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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1911
Page
9
Sailor Burke of Brooklyn outboxed and battered Billy Papke of Illinois over 10 rounds at the Twentieth Century Athletic Club in New York. The crowd hissed after the first two rounds as the Western challenger failed to meet expectations.
In a brutal ten round bout Burke repeatedly pressed Papke with lefts to the head and body while Papke answered with hard body work and sharp counters. Both traded blows in close quarters with Burke prevailing in most rounds as the action stayed nonstop to the bell.
A. E. Knudson won all four events he entered at Charlesbank in Boston track meets. He took the broad jump 20 ft 5 in and the high jump 4 ft 10 in, also winning both clash events. Brown claimed the 440, Merry the half mile, Shelburne the shot put, with Hardwick and Harper sharing senior honors in dashes, shot-put, 880 and broad jump. Rustler A C beat Athletics in a close relay.
Billy Berger of New Jersey and Buck Crouse of Pittsburg fought to a twelve round draw at the Armory A. A. last night. The crowd favored Berger but split with the referee Maffit Flaherty’s verdict. Crouse, the heavier fighter, dominated early while Berger’s infighting carried him late. Other results included Dave Powers defeating Patsy Burk in six rounds and Johnny Connolly beating Young Miller in six. George Robertson and Joe Brown staged an eight round showdown described as a scream.
Newport R I Aug 22 Sur prises marked day two of the National Lawn Tennis meeting as Fred B Alexander and Harold H Hackett four time champions were upset by R D Little and G F Touchard. The match featured a marathon set that stretched to 28 games before a winner emerged.
In the all comers singles for a William A. Larned challenge, the second round ended and a third round match was played. About 200 entrants were reduced to roughly a quarter. A. S. Dabney of Boston upset E. P. Warned, brother of the national champion, in five sets.
Cambridge police defeated Lynn police 8 to 1 before about 1800 spectators at Ocean Park yesterday. Mayors Barry and Connery attended the game, which effectively secures the Cambridge team the championship.
A distressed note questions why the Nationals endure rough reception when crowds fill the stands and the box office is in full force for a long run.
Cleveland pitchers shellacked the Red Sox early but Vean Gregg silenced Boston as Lajoie drove in the only run with a sharp first inning double. Larry Pape kept the Sox to five hits while Boston’s base running errors and missed scoring chances doomed their attempt.
St Louis wins the opener 8 to 2 against Philadelphia then is blanked 8 to 0 in the second game. Danforth allows two hits in 5 innings as Morgan shuts down St Louis. Laporte hits a homer for St Louis while Murphy and Schweitzer have two base hits for Philadelphia. Time 1h 45m. Umpires Perrine and Dineen.
White pitched well allowing five hits as Chicago teammates delivered timely hits to back Hughes in a 3 to 1 victory over Washington in the final game of the series. Gessler batted for Gessler in the eighth and Dougherty, Cunningham, McBride added runs.
Ford outpitched the Detroit trio and New York won the closing game 9 to 4. In the first inning Ford slipped a third strike over on Cobb and he was ordered off after an argument with umpire Evans. Knight was hit on the head by a pitched ball and left after the second inning.
In the Quin cy Yacht Club challenge cup, the Harpoon won the first completed race of the series defending the 1910 sonderklasse title. Ellen finished second with Beatrice third and Seal fourth after a decisive early lead.
The Mudjekeewis won the Interbay catboat race for the Thomas Fleming Day challenge cup at Quincy. Iris of Massachusetts Bay, Clara and Mblem of Narragansett Bay, and Virginia of Barnegat Bay competed. Clara placed second on corrected time.
Springfield firemen beat Boston's baseball aggregation 5 to 4 at Hampden Park. Boston rallied in the ninth but a poor play at the plate ended the threat. Batteries Grise and Whalen for Springfield, J McDermott and Condon for Boston. Umpires Mare tans and Steadman.
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