Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 220, 27 July 1917 — Page 5
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1917
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SPORTS
REDS WELCOMED HOME DY 5,000; DEFEAT PHILLIES Pete Schneider Humbles Quaker City Delegation in National League.
CINCINNATI. O.. July 27. With about 5,000 fans, who braved two heavy showers to watch the homecoming of the boys, eagerly awaiting a sight of the Reds' pep. Cincinnati downed the Phillies in the opening contest of the series here Thursday afternoon, 5 to 2. It was a wonderful contest for the Red fans, with Eppa Rlxey starting the slabwork for the Phillies and Pete Schneider winning his ninth straight victory for the Reds. The Reds started their scoring in the second round on Thorpe's triple and a single by McKechnle, and in tbe third tok on a winning lead with three more runs. The Phillies could not score until the sixth, when they came through with one, and in the seventh they closed with one more. The score: Cincinnati. A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E. Groh. 3b 4 0 10 0 0 Kopf, ss 4 0 2 1 5 0 Roush, cf 4 1 0 1 0 0 Chase, lb 4 0 1 9 0 0 Griffith, rf . . . . 4 2 1 4 0 0 Thorpe. If 2 2 2 0 0 0 Neale, If 2 0 1 2 0 0 McKechnle, 2b. 4 0 2 3 2 0 Clarke, c 1 0 0 2 1 0 Wlngo, c 2 0 0 5 0 0 Schneider, p . . 3 0 0 0 3 0 Totals ....34 5 11 27 11 0
Philadelphia. A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E.
Stock. 3b 4 1 1 0 3 0
Bancroft, ss . . . 4 0 2 1 6 0
Schulte. cf 4 0 10 0 0
Cravath. rf . . . 4 0 12 0 1
Luderus, lb ... 4 0 1 10 0 0 Dugey, If 0 0 0 1 0 0 Whitted. If, lb. 4 0 0 4 0 0 Evers. 2b 3 1 2 3 1 0
Burns, c 4 0 0 3 2 1
Rixey, p 1 0 0 01 0 Oeschger, p . . . 1 0 0 0 0 0 Paskert 1 0 1 0 0 0 Fittery. p 0 0 0 0 1 0 tNiehoff 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals ....35 2 9 24 14 2 Paskert batted for Oeschger in seventh inning. tNiehoff batted for Fittery in ninth inning. Cincinnati .0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 Philadelphia ... 00000110 02 Two-base hit Luderus. Three-base hit Thorpe.' . Left on bases Cincinnati, 5; Philadelphia, 8. Struck out By Schneider, 6; by Oeschger, 2. Bases on balls Off Schneider, 2. Wild pitch Fittery. Base hits Off Rixey, 8; Oeschger. 1; off Fittery. 2. Time of game 1:54. Umpires Rigler ind Hart.
INDEPENDENTS TO PLAY NEWCASTLE
With both teams loaded with exCcntral leaguers, the Richmond Independents will go to Newcastle next Sunday to meet the Newcastle Maxwells, at Maxwell park. Newcastle fans are anxious to see their home team in action against a Richmond club, as the Rose City lads have ever been anxious to watch a contest between teams of the two cities in any kind of sport According to word received from Newcastle, the Maxwell line-up will include Wetzel, formerly of Muskagon; LaRoss, of the defunct South Bend club, and Whltcraft, of Fort Wayne. 0i e Independents will use Jake t Fromholz. and Bob Kregl, both former Richmond players.
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NOTICE REPUBLICAN CITY COMMITTEE. You are requested to meet at City Building, Friday, July 27th, at 8 p. m. for the purpose of selecting a City Chairman to succeed the late Edward J. Iliff. CHARLES E. POTTER, 26 -2t Vice Chairman
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LEAGUE STANDINGS
NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. New York 53 28 -670 Cincinnati 53 43 .552 St. Louis 49 40 .551 Philadelphia 42 38 .525 Chicago 45 46 .495 Brooklyn 40 45 .471 Boston 36 48 .429 Pittsburgh 29 59 .330 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Chicago 60 33 -.645 Boston 55 35 .611 Cleveland 50 44 .532 Detroit 47 45 .511 New York 45 44 .506 Washington 37 53 .411 Philadelphia 34 52 .395 St Louis 36 58 .383 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet Indianapolis 61 37 .622 St. Paul 52 39 .571 Louisville 57 44 .564 Kansas City 48 42 .533 Columbus 48 46 .511 Minneapolis 38 56 .404 Toledo 38 57 .400 Milwaukee 33 64 .373 GAMES TODAY National League. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. New York at Chicago. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Boston at St. Louis. American League. Chicago at New York. Detroit at Philadelphia. Cleveland at Washington. St Louis at Boston. American Association. Columbus at St Paul. Louisville at Minneapolis. Toledo at Kansas City. Indianapolis at Milwaukee. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League. Cincinnati, 5; Philadelphia, 2. St. Louis, 2; Boston, 0. Pittsburgh, 4; Brooklyn, 1. (First game.) Brooklyn, 5; Pittsburgh, 1. (Second game.) Chicago, 7; New York, 1. American League. Washington, 2; Cleveland, 1. (First game.) Cleveland, 5; Washington, 2. (2nd game; called 5th In.; rain.) Boston, 11; St Louis, 2. (First game.) Boston, 8; St. Louis, 3. (Second game.) Detroit 6; -Philadelphia, 2. (First game.) Philadelphia, 4; Detroit, 2. (Second game.) New York, 6; Chicago, 5, American Association. St. Paul, 6; Columbus, 5. - " Kansas City, 5; Toledo. 2. Minneapolis, 3; Louisville, 2. Milwaukee, 2; Indianapolis, 1.
In the Majors
National League. At St Louis R. H. E. Boston 000 000 000 0 ' 2 0 St. Louis 000 100 10 2 4 1 Barnes and Tragressor; Doak and Gonzales. At Pittsburgh R. H. B. Brooklyn 000 100 000 1 6 1 Pittsburgh 000 010 03 4 7 0 Pfeffer and Meyers; Carlson and Fischer. Brooklyn 000 101 0035 10 2 Pittsburgh 100 000 0001 8 0 Cadore and M. Wheat; Jacobs and Schmidt. At Chicago R. H. E. New York 000 010 0001 8 4 Chicago 100 402 00 7 8 1 Tesreau and Rariden; Vaughn and Dilhoefer.
. American League. At Boston R. H. E. St. Louis ..... 000 001 010 2 10 7 Boston . Ill 033 02 11 13 0 KoKob, Martin and Hale; Ruth and Agnew. St. Louis 200 000 1003 8 0 Boston 330 010 01 8 14 0' Sothoron, Rogers and Severeid ; Foster and Agnew. At New York R. H. E. Chicago. 040 001 000 000 005 12 0 N. York. 400 001 000 000 016 13 3 Benz, Danforth, Williams and Schalk; Cullop, Shawkey and Walters. At Washington R. H. E. Cleveland 000 010 0001 3 1 Washington ... 200 000 00 2 5 3 Bagby and Billings; Dumont Ayers and Ainsmith. Cleveland 0 5 0 0 05 4 1 Washington 2 0 0 0 02 4 1 Klepfer and Deberry; Harper, Shaw and Henry. At Philadelphia R. H. E. Detroit 100 102 0206 8 0 Philadelphia .. 010 001 0002 7 2 James and Stanage; Seibold and Haley. Detroit ........ 000 200 0002 - 8 1 Philadelphia ... 200 001 01 4 7 4 Mitchell and Stanage; Noyes, Bush and Meyer.
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MALLEABLES AND NATGOES TO PLAY OFF SJl, L, TIE Championship for First Half
of Season to Be Settled
Saturday.
The championship of the first half of the S. A. L. season will be determined Saturday afternoon when the Natcos and the Malleables will play off the tie for the league leadership in a game at Exhibition park. The two teams have been leading the league all season and each has one game lost and eight won. The game Saturday afternoon will decide which team shall receive tbe loving cud for the lead of the schedule and shall play in the final championship series at the end of the season. The game will be called at 2:30 o'clock.
SINGLE G WINS FREE-FOR-ALL
Single G. Will Barefoot's champion pacer, again stepped into the grand circuit limelight at Detroit Thursday, when in the free-for-all pace, he took two heats and came in second in the other, two and won. the race. In one of the heats of the race, Single G lowered the season's pacing record, with 2:02. The final half mile of the last heat was made in 59 3-4 seconds. The purse was 2,000.
QUAKERS FORCED INTO SEVENTH
CENTRAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet Grand Rapids 52 32 .619 Springfield .47 SO .610 Muskegon 43 36 .544 Peoria 38 41 .481 Dayton 36 44 .450 Fort Wayne 36 46 .349 Richmond 33 43 .434 Evansville 33 46 .418 Yesterday's Results. Fort Wayne, 7 ; Richmond, 5. Muskegon, 6; Dayton, 5. Grand Rapids, 5; Springfield, 4. Peoria, 2; Evansville, 0. Games Today. Richmond at Peoria. Evansville at Fort Wayne. Dayton at Grand Rapids. Springfield at Muskegon. FORT WAYNE, Ind.. July 27. It was the same old story, again Thursday afternoon, and the Chiefs defeated the Quakers, 7 to 6, making it three straight games for the series, and eight defeats for the Quakers in the last ten starts. Stolz, the new Quaker slabmen was tapped for ten hits, but the Quakers' "paper" score showed fourteen safeties. Gleich, the Fort Wayne discard,
showed up well, with a home run- in
the eighth that drove in three runs. The score: Richmond. A3. R. H. P.O. A. E.
Evers. 2b 4 0 1 1 2 0
Gygli, lb ....... 3 0 0 10 2 0
Rapp, ss 5 0 1 1 1 0
Crouch, rf .. 5 1 2 2 0 0
Donica, 3b .... 5 1 1" 4 2 0
Gleich, cf 4 12 1 0 0 Coveleskie, If.. 4 1 4 0 0 1
Hauser. c 31 1 4 2
Stolz, p 4 0 2 1 4 0
Totals 37 5 14 24 13 1
Fort Wayne. A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E
Breaux, cf .... 3 1 2 6 0 0
Siegfried, If ... 4 0 0 1 0 0 Smith, c 4 1 2 4 1 0
Hoffman, 3b .. 4 1 2 3 3 0 Glouckson, rf. . 4 1 1 1 0 0 Kelly, lb 4 0 1 7 0 0 Williams, ss .. 3 2 1 2 1 0 Vandagriff, 2b. 2 0 0 3 2 0 Allison, p 4 1 10 2 0 Totals 32 7 10 27 9 0 Richmond 02000003 05 Fort Wayne 10310101 7 Home run Gleich. Two base hits Glouckson, Williams, Allison, Gleich, Stolz, Covele6gie. Sacrifice fly Gygli. Sacrifice hits Hauser, Siegfried, Vandagriff. Stolen bases Smith, Hoffman. Struck out By Stolz, 5. Bases on balls Off Stolz 5; Allison, 2. Wild pitch Stolz. Passed ball Hauser. Time 2 hours. Umpire Kuhn. The federation of French Alliances in the United .States number, more than 150 groupB in all parts of the country.
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DRIVER TRAMPLED BY RUNAWAY MULES
CAMBRIDGE CITY. Ind.. July 27t
Mrs. Mary Kahl and son James, of
Columbus, Ohio, are spending several days with her aunt, Mrs. Viola Roth. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dodson are entertaining the former's mother, Mrs. Emma A. Dodson of Tell City, and Mrs. Edwin C. Dodson and daughter, Dorothy, of Grencastle When Albert Dillon, employed in hauling wheat from the farm managed by Omer Taylor, was returning from town, Wednes
day, the mules which he was driving
became frightened and starting to run, threw him between them causing him to receive several cuts and bruises. In falling he struck the tongue of the wagon, was trampled upon by the mules, and had one of his shoulders badly bruised by a wheel of the wagon
passing over it. The bones of three of
his toes were broken Mr. and Mrs
Walter Stobaugh of Muncie, are here,
the guests of their parents, Mrs,
Stobaugh and Mr. and Mrs. James Winter Mrs. Clara Reigel is at home, after several weeks spent with
friends in Indianapolis and Chicago.. . . The road tax in Jackson township is to
be reduced to 10 cents on $100 of
valuation. This is possible for the
reason that twenty miles of the public
highways of the township has been placed under county management....
Sacramental services will be held at
the M. E. church Sunday morning. In
the evening Rev. R. C. Jones will have
for his subject, "Ideal Character."..
Mrs. Jennie Jones has returned after several days spent with her son, Her-
HPHIRTY minutes every day A CHICK V American Chicle Company
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acquaintances, of former years, ine rnnm HcnVntlnn were American flaKa
and flowers of red, white and blue.
This color scheme was carnea out m all the other appointments including
refreshments. The hostess was the
recipient of many rare and beautmu flowers. She was assisted in entertain by Mesdames May Boden, Will AustiU, Ora Wheeler of Hagerstown, and the Misses Elizabeth Whelan, Frances Ballenger and Elma Henby. Almost three minion square miles were added to the territory of the United States between 1800 and 1900. Total territory of the country and its possessions is 3.743,306 square miles.
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PHY8ICIANS MOBILIZED
NEW YORK, July 27. Through the efforts of the Women's War Auxiliary of New York hospitals, the medical resources of the city have been mobilized for use in the event of an' emergency.
strength or he would have been blown to pieces. As it was he escaped with the loss of his right hand. At every vantage point near the camp men in khaki and men in blue could be seen today, drilling, marching and digging side by side. Field maneuvres were in progress at several places, while from more secluded spots came the rattle of machine-guns. Musketry practice was being held and on every hand was activity which was most impressive.
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