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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
7
The article explains a master key method to assign 687000 soldiers to exam order by lottery. It details group selection, drawing per 1000 names, and a two stage drawing within groups to ensure equal chance, with capsules and tallies used to announce numbers.
National League games in New York and Brooklyn were rained out while Pittsburgh at Boston and Cincinnati at Philadelphia faced cloudy conditions. American League matchups include Boston at Chicago New York at Detroit and Washington at St. Louis with Philadelphia at Cleveland postponed due to races.
New Orleans at Little Rock Mobile at Memphis both clear. Nashville at Atlanta cloudy. Chattanooga at Birmingham partly cloudy.
Results yesterday show Philadelphia defeated Cincinnati 3 to 1. New York and Chicago tied 4 to 4. Brooklyn beat St. Louis 5 to 1. Boston triumphed over Pittsburgh 6 to 2 with both teams combining for eight runs.
Reports show Chicago 4 Washington 0 in Chicago at 4 7. Detroit 4 Philadelphia 1 4. Cleveland 7 New York 12. St Louis 0 Boston 1. The brief results list four city matchups with final tallies.
American Association results include Toledo 8 over Minneapolis 4 and Columbus 3 over St. Paul 0. Indianapolis 6 defeats Kansas City 4, Louisville 6 over Milwaukee 5. International League games see Buffalo 6 over Richmond 3 and Montreal 7 over Baltimore 0, Toronto 3 over Providence 1, Providence 6 over Toronto 1, with Rochester Newark affected by rain.
In Memphis Mobile lost 6 to 0, in Little Rock New Orleans trailed 7 to 1, in Birmingham Chattanooga fell 5 to 1, and in Atlanta Nashville edged 2 to 1. The brief recap lists four results across the Southern Association with a mix of shutouts and close games.
Lahn faces Breslin in a 10 round Brooklyn bout. Norfolk meets Lester in a 10 round Brooklyn match. Ketchel takes on Wilson in a 15 round Baton Rouge contest. Butler wrestles Shevlin in a 12 round Newport Rhode Island duel. McCoy meets Sullivan in a 12 round North Adams Massachusetts encounter.
Cobb leads the team in batting, runs and steals while Boland ranks among AL leaders in pitching, making them the standout Detroit players this season.
An old advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as restoring natural color and stopping dandruff. It claims gray hair darkens, new hair sprouts, and the scalp is soothed. Priced at $1.00 with money-back guarantee, offered by Jarman & Futrelle or via Van Vieer Drug Co., Memphis.
Railroad tariff list announces special round trip fare dates from Wilmington North Carolina to multiple cities including Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York Asheville Waynesville Lake Toxaway Brevard Hendersonville Tryon Nashville Buffalo Black Mountain Lake Junaluska St Louis Monteagle Sewanee Cleveland Vicksburg with sale dates June July and August 1917. Final limits and stopovers vary by destination. Contact offices for corrected tariffs and schedules.
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