Baseball Tonight In Major Leagues
American League has Washington at Philadelphia and St Louis at Detroit. National League matchups include Philadelphia at Boston, Brooklyn at New York, and Pittsburg at St Louis.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
12
American League has Washington at Philadelphia and St Louis at Detroit. National League matchups include Philadelphia at Boston, Brooklyn at New York, and Pittsburg at St Louis.
Detroit edges St. Louis 2 to 1 as Crawford delivers a two base hit and Oldham suffers late scoring. Cobb Young and Pratt steal bases while Lowdermilk and Hamilton split pitching duties. Errors and bases on balls shape a tense, low scoring finish.
Philadelphia golfer C. B. Buxton defeated Sidney E. Sharwood 2 up and 1 to play to win the Merion Cricket Club invitation tournament in Philadelphia. Buxton had earlier beaten H. L. Willoughby 3 up and 2 to play, while Sharwood defeated L. M. Washburn by the same margin.
Kansas City visits St. Louis while Newark travels to Baltimore. Buffalo plays Brooklyn and Chicago faces Pittsburg in a set of four league games.
Chicago routed Cleveland 15 to 6 as Cleveland’s pitching and defense faltered. Key hits included two-base and three-base figures from Barbare Murphy Weaver Fournier Blackburne and Blackburne. Pitchers cited were Garrett Carter Brenton Collamore Jones and Cicotte with Cicotte notching six strikeouts. Time two hours ten minutes.
The New York Yankees defeated the Scranton All-Professionals 3 to 2 in ten innings in an exhibition game played in Scranton Pennsylvania today.
Mr. Alexander, famed for many such days, delivered the final licks for his club by pitching a one hit game in Philadelphia cold storage to boost Boston’s pennant hopes, which hung by a thread before yesterday’s contest.
In a dominant Phillies display, Cactus Cravath belts a three-run homer to ignite a first inning rally as Richard Rudolph struggles. Philadelphia builds a lead with multiple hits while Braves pesevere. Moran day in Fitchburg shines amid celebrations and praise for the new champs.
A wave of enthusiasm hit Philadelphia as scoreboards flashed that the Phillies clinched the pennant. Cravath’s bases clearing homer sparked cheers from clerks to onlookers around City Hall while Compton’s swing formed the momentous highlight.
In the finals at the Concord Club Miss Grace Keyes defeated Mrs. R. H. Howe Jr by five holes to win the women’s championship go tournament held on the club links.
A comparison of the Red Sox and Phillies infields shows Boston with stronger experience at second and short, but Philadelphia counters with solid batting from Luderus at first and Bancroft at short. Gardner edges Stock at third and Hoblitzell or Gainer provide power, creating a near stand-off in overall infield strength.
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