Fall River Tops Taunton in Twin Bill Rain Shortened
Fall River wins two games from Taunton with Swanson pitching both, 16 to 8 and 6 to 0. First game rough on Hunting ton. second game a Taunton shutout attempt stopped by rain after five innings.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
3
Fall River wins two games from Taunton with Swanson pitching both, 16 to 8 and 6 to 0. First game rough on Hunting ton. second game a Taunton shutout attempt stopped by rain after five innings.
Lynn takes both ends of the doubleheader from Nashua 7 to 1 and 4 to 3 at home. Nashua led 3 to 1 late in the ninth inning of game two before Lynn rallied for the win as Bushey held Nashua to hits while Lynn's Beard delivered key hitting. McDaniel left the game with a finger injury in the fourth.
San Francisco reports Battling Nelson predicts a clear path to the lightweight crown by defeating James Edward Britt. He claims Britt cannot hurt him and asserts easy money in the bout, vowing upper hand beyond dispute.
The fighter declares Colma will host a near finish fight and predicts a win within 45 rounds. He mentions a $30,000 payday the day after the bout and criticizes a previous referee decision as a farce. He lists Jeffries as a trusted referee choice and cites prior victory over Britt.
New Bedford won both games as errors in game one derailed Lawrence and strong hitting powered the visitors in game two. Mullaney Valdois Lake Murphy Mack led the offense for New Bedford while Kane Spratt Wilson and Kehoe produced for Lawrence in a tight twin bill. Attendance figures were reported for the doubleheader.
The Lowell police ball nine beat the Cambridge police team by 8 to 5 on the Cambridge field yesterday morning. A large crowd witnessed the game with prominent officials from both cities in attendance. Both pitchers were effective in spots and fielding was unusually strong given the field conditions.
A large Boston crowd enjoyed the champions as James B. Garrity of Dorchester led the crowd in cheering. The team plans two Saturday games in New York under Collins. Barry missed a planned return to Decatur, and scouts were set to locate him. Ed Hughes joined the team but sought advance pay from Collins, who deferred to Carl Green for funds.
Appearance forfeits for South Boston's Rouse O'Brien and New York's Tommy Murphy foretell their 15 round match at the Doug las Athletic Club in Chelsea next Monday night. Murphy has faced top rivals in America and drew with bantam champion Frankie Neil. O'Brien could cement his bantamweight status with a win, bolstering a strong local following in New England.
Boston champions dominate St. Louis 4 to 0 as Jesse Tannehill wins in form. Grimshaw belts a second homer after a first inning shot and Freeman also homers. Burkett suffers a head crack but returns. Collins plans Dineen to pitch tomorrow against Petty or Buchanan.
Boston at St Louis New York at Detroit Philadelphia at Cleveland outline a tense set of matchups with four major league teams facing off on a night of double headers and strategic pitching rotations.
Philadelphia defeated Cleveland today as Moore struggled in the seventh inning. Seybold hit his third home run in two days while Plank allowed scattered hits in a steady win for the Phillies.
Edward Barry a 6 ft 2 in left hander 23 190 pounds and Edward Hughes 6 ft 1 in right hander 24 200 pounds joined the same league teams Decatur and Davenport. They pitched 16 innings in a recent duel with Hughes winning 1 0. Both have only a few years of pro experience and Barry impressed in the Chicago contest.
Chicago and Washington battled 15 innings to a 1 to 1 tie before darkness halted play. The score came on an error and a single with MncMin and Chesbro pitching for Detroit and New York in later notes. Attendance was 1200 at Chicago.
Detroit took an early lead over New York, never relinquishing it as Chesbro began pitching. Delehanty sprained an ankle sliding to third in the seventh inning and Coughlin was ejected for disputing a call in the eighth.
Beals C. Wright of Boston defeated Clarence Hobart of New York in straight sets 6-4 6-1 6-3 to earn the right to meet Holcombe Ward for the national tennis championship at Newport Rhode Island. Ward and Wright had won the doubles title a week earlier, and the forthcoming final drew divided sentiment about the likely winner.
National matchups list St Louis versus Pittsburg and Philadelphia facing New York. No results provided.
Strobel sparked Boston with an RBI single and later scored as the Red Sox defeated Chicago 3 to 1 at South End grounds. Fraser pitched superbly while Dolan’s leaping catch preserved a key moment, despite four Boston errors.
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