Pinch Hitter McCarty Delivers Giants Win In Extra Innings
A pinch hit by McCarty produced a two-base hit that sparked New York to a 4 to 2 victory over Chicago in extra innings. Toney started the rally with a single, Burns advanced on a sacrifice, and McCarty’s hit capped the comeback, narrowing the Cubs lead in the standings.
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McCarty
New York
Cubs
Toney
Burns
Young
New York Chieses
O'Parrell
Beariden
Vaughn
Yankees
Tigers
New York Yankees
Detroit
Kero
Tanks
Ther
Love
Detrott
Navy Stars to Display Ability for Big Benefit
Fourteen top boxers and wrestlers from the Great Lakes naval training station will perform at Dubuque centennial events Wednesday and Thursday. Ensign Jack Kennedy leads a 25 piece band for the shows featuring Johnny Ertle against Gene Gannon and a final wrestling bout with Haelnie Engel for the Iowa middleweight title. Proceeds go to the Red Cross and Knights of Columbus war funds, with venues at Timmins Central roundhouse, capacity 4,000.
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Haelnie’ Engel
Dubuque
Iowa
Naval Training Station
Jacky
Ensign Kennedy
Sistant Director Athletica
Timnnis Central Roundhouse
Med Cross
Knights of Columbus
Billiards Faces Disruption From Work-Fight Edict
War era policies threaten the Interstate Three-Cushion league as age limits rise and conscription expands. World champions like Augie Kieckhefer, Johnny Layton and others are called up, prompting a Chicago meeting on Sept 15 to decide league continuation or suspension.
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Kaiseria
Charley Ellis
Marines
Augie Kieckhefer
Johnny Layton
Otin Retselt
Ray Palmer
Gus Copitos
Charter McCourt
Wughey Heal
Sam
Pierre Maupame
Joe Mexico
Alfredo de Oro
George Moore
Sworth
Chicago
Athletics Train Soldiers for War and Recreation Exhibit
Washington report details how training camp activities showcase boxing drills for 1,000 soldiers, a cutter league under George W. Brown, swimming classes at Great Lakes led by Herman P. Olcott, and new obstacle courses at Camp Kearny to build courage and combat readiness.
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Washington, D. C
United States Navy
George W. Brown
Navy Department Commission
Walter Camp
Navy Training Camp Commission
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Herman P. Olcott
Great Lakes Station
Olcott
Middle Western
Perry McGillvray
Duke Kahanamoka
McGillvray
Camp Kearney
Cal
War Department Commission
Joseph FE. Raycroft
Training Camp Commission
John R. Case
Camp Hermney
Barber shop impressions and wartime notices in 1918
A collage of brief items notes a barber shop scene in St. Paul and a French barber in World War I letters. It recounts a Detroit News soldier’s humorous coiffeur visit in France, pricing, and misadventures with waxed moustache, shampoo, and a spark of nostalgia for home. Also mentions local notices and WWI fundraising by Knights of Pythias. Babe Adams heads to his Missouri farm after an injury.
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Detroit News
France
Coiffeur
Parker
Niagara
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Babe" Adams
Pittsburgh National League Baseball Club
Mt.Moriah
Adams
Chicago
Nashua
Wm. Scott
Lee Wr
D._J. Shetids
Conersville
Little Brown
Vala
Mieg Afyrtie Worden
Guy Boion
Tattle
Clarence Cleveland
Cleveland
Clevaland
Homer Trommer
Thos, McCarthy
Milwaukee
Berton
Moe
Allies press in Picardy as German line wavers
Allied forces continue heavy pressure across a 25 mile front from Lihons to Arras with British advances near Albert and a French push along the Oise and Aisne corridors. German withdrawals leave bridges across the Oise, 200 guns, and rising concern over the Vesle and Chemin des Dames high ground.
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Associated Press
Lihons
Somme
Coreul
Arras
Ancre
Picardy
Lennon
Geaucourt
Oise
Allette
Sempigny
Woyon
Coucy le Chateau
Guay
Pont St. March
Soissons
Chemin Des Dames
Hindenburg
Vesle-Aisne
Freneh
Noyon
Roye
Ailette
Oise-Aisne
Mercatel
Albert
Divette
BUNS
Oise Canal
Haig
Arras-Albert
Arras-Bapaume
Rove
Noxon
Laon
Vesle
Fismes
Neuf Berquin
Lys Salient
Flanders
Merville
Neuf Bergquin
Baillens
France
Berlin
Avra
Aisne
Noy
Horse and Automobile Clash Reaches Court Again
The Indianapolis News notes a renewed public interest in horse drawn vehicles as gasoline taxes and auto trends shift. It cites Newport summer usage rising, carriage and harness trade improving, and possible policy shifts driving horses back into everyday life.
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Indianapolis News
Newport
U. S
Congress
Married Women as Teachers Stance in America
Sioux City Tribune notes many former teachers remain in education after marriage and asserts restrictions on married women in schools lacked efficiency or valid justification, suggesting barriers only served to push women to earn their own living.
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Sioux City Tribune
America
Younes
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