Early Season Rains Shift Baseball Doubleheaders Across Standings
Weather and packed bargain days push scheduled two games in one afternoon, influencing pennant races. McGraw recalls past doubleheaders that hurt the Giants in 1908 and outlines how storms and scheduling tests shape rival teams like the Pirates and Phillies this season.
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Harvard Crew Strengthens Varsity as Amhert Game Looms
Harvard shuffled the first eight with Harry Murray moved to the second, Louis Curtis stepping into No. 3. C. C. Lund trialed stroke for the second and Tudor Gardiner may join next week. The Crimson faces Amherst today at Soldiers Field at 3 p.m. Harvard batters later lineup changes as Mahan leads off in place of Wick. The Varisty crew order includes Chanler as stroke and Curtis at No. 3.
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Harvard
Louis Curtis
Murray
Meyer
Curtis
C. C. Lundstroke
Crimson
L. S. Chanler
Lund
New London
Tudor Gardiner
Morgan
Chanler
Schall
Harwood
Soucy
Talcott
Ken Reynolds
Cox Sargent
Parson
J. W. Middendorf
H. S. Middendorf
Busk
Bow Satonstall
Cox Kreger
Amherst
Soldiers Field
Mahan
Hardwick
Robinson
McGay
Vanitie
Lawley's
Bath
Neponset Yard
Kennebec
Boston College Tops Colby 7 6 In Wet Season Opener
Boston College freshman pitcher Halloran earned a 7 6 victory as BC edged Colby in a weather shortened six inning game. DeDe Linehan and Lefleur led BC with key hits and early runs, while Colby rallied in the sixth before Halloran closed out the win.
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A.B
Reynolds
Lowning
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Simpson
Haffling
Campbell
Cois
DeDe
Linehan
Barry
Wholly
Fra
Empire
McGawley
Georgetown
Woods
Barker
Halloran
Steeves
Nutting
Holy Cross Downs Tufts In Rain-Shortened Tilt
Holy Cross defeated Tufts 3 to 1 at Fitton Field after delays from heavy rain and darkness. McManus pitched for Holy Cross with Whittaker matching him for Tufts, while Lee scored Tufts’ lone run in the seventh. Attendance was about 1,000 as the game ended early.
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May
Holy Cross
Tufts
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Whittaker
Lee
Po.a.e
J.m'rray
Stafford
Graney
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Murphy
Welk
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Angell
Manus
Zak
Wreecu
Saunders
Ostergren
O'Brien
J. Murray
Conway
Andover Blanks Princeton Freshmen In Field Battle
Phillips Andover Academy defeated Princeton freshmen 5 to 0 on Brothers Field. Snell scored on a two-base drive by Farly, Sheehan added a sixth inning RBI, and Kinney scored on Early’s single in the seventh after a double steal. Grant pitched for Princeton and Rutherford handled pitching duties for Andover in a dominant win.
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Straw
Jordan
Protest over Beeson high jump record at Berkeley
C S Morris of the Olympic Club filed a protest with Pacific Athletic Association president John Elliott claiming Edward Beeson’s 6 feet 75-10 inches jump at the Berkeley conference meet touched the cross bar and should not qualify as a world record. Morris notes the event was a closed, club affair with Beeson and former holder George Horine as the only competitors.
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May
Edward Beeson
John Elliott
Pacific Athletic Association
C. S. Morris
Olympic Club
Beeson
Morris
Berkeley
George Horine
St Louis Tops Pittsburg In High-Scoring Game
St Louis defeated Pittsburg 7 to 6 in a tense afternoon contest. St Louis broke open with five runs in the second inning on five hits aided by an error, while Crandall Simon and the Pittsburg batteries and batting struggled to respond.
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May
Pittsburg
H. E. St. Louis
Crandall
Simon
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W. Adams
Berry
Buffalo Beats Kansas City on Final Eighth Inning Rally
Buffalo scored four runs in the eighth aided by two bases on balls to defeat Kansas City five to four. Kansas City made four costly errors in the field. Batteries Klauser Moran and Allen for Buffalo Blair Henning Stone and Hasterly for Kansas City.
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Buffalo
R.H. LE
Klauser
Moran and Allen
Blair
Henning
Stone and Hasterly
West Roxbury High Beats Norwood High 5–1 in Five Inning Game
West Roxbury High defeated Norwood High 5 to 1 in a four and a half inning game at Washington street grounds yesterday afternoon. The box shows West Roxbury with 14 0 60 and a .553 team batting line while Norwood posts 0 0 9. Cattee Batteries Hurley Fay Fitzgerald Maxnan.
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Washington Street Grounds
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Fay
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Maxnan
Thespians Play Ball Defeat Brining Up Father Cast 6 5
The Thespians at B F Keith's Theatre defeated the Bringing Up Father company on the Common 6 to 5. Barter pitched well and Jimmie Mullen powered the Keith team with key hits.
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B. K. Keith
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Hal
Mullen
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Flanagan
Ward
Niblo
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Hedges
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Williams
Johnson
McCluskey
National and Federal matchups headline dense schedule
American games list New York at Boston Philadelphia at Washington Detroit at Chicago St. Louis at Cleveland National Boston at New York Cincinnati at St. Louis Chicago at Pittsburg Brooklyn at Philadelphia Federal Brooklyn7 at Chicago Buffalo at Kansas City Pittsburg at St. Louis Baltimore at Indianapolis New England Lawrence at Portland Worcester at Lewiston Witchburg at Lowell Lynn at Haverhill
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Lewiston-Worcester
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Cleveland
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