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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1917

Page

7

English Soccer Gates Net 332150 in Season Receipts

Complete receipts from Lancashire and Midland English League soccer seasons show 332190 in gates with 360525 tax and 12820 to charities. Midland gate 167210 with 22545 tax 5620 to charities and 41120 to management. Lancashire gate 154940 with 27980 tax 7200 to charities and 1440 to management. Florence Ballin and William T Tilden Jr win mixed doubles Pennsylvanian championship. Miss White unable to finish singles due to Red Cross duties.

London Lancashire Philadelphia Florence Ballin New York William T Tilden, Jr Pennsylvania Suzanne White Baltimore Fitz Lugens Dixon Philadelphia University Miss White Mre Gilbert Harvey Red Cross

Society Brand and Aristocratic Suits Stand Out for Originality

Society Brand and Aristocratic Suits are thoroughbreds of read-for-service clothes with notable originality of line. Their tailoring equals the best merchant garments, marking them as top choices in refined dress.

American League Leads National in Pitching Strength

The American League continued dominance in pitching this season with three more close games on Saturday. AL pitchers have produced 38 shoot-outs to date, including three no-hit efforts and three one-hit games. The circuit leads the National League in overall effectiveness.

Three Tennis Classes Yet to Be Completed

With the men's and women's singles completed three classes remain in the middle Atlantic patriotic tenants tournament. Three matches undecided in the men's doubles pit Slater and Chapman against Cash and Dowd in the second round, with the winners to meet Foster and Howenstein in the semifinal in the upper bracket. Lower half sees Doyte and Heaton reach the Oval, while singles consolations have just begun and should finish near week’s end.

Middle Atlantic Slater Chapman Cash Dowd Foster and Howenstein Doyte Heaton Oval

Dope on Major Leagues Record For Week Across Games

The week’s major league record lists games played won and lost with runs, hits, errors, men left on base and runs scored by opponents, including Saturday’s games. Data detail the performance of teams, players, and outcomes across the league in a concise statistical summary.

Matthews Invents Spitter and Connell’s Quarter Mile Record

The piece notes Bobby Matthews of Fort Wayne as the first to throw a spitball, with Cap Anson weighing in on the dubious ball and saliva spot. It later references Tommy Connell’s standing three quarter mile record of 39.24.5 set at Travers Island on August 21, 1898, praised as a menacing mark for any modern runner to approach.

Bobby Matthews Kekeongas Fort Wayne Cap Anson Matthews Anson Matthews Wee Tommy Connells Travers Island

Minor League Scores Across Leagues

In the American Association Louisville 44 Kansas City 86 in a flat game. Columbus 72 Milwaukee 01 and Minneapolis 78 Indianapolis 23. St. Paul 17 Toledo 33. Southern Association Atlanta 8 Mobile 0 New Orleans 1 Birmingham 0 Nashville 8 Chattanooga 2. Potomac League combined results show Gomoerans 4 Lonaconing 3 and Piedmont 6 From.

Louisville Kansas City Columbus Milwaukee Minneapolis Indianapolte le Paul Toledo Southern Association Atlanta Mobile New Orleans Birmingham

Alexandria A A A Wins over Tulip Athletic Club 4 to 1

Clarendon Va June 3 Pfeil pitched strongly against the Tulip Athletic Club today yielding four hits and fanning thirteen as Alexandria A A A won 4 to 1. Bolen and Pfeil both contributed with solid hitting and defensive plays.

Clarendon Pfeil Ra Alexandria Reore Poe Garrer Olaterort Jarbor Stewart Tilert Pfeil Frrom Hull Phleiger Flizott Degnan Jarhoe Hallw Brehen Bryhan Pfril Jarbor Fred Bolen Watt Bilin Sinlen Watt Bolten Tett Garner Watt O'Donnell

White Sox beat Newark in 9 to 3 win

Chicago Americans defeated the Newark Internationals 9 to 3 in Newark New Jersey. Chicago took control in the second inning with five runs on three doubles and two singles. Errors by Getz Mone Lynn and Weaver aided the visitors while Haas homered for Newark.

Newark N J Chicago Americans Newark Internationals Getz Mone Lynn Weaver Chicago Haas Newark

Tigers Stage Rallies To Win Over Yankees

Detroit, June 2 two spectacular batting rallies gave the Tigers a 5 to 4 playoff victory over New York. Boland pitched five innings, New York’s runs came off his delivery. In the fifth Vitt drove in two, Cobbs tripled, and Burns, Vitt, and Spencer produced the winning runs in the eighth.

Detroit New York Boland Yankees Hendrix Mustea Vitt Bush Cobbs Burna Spencer Detroit AB Hpo Magee BOO OlAllah Miller Oyoung Matsei If Cobb Pipp ifVench If Rater Pkpaugh Ss Hywitt Walters Ji Spencer Russell P Roland Lave thGrawford Baumann Q Dauss Tove Baker Hendrix Rush Burns Hendrix Hendrix Cobb Perkinpaugh Toung Harce Russell Hite Innige Dausa Ioninga Hansell Ray Russell Dauss Tore Meaes Nalin McCormick

Doyle and Breck Too Much for Soldiers

Doyle and Breck defeated Mathey and Keleher 6-4 in the singles and 3-6 in the doubles on the Fort courts. The home pair dominated play with steady net and baseline rallies as Columbia Counts Club No 1 maintained control throughout the match.

Doyle Breck Onrad B Henry Breck Columbia Cluba No 1 Tean Mathey H Keleher Cd Breck

Red Sox May Slip Below White Sox This Week

Boston clings to a slim lead in the American League as two losses to the Indians interrupt their pennant pace. The piece notes pitching depth, Ruth and Leonard, and a looming four game series with Chicago, with Western clubs hinting at a shift in power and a potential pennant race twist.

RED Sox White Sox Cleveland Indians Sox Indians Babe Ruth Dutch Leonard Hox Boston Ruth Leonard Athletics Indiana Chicago Nationals Detroit St Louis Cincinnati Cubs Browns Griffmen Cleveland Griffith American League Park Browne

Cubs Beat Dodgers in Big Inning for 5-2 Victory

Chicago jumped Brooklyn with a four run fourth inning including a Doyle homer and a Mann triple. Cadore held the Cubs to eight hits as Douglas allowed only two, with stellar defense limiting Brooklyn to two runs.

CUBS Dodgers Chicago Brooklyn Aix Doyle Mann Douglas Smith Cfaig Zeider Ss Daubert al Wolter Hickman If Noyle Stengel Merrie Cutshaw Williame Cf Mowrey Mann If Olson Elliott Miller c Cadore P Douglas P Hickmae Qliot Walter Doyle Jams Mann Empett Daubert Cutshaw Mowrey Doyle Yle Rieckman Cadore Sa Chiegy Brooklyn & Flint Ferthaar Cadore Douglas Davbert Strick Britains

Maranville Injured In A Game Reds Win

Maranville of the Braves sprained his ankle in the sixth inning and had to be carried from the field as Cincinnati edged Boston in ten innings 6 to 5. Wingo scored the winning run in the tenth after Thorpe’s sacrifice, with Neale intentionally walked and Shean’s grounder slipping through Smith’s hands into left.

Cincinnati Maranville Braves Reds Wingo Thorpes Neale Shean Smith Benton Cincinnat POA _Twombley Grahah Birst Boston Cincinnatic Hudolph Toney Mace Hy Rudolph Branafield

Spring race season ends at Marlboro with Chocktaw favored

Thoroughbred racing concludes at Marlboro with nine races on the card led by Chocktaw, the standout four year old on Wir land, following a season marked by strong mutuel wagering and a crowded field. The program features a full list of half mile events and a record spring entry total as weather holds a cloudy track.

Maryland Marlboro Easanthesa New York Wirland Pertecast Mexico Eddie Tribe Norse Chocktaw Belmont Park Margaret F Admiration Pierrot Manhneret Imp Ambrose Transit Virginis Royalty Harry Junior Fa Bond Dancer Stellarina Batwa Plumose Star Gate Helen Bricktey Lil Humiliation Runway Mallen Sun Belar Worle Band Star Craft George Washington Nadinette Fda Herrmann Parler Maid Norman Martin Primera Cumen Lopisa Gatewood King Fisher Clare Square Dealer John Jr Marion Goosby Marie Miller JJ Murdock Vogue Daddy Holbert Fleure Bradley A Choire Fmerern Fochran Manager Waite Dorothy Dean Dabney Friure Igor Robert T Owen King ‘Trovato Butcher Boy Tet Foreman Boy Blue

Bulletin reports on court appearance and youth fund drive

A PB News brief notes a court appearance, with references to forward looking war or warlike prospects and a FYB driven fund for active young men. It mentions games and stores as timely events and potential investors or buyers in a local property fund for youth programs.

Sisteones

Eight Inch Putting Hole Not Desirable in Golf

A vintage critique of umpiring in baseball and golf calls for reform. The speaker argues for umpire chiefs to inspect circuits and scout new talent in the minors. He praises Billy Evans of the American League as among the best modern umpires despite broader flaws.

Mathewson Ailly Evans Leie Norden The Bell Syndicate

Athletics Kept Going Even at Battle Front

Amid wartime disruption European sport persists with soldiers at the front playing football leagueball golf cricket wrestling and foot racing. A Stockholm congress outlines three amateur classes and the growing role of coaches to strengthen postwar athletic revival.

al Fronta Dutes Europe Stockholm Scandinavian Athletic Congress Sweden Har Way Denmark Athletic Council

American horses win on foreign courses

A scrambled, partially legible report outlines American horses achieving victories on foreign tracks, mentioning riders and breeders like Signet Be mer and Matrona, with disrupted lines and unclear quotes from Francis Ouimet about golf putting and its impact on the game, alongside a city meeting notice.

Body Recovered After Mon month, text garbled this item

A disordered OCR fragment reports a body recovered after an incident near a location described as Mon month, with references to a ferry and a coast guard or police line. The readable bits indicate an emergency response and an unidentified missing person.

Fragmented OCR notes on a Breton or French property dispute

Unclear OCR content mentions a French owner Ces on weet 6 Savas and references to Valhalla and a race or property transfer. Key names and exact events are unreadable, limiting a precise summary. The fragment hints at a potential wartime or land ownership context but lacks coherent details.

Valhalla

Belmont aids remounts with stallion Merry Task

August Belmont presented the 11 year old thoroughbred stallion Merry Task to the federal government to aid in obtaining remounts for the army. Merry Task had a strong racing record in England including the London Cup and other events. He currently stands at Mrs Herbert Wadsworths Ashantee stud in the Genesee valley and will be shipped to Front Royal Virginia on July 1.

Belmont United States Merry Task Octagon England

Cards Defeat Giants On Two Runs In Seventh

St Louis edged New York 3 to 1 as Gonzales doubled and scored on MIl ley a single in the seventh. Hornsby and Cruise singled in the fifth to set up St Louis’ run from an error by Summerman. Burns homered for New York in the fifth.

Giants St Tous St Louis New York St Tours Gonzales Milley Miller Robertson Cruises Hornsby Cruise Burns Artepoa St Tone Hirna Smith Or Oy Herning Satier Labert Sailee York Bunkimgales Miller Soroshi Krrere Robertam Zimmerman — Fletcher Kira Aer Robertsom Barrifice Ames New Fork St Lonte Srrers Louie Balla Amwes Breuck Br Ames

After Batting Honors, Tris Speaker Receives AL Salute

Tris Speaker, famed Philadelphia star, earns American League batting honors in a season noted for standout hitting and longtime leadership with the club.

Fhadelphia

Noted Racer Sold for Red Cross Benefit at Newmarket

A historic sale at Newmarket offered the famous racer for a Red Cross benefit. The mare and her foal fetched 425 dollars, the highest price paid for a mare in that era, with plans to breed future foals and yearlings under the Duke of Mestmmatera Stud.

Will RED Cross Oakaards Lemer Red Cross & Ety Muskera Newmarket Zekna Eng Emery Duke of Mestmmatera Stud

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