GAMES TODAY NATIONAL LEAGUE ENCOUNTERS
Seston visits Philadelphia and Brooklyn plays New York while St. Louis travels to Pittsburg in a three game NL schedule today.
29 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1902
Page
1
Seston visits Philadelphia and Brooklyn plays New York while St. Louis travels to Pittsburg in a three game NL schedule today.
Mallarkey's wild fourth and seventh innings channeled six bases on balls into four runs for Philadelphia to beat Boston. Attendance figure not provided. score details follow.
Lipston to face Baltimore. Philadelphia plays Chicago. Moveland meets Chicago. Detroit travels to St. Louis in the American League program listing four matchups.
The Baltimore American League team struggled offensively while veteran pitcher Young dominated. A gloomy day and swift shoots limited scoring as attendance reached 3838.
Cleveland beats Chicago 5 to 2 at Chicago with two runs in two innings. Attendance 1,600. Piatt batted in the eighth. Harvey hit a double. Bomis Sacrifice hit Tshell stole a base. Daly and Davis turned a double play. Platt allowed five hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Taylor struck out twice and Katoll once. Umpires Johnstone and Connolly.
Philadelphia outslugged Washington as two homers by M Cross powered the offense. Delehanty and Orth contributed key hits and Carey and Powers added batting in a high scoring affair. Attendance was 38677.
The advertisement proclaims W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes equal to higher priced brands and claims records of sales growth from 1898 to 1901. It notes the brand name on every pair, lists leather types, and promotes boys and youths styles with mail catalog requests. It cites Brockton mass production and lists Boston store addresses.
Well timed hits and sharp baserunning powered New York to a 9 to 3 win over Brooklyn at Washington Park. Joe Bean, recently with the Rochester Eastern League Club, played short and performed well.
In Woburn Charlestown beat Towanda 2 games to 1 at the Towanda Club. Gordon of Charlestown rolled the year’s high single string score of 121 during the Mystic Valley League candle pins match.
Rob Roy columnist Benton reports on Kid O'Donnell inviting readers to Somerville for a Friday boxing night versus Young Kelly. He previews matchups, letters from fans and managers, and notes a Boston boxing meeting at Bowdoin Square Athletic Club with bouts including McNeil vs Goodwin and Nadeau vs Stone.
Yale College’s squad dominated Waterbury State League on nine innings but fell short as Waterbury surged late. Yale produced 16 hits to Waterbury’s 11 with 5 Yale errors and 6 by Waterbury. McKelvey Winslow Welton and Drone Luskey as batteries.
At Hartford Hartford 7 Trinity 1 Bridgeport 7 Jersey City 2 Binghamton Syracuse 7 Binghamton 6 New London Worcester 11 New London 5 Meriden Newark 8 Meriden 5 Schenectady Union College 8 University of Vermont 4
The season opener will be held in Springfield on May 30 under the Springfield Automobile Club. Hampden Park’s dirt track apron is increased by ten feet, spurring a record chase as manufacturers unveil new racing cars. Alexander Winton aims to lower the mile circular track record toward a mile per minute and then attempt Henry Fournier's mile straightaway record of 61 45 seconds the next day, under the Automobile Club of America.
Harold W Duddy is elected captain and will pitch mainly for Burdett College. He previously pitched for Somerville and Dean Academy and has had a strong start this season. The schedule runs through June 1 with a planned New Hampshire trip and games against Cambridge High Boston College freshmen Boston Latin Arlington High Malden High Brookline High Hyde Park High Brockton High and Newton High.
Delegates arrive nationwide for the fifth annual Woman's Whist League congress at the Hotel Somerset. Registration, trophies on display, and early play for the Washington Toledo Cavendish Philadelphia and Brooklyn cups mark the opening day with events planned through the evening for mixed pairs and special prizes.
A large turnout of ball players gathered in Philadelphia for a preview of the baseball season. Players from both leagues were present including three Boston Nationals. The court noted a permanent injunction against Lajoie preserving National League contracts. Otto Deininger faces stage fright but is expected to improve with the Collin team. The South End grounds host Brooklyn tomorrow as the season opens, with Americans to follow Friday. Highlights include strong pitching from Mitchell Williams and Prentiss, Prill emerging with Washington, and Buck Freeman needing practice in right field.
Seth L. Ellis of Harwichport is appointed keeper of the Monomoy life saving station, succeeding the late Captain Marshall Edredge after leading the crew in years of service. The crew assisted the sloop Hersey D. Taylor into port after rough seas off Monomoy, which saw its foremasthead carried away.
Mr and Mrs M Goldstein hosted a Sunday reception at 10 Elm Street for their daughter turning ten. Mr Winburgh and Miss Rae M Goldstein led the grand march.
The Arlington Golf Club junior team defeated Brown & Nichols at Arlington club this afternoon by a 28 to 3 margin. The match highlights a dominant home performance with strong play from Arlington players.
An editorial touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as the leading kidney and bladder remedy and urges readers to try a free sample while noting widely available bottle sizes. It invites mail requests to Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York and cites numerous testimonial letters supporting health claims.
The court made permanent an injunction preventing Napoleon Lajoie from playing for any team except Philadelphia National League club, with Fraser and Bernhard also restrained. The case covers the 1901 season, while 1902 amendments are under consideration. American and National League leaders plan meetings and appeals.
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