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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1916
Page
12
May day at Braves Field featured a complete success as the Braves defeated the Phillies 5 to 2. The game was marked by several events of interest and notable plays contributing to the victory.
The Braves battled in a seven inning game with Compton and Mayer contributing in the seventh. Maranville Whitted and Skonct chy delivered two base hits while Luderus had a sac fly. Rudolph Mayer and Rixey combined for hits and strikeouts as 2000 attended the event.
Pat Moran's group opens the season with a win while Philadelphia's bench erupts into verbal spats prompting umpires to eject Burns and Moran. Rudolph steadies after a tense start as Boston plates key runs in the late innings led by Mayer and Evers.
The schedule lists games in the American League with Boston at Washington, New York at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Detroit, and Chicago at St. Louis.
Philadelphia visits Boston while Brooklyn challenges New York. Pittsburgh travels to Cincinnati for key NL contests.
The Bastern League lists pairing fixtures with Lawrence at New London Lowell at New Haven Lynn at Hartford Portland at Bridgeport and Worcester at Springfield for upcoming play sessions.
Townsville edges Miwaukee 6 to 5 in a tight game while Columbus dominates Minneapolis 14 to 0. Rain delays affect Indianapolis Kansas City and Voledo St Paul matchups.
Newark defeats Rochester 6 to 4 while Montreal wins 5 to Richmond. Providence edges Buffalo 2 to 1 in 11 innings. Baltimore tops Toronto 9 to 4.
The Southern Association results show Birmingham 6 over Atlanta 4, Nashville 3 over Memphis 7, New Orleans 2 over Mobile 0, and Chattanooga 1 over Little Rock 9.
Miss Gladys Palmer of Oak Park Illinois and a UW Madison student athlete broke the intercollegiate baseball throw mark by 14 feet at 17 feet 6 inches surpassing the prior record held by a Vassar student. The event took place in Madison Wisconsin on May 1.
Hartford bunched five hits and a costly Daly error to plate five runs in the fifth inning and beat Lynn 5 to 8 behind Salmon who walked three but limited base runners with men on. Mercer Weiler Duggan Smith and Wagner produced the runs as Gleason and Powers contributed for Lynn.
In New London on May 1 Lawrence edged New London 2 to 0 in a pitching duel between Fuller and Reiger. Lawrence scoring came from two runs on hits and errors while New London managed no runs.
Portland defeated Bridgeport 9 to 6 in Bridgeport. Kingston allowed an inning of hits while Gray was troubled by Portland bats. Key players included Clemens Robinson and Thompson for Portland with multiple runs driven in. Harvard baseball urges start of Lester Cup series with sixteen scrub teams and prize Leiter caps.
Mitchell dominated the game for Cincinnati as Neale tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly. Kil lifer reached on Smith's error in the sixth and scored on Chase's double, with Chase later scoring on Griffith's single to seal the 3 0 victory over Pittsburgh.
The Arena tourney lineup includes Johnny Harvey vs Willie Beecher 12 rounds Johnny Noonan vs Howard McRae 8 rounds Johnny Morris vs Frank Simmons 6 rounds and Willie Shea vs Johnny O Brien 6 rounds. Several exhibitions and substitutions, with Frankie McManus aiming for a Brockton clash and Langford league action in Akron pitting Sam vs Sam McVey.
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