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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
5
Dover earns a 2-0 victory over Lowell as Towne outduels Willis in a pitching duel. Four double plays highlight the game with Lowell turning three of them. Attendance nears 1200 as charity night perks attract fans after the league game.
Sacrifice hits by H Smith and Herwig lead a tight contest. W Clark and Murray each steal two bases, with March contributing on the basepaths. Whiting and Nevers turned a key double play while Morrisey drew two walks and Deininger four. Morrissey struck out three, Deininger four, as fans numbered 250. Time 1.35. Umpire Beville.
In Nashua on July 21 Lawrence looked set for a win before a seventh inning error by Klobedanz opened the door for four runs. The game featured a running catch by O'Brien in the sixth and a catch by Wilson in the seventh as the decisive moments. Score:
Lowell defeats Dover 2 0 in wet conditions at Lowell. Manchester wins 2 to 1 against Haverhill while Concord hosts Fall River with muddy field. Nashua beats Lawrence 5 to 3 in a high scoring outing.
Baseball note round up from Nashua Press and Lawrence Sun. Fall River faces Lowell as old timers reunite in town. Ping-Pong Cameron of Lawrence excels in 14 games with 68 successes. Wal ter Burnham impresses as an experimenter, testing 40 players this season. Hugh Duffy unable to attend due to personal troubles out West. Van Zandt plans to return to Brooklyn Saturday night for higher earnings. Debate over suspensions and player salaries referenced. A benefit for Lowell General and St John’s hospitals noted as well.
Reports from Manchester and Lowell recount player movements, manager comments, and umpire tallies. O'Reilly’s season-ending injury looms while Burns and Carney weigh team value and recent gains.
Shamrocks and Emmets prepare for a second Fairgrounds game this week with both sides adding new players. The first game favored the Emmets. Shamrocks promise to reverse the result. A purse challenge from the Emmets or Shamrocks to strong city teams is noted. The Manhattan team routed the Harvards 18 to 5 at Spalding field, Coleman pitching well through five innings. Contact Charles McFadden at 113 Blossom street to arrange games.
Berlin reports Emperor William has purchased Francis R. Riggs' 30 foot yacht Uncle Sam, winner of the Kaiser's gold cup. He plans to sail her in the 1903 regattas without competing for prizes.
Boston defeats Chicago 2 to 0 as sharp fielding limits visitors. Dineen’s pitching backs a clean win with 1.41 time and 3500 in attendance. Cincinnati topples St Louis 7 to 2 while Poole debuts for Cincinnati. National League results include Brooklyn 10 Philadelphia 1 and Worcester over Providence 3 to 3 in darkness. Connecticut League scores show Norwich 5 Waterbury, New London 5 Bridgeport 4, Springfield 5 Hartford 1, New Haven 8 Meriden 6.
In Washington on July 21 Wallace threw wild to first while trying a double play. Anderson recovered and threw to the plate where Sugden stopped the ball, allowing Clarke to score the go ahead run. Final score Washington 26 St. Louis 8. Batteries Orth Clarke Powell Kahoo. Time 1.35. Umpires Connolly Carruthers. Attendance 3088.
In Baltimore on July 21 Detroit defeated the locals with Sievers stopping Baltimore’s offense. Wiltse was ineffective for Baltimore while Detroit’s pitchers held firm. Time 2.15. Umpire Johnstone. Attendance 1940.
Philadelphia beat Cleveland 11 to 10 after Cleveland led by six runs, tying the game in the seventh on two errors and four hits including a home run. A two-out single by Schreck with two on in the ninth delivered the winner as Moore Wright and Wood faced Hastings Plank Waddell Powers Schreck in a chaotic late frame. Attendance about 2,400.
In Boston five games saw Boston win 5 to 3, while Philadelphia defeated Cleveland 10 to 1. Baltimore shut out Detroit 8 to 0 and Washington edged St Louis 2 to 1. The listed scores reflect a sequence of city matchups with varying outcomes.
Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 10 to 4 in a one sided game at Brooklyn on July 21. Strong fielding and timely hitting backed the home team as the visitors struggled to contain the offense. The result reflected Brooklyn's superiority in both pitching and defense throughout the affair.
American division features Chicago at Boston Cleerland at Philadelphia Detroit at Washington St Louis at Baltimore New England slate includes Fall River at Lowell Haverhill at Nashua Dover at Manchester Lawrence at Concord Eastern division Providence at Worcester Rochester at Newark Buffalo at Jersey City Montreal at Toronto
F Appleby of Horn Hill trimmed the world amateur mark by running 15 miles in 1 hour 20 minutes 43.5 seconds at Stamford Bridge. Amateur champion Arthur Shrubb placed second, also breaking the record with 1 hour 20 minutes 15.4 seconds. The event took place in London on July 21.
New York July 2 Yankee skips past August Belmont's Mineola in a six mile beat six mile run and three mile reach course sailed twice covering twenty six miles. Harry Maxwell helms Yankee against Captain Charlie Barr on Mineola with the owners away. Yankee leads at every point except the reach and wins by 10 minutes 44 seconds.
Mina narrowly defeats Muriel by 1 minute 20 seconds and Quissetta by 26 minutes 8 seconds in the 30 mile course. In the 43 foot class Darwina wins over Effort by 1:21. The Spasm beats Possum by 46 seconds. G L Piere's The Mavis wins over The Scamp by 5:46 and Lamb kin over Firefly by 49 seconds. Other winners include Rascal Mary Baker Ace and Adelaide.
Nahant July 21 The Nahant club invitation tournament opened with M. D. Whitman B. C. Wright and W. J. Clothier advancing to the second round. Whitman defeated A Codman 6-4 6-2 6-2 while Wright beat George Atkinson 6-3 6-2 6-3 and Clothier beat W P Blagden 6-1 6-4 6-2.
In Golden Gate Park Robert Fitzsimmons ran eleven miles with his trainers then swam at Ocean Beach and rested at the training quarters. He dismissed leg muscle rumors, vowed to win, and prepared for a lighter workout tomorrow. Jeffries lounged more, claiming he will win before the fight ends while betting odds favored the champion at 10 to 4.
The first national circuit bicycle races in Pittsburgh at the Coliseum drew 12 top riders. Frank L. Kramer won the one-third mile professional, with Iver Lawson second. Saxon Williams captured the half-mile professional handicap in 58 seconds, while rain postponed the one-mile professional consolation race to tomorrow. High finishers included O S Kimball and G H Collett.
C. W. Lenhart of Bowling Green reports a running itching sore on his leg was relieved by Dean's Ointment, ending his tortures and yielding a permanent cure.
The 1887 Lowell champions faced a Lowell Dover all star lineup in a reunion at Spalding Park. Notable figures Pat Hartnett Guinasso Burns Cudworth Flanagan Sullivan Murphy and Piggott appeared, but the old timers produced only one run as Webber and Bressler sparked Lowell with two errors and steals. The crowd welcomed the veterans despite a brief, darkened finish after five innings.
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