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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1915
Page
7
The column questions Jawn Evers value for the Braves and notes rough stretches by rivals, highlights Poor Richard’s misfortunes, and touches on Cubs White Sox and Phillies pitchers. It also mentions training trips, a scotch picnic, and an upcoming old timers challenge with Sim Hickey.
Duffeys Sports notes a forthcoming Masters event with a large turnout of veteran athletes. Organizers expect a competitive lineup as seasoned competitors prepare to compete.
Letters ask about a disputed play at second base with a catcher blocking the box and a run not counted. Other queries cover trapshooting prize rights, baseball pitching history, and pool game arguments with various older sports anecdotes and notes.
Brooklyn defeated St. Louis 3 to 2 to move up in the percentage column ahead of the Boston club. With two out in the eighth Wheat doubled and Cutshaw singled for the winning run. Coombs allowed nine hits but kept them scattered as Brooklyn earned three runs. Two-base hits by Stengel Dolan Wheat J Miller. Stolen base Betzel Miller. Sacrifice hits Miller Doak Dolan. Double play Butler to Huggins. Bases on balls Coombs 3 Doak 2. Struck out Coombs 2 Doak 5. Wild pitch Coombs. Umpires Kiem and Cockill Time 54m.
Poor Savin Hill field conditions force two Dorchester Catholic league games to be moved today. The games will be hosted at Town Field and North End playgrounds instead.
Little Rock beat Birmingham 1 to 0 while Atlanta prevailed 5 to 1 against Chattanooga. New Orleans led Memphis 8 to 4, and Mobile edged Nashville 5 to 3 in the day’s baseball results.
Minneapolis beat Cleveland by 11 to 9 while Columbus lost to Kansas City 7 to 8. Indianapolis shut out St Paul 2 0 and Milwaukee edged Louisville 8 to 7.
L. A. Van Patten of New York, who handles multiple auto accessory accounts for Cheltenham Advertising Agency, spent a flying business trip in Boston yesterday and found time to meet several old friends at the Hotel.
Kalamazoo Michigan August 6. Rain muddy the track but three Grand Circuit events were completed this afternoon after three postponements this week.
The three-year-old trot featured close heats with Colorado Range winning one heat and dominating the 2:12 trot by finishing all heats in the same order. Sadie S. and Flaxy B. won other events while Lettie Lee faded to third in the 2:11 trot. The Detroit winner set the pace as multiple heats produced tight finishes.
After two days of postponements the Bay State short ship circuit held four events. Favorites won all by straight heats as the track remained heavy and times were slow.
St Louis won 5 to 1 against Baltimore as Crandall pitched well for the visitors. Suggs started for Baltimore but was relieved in the third by Bailey who was hit often. Chapman hit a home run over left field as Baltimore tallied two in the final line.
Buffalo won the first game of the series 4 to 0 behind Schulz who held Pittsburgh hitless through eight innings. O'Connor homered? No, he doubled for the lone Pittsburgh hit in the ninth. Kneizer and O’Conner were listed in the battery for the guests.
Crowds braved rain as Fenway Park postponed the Red Sox Indians games for a third time this week. Manager Fohl jokes with weather prophet as Boston seeks form to avoid a setback in the pennant race while Lannin receives a carved Monte Carlo gift from Frank Davis.
Washington took both ends of a doubleheader from Chicago by 8-6 and 6-3. Johnson held Chicago scoreless until the eighth inning of the opener when six hits a walk and two errors produced six runs. The nation’s capital halted Chicago in the nightcap building a steady win.
Cincinnati takes third game from New York 3 to 2 in a ninth inning rally. Perritt walked Williams to load the bases before Clarke singled for the winning run. Herzog, Doyle, Wagner, Griffith and Perritt feature in the key plays as both clubs tally two earned runs.
Buffalo beat 8 and 8 with Providence 7 in a late game. Toronto defeated Richmond 85 to 6 in a lopsided first game. Montreal edged Harrisburg 10 to 8 in the second game.
Portland defeated Lynn 5 to 0 and 8 to 0 in a doubleheader. Pitcher More fanned seven and Martin one in the opener. Umpire Higgins presided as Ordway benched in the first game. In Lewiston, Lowell edged Lewiston 5 to 4 amid late-inning suspense with Becker's fielding highlight and Ritter driving key hits.
The schedule lists American League games Cleveland at Boston St. Louis at New York Detroit at Philadelphia Chicago at Washington National League pairings Boston at Chicago Brooklyn at St. Louis New York at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Pittsburg Federal League matchups St Louis at Baltimore Kansas City at Newark Chicago at Brooklyn Pittsburg at Buffalo Naw PNG Leagu e contains Lynn at Portland two games Lowell at Lewiston two games Manchester at Fitchburg Lawrence at Worcester two games Colonial League two games New Haven at Springfield Pawtucket at New Bedford Brockton at Hartford.
Joseph Donovan of the Donovan Motor Car Company states F. IL Mills of Bridgeport Connecticut drove a Studebaker in the new model from Buffalo to his home last week in 10 hours, averaging eighty miles an hour with no gear shifts except at full stops.
In Pawtucket New Bedford fell 4 to 2 as Johnson drove in the decisive run with a ninth inning triple. Tillman fanned 10 for Pawtucket while Billiard struck out 14 for Hartford in a separate game, both enhancing league strikeout records.
Marty Walsh limited Springfield to three hits as New Haven won 3 to 1. Menaskey Edwards Hogan and Woods drove in runs for New Haven while Young hit a three base shot for Springfield. Walsh struck out eight while Justin fanned one.
Brockton took a double header from Hartford on August 6, winning 4 8 in the opener and 1 in the nightcap. The visitors claimed the first game despite a late Hartford push.
Rainy weather in Rockland Maine made the last hole of the Samoset course very difficult until J J McNamara devised a new approach club dubbed hack and hack. Johnny Johnson reports the change and its impact on play.
The Phillips-Walker Company has been incorporated to handle the Searle unburstable inner tube in this section with headquarters at 109 Massachusetts avenue.
The Sunday Post presents Hank and his animal friends in a lighthearted comic strip about different ways to get around. playful scenes show characters using quirky methods, delivering a breezy, family friendly laugh.
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