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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1912
Page
10
PITTSBURG May 21 They Braves today were beaten by the Pirates after a plucky fight. The game abounded in hits on both sides and was one of the heaviest batting contests of the season. The teams combined for 29 hits and 42 bases, a total surpassed only on May 1 and May 5 in Pittsburg-Cincinnati and Pittsburg-Chicago games with 48 and 53 bases.
St Louis Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 5 to 4 as Pratt and Baker homerun, with four- and five-baggers highlighted by a late Pirates surge. Plank faced early removal, Morgan and Honck used for relief. The game featured five three-base hits by the Pirates earlier in the day.
Milton High School lost to Tufts Dental School yesterday by 8 to 4 in a six inning game.
Kansas City Kanas City 8 St. Paul 5. Louisville 6 Indianapolis 0. Columbus Toledo 12 Columbus 11 in nings. Minneapolis at Milwaukee with wet grounds.
Montreal and Providence opened with a 0 result while Jersey City at Buffalo and Newark at Toronto faced rain. Baltimore played Rochester also affected by rain, signaling a weather disrupts schedule across the league.
Washington defeated Reading 7 to 3 at Washington Reading. Richmond beat New York 5 to 4 at Richmond. Pittsburg defeated Chicago 7 to 4 at Pittsburg. Cleveland at Cincinnati game postponed.
Dorchester defeated Somerville 16 to 7 while Everett Chelsea beat South Boston 5 to 4. Lynn won 6 to 2 over Malden Medford.
Harvard golf scored a decisive 5 to 0 victory over Wollaston Golf Club yesterday afternoon in a six man team match. Harvard won all but one match, with one halved, marking their first win over Wollaston in years.
New York defeated Cincinnati 6 to 3 in a ragged game. Terreau was wild, Wiltse effective in the pinches, Keefe and Humphries were hit hard.
Yale coach Jim Wray led double sessions on the Charles River with his Harvard crew preparing for Thursday’s triangular race with Princeton and Cornell. Cornell arrived in Boston and trained, while Princeton, tall and slim, arrived late and did not workout yesterday after a loss to Columbia on Carnegie Lake.
In heavy wind at Wollaston the Boston Women's Golf Association championship began match play. Victors included Mrs G W Roope Brae Burn over Mrs F G Davis 1 up 20 holes and Miss E W Allen Oakley over Mrs A P Chase 1 up 20 holes.
Everett High beat Rindge Tech 3 to 1 with G Brickley and Rune Morando key hitters. Sweetland, Bold, Riley and White contributed two-base hits, while G Brickley added a three-base hit. Morando and Jones stole bases as Borlin and Smith combined for 17 strikeouts. Attendance reached 300.
Chicago beat Brooklyn 56 to 4 in a three game set as Rucker exited after 10 hits with Maroney and Knetzer combining for the win. Two base hits from Hofman Tooley Northern and misc. fielding notes and base on balls listed.
Philadelphia edged St Louis 7 to 6 in a tense afternoon game. The winning run scored in the ninth on two passes a single and a sacrifice, aided by sharp fielding at key moments.
At Bellevue-Stratford the American League magnates fined each Detroit player who went on strike last Saturday $100. No other penalties were imposed and all players were restored to good standing in the league.
The Highlanders edge the White Sox 9 to 8 in a dramatic ninth inning rally. Zinn drove in the tying and Daniels started the rally with a triple, then Callahan and Lange contributed as Chicago fell just short.
Malden High surged to a 9–2 victory over Melrose High at Malden. Gerrish starred with four safeties including two doubles, while Flanders and Doyle received solid support as Malden avoided errors. Wentzell pitched six innings for Melrose before leaving the mound.
Detroit returns to action after a strike and defeats Washington 2 to 0 as Mullin outpoints Johnson. Kilbane shows skill but fouls sustain Walsh’s win. Preliminary bouts feature McGovern, Mack, and Nelson with wins, and next Tuesday plans announce three 10-round fights.
Jimmy Walsh of Boston and featherweight champion Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland battled to a 12 round draw under the Pilgrim A A in the Arena building. More than 6000 fans attended including Mayor Fitzgerald and state officials in a large orderly crowd.
Harvard meets Brown at Soldiers Field at 4 PM in a prepared baseball game weather permitting. The Crimson suffer a setback with catcher Henie Reeves out due to an ankle injury. Bill Young shifts behind the plate while also nursing a broken finger from Lafayette.
Waltham defeated Lynn Classical at home 3 to 0 yesterday. Cobb and Ashworth combined for the win while Harrington and A Ring pitched in defensively.
Quincy High defeated South Boston High 5 to 4 yesterday afternoon at Quincey. The home team scored the winning run in the ninth with one out. pitcher McDonald allowed five hits and struck out nine. Score by innings shows Quincy 0 1 1 4 7 0 1 0 1 0. South Boston 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0. Batteries McDonald Holmes McMahon Hanlon.
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