National League baseball matchups listed for six cities
Cincinnati visits Boston. Pittsburg plays New York. Chicago hosts Philadelphia. St Louis visits Brooklyn. The schedule outlines upcoming games across major cities with matchups and venues.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1913
Page
8
Cincinnati visits Boston. Pittsburg plays New York. Chicago hosts Philadelphia. St Louis visits Brooklyn. The schedule outlines upcoming games across major cities with matchups and venues.
New Bedford faces Fall River while Worcester competes with Portland Zewell meets Brockton and Lynn plays Lawrence in the day’s schedule of regional games with multiple city pairings.
Boston plays St. Louis Philadelphia faces Cleveland New York meets Chicago and Washington battles Detroit all today across the circuit.
The New England roundup reports all scheduled games postponed due to rain, with teams awaiting new dates. Coaches and players adapt practice plans as organizers reschedule contests across the region.
Results show Toronto-Toronto 2 Baltimore 1 Rochester-Newark 3 Rochester 2 Buffalo-Buffalo 2 Providence 1 Montreal-Jersey City Montreal Rain affects schedule with unsettled outcome.
Only the New London New London 5 game proceeded with a 5 run margin while all other contests were postponed due to rain.
Philadelphia overcame an early Cleveland surge to win 8 to 5. Gregg pitched into trouble, but Mitchell, Houck, and a crucial triple play kept the Guardians at bay as Barry handled short with one error. Key hits came from Murphy, Oldring, and Johnston in a back-and-forth American League style game.
Local tennis fans can watch Australasian and United States players at Longwood Cricket Club on May 26 and 27 in exhibition matches. Captain Horace Rice will face S N Doust or A B Jones on day one, and R N Williams will meet M A McLaughlin or H H Hackett on day two. Doubles are unarranged. A team match Between West Side Tennis Club New York and Longwood Cricket Club is also set.
Harry Hooper hit a fifth inning long drive into the right field stands to cap Boston’s rally after St Louis led 2 0. Ray Collins pitched well, supported by Yerkes Wagner and Engle. Shotton Austin and Brief supplied the Browns' offense with a homer and a triple.
Chicago pitcher Joe Benz shut down the New York Americans allowing only three hits as the Chicago club won the second game of the series 7 to 0. McConnell batted decisively for Chicago, delivering key opportunities and a dominant mound performance on May 16 in Chicago.
The article notes the Gray & Davis Co building near completion across the Charles River with a five month occupancy forecast. It also covers Indy race details with National defeating Mercedes, tire changes, pit times, and a record lap average, plus Indiana Automobile Manufacturers Association touring finances and Lozier agency moves in Detroit and New York.
Tufts track team travels to Kingston Rhode Island to duel Rhode Island State in the second meet of the season. Capt Atwater leads in the mile with Mansfield in the quarter Aldrich in the broad jump Thorndike in the shot put and Sherborne to improve in the hammer throw as Tufts hopes for another win.
Coach Manning names two Boston Inter scholastic crews for a summer program and national hopes. The senior crew targets the National championships on the Charles River basin in August following spring and summer regattas with two crews drawn from Brookline High Rindge Tech Cambridge Latin and others. Last year’s notable rowers return as a core with four seats open. Six crews trained yesterday amid rough cool conditions along the Cambridge wall and Charles River.
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