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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
10
June stands as a record month with shifting standings in the National League led by New York and Chicago. Heinie Wagner returns to the Red Sox lineup while Kling secures team captaincy as fans await outcomes in a volatile season.
The pennant chase tightens with Phillies and Pirates nudging for top spots while Cardinals edge toward first division. Giants Cubs briefly lead in April as standings swing daily. Athletics and Tigers show steadier form in the American League. Red Sox start a four game visit to the Highlanders with a first base experiment featuring Tracy Baker.
Cleveland defeated the St. Louis Browns 10 to 7 in a resumed midweek contest. Pitching was erratic but Cleveland secured the win with solid hitting and decisive early offense.
Monday Middletown Williams hosts Wesleyan and Ithaca hosts Cornell Pennsylvania. Tuesday New Haven Harvard faces Yale. Wednesday Philadelphia Cornell meets Penn sylvania with Providence Brown Alumni in action. Friday Cambridge Harvard plays Yale.
Detroit’s Cobb leads the American League with 55 runs scored followed by Bush with 63 and Jackson of Cleveland with 46. Other top scorers include Lord of Chicago and Crawford of Detroit with 41, Hooper and teammates in Boston Milan Washington, and McIntyre of Chicago. Murphy, Collins, Baker, and Oldving of Philadelphia also appear among leaders.
Detroit Tigers overturn a 16 3 deficit in Chicago as Cobb and Crawford star in an eight run eighth inning rally. Cobb drives in Jones and Bush then scores on Crawford’s long homer as Detroit wins 16 to 15 with Verrine and Dineen umpiring.
Lewis gains 16 points this week as Speaker improves only 2. Gard ner and Nanamaker advance, losses hit Williams Engla t Yerkes Wood Pall and Purtell, while team fielding and batting shift modestly. National squad gains by Tenney Pfeffer Kling Flaherty with several players altering standings. Team batting slips four points while fielding rises for both sides.
In Newark New Jersey June 18 Prank Kramer edged Jackie Clarke of Australia in a photo finish to win the two mile bicycle championship in 3 44 Clarke led the field from scratch in the one mile handicap finishing 1 55 15 The five mile motor paced race was won by Floyd McFarland of San Jose California in 7 44 26 with Bred Hill of Beston second.
In New England this week Brockton faces Lynn while Lawrence plays Haverhill Lowell meets Fall River and Worcester duels New Bedford with four city rivalries on the slate representing a busy regional schedule.
Chicago defeats Philadelphia 4 to 3 in the last game of the series. A two-base hit by Archer and a double steal in the eighth inning helped Chicago score the deciding run. Burne pitched for Philadelphia and Burns for Chicago, with key defensive plays by Zimmerman and Hofman.
Arrangements are made for the annual A. O. H. Games in Division No. 63 at Loos ds South Boston on July 4. Entries are pouring in and athletes should contact Pray Shean an at the South Boston A. C. club for entry. Events include sprints and distance races with expectations of record breaking performances.
New York Giants win 5 to 4 at St Louis by bunched hits in sixth and ninth innings. Mowry and Devlin led with two doubles and a single each in four at bats. The win ties the series with the home team.
Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati 3 to 1 as early scoring rallies in the first and second innings produced the decisive runs. Keefe started and took the loss, with McQuillan close behind, while Brooklyn's hitters collected six and four runs off the respective pitchers. Esmond miscue in the sixth aided Brooklyn. Coulson and Severoid produced two-base hits for the winners.
Milwaukee blanks Columbus 7 2 in game one and wins 6 4 in game two. Kansas City defeats Louisville 6 4 in game one and loses 4 2 in game two. Minneapolis dominates Toledo 8 1 and St. Paul tops Indianapolis 6 3.
Jersey City defeated Toronto 9 2 while Providence beat Montreal 4 3 and Newark routed Rochester 38 2 in a high scoring set of games for the league.
Mobile defeated Memphis 5 to 2, Montgomery beat Atlanta 10 to 5, New Orleans also bested Atlanta 5, and Nashville held a 0 score in a rugged slate.
Harvard faces Yale on Yale field in New Haven with Davis the expected starter for Harvard after a strong win over Williams. Yale appears to hold an edge early though Harvard hopes to turn the tide in a series that could go to a deciding game in New York if needed. Hartwell for Yale and McLaughlin for Harvard are the leading pitchers with high expectations.
Harvard’s squad displayed strong fielding and base running while Captain McLaughlin excelled on the mound. With Sexton sidelined by illness, Harvard will likely start either McLaughlin or Babson against Yale, relying on the Crimson leader’s coolness to guide the game.
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