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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1917
Page
7
Detroit star Cobb posts a .421 week, raises season average to .376, 28 points ahead of nearest rival Sister of St. Louis. Braves boost team batting, Powell leads National with .840, Braves and Reds feature in top lists, while Red Sox slip.
Cleveland breaks American League scoring record with a 20 to 6 win over Philadelphia. Bagby, lifted after six innings with the score 11 to 0, allowed six runs as Gould’s wild pitching and Lambeth’s trouble hindered the Athletics. Home run by Chapman and several sharp hits, with Johnson, Roth, Graney among the leaders. Time 2b. umpires Connolly and Moriarty.
New York beat Detroit 7 to 5 after an 18 inning game. Pipp, Hendry, Walters, Caldwell, Bush, Cobb, Boland and R Jones drove in runs. Key moments include a two-base hit to start the final inning and a Texas leaguer tying the score in the 11th. Umpires Allin, Owens and McCormick worked the plate.
Chicago July 2 Leslie Mann left fielder for the Chicago Nationals has been ordered to report to the Oklahoma City camp August 5 for Y M C A training duty. Mann will oversee all physical training at the camp, qualifying through his success coaching YMCA basketball teams in Springfield and other cities.
Arthur Duf fey reports on cross city athletic ties and an upcoming Waushakum Grove gathering. National league race heats with Matty's Reds, Pirates manager Hugo Bexdek compares college football to pro club handling. Phillies, Evers, and Kilbane Leonard boxing bout details amid health notes on Shrubb at Bowmanville.
A letter requests printing Dorando’s London Marathon time from 1908 noting a 2 hours 54 minutes 46 25 seconds clocking but disqualification due to crossing the tape. Johnny Hayes is listed as winner in 2 hours 55 minutes 18 25 seconds. Amateur-St. Louis cited A A U championships on August 31. details via F Rubien at 21 Warren Place New York City.
In St Louis, July 22, Plank shut out Washington 4 to 0 in the first game. Myers held St Louis to 0 as Washington scored five in the second, 5 to 0. Shanks error aided St Louis in the first game's fourth inning. Wash ington drove Sotheron from the box in the second game after scoring five runs.
The Vennial Grand Circuit harness meeting opens tomorrow after noon in Detroit with sixteen races. Hot weather last week left the track in splendid condition. The feature event is the M. and M. Stake of 10 000 for 2 08 trotters scheduled for Wednesday.
July 22 Chicago. Barry's Red Sox failed to advance a man to third base as the White Sox capitalized on an error and several safe hits off Carl Mays. The White Sox won 2 to 0, maintaining their place as league leaders and showing the pennant-winning form.
Risberg battles Gardner and nearly injures Agnew in a tense Chicago win. White Sox dominate from the start, bolstering hopes as Red Sox collapse under pressure. Mays struggles, giving up 11 hits and 6 runs in seven innings, with Risberg, Gandil and Schalk key as Chicago plates twice in the opening frame.
Bridgeport and Worcester clash as Bridgeport scores eight runs in the final inning to overcome Worcester 8 to 6. Key hits include Martin two-base and multiple RBIs by Priest, Corcoran, Zinn, Lear, Grimes, and others. Pitchers Ferguson McGinley and Tuckey split duties with notable miscues and errors shaping the late rally.
Cleveland July 22 Tris Speaker registered at Hubbard City Texas will not be drafted in the first group. His number 9197th drawn. Joe Evans Meridian Mississippi likely the only Cleveland player called. Pitcher Jim Bagby drafted in his district but may gain exemption due to wife and two children dependent.
National League games include Chicago at Boston Cincinnati at Brooklyn Pittsburg at New York St Louis at Philadelphia Eastern League features Portland at Hartford Springfield at New London Lawrence at New Haven Worcester at Bridgeport American League has no games scheduled.
Chicago July 22 Today Duffy Lewis Red Sox outfielder and Twirler Sam Jones learned their draft numbers had been drawn in the second thousand.
Memphis earns a 1 0 victory over Little Rock in the initial contest while Chattanooga defeats Mobile 4 3 in the second game and Nashville beats New Orleans 2 0 with no other games scheduled.
The draft looms over baseball as players fear disruption to the season. The Braves head west Tuesday after final home games with Fred Mitchell's Chicago Cubs, beginning a four-city, nineteen-day series in St. Louis, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, returning August 13. Powell and Rehg continue to deliver solid hitting, keeping their spots in the Boston lineup.
American troops in France staged their first proper baseball game at the French camp, organized by the Young Men's Christian Association. A six-team company league has been formed with plans to expand once equipment arrives, marking a notable effort to build sport amid training.
A forthcoming New England Amateur Bikers meet will headline the Revere cycle track program next Wednesday evening. The event will feature amateur stars and a qualifying round of the American motor paced championships over an 80 mile course with riders Collins Herbert Lawrence and Menus Bedell at the controls. Carman and Wiley are already in, and the two best demonstrators from Wednesday will join the title race.
Frankie Burns the Jersey Skeeter faces Pal Moore of Memphis in a main bout at the Arena tomorrow night. In the semi final Tommy Shea and Leo Crevier meet, with Shea the favorite, while Teddy Murphy meets Charley Mitchell and Jerry Gardner faces Frankie Dame in six round preliminaries.
Baseball and other athletics will be taken up in off time at the Barre encampment. Military authorities will do away with furloughs for weekends and seek to arouse interest in baseball contests between companies.
New York July 22 Pitcher Mamaux of the Pirates was indefinitely suspended tonight by manager Bezdek for breaking training rules. It is his second suspension for the same reason and he may be out for the season.
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