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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
8
The schedule lists matchups with Cleveland visiting Boston and Detroit traveling to New York. Other games include St Louis at Philadelphia and Chicago at Washington.
Detroit won both games at New York as the visitors outplayed the locals. Final scores: Detroit 8 New York 3 in the opener and Detroit 8 New York 3 in the nightcap. McIntyre and Hemphill doubled for Detroit. McIntyre Cobb O Leary led the offense. pitching details noted Newton Manning.
Chicago takes both games in Washington 1 to 0 and 7 to 4 with a 13 inning nightcap. Burns and White shine on the mound while Clymer drives runs in both games. Davis Tannehill Anderson Isbell collect two base hits as Chicago records key hits and steals in a long two game set.
In a hot afternoon at Huntington Avenue, the Red Sox rallied from a large early deficit to defeat Cleveland 6 5. Sullivan sparked the comeback with a bases loaded triple and Joss struggled as Cicotte fanned J Clark three times. Laporte, Cravath, Wagner, and Thoney contributed key hits as Boston avoided defeat and held off the Naps in a dramatic seven innings.
In a pitcher heavy affair Boston and Cleveland split a high scoring game with runs by innings and key hits. Joss pitched late for Boston while Cicotte Winter Berger and Joss combined for multiple innings of work. Attendance was 5775 and Stolen base by J Clarke is noted.
In Philadelphia, St. Louis won after an error by E Collins in the seventh. Ferris hit a two baser, Dineen and Dygert pitched, Dineen struck out three, Dygert six for St. Louis, Vickers one in two for Philadelphia. Connolly umpired.
The Roger Wolcotts, defending 17-18 year old New England champions after defeating Crescent A. C. of Peterboro, N H, seek a match against any New England team in that age group. They request Roxburys contact C Broders 179 West Selden Street Mattapan.
Track opens at Brighton Beach with about 5000 spectators. No stakes run today as management declares all stakes off. Third race finishes with three horses close, Edward leading to stretch and Watervliet and Merry Gift finishing necks apart. Fourth race declared off for lack of entries with Big Chief as only entrant.
Fans respond to a Boston Post call to raise a fund for Cy Young. Subscriptions from quarters to larger gifts will form a memorial trophy the pitcher can keep as a lifelong reminder of Boston fans’ esteem. Contributions will be acknowledged in the Post sports pages.
The article explains baseball scoring notation with numbered positions and common codes. It defines grounders and outs such as 6-3, fly ball as F9, and base progress marks in squares. Additional terms include bh base hit sh stolen base sacrifice hit and K strikeout B base on balls pb passed ball fe fielder's choice np wild pitch error run.
Opportune hitting powered Boston to a 4 1 win over St Louis in the opening game of the series. Ritchey Dahlen and Browne delivered key hits with Ritchey driving in two runs and Dahlen adding an RBI single. Lindaman pitched well for St Louis but the visitors capitalized on two base hits and an on the ground to score, while the Cardinals only run came on a Ritchey error.
Two teams in the running for MASGA prizes meet July 9 as Chestnut Hill and Brockton Country Club face byes and tee off in four-ball matches at Commonwealth and Montclair. Singles follow with Commonwealth vs Chestnut Hill and Wollaston vs Brockton.
John Craige, the Philadelphia middleweight, who lost Olympic funding, traveled to London on the steamer as a stoker. He wore a bandaged right fingers after a confrontation with a German bully in the stoke hole, in which Craige struck him unconscious for 15 minutes and shed 12 pounds from coal shovelling during the voyage.
Timely hits in the seventh and eighth helped Cincinnati beat New York as Shannon muffed Mitchell’s fly for an error that produced two of the visitors’ runs. McLean suffered a bad spike by Devlin in the fourth and is sidelined for two weeks.
The Toronto Cricket Club players defeated Belmont by an inning and 17 runs on Belmont grounds. The Canadian team started the match yesterday and will open a two day series with Merion Cricket Club the next day.
Rochester defeated Buffalo 5 to 2 in the first game and 4 to 1 in the second. Montreal blanked Toronto 8 to 0 with rain ending the game in the eighth. Providence topped Newark 6 to 2 and Jersey City edged Baltimore 5 to 4.
Waterbury defeats New Haven 13 to 1 and New Britain over Springfield 3 to 0. Meriden blanked Sadfuck Atacitere 5 to 0 while Holyoke beats Bridgeport 6 to 4.
National matchups include Boston at St Louis New York at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Pittsburg Brooklyn at Chicago with key cross league games shaping early standings in the season.
Lautenschlager wins the 478 mile Dieppe Grand Prix in a Mercedes with a 6 hours 55 minutes 43.5 seconds time. Hemery and Henriot finish second and third in Benz cars amid several serious accidents and two deaths Cissac and his engineer Schaub crushed by their car. American Strang and Harrison suffer mechanical issues. France loses dominance as German cars take top three spots.
Bits of baseball talk on Red Sox patience with Eddie McFarland release and suspension. Jim McHale rides to Providence with Hugh Duffy as Calia’s potential shown. Turner cited for big game outfield work and a ground rule quirks debate. Cravath’s weird two bagger alters a sacrifice miscue in a Huntington Avenue clash.
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