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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
7
Hal Chase, former NL batting leader, is having a rough season with Cincinnati Reds. The Reds first baseman trails the NL leaders in hitting, highlighting a disappointing stretch for the standout slugger.
National League matchups in New York and Cincinnati faced rain delays while St. Louis Boston and Chicago Philadelphia games were cloudy. American League games in New York Chicago Boston Detroit Washington Cleveland Philadelphia St Louis saw varying conditions. Southern League schedules covered Atlanta Littl Rock Birmingham Memphis New Orleans Nashville Mobile Chattanooga with a mix of clear and cloudy skies.
Results show St. Louis 5 and Philadelphia 13, Detroit 0 and Boston 1, Cleveland 3 and Washington 0. Chicago and New York had rain with a doubleheader slated for today.
Boston leads with 28 627 view while Chicago and Cleveland show strong marks. New York and Detroit hover around .500 as Washington Philadelphia and St Louis trail with varying records and low percentages.
Rain postponed all yesterday games in New York amid unsettled conditions. Standings show Philadelphia 38 30 559, St. Louis 40 36 526, Cincinnati 48 39 524, Chicago 40 39 506, Brooklyn 32 37 464, Pittsburgh 23 46 .333, with scattered figures from the session.
In the American Association games at Milwaukee Kansas City rain shortened both contests. Scores show Columbus 2 Indianapolis 6 and Toledo 8 Louisville 2 and Louisville 6. Southern Association results include Nashville 2 New Orleans 1 and Memphis 8 Birmingham 5. Chattanooga 0 Mobile 1 and Little Rock 4 Atlanta 0 also reported.
In Rochester the Rochester team fell 0 to 1 while Buffalo defeated Newark 6 to 4. Toronto and Baltimore played in rain with no result reported.
The ad features William Mellveen of Norfolk Virginia praising Ironized Paw-Paw for relief from indigestion and nervousness. It urges spring tonic use and notes availability through Elvington’s Dependaire Drug Store in Wilmington and Interstate Drug Co in New York with a $1.00 price and formula on every bottle.
Commissioner Chesley C. Bellamy announces sale at the New Hanover County Court House in Wilmington on September 3, 1917. The parcel lies in the city bordered by Dickinson and Rankin streets, part of blocks 8 and 4 in block 24, to satisfy a Superior Court judgment in the case City of Wilmington vs J H Whitehead Henry Whitehead and Rosa Spruill.
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