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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1917
Page
7
The schedule includes Chicago at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh at New York, Cincinnati at Boston, and St. Louis at Brooklyn. All games are set as league play with no further details provided.
In the American League schedule four games feature Boston at Chicago under cloudy skies New York at Detroit in rain Washington at St Louis with clear weather and Philadelphia at Cleveland under cloudy conditions.
In the Southern League forecasts Atlanta at Nashville is cloudy, Mobile at Chattanooga clear, New Orleans at Memphis clear, and Birmingham at Little Rock cloudy.
The chart shows club records with wins and losses and win percentages. Chicago 22 31 .667 leads the standings alongside Philadelphia 17 9 and New York 15 8 652. Cincinnati 18 18 .419 Boston 20 14 391 Brooklyn Pittsburgh remain with mixed marks.
Fans anticipate a long, titanic exit between Fritz Hanson and Waino Ketonen in Wilmington. Both grapplers are past masters, in top condition, with a sharp 8 30 start and a high chance of a drawn out, pleasure filled battle as they try every hold to claim victory.
A lively Pompeian HAIR Massage promotion claims the product makes hair look twice as thick and beautiful while stopping dandruff. It emphasizes scalp massage to wake hair roots, open pores, and deliver stimulating liquids, with bottles priced 25c 50c or 1 and endorsed as from Pompeian cream makers.
Chicago beat Boston 2 to 1. Detroit defeated New York 1 to 0. Cleveland 3 to 5 edged Philadelphia 1 to 2. St Louis won over Washington 4 to 3.
A compact standings snippet lists teams Boston New York Chicago Cleveland St Louis Washington Detroit Philadelphia with their win loss records and winning percentages. The fragment shows partial figures and obfuscated data indicating league rankings and performance benchmarks.
In the International League Montreal lost 1 to 2, Richmond won 6 to 1. In the American Association rain affected Indianapolis against Kansas City. Minneapolis defeated Columbus 4 to 0. St. Paul beat Louisville 3 to 2. Milwaukee defeated Toledo 5 to 0.
In Memphis the New Orleans team defeated Memphis 2 to 1. In Nashville Atlanta lost to the home club 7 to 10. In Chattanooga Mobile came up short 1 to 4 against the home team.
Two sleeping cars will leave Wilmington at 10:00 p m Wednesday May 28th by the Atlantic Coast Line for Rocky Mount arriving there early Thursday Returning sleepers open for occupancy after 10:00 p m Thursday leave Rocky Mount at 1:00 a m and arrive Wilmington early Friday morning Round trip fare is 4 05 Berths are 2 00 for lower and 1 60 for upper Two persons may occupy one berth without additional cost Reservations by telephoning 160 T C White General Passenger Agent
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