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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1898
Page
3
Harvard defeated Williams 11 to 0 at Soldiers Field Cambridge with key plays by Haughton and Burgess. Cozzens pitched seven strong innings allowing one hit. Robinson debuted at third and may start regularly.
At Baltimore on May 18 the Pittsburgs tally twice via a bases on balls hit batsman an error and a single in the second inning. Nops’s delivery stalls the visitors in later frames as they fail to score. Attendance 1858. The score:
Bases St Louis 5 Chicago 12. Two-base hits Ryan 2 Dahlen Decker. Three-base hit Crooks. Sacrifice hits Turner Down Sudhof. Double plays McCormick Connor Everitt Connor Everitt. Struck out Thornton 3 Sudhoff 1. Passed ball Donahue. Bases on balls Thornton 2 Sudhoff 8. Hit with ball Dowd Turner Harley. Time 650m. Um pires O Day and McDonald.
In Exept Exeter, May 18, Boston University topped Phillips Exeter 11 to 5 as Exeter faltered after the second inning. Boston University compiled 13 hits to Exeter's 6 with six errors by both teams.
In Baston Pennsylvania on May 18, Lafayette beat Princeton 7 to 3 in a seven inning game cut short to allow Princeton to catch a train home. Lafayette scored five runs in the first inning while Princeton managed three runs later, ending the game early due to travel timing.
In a scattered recap of games across the Northeast and Canada teams posted results in multiple pairings. Notable outcomes include Amherst tying Bowdoin in fourteen innings, Syracuse edging Providence and Buffalo defeating Montreal, and Newark facing Reading with a two run win for Newark.
Local fans will watch the Park Theatre automatons perform baseball plays in real time as champions depart home grounds to face Cincinnati. Plays start promptly at 4 o clock this afternoon tomorrow and Saturday with instant accurate reproduction on stage.
The South Boston A. A. club lists open dates for a busy summer slate. Manager William Stewart seeks bookings at home and away including Mt Washingtons Everett May 30, Newport South Boston June 17 and Malden July 23, with several open gaps and tentative venues.
Washington earns the moniker hard luck club as Melrose A C hosts Peabody A C next Saturday. Reds topple by tough St Louis and Louisville end of season struggles. Chicago trades Pitcher Friend and Briggs to Columbus for Mertes from the Phillies. Cincinnati adds McBride in center field. Doyle prefers ranks over managing the Senators. Bowdoin meets Tufts at Medford College Hill. Wesleyan visits Lehigh in Bethlehem. Hardie Richardson faces business reverses and plans to umpire in the New York league. Washington offers Leahy and Snyder for Magee of Louisville. Farrell calls the South Boston lad a comer and urges Wagner for the deal.
Corbett ready to meet McCoy Ruhlin winner and McCoy eager to whip Ruhlin. O'Brien accepts 1000 for 20 rounds with Billy Smith. Smith seeks percentage. Dick sparrs Ed Binney. Inquirer-George Cole defeats Billy Payne and Jesse Moulton in Phila. bouts. Matt Matthews vs Tom Broderick set for May 26 at Yonkers. Ben Jordan sails to U S. Maher Goddard finish rule 2½ rounds. Dobbs beats Dick Case in Louisville. Keller to meet Benoit in Hull for Canada title. Downey McBride set as May 24 prelims at Coney Island. George Lavigne in Montreal as summer contests planned.
Racing men have two more days to send in entries for the Associated clubs big meet at Charles River track on May 30. Several thousand blanks have been distributed and await returns.
Scattered broadcasts invite professional and amateur riders and high schools to enter a state meet held in Massachusetts. Open events include a one mile tandem handicap and a one mile championship with medals. prizes total 350 and 25 dollars. Entries go to Arthur K. Peck in the Russia building.
Manager W J Morgan will arrange next Saturday's meet at Waltham Velodrome featuring the Butler brothers against Gougoltz Lumberjack and Jaap Eden. The six race series includes Nat Tom and Frank Lambertjack with no time limits and a 1 55 triplet cap. Willis Brown tops Massachusetts with a double century. Cissac begins American tryout June 7 in Philadelphia.
Camp Dewey exploits and orders frame Massachusetts Sixth Regiment move to Falls Church Virginia with Colonel Woodward leading. Governor Wolcott honors officers, commissions colorfully, and a band is arranged for the Ninth Regiment as tensions rise over deployment logistics and payment.
Immediately after the commissions were presented the Sixth and Ninth regiments held a dress parade for the first time at Camp Dewey. Both regiments showed a highly satisfactory performance as Colonel Woodward addressed the line officers during the Sixth parade.
Fragmentary report describes the North Atlantic Squadron and Flying Squadron heading toward Key West via Windward Passage. It notes Admiral Sampson and Admiral Schley as commanders and references ships and movements near Curacao and Cape Verde as forces pursue the Spanish fleet commanded by Admiral Cervera.
A. Shuman & Co. sends underwear stockings and suspenders to Captain John J. Sullivan’s Company E Ninth Regiment at Camp Dewey. The exchange includes letters of thanks and best wishes for health and victory in the Spanish American War context.
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