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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
20
A sport column notes the tense American League race with the Red Sox edging the Indians and discusses Olympic team trainer selections, intercollegiate mile races, and upcoming boxing and baseball events including Boston Caledonian Scots games and a Nightingale note on Olympic trials.
Washington defeated Cleveland 13 to 9 in the only game of the scheduled series. Judge had five hits in five at bats as Washington moved ahead of Cleveland in the American League race alongside Boston’s win.
Somerville High defeated Rindge Training School 6 to 4 at Russell Field North Cambridge yesterday afternoon. Both teams traded runs early with two in the second. Somerville pulled away with four runs in the sixth and added one more in the ninth to seal the win.
Vincent Madonna of Italy triumphed in the 25 mile motor paced race at Nat Butler’s new Revere track with Oscar Egg of Switzerland second by about half a lap and George Chapman third. Time 35 minutes 25 seconds. Ned Chandler won the 5 mile pro race in 11:44 with Grimm, Logan, McPartland and Connolly behind. Freddie Hill won the special sprint match heats. Bert Carmody won the half mile amateur race and H Restein the half mile novice. A McDonald won the miss and out race.
Boxing star R Carpentier stopped Bom bardier Wells in London on December 8 1913 in 73 seconds. Mike Twin Sullivan born 1878 Cambridge Mass boxed in 1900. Alvin Kraenzlein famed all round college athlete. North Cambridge Council K of C to hold handicap events at Russell Field Cambridge June 17 entries close June 12 with Francis J Facey Cambridgeport.
Orlando and Lewis, the heavyweight wrestlers known as Strangler Ed Lewis and Sampson Orlando, head to the Grand Opera House for a best two of three falls match expected to be fast and clever. A preliminary features Tufts wrestling coach Arthur Davis against Pete Hendrickson of Boston.
A list of team game counts shows Indianapolis 10, St Paul 5, Louisville 5, Minneapolis 4, Toledo 18, Kansas City 7, Columbus 5, Milwaukee 3.
Major league games include New York at Boston Chicago at Philadelphia and Boston at New York Cincinnati at St Louis.
Philadelphia hammered Williams for 11 hits in four innings to rout Chicago 10 to 2. Home runs by Perry and Dugan helped reach 18 homers in 10 playing days at the local American League park. Chicago managed only one hit off Perry outside the second inning.
The matchmaker of the Commercial A C has tied up Billy Fitzsimmons of Chelsea who beat Joe Lynch at Marlboro for 12 rounds against Bobby Josephs of the South End for the New England featherweight title. Joe OConnell of Brockton meets Johnny Singer of West End in the eight round semi final. Honey Mann faces Young Wilson and Jack White meets Jack McNeil in other sixes.
Concord, May 26. An 18 hole handicap medal play event is set for Saturday afternoon at the Concord Country Club on the Old Road to Nine Acre Corner. The remixed four ball match planned for that day has been postponed to Memorial Day after noon.
Captain Bill Glennon of Malden High led a Suburban League clash at Malden High yesterday afternoon where Cambridge Latin prevailed 4 to 1 over Malden High in a decisive game.
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