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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1911
Page
7
In Philadelphia a game between the Sox and Cubs drew a huge crowd and ended 3 to 1 in favor of the Sox. Umpires Comedy and Kremen oversaw the contest while Crandall relieved Marquad in the seventh for the Giants. Innings show Sox 3 with Walsh and Sullivan batting for the Sox and Cheney and Archer starting for the Cubs.
Louis Evans of the St Louis Nationals was fined 25 dollars by manager Wilbert Bresnahan after a baserunning blunder when he attempted a steal of third with the bags occupied. Bresnahan protested until Evans joked about the penalty, and team officials toured the incident with Roger reportedly amused.
The roster shows twenty six captains at tackle and nineteen ends, with the same number of halfbacks as captains. Notable leaders include Robert T. Fisher at Harvard, Sam Burd at Carlisle, Arthur Howe at Yale, Sprackling at Brown, Hyatt at West Point, and Morrison at Vanderbilt.
Tommy Clark presents a 1911 era dream roster led by Manager Frank Chance. The lineup features Mathewson Johnson Alexander Walsh Rucker Bender at pitcher and Bresnahan Doomn Archer behind the plate with Lajoie Collins Wagner Lord Clarke Jackson Cobb infield and Cobb in right. The piece argues such a star group would be unbeatable though impossible to assemble and notes the price tag would be enormous.
The famed composer Saint-Saens visited Paris as a social lion. A dinner host’s son fetched him, and at ten he left with Saint-Saens remembering his toothbrush. He explained the toothbrush key trick to ease turning a stiff lock.
The star pitcher Jack Coombs credits catcher Jack Lapp with guiding his pitches by watching Lapp's left shoulder. He explains that when aiming high fastballs he fixes on Lapp's shoulder, but Ira Thomas's taller frame disrupts the cue and upsets his control.
Glass eyes are made principally in Lauscha a German town near Coburg. The trade is flourishing with steady improvements in value. Artisans pass on skills to younger family members in the same line of work.
Pennsylvania opened its first natural gas well in 1882 and has since produced about half of the nation’s consumption. The state’s output helped shape early energy development in the United States.
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