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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1917
Page
11
Chicago Cubs blanked the Boston Braves 3 to 0 in yesterday's game. The Cubs secured the win on strong pitching and timely hitting at the ballpark.
Chicago defeats Boston 3 2 as Cy Williams stars with two runs and a clutch catch setting the tone. Hendrix and Tyler split control lapses amid a high tempo affair with several near-misses and a pair of Cub runs coming on key plays.
The Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union decides to hold championship games at Celtic Park on August 25 with medals for winners and round trip railroad tickets to St. Louis for the East team to compete in the national championships August 31 to September 3.
New York routs Pittsburgh 6 2 in final game as Muller's early exit allows four NY runs. Kilduff, Zimmerman, Burns drive offense. Perritt, Anderson, Miller and Steele hold Pirates to two earned runs.
Cincinnati wins a five game series in Brooklyn 6 to 3 after a ninth inning tying triple by Clark. Kopf doubles and Roush sacrifice fly set up the decisive run in the 10th as Coombs allows two hits in the 10th for Brooklyn. Stengel hits a homer for Cincinnati with Kopf driving in three overall.
St Louis won its fourth straight from Philadelphia 3 0 as Meadows held the home team to four scattered hits. Errors behind Alexander aided two runs. Alexander struck out nine. Hornsby doubled for St Louis.
Willie Kolehmainen the Flying Finn enters the Scotch games five mile professional championship on Saturday Aug 4 after training in Weymouth. Wood is out due to military service letting Kolehmainen expect opposition from Billy Queal Jimmy Fitzgerald Ted Crooks and Joe Bilva.
Regional matchups list pairings including St Louis with Boston Chicago with New York Detroit with Philadelphia Cleveland with Washington Brooklyn with Pittsburg and Eastern games featuring New London Springfield New Haven Portland Bridgeport Lawrence Hartford and Worcester.
Washington defeated Cleveland 2 to 1 in a pitchers duel as Johnson bested Coveleskie. Milan, Rice, and Graney drove runs. Graney scored on Johnson’s lone pass to start the scoring. Johnson allowed 3 hits in 9 innings with 6 strikeouts. Coveleskie gave up 2 earned in 7 with 4 strikeouts.
Amateur cyclists race for the New England championships at Revere Beach track tonight. Sullivan faces Thomas behind tandem bikes as contenders. In the motor paced event over a half mile Percy Lawrence, Menus Bedell, Elmer Collins and Fred Herbert aim to meet Wiley and Carman in next Wednesday’s motor paced title race.
J Warren Mooney former Andover Academy and Mechanic Arts star joined the Railroad Engineers Corps at Rockingham Park Salem New Hampshire yesterday and will depart soon for France. He has been an interscholastic sport writer and officiated football and ice hockey contests.
At a meeting of the track and field committee of the N E A A A A held yesterday at the B A A it was voted not to hold the New England championships this year.
Bennie Osthues objects to a 1 yard start in the Old Timers sprint while Carl Morris and Fred Fulton draw Labor Day attention out West. Bill Coe returns from England, Jimmy Dundee targets challengers, and Johnny fights on amid talk of Scotty Monteith. George Stallings plans Big Ed Walsh to bolster Braves pitching as Clinton Larsen, BYU, eyes a high jump record. Joe Higgins may claim the Wal ter Scott mile trophy as Eddie Fall leads the milers.
Reports say Nebf will be officially credited with the win over the Cubs the day before yesterday, though Rudolph is also mentioned in the records. The piece discusses pitcher responsibility and the official scorer’s role in loss attribution under varying game conditions. It also notes queries about youth employment with major league clubs and details on Ray Caldwell’s age birthplace and Yankees history.
Detroit defeated Toronto 14 to 6 in an exhibition held in Toronto. Detroit battered hitters with 31 hits while Toronto managed 6 runs, with Kelly Cunningham Daly and Yelle pitching for Detroit and Leake Forester and Langone for Toronto.
Pittsburg announces Harry Wolfe, infielder, recently acquired from Chicago by waiver, has been released by the Pittsburg NL club to the Richmond club of the Central league under an optional agreement.
The first annual field day of the Catholic Club of Lexington will be held Labor Day September 3 in Lexington. John J. Garrity, chairman of the sports committee, plans a long athletic program.
Report lists games and results including Toledo 7 Minneapolis 1, St. Paul 2 Indianapolis 1, Louisville 4 agg tren 2, Kansas City 5 Columbus 4 in 12 innings.
Birmingham defeated Memphis 6 to 2 in the first game. In the second, Montreal? No. New Orleans edged Nashville 2 to 1. Little Rock won 9 to 7 over Atlanta. Chattanooga beat Mobile 7 to 0.
Baltimore defeated Buffalo 3 to 2. Richmond beat Montreal 6 to 1. Rochester won 4 to 3 against Providence in the second game after an earlier 0 to 0 draw. Teams listed reflect first and second games in the sequence.
Joe Rivers the Gloucester middleweight defeated Jack Savage in a clean-cut win drawing navy followers who plan to back Rivers to upset Savage. Next Friday Rivers faces Jimmy Michaels at Commercial A C with two more 10 round bouts Dan MacCormack meets Johnny Emery and Larry Burns faces Al Sears.
Detroit July 24 1917 Ben Ali driven by C I Pittman of Trenton N J captured the winner's share of a 5000 purse in the 2 12 trot the Woodman led early but Ben Ali surged ahead in all heats Prince Rupert showed late stretch speed winning two heats in the 2 12 pace and Haley C led the third with a tight finish Haley C later won the deciding heat Eleven or twelve horses were entered for tomorrow's 10000 M and M stake for 2:08 trotters police restricted betting today in a hard fought Grand Circuit program
Billy Miske of St Paul knocked out Joe Bonds of Denver in the second round of a 10 round Brooklyn fight. Miske floored Bonds with a right to the jaw in the second after a first round knockdown. Miske weighed 176 pounds to Bonds 180.
George Chaney of Baltimore pulled from a scheduled bout with Frankie Britt of New Bedford after a knockout loss by Rocky Kansas last evening. Britt was to be matched with the best available opponent, possibly Frankie Burns of New Jersey if weight could be adjusted.
Lawrence holds lead 6-4 as a ninth inning triple play ends Bridgeport rally. Lear and Grimes singles set up Martin line drive fielded by Schreiber who throws to Flynn. Rock starts at third for Lawrence replacing White injured yesterday.
New London defeated Springfield 8 to 2 as Springfield bought four hits two of them homers by Gooch and Stephens. Gill faltered in the eighth as three runs widened the lead. Springfield received poor support in key moments.
Worcester defeated Hartford as Keifer pitched well in late innings. Gardella stole home and Potterger made a running catch. The scoring line shows Worcester with 6 runs in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to Hartford's 6 in the 3rd and 1 in the 7th.
Piper Jimmy Cameron of the Kit ties, brought from Fredericton to Bridgeport, will appear in Municipal Court before Judge Creed to answer polygamy charges after admitting the marriages to Mrs May C Cameron. Subpoenas issued for Mrs Cameron No 1 Beatrice Caswell and Mrs Cameron No 2 to confront him. The case was postponed to bring the two women into the courtroom.
Ten year old Helen Lukaszewicz suffered a compound fracture of her left foot after tumbling from a second story window at 12 Ash Street Chelsea to the ground about 25 feet below. She is hospitalized at Frost Hospital.
The Bay State Circuit meeting at Combination Park opened with about 2500 spectators praising a fine track and solid racing. Only the 3-year-old trot stood out as a relatively one sided event among four on the card.
In a hot first division trotting card, five close heats produced a winner. Monte Velo, the little brown gelding, led the dash with a strong late stretch to claim victory in the 2:23 trot first division. Patrick Duluth topped the 2:01 three year old class, while Border Lassie won the 2:20 pace in straight heats. Hollywood Jack took the second 2:23 trot division, with Hart ford’s Harry Brusie among the winning drivers as future races set features for the 2:16 pace, 2:19 trot, and 2:13 trot.
Frankie Burns known as the Jersey Skeeter and Pat Moore fought to a twelve round draw in the triple A feature at the Arena. A low blow halted the final round before the decision, with Burns seen as the steadier puncher and Moore charging aggressively before the stoppage.
Amateur and professional players gathered at Englewood Country Club for the war relief tournament run by the Professional Golfers' Association. George McLean of North Hempstead and Will MacFarlane of Yonkers were tied for first after 36 holes with 148 totals. Oswald Kirkby led the amateurs with 151, just ahead of Jerome Travers of Upper Montclair.
Cincinnati warmly welcomed the Belgian War Mission on its last stop of a long U.S. tour. The delegation toured major sites and met local officials during the visit.
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