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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1914
Page
15
In a crowded opener the Red Sox drop the game in a series set, while Griff’s star pitcher again proves clutch. Walter Johnson shows the old bugaboo form, and the piece highlights upcoming track and boxing notes, plus Penn coaching shakeups and Henley plans.
A note asks entries be sent to L A Johnson chairing the NEAA swimming meet on April 27 at Ocean Pier Baths Brookline and Lawrence. It asks the athletic manager of the BA A to provide the full Marathon list and settles a heated BB A A race dispute over starters Cliff Horne and Al Horne with Al confirmed as a starter.
Dorchester defeats Hingham 12 to 7 at Dunbar avenue as J Ormsby Sullivan and Faulkner lead with two base hits each. Mageer Mitchell key hitters for Hingham, Lynde and Magner hold their pitchers tight with several errors and three walks apiece. Attendance listed at 200 with umpire Ryan officiating over a 2 hour 30 minute game.
Ty Cobb hit a go ahead triple in the 13th inning and later scored the winning run as Detroit defeated St Louis 3 to 2 to take the season opener.
A tense pitchers’ battle ended in the final inning with St Louis scoring twice amid risky baserunning. In extras, Cobb and Agnew produced scoring plays, Dubuc pitched 12 innings before injuring his knee, and Weisman's bunt led to a dramatic late play.
James F. Gaffney president of the Boston National League club files a duplicate $25,000 civil suit in Baltimore against Edward Hanlon Otto Knabe John Picne and James A Gilmore and the Federal League alleging conspiracy over the loss of pitcher Jack Quinn currently known as John Picne who helped Baltimore beat Buffalo in the opening game.
Brookline High School beat Harvard freshmen 6 to 1 as Harvard made eight errors. Arthur pitched a strong game for Brookline, while Harvard struggled with fielding and hitting.
New York opened the major league season with an 8 to 2 win over Philadelphia. Bush allowed five hits and four runs in two innings before being relieved by Boardman. Hartzell and Holden sparked the offense with key hits as New York jumped ahead in the first inning and never trailed. McHale shut down Philadelphia after five innings, the Highlanders capitalizing on timely hitting and two-base hits by Hartzell and Peckinpaugh.
Fragmentary sports scores list Kansas City six Minneapolis three Indianapolis four Cleveland blank Milwaukee four St Paul zero Columbus Louisville Rain appears as a partial standings snippet with missing context and incomplete results.
Revere High and Hyde Park High battled to a 6 to 6 tie in nine innings at Stony Brook Reservation yesterday afternoon. The scoreless ninth left both teams knotted at six and the game ended without a winner.
In Cincinnati Chicago defeats Chicago 10 to 1 as Daly, fresh from Lowell, drives home Bodie in the seventh. Benton holds Chicago to two hits while Cheney struggles with eight walks and four wild pitches in drizzly opening Day action. Umpires Orth and Byron.
Ex Mayor Fitzgerald drew the day’s strongest ovation at Fenway Park with fans in the first base section rising to cheer. Mayor Curley arrived earlier, and greeting Fitzgerald showed he remains on excellent terms with Red Sox star Tris Speaker.
The vaudeville duo Germany Shafer and Nick Altrock of the Washington troupe opened their season with glory. Shafer joked in multiple languages claiming the group’s members are brave and capable, quipping about illness and performance to kick off the tour.
Walter Christie reports that Howard P. Drew and Fred W. Kelly tied three world amateur records on April 7 at a Los Angeles meet held to fund U S A team travel. Drew ran 10 yards in 1.0 seconds and 60 yards in 6.0? seconds while Kelly clocked 220 yards in 8 seconds. times await record committee confirmation.
Georges Carpentier knocked out Georges S Mitchell, amateur north England champion, in Aris on April 14 after one minute and 85 seconds. Mitchell lasted 22 seconds longer than Bombardier Wells did with Carpentier in London. Mitchell, from Bradford and nephew of P. N. Tilingworth, was knocked down five times in the single round.
In New York on April 14, Habbit Maranville and Md Reulbach each achieved a first as Braves and Brooklyn faced off. Ed Reulbach earned the first assist and Red Smith scored the first run for Brooklyn. Jake Daubert led with the season’s first hit, a triple, while Joe Connolly made the Braves’ first hit and Tom Griffith committed the first error.
Harvard sent its best lineup against Bowdoin and won 5 to 1 at Soldiers Field. Minnie Frye pitched well for Harvard with seven strikeouts and no walks. Waterman and Mahan had early singles, Henry Nash threw out LaCasce at the plate, and Knight held Bowdoin to eight hits. Harvard’s next game is Maine at 4 pm Thursday at Soldiers Field.
Huntington R. Hardwick, Harvard football and baseball star, misplaced 385 dollars from his coat pocket in the Soldiers Field locker building yesterday. He did not report the loss to police. This marks the first loss at the athletic field this year.
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