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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1905
Page
3
A merchant recounts a customer paid 50 dollars for a suit but found tailoring poor. The seller describes custom cutting with a roomy coat and full back, a 12 inch center seam, and peg top trousers with stationary turn up. The highlighted suit costs 12.50 and is a heavyweight green tweed from the mill.
Boston edge Cleveland 4 3 in 11 innings to extend lead in the American League race. Norwood Gibson pitched a full 11 innings while Vinson, Selbach, and Collins starred in defense and hitting. Freeman, Flick, and Turner contributed key plays for both sides as Boston finally pushed a late run across for the victory.
Detroit rode strong offense and weak Philadelphia fielding to a one sided win. Mullen pitched well through nine innings as Detroit capitalized on errors and timely hitting to clinch the game.
Detroit today at 8 30 ladies day Winter or Tannehill for Boston The Tenney team turned a trick in Pittsburg yesterday Keep it up Washington A J Coburn Neither Young nor any other pitcher has a contract with clause inserted against being taken out of the box Such a statement is absurd Cc A G The base runners can be forced only by the batsmen Unless the men were tagged out all were safe The force must start from the home plate If the champions are coming so are the New Yorks Many are beginning to fear the Highlanders William P Warren If a man on first attempts to steal and the batter is given four balls the man can walk to second also He can't be put out Tell the umpire to look up the rules Pitcher Hess was released yesterday by Cleveland He will probably play in the American Association Grant the Harvard student was also sent back to Lynn Frank Chance has begun to fall off in his playing since becoming manager What has got into the Washington batters Think of Chicago losing three out of four and after what Washington did to Detroit too Dougherty is commencing to hit again and he now has a mark of .258 William McDermott who has had much experience pitching for fast semi professional teams would like an engagement for Saturdays for the rest of the season He can be reached at 108 Leverett avenue Beachmont Mike Donlin's batting average up to yesterday morning was .829 As all close followers of the Boston team have predicted Chick Stahl has commenced to hit and since he has begun to hit the ball Boston has been winning When Stahl is batting few of the American league players have anything on him Peoree Connolly had his hands full yesterday He had no less than a dozen close decisions For other sports see Page 9
Four city matchups listed include Detroit facing Boston, Chicago meeting New York, St. Louis playing Washington, and Cleveland hosting Philadelphia. The schedule outlines upcoming games between major teams in a regional round.
Rochester report on the 30 foot Temeraire yacht built for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto. Skipper E. K. M. Wedd helmed the boat with its racing crew aboard under tow by Commodore Nichols' Tranquilo. Designer Mr. Fife arrived separately on the Kingston and joined the crew.
The Cunard liner Sylvania sails from East Boston this afternoon marking her 100th trip from the port. Its first voyage was May 14, 1895 under Captain Warr, with Captain Dresser commanding in recent years. Over her service she has carried 64,911 cattle and 66,007 sheep, averaging a round trip every 28 days.
The report lists several score lines for regional matches: Meriden M to Holyoke with 4 2, Bridgeport to Norwich with 7 2, New London to New Haven with 2 1, and Springfield to Hartford with 5 1.
Boston horse lovers anticipate a Readville race this season with Sweet Marie and Tiverton meeting again in a free for all trot. George G. and Dr. Strong are named among contenders, with Buffalo rivals joining the circuit before August 21. The bay Garland mare is favored over Tiverton if the event occurs.
George N Holden of Springfield completes the 250 mile New York to Waltham endurance ride as the first finisher among 48 starters. He rides a three wheeler with Burt Barrows as passenger and reaches the post office control at 7 20 PM.
Two Wakefield youths Harry Lindsay 20 and John J Callan 17 were charged with disturbing the peace and obstructing the Boston and Northern street railway tracks at Melrose Sunday. They were held in bonds of 800 dollars for trial on August 15.
Blink McCloskey expected to beat Harry Edels at Fall Mountain A C Bellows Falls next Thursday night though Edels is a tough, awkward opponent. Maurice Sayers of Milwaukee seeks a Chelsea ring, with a strong record against notable foes. Missouri A C desires Jimmy Britt in St. Louis, but odds favor Britt staying away from away bouts.
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