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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1909
Page
9
The Doves and Phillies split a twin bill as Philadelphia edged Boston 5 to 4 in 11 innings and lost 3 to 0 in the nightcap. The first game featured four Philly pitchers, wild balls from White, and a late scoring flurry.
In a tense second game Boston managed three runs with Coffey starting the scoring in the third inning on a two bagger. Beating the Doves, Coffey and Becker produced a later eighth inning rally and Becker drove in a run on a wild pitch before Doomn was ejected. Coffey closed the game by again singling in the ninth.
Entries for the Boston 1915 boys games will begin in all city districts today. Registration blanks will be provided at regular centers and by athletic instructors on playgrounds where the meets will be held in July and August.
United States marshal and sporting writer W. R. Bat Masterson was arraigned before a magistrate in New York on a criminal libel complaint filed by Daniel McKittrick, a writer and promoter of pugilistic events.
In a late ninth inning rally the Boston batters added runs after Moore left the mound. Two-base hits by Magee Deininger and Coffey, a three-base shot by Becker, and multiple stolen bases by Becker Coffey Bates propelled Boston while Philadelphia left runners on base and Mattern walked once.
New York defeats Brooklyn after a ninth inning rally as Pastorius walks three and Marquard struggles. Murray delivers the deciding single, Alperman returns to active duty, and Hummell O’Hara and Clement lead with extra base hits in a tight National League game.
Brockton New England league second baseman Charles Hickman was suspended after he assaulted Umpire Rorty by punching and jumping on him following a disputed decision at second base in yesterday's Brockton Haverhill game.
Harvard and Yale meet at the Polo Grounds in a deciding third game with the season’s major athletic stakes on the line. Harvard trails Yale in fielding and hitting slightly, but a win would crown the Crimson champion of college baseball while Yale seeks a season split with Harvard and bragging rights.
In St Louis on July 2 Cincinnati squandered a 10 inning game losing 5 to 4 as Evans delivered a bases loaded hit. Two homers went over the wall in the first inning and the game featured heavy hitting throughout.
Pittsburg and Chicago divided a twin bill with Chicago shutting out Pittsburg 8 0 in game one and losing 4 2 in game two. Brown struggled in the first game while Camnitz and Adams weren’t sharp. Maddox pitched well in the second. Hagerman retired in the eighth after Reulbach relieved Archer left with an injury. Errors helped produce runs in both games.
The Red Sox of South Boston face St Augustine this afternoon at Locust Street grounds at 8 15 PM with free admission. Yesterday both pitchers showed great speed as foul tips flew into the stands. One tip deflected by Father Hugh MacDermot struck a woman in the chest ending her interest in the game.
The piece weighs Harvard and Cornell as top crews after recent wins with Cambridge praised. It cites possible slight Harvard bias in a four mile match and notes Yale, Harvard, and Cornell comparisons. It also covers Harvard baseball near Polo Grounds and praises Eddie Collins and past sprinter Harry Hutchins.
Jimmy Lee of Yonkers Mercury A C races tonight in Boston for a 15 mile invitational at Revere cycle track after a training session on the beach track. Local amateurs Norris Fowler Ryder Garber Goff Silva Henry Halstead Piggott Wiseman Willard Peabody enter the 10 mile open bicycle race with mile prizes, plus motor races feature three top riders.
Natick opens Sunnyside Park on July 5 with a morning program of running and trotting horse races. Events include a mass company hose race, 100 and 200 yard dashes with small prizes, a youth 10 yard dash, a $100 Marathon match between Chuck Neary of Natick and Bart Vasile of Milford, a high school baseball championship game Natick vs Marlboro, and a balloon ascension.
Questions cover J C Somerville versus George M Cohan Irish heritage, Johnson defeats, Choynski knockout of Johnson in 1904, Lajoie age near 37, Haverhill 1907 captain status, Billy Hamilton with Lynn, Onset-Walker racing Scotland July 24, open track at Charlesbank Gym, baserunners eighth inning play verdict on strike three and score tied.
Yale plans a shift to heavier rowers after recent Thames defeats. The team will retain John Kennedy as coach and Julian W. Curtiss as adviser, with no policy shake-up expected in rowing leadership.
Umpire Tommy Duffy of Chelsea is wanted to officiate a game in Lowell on Monday afternoon. Address inquiries to John Queenan 414 Worthen Street Lowell.
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