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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
2
Ty Cobb explains an early 1900s hitting technique to place balls to open gaps. He notes adjusting to fielders and using the hit and run to exploit uncovered spaces. In three Detroit New York games Cobb collected three of his five hits by tapping through unguarded gaps.
Veteran southpaw Plank Mack delivers when needed as Connie Mack relies on his steady pitching. Critics once questioned his future but he remains a key winner for the Athletics with a deadly crossfire and meticulous season prep, helping avoid a last place finish.
Giants left hander Reuben Marquard looks to break pitching records this season after a breakout year. The piece cites historic streaks by John Luby Chicago 1890 with twenty straight wins and Charles Radbourne Providence 1883 with thirty seven consecutive starts and twenty eight wins.
Sports column reports a fence collapse after a Boston park game and surveys team form across leagues. It highlights Washington gains with Gandil Moeller Foster Morgan and backs Johnson behind them while noting Red Sox progress and Chicago’s Ed Walsh trade rumors. It predicts Maynard versus Concord clashes and praises Georgetown and Concord prospects as Jamaica Plain eyes Concord players.
Maynard defeats La Salle high school of Waltham 8 to 7 in a ten inning win at the playgrounds. Key plays include O Meara’s 9th inning grab and a sensational tenth inning triple play by Lent, Rainville, and a second baseman. Batteries Sims and Wilder versus Terrio O’Brien and Cascio. Umpire Gilroy. Also a note on an ostrich in Bedfordshire and a quip about time from the Florida Times-Union.
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