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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1909
Page
8
Two weeks remain in the Post’s big pin tournament as organizers select six bowlers to represent the Fest at the National Bowling Association championship in New York from May 24 to June 12. Forty eight players remain eligible with a dozen to fifteen being strong contenders.
Cincinnati tops St Louis 5 to 3 as Lush starts wild, Moore allows no hits after the fourth. Campbell wild but supported to earn the win. Lobert Bresnahan three-base hits, Huggins Byrne steal bases, Evans and Byrne struck by Campbell. Time 2 55. Umpires O Day and Emissie.
Waltham High School freshmen seek games with other sophomore or second teams. Open schedule allows Mondays Thursdays or Fridays afternoons. A game is desired for Wednesday April 21 with a team paying a reasonable guarantee. Walter Coen 71 Hammond Street Waltham.
Glenvale of Jamaica Plain meets Linwood A A of Lynn in a season opener at Franklin Park this afternoon. Glenvale will start with Aspacker and Smith, Linwood with Myers and McManus.
The Doves host the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers in a two game set at South End grounds attracting large crowds. Star players including Dahlen Beaumont Mattern Ferguson Lindaman Becker and Bowerman lead a strong Boston lineup aiming to top the National League averages and sweep the doubleheader.
Two game set features Brooklyn visiting Boston and Philadelphia traveling to New York for key Eastern clashups. The doubleheader format emphasizes rivalries and standings impact across the league.
In Chicago on April 18 Pittsburg won 1 to 0 in 12 innings marking the Cubs first extra inning game and first shutout. Alstein led off the 12th with a soft fly, advanced to third on a fumble by Tinker, and scored. Moran and Wilson contributed two base hits and a three-base hit respectively, with Chance and Steinfeldt stealing bases. Brown allowed 6 walks to Camnitz's staff while Chicago left 11 men on base. Time 2h 14m. Umpires Klem and Kane.
Willie Riley of South Boston and Tom Carey of Philadelphia will meet in a 15 round event at the Rollaway Rink in Manchester Thursday night. Carey is forceful and will push Riley into a long battle.
The statement argues Comiskey should agree quickly to Ed Walsh's terms to avoid a disastrous start for the White Sox. It warns that failing to compromise could leave Chicago's club unheard from early in the season.
Miller from Noddle Island tops the City league with 387 total points. Hollander posts the highest single score of 129. Other league leaders include Imperial Lynn with 1544 team total and 551 team single in the Greater Boston league.
The Commercial league closed its season with Tremont taking first place. Faneuil and Federal tied for second and Emerson finished fourth. Tremont posted the high team total of 2974. Emerson led singles with 1078. Oberhauser of Faneuil won best average at 1907-84, just ahead of Dr. Emerson, while Marden headed averages briefly but with limited games.
A large racing program at Combination Park Medford features seven club classes with over 40 top amateur trotters and pacers from Greater Boston. Aintree is favored in the last event while Mardel and Decima Deane are noted contenders. Half mile heats see Colbath and Marchwood as strong factors. eight pacers start in Class C, with other events drawing sizable fields. Racing continues every Saturday and on holidays throughout the season.
Veteran umpire Tommy Murray, who has officiated for top New England teams including Milford, Woonsocket, Beverly, and Biddeford, plus the Old Colony league and New York State league last year, seeks assignments this season. Address care Post.
The Philadelphia pitching staff is in bad shape as Moren is sick and Nic Quillan is hospitalized with yellow jaundice.
Sports brief lists matchups with Boston visiting Washington New York traveling to Chicago St Louis hosting Boston in a regional schedule note Detroit and Cleveland at home in the same round grouped by city and team.
The article notes Boston Red Sox and Doves show strong pace and team hitting early in the season. Beaumont averages nearly three hits per game, Dahlen frequent at the plate, and Walter leads Boston in hitting as a pitcher turned batter. Fielding and batting marks favor the Doves and Boston trails slightly due to injured regulars.
St Louis collected 16 hits off Altrock and cruised to a 6 to 2 victory. Powell pitched well and Hartsell made a spectacular fifth inning catch in right field.
Harvard baseball arrives in Charlottesville for Easter vacation training. They will face Georgetown in Washington after the trip, and then play the University of Virginia in scheduler games. Coach Louis Pieper plans twice daily practices in the warm climate to sharpen the pitching staff.
Detroit beat Cleveland 3 to 2 after Moriarity stole home with two down in the fifth inning. Both pitchers pitched well as the crowd set new local attendance records in Detroit.
Roxbury’s Tommie Madden, now a member of the Red Sox, will receive a warm reception when the team opens here on Wednesday. Heath Street fans promise to cheer loudly as Madden hits the field and makes his first action.
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