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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1914
Page
12
The Boston School Board was asked to amend regulations to allow college men from the Boston Normal School to serve as teacher coaches in high schools. No action was taken at last Monday’s meeting, but support from the superintendent and athletic authorities is expected to prevail.
Philadelphia defeated New York 4 to 2 to take the series three games to two as Boston won elsewhere. Fromme settled after a rough start and Philadelphia used a fifth inning rally sparked by Burns' muff, Lobert's single, a force out and Magee's triple. Fletcher and Donlin were ejected for disputing with umpire Rigler.
Hendrix limited Pittsburg to four hits as Chicago won 4 to 0. Wickland and Wilson contributed seven of Chicago's 11 hits, with Chicago scoring three runs in the third inning. Batteries Hendrix and Wilson Barger and Roberts.
Baltimore hit Johnson and Henning freely to win the game 11 to 5 over Kansas City. Bailey struck out 10 batters after issuing five passes. Batteries Bailey and Jacklitsch for Baltimore. Russell Johnson Henning and Enzenroth for Kansas City.
New London, champion of the Eastern Association, beat Lawrence, pennant winners of the New England league, 4 to 1 in the opening post season series. Errors marred early play but Bill Powers shone with clutch pitching to stifle Lawrence’s offense.
Nap Rucker and the Dodgers clash with Boston Braves in a tense game at Plant Field. Brisk Braves rally for five runs in the third as Ed Reulbach and Nap Rucker duel, with Hank Gowdy driving a long homer and Red Smith and Moran contributing key plays for Boston. The Braves prevail despite late Dodgers resistance as Egan and Maranville shine in a hard fought loss.
A fragmented list shows multiple hockey or baseball style score pairs with city names St. Paul Milwaukee Louisville Cleveland Indianapolis Columbus Minneapolis Kansas City and numbers in varying orders. No clear game context or dates supplied.
The all star squad to tour from Cincinnati under Frank Bancroft on Oct 18 will be NL heavy with Bill James the sole Boston National on the pitching staff. Jim Vaughn Jeff Tesreau join James in the rotation while Tom Clarke Killifer handle catching duties. The lineup includes Miller Croh Fletcher Byrne Carey Burns Snodgrass in the infield and outfield.
At Detroit State Fair harness races Margaret Druien led the Walter Cox stable to a Dickinson Stake 2:19 trot victory in straight heats. Etawah won the Wifield Stake for 2:08 trotters in three heats. Nelda Schnell clinched the final three of the 2:17 pace after a long seven-heat run. A 2:04 pace saw five heats with no winner, and driver Sweeney was injured when Billy M.'s sulky fell into the fence.
Bressler steadied with men on base and, aided by strong fielding, pitched Philadelphia to a 3 1 victory over New York. Brown of the locals was wild at times but escaped damage. Key hits by McInnis and Oldring drove in a run in the second, and Oldring doubled in the sixth with passes to Strunk and Collins helping produce runs. Brown doubled and Maisel’s single plus an error by Baker produced New York’s only run in the ninth.
Nashville wins 2 to 1 over New Orleans as Birmingham tops Atlanta 3 to 2, Chattanooga defeats Montgomery 6 to 2, and Mobile edges Memphis 1 to 0.
The Normal school has expert athletes including Henry Halligan Wilfred Metivier Thomas Scanlon and James E OBrien who may be appointed as teacher coaches at Brighton East Boston South Boston and Cambridge Latin schools. Crowley will oversee athletics at West Roxbury and East Boston high schools as Curtin is abroad. Soccer football starts Monday with 60 submasters organizing 40 park fields through Nov 1.
Detroit wins 2-1 as Carter bats in ninth inning. Tedrow pitched 7 innings allowing 5 hits while Cavet gave up 2 earned runs. Leibold powerfully highlighted with a two-base hit and Chapman added a three-base shot amid a string of fielding miscues by both teams.
In a sharp pitchers duel at Washington, Boston defeats the Nationals 2 to 1. Smoky Joe Wood bested Jim Shaw as the Red Sox rally in the ninth to push across the decisive run. Speaker doubled and Hobby delivered key hits to spark Boston’s late surge.
R Norris Williams advanced through the preliminaries at the 34th Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association tournament at Merion Cricket Club. He defeated Jack Rowland of Pennsylvania and Herd of Cornell by default as nine colleges entered the event with Harvard Yale Princeton and Pittsburg remaining in contention after day one.
The season begins tonight under George W. Tuohy with three marquee bouts at Mechanics Building. Cyclone Burns faces Mort Henderson, Pat Connolly meets Dalkus of Finland, and Dr. Ben Roller wrestles Yousouf Hussagne of Bulgaria. Matches use catch-as-catch-can rules and toe-hold barred.
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