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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1916
Page
26
Baseball in Brief Form lists today games in the American and National Leagues, including Philadelphia at Boston and Boston at Brooklyn. The ad promotes the Delano four dollar hat as a comfy, light, practical option and notes a three dollar line as an exceptional value.
City teams listed with scores against opponents including Mobile 6 Atlanta 4 Chattanooga 8 Nashville 0 New Orleans 6 Birmingham 8 Little Rock 5 Memphis 2 in a concise score snapshot.
Commerce at Everett. Revere at Medford. Volkmann at Middlesex. Woburn at Somerville. Concord at Hingham. Arlington at Peabody. English High at Groton. Noble and Greenough at St Mark's. Hyde Park at Waltham. Alumni at Dorchester. Stoneham at Melrose. Brighton at Belmont. Cambridge Latin at Dean. Alumni at Lasalle. Charlestown Centre at Beverly. Browne and Nichols at Milton Academy. Wakefield at Rindge Tech. Wayland at Needham. Saugus at Winchester. Roxbury Latin at Country Day. Gardner at Lawrence Academy. Worcester South at Fitchburg. Lowell at Framingham.
Chicago edges Detroit 7 to 2 as Faber shines on the mound and White Sox hitters tally timely knocks. Felsch, Jackson, and Schalk contribute key extra bases while Detroit benefits from Veach and Cobb miscues. Cunningham allows seven hits and seven runs through six innings.
E F Twyman Jr boosts R E Taylor Corporation Garford trucks while W J Crumpleman cites 3317 Chalmers cars shipped in March, far surpassing nine months of 1915 production. J H MacAlman and J H Johnson plan factory trips as Maxwell reps discuss the freight shortage and allocation. Sam Grow tours the West to buy two large tire factories' stocks.
New York April 14. Weather postponed baseball again as the Braves await action to boost their pennant push. The team reports good health and strong pitching depth led by Tyler while fielding and hitting show promise. A three-game set with the Phillies looms, offering a test of their early-season form.
Cincinnati edged Chicago 4 to 3 in the third game of the series after overcoming an uphill start. Groh starred on both field and at the plate while Hendrix faltered early and McKenry closed the final six innings. Letters here for Belgian Brown, Ike Woods, Terry Brooks, and Fred H. Phillips.
St. Louis defeats Pittsburg 5 to 3 as costly infield miscues hinge on seventh inning. Snyder reaches, Butler scores on Beck single, Viox misplay backs up error, leading to the decisive run. Hornsby, Betzel, Baird, and Carey steal bases. Harmon, Miller, and Jasper toil on mound.
Cleveland April 14 Sam Jones Indian pitcher leaves for Boston to join the Red Sox as part of the deal that sent Tris Speaker to Cleveland. Teammate Freddie Thomas will join soon after from New Orleans and bring strong 139 game, .265 batting, 18 sacrifices, 53 stolen bases and 33 errors in fielding.
Harvard meets Army at West Point while Navy hosts Colgate in Washington. Amherst plays Bowdoin in Amherst and Yale faces Columbia in New Haven. Penn State and Gettysburg duel at State College.
The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency sold eight vessels including a 61-foot Sunshine owned by Frederick L. Gay's estate to William S. Jewett for Marblehead and a 43-foot Sylvia from Lester W. Millman to A. B. Morse for Buzzards Bay. Other transfers include the Carolyn to Frederic F. Sherman, Conomo to Clarence L. Bangs, Venture to Howard F. Hart, No. 79 to Alexander Smith, Clarita to A V Kettels, and Arab to Arthur M. Beale, with buyers in various cities.
An ad at Wolf’s promotes a large selection of Guyer Hats in stiff or soft styles. Each purchase includes a bonus of four legal stamps.
In College Park Maryland on April 14 Tufts College defeated the Maryland Aggies 13 to 6 in seven innings. Tufts built an early commanding lead and held on as Chichester and Derrick pitched for Maryland while Tufts hitters collected 10 hits including six for extra bases with one homer.
In Boston on April 14 the national championship doubles semifinals saw Philadelphia pair Jay Gould and W H T Huhn advance with a straight sets win over C S Cutting and Lawrence Waterbury. New York’s Payne Whitney and Charles B Sands upset Boston rivals Joshua Crane and George R Fearing in a dramatic five set victory to reach the final.
In high spirits with 22 players and staff Harvard baseball team left Boston for a southern trip. They stayed at the Vanderbilt Hotel last night and will play West Point first, with Coach Mitchell using more infielders than outfielders in the lineup.
Charles A. Hartwell of Brookline CC defeated Dr. M W Marr 4 and 3 in the Pinehurst April golf tournament semi finals and will meet E C Beall of Uniontown, who won the qualifying round, in the final. Beall and Hartwell emerged as top contenders amid strong Pennsylvania support. Marr defeated G M McConnell yesterday, while Becker lost in the consolation, and other matches saw Tunis, Waters, Nevins, and Smith advance in lower brackets.
Annual midseason races set for this afternoon at Bate Man's Pond Concord between Assabet and Sudbury Clubs four oared crews. Six total crews compete on a half mile course for first and junior boats while pup crews square off over one eighth mile. Dill on beats Miske in Minneapolis boxing card with Hanlon and Palmer going the distance to a draw.
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