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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1916
Page
9
New York defeats Boston 2 1 in game one and wins 6 2 in ten innings in game two. Carrigan and Agnew misplays pace the Boston collapses while Highlanders capitalized on errors and timely hits.
Lawrence E. Williams of Geneva New York a sophomore who specializes in hurdles was chosen captain of the Wesleyan University track team today at Middleton Conn May 26.
Quincy High beat Milton High 7 to 2 in a South Shore league game played yesterday afternoon on the Quincy field.
American League games include Boston at New York, Philadelphia at Washington, St. Louis at Detroit, and Cleveland at Chicago. National League features New York at Boston in two games, Chicago at Cincinnati, Brooklyn at Philadelphia, Pittsburg at St. Louis, with Eastern League headliners Lawrence at Portland, Worcester at Hartford, Bridgeport at New Slaven, Lynn at Lowell, and Springfield at New London.
Baseball scores show Mobile 2 Memphis 1 and Birmingham 5 Nashville 2. Atlanta 5 Chattanoora 2 and Little Rock 8 New Orleans 2 reflect a busy slate of Southern Association results.
Newark beats Rochester 1 0 while Providence defeats Toronto 10 4 in baseball action. Richmond edges Montreal 16 15 after 14 innings. Buffalo wins 6 5 against Baltimore.
St. Paul defeated Milwaukee 4 to 2. Kansas City beat Minneapolis 7 to 1. Indianapolis downed Toledo 2 to 1. Louisville edged Columbus 3 to 2.
Washington defeated Philadelphia 2 to 1 in a fast game. Dumont and Myers pitched well for the Senators while strong fielding supported the win. Washington took the lead on doubles by Morgan Jamieson and a Foster single as Philadelphia scored on an error after Myers.
Cleveland defeated St Louis 4 to 2 with timely long hits and patient baserunning. Graney and Gandil powered the scoring with triples and a sacrifice, Speaker added a double, and glovework aided by key plays. St Louis got a seventh inning run on Sisler and Sansari, while umpire Hildebrand banished Manager Jones for disputing a decision.
The Perkins Institution hosts a dual track meet on June 8 pitting Blind Boys against Overbrook Institution for the Blind of Philadelphia and Penn. Watertown boys conduct spring meets with notable performances. Coach Dillingham trains runners for peak form.
A wild 11th inning error by Betzel allowed Schmidt to score as Pittsburgh beat St. Louis 6 to 5. Mil ler doubled and Snyder doubled for two early St. Louis runs, while Knabe and Wilson sparked a ninth inning rally. Schmidt singled in the 11th, scoring on a Betzel wild throw after Mamaux outs, with Wagner reaching as Betzel errant throw plated Schmidt.
The Boston Theatre nine beat B I Keith's Theatre nine yesterday morning by 6 to 3 at South End grounds in front of a large crowd of local theatre actors and actresses. Tom Doherty pitched well for Boston and Henry Sperling starred behind the plate with Dick Powers securing the batting honors.
Tufts easily beat Trinity 9 to 5 yesterday afternoon on the Tufts Oval with Fritz O Mara returning to the box. Trinity was held scoreless until the seventh when Tufts fielding and throwing allowed four runs in the final three innings.
The Medford team broke a pitching duel with Kennedy in the fifth, scoring three on three singles and a walk, then added three more in the sixth and four in the eighth to seal a 10-run rally. O'Marra fanned five, Kennedy issued five walks, and Lake, Stafford, Murray, and others fueled the offense with timely hits and runs. Attendance was noted as Tow.
New Bedford May 2. After 75 years of whaling for various species the whaling bark Charles W Morgan the oldest whaleship afloat was sold today. The new owner plans refitting for a sea elephant cruise in southern waters.
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