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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1917
Page
7
New York dispatch notes the Red Sox play tomorrow after the Yankees series, ending the season with games at Fenway against the Westerners and Washington. The White Sox are favored for the pennant, while Barry’s crew faces questions about effort and future usefulness as they head toward 1918.
Boston faces Detroit Tuesday in a key doubleheader at Fenway as the Red Sox target third place and a potential shift in pennant race. The club recalls recent enmity with Detroit, notes White Sox interference at Stanage, and adds Providence recruits Vean Gregg Cooney and Mayers to bolster the lineup. McNally shines with 10 hits in five games and strong fielding while Gardner’s slump lingers.
Detroit star Cobb nears his 200th base hit as a sluggish week with five remaining turns to 200 drops to 199. Speaker closes gap in the batting race while White Sox feature Joe Jackson in the .300 club and Roush clings to NL lead. Pitchers’ week highlights Sallee and Alexander climb, Red Sox see McNally emerge, and Barry’s 32-game flawless fielding streak ends at 33.
In Chicago the White Sox beat St Louis 4 to 3 in ten innings to close the American League season. Eddie Collins opened the 10th with a triple and Davenport walked Gandil with bases loaded for the winning run. Eddie Murphy sparked a seventh inning rally with the tying run as Schalk stole second then Murphy scored on Leibold's double.
Cleveland defeated Detroit 8 to 4 at Navin Field to close the season. Bunched hits and wild throws aided the Indians as Cobb snapped a hitting slump with three singles and a walk. Heilman hit a late homer after a misplay, and Speaker Roth Harris Wambsganns 2. Burns Cobb Veach Heilman Burns contributed to the scoring with multiple runs and hits.
American League games feature Boston at New York and Philadelphia at Washington. National League play includes Boston at Pittsburg New York at Chicago and Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati won both games of a double header from Pittsburgh with scores of 4 to 2 and 8 to 2. Carey homered with runners on in the second game, and the Reds benefited from opportune hitting. Key plays included McKechnie and Boeckel contributing at the plate, while Groh was hit by a pitch and Steele lasted eight innings in the opener.
Report of multiple doubleheader results: Toledo loses to St. Paul in two games 4-8 and 1-4, Minneapolis beats Columbus 8-6 and loses 3-10, Louisville defeats Milwaukee 4-1 but Milwaukee wins 10-8, and Indianapolis tops Kansas City 4-1 and 5-0.
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