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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
21
The Boston Braves defeated the New York Giants 6 to 3 at the Polo Grounds before about 20,000 fans. Eddie Bayrs and Mickey O’Neil starred as the Braves built a lead with strong hitting and solid defense, while Jess Barnes struggled in relief for the Giants.
Bill Fallon of Milton High School pitched a complete game victory over High School of Commerce at the Milton town field. He allowed only three hits and struck out 17, a strong opening performance as the fielding was solid on both sides.
Frankie Britt of New Bedford has three rounds to live after facing Tommy Kloby Cor coran of Lawrence on a holiday afternoon. Kioby predicts Britt will be punished for past insults as forfeits of 1000 dollars each were posted for appearance. The match referee is unsettled with Kloby preferring Roy Green, and Cass skeptical of Green’s availability.
The world champions beat the Chicago Cubs 7 to 3 in Cincinnati on April 14. Alexander allowed three Cubs runs, but his bat drove in all of Chicago’s runs. Ruether held the Cubs to two innings strong work, while Cincinnati pulled away in the seventh with three runs on a walk to Dabert and singles by Groh Duncan and Kopf.
In the American League Washington plays Boston New York faces Philadelphia Detroit meets Chicago and St Louis meets Cleveland. In the National League Boston battles New York Philadelphia meets Brooklyn Chicago faces Cincinnati and Pittsburg meets St Louis. Holy Cross at Hartford game postponed due to wet grounds.
The Brooklyns defeated Philadelphia 9 to 2 in Brooklyn. Wheat and Kenetchy provided timely batting while Myers scored three runs on a three-bagger and forced in baserunners twice. Cadore held the Phillies to four hits through eight innings before a late nine. Neis and Ward starred on defense.
Providence and Brown finish 3 to 2 with the ninth inning halted by darkness after 11 innings at West Point Army. Army tied Stevens Institute 4-4 in the 11th. Columbia beats Colgate 2-1 at New York and Princeton defeats Villa Nova 5-4 at Princeton.
Pittsburg beat St. Louis 5 to 4 in ten innings to open the season. Nicholson lined an infield hit scoring the winning run. Doak left early due to illness. Two-base hits by McHenry Hornsby Fournier Bigbee Caton. Grimm tripled. St. Louis outhit 11 to 6.
Mike Collins a Minneapolis boxing promoter offered Georges Carpentier forty thousand dollars to meet Tommy Gibbons in June in this city. Gibbons posted a ten thousand dollar forfeit that also serves as a side bet for defeating Carpentier over ten rounds.
Harvard faces New Hampshire on Soldiers Field at 3 PM in the season opener delayed from yesterday by wet grounds. Pitcher candidates include Carl Harrison or Babe Felton with selection and catching duties to be settled just before first pitch. catchers Murphy Lancaster and Gammack in good form as backstops.
The Fenway A A has set its fight night for April 21 in the Mechanics building. Three 12 round bouts are scheduled with Al Calzone of Milford vs Frank Tillo of North End, Bobby Josephs of Boston vs Young Chaney of Baltimore, Nate Siegal of Revere vs Paul Doyle of Boston.
Cleveland opened its season by defeating St Louis 5 to 0 before a large crowds. Coveleskie allowed five hits and struck out seven. Cleveland manufactured four runs in the second inning with timely hits while Johnston contributed a fielding highlight.
Milton Academy defeated Boston Latin 7 to 5 at the Milton diamond. Burbank the Milton pitcher struck out 11 and allowed mostly weak grounders while a fourth inning rally produced four Milton runs and three Latin scores.
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