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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
21
At Fenway Park the Red Sox finally break a long slump by defeating the St Louis Browns 2 to 1. The game stayed close until the last moments, with Barrow's Browns held to a single run as Boston clinched the victory in a close late showdown.
Arthur Duffey notes a blue tinge for Harvard in the Thames race with Yale favored after recent Crimson-Blue duels. Other items cover Nat Strong's Cuban Giants vs Danvers, schoolball picks by Frank Gaffney, Twilight league in Hudson, service men games at Fenway, Armory A A events, and Dempsey Willard sparring concerns along with Irish track results featuring Patrick Ryan and William McCormick.
Boston wins the series opener as Carl Mays outduels Red Sox foe Shocker. Ruth and Strunk spark the offense with doubles and singles while Shocker fans well scattered hits. Key defensive plays by Vitt and McInnis keep St Louis from more scoring, and Barry triples in the fifth.
Bobby Josephs of the South End faces Chick Hayes, former Indianapolis boxer, in a top bantam bout at Commercial A. C. tonight. A fast 12-round duel is expected with promoter McKirdy hoping to lure Joe Lynch of New York as a further attraction if Josephs wins. The card also features Frank Tillo vs Young Cahill, Harry Silva vs Frank Repetto, and Charlie Elkins vs Mack Murphy in six-round bouts.
Whitehouse, a recruit, was knocked out early as Chicago edged Washington 5 to 4 in a close game. The final score left both teams scoring in the middle innings with White Sox pulling ahead in the late frames.
In Colom Bes France on June 19 Chaplain F. C. Thompson won the elimination hand grenade throwing contest for the American Expeditionary Force field and track team with a 251 foot throw. His brother S. C. Thompson placed second and Epperly was third. The Thompson brothers and Epperly will represent the American team in inter allied grenade events.
In Paris on June 19 American college and army sprinters posted fast 100 meter times in elimination heats to select teams for the inter allied games. Sol Butler from Dubuque College and Lt. C W Paddock of USC ran 10.45 seconds.
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