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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1916
Page
10
New York reports ongoing rain prevents baseball action. Stallings workers wait out delays as no games are played, with a potential multiple day double-header in the horizon.
The Braves anticipate a clearing weather window and a final Brooklyn game before a three game set with the Phillies next week. Pitching depth and fielding balance bolster confidence as they aim to sharpen hitting in the opening stretch. George Tyler eyes a return at Dodgers, while other hurlers report excellent condition for the early race.
Cincinnati beat Chicago 4 to 3 in the third game of the series as the Reds rallied in the late innings. Groh starred with both fielding and batting honors while Hendrix and Schneider pitched well for the Cubs and Reds respectively.
American League features Philadelphia at Boston Detroit at Chicago Washington at New York and St Louis at Cleveland. National League matchups include Boston at Brooklyn New York at Philadelphia Pittsburg at St Louis and Chicago at Cincinnati. Also, a light April hat sale highlights comfortable Delano hats at four dollars with downsized three dollar options and hand woven caps from Scotland offered in England.
A compact score roundup shows Mobile 6 Nashville 0 and Atlanta 4 Birmingham 8 with Chattanooga 8 and Little Rock 5, New Orleans 6 and Memphis 2, plus Birmingham 8 and Chattanooga 8 in the sequence of regional results.
Commerce faces Everett and Revere plays Medford in a regional slate. Other games include Volkmann vs Middlesex, Woburn vs Somerville, Concord vs Hingham, Arlington at Peabody, English High at Groton, Noble & Greenough vs St. Mark's, Hyde Park at Waltham, Alumni vs Dorchester, Stoneham vs Melrose, Brighton vs Belmont, Cambridge Latin at Dean, Alumni vs Lasalle, Charlestown Centre vs Beverly, Browne & Nichols vs Milton Academy, Wakefield at Rindge Tech, Wayland at Needham, Saugus at Winchester, Roxbury Latin vs Country Day, Gardner at Lawrence Academy, Worcester South vs Fitchburg, Lowell at Framingham.
Faber pitched well and Chicago hitters produced timely runs to beat Detroit 7 to 2. Welsch, Jackson, and Schalk had key hits while Cunningham endured hits and walks but held Detroit to seven earned runs over six innings. Vitt Cobb and Veach sparked the offense with multiple RBI opportunities.
E F Twyman Jr drives pep into R E Taylor Corporation Garford trucks. 8317 Chalmers cars left Detroit in March, surpassing nine months of 1915 output. J H MacAlman and J H Johnson tour their firms’ factories next week. Maxwell salesmen meet in Detroit to discuss freight shortage and production allotment. Sam Grow tours the West to buy two large tire factories’ stock.
In St Louis on April 14 costly infield errors by Pittsburg pave the way for a 5 to 3 loss to the Cardinals. Snyder reaches second, Butler scores the go ahead on Beck’s hit as Hinchman fails to back up Viox. St. Louis takes control with aggressive offense and Pittsburg miscues.
Cleveland O April 14 Sam Jones Indian pitcher left today for Boston to join the Red Sox. Jones was part of the deal that sent Tris Speaker to Cleveland. Freddie Thomas will join Boston soon after being acquired by Cleveland last fall from New Orleans. Thomas hit .265 in 139 games last season with 11 home runs 13 triples 15 doubles and 53 stolen bases. He had 498 fielding chances with 153 putouts 307 assists and 33 errors.
Harvard meets Army at West Point and Navy faces Colgate in Washington. Brown plays Princeton in Providence, Tufts meets Catholic University in Washington, Yale faces Columbia in New Haven, Cornell vs Dickinson in Ithaca, Amherst hosts Bowdoin, Wesleyan plays Conn A C in Middletown, Syracuse hosts Rochester, Springfield meets Worcester P I, Maine faces Trinity in Hartford, Lafayette plays Albright in Easton, Penn faces Haverford in Haverford, Fordham meets Holy Cross in New York, Penn State vs Gettysburg in State College, Johns Hopkins faces Georgetown, Lehigh hosts Swarthmore, Stevens vs NYU in New York.
The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency sold multiple vessels including the Sunshine to William S. Jewett for Marblehead use. Other yachts shifted: Sylvia to A. B. Morse for Buzzards Bay, Carolyn to Frederic F. Sherman in New York, Conomo to Clarence L. Bangs, Venture to Howard F Hart for Wolgartown Martha’s Vineyard, No. 79 to Alexander Smith for Hyannis, Clarita to A. V. Kettels, and Arab to Arthur M. Beale among several transfers.
Ad offers a big selection of Guyer Hats in stiff or soft shapes for 3 dollars and includes legal stamps with every purchase at Wolf's department store.
Tufts College routed Maryland Aggies 18 to 0 in seven innings at College Park. Chichester and Derrick pitched for Maryland, while Tufts pounded 10 hits including six for extra bases with a homer by Volk.
In Boston at the Racquet and Tennis Club, Jay Gould and W. H. T. Huhn of Philadelphia defeated C. S. Cutting and Lawrence Waterbury to reach the final. Payne Whitney and Charles E. Sands of New York upset Joshua Crane and George R. Fearing of Boston in a dramatic five set win.
The Harvard baseball squad of 22 players coaches and managers left Boston in high spirits for a southern tour. They stayed last night at the Vanderbilt Hotel and will play West Point in their first game. Coach Mitchell chose a strong lineup with more infielders than outfielders than usual.
Charles A. Hartwell of Brookline Country Club won his semi final over Dr M W Marr of Bethlehem 4 and 3 at Pinehurst and advances to meet E C Beall of Uniontown in the finals. Beall has shown steady form and leaped past tough challengers, while Hartwell, with limited practice, improved daily.
The annual race between Assabet and Sudbury Clubs marks the 1916 rowing season opening at Middlesex School. Six crews compete on Bate Man's Pond Concord over a half mile for first and junior crews while the pup crews cover one eighth of a mile.
In Minneapolis on April 14 Jack Dillion defeated Billy Miske in a fast ten round bout. The match ended with Dillion dominating. Jimmy Hanlon of Denver and Benny Palmer of Arizona battled to a one round draw.
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