https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058396/1918-06-08/ed-1/seq-16/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=Influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=7&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=21

Ken Penner has been fighting influenza, nonetheless he manages to pitch the Salt Lake Bees to a victory over San Francisco. He refused to surrender even as Miss Influenza tried to floor him a time or two. A coal shortage for the following winter is forecast.

Source: "Seals Beaten by Bees 2 to 1," The Ogden Standard, Ogden, Utah, June 8, 1918. Page 16, Column 8.