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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1917
Page
7
Chicago White Sox defeated Boston Red Sox 8 to 2 in the second game of the series. Leonard allowed the runs, while the offense produced solid support with 11 hits and strong defensive play.
Washington beat the Browns 9 to 6 in a high scoring game at St Louis. Washington led 2 runs in the first two innings and pulled away with a pair of late hits. W Johnson Ayers and Ainsmith facing Davenport Sotheron and Severeid pitched for the teams. Umpires were Dineen and Owens.
Connie Mack's Athletics scored five runs in a single inning to defeat the Indians 5 to 3 in Cleveland. Batteries: Johnson Noyes Schang for Philadelphia and Klopffer Cube Boehling Morton O'Neil Billings for Cleveland. Umpires Evans and McCarty.
Rain and darkness halted a rain-soaked clash in Detroit as the Yankees and Tigers played to a 9 9 tie. The game featured Russell Love Shawkey Nanamaker Cunningham Boland Ehmake Spencer and Stranage as pitchers and batters with 13 hits for New York and 13 for Detroit. Umpires O'Loughlin and Hildebrand.
Reported by United Press from the French front detailing German efforts to impose discipline through harsh fines in occupied France and Belgium. Civilians face seizures of property for minor clock discrepancies as German officials cite the “Kommandateur” time. In Brussels fines run to millions of francs monthly, with cases in Guivry and Vegny-le-Gay illustrating broad punitive measures.
New York May 19 Steady pounding of Giant pitchers and New York errors powered Pittsburgh to a 5 to 4 win. Pittsburgh scored in the first, fourth and sixth while New York plated three in the seventh and final frame but failed to overcome the early deficit. Batteries Cooper Fisher Perritt Benton Anderson McCarthy.
Brooklyn scores six runs to St. Louis one as three Dodger pitchers hold the visitors. Steele Watson Hortsman Pierce and Gonzales Cadore and O Miller work for Brooklyn, while St. Louis uses a string of five pitchers in a one sided game played in Brooklyn.
Boston defeated Cincinnati 5 to 1 as Barnes held the Reds to two hits. Toney struggled with support for five innings before Knetzer relieved. A running catch by Roush highlighted the game. The line score lists Boston 101 201 00x and Cincinnati 000 100 000. Batteries: Barnes Gowdy for Boston Toney Knetzer Eller Wingo for Cincinnati.
In Philadelphia on May 19 the Philadelphia Nationals defeated the Chicago Cubs 5 to 4 in eleven innings. The Cubs scored in the first, third, and fourth frames, while Philadelphia answered with runs in the first, fourth, fifth, and eleventh frames. Batteries were Vaughn and Wilson for Chicago and Oeschger, Mayer, Lavender, and Killifer for Philadelphia. Umpires were Rigler and Orth.
Charlotte defeats Asheville earlier 12 to 13 in a close game while Durham tallies 7, Winston-Salem 4, Greensboro 1, and Raleigh 6 in a series of listed results for the association.
Jacksonville over Macon 3 to 2. Charleston defeats Columbia 2 to 1. Columbus wins against Augusta 8 to 7.
New Orleans and Little Rock finished 2 2 as play was halted by darkness. Memphis lost to Mobile 1 3 while Nashville defeated Chattanooga 8 3 and Atlanta beat Birmingham 9 4.
Newark lost to Toronto 1 to 2 while Toronto defeated Newark 8 to 2. Richmond beat Montreal 4 to 12. Baltimore defeated Buffalo 10 to 6. Providence and Rochester finished tied 6 to 6, game called at end of the ninth.
Milwaukee beat Toledo 2 to 0 Indianapolis defeated Kansas City 6 to 1 Minneapolis won 2 to 0 against Columbus and Louisville routed St Paul 5 to 3 in the league action.
Report describes three prominent citizens jailed and kept in a windowless room with minimal food until municipal bonds were posted. In Bray Saint Christophe and other areas, five cemeteries were looted with tombs dynamited and coffins stripped of metal and valuables while bodies were not returned to graves.
A valuable work horse belonging to Charles Nixon died in the harness yesterday morning while drinking water, caused by lockjaw from a tooth cavity, according to a veterinarian. Nixon had recently purchased the animal and said he had not yet paid for it.
Funeral of Clayton Giles Sr will be held at 11 o'clock Monday morning May 21 from St James Episcopal church. Friends and acquaintances respectfully invited to attend.
More than two thousand attended the Wilmington Light Infantry event at Lumina Wrightsville Beach marking the unit’s sixty-fourth anniversary. Corporal J. W. Rutland won the drill medal while Corporal C. D. Jones earned the top target shoot award. the Reserve Corps defeated the Light Infantry in a 53 to 51 shootout. A later ball drew over a hundred couples as Grainger's orchestra provided music.
The New York dispatch notes a Fifth Avenue haberdasher's summer announcements featuring linen shirts at 16 dollars and handkerchiefs at 35 dollars a dozen, with prices quoted per dozen or per 12 not per gross. The piece observes price peculiarities and rising costs affecting shoppers and writers, including dining bills and diet headlines.
Washington May 19 the Labor Department urged Congress to create a commission of industrial adjustment to fix wages and hours for workers in interstate transportation. The proposal seeks sweeping powers for the federal government to set pay levels and work times.
New York May 19 Teamsters at Pennsylvania terminals ready to resume work tonight after the Secretary of Labor moved to end the trouble. The stoppage was reported to be interfering with food shipments.
Fritz Hanson and Waino Ketonen will meet for the last time this season at Woolvin Hall on Tuesday night. The agreement was reached last night though formal papers are not signed yet. Hanson aims to prove he is in top shape to defeat the Finn despite strong belief from supporters that Friday night would be better. Ketonen shares the confidence, promising a historic, long bout likely into the night. Hanson returns from Columbia after beating Burt Hudson, claiming peak form and right weight for the match. Ketonen heads to Chicago after, making another local showdown unlikely.
In Durham North Carolina on May 19 colored women organized what is described as the first negro Red Cross chapter in the state. Mrs S L Warren wife of Dr Warren was elected president.
The text outlines a proposed wartime food administration to regulate distribution and consumption. A food commissioner under the President would handle exports imports prices requisitioning and storage with Hoover potentially serving without pay to mobilize volunteers and ensure fair prices and hoarding prevention.
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