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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1909
Page
12
Detroit infield miscues, Mullin wildness, and Pirates hitting propel Pittsburgh to a 4-0 lead and eventual victory. Cobb Crawford Jones and Delehanty figure prominently in a tense opening game filled with fielding errors, sharp plays by Gibson, Leach, and Leach’s crucial catches, while Jennings’s Mullin holds Detroit to five hits.
In a detailed inning by inning recount, Detroit press states D Jones drew a base on balls and Delehanty scored on a single. Pittsburg pitcher sequence produced no further runs as Abstein walked and forced plays kept Detroit scoreless after several outs and close plays at the plate.
Detroit Moriarty exits, Byrne replaces Abstein as Byrne makes a sharp stop. Jones flies to Leach, Schmidt walks, Mullin forces Schmidt at second, Wagner to Miller. No runs, Pittsburg Byrne out, Mullin to T Jones. Leach strikes out. Clarke hits a homer to right field bleachers, Pittsburg goes wild. Wagner hit by pitch. Miller flies out to Cobb. One run.
Pittsburg pushes across two runs in the eighth after Abstein advances on an error and Gibson scores on a sacrifice fly. Earlier Detroit fails to score as key rallies stall with no runs until late. Wagner doubles for Pittsburg, Delehanty and Adams contribute at bats, while Byrne is briefly injured on a pitch.
Detroit Schmidt substituted for Miller as Mullin exited, Wagner moved to Alstein. D Jones singled, Bush walked, D Jones advanced to second. Leach chased Cobb’s drive for a running catch. No runs. Pittsburg Adams pitched to D Jones. Byrne struck out. Leach filed to Crawford. No runs. Detroit Crawford grounded out. Miller tracked Delehanty’s fly. Gibson caught Moriarty’s foul. No runs. Pittsburg Clarke filed to D Jones. Wagner hit by pitch but ruled out at first. Wagner out, Mullin to T Jones. Miller singled and stole second. Alstein struck out. No runs. Detroit McIntyre batted for T Jones. Clarke gloved McIntyre’s short try. Schmidt flied to Leach, Mullin struck out.
notes of the game describe Wagner being hit twice by pitched balls with umpire Johnstone ruling he walked the second time. Byrne took a head blow from a high-bounding pitch that sent him to the grand stand before resuming play. Bets surrounded Wagner and Cobb averages. Tommy McCarthy, rare Boston spectator, arrived in town this morning.
Chicago fell 4 to 0 as National league players won the first game of the city championship. Opportune hitting and errors plagued the American league club. Attendance was 16 762 with receipts totaling 11 688. Players will share 6309 from the proceeds.
Fans praise Pirates after Fred Clarke's homer and strong all around play. Hans Wagner dominated Cobb. Ty Cobb struggled as Matty and the Giants beat the Pirates. Marathon notes: Hackett wins Brockton Marathon, Weymouth youth gains attention for upcoming local races.
Harvard meets Williams in Cambridge while Yale hosts Springfield Training School in New Haven. Pennsylvania plays West Virginia in Philadelphia and Annapolis faces Rutgers in Annapolis. West Point meets Trinity at West Point. Princeton hosts Fordham in Princeton and Cornell plays Oberlin in Ithaca. Dartmouth meets Bowdoin in Hanover and Brown hosts Amherst in Providence. Carlisle faces Pennsylvania State in Wilkes Barre. Tufts plays Colby in Medford and Wesleyan meets Stevens in Hoboken. Worcester Polytech hosts Union in Schenectady. Massachusetts Agricultural faces Norwich at Amherst. Boston College hosts St Alphonsus A A at BC grounds. St Anselm’s vs Berwick Academy in Manchester New Hampshire.
Yale's coach announces Ham Andrus back in the fold and slated to start at right tackle against Springfield training school. Ted Lilley shifts from tackle to guard as Andrus may later return to guard. Captain Logan leads a seasoned lineup with Deming and Messinger at back, heat limits practice and a 20 minute half is likely.
In a card face off A holds four twos while B has a straight flush that falls short of a royal flush. B wins by higher hand strength. The fragment asks where the next amateur boxing champion will be crowned, but provides no location.
A fragment notes ships may be held in Boston and TV registration questions. It asks for details from Jd. Frank Facey and George Brown at HB. A. Av Exeter Street about boxing. It questions Tommy Burns nationality, stating he is Canadian rather than Irish or American.
Exeter meets Dartmouth freshmen in Exeter New Hampshire while Dorchester hosts Dorchester High against Roxbury High. Yale freshmen travel to Andover and Princeton freshmen visit Groton. Other games include Boston Latin at Locust street grounds and Waltham High seconds hosting Medford High seconds.
Light signal work at Percy Field focused on onside kicks. Coaches drilled ends on punts and defense against tackles. Dud Walder led backfield drills teaching Simson to punt while Dan Reed coached the line showing progress.
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