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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
8
A fragment lists several games with scores and details. Atlanta beat Mobdie 5 to 2. Little Rock and Chattanooga tied 2 2 in 11 innings halted by darkness. Memphis defeated Nashville 11 to 3 and Birmingham 3 New Orleans 1.
Washington defeated Chicago 8 to 3 after a three-run homer by Smith with bases loaded in the fifth. Eddie Collins stole home in the first. pitching by Faber, Gallia, and Danforth yielded eight, eight, and two runs respectively through six, eight, and eight innings. Time 1h 50m. Umpires Nallin and Dineen.
American League matchups include Detroit at Boston Cleveland at Philadelphia Chicago at Washington and St Louis at New York. National League games cover Boston at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis Brooklyn at Cincinnati New York at Pittsburg. Eastern League pairings feature Lawrence at Bridgeport Lynn at Portland Worcester at Lowell New Haven at Springfield Hartford at New London.
The world champions Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 3 to 0. Babe Ruth contributed to the victory as Paul H. Shannon reports yesterday’s game showcased strong pitching and offense from Boston.
New York and St. Louis split a doubleheader with the visitors winning 5 to 4 in the first game and New York taking the second 4 to 2. Key moments included St Louis scoring three in the eighth, and Boston’s Hooper driving in runs while Ruth, Cobb and Walker featured for the Red Sox in a darkened start.
Worcester pitcher Hanson allowed four hits in seven innings and New Haven won 2 to 1 in the opener while Bressler held Worcester to six hits as New Haven bested Worcester in seven innings before darkness. Bridgeport defeated New London 5 to 2 as Whitehouse plated a two base hit and Baker tripled in Conn. score.
Babe Ruth the husky southpaw shut out Detroit yesterday becoming the American League leader in shutouts. Detroit managed three hits in nine innings as Cobb Crawford Veach and Burns went hitless. Vitt’s bunt produced a key runner, and Ruth’s wildness moments aside, the Red Sox showed strong defense and late-game awareness. Jennings started Coveleskie for the Sox, with Coveleskie pitching in relief later.
Helfrich key bat for Lowell in a 6 to 2 win over Hartford as three runs come from his hitting. The game ended in the eighth due to darkness with Lowell earning five earned runs to Hartford one.
Springfield shut out Lawrence in both games 6 0 and 2 0 with Howard and Gero stellar in fielding. Powers struggled in the second game but avoided trouble after seven innings by agreement. O'Connell Mahoney and Kearnan featured in the opener with several two base hits and a stolen base.
Rochester edged Newark 10 to 7 while Buffalo defeated Richmond 4 to 0 and Toronto beat Baltimore 11 to 9 in the latest league games.
Portland defeated Lynn 2 to 0 after 18 innings in a tense marathon game. Grieve error set up the decisive rally as Martin plated runs with a sacrifice and three timely singles. A doubleheader was to follow but the second game was canceled due to the late hour.
Washington manager Griffith received a protest from St Louis manager Jones to President Phil Ball of the St. Louis American league club over the second game yesterday in which Washington defeated St Louis 4 to 2.
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