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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1914
Page
12
The Red Sox lost both games of yesterday's double header to the White Sox, widening the gap in the pennant race. The opener went 10 innings before Chicago won 4 to 2, and the nightcap finished 5 to 4 despite a Boston rally in the eighth.
A scattered list of intercity games and matchups across American, National, New England, Federal, and Colonial leagues. Teams include Chicago Boston Detroit Philadelphia Washington New York St Louis Baltimore Pittsburg Buffalo Kansas City Indianapolis and New Bedford Fall River Lewiston Portland Worcester Lynn etc.
Toronto beat Montreal 3 to 2 in ten innings. Rochester edged Buffalo 3 to 2. Baltimore stunned Newark 1 to 0. Jersey City defeated Providence 6 to 3.
Philadelphia blanks Detroit 8 to 0 as Plank outpitches Dauss. Plank twirled seven strong innings while hits off Dauss came with two out in innings and were aided by timely sacrifices by McInnis and Collins in the home team's decisive rally.
Weak hitting and sloppy fielding paved the way for a defeat as Callahanites sputtered against air tight White Sox calibre pitching. Belated batting rallies could not lift the game to a win.
Boston and Chicago played a doubleheader with Chicago taking the first game after a costly collision left Speaker and Hooper shaken. In the second game Boston started Fred Coombe and failed as Benz dominated, with Bedient allowing two runs in relief. Steve Yerkes paced Boston with both runs in a losing effort.
Yfeld Springfeld 6 Hartford 3 and New Britain Waterbury 10 New Brit 1 report two recent minor league style results with Yfeld Springfeld winning 6 to 3 and Waterbury routing New Brit 10 to 1 at New Britain.
A humorous preview in next Sunday's Post shows an inventive golf course cover concept. The image aims to appeal to readers with rheumatism and a broader audience, inviting speculation on wider adoption.
The article credits Fréddie Welsh with a clean victory over Willie Ritchie in London, noting Ritchie remains a top figure but must avenge the loss by knockout to reclaim status. It also mentions P. G. Nordell's leap of 23 feet in Attleboro, and references Sam Richards, George Meehan, and Leon Didier in related track and motor-paced racing notes.
The piece contrasts Didier’s success on the Revere track with losses on the Brighton Motordome in New York, notes a rare defeat by Carman and a later loss to Bobby Walthour blamed on large tracks, and quotes Alec McLean pushing for deposits in the Gallant-Baldwin bout to prevent a replay of a recent fiasco.
Philadelphia outslugged Pittsburg 10 to 7 as most runs came in the first four innings off O'Toole and Conzelman. Mamaux held the Phillies hitless after entering in the fifth. Magee and Byrne led with two base hits apiece, and multiple players contributed in a high scoring 1900s style tilt.
England secured victory in the first preliminary round of the Dwight F. Davis international trophy by winning the doubles match in Folkestone. H Roper Barrett and T M Mavrogordato defeated W P Duvivier and A G Watson in three straight sets 6 1 6 2 6 2, following two singles wins the day before.
The note asks whether Jack Johnson and Gunboat Smith ever fought twice or at all, and whether Frank Moran and Sam Langford fought and then the outcome. It also mentions boxing lessons at the Boston YMCA and questions about Didier the Frenchman winning a motor paced race at Revere and a Scotch picnic with a 10 mile professional race on August 1 at Caledonian Grove.
Cincinnati pitchers faltered in the ninth allowing Brooklyn to close to within one run of a tie after a 6 to 5 score. Sharp Cincinnati fielding and timely hits preserved the lead as Brooklyn was finally retired with three baserunners stranded.
Framingham July 8 The Bay State Short Ship Circuit card saw a local track mark fall from 2 14% to 2 12% with the new time posted twice. Aconite captured the 2 15 pace by sweeping heats after an early ninth. Other races include Earlwood J in the 2 24 trot and Clara Walker in the 2 18 pace, with multiple contenders listed in each event.
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