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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1904
Page
5
In a slate of conference games Boston visits Detroit while New York plays Cleveland and Washington faces St. Louis with Philadelphia at Chicago in a busy midweek basketball schedule.
Detroit shocks Boston 5 to 4 as Mullin and McIntyre spark a five run rally in the fifth. Robinson converts a three base hit and Crawford scores on a late infield grounder. Tannehill and Donovan set to duel tomorrow as standings shift with New York leading.
At Nashua track this afternoon the 2:35 pace event finished, with favorite Jack Donnell winning from heats six and seven. Kitty Wilkes won the 2:17 trot after a two-heat deficit. Daniel Webster led the 2:16 pacers in straight heats, and Aldeen prevailed in the 2:22 pace.
Dover N H August 5 four classes on the card at Granite State Park faced possible cancellation as 2 18 trot start time neared due to a management withdrawal. Track lessees cannot provide purses. owners with week winnings take 40 percent in cash and the rest in 30 days with entries agreeing pro rata gate receipts if any horse wins.
In Cleveland on August 5 New York defeated the Indians by knocking Bernhard out in four innings. Moore held the club scoreless the rest of the game. An error in the ninth allowed New York to score once. Powell puzzled Cleveland with only two infield hits until the final frame.
Chicago's miscues proved costly as visitors scored three unearned runs and the Cubs managed only a handful of hits against Plank. Chicago plated two runs in the first and eighth innings but failed to solve the opposing pitcher beyond those moments.
St. Louis defeats Washington in a ninth inning finish as local player F. J. Tynes hits two singles and scores the winning run from right field.
Frank L. Kramer of East Orange New Jersey the current national champion boosted his title chances by winning the grand circuit and national amateur championship meet in St Louis. Over four days under the National Cycling Association as part of the Olympian games Kramer totaled 49 points to lead professionals and amateurs. W S S Fenn of Waterbury Connecticut was runner up among professionals with 23 points. Leading amateurs included M L Hurley of New York AC with 22 and Burton Downing of San Jose 18. Teddy Billington of Vailsburg New Jersey had 10.
Ireland's Tom Kiely arrives in Boston and will enter the St Augustine games at Locust street grounds. The event draws many top local athletes and features several professional races and throws with substantial prize money across multiple events.
At Saratoga N Y six overnight races drew sharp fields with three tight outcomes. Croon Crest led by four lengths in the mile selling race, Woodford Clay's Outcome won by a head, Flying Ship just nipped Shrine, Augur outlasted St Bellane, Keynote edged Conkling by a neck and Conkling narrowly missed Mirthless who swerved near the wire Cotillon finished a length and a half ahead.
The Boston scene sees a $1000 bet against the Collins team as Sport Sullivan wagers he will lose on Boston in the American league pennant chase. Sullivan, a noted local judge of baseball, expects Chicago or New York to win while Boston slumps from early lead. He plans to finalize the bet before Saratoga.
Aug 5 Nahant W A Larned, who yesterday won the Longwood cup, the Eastern States’ top trophy, will face W J Clothier in both singles and doubles in the Nahant Club invitation event final round tomorrow. The day’s highlight was the doubles match Larned and Wrenn vs Holt and Lyon.
Cincinnati fans praise Griffith while Detroit and Chicago losses alter standings. Buck's Braves thrive on three wins this week with St. Louis favored 100 to 55. MecNichols towers over Wills. Sullivan bets $1000 the Collins team fails to win the flag and heads to Saratoga. Batty errors on Shay in the eighth sparkroom chatter.
New York leads a tight pack as Dorchester faces West Quincy at Nightingale Field with Mahoney and Mansfield on the mound. Roslindale meets Hyde Park at American League Park while St. Louis and Brooklyn swap fortunes over Corbett. Natie Buropsky seeks a 16 year old team job as various local clubs tout claims and cow pasture lore.
In Nashua results show Nashua 5 while Lowell 3. Fall River defeated New Bedford 3. Concord hosted Manchester with Concord 4 and Manchester 4. Lawrence defeated Haverhill 10 while Lawrence 4. Local games produced close margins across multiple New England towns.
Marblehead August 5 A fresh southerly breeze and rough sea powered 72 yachts in the Corinthian Yacht Club midsummer final. Chewink IV won the 30-foot class and the series cup with three straight victories, beating Wasaka and Sauquoit in a tight heavy weather contest. Peri II took 22-footers, Hugi won 18s, Vera II led 15s, with Clotho and Peri close in Class A and AA.
The Canadian yacht Nooma defeated the American White Bear by 5 minutes 55 seconds in the first Seawanhaka Cup race on Lake St. Louis between Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club of Montreal and White Bear Yacht Club of St. Paul. Conditions shifted wind from west to east, with variable speeds from six knots to near still air, tests finish within three and a half hours.
At the Isle of Wight regatta August 5 the Ingomar claimed the Royal Yacht Squadron cup beating Meteor. A strong breeze let the fleet sail fast as the leader forged ahead early and extended its advantage. Later in Brookline, firemen and highway workers will settle a baseball contest at Cypress Street grounds at 2 30 p m amid lively bidding and rivalry.
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