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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1913
Page
8
Harvard and Yale loom as key rivals with Cornell in a windy season meet. Moakley’s Ithaca squad strengthens sprint and distance threats, while Harvard’s Bar on pace challenges Cornell in the hurdles and sprints.
Yale and Cornell opened with wins while Yale edged Princeton in a tight annual track meet. Attention shifts to the final meet as teams prepare for the conclusion of the series.
Harvard Princeton and Pennsylvania rowing crews will contest a triangular race this afternoon at 4 o clock on the Charles River. Officials expect improved wind and water but if the race is called off again it may not be possible to settle supremacy this year.
Maranville dazzled as shortstop with stellar defense and timely hitting while Braves pitchers powered a strong stand against visitors. Team batting rose while fielding improved. Boston Red Sox slumped with drop in several key batters. Henry Henriksen sparked a peak individual gain, as other stars fluctuated amid league-wide shifts.
St Louis visits Boston while Cincinnati plays Brooklyn and Chicago goes to New York with Pittsburgh hosting Philadelphia in the lineup of games.
Boston faces Detroit while Washington meets St Louis Philadelphia plays Chicago and New York travels to Cleveland in a set of early season league games.
After the first week of the East versus West NL invasion, the East appears stronger overall though pennant winners may still come from the West. Stallings rebuilds Boston into a faster, smarter club. Pittsburg suffers pitching woes despite star names. McGraw’s Giants, Tesreau and Marquard finding form. New York’s hitting improves with improved pitching. amateur boxing note ends the piece.
Growing interest surrounds the schoolboy season as teams sharpen for the Suburban league title race. Everett High leads after round one with ten wins, as rivals close the gap and the season heats up.
Everett maintains a clean slate as Medford H S edges toward second place in the league with Somerville Malden and Medford in close pursuit. English High and Mechanic Arts draw key elimination games at Fenway and in the Suburban league Melrose meets Malden.
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