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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1917
Page
7
Fragmented text lists National League and American League games with unclear locations and teams including Chicago New York St Louis Boston Philadelphia Washington Detroit and Atlanta. Mentions Southern League and Birmingham but details are garbled and uncertain.
Philadelphia lost to New York 0 to 1 and Washington defeated Boston 4 to 3. Derenit Oy Cleveland was recorded with a 1 score, while codly Hirer remained scheduled.
In New York Brooklyn won 3 to 2 while Boston beat Philadelphia 3 to 1 and 5 to 1 respectively. Chicago defeated Cincinnati 6 to 5 with Cincinnati at 1. St Louis lost to Pittsburg 5 to 3 in a tightly contested game.
The American Association results list Columbus 2 Milwaukee 0 and Milwaukee 8 11, Toledo 1 Kansas City 2 7, Indianapolis 1 Minneapolis 6, Louisville 1 St. Paul 0.
In Baltimore Providence led 7-83 as Baltimore hosted. Richmond trailed 0-4 while Newark stood 4-7. Toronto posted 10-3 with Montreal 6-1. Buffalo at home beat Rochester 6-7 in the standings update.
The record lists three results with New Orleans 3 Birmingham, Atlanta 4 Mobile 0, and Little Rock 4 Chattanooga 1. The note ends indicating only three schedule items.
Raleigh Sept 12 Manager Lewis announced the official football schedule for A and E College. The first four games are in Raleigh and five on opponent grounds. The season opens Sept 29 at Guilford, with Roanoke Oct 5, Wake Forest Oct 18, and Washington and Lee in Lexington. A new vocational education department began this fall led by Professor Browne with L E Cooke as assistant.
The American League still features veteran players in strong form with Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Clyde Milan and others noted as not oldtimers. The piece lists players like Tris Speaker and Jack Barry as continuing to compete, while predicting Cobb could play a decade more if he stays fit.
War era sports note outlines football fixtures among Pennsylvania Dartmouth Cornell Syracuse Colgate Pittsburgh Michigan and Army Notre Dame possibilities plus anticipated losses of Yale Harvard Princeton Army Navy clashes. Also reports on Miss Browne and Miss Bjurstedt in National Tennis Association events with head-to-head records and recent form.
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