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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
8
A local item from Pearl Arkansas notes a swatter incident involving a person named Volkmann. The brief entry records the event without graphic detail and mentions the location Pearl Arkansas.
Lou Criger Hobe Ferris and the St. Louis Browns arrive to face former teammates at Huntington Avenue grounds starting today. The Browns’ lineup, led by Criger, Howell, Petty, Powell, Bailey, and most of the pitching staff except Rube Waddell, will challenge Lake’s Red Sox in 3:15 p m games for a new string of snappy contests. Wagner nears return and McConnell is out for a week or more.
Chicago defeats Philadelphia 1-0 in 12 innings as Reulbach bests Moore. Evers leads off with a single, Dooin error lets Sheckard reach and Hofman’s RBI double scores Evers. Key plays include a double steal and Hofman’s clutch hit. Both teams manage five hits, with two base on balls for Moore. Time two hours. Umpires Cusack and Johnstone. Three St. Louis favorites visit with the Browns.
Schoolboy rowing ends season with Noble & Greenough setting a course record of 6m 13s on the Charles River basin. Volkmann School claims junior championship as their second crew beats the first to win. Coaches Graney and O Leary to select an interscholastic eight. Golf and track events follow with July interscholastic golf dates announced and rain postponing the outdoor track meet to next Saturday at Wood Island Park.
A dense schedule lists daily matches this week among city and area teams. Mechanic Arts meets Dorchester at Dorchester. English faces Providence English at Providence. Quincey hosts Medford Hill. Woburn at Winchester. Malden hosts Melrose. Tomorrow includes Newton Brookline at National League grounds and multiple other pairings across towns. Wednesday features Everett Wakefield and many league tests. Thursday Revere Winthrop. Friday Brookline Cambridge Watin at Newtonville and more. Saturday's slate includes Dorchester Somerville and multiple suburban league games.
Jig Stone meets Dutch Carr Thursday night for the Charlestown A C championship at Mishawum. Six other bouts accompany the main event.
Last week in scholastic sports saw standout pitching by Stephenson of Rindge and Mahoney of Lowell High with no hitters against strong high school teams. Exeter edged Andover in the meet despite weak sprints. Andover swept baseball but faced a rare defeat aided by Way’s pitching.
The East Boston All Stars defeated Fort Banks 9 to 5 yesterday afternoon at Winthrop. Errors by Fort Banks led to the visitors’ victory. Batteries were Smith and Garrity for East Boston and Murphy and Martin for Fort Banks.
Detroit, in an exhibition, defeated Perth Amboy 9 to 2. Cobb of Detroit was spiked sliding to second in the seventh but continued. Final line score shows Walvorts and errors for Perth Amboy with a batsman tally of 8 hits and 2 errors on the hosts.
The Boston Nationals defeated the locals 3 to 2 in an exhibition game played in Hamilton Ohio today June 6.
National schedule lists Boston at Cincinnati New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Pittsburg Brooklyn at St. Louis. Futures align as teams travel between East and Midwest arenas with expected tight games and notable star duels.
In sports action, St Louis plays Boston, Detroit faces New York, Chicago meets Washington, and Cleveland tacks Philadelphia showing key matchups on the slate with potential standings impact.
Local matchups list competitive pairings including Fall River versus Lawrence and New Bedford facing Brockton with Worcester and Lynn hosting, plus Lowell visiting Haverhill in today’s schedule.
In the American Association Louisville beat Kansas City 6 to 2 while Toledo toppled St. Paul 4 to 0 Columbus prevailed 7 to 0 Milwaukee 4 Indianapolis 4 and Minneapolis 3. In the Eastern League Montreal defeated Toronto 7 to 1 Providence won 3 to 2 and 2 to 1 against Newark and Jersey City edged Baltimore 2 to 1 while Jersey City routed Baltimore 11 to 2. Connecticut League Waterbury beat Northampton 6 to 3. Southern League Birmingham 4 New Orleans 3 Montgomery 3 Memphis lead incomplete.
Chicago June 6. Twelve high power racing machines entered for the Coke cup to be run June 19 over the Crown Point Ind course under the Chicago Automobile Club. Sixteen fighter cars listed for the Indiana trophy on June 18. entry lists closed yesterday.
Sandy Ferguson of Chelsea meets Joe Jeanette of New York at the Armory A. A. on June 22, in what Promoters call a major city bout. The article previews a packed summer schedule of pugilistic clashes, with Coffroth arranging fights including Cross vs Hyland and Nelson vs Thompson, and mentions Johnson Kaufman Ketchel matchups and Burns rumors.
The Boston Herald team preparing for the Chicago tournament wants games for the first three days of each week in June and July. They play English High on Tuesday at Locust Street Grounds and invite inquiries to James H. Butler.
Harvard faces Holy Cross at Cambridge on Thursday and Cornell on Saturday in key college baseball clashes. Captain Currier leads the Crimson as Yale builds momentum after beating Princeton, with Dartmouth meeting Yale in New Haven and Penn visiting Dartmouth in Hanover. Holy Cross versus Fordham also looms in Worcester.
The week features multiple college games across venues from Hanover New Hampshire to Worcester Massachusetts. Notable matchups include Pennsylvania against Dartmouth Yale against Dartmouth Princeton against Lafayette Harvard against Holy Cross and Harvard against Cornell with several other regional games.
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