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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
10
Cincinnati defeated Chicago 6 to 1 in the season finale. Fraser surrendered six safeties in the seventh inning including three triples. An error accounted for Chicago's lone run.
In a pitching heavy game Pittsburg defeats Brooklyn 4 to 3 in the ninth inning Lumley breaks his leg sliding into second in the eighth Camnitz and Leifield split mound duties with Camnitz taking the final win The Brooklyns suffer with errors and hits including two base hits by Clarke Gibson MeIntrie and a three base hit by Lumley.
In the post-season game Lynn of the New Tong land league defeated Holyoke of the Connecticut league 3 to 1. Abbott was pressured but allowed scattered hits as Lynn bunched hits on Whiteley. Final score 3-1 with batteries Abbott and Burke for Lynn, Whiteley and Ahearn for Holyoke. Time 1:40.
In Providence today four Bay State couples obtained marriage licenses. Thomas Edward Baker 21 of Cambridge described as an insurance inspector married to Rachael Thompson 18 also of Cambridge daughter of Samuel C Thompson.
Cleveland faces Boston in a key clash while St Louis visits Philadelphia. Detroit plays New York and Chicago travels to Washington in late-season conference showdowns.
Reading shows the Boston Nationals behind the Cubs Pirates Giants Phillies Superbas and Reds while ahead of the Cardinals with 20 14 29 241 and 62s indicating a split schedule and ongoing games.
National slate shows Boston at Chicago, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, New York at Cincinnati, and Philadelphia at St. Louis with four intercity games on the schedule.
This column surveys star players and teams with focus on McGuire's Athletics Boston's prospects and this city’s matchups. It notes Tam Fisher joining St. Louis Browns Roy Thomas hares a home run pace Giants lead in homers Pirates steal a league high bases and more.
The Jamestown trophies race saw Firefly of Hampton Roads Yacht Club, owned by E L Woolward of Norfolk, beat all competitors by two minutes in the knockabout class. Lipton series yachts were included in the field. Little Rhody of Bristol Yacht Club, owned by C F Tillinghast of Providence, R I, travelled by train and plans a Bristol trip after a stop at Sandy Hook.
St Louis defeated Cleveland 3 to 1 as Cleveland errors in the seventh allowed two runs. Howell wild in the inning, Dineen finished the game, and Rhoades lasted seven innings for Cleveland. Two base hits came from Howell and Jones with bases on balls totaling two for each pitcher. Time 1h35m umpire Egian.
Manager James McGuire and his Pilgrims endured a disastrous stop in Washington. Had rain not canceled today’s game, Boston might have lost again as Gehring neared a strong pace for the Nationals. Cantillon’s Washington club celebrated a rare series win over Boston, while Boston’s staff struggled beyond Morgan and Cy Young.
In Morristown New Jersey on September 19 R C Seaver state champion from Massachusetts reached the men's singles final after beating H K Glazebrook 7 9 6 2 6 2 and then C C Kelley 9 7 6 3 Seaver and N H Niles who also play doubles defeated Dr F H Glazebrook and Walter Hazard to reach the final.
In a sequence of rain affected fixtures, Newark defeated Montreal 2 to 0 in the second game after a rain delay in Newark. Earlier, Jersey City and Baltimore experienced rain interruptions affecting games against Montreal and Toronto respectively, while Providence hosted Rochester.
McGuire's Boston team opens the final year series against the Cleveland nine led by Lajoie at Huntington avenue. Boston seeks revenge on Detroit and hopes to slow the Western clubs as Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit challenge for first place. Strong pitching from Berger Joss Rhoades and Liebhardt boosts Cleveland while Young Morgan and Winter must stop them.
Worcester High School football star William Nardi, an 18 year old sophomore with one arm, has become a standout lineman. Despite losing his left arm in a railroad accident, he plays left tackle and linebacker with exceptional power on offense and defense, impressing coach James C. Donnelly and teammates alike.
The Metropolitan Club opened its fall racing series on the Charles River Speedway with a large crowd watching multiple classes. Notable results include General Lee in Class A trotting with Time 1:09 1/4 and Time-1:09, and other winners across Classes D B F G H with times ranging from 1:04 to 1:14 in various heats.
Monfort captured the Ocean View handicap one mile and a sixteenth at Gravesend New York on September 19. From a bad first turn interference he surged to the lead in the stretch and won by two and a half lengths over Tourenne with Yankee Girl third. Baby Wolf, the favorite, did not challenge. Other race results noted include King's Daughter, Golf Ball, and Himalaya among the day’s events.
In the Lipton cup series at Marblehead Eleanor of Marblehead Mass won on time allowance with Dorothy of Baltimore second and Dorothy Q of Marblehead third. Sue of New York crossed first but failed in time allowance. The final race will be sailed tomorrow.
Walter Miller, 19, has been hired by Thomas H. Williams to ride this winter at Oakland for 1200 dollars a month for six months and to ride Williams race horses next season for a retaining fee of 18000 dollars. Expected earnings exceed 50000 dollars in the coming year starting mid November as Oakland season opens.
Harvard plans enjoyable practice under Crane as Hollenback Macklin join Penn squad at Annapolis drills begin under Reeves Amherst veterans returning include Gildersleeve Leadbetter Frank Atwood Keating and Shattuck Goebel rumored to return Yale guards train under Torrey Cape May and Franklin Field workouts keep players in shape Princeton tailors to Waller Stegling Dawson McFadden eyed for Tiger team Baxter watches Harvard practice from the Globe.
Sam Langford will fight Jim Barry in a six round no-decision bout at Sharkey Athletic Club on Sept. 25 with manager Joe Woodman supervising. The piece notes New York Boston promoter tensions, stars like Honey Mellody and Bartly Connolly, and other boxing buzz from across the country.
Kentucky Todd owned by Miss Katherine Wilkes of Galt Ontario tied the world record for three years of all sexes by winning the first heat of the Kentucky stock farm Futurity in 2 08%4 at Columbus Ohio. The Todd colt led early then surged to the front down the stretch as General Watts had a late bid. Hal R. won the final heat of the pace with a 2:07%4 time.
Yale football drills reach the longest practice since returning to college under Walter Camp. The squad lined with Jones at left end and Coy at fullback. Veeder arrives to coach backs, Boreh improving, Cooney ready, Tad Jones off to Exeter, Dines to quarterback in his absence.
A playful column mocks Washington baseball plans and summoned experts as the season ends. It jokes about waiver desires, left field fences, and the futility of effort amid a waning schedule, while noting peculiar notarized baseball seals and the public’s enduring interest in the game.
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