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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1917
Page
7
Pittsburg plays Chicago or Brooklyn visits New York as clouds gather. Philadelphia faces Boston in clear conditions. Cincinnati met St Louis last Sunday.
American League games listed with matchups Chicago at Cleveland New York at Washington Boston at Philadelphia or St. Louis at Detroit. Weather notes include cloudy and clear conditions for several games.
New Orleans at Chattanooga clear. Birmingham at Memphis cloudy. Mobile at Nashville cloudy. Atlanta at Little Rock clear.
Results show Detroit 5 7 St Louis 10 6 in a mixed set of games. Washington 9 New York 5. Philadelphia 1 Boston 5. Cleveland Chicago had rain.
Results yesterday show Chicago 7 over Pittsburg 3 in Chicago. New York 4 Brooklyn 3. Boston 0 Philadelphia 3. St Louis 6 Cincinnati 5 in 12 innings.
At Milwaukee Kansas City 8 3 leads a division with Milwaukee 3 9. In Toledo Louisville 6 10 trails seven to three. Minneapolis 7 St Paul 6 shows a tight balance. Columbus Indianapolis game postponed.
In Newark Rochester lost 2 0. Providence beat Buffalo 7 8. Baltimore routed Montreal 8 0. Toronto defeated Richmond 11 5.
In Chattanooga New Orleans fell 4 to 2. Memphis defeated Birmingham 4 to 3 over 10 innings. Nashville routed Mobile 5 to 0. Little Rock and Atlanta faced a game played on wet grounds.
In Washington on August 14 Charles Edward Russell former Socialist and now member of the Russian return mission attacked peace advocates and Socialists in Congress. He argued peace supporters have ruined the Socialist Party and urged members to seek other political affiliation. Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Marion of New York was named chair of a Council of National Defense committee to advance women surgeons in the war.
Joe Judge handles first base for the Washington squad in a first class display, showcasing quality fielding and quick throws. The article highlights his confident stance and clean mechanics contributing to the team's defense.
New York coverage profiles Louis as a Graeco Palestinian fashion icon in the Hotel Majestic lobby. He discusses his rise from errand boy to a model with a glamorous, military influenced wardrobe while a Globe reporter recalls a recruiting office joke about enlistment and weather for war.
A Washington dispatch notes Alfred G Bean once a solid citizen may have plotted to forge a check and flee. In New York, locals report Bean incommunicado while others observe a parade of quirky scenes including sailors with girls, an actress on an autoped, a stenographer at Trinity yard, and a girl aiding a blind man as two shooting galleries rise in the theatre district.
Rome dispatch recounts a British freighter torpedoed near Taormina Sicily by an Italian submarine. Mr and Mrs Myron Nutting of Boston witnessed the attack from their villa balcony as six sailing vessels were sunk and shore guns failed to reach the submarine. The action continued from 8:20 AM to about 1 PM with multiple ships and boats destroyed and several deaths reported.
Maryland prepares to enact a drastic draft law next Monday by registering all males aged 18 to 50. Those exempt from military service will be drafted into state, county, or city employment in industrial or agricultural work. The policy targets all, promising work for rich and poor and eliminating idling.
Arkansas cotton ginners meet in Little Rock to form a state association. The gathering began today and will wrap up tomorrow's business.
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