Baseball leaders battle for batting and home run honors
Tyrus Cobb leads American League batting with .277 and is tied for home runs with Babe Ruth at 11 as Chicago battles. In the National League Zack Wheat tops with .341, Eddie Roush close at .338, while leaders in steals, sacrifices, and team averages emerge among Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York and Chicago.
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Chicago
Tyrus Reymond Cobb
Chemical Division
Army
Detroit Ster
Random
Tris Speaker
Cobb
Burns
Philadephia
George Sisler
St. Louis
Sisler
Chapman
Cleveland
Shean
Boston
Melanis
Babe’ Ruth
Boston Star
Walker
Philadelphia
Clevaland
Jers
Detroit
Gisler
Sneaker
Pipp
New York
Wood
Baker
Ruth
Demmitt
Eddie Roush
Cincinnati Star
Zack Wheat
Brooklyn
Wheat
Roush
Hollacher
Merkle
Hol| Incher
Heine Groh
Gincinnati
Max Carey
Pittsburgh
George Burns
Raush
Motlwitz
Cravall
Cincinnati
Z. Wheat
Groh
Holforder
J- C. Smith
Daubert
Young
Hornsby
Stars and Stripes abandons sport page in wartime shift
The Stars and Stripes announces it is discontinuing its sporting page for the duration of the war. The editorial notes sport as entertainment has passed for the front, with players now in combat or forgotten, while morale and physical conditioning remain vital for the army.
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United Press
Paris
Stars and Stripes
Cobbs
Ruths
Johnson Willards
Fultons
Ryans
Smiths
Larsens
Bernsteins
Orion
Willard Ac
Cobb
Dlan
Hom
France
Enda
Germany
the Stars and Stripes
Mays Wins Two as Sox Sweep Doubleheader
Boston pitcher Carl Mays from IA Iron Wan won both ends of a doubleheader against Philadelphia, 12–0 and a 4–2 duel. The wins push Boston toward the American pennant with four games left. Washington beat New York 6–2, and Detroit swept a twin bill from Cleveland with 5–1 and 7–4 scores.
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Carl Mays
Sox
Boston
Carl Maya
Philadelphia
Mays
Perry
Johnson
di Tutta del Pale
Cincinnati Shut Out Chicago 1 0 In NL Action
Chicago was blanked 1 0 as Cincinnati used errors by Chicago and timely hits to seal the win. Mitchell scattered Chicago hits with perfect support, while the Reds benefited from strong innings and solid defense on August 31 in the National League matchup.
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Chicago
Cincinnat
Mitchell
Cincinnati
O Farrel
Walker
Chorus qualifications and local notices from Traer to Webster City
Submitter notes Waterloo women considered for chorus roles in Billy Watson burlesque show while local items describe autumn preparations and comical verse. Features include Denton correspondence from Webster City, remarks on McAdoo travel advice, and a jokesheet about cigarets and Uncle Sam.
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Waterloo
Billy
Watson's Heel Trust
Champion babes and boys win at state fair contest
Naas defeated Martha Jean Roberts Adel in the most perfect girl between one and three years with a score of 48.9 while Mark Conkling Jr Des Moines topped the most perfect boy with 6.2. John Horsford Hoover Grinnell won best improving class and Kathryn Betty O’Neill Colfax led in improvement with 4.6 percent.
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Naas
Martha Jean Roberts
Adel. A
Oon
Mark Conkling, Jr
Des Moines
Mark Conkling
University Avenue
John Horsford Hoover
Grinnell
Kathryn Betty O’neill
Colfax
Sporting gossip fills many columns in city paper
The piece notes the publication prints extensive sports gossip and carries abundant athletic news, rivaling major metropolitan newspapers in scope and detail.
Live Fair Opens at Waverly Tomorrow
Bremer county's Live Fair starts tomorrow and runs through Friday with a larger, better fair than before. Night class entertainment fills concessions. Daily music by Waverly, Denver, Tripoli, and Sumner bands with evening programs of band concerts, illustrated features, historic pictures, and vaudeville stunts. Exhibits cover 22 departments including stock, crops, cooking, school work, baby health and more with several prizes offered. Prof F C Eckstein from Peoria has moved to Waverly to join Wartburg College faculty.
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Waverly
Bremer County
Denver
Tripoli
Sumner
T.theral
F. CG. Eckstein
Peoria
Wartburg College
Veteran drivers have great year on grand circuit in 1919
Cleveland Aug 31 Two veteran harness drivers Thomas W Murphy and Edward F Geers lead the grand circuit with driving records not speed. Murphy nears the world mark for most races won in a season while Geers posts a 65 percent win rate from 29 starts. Together they have 59 wins and about 713 percent of all races.
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Cleveland
Thomas W. Murphy
Edward F
Pon
Horace Tyson
Murphy
North Randall
Poughkeepsie
North
Randall
Kalamazoo
Toledo
Columbus
Philadelphia
North Ranseth
Tennessee
Geers
Speaker at Y War Work Institute to Speak
Mrs Maude Harkness Calking will be chief speaker at the Y W C A war work institute in Alabama next Thursday. She recently returned from New York City meetings on war activities and visited munitions plants and industrial worker clubs. Her tours included bureaus for non English speaking women and hostess house work at cantores and confers with commissions from Russia and France. She is a professional reader dedicating her time to Y W C A war work and speaking engagements.
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Maude Harkness
Calking
W. CG
AL War Work Institute
New York City
Association
Russia
France
Removal Notice For Doctors Bickley Offices
Dr. Carl C. Bickley and Dr. ccett Bickley announce the removal of their offices from 221 1 2 West 4th to the second floor of the Leavitt and Johnson bank building on Sept 1.
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Carl C. Bickley
Ccett Bickley
West 4Th
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
Sale of Salvage Raises 300 for Red Cross Work
The Waterloo salvage sale raised 590.27 in receipts with 288.86 spent on drayage and labor, yielding a net profit of 361.31 and a 1.31 carryover for the next collection. The second sale will occur in the third week of September using the same collection methods under the Civic department of the Woman's club. A $300 check will be sent to the Red Cross, and magazines fetched the highest prices. Mrs. B A Boggs chairs the committee with a long list of assistants and coordinators handling soliciting, transportation, storage, baling, and finance.
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Waterloo
Red Cross
Woman's Club
B. A. Boggs
J. L. Buechele
C. K. Bentz
J. J. White
W. H. Higgins
Fay Sinnard
Arthur Hussman
W. H. Burke
James Nichols
F. J. Moore
C. H. Cheney
H. A. Benjamin
W. H. Vanglas
J. F. Cass
Louis Frank
Baseball Slacker Magnates and Players Face Retirement Call
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald criticizes big league baseball during America's war years for wartime laxity and a profit focus. It cites players abandoning duty for shipyard work and magnates resisting the war department. It argues baseball must purge slackers to prosper after peace.
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America
War Department
Hanl
Dubuque
Circus In Park Causes Little Damage Despite Claims
O C McClinton and Harvey Wills of the Park and Street Commission inspected Athletic Park and surrounding streets used by the circus. They found the property in as good condition as before the circus arrived. The circus company posted a $500 bond to cover potential damage, countering claims of heavy wagons tearing up the ground and large stake holes.
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O. C. McClinton
Harvey Wills
Athletic
Paris Baseball League field draws strong play across forces
The Paris Baseball League with 26 teams features a major league style circuit of 16 clubs competing weekly on Sundays. Notable players include Healy from Connie Mack’s Athletics, and Arthur Larson of Eau Claire leading a strong pitching corps. Marine police runners provide top defense as star slugger Billy Rafter shines in Tours. Other highlights cover Spaniards learning the game in Madrid, boxing matchups between American and French boxers, and Grantland Rice joining the U S Army Stars and Stripes as assistant editor.
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Paris
Mali
Baseballugs
Tours
Healy
Connie Mack
Newark Feds
Willard Straight
MF. P
Arthur Larson
Eau Claire
Wis
Findls
Jim Scott
Idaho
Louis Nelson
San Francisco
Albus
Kansas City
Geyelan
Philadelphia
Carpenter
Chicago
Watchman
Indianapolis
Cunningham
Boston Braves
Atkinson
New York City
Zimmermann Returns From Overseas As Instructor
Lieut. Arthur A. Zimmermann intelligence officer in France returns to Waterloo for a few hours before reporting to Washington, D. C., for assignment as an instructor. He confirms American troops are well fed and content. Zimmermann, married in New York Aug. 23 to Miss Macetta Browning, spent seven months in France after enlisting Aug. 27, 1917, and served with the 26th division. The couple were hosted by Cameron Siaswhite in Waterloo.
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Arthur A. Zimmermann
France
America
Lieut
Zimmermann
Lee Shillinglaw
Loren Berry
Engineer Corps
Berry
Amercan
Medical Corps
Macetta Browning
Iowa City
New York City
Sroent
Mann
Washington
Tie
Second
Flaw
Pike, Stas and Zimmermann
Cameron Sias White
Waterloo
Local social notes from La Porte City and Cedar Rapids
A string of short social updates from La Porte City and Cedar Rapids covers visits, travels, and family gatherings. Names include Luella North Mrs Vett Ttice Glenville Minnis Gingrich John Lehman Fred Lehman Mrs George Klock Tillian Yater Pauline Ashley G J Kennedy Ivan Ernester and others. Trips reference West Union Fairbank Moling Ill and Elgin with relatives and friends noted.
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la Porte Ci
Cedar Rapids
Luella North
Vett
Glenville
Minnis Gingrich
Tame
John Lehman
Fred Lehman
George Klock
Fredrick
Miss Lehman
West Union
Fairbank
Williams
Lehman
Elgin
Tillian Yater
Riceville
Pauline Ashley
G. J. Kennedy
Ivan
Moling
Ill
Wm. Ernester
Waterloo
Frank Stull
William
Hal Francis
W. Canelli
Ed Kober
Evangelical Association
Cedar Falls
Dumont
Clarence Canelli
George Feil
Frank Esher
Dodge
Waterton
Alt. Smith
New Federal Law Bans Market Hunting for Migratory Birds
President Wilson issued rules under the migratory bird treaty with Canada. A spring open season is none and fall seasons are uniform nationwide. States may add protections but cannot extend seasons or permit unapproved taking methods. It is illegal to hunt sell or transport migratory birds except as permitted by the Secretary of Agriculture. Sale of wild migratory game birds is banned nationwide unless propagated on game farms for specific purposes.
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Wilson
United States
Canada
Secretary of Agriculture
Regular tours resume at city buildings after holiday closure
Facilities reopen on weekdays including Friday from 1 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday hours show readings and children's rooms split by east and west sections. Saturday expands to 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. All departments operate as usual on Labor Day with alarms system notes and a fire escape rope and harness issue.
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Prnic Npiary
Ooth
Farm visitors west of town greet local residents
A fragment notes Mr. Minkel of Dysee and Mrs. George Pauls and family visiting Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. A K Longeackre. Miss Mary Mueller and Marine Town City are relatives staying with aunt Mrs. W M Glick and others.
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Minkel
Dysee
George Pauls
A. K. Longeackre
Mary Mueller
Arine
Town City
W. M. Glick
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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U. S
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