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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1904
Page
3
After yesterday's game, praise poured in from managers players and officials. Connie Mack and J J McGraw hailed Young as the king of pitching while teammates rivals and umpires called it a masterly exhibition and a historic performance that will grace front pages of baseball history.
Boston at Huntington avenue park over 10 000 fans witness Cy Young pitch the only nine inning game in which the Boston pitcher did not allow a hit or a base on balls while beating Rube Waddell and the Philadelphia Athletics three runs to nothing. The act crowned Young as the idol of Boston base ball buffs and left Connie Mack praising the opponent.
Washington defeats New York 9 to 4 in the season opener. Poor fielding by the local team and a fifth inning collision between Wolfe and Ganzel led to Wolfe's retirement.
Chicago edged a tight game on May 5 as Tannehill doubled and scored after Wallace misplayed a grounder. White followed with a single to cap a decisive ninth inning rally, denying the season shutout due to a costly error.
In St Louis, Tannehill and Padden delivered two base hits each while Jones hit a three-base shot. Donahue and Isbell stole bases as 3000 spectators watched. White struck out four, Howell one, and the game ended with Chicago trailing 2 to 1 after a late rally.
Detroit played a strong offensive game but failed to finish. Mullin was repeatedly hit as clutch hits proved elusive. Lush excelled in the field while contributing on defense and Carried also delivered solid hitting and sharp fielding.
Amherst defeated Massachusetts Agricultural College 3 to 0 on May 5 with pitching by MacRae and sharp fielding. Batteries were MacRae and Storke for Amherst and Kennedy and Qu for the opponent. Time was about 40 minutes with umpire Cook and a crowd of 700 in attendance.
Cy Young speaks with The Post about his pitching masterpiece. He describes careful ball mixing and a near perfect game fueled by confidence and precise control. He credits Criger and Dougherty for key plays and notes Waddell posed the final challenge while his Athletics teammates contributed.
Harvard Freshman baseball team defeated Brookline High School at Soldiers Field by 15 to 11 yesterday. Brookline pitcher Bray struggled and Hall of Harvard, though solid, received poor support.
Harvard Second Nine beat Somerville High 6 to 4 on Soldiers Field yesterday. Somerville pitcher was strong, fanning 11 of Harvard’s older hitters in a tight nine innings contest with Harvard tallying six runs and Somerville four.
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