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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
16
A Boston loss to St Louis 3 to 1 featured Oakes's sharp fielding and a key ninth inning catch. Boston outhit the Cardinals and squandered chances as Harmon struggled and Mattern took the mound without success early. Sweeney and Kenet chy contributed doubles while Bresnah an tripled, but errors and a bad hop helped St Louis score.
Fie did not get a hit but robbed Boston hitters of doubles and triples with two on and two out. He made a one handed grab on Bill Sweeney’s line drive in center in the fifth and repeated robberies on Butler and Rariden in the ninth as Boston threatened. Inger ton moved to left, Butler to third, but the Tenneyites’ shift and lineup change failed to stop the ninth straight defeat. Scotty and Bresnahan struggled against Butler’s defense and hit.
Pittsburg faces New York while St Louis plays Boston Cincinnati meets Brooklyn and Chicago confronts Philadelphia in a series of marquee games highlighting opening-week action across major leagues.
Brockton faces Lawrence while New Bedford takes Lowell and Worcester meets Haverhill with Vali River visiting Lynn in regional schedule notes.
Scanlon shuts down Cincinnati as Brooklyn wins 6 to 4. Oakes and Koney execute key plays, Wheat and Burch three-base hits spark the offense, and Scanlon withstands late threats to halt Cincinnati’s skid.
National news from Philadelphia dated May 18 reports Chicago defeating the home team 11 to 2. The visitors hit Moore and Shultz. Brown pitched well. In the eighth, Doolan Knabe and Magee were ordered off by umpire Doyle for disputing calls as about 1000 fans surged toward him, but he fled to his dressing room with protection.
American basketball schedule lists Boston visiting Chicago Philadelphia traveling to Detroit New York playing at St Louis and Washington visiting Cleveland for a group of early season games.
Hockey score roundup reports Rochester defeating Providence 2 to 1, with Montreal drawing Toronto 1 to 1 and Baltimore edging Newark 0 to 1. Jersey City dominates Toronto 5 to 4 in a high scoring game.
Springfield defeated Holyoke 8 to 6 while Hartford routed Bridgeport 8 to 2. New Britain beat New Haven 4 to 3 and Waterbury edged Northampton 3 to 2 in other results from the Connecticut League.
The American Association games showed Kansas City 6 over Indianapolis 4 while Toledo edged Milwaukee 3 to 1. Columbus led Minneapolis 5 to 3 as St Paul triumphed over Louisville 10 to 4.
Atlanta routed Birmingham nine to one in a decisive Southern League game while Mobile fell to Memphis eight to two. Nashville beat Montgomery seven to five and New Orleans topped Chattanooga six to five in other notable results.
The Boston Interscholastic Rowing Association finalized dates for the regatta with races scheduled for Tuesday June 6 and Thursday June 8. Start time remains 3:30 p.m. weather permitting, with heat lineups emphasizing matchups among crews coached by Graney and Greer. Drawings assign Brookline High inside, Noble second, Cambridge Latin third in heat one, and Rindge on inside with Boston Latin Volk mann and Roxbury Latin following in heat two.
Fort Strong defeated the Roxbury Blues 16 to 0 as Wragg pitched a no hit, fanning 18. Fort Strong scored in all innings listed, with Plagg and Harris battering, while Herley and Collins caught. Roxbury failed to reach base, producing zero hits.
Jimmy Clabby and Jack Dillon squared off with Paddy Lavin and Jack Herrick and Jack White of Chicago meeting Joé Mandot of New Orleans in an all star show at Indianapolis. Kid McCoy to referee.
Hanover N H May 18 Dartmouth beat Cornell 3 to 2 in a fast game. Emerson and Donahue started with a two base hit and homer for Dartmouth, Rollins added a three baseman, Bennett scored on a two bagger, Cornell answered with three-base hits from Thomas and McCormack in the ninth. Steen, Morey and Conroy starred for Dartmouth. Thomas, Mager and McCormack led Cornell. Attendance about 1200.
Tufts defeated Trinity 2 to 0 at Medford as pitcher Martin struck out eleven. Tufts scored the game's only run in the first inning. Batteries were Martin and Bennett for Tufts with Warmer and L Heureux behind.
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