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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
10
Johnny Dundee of New York won a 12 round decision over Chick Simler of Scranton at the Boston Arena. The bout drew about 6000 fans and was hailed as one of the season’s fiercest lightweights in the city.
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The report describes a hard fought match with Dundee and Simler exchanging heavy blows across 12 rounds. Simler lands crucial uppercuts and body shots while Dundee shows resilience and fierce rallies. Earlier rounds saw mixed scoring with Mitchell hurt, Chodo winning, Buckley besting Gerard, and Watlin defeating Stanton in the semi final.
Middlesex School will face Milton Academy in a three game series at Milton this afternoon. The Concord squad travels with the second and third Middlesex nines scheduled to meet Milton’s second and third teams.
Cleveland inning by inning details show Babe Ruth yielding six runs in five innings as the Indians battle back before Leonard closes out a 6 to 5 Boston defeat. Speaker stars for Cleveland with a double and triple, while Walker injures a hand amid the scoring spree.
Washington wins 11 to 5 as Detroit pitchers falter. Seven runs in the second inning fueled the visitors with three bases on balls and five hits. Key blows included Rice’s two-base hit with the bases loaded and Heilman driving in runs.
Al Badoud, welterweight champion of France, out fought Kid Graves of Milwaukee over 10 rounds in Brooklyn. Badoud weighed 153 pounds while Graves weighed 1521 2 pounds.
Frankie Burns of Jersey City outpointed Joe Lynch of New York over seven of ten rounds in a packed New York arena. Burns weighed 118 3 4 pounds and Lynch 116 8 4 as the pair battled a brisk middleweight matchup tonight.
Cleveland Cobes beat Red Sox 9 to 0 as Ruth pitched 5 23 innings allowing 9 runs on 14 hits while Leonard Gould and Lambeth held Boston scoreless. Walsh, Gainer and Wambsganss led with multiple hits as Cleveland capitalized on seven walks and key defensive plays.
New York defeats St Louis 7 to 4 led by Pipp with two doubles and a single while Severeldsaa adds a triple and two singles. Marsans and Nanamaker ejected after a dispute at the plate. Shawkey wins with 11 hits allowed.
Chicago pitcher Joe Benz masterfully blanked the Philadelphia Athletics 11 to 0 as Weaver collect five hits leading the offense. E Johnson and Myers were touched for runs while Benz, Seago, and a strong Chicago defense shut down the visitors. Sixteen Philadelphia hits were spread thin against Benz and his infielders.
New England lumber jacks will sail to England to supply lumber for the allies. About 150 to 300 men equipped with portable saw mills are to be mobilized. A meeting at the State House on Thursday at 3 p.m. will finalize plans under the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety with support promised by governors of New England states.
Lawrence routed Worcester 13 to 6 as Lindstrom yielded 10 hits and 9 runs in 6 1 3 innings. Hanson fared poorly in relief for Worcester while Williams shut out the visitors until late. Schreiber hit a home run and Porter, Schreiber, Daley, and others contributed for Lawrence.
In Hartford on May 15, the home team rallied from a six run deficit to beat Bridgeport in the ninth. Low cleared the bases with a seventh inning double and a ninth inning triple, followed by Weidel's single scoring the winning run as Hartford surged past Bridgeport 9 to 7.
Timely hitting and wild pitching woes helped New Haven score six runs in the middle innings to edge New London 5 to 2. Naylor and Rieger each carried work with support from Martin as New Haven collected 11 hits while New London had 8.
Belgian middleweight Jean Rouet will wrestle Oliver Goulet in a 80 minute limit preliminary before the Kilonis Ross match at the Grand Opera House tomorrow night.
Arrivals at South Boston Fish Pier include Grace M Cribby with 6000 live lobsters from Lunenburg Nova Scotia. Five vessels report groundfish and 21000 pounds cash receipts. Wholesalers list haddock cod hake pollock and cusk prices. Repairs to German steamer Ockenfels near completion for drydock. Comments sought on Winter Quarter lightship relocation affecting buoys and gas.
The proposed change in the lightship position will greatly aid vessels by placing the fog signal where it provides more protection against inshore dangers, improving safety for a large percentage of passing ships. The Landsman notes the adjustment benefits mariners.
More than 200 employees of the United Box and Lumber Company stopped work to press for a Saturday half holiday with pay. A committee of workmen was expected to meet company officials tomorrow to seek a settlement.
The Concord High School boys tennis team defeated Somerville High School three matches to two yesterday afternoon. Concord won two of the three singles matches and one of the two doubles matches, both doubles and one singles match going to extra games.
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