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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1917
Page
7
The Grand Circuit opening in Philadelphia offers a five day program with stakes totaling $32,000. Top trotting and pacing horses from regional circuits are slated to compete, drawing horsemen and enthusiasts to Quaker City for a marquee meet this season.
Incomplete OCR notes show scattered NL game mentions. References to Chicago Pittsburgh Brooklyn and New York mix with garbled venue names and unclear matchups. No coherent result or definite outcomes available from the fragment.
In the American League five games are listed including Philadelphia at Cleveland New York at Detroit Boston at Chicago and Washington at St Louis under cloudy conditions with a note of all games at two o clocks.
Southern League weather update notes clear conditions for Birmingham at Little Rock and Mobile at Memphis as listed games proceed.
The score reads 0 to 5 with Cincinnati defeating New York. No other games were scheduled yesterday.
Results show Detroit beat Washington 2 to 1, Philadelphia lost 14 to 6 in a mixed set of scores. Cleveland defeated Boston 7 to 2 while the New York game shows a 4 to 1 result.
In Dickinson on August 20, Kashio the Japanese expert is to receive the year’s premier North Dakota State Golf Association honors. Proceeds of the tournament will be donated to an ambulance unit intended for the Red Cross, presented by the United States National Lawn Tennis Association.
R Johnson reports Terriale unit aircraft in a July air raid over German lines. Seven planes dropped bombs on the express engine and wagons, destroying coaches and engines, while anti‑aircraft fire and a German scout probe failed to halt the mission. The flight returned as rain fell, lamenting the loss of Sau ders.
In Norwich Connecticut on August 20 the thirty sixth annual national rogue championship tournament begins. Entrants travel from Philadelphia Washington Orengo New York and other cities to compete in this outdoor pastime.
Female workers in the New York Central Railroad shops have adopted a standardized work attire featuring a combination pit and bloomers that buttons tight from ankle to knee, designed for comfort and safety.
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