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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1917
Page
7
A hazy schedule lists National League games with rain delays and cloudy skies. New York at Philadelphia and Brooklyn at St Louis show rain, while Boston appears with showers, and Washington at Chicago is noted as unsettled.
American League weather bulletins report Yington at Chicago clear Fuladelpha at Detroit cold Ye York at Cleveland cloudy Bitin at St. Louis clear with notes on conditions and brief forecasts across cities.
Dante at Nashville clear while Vile at Chattanooga cloudy. Wh Orleans at Memphis clear. Birmingham at Little Rock clear. Weather snapshot from league tour stops highlights conditions affecting games.
Baseball scores show Brooklyn 1 St. Louis 1 and New York 2 Pittsburgh 4 while Philadelphia 8 Chicago 6. Rain affected play in Cincinnati with mixed results and unclear details.
Report notes wet grounds in Chicago Boston and Detroit New York games. Cleveland loses 1 to Philadelphia 3 amid soggy field conditions affecting play and travel.
Neupolis 4, St. Paul 9. Overs rain.
In the All International League several games were postponed due to rain. Outcome details include Atlanta over Nashville 4 5, Birmingham 8 8, Memphis results, New Orleans 1, Chattanooga-Mobile 5 4, and a South Atlantic League slate with Columbia 3 Charleston 3 and Augusta 7 Jacksonville 7, called due to darkness in one game.
In a brief North Carolina League update Marlotte beat Winston-Salem 12 to 10 while Steensboro defeated Durham 10 to 4 in separate games. The fragment lists two results with no additional context or dates.
Waino Ketonen of Finland beat Fritz Hanson of Sweden in two falls at Woolvin Hall to close the 1916 17 season. The initial fall lasted 36 minutes with head scissors and locks, the second 17 minutes with body scissors and a back breaker. Hanson conceded defeat and praised Ketonen as the better man at catch weights.
The National Baseball Commission met in Chicago on May 23 to address war era issues. They expect debate on reducing the player limit to 18, with National League leaders reportedly in support. Ban Johnson said the American League will defer to club owners on this question. Also discussed were Sunday games in Eastern cities whose proceeds would aid war relief funds.
Members of the Chicago Americans went to the city clerk to register under the absentee clause. The players aim to comply as the American League schedule sends them on the road starting June 5.
Word from Cincinnati states the Cincinnati Nationals notified Atlanta manager Frank that pitcher Scott Perry will be returned to the Atlanta club of the Southern Association. Perry had previously refused to report to Atlanta after a Chicago Nationals reversal and was sent to Cincinnati.
The bout featured Ketonen’s greater strength with a claim he could not beat the Finlander at catch weights while still rating himself a better welterweight than last night’s victor. Louis T. Moore refereed amid crowd distrust of referees, yet no decision was challenged and the match proceeded without a hitch.
Special correspondent recalls a night on the East Side with smoking, gum chewing, and open affection in a Small Time vaudeville venue. Acts include Awaikiki, the Cycling Skillmans, Four Musical Matadors, Weary Willie, Twenty Minutes of Versatility, and Bessie Beeflet with a diving display.
Broadway traffic cop "Big Bill" Roberts is approached by a stranger asking for directions to a "shoe surgery" to buy boots. The officer confirms the odd request, clarifying the term as he engages with the caller.
New York reports Hudson Maxim unveils a device he says makes ships immune to submarine torpedoes. The solid hull encircles the vessel from bow to stern, requires only minor beam enlargements, and could be deployed at low cost within months. The government is expected to demonstrate the invention. In Minnesota, home economics girls stitched 100 pajama pairs for soldiers in hospitals.
In Central Park West a large American flag over a hospital stage eyes from Bill to hospital staff. A nurse comments she’d like him as a husband and a soldier tips his hat, hinting at a marriage as in the novel.
The fragment promotes S. S. S. as a fifty year old blood purifier to drive acids from the system and cleanse the blood. It claims to treat rheumatism catarrh eczema pimples boils rashes malaria scrofula and general disorders by a vegetable formula. Readers are urged to ask their druggists and write to the Swift Specific Co. for advice.
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