White Sox
Then: The Sox return home from their east coast trip and do something on the South Side that they couldn’t do in Washington—beat the Senators. They do it in front of an overwhelmingly feminine crowd on Ladies’ day.
Now: Clutch hits vanish; so does mojo
Cubs
Then: The Spuds are not-so-gracious guests in Boston as they batter the Beaneaters around the park. Meanwhile, club president Charles Murphy receives an invitation to bring his team down to Cuba after the season ends. A Spuds player who already has a trip to Cuba under his belt suggests that Murphy secure the appearance fee before getting on the boat.
Now: Hill still a major mystery
Other sports stories
Not a run in 17 innings: Davenport and Decatur of the Three Eyes League go 17 innings, but can only combine for 17 hits and score no runs before the game is called because of darkness. Either that or colossal boredom.
Reach Bretton Woods today: The Glidden Tour reaches its end, with motorists 124 miles from the end. The tiebreaker will be an extra 200 miles around Mt. Washington, with a judge in each car to ensure a winner.
On the front page
Sweatshop evil is hard to kill: In his ongoing series about child labor, Tribune correspondent Raymond says the most harmful and difficult-to-govern form of child labor is that confined within the tenements. It appears parents in the tenements bring their work home with them and get their children to help them get their work done more quickly. Of course, employers don’t help by heaping enough work on the parents that this is necessary.
Mrs. Sage to give $70,000,000 away: Multi-millionaire Russell Sage leaves his vast fortune entirely to his philanthropic wife to do with it what she will. The Tribune speculates that all of the money will go to charity since “the remaining years of Mrs. Sage’s life will be devoted to the realization of charitable dreams which long have occupied her thoughts.” Seems she did all right.
