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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
11
In Cincinnati on May 22 the Braves defeated Matty's Reds 3 to 2 to secure a tight win. Dana Fillingim faced a bases loaded threat with none out in the ninth as Cincinnati mounted a rally that kept the game in doubt through the final inning.
The Braves finally broke through against Reds pitcher Pete Schneider in the sixth, scoring three runs including a three-base hit by Powell after a wild pitch. They added another in the seventh and finished with a 12 to 2 victory, with solid hitting from Rawlings and Griffith and defensive stops by Red Smith on crucial plays.
Cleveland faces Boston and Chicago meets New York in American games while Detroit plays Philadelphia. National play includes Boston at Cincinnati and Brooklyn visiting Chicago with New York at St Louis and Philadelphia at Pittsburg.
Springfield 6 Waterbury 38 Bridgeport 6 New Haven 2 New London 4 Hartford 8 Worcester 4 Providence 2.
Louisville defeated by Milwaukee with a 90 point margin while Columbus beat St. Paul 2 to 1. Minneapolis triumphed over Toledo 9 to 2, and Indianapolis Kansas City game rain delayed.
Chattanooga defeated Birmingham 5 to 3 and Mobile beat Memphis 4 to 1. Nashville won 10 to 5 against Atlanta. Little Rock New Orleans game postponed.
Binghamton topped Buffalo 6 to 4 while Toronto beat Baltimore 2 to 1. Syracuse crushed Jersey City 11 to 2 as Rochester New York Wet grounds.
Pittsburg defeated Philadelphia 6 to 5 in 12 innings at home. Cooper earned the win after a 12th inning RBI by McKechnie as Harmon faltered in extras. Meusel and Cutshaw led the offense with two hits each, while Oeschger took the loss.
The 10th annual Boston high school track and field meet at Wood Island Park East Boston moved due to rain and cold. Trials were held in running events with semi finals in the 220 intermediate and 110 junior races reorganized by Nat Young Boston schools athletics director.
The article notes Harvard plans to field a boxing team for the intercollegiate event, acknowledging wartime losses but praising the effort to contribute material. It mentions Pooch Donovan sending Harvard athletes to the Yale Princeton triangular meet and the Crimson trainer aiming to maximize points with available men.
Harvard has shifted its stance on men in big intercollegiates and Pittsburg is urged to follow. Frank Shed is hoped to appear in a real contest though Dundee and Frankie Young Britt are not traveling now. Some regimental schoolboy performers miss Harvard interscholastics at the Stadium Saturday.
Yesterday afternoon the running high jump standing broad jump and shot put trials were held indoors in the Fenway area. Five men qualified in each event as High School of Commerce and English High led with 14 and 13 qualifiers respectively. This afternoon running events semi finals and hops and jump trials wrap up at Wood Island Park with finals tomorrow at Tech Field Cambridge.
Chicago improves to lead Brooklyn 2-1 as Flack Kilduff and Olson drive in runs. Flack bases to score on Kilduff single aided by a walk and Paskett, Deal also drive in sixth inning. Brooklyn tallies on Flack error and Olson advances. Hendrix seals win for Chicago.
In a May 17 Southern league game Little Rock defeated Alabama 12 to 4. The report notes Cobb batted .383 and Speaker .352 last season. Cathedral run canceled this year. entry blanks information not provided. Ray Chapman of Cleveland appeared in the all star team at Fenway Park. Tim Murnane Day covered second base.
Boxing gossip reports Fred Dyer of Wales faces Eddie Shevlin on June 11 at the Arena while weight and appearance forfeits loom. Boston fans note Britt Mooney boxing well in New Bedford, and Armory A A delays force Britt Johnny Dundee clash.
Detroit downs Philadelphia 3 to 1 as Boland limits the A's to seven hits. Walker belts a seventh inning homer to left field for the Tigers' third run. Griffith ball and bat fund day delayed by parade of service teams, with sixty outfits presented.
The Braves, heading from Pittsburg to Boston with an open date July 28, are booked by Patsy Donovan manager of the Syracuse club of the International league for an exhibition game in Syracuse on that day. A major league opponent will be named later.
Catcher Willard J. McGraw, carried by the Braves this spring under an optional agreement with the Jersey City club of the International League, caught his last game at Syracuse Tuesday afternoon. He was in class 1A of the draft and ordered to report to the district board at Buffalo yesterday.
Boston College will clash with Syracuse this afternoon at University Heights. The New Yorkers boast a fast team and have had success this season, likely forcing a tight battle with the Maroon and Gold. Captain Gildea may assign Jimmy Fitzpatrick to the mound, as this is BC’s sole game this week, with Urban behind the plate.
The Harvard varsity golf team selected George A. Whittemore of Brookline as captain for the college year. Whittemore has been active in Boston district golf matches and played in summer tournaments on the south shore, after preparing at Browne & Nichols.
Bumkin Island Baseball Club, undefeated this season, faces Harvard Radio School at Braves Field next Sunday. Players include Mike Murray and Roscoe Kelly from St Ambrose, Forshaw and O Brien with strong local pedigrees, Travers recovering from injury, Cobb and Cook with historic club ties, and Stewart a veteran pitcher and manager. Substitutes Walsh Blackden and Randall add rich local experience.
The Harvard 1921 baseball team defeated Colby Academy 8 to 5 at Soldiers Field. Harvard started strong with eight runs in the first four innings as Hardell limited Colby to nine hits. Colby’s Peckham hit a long homer with two on base, while Davis and Meehan starred for Harvard.
Concord High defeated Winchester High 6 to 5 in a 12 inning thriller at Concord yesterday afternoon. Hopkins reached on a single and scored the winning run on Harry Clark's RBI single after two outs in the 12th.
More than 700 entries have been received for the 42d annual Intercollegiate track and field championships to be held at Franklin Field Philadelphia May 31 and June 1.
Twenty one of twenty eight member colleges entered teams for the two day programme. Entries include 58 from Pittsburgh Harvard Rutgers and Brown and total 734 athletes. Dart mouth leads with 111, Princeton 95, Cornell 92, MIT 89. Freshmen from Amherst Haverford Mass Tech Swarthmore Fordham Johns Hopkins Lafayette. Michigan with 30 entries adds an intersectional element as the Wolverines prepare for the Big Ten championships in Chicago June 7-8.
Yale coach Mather Abbott announced the final season lineup changes with three days of practice left before the Harvard race. Vail moved from No 7 to No 3 and Mead shifted to No 7 as Austin joins the varsity and Price drops to the second shell. The revised varsity order lists Hyatt as stroke and Knott as coxswain with Munson at bow.
Eddie Holley of the Newark International League team was hit by lightning during a severe hail and thunder storm at the baseball park in Rochester New York this afternoon. He is partially unconscious from the shock.
Exeter defeated Brewster Academy 17 to 1 in Exeter New Hampshire Gilroy homered? Actually Gilroy had a hit in every at bat leading the offense McBride pitched well for Exeter Brewster’s lone run came on Exeter errors and costly mistakes
Weather and wet grounds favored Boston as manager Barrow postponed the game with Lee Fohl’s Indians. The Red Sox welcomed the day off to give relief to a pitching staff described as badly crippled.
Big Ed keeps the season on track with few pitcher changes but may call a second string flinger as Ruth remains sidelined in Massachusetts. Leonard appears fit while Dutch struggles to nip opposing hits. Jones Wyckoff or McCabe could be relied on soon with Bullet Joe Bush starting against the Indians and Guy Morton as Fohl’s best bet. Today will be bat and ball fund day.
George Whitted left fielder for the Philadelphia Nationals travels to Camp Merritt New Jersey to join the army after receiving draft orders. Catcher Pill Dolhoefer who enlisted with Whitted in St Louis awaits his call.
Thormahlen, New York’s sensational young pitcher, defeated Cicotte of Chicago 1 to 0 in a 14 inning duel at the Polo Grounds. Baker Pratt and Pipp singled to drive in the lone run as Thormahlen extends his scoreless streak to 84 innings.
Washington May 22 St Louis beat Washington 4 to 2 extending their winning streak. Sotheron pitched well in late innings and Géedeon attracted 15 chances at second base in support. Gedeon and Hendricks scored with other contributions from Shanks Lavan and Nunamaker.
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