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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1915
Page
11
Special to The Telegraph New York June 28 Harvard loses the season finale to Yale 18 to 0 and claims the title. Tufts and Brown dispute Harvard as Eastern college champions citing Brown’s strong batting and pitching. Brown had two pitchers reach the majors and Babbington hit .391 to attract McGraw’s interest.
In Ossining New York on June 28 prisoners wager on the upcoming Fourth of July prize fight between Chink and Ryan for the heavyweight title Each fighter weighs about 200 pounds Chink fights from the cell block company while Ryan comes from the yard company Prizes of 25 for the winner and 5 for the loser were posted by the Mutual Welfare League athletic committee The bout will be staged on a platform in the prison yard for all 1700 inmates to watch.
Philadelphia reports that Bob Shawkey, long the Athletics’ sole reliable winner, has been sold by Connie Mack to the New York Americans. The rumor gains weight as Shawkey did not travel with the Mackmen to Washington and left with his wife from Llanerch for a mountain trip. Shawkey began with Harrisburg, moved to Baltimore two years ago, and was recalled last summer.
Poughkeepsie race program lists junior varsity eights freshmen eights and varsity crews from Columbia Cornell Penn Syracuse Stanford with ages heights and weights. Records show Cornell dates for freshmen junior varsity and varsity events in 1901 1909 and 1914.
In Allentown on Saturday J G Martin of Harrisburg broke 191 of 200 targets while H B Shoop scored 186 In Baltimore game St Louis beat Baltimore 2 0 with Plank pitching and Borden in the box President Steel names John Berry as League umpire Berry formerly pitched for the H A C team Embick New Cumberland outfielder leads league with 458 batting and strong fielding Boas and youngster White with a 345 average Brewer at 320 Swartz versatile for Middletown Lebanon Valley talent drawn by Lebanon Highspire Hershey and Steelton with three Lebanon stars Hershey's trio among the group Firemen League crowds Good Will group aims to stay in first place Western game Burlington and Keokuk played 22 innings scoreless before darkness ended the longest no run game on record in Central Association
Coaches from five colleges have trained crews for today’s event on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. They have worked for most of the year to select crews for the national contest, while the Harvard Yale race at New London remains the east’s premier college rowing attraction on the river.
In the City Golf championship at Reservoir links on Saturday William Pavord beat John Harris in a main match and won an extra nine hole match 42 to 40. Opening play tied at 77. The draw lists sixteen matches in four groups with players including E Richards, H Gilbert, T Devine, Sweeney, H McClure, and J Harris among others.
Chicago June 28 speedway results shattered world records from 50 to 500 miles. Dario Resta won aboard a French Peugeot and topped $20,000 in prize money. Ten finishers beat the old mark, with J Cooper in tenth surpassing De Palma, while experts say the new wood track is the fastest in the United States.
News from San Bernardino, California reports the state hospital for the insane introducing baseball as a treatment. Dr. H L Orth, superintendent, says the first game will pit the Harrisburg team against the hospital nine this week. Dr. J A Riley in California will continue the program if beneficial.
Harrisburg's Motive Power team of the Pennsylvania Railroad wins 6 to 5 over New York at Paxtang. New York led until the eighth inning as Harrisburg hitters broke the ice with six runs. New York managed four hits off pitcher Biever in a tight contest.
Boston athletes named to represent the East in San Francisco. Norman Taber led milers with 4 15 15 on a wet Harvard Stadium track. Meredith triumphed in the 440 yards as Olympic selections were announced for events across sprint, distance, hurdles and field events with top clubs in New York Boston and Philadelphia.
A dense catalog of results across leagues with scores for National and American Leagues including Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Newark, Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto, Montreal, and Providence. Futures list show Wednesday pairings and several minor league scores such as Shamrock vs Hemlock and local leagues like Dauphin-Perry and Paxtang A C. The Albion A A defeated P R R Elects 10 to 6 with Corkle and Parker pitching for Albion.
Saturday games produced edge of seat action with many extra inning thrillers. New Cumberland edged Middletown 2 1 to reach first, Lebanon beat Highspire 7 6 in 12 innings, Newport topped Dauphin 1 0 in 17 innings, and other leagues saw close, high scoring or tight wins across the region.
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