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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
8
In a bullpen packed Detroit press scene, Washington handed Boston a bruising loss with late scoring as Cravath homered and Ganley drove in runs. The Senators built their win through timely hits, baserunning, and strong relief pitching, overcoming Morgan and Burchell.
New England sporting brief: Myopia Hunt Club hosts the Hamilton Open amateur event in two classes. Class A plays 36 holes medal without handicap, Class B 18 holes with handicap one stroke. Club events scheduled at local golf clubs.
Morning and afternoon Washington plays Boston. Chicago visits Detroit for two games. Philadelphia travels to New York for two contests. St. Louis ships to Cleveland for a pair of showdowns.
Washington swept Boston 6 to 1 and 7 to 5 as the Senators' hitters ran up a sprawling total. Cates held Boston to three hits in the opener while Cravath’s homer saved a shutout in the nightcap. Boston errors aided Washington's comeback, with Thoney Donahue and Lord contributing for Boston in a rough showing.
The listing details events across multiple venues including Chestnut Hill at 10 30 a m Franklin Field speedway Dorchester Driving Club with a 2 p m Readings Quannapowitt Driving Club meet and Providence Hillsgrove races. Other venues include Medford Worcester Springfield and Back Bay roads starts at 8 a m with racing at 10 a m and 2 p m variations.
The card lists several bouts including Grover Hayes against Matty Baldwin and Young Limerick versus Young Alger. Other scheduled pairings feature John ny Lynch versus Tommy Rawson, Arthur Cote versus Young Kirby, and Tommy Sullivan against Jim Donovan.
Harvard faces Yale in New Haven while Framingham C C meets Winchester C C in tennis and English High challenges Newton High at Brae Burn. Amherst clashes with Wesleyan at Amherst and Springfield C C plays Dartmouth College in team matchups.
Interscholastic events include Andover versus Exeter at Exeter at 2 45 p m and a Knights of St Finbar meet at Locust Street grounds in Providence.
Brown associates of the North End stage a five mile cross country run beginning at 10 o clock. Pastime A A of Dorchester schedules a handicap cross country run also starting at 10 o clock.
Walnut Hill Massachusetts Rifle Association Riverside-B A A Gun Club Watertown Gun Club Middlesex Gun Club Lexington Pittsfield Oak Hill Gun Club St Albans Vermont St Albans Gun Club New Haven Gun Club schedule all-day shooting events across multiple clubs and locations.
Bridgeport Auto Club hosts a hill climb in Bridgeport Conn with the Wilkes Barre hill climb also listed as part of the Readville race meeting program. Participants and results are not specified in the fragment.
MacLean Moran and Nat Butler headline a 25 mile motor paced race at Revere with additional amateur races scheduled for 2 30 p m along with the main event.
East Boston faces Canton at East Boston Lawrence hosts Methuen in Lawrence Zion plays Lynn Wanderers at North Chelmsford Lowell meets Manchester in Lowell Brockton battles Fall River in Brockton Everett meets Pawtucket in Everett Providence hosts Noddle Island in Providence
Harvard faces Cornell in an eight man shell event on the Charles River with New England crews Worcester-Worcester High and Weld also contesting an eight oared race.
South Boston Y C annual open regatta at RK A city point. Duxbury Y C hosts club race at 10 a m. Fall River Y C runs an open event. Hingham Y C fields one design at 10 a m. Jubilee Y C hosts Power Vittum cup Beverly. Revere Y C water sports. Savin Hill Y C Power event.
The second game featured 5 runs in 8 innings off Chech and 1 run in 1 inning off Thielman. Errors gave St Louis a run on bases, two base hits by Stovall and Williams, sacrifices by Lajoie and Jones, a double play by Hoffman and Hartzell, and walk totals of 1 for Chech and 2 for Powell. Checks and umpires are noted with Hurst and Evans.
The guide defines players by position numbers and indicates outs and plays with codes. Grounder from short to first retires the runner as 6-8, FO means fly to right field, and advances on bases use bh base hit sh stolen base sac hit etc.
The East Boston Near Elks and the Winthrop Near Elks meet at Court Park at 10 this morning. East Boston bats include Nonnie Larkin and Fred Cronin as battery. Larkin praised as a top young player who recently played with the Newport team of the Atlantic league. A large East Boston crowd plans to attend.
Tufts beat Colby 6 to 1 in Waterville Massachusetts as Colby committed multiple errors guiding the lop-sided result. Tufts pitchers limited Colby to six runs in a misplayed game with several fielding errors.
A dense listing of morning and afternoon games across leagues including American League matchups Boston versus Washington, multiple New England leagues with cities such as Lawrence Haverhill Lynn Lowell and Worcester, Eastern and Connecticut leagues, Old Colony, Knights of Columbus divisions, Beverly leagues, college games featuring Harvard, Yale, Williams, Holy Cross, Bates, Tufts, Wesleyan, Vermont, and numerous high school and preparatory matchups with times, venues, and pairings.
In the first doubleheader at American League Park on May 29, Philadelphia and New York played two tight pitchers’ games. New York won Game 1 by 6 to 5, then dropped Game 2 1 to 0.
Weather favors an exciting Readville auto meet by the Bay State Automobile Association. Stars Seymour DePalma and Oldfield seek revenge on rivals from Briarcliff and prior showings, with Christie racing the Basle front drive in a key match and a one mile run toward the world's record.
Exeter and Andover prepare for today’s dual track meet in Exeter New Hampshire. Both teams have trained hard with expectations of a close contest after Andover won last year but lost several stars including Kilpatrick who transferred to Yale.
Lowell faced a shutout until the ninth when Lynn sparked a seven run rally after two outs. Warner pitched eight strong innings before the late collapse. The game shifted dramatically in the final frame.
Fall River leads New Bedford 6 to 1 in the eighth when a dispute over balls and strikes and base decisions prompts umpire Stockdale to declare a forfeit in Framingham. The match ended with Fall River the winner by forfeit after the eighth inning.
In a bat-heavy Interprep contest Volkmann School defeated Roxbury Latin 15 to 5. Pitchers Baker and Fitzpatrick were hit hard while Bauer struggled most. Lawrence beat Haverhill 4 to 3 with key plays and scoring details listed for both games including hits and errors.
This morning's game starts at 10 15 as the team nears a June 23 return. New Carlisle was sold yesterday to Kansas City, Pat Donahue trade cautions. Cantillon's rasping voice stirs players and fans, Joe's yell is steady. The squeeze play helps. Boston players study a song with a missing line as Jesse Tannehill's return lingers.
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