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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1916
Page
11
In a turn of baseball news yesterday Christy Mathewson agreed to manage the Cincinnati Reds. Buck Herzog will return to the New York Giants, resuming his former association with the club.
Debate centers on Herzog and McKechnie gains for the Giants after trading McKechnie Roush and Mathewson. Analysts note Herzog’s improved fielding and batting, McKechnie’s decline, and tensions with McGraw. The deal underscores baseball as business beyond sentiment with Buck Herzog’s future impact unknown.
August Herrmann president of the Cincinnati National League club arrived and said the Herzog deal will not be settled for several days. President Hempstead will likely be there Tuesday when the matter is taken up. Herzog is willing to join the New York club but salary terms have not been discussed.
Louisville 2 Milwaukee 0 in game one and 1 Milwaukee 0 in game two. St Paul swept Columbus 9 5 in game two. Toledo beat Minneapolis 4 3 in game two and took 4 0 in game one. Kansas City edged Indianapolis 5 4 in game one and 1 0 in game two.
American League games listed include St. Louis at Boston, Detroit at New York, Chicago at Philadelphia, and Cleveland at Washington. The brief turnout shows four matchups with teams traveling to venues across the league.
National League games feature Boston at Cincinnati, Brooklyn at Chicago, New York at St. Louis, and Philadelphia at Pittsburg. Eastern League fixtures include Springfield at Portland, Worcester at Hartford, Lawrence at Bridgeport, Lynn at New London, and New Haven at Lowell.
The Revere Cycle Track hosts the third Brassard one hour motor paced race of the season. Victor Linart Georges Seres of France Bobby Wal thour and Clarence Carman are set as starters. It is the first regular Monday night meet at the beach oval with a three per week plan to boost attendance. Carman Wal thour are among the favored riders alongside Smart who is listed as the favorite.
Newport Rhode Island July 16 The all round athletic championship of the Atlantic battleship fleet for the past year has been awarded to the crew of the flagship Wyoming The award was based on points for achievements in baseball football rowing and track ashore and afloat Other ship crews ranked Florida Arkansas Texas Virginia New Jersey Rhode Island Nebraska Vermont Louisiana Kansas Delaware South Carolina Michigan
Today is Military Day at Fenway Park with proceeds to the Governor's Fund for militiamen families. The program features parade events by Coast Artillery and Cadets, a band concert, a patriotic dance, a Red Sox versus Browns baseball game, and an evening parade with lowering of colors.
Cleveland fall hands Washington win, lifting Boston to second as Jack Barry returns at second. Carrigan’s pitchers show peak form and the Red Sox appear a transformed club, potential contending outfit for another American League pennant.
Boston fans expect the Red Sox to hold off a six game stretch against Cleveland Boston and Detroit while defending champions battle Jennings Jungaleers at Fenway Park. The pitching staff led by Mays Ruth and rising Shore Leonard and Foster anchors a hot lineup as Carrigan’s club aims to keep pace with wild pennant race contenders.
Alma Richards of Cornell spends summer at Camp Wigwams Maine training for the national all round championship in Newark on Sept. 16. He seeks to defend his decathlon title after winning in San Francisco last year.
The record notes the Red Sox at home August 14 to 31 hosting Washington Chicago Cleveland Detroit and St. Louis in order. It asks whether four runners tied for second share both the second and third prizes or only second, and to divide second and third values among them. It also reports a 13 1 2 mile Caledonian handicap road race from the State House to Caledonian Grove with a listed route and final one mile on track. It adds that Joe Welling and Jack Britton were to fight at Armory A A but Britton injured an eye and no new date has been set.
Grand circuit meeting at North Randall opens tomorrow with top harness crews and favorable weather. Monday features the Edward stake for 2:10 pacers in three heats for a 3000 purse, plus 2:09 trotting 2:07 pacing and Forest City 2-year-old trotters. Edward F Geers, injured last week, is improving but may not drive this meeting.
Cleveland announces a temporary trainer to replace Charles Hitte on the upcoming Eastern trip. Hitte will take a short vacation but remains employed by the club. The new trainer is Dr. Charles E. Moyer of Andover, a recent osteopathic college graduate and former Washington pitcher who left baseball to pursue medicine.
Washington manager Griffith decides to keep Sam Rice in the lineup daily. Rice is hailed as one of baseballs natural hitters with notable speed, seen as a smart move to maximize his infield or outfield prowess and daily availability.
The New Yorks have signed pitcher Carl Jenkins a right hander who has spent the last two years at Union College and now joins the club for the upcoming season.
Henry Sullivan of Lowell and Charlie Toth of Boston will swim from Provincetown to Nantasket on August 19 under armed guard. Each swimmer travels with rowboats and a guard in each boat to watch for sharks assisted by flashlights nets and short steel prongs.
Officials describe quick nets and prongs to fend off a man eating shark, with revolvers as last resort. Sullivan and Toth dismiss sharks as unlikely, noting a recent sighting off Winthrop that was called a misidentified fish.
Harry Sallee, who quit the St. Louis Nationals, was sold today to New York for cash. The St. Louis club is understood to receive around $15,000 and New York will assume back salary and a $100 fine. Sallee may report to Manager McGraw tomorrow and debut against Chicago as New York opens there.
The St. Louis Americans defeated the Colonials 4 to 0 in an exhibition game played in New Haven. Errors and missed chances by the Colonials helped secure the shutout as Parker and Chapman teamed with Mahann and Waters on the batteries for St. Louis.
Baseball nines are organized among the boys and girls of the Concord Centre and Concord Junction playgrounds. A series of games for the playground diamond championship will be played during the summer with instructors acting as coaches for the teams.
The postponed field day and carnival of Gaelic sports division 72 A O H will be held at the South End grounds next Saturday. Weather permitting, football and hurling matches and the 12 mile modified Marathon run will be improved as sporting propositions due to the postponement.
Contending Gaelic football and hurling athletes have trained during the extended interval. Galway faces Kerry in football with bets heavy on Galway while Cork meets Tipperary in a sharp showcase. Hurling lists Shamrocks versus Redmonds and Wolfe Tones versus Young Irelands. A 12 mile run features Roth Henigan Davis and Horne among others at 6 pm.
Bridgeport Conn July 16 Frank McCormick once chosen for the All American football centre in 1906 after Villanova finished the season and graduated in 1907 died today after two weeks with spinal meningitis. He was about 87 years old and came here six years ago.
Cleveland has the first call on Louis Guisto the hard hitting first baseman of the Portland Beavers according to manager Walter McCredie Several major league clubs have bid for the former St Mary's College star but McCredie believes the Indians should get priority selection.
Augusta announces the signing of pitcher McDonald who played for Mobile in the Southern league for part of last season. He joins the team as a new member of the pitching staff and is expected to contribute in the coming season.
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