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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
11
The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves 8 to 1 to surge into first place. Vaughn limited the Braves to five hits and earned his sixth straight win, while Merkle Williams and Doyle powered a late eighth inning grand slam and key hits to back the Cubs.
Baseball scores show St. Paul 5 Columbus 8, Toledo blank Kansas City 1, Louisville 2 Minneapolis 1, Milwaukee 2 Indianapolis 0. The compact ledger summarizes four city match results from the period.
Report lists scores for multiple matchups Rochester 4 Baltimore 3 Providence 6 Buffalo 4 Toronto 8 Richmond 6 Newark 7 Montreal 7 over a 16 inning span, but no dates or context provided for the games or league.
In a nine inning game Tyler yields one run on a single hit while Vaughn fans three and walks eight. Boston edges the visitors 1 to 0 as Merkle Williams and Vaughn drive the only two base hits.
St Louis wins its second straight 10 inning game 5 to 4 over New York after the Giants led 3-0 in the seventh. Hornsby hit a three run homer to spark the comeback, Gonzales drove in the decisive run in the 10th. Padres? No, Ames scored for the Cardinals.
Philadelphia club hit Grimes and Miller hard to win 8 2 over Pittsburg. Brief hit his second homer in as many games. Steck was ejected after arguing a called strike. Cravath, Schulte, Niehoff and others contributed, with Grimes and Mayer pitching for the two teams.
American League games feature Boston at Cleveland New York at St Louis Philadelphia at Chicago Washington at Detroit. National League matchups include Chicago at Boston Cincinnati at Brooklyn St Louis at New York Pittsburg at Philadelphia. Eastern League shows New London at New Haven Hartford at Bridgeport Worcester at Lawrence Springfeld at Portland.
The letter notes Francis Ouimet being rated amateur by the Western Golf Association after earlier professional designation, and questions USPGA actions. It mentions Jimmy Henigan losing silks in local ranks, Pete Hegleman urging Millrose A A to switch allegiance, and Ban Johnson proposing 55 players per league for the draft. It cites Braves odds, Freddie Welsh vs Benny Leonard no decision clash, Howard Berry avoiding aviation for a hospital unit, and doubts about national amateur rowing championships at Lynn in July. It also notes IC AAAA A A abandoning a military carnival for intercollegiate track and field, with Jimmy Fitzgerald arguing Henigan would win with new shoes in a New York Mail race.
Brooklyn jumped on Schneider in the fifth for five hits and five runs to win 6 to 2 after seven straight losses. Stengel homered with two on as Roush miscues helped the rally. Marquard held Cincinnati late. Players cited include Johnston Daubert Stengel Miller Marquard and Koh headlined by Stengel core.
The correct score for the New York Giants-Cinet game on May 11 is nine to two, verified after discrepancies from several papers. Jim Vaughn has been with the Cubs since 1913 and previously pitched for New York and Washington in the American League.
Somerville High whitewashed Melrose High 9 to 0 yesterday in a Suburban league contest at Somerville. Pitched five innings, McGrath allowed one hit before being relieved by Sharkey who debuted for Somerville and held Melrose to one more hit.
Henry Vickers of Cambridge Latin School was shut out as Boston College High beat Cambridge 8 to 0. The Cantabs were limited to one hit by pitcher Lovely, former Natick High star.
Lynn Classical High School defeated Dorchester High School 4 to 2 after a wild sequence. Dorchester pitcher Kelley struck out 15 batters in a losing effort.
Noble and Greenough defeated Roxbury Latin 19 to 10 at Noble Field Brookline in a high scoring baseball game. Noble belted multiple extra base hits and built a comfortable lead early, with Roxbury Latin struggling to close the gap.
Brookline High defeated Wellesley High 16 to 3 in a quadrangular league contest held yesterday afternoon at Wellesley. The teams met for the league clash as part of a multi-school meet.
Armory A A presents George Alger and Terry Brooks in a 12 round main plus Jack Savage of Brockton versus Al Nelson of Manchester in a 10 round semi final at the Grand Opera House. Delmont of North Shore A C matches Dave Kurtz against Jack Savage in 12 rounds and Willie Green against Kid Henry in 10 rounds with several prelims.
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