Cubs Win Doubleheader at Polo Grounds
Chicago defeats New York 4 3 in the opener at Polo Grounds to hand the Giants a loss while New York rebounds to win 5 1 in the second game with Barnes earning his 20th win of the season. The Cubs’ victory marked their first city win in New York this season and New York remains in second place.
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Chicago
New York
Polo Grounds
Cubs
Giants
Barnes
Alexander
Phil Douglas
Pathe
Fiack
Paskert
Hellecher
Herzog
Magee
Cfort
Merkle
Barber
Eijlefet
Fletcher
Ss- Oi
Zummerman
Felsch
Raut
Gonzales
Snyder
Douglas
McCarty
Winters
Poyle
Dubuc
Pesserees
Doyle
Deal
Young
Flack
Herzer
Killefers
Deal-Herzog-Merks Jerey
Douglass
Dovetas
Killefer
Abrhpoa
Paskett
Merkie
O'Farrell
Hendrix
Carter
Abrhpo A & Burns
Zimmerman
Diyad Kauft
Chase
Burns
Hollacher
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Eller
Dodgers
Wheat
Kenetchy
Boston
St. Louis
Ray Keating
Sherdel
St Louis
RF E
Ring
Wingo
Cadore
Krueger
Hariden
Mitchell and
Miller
Sherdel and Duhoefer
Keating and Wilson
Philadelphia
Rae Pittchureh
C. Adams
Carlson and
Schmidt
Meadows and Tragesser
Standings and Results Across Leagues and Baseball Games
Standings report yesterday’s results American Association St Paul 6 Columbus 2 Milwaukee 3 Toledo 4 Kansas City 7 Louisville 4 Minneapolis 7 Indianapolis 3 Western League Wichita 4 Tulsa 6 Sioux City 2 Omaha 4 St Joseph 5 Des Moines 4 Evansville 6 Peoria 5 Moline 8 Terre Haute 2 American League Chicago rallied to beat Philadelphia 8 7 Detroit 7 Washington 2 Davis strong. Coveleskie beat New York 5 1 St Louis 3 0 Boston 0 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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St. Paul
Columbus
Milwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Loutaville
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Wichita
Tulsa
Snplin
Oklahoma City
St Joseph
Des Moines
Sioux City
Omaha
Bloomington
Rockford
Evansville
Peoria
Moline
Terre Haute
Philadelphia
Chicago
Athletics
Weaver
Detroit
Washington
Davis
Coveleskie
New York
Cleveland
Leifield
Boston
St. Louis
Karper
Zachery
Gill
Agnew
Alnsmith
Cleveland R & E
Mike O'Dowd
Harry Grab
O'Dowd
McGraw
Hoyt
Wolf Bobby
Eber
Letfield
Jimmy Goodrich
Hamilton
Batterles Kinneey
Johnson
Per-Ont
Goodrich
Lowdermilk
Faber, Mayer
Hag Bohalk
Rational Ea
Cincinnati
Wew
York
Pittsburgh Rey
Brooklyn
Joplin
Mike Gibbons Plans England Tour to Box British Stars
St Paul boxer Mike Gibbons intends to travel to England to meet top middleweights. English fans are eager for his fast clever style, which contrasts with British boxing norms favoring science and less blood. Debut in England would likely occur within two months if passage is secured.
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Mike Gibbons
St. Paul
England
Gibbons
Eugene Corri
Uncle Sam
Corrl
Jheen
Mike J Gibbons
Mike
Old England
Prospects for Iowa State Football Brighten at Ames
Ames Iowa Aug 20 Director C W Mayser predicts a "pretty fair" 1919 football season at Iowa State College depending on veterans returning from service and promising younger players. Notables like captain-elect D Penfield Wallace Dick Barker Carberry Safe Young Jahnda and Zink are named as potential starters. The team opens Oct 4 with a schedule including Coe Grinnell Missouri Kansas Nebraska Kansas State and Drake. Mayser leads athletic programs at the college with G Coutchis assisting.
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Ames
C. W. Mayser
Iowa State College
Mayser
Army Land Navy
Town State College
Missouri Valley Conference
D. Penfield
Wallace
Marines
Dick’ Barker
Carberry
Young
Jahnda
Pep
Zink
Brad
Er. G. Coutchis
University of Chicago
Champaign
Illinois
Clyde Williams
Coe
Amen
Grinnell
Missouri
Columbia University
Kansas
Nebraska
Lincoln
Kansas State College
Iowa
Iowa City
Drake
Des Moines
Convalescents to See Elgin Motor Races as Guests
Five hundred convalescent officers and enlisted men from Fort Sheridan Army Hospital will attend the Elgin road race as guests of the Chicago Automobile Club and the Elgin Road Race Association. They will travel by special train and bus, sit in grandstands with special chairs, and cheer Sergt. Paul Harvey who will pilot a Peugeot. Practice on the remodeled course begins today as Chicagoans visit Elgin to inspect the track.
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Chicago
Ill
Fort Sheridan Army Hospital
Elgin
Bob Burman
Sergt. Harvey
Oak Park
France
Fred Jencks
Elgin Association
Charles P. Root
Poem and notices mix of autumn mood and military ads
A mixed page item presents a September poem by George on Phoebus and seasonal frost, then shifts to casual war time anecdotes about army rations, post office sales, and a local ball club in Lawler Iowa. It includes brief mentions of the Red Ship Petropavlovsk and a 10 day sale for 8,000 Pathe Records at Brunswick Shop.
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J. L
Tsale
Petropavlovsk
Lawler
Waterloo
T Price
Brunswick
Yelub At
Sheriff orders police withdrawal in strike zones
Sheriff D. B. Henderson today asked city police to withdraw from factory districts and assume full powers to enforce the law in those areas. Deputies are being sworn in in Black Hawk county, with several already on duty. New officers will be paid 5 dollars a day plus expenses, and a meeting is set for 2 p m today to discuss the situation.
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D. B. Henderson
Black Hawk County
Cash for Kaiser Plan Aims to Compensate Lost Income
A Prussian bill proposes 170 million marks paid to former Emperor William for the civil list he lost after abdication. The cabinet has not decided, opposed by Herr von Braun, agriculture minister, per a Weimar dispatch in Freiheit. Berlin dispatch notes the plan faces opposition.
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Associated Press
Berlin
William
Weimar
Freiheit
Herr von Braun
Willard Quits Boxing For Life in Bold Announcement
Sport Spotter Jess Willard declares he is thru with the fight game for life and will not maintain any interest. Tommy Murphy holds a comfortable lead in the Grand Circuit money race this season. Mike O Dowd, middleweight champion, refuses to meet Harry Frey of Pittsburgh before late in the season.
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Jess Willard
Tommy Murphy
Mike O'Dowd
Harry Free
Pittsburgh
Bee Fon
Cleveland
J’s
Senth
Far West
Indiana
Live Fair Draws Crowds at Rogerlance Event in Waverly
Aug 20 Waverly Iowa large crowds attend the Live fair attractions including racing and traditional shows. The event features noted horses and trainers with rumors of management changes in major leagues and upcoming seasons.
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Waverly
Rogerlance
Hornsby
Cardinals
McGraw
Bremer County
Kentucky
Five Cent Loaf of Bread Reappears for One Day
Crowds of housewives celebrated as Peerless Bakery slashed bread price to five cents for one day only. The 15 cent loaves remained the same size, and a shipment mix up left several hundred loaves unsold after noon. Local buyers snapped up the bargain as news spread.
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Peerless
Veteran World War veteran shoots self in Marshalltown
John J. Anderson age 30 an express clerk and World War I veteran shot himself through the heart with a revolver shortly before noon. Despondent over ill health he died almost instantly. He was to be married tonight to Mrs Nina Thayer and had served overseas with the 118th infantry in fighting.
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Marshaltowne
John J. Anderson
Express
Anderson
Nina Thayer
118Th Infantry
Boston Red Sox Acquire Joe Wilhoit In Trade
E G Barrow, manager of the Boston Americans, announced a deal with Wichita for Joe Wilhoit, leader in Western league batting. Musser is loaned to Wichita, Wilhoit to report Sept 15. Bill James released to Chicago on waivers. Wilhoit has 67 straight games with a hit, 291 at bats and 148 hits in that streak.
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Boston
E. G. Barrow
St. Louis
Wichita
Kan
Joe Wilholt
Wilhoit
Musser
Barrow
Boston Nationals
Morris to Fly to Dubuque for Central Business
Lieut Harl Campbell piloted a Miller-Scales Aero plane expected to land in Dubuque County this afternoon with C A Morris of Morris Motor Car Company as passenger. Morris chartered the flight after missing a train on the Illinois Central line. This marks Waterloo to Dubuque’s first commercial flight and one of the few aircraft landings in Dubuque.
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Dupuque County
Harl Campbell
Miller-Scales Aero Company
C. A. Morris
Morris Motor Car Company
Morris
Dubuque
Illinois Central
Waterloo
Manchester to stage wrestling and boxing at fair
Manchester Iowa plans a wrestling match on Tuesday September 2 and a boxing bout on Wednesday September 3 as part of the Delaware County Fair free acts. Speck Colligan of Cedar Rapids faces Bobby Brown of St. Louis in the wrestling, while Kid Burlingham Cedar Rapids faces Battling Fiske Wichita in the boxing match. Both events are on the open air stage before the grand stand at no extra charge and may draw regional fans.
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Manchester
Tthe
Delaware County
Colligan
Cedar Rapids
Bobby Brown
St. Louis
Kid Burlingham
Fighting Barber
Battling Fiske
Wichita
Kaw
Burlingham
Great Lakes
Navy
Fiske
Evans and Quimet Even After First Round at Oakmont
Charles Evans Jr and Francia Quimet stood even after 18 holes of the 36 hole national amateur golf championship second round at Oakmont Country Club. R E Knepper of Sioux City and J B Crookston of Pittsburgh were also even at the 18th.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Charles
Chick") Evans, Jr
Francia Quimet
Oakmont Country Club
R. E. Knepper
Sioux City
J. B. Crookston
Georgia Suffrage Stand Not Officially Recorded
Atlanta August 20. The Georgia senate and house rejected the federal woman suffrage amendment by large majorities but the legislature is not officially recorded as disapproving. Separate resolutions were passed by both chambers and neither acted on the other before adjournment.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Senate
House
Georgia
Police Notes on Strange Night Camp and City Violations
Police found John Kies asleep in his car blocking the Fourth and Franklin intersection at 1 40 a m He faces intoxication charges J Mable Johnson was fined 100 or 30 days for indecent conduct Lewis Voight arrested for defacing pavement by driving a tractor over asphalt streets He posted bond and awaits a hearing The Mullan avenue bridge damage links to the same incident as the engineer investigates the tractor tracks
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John
Kies
Fourth
Franklin Streets
J . Mable Johnson
W. N. Birdsall
Lewis Voight
Mullan Avenue
Perfection's Price for Brunswick Tires
The Brunswick tire, touted since 1845, is presented as superior quality and value. The piece urges motorists to test one or two Brunswick tires, asserting the brand’s longstanding leadership and appeal for complete equipment. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. promotes its Des Moines Iowa address.
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Brunswick
House of Brunswick
Brunswick Tires
THE
Brunswick-Balke-Collender CO
N. E. Cor
10Th
Walnut Street
Des Moines, Iowa
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Dreyfuss
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