Red Sox and Indians split double header in Cleveland
Cleveland takes three of four in crucial AL clash as Boston wins the first game 2 1 in 12 innings and the second 2 0 before rain. Detroit beats Washington 7 6 after a 7 0 first game shutout. Browns rally to split with Yankees 7 6 and 5 3. White Sox sweep two from Athletics 7 6 and 2 to close the day in Chicago.
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RED Sox
Indians
Cleveland
Tigers
Senators
Browns
Yankees
Boston
Hooper
Roth
Speaker
Cochran
Scott
Mayer
Ruth
Morton
Bnarnan
O'Neil
Bush
Agnew
Pop Onda
Poo Aoxz
Coveleskie
Detroit
Mich
Cobb
R. Jones
Washiton
Washington
Shotten
Avers
Ainsmith
Kallie
Hall
Stanage
ODO
Johnson
C.jones
Davis
White Sox
Athletics
Chicago
Track Classics Will Be Staged on Ohio Course
Cleveland Ohio August 6 All events for the second Grand circuit meeting at North Randall begin Friday with 250 horses entered across 21 races. The free-for-all pace featuring Bon Earl and rivals Bingley Miss Harris M William and Russell Boy tops the card along with the Plain Center trot and a three cornered three trot featuring St Frisco Mabel Trask and Lu Princeton.
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Cleveland
North Randall
Jualy
Toledo
Bon Earl
Bingley
St. Frisco
Mabel Trask
Lu Princeton
Cobb Hits Ball Hubby Hits Wife Divorce Is Next
A Georgia woman sues for divorce after Ty Cobb's hit in a game prompts her husband to celebrate loudly. The husband allegedly struck her in the jaw in the crowd reaction, leading to divorce proceedings citing disgrace and humiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Georgia Peach
Buffalo
Ty Cobb
Wifie
Hubby
Wiffe
Witte
Shea
Stecher Seeks Navy Route to Caddock Match
Omaha Nebraska August 5 Joe Stecher Nebraska wrestler says enlisting in the navy aims to pressure world champion Earl Caddock into a return match He and his brother Antone who is his manager and trainer enlisted and expect to be called soon Stecher believes navy service will spark negotiations for a heavyweight clash with Caddock
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Omaha
Nab
Joe Stecher
Nebraska
Navy
Earl Caddock
Stecher
Antone
Joe
Caddock
Army
Eddie Plank and His Steel Scout Job Revealed
Eddie Plank works as an employment scout for Bethlehem Steel earning about 200 dollars weekly. He travels to find workers for the mills but must return in time to pitch a game in the Steel league each Saturday.
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Eddie Plank
Bethlehem Steel Company
Satturdar
Hank Gowdy to take lieutenant's exam in France
A Chicago Herald Examiner item notes Hank Gowdy has completed studies to take the lieutenant's examination. He is expected to wear bars soon after he serves in France a year. The piece blends humor and wartime context with other snippets from the era.
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Wilhelm
France
Hank Gowdy
Tott
Hank
Grand American Handicap Opens in Windy City
Chicago hosts the nineteenth Grand American handicap at South Shore Country Club with a record field aging from nine to sixty plus. Elmer E. Shaner expects the largest entry in history as shooters test 100 targets from 16 to 23 yards across a lakefront backdrop, amid growing interest in shooting following the war.
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Chicago
South Shore Country Club
Elmer E. Shaner
Interstate Trapshooting Association
Lake Michigan
South Shore
Amateur marksmanship tourney opens to all shooters
A national amateurs contest will feature 100 target shoots from 16 to 23 yards with prizes of 600 dollars and a trophy for the winner. The event runs Friday with a consolation handicap and may extend to Saturday and Sunday if needed. Iowa entrants include Geo H Anderson Estherville George H Baxter Belle Plaine Emil J Buck Davenport and many others across the state.
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Iowa
Geo. H. Anderson
Estherville
George H. Baxter
Belle Plaine
Emil J. Buck
Davenport
William R. Briles
Chariton
Botthoefer
Colfax
G. C. Bottger
Ollie
James IL. Corson
Waterloo
C. BE. Cook
New London
George Crampton
Low Moor
B. F. Elbert
Des Moines
Frank Fincel
Dubuque
J. Fisher
Titonka
Lawrence Foley
Nichols
Sam 5
Koster
Mason City
Dean Glanville
Mason
Charles Hummel
A Porte
Randall
Charles F. Rolf
Burlington
William Ridley
What Cheer
H. D. Rieckens
G._Root
Ventura
G. A. Smith
Marshalltown
D. Q. Storie, Jr
Ll. M. Stephenson
de Witt
Emma Wettleaf
Harry D. Walton
Fred Wettleaf
Woman Star at Fancy Shooting Pleases Soldiers
Annie Oakley tours eastern cantonments at her expense, showcasing rifle revolver and shotgun shooting for soldiers and offering instruction. Gov Brumbaugh witnessed her Allentown display at the ambulance camp as Oakley, famed from Buffalo Bill, rests from active competition and splits time between Pinehurst and Portsmouth seasons.
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Annie Oakley
Frank E. Butler
Miss Oakley
Allentown
Gov. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Cantonments
Pinehurst
Portsmouth
N. H
Kumagae captures Metropolitan tennis title in New York
Ichira Kumagae won the Metropolitan tennis championship defeating Harold L. Taylor to become the first foreigner to win the Metropolitan title. Also, Bob McDonald and Jack Hutchinson beat Chick Evans and Kenneth Edwards in a Red Cross golf match at Old Elm. Western amateurs won a sectional trapshooting match over easterners. Walter T. Hayes took the western tennis singles, with Hayes and Ralph Burdick winning the western doubles. Frances Cowells set a world swimming record at Santa Cruz for 30 yards and American records for 440 1/2 yards and 500 yards. Real estate transfers listed include transfers by Black Hawk County Abstract Co. and several property deals in Cedar Falls and Raymond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ichira Kumagae
New York
Harold L. Taylor
Brooklyn
Walter T. Hayes
Samuel Hardy
Hayes
Ralph Burdick
Edward Gessner
W_S Miller
Misa Frances Cowells
Santa Cruz
Cal
Under the Yoke at Plaza theatre
Theda Bara star vehicle Under the Yoke opens at Plaza Theatre with lavish wartime re creactions of Manila scenes and a romance between a Spanish heiress and an American army officer. Also Honor Day parade film by Arthur G. Stolte shown at Palace Theatre. Stolte's work includes coverage of major regional events and wrecks.
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Plaza Theatre
William Fox
Manila
United States
Far Pacific
Arthur G. Stolte
Hearst-Pathe
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Camp Pike
Ark
the Palace
Stokte
Ilinois Central
Boone Cyclone
Iowa
Women poised to dominate sport across the line
The article argues women like Fannie Durack Claire Galligan Olga Dormer and Frances Cowells will challenge male-held roles in water air and ground events. Galligan predicts women will soon hold global speed swimming titles and perhaps supersede men in tennis golf swimming and shooting. It also notes a New York trophy trade for war savings stamps raises amateur status questions but legality remains under wartime policy.
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Fannie Durack
Claire Galligan
Olga Dormer
Frances Cowells
Miss Galligan
Claire
Joan of Arc
New York
National War Savings Committee
United States Golf Association
Transhooters
Red Cross
Orchard News Briefs Details Farewell for Merl Morse and Local Death
Merl Morse received a farewell party before reporting for army service in Waterloo with a local harvest season underway. The Red Cross ball game at Orchard beat Carpenter 5 to 3. Mrs. Byron Millington died after hospitalization in Osage. Frances Baldwin Ix, born April 2 1871 in Allamakee County, died July 26 1918 at Osage, aged 47. Survived by husband Byron P. Millington and five children, services held at Orchard church, burial in Orchard cemetery.
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Orchard
Merl Morse
Waterloo
Linton Blandin
Joe Meyer
Linton
Red Cross
Carpenter
Byron Millington
the Woods Hospital
Osage
Frances Baldwin Ix
George
Elizabeth Baldwin
Allamakee County
Byron P. Millington
Calvin
Herbert
France
Sergt. Harold
Camp Jackson
S. C
Hazel
Leone
Orchard Cemetery
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Danforth, Shelienback and Cicotte
Schat Penencs Perkins
In Pet
Hicaro Cory
York
Boston St. Louis
L. Pet
Ohio
E. Caddock
Simpassionel Wooing
Chiicago Herald-Examiner
J. M
Ke Eilitor
Oelwein
Snl
Coney Island
N. Y
Min
Balyomina
London Observer
China Shop
Atlantic City
Congress
Baker
Stars and Stripes
St. Joseph
Jessie C. Beard
Elsie S. Cutter
Carson, Mo
A. L. Cc
Windy City
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Charles B. Rhoades
J. C. Corsant
Cedar Falls
M. Wood
Phoebe Augusta Shinn
SEM
Ida M. Wood
Bridget O'Keefe
Annie Thome Meisch
Raymond
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