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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1915
Page
8
Hot weather marked the Woodland G C open amateur fall meeting with upsets including Jesse Guilford and L J Malone eliminated early. Matches featured R Lehane defeating G R Clough, and R Ouimet and H N Raymond advancing to rounds as second round results unfold across divisions.
Parker Schofield, a Woodland semifinalist, failed to finish strong against G H Pushee after a solid start. Malone’s morning round topped the day, but HH OrN Raymond won with sharp approaches and a clutch 50 yard 4 on the Wth hole. Clarkson, invited, upset Purves, then Lehan? and Ouimet built a string of wins to reach the semis. final results show Pushee over Bond 1 up, Schofield over Thomas by default, Clarkson over Purves 8 and 1.
The championship motor paced race will be run on a 62 1-2 mile course at Revere Cycle Track tonight. The same field from the recent world title contest will start, including Victor Lmnart world middle distance champion George Wiley Georges Seres Clarence Carman and Tony Colombatto.
Rochester defeated Providence 2 to 1 in a tight matchup. Jersey City overwhelmed Montreal 10 to 3, Buffalo routed Richmond 8 to 1 in the first game, then Buffalo won 5 to 2 in the second game against Richmond. Toronto topped Harrisburg 1 to 0 in the first game and 5 to 1 in the second.
Hartford Sept 10 Tommy Murphy won two firsts and a second in the final day program at Charter Oak Park earning top money as he extended his dominance at the Grand Circuit meeting following yesterday’s clean sweep of the card.
Lulu Lumine drives to a 2:11 trot victory with Earlwood L. second in both heats. Trampright wins the 2:15 trot as Walter Cox tops the 2:14 pace, with Camelia and Hal S. also placing in straight heats amid strong challenges.
Cleveland defeats Detroit 6 to 2 as Coveleskie earns the win while James takes the loss. Smith and Chapman doubled for Cleveland. Roth and Cobb stole bases. Stanage, James, and Coveleskie worked scoreless innings around a spread of runs.
Birmingham beat Atlanta 5 to 3 and New Orleans defeated Mobile 7 to 4. Chattanooga won 4 to 0 over Memphis while Mashville topped Little Rock 8 to 0.
The article urges Boston fans to fill Fenway Park this afternoon and loudly back the Red Sox for the World Series. It notes players Ruth and Oldring, McInnis, Gardner, Scott and Lewis contributing key hits as Boston loses a close game to the visiting team.
A sports brief notes a team holding a 212 game advantage over Detroit and an 8 game edge on Chicago, signaling dominance in the early season standings.
Connie Mack's farewell engagement in the city inspired the Red Sox to their best effort as they defeated the Mackmen 7 to 4 in the final game at Fenway Park. The Chicago White Sox arrived in good time to watch the Mackmen start strong and pull away after the opening inning.
Boston pitchers struggled Wyckoff, but Ruth led a 3 run burst in the first inning. Ruth stifled Philadelphia with solid defense and timely hits as the Sox fielded flawlessly and prevented safe hits beyond McInnis Oldring and a few others. Speaker, Hooper, Hoblitzell and Barry supported Ruth in a clean defensive display.
The New York Yacht Club regatta committee announced the Cape May cup race will start at 7 am on Wednesday September 15. Competing schooners are Katoura and Atlantic and the 214 mile course runs from Ambrose Channel lightship to the Five Fathom Light vessel at Cape May.
In New York this evening Packey McFarland and Mike Gibbons square off in a ten round bout touted as the East’s classiest mill in years. Gibbons seeks to blunt McFarland’s comeback bid while McFarland aims to reassert himself after time away. locals expect a fine athletic spectacle regardless of outcome.
The article notes Duffeys tutors and local supporters backing a campaign for a sports project. Joe Yoomis cites travel from Chicago as tiring and affecting his Worcester race. It suggests the Chicago champion has not run extensive campaigning.
The Giants lost to Philadelphia 7 to 3 at Quakers Park. Early miscues and a solid Philadelphia offense doomed the Giants as the visitors failed to mount a comeback.
Cincinnati won 7 to 1 at St Louis to finish the series. Lear held the Cards to three hits while Meadows walked seven and Cincinnati capitalized on singles and errors. Betzel tripled in the eighth and scored on Gonzales sacrifice as Cincinnati pulled away early.
The reader asks about Fitzsimmons age at his 1899 heavyweight title loss to Jim Jeffries at Coney Island. The text notes Fitzsimmons was 37 years old at that event and mentions related sports figures and topics from the era.
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