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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1918
Page
7
Boston hosts the Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers in the first major league twilight contest at Braves Field starting at 6 p.m. The sun stays up past 8, promising a full game as the clubs enter a tense stretch with five games left in the home stand.
Demmitt delivers decisive ninth inning homer as the St. Louis Browns defeat Chicago 4-3 in the second game of a doubleheader. Rain halted the first game. Schallenbach and Shellenbach pitched for Chicago with Demmitt and Hendryx contributing heavy hitting for St. Louis.
Eastern and national matchups list pairings for major teams. Boston hosts Brooklyn while New York welcomes Philadelphia, with other notable eastern and central games including Providence at New London and Worcester at New Haven.
The William F. Brophys team defeats Camp Devens 301st Artillery 10 to 2 and challenges Pere Marquettes or St Ambrose or any other semi pro team. Manager George Swerling at 46 Poplar Street Main 1539 seeks a Fourth of July game.
The Braves suffered on both offense and mound as team batting fell to .188 and pitching allowed .293 while hitters stranded key runs. Red Sox also struggled with bats despite solid pitching led by Schang Scott and Ruth who hit two homers but fade in average.
Martin Conley of the North End, famed amateur boat referee, has enlisted in the merchant marine and serves as a fireman aboard the U S S Meade at East Boston. His past winter decisions at Wakefield and the Automobile Club drew no criticism and he is now a valued addition to the Navy crew.
In Washington on June 30 the Red Sox roared back to first place as Babe Ruth delivered a decisive homer in the tenth inning with a man aboard and two out, breaking a pitchers duel between Mays and Walter Johnson to beat the hosts 3 to 1.
Washington outbatted Boston nearly two to one as Mays bested Johnson in a pitching duel. Key plays and errors shaped the late rally, with Stansbury and Ruth producing memorable moments. Washington tied the game in the ninth, then Shanks and Foster scored in a tense extra innings frame before Ruth sealed the win with a homer in the tenth.
Red Sox score in the 10th with Ainsmith batting and a runner for Shotton. Washington pitching line shows scattered hits and errors. Ruth Sacrifice and Ruth homered. two-base hits by Hooper and Kang. Stansbury with a sacrifice. Judge to Lavan turned a double play. Johnson and Mays walked and struck out counts listed.
Joe Melanson, ex Chelsea amateur, meets Jimmy Sacco of East Boston in a 12 round final at the Douglas A C Chelsea tonight. Semifinal features Sam Bell and Mike Paulson in a 10 round bout. Preliminaries pair Bert Jones Eddie Ford and Chelsea’s Young Leonard with Kid McAuliffe.
Nearly a thousand residents gathered near Poplar and Brighton Streets to witness the unfurling of a 60 star service flag. Ed Faherty and Otis Mc Coy led the event as ex mayor Curley spoke and received an ovation.
George Wiley of Syracuse faces Victor Linart of Belgium in a special stage race on the brassard route at the Revere cycle track during the holiday night event.
Agruur notes Porkando Flynn and Fred Ponderous Fulton plan a boxing outing in Atlanta but expect a full house only if crowds show. In New England the General Electric meet at Peabody earned praise from managers Hogarth Dalton and Joe McNamara and officials. Marc Wright, holder of the pole vault world record, ran on MIT's naval aviation relay and clocked a strong quarter mile. Doc Barrett of Williams adds veteran perspective.
Juffex Alon Port receives appointment as first lieutenant with the air service and awaits orders to sail abroad. He will oversee physical fitness of American airmen and is among early appointments inspired by Walter Camp's suggestion.
Fan-Evers served one season as Chicago Cubs manager in 1913 and then left managing. Sam Langford knocked out Gunboat Smith in the second fight in the third round. F. D. Fairteen stopped Porky Flynn in four rounds on July 5, 1917.
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