team played a close contest yesterday on low ground fields. The result was a tight win for the home squad with decisive late plays. Details on scores and key players are not fully readable in the clipping.
Thompson and Miller homer for Centerville as Adama fans 6 and Lucas 7. Double plays: Adama to Harris and Alexander to Molleston to Flaetiff. Lott shows on bases for Centerville and Washington, with errors on both sides. Engman and George steal bases, Mogman supplies a sacrifice hit, Time 1 35. Umpires Bell and Hott. Final score shows Centerville 5 Washington 2.
The Southeast park crowd watched a balanced contest as Centerville errors in the ninth helped Washington edge ahead. Lucas pitched well for Washington while Adame, Thompson, Engman, and Watlenteck contributed key hits for Centerville, as McNeely’s long two-base hit and Wallenbeck’s three-base blast sparked Washington's late dramatics. The score remained tight through seven innings before the home squad pulled ahead.
Oskaloosa faces local rivals on their ground as Hadley aims to shut out the home team this season. Pat will pitch for the visitors and Friday the Japanese team arrives to meet the locals in what is billed as a world class game known for strong defensive play.
Washingtons rout Iowa City Merchants 1 to 0 on a sunlit Friday afternoon. Leverich allowed two singles while fanning 15 as Wallenberg led with a triple and two singles. Koontz tossed the first ball in a spirited regional clash at Rundell Park.
The piece argues that managers who develop players win, citing Connie Mack and stars like Ira Thomas Briscoe Lord and others. It notes that Griffith, Jennings, and Cardinal players improved under Mack, while several failures elsewhere found success once under his guidance.
Mayor Fitzgerald plans a novel fete inviting the Belwins eight from Henley to visit Boston next year for a triangular Charles River contest with Harvard and Cornell. The winner would receive the Boston Cup.
Chief Meyers of the Giants shows solid form after years viewed as a joke catcher. He consistently hits and throws well, ranking second in fielding among National League backstops with an average around .? within the period.
The text recalls the Chicago club selling Mike Kelly to Boston for ten thousand dollars, earning Kelly the nickname Ten Thousand Dollar Beauty. It notes the trade benefited Kelly financially and that Boston finished fifth that season, while Chicago’s discipline and control over players affected outcomes in prior games against the St. Louis Browns.
The record describes a baseball season with players Clarkson, Van Haltren, Anson, Pfeffer, Burns, Te Beau, Sullivan, Ryan, Pettit, Darling and others. It notes a strong league year financially and in play, with Detroit and New York leading early, the team rising from fifth to second by September, and a tight finish between Detroit and Chicago as September neared.
The narrative recalls Detroit toppling Chicago and Philadelphia for a place behind New York in a dramatic season. Detroit then defeated the St Louis Browns by one game to claim the world championship after the regular season. The piece notes huge attendance and baseball’s rise as a major national business. It also covers the 1888 sale of John Clarkson to Boston and plans for an Australian exhibition tour led by A G Spalding and Leigh Lynch with Detroit and another top club.
An orator declares in a spread eage speech that mountains will be destroyed yet the soul endures while the ocean may dry up but the speaker will never die. The rhetoric links grandeur of nature with the permanence of the immortal soul in a contemplative devotional tone.
The report notes China’s vast tobacco consumption, largely for home use, with finer leaf supplied by the Philippines while overall control rests with a tobacco trust.
A study notes the United Kingdom hosts about two thousand five hundred newspapers across national regional and local editions. The count highlights a dense press landscape and diverse readership.
The first game ends Boston 6 to 5 with Keulbach Archer MoeTagué Kling contributing. The second game finishes Chicago 7 to 5 over Boston. Cole Archer Griffin Jeffer and As support. Several games postponed due to rain.
Fragmented OCR lists matchups and players across cities Chicago Cleveland Detroit Saint Louis with incomplete scores and names. Notable names include Johnson Ainsmith Lang Sullivan Payne Ford Sweeney Falkenburg Fisher Collins Carrigan Lafitte Stanage Krause Martin Lang Coombs Thomeer Mitchell Wamiltoen Stephens.
Fragmentary OCR data lists several city names with numbers: Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Louisville, Kansas City, Toledo, Columbus. No clear event, date, or context is provided to form a complete news item or identify entities beyond place names and numeric values.
Will Dale of Smalley avenue found a rare pearl while shelling mussels at the river. The gem, valued at about 700 dollars, was deposited at Nievel jewelry store for display to prominent buyers before a price is set.
The stock offers numerous distinctive toothbrush styles including those with initials to identify ownership. These brushes feature improvements and are priced comparably to standard models.
Report claims that people in Ticino Switzerland are the world’s most honest, refusing to claim others' property and leaving found items to await owners’ return, reflecting a culture of integrity in the region.
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