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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
7
The Boston Navy Yard team beat Holy Cross 8 to 3 before a large commencement day crowd. Holy Cross had not lost since the first Boston College game weeks ago.
The Holy Cross lineup shifted with Doyle absent at third allowing two changes and disrupting team play. Bill Ryan started on the mound for Holy Cross and fanned Jack Barry in the first inning. Barry Shorten and Walsh led the Red Sox with two singles apiece while Barry Norton and Carroll, veterans of the Purple, led Navy in the field and at the plate. The score:
New York closes a long home stand by beating Cincinnati 7 to 1. Perritt earns his ninth win. Bressler struggles in relief as Giants capitalize on Reds errors. Young throws out two at the plate. McCarty Holke and Magee pace the offense with key hits.
Stock's first inning double stood as the game’s lone hit off Cooper as Philadelphia scratched out a run on King's error and a wild pitch. Hogg and four double plays blanked Pittsburgh, with McGaffigan, Bancroft, and Luderus turning two.
Dana Fillingim pitched as the Braves beat the St Louis Cardinals 4 to 1 in Boston. Herzog and Walter Rehg led the batting with key singles and two doubles, while Doak and May struggled with control for the Cards. Rehg scored on a pair of plays, and the Braves added runs on that timely hustle culminating in the sixth inning. Dick Conway was absent serving for war duty, and the team prepared to open a five game series with the Phillies in Philadelphia.
Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 run 9 hits 1 error. St. Louis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1. Herzog, Rehg, Doak, Jim Smith, Rawlings drive in runs. Doak pitchers 6 hits in 3 2/3 innings, May 2 in 1 1/3, Sherdell 1 in 1. Time 2:??. Attendance 2000. Umpires Klem and Smslie.
James J. Lally has been named professional at Wollaston Golf Club Montclair replacing James R. Kaye who enlisted. A Brookline youth at nineteen, Lally trained at the Country Club Clyde Park and has worked at Wentworth Hall in the White Mountains and Kernwood Club.
Promoter Joseph R. Mulvihill moves the Fulton Dempsey 20 round title bout from Danbury to Baltimore after state police chief Egan said he would block the fight in Connecticut. officials warn other boxing events may be barred on legal grounds.
English High defeated Dorchester 7 to 2 at Rowan Park to claim its 12th straight win and complete its schedule. Pitcher Al Kroog walked five and allowed eight hits but hit a fourth inning homer with Howlett on base. English High has one more game versus Medford High next Saturday in Medford.
Connie Mack appeals to the courts over the Scott Perry case, a surprise to baseball observers long supportive of National Commission rulings. The piece notes Burns replacing Benny Kauff on the Giants roster and Buck Herzog thriving as a utility player for the Braves. It also mentions Eddie O’Connor praising pace running, Norman Taber’s 4:12.35 mile, and local boxing plans in Baltimore.
A reader asks whether Johnny Dundee tackled boxer George Chaney in Philadelphia the night before a Britt mill event. Another reader argues it was not Chaney. The exchange seeks confirmation of the identity of the boxer involved.
Chicago Cubs beat Brooklyn 4 to 3 as Vaughn allowed 12 hits and a costly error in the seventh. Flack and Johnston plated runs for Brooklyn, while Olson homered for the Cubs. Hollacher starred in the field as Chicago bunched hits in the third and fifth innings to grab the lead.
AMERICAN: Philadelphia at Boston, Washington at New York, Cleveland at Chicago, Detroit at St Louis. NATIONAL: Boston at Philadelphia, New York at Brooklyn, Chicago at Pittsburgh. EASTERN: Providence at Springfield, New Haven at Worcester, Hartford at New London, Waterbury at Bridgeport.
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