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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
3
Boston lost the first game 6 to 4 in 10 innings and won the second 6 to 3 as Pop Williams earned his second win with Brooklyn’s Reidy on the mound. The doubleheader drew about 3000 fans and stretched nearly four hours with turnarounds, errors, and late scoring rallies shaping both contests.
Tenney scored on a passed ball and singles by Stanley and Carney. Sheckard doubled and Doyle singled for Brooklyn while Aubrey's error sparked a sequence to plate Sheckard. In the seventh Moran and Batty sparked a rally as Stanley, Carney and Emilie produced the runs. Flood misplayed in the eighth and Tenney, Carney and Moran delivered key hits as Brooklyn pulled ahead. Jacklitsch doubled in the final Brooklyn surge but was out trying for third. Strang, Dobbs, and Doyle starred on defense as Pat Moran provided timely hitting.
New York won both games with slow-paced play. Key moments included two base hits by Bresnahan and Babb, and a notable stolen base by Gilbert. Philadelphia managed limited scoring, with five total runs allowed across the pair of contests.
St Louis fell short despite Donlin lighting the scoreboard with four extra base hits including a home run and three triples. McFarland allowed 11 hits and Cincinnati built a 4-1 edge before late runs. Attendance 23,834 as both teams stranded runners and miscues colored the verdict.
The schedule lists two games between Boston and Philadelphia, Brooklyn at New York, Pittsburg at Chicago, and Cincinnati at St Louis. Each pairing notes city matchups with no further results or dates provided.
Lowell built a large early lead before McKenna faltered in the eighth as Haverhill refused to quit. Bigbie departed after being hit. Amburger relieved. Lowell earned 1 run on 1 earned, with 1 double and stolen bases by Grant Bigbie O'Brien Berry. Merritt Moe Laughlin aided in a double play. McKenna and Amburger combined for 9 strikeouts. Attendance about 1,100.
New Bedford defeated Manchester 9 to 1 in a ragged contest. Leith was a hit hard and Manchester struggled to solve Foxen's delivery.
Concord, New Hampshire, defeated Lawrence in two games this afternoon on strong hitting. A college pitcher named Day started the first game for Concord, allowed only three hits, struck out ten, and retired Lawrence in the fifth and eighth innings.
In Nashua New Hampshire on August 7 Fall River edged Nashua 7 to 5 after 13 innings. Notes include line details for players such as lott Pastor Warren Weddige Dowd O’Hara McLean Lawrence Wilson Moorhead Ball Daum Courneen Ashh Labelle with pitching by Courneen and Labelle, and an attendance of about 650.
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