Soldiers and Stars Bring Baseball to France Trenches
Soldiers in France crave baseball and will host star players like Mathewson Cobb Speaker Ruth and others as instructors. The plan, led by the St Louis club president, ensures players are paid the same as soldiers and invites only uniformed servicemen to attend, no outsiders or ticket scalping.
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England
St. Louis
Mathewson
Cobb
Speaker
Sisler
Babe Ruth
Eddie Collins
Walter Johnson
Alexander
Dougl as Cubs win both ends of doubleheader
Chicago July 12 Pitcher Douglas of the Cubs won both games of yesterday s doubleheader with Boston. He won 4 3 in 10 innings aided by timely hitting and base running, then scattered Boston hits in a easy second game. Federal agents guarded North Side gates as draft registrations were checked and several without records were held.
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Douglas
Cubs
Boston
North Side Park
Nebbf Ry
Tyler
Aldridge
Kilifer
Aod Henry
Kiler
Bhiltes
Gards
St Louis
Pennant Dope Tales From City Leagues Beat
American Association standings show St. Paul 2 and Minneapolis 4 in a keys matchup with Pennant Dope Tat A Guance. American League notes Detroit at Washington Chicago at Boston St. Louis at Philadelphia. National League games Boston at Chicago Brooklyn at Cincinnati New York at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at St. Louis.
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As City
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Minneapolis
Detroit
Washington
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphi
Cleveland
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
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Philadelph
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Columbus
Clute Grocery Beats Ilinois Central 9 to 6 in City League
Clute Grocery team beat Illinois Central 9 to 6 as pitching by Herb Claus kept rivals at bay. Illinois Central pitchers Hulsclaw and Fogel struggled while Brooklyn vs Cincinnati and batting feats by Schroeder highlighted the day. R. J. Wood, Cerro Gordo county treasurer, found dead in an oats bin near Hudson. Heart disease suspected. survived by widow and one daughter.
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Clute Grocery
Ilnois Central
Herb Claus
Hulsclaw
Fogel
Illinois Central
Schroeder
Brooklyn Yes
Wagner
Cincinnati
Lasers
Marquard
Brooklyn
Marauare
Wheat
Toney Ad Aden
Mason City
R. J. Wood
Cerro Gordo County
Huddi Y
Sox Beat White Sox 4 0 As Mays Shuts Them Out
Boston pitcher Mays held Chicago to four hits as the Red Sox won the opening game of the series 4 to 0. Cicotte allowed nine safeties, with three doubles left by Babe Ruth. Boston extended its scoreless-inning streak to 27. Also, the Athletics defeated the Browns 8 to 5 in Philadelphia, seven pitchers used, and Coveleskie bested Finneran as Cleveland beat the Yankees 1 to 0 in New York.
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Chicago
Pirates
Giants
Red Sox
White Sox
Babe Ruth
Pittsburgh
New York
Mayer
Mollwitz
Bigbee
Pittsburgh Smith
Schmidt
eCarty
Boston
Mays
Cicotte
Schang
Athletics
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Philadelphia
Houck
Mack
St. Louis
Smith
Zachariah Walton
Alabama
St Louis
Ort
Gallia
Wright
Severeid
Walton
Adams
Geary
McAvoy
Indians
Yankees
Red Torkelson heads to France as war sapper star
Red Torkelson, famed CA favorite and former Marshalltown pitcher, sails to France to serve with a field artillery company. The sunny personality and league popularity spell a notable wartime transfer from the Cleveland American League ranks as he joins the fight against the Germans.
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Rea
Torkelson
Marshalltown
Central Association
France
Frank Boyle
Cleveland
Tor
Red Kelson Made Early Mark With Cleveland Prospects
In three exhibition starts for Cleveland he won two games and lost one. He struck out Ty Cobb in one game and whiffed Napoleon Lajoie in another, showing potential to build a name for himself.
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Kelson
Cleveland
Ty Cobb
Napoleon Lajoie
McKee Wins 37-Hole Championship Match at Grand View
In Des Moines on July 12 the 37 hole championship flight match ends with Robert McKee defeating Rudolf Knepper 1 up on the last green. Morning 1& holes left McKee 3 up. Knepper surged with a 73 in the afternoon to level and go 1 up on the 17th, but Knepper faltered on 18 as McKee won to take the match. Other results include Hubbel over Woneigsberger 4 and 6, Bartlett over Terry 10 and 9, and Hitler over Tilden 2 and 2.
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Des Moines
Grand View
Robert McKee
Rudolf Knepper
McKee
Knepper
Sioux City
James Hubbel
Country Club
Sistanee Woneigsberger
Arthur Bartlett
Ottumwa
J. K. Terry
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Hitler
Clark Tilden
Ames
Rh. G. Harrison
iHyperiom
James Swick
Waveland
Colj. Biller
Hyperion
Rex Moore
Harlan
William Ingham
WY. K. Groves
John Beyer
Curl Plepho
Ted Peyseur
Glen Oak
Nichols
Bert McKee
A. EB. Burnett
D. & Chambers
A. BE. Durin
Co. L
Next Tournament to Be Held at Cedar Rapids Golf Club
The 1919 state golf tournament will be at Cedar Rapids after the State Golf association met and accepted Cedar Rapids Country club’s invitation. Des Moines Golf and Country Club also invited. 1920 likely at the local course. Bert McKee of Grand View named secretary, J E Fitzgerald vice president, W H Dunshee secretary and treasurer. directors include Kerwin Audubon, Mathews Marshalltown, Wunder Harlan, Van Dyke Sioux City, Jarvis Oskaloosa. The tournament committee gains authority to place players in appropriate flights or handicap matches.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
State Golf Association
Loree Wins Grand Circuit Race At Cleveland
Prince Loree, overlooked in betting, won the 1 3,000 Tavern steak in Cleveland grand circuit races, defeating the two favorites. Roger Bresnahan, president of the Toledo American Association club, announced twilight baseball would begin there on July 12.
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Chicago
Prince Loree
Cleveland
Roger Bresnahan
Toledo American Association
Five Cent Piece Recalled In Humorous Waterloo Anecdote
In a nostalgic reshaping of price history, A L C laments the decline of the nickel era in Waterloo. He notes sodas, snacks, cigars, and pies shrinking to reflect six cent and higher costs, mocks the nickel as a German agent, and ends with Old Nick as prices rise.
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Charlie Nichols
Waterloo
Lone
Nick
A.L.C
Baseball in France by Fall 1918 Plan by Phil Ball
Phil Ball president of the St. Louis Browns proposes sending major league players to France in 1918 under a special government class. They would play in war front leagues on muddy fields for soldiers, while serving as physical training instructors when not playing. The plan hinges on congressional action and wartime draft considerations.
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France
Phil Ball
St. Louis Browns
Ball
Ruth
New York Giants
Congress
Der
Boston
Louisville
Philadelphia
Jackson
Williams and
Lynn
White Sox
Dressen
Tigers
Tes- Teau and
Andersen
Red Sox
Weister
Charrity
Dumont
Washington
Fewster
Yan
Former Big League Stars to Play Charity Contest at Lake Geneva
A charity game features retired big league stars against top current players at Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Organized by John T Powers former Federal League president, the event benefits the Clarke Griffith bat and ball fund. Players include Pop Anson Jake Jahl Barry McCormick Sket Roach on the old timers side and Earnie Lush Lou Barbour Sun Herr Jack Horton for the Y M C A lineup.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
M. C. A. War College
John T. Powers
Federal League
France
Pop” Anson
Jake Jahl
Barry McCormick
Sket Roach
Earnie Lush
The
Giants
Lou Barbour
White Sox
Sun Herr
Jack Horton
Clarke Griffith
War and Uncertainty Cloud Next Season in Baseball
Chicago July 12 reports say professional baseball faces a doubtful future as World War I disrupts rosters. Drafts, enlistments, and desertions plague team personnel, with many stars serving or at work overseas. While some games may finish the current season, next year risks a fragile lineup and potential permanent changes to the sport.
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Chicago
Bees
High
Athletics
Mamaux
Brooklyn
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