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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1917
Page
5
A call to readers to join a prize-contest campaign with The Dispatch. Candidates are urged to secure subscriptions, with a 10 percent commission for new subs and a special 25 000 vote ballot for three month or longer subscriptions turned in by September 15. Open invitation to meet the Campaign Manager and assistants. Limited time offer.
Eddie Cicotte pitched a 2 to 0 shutout for the White Sox over Cleveland before 20 000, allowing four hits. Chicago scored twice in the third on three hits and a wild pitch as Bagby took the loss. Bobby Roth was ejected for protesting Cicotte’s rubbing of the ball.
News discloses German diplomatic deceit tied to Sweden and Argentina. Swedish officials condemn Lowen aid while questions rise over how German messages leaked via Buenos Aires or British censorship. Observers warn such revelations may destabilize the Swedish cabinet and affect American views on Swedish neutrality and potential wartime shifts.
Special Correspondent from The Dispatch shares observations on New Yorks wealth scene. He notes many millionaires are approachable and wear ordinary attire, recounting anecdotes about Charles M. Schwab and other financiers while contrasting local impressions with international stories of wealth.
The Phillies' veteran pitcher, Chief Ben der, receives an extra fifty dollars for each victory he earns, as part of his salary bonus.
In Birmingham Mobile beat Birmingham 4 to 1 in the first game and 2 to 1 in the second. At Nashville Memphis defeated Nashville 9 to 2. In Atlanta New Orleans won 5 to 2 over Atlanta, while Chattanooga hosted Little Rock with a 2 to 1 Chattanooga win in the first game and a 2 to 0 Little Rock loss in the second.
At Toledo Milwaukee 0 Toledo 1 in game one and 2 Toledo Q in game two. At Columbus Kansas City 10 Columbus 4 in game one and Kansas City 2 of 6 in game two. At Indianapolis St. Paul 2 Indianapolis 0 in 11 innings with second game postponed by darkness. At Louisville Minneapolis 3 Louisville 1.
In the first set Buffalo and Toronto split two games with scores 3 0 and 0 5. Richmond and Providence split with 2 3 and 7 5. Rochester and Montreal split with 2 7 and 0 11. Baltimore defeated Newark 11 to 5.
The Cincinnati Reds pitchers Toney and Schneidler have each appeared in more than thirty games this season, demonstrating durability and bullpen versatility.
Boston and Philadelphia split a doubleheader with the first game going 10 innings to Boston 3 and the second game won by Philadelphia 5 3 after a late rally. In Pittsburgh Chicago defeated the Pirates 6 to 2, while St Louis at Cincinnati and Brooklyn at New York were postponed by rain.
First American casualty list revealed after Luftwaffe strikes on hospital camps in France. Lt Fitzsimmons of Kansas City killed near tent. nurses and several other soldiers wounded as bombs hit Harvard St Louis and Chicago hospital units. Aerial torpedo strikes followed, wounding attendants and ending one life at the tent door. Portrays brave救ness and indignation at deliberate attacks on defenceless medical facilities.
A long list of names with towns and 5 000 monetary figures appears, spanning Abbottsburg Acme Autryville Chadbourn Fairmont Gibson Hamlet Jacksonville Laurel Hill Leland Lumber Bridge with many others. It includes a notice of a meeting of the Daughters of Confederacy in Vineland and various local notes about prizes and donors.
Pitcher Carl Mays of the Boston Red Sox pledges he will not shave his upper lip until he loses a game. Atlanta and New Orleans wage a tight battle for the Southern league pennant while the rest of the circuit trails.
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