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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1902
Page
2
Concord and Fall River tie for third while Nashua lingers in the shadows as Lowell routs Fall River 9 to 0 in a brisk May game before about 2500 fans. Cross and Merritt star for Lowell with timely hitting and sharp fielding. Fall River struggles to score and makes costly errors.
A 1962 game featured a passed ball by Riccius with umpire Rudderham managing as 2500 spectators attended.
Lawrence game featured Volz pitching despite wildness and slow seventh inning baserunning that cost two runs. A remarkable one hand stop by Cameron and Smith's long drive over right field fence in the ninth scored three runs as Whiting retired the side after two walks in the ninth. Score:
Concord falls to Haverhill as Stackpole keeps hits scattered and Girard shines at short. Four runs score in the fourth on Uniac and Miron errors, with a notable long throw by Herwig. In regional notes, Lowell rises in the standings, led by Willis at 46.2 and Merritt at 36.4 as Lake broadens his batting impact.
Fall River shut out Lowell 9 to 0 in Fall River Lowell. Haverhill defeated Concord 6 to 3. Dover beat Nashua 15 to 7. Lawrence routed Manchester 6 to 1.
Partial score reading shows Woburn North Woburn 12 versus An Dover 2 while Stoneham Melrose 11 against Stoneham yields an incomplete result. No full game outcome available due to fragmented OCR.
Philadelphia plays Boston while Baltimore visits Washington in the American section. National games include Boston at Chicago and Brooklyn at St. Louis with New York at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at Pittsburg. New England features Lowell versus Fall River, Nashua against Dover, Concord facing Haverhill, and Manchester versus Lawrence. Eastern slate shows Montreal at Providence and Toronto at Worcester, Buffalo at Newark, Rochester at Jersey City.
The Citizen reports Lowell’s baseball coverage from Fall River with Klobedanz earning 175 dollars as the league’s highest paid man. Cassidy shines with four hits in Saturday’s game. Pered Bressler is due to pitch today, Willis next in Dover, and Fall River’s umpire Rodderham earns praise for fairness. Ball is noted as the league’s fastest left fielder, while Marston’s Wilbur House hosts the Lowell team and holds memorabilia from Lajoie’s era.
On the South common the Y. M. C. A. fell to the Massachusetts Cloth Room by 19 to 17. Elmball beat St. Charles of Woburn 11 to 3. Lowell played a fast game. Ryan and Tyrell were the Elm battery. The W. A. C.'s beat Spaldings 9 to 7 on Bay street. Batteries were Van Steen burg and Jefferson for W. A. C. and Tyrrell and Owen for Spaldings.
The Merrimack B B club has organized for the season listing players Dan Carney c Dan Sweeney John Guilty 1b Mike Morley Is Dick Navan 2b Dan Crowley 3b John Ambrose If Mike Sullivan of John Cawley If Mike Mulqueeny substitute Address all challenges to Samuel Gaffney manager Merrimack finishing room.
The Mechanics Art School of Boston defeated Lowell High 9 to 2 at Spalding Park on Saturday. Lowell failed to score until the eighth inning as Reilly struck out 14 and Churchill filled in behind the bat for Gerry. Shattuck, Reilly and Churchill starred for Lowell. Moore and Hinckley led the visitors.
An advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes as brilliant and easy to use with fast, excellent results. It highlights price covers, dye products, spring and summer perfumeries, toilet articles, and a complete stock of high class drugs and medicines.
Falls and Burkingshaw, reliable low priced druggists, successors to OC Blanchard, announce location at 48 Middlesex Street corner Thorndike Street with morning open hours opposite the station.
In Detroit on May 18 six pitchers were used as Streit, Joss, Lundblom and others allowed runs in a 5 to 1 scoreline. McGuire homered with bases loaded as darkness halted play in the seventh after a mid game storm. Attendance reached 5,000. In Chicago the St Louis at Chicago game ended in a 2-9-4 innings tie after 17 innings of tense play with late rallies and sharp pitching.
In Boston Philadelphia 7 Boston 5 in ten innings. Baltimore 7 Washington 5. Chicago 6 St Louis 2. Cleveland 14 Detroit 0 Sunday. Detroit 19 Cleveland 11 in seven innings. Chicago 2 St Louis 17 innings.
St Louis beat Brooklyn in an exciting afternoon contest. Umpire Power ejected Sheckard Dahlena and Wicker for alleged conduct. Score shows St Louis 10 0 1 3 0 1 0 - 6 10, Brooklyn 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 - 5 7 4. Batteries Wicker Murphy Ryan Hughes Ahearn. Umpires Power Brown. Time 151. Attendance 5800.
Cincinnati beat New York 15 to 5 in five innings as seven clean singles produced six runs in the fifth. Ewing steady on mound for Cincinnati while Kenne dy Evans Bowermar worked for New York. Umpire Cantillon. Time 1.40. Attendance 6500.
In Chicago on May 18 Menefee endured his first defeat of the season as Philippi worked efficiently with runners on base. The visitors struck after two outs while misplays allowed scoring opportunities. Pittsburg 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 1 4 Chicago 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 Batteries Philippi and O'Connor Menefee and Kling Umpire O'Day Time 1 55 Attendance 14 600.
Chicago beat Boston 3 to 1 while Cincinnati routed New York 6 to 1. St Louis defeated Brooklyn 4 to 2 and Pittsburg edged Philadelphia 9 to 8. St Louis then won 6 to 5 over Brooklyn and Cincinnati won 15 to 1 against New York. Chicago beat Pittsburg 11 to 3.
A sequence of baseball results shows Worcester-Montreal and Worcester Newark-Rochester games with low scores, Jersey City defeating Buffalo, Providence beating Toronto, a Toronto win at Providence in extra innings, and Newark-Rochester overpowering Newark 10 to 5.
The opening East Middlesex Rifle League contest took place Saturday afternoon at the Dra cut range. Co. C of Lowell edged Co. F of Waltham in a close decision, Lowell prevailing by a narrow margin.
The combined scores show Co. C and Co. F team members posting top marks with individuals like Stanley 37, Sergt. Clog ston 39, Swaby 42, Berry 41, Flynn 41, Pearson 42, Kelsey 42, Robinson 44, Roger 41, Peterson 41, Mc Lean 42, Emith 44, Mooney 40, McCann 42, Jackson 42, Hunter 39, Pratt 40, Hamilton 44. Substitutes included Capt. Kittredge 39 and Coffin 37 with others. Next shoot at Wo burn on May 31 with Co. G.
The Concord golf club invitational ended Saturday with Miss Mollie B. Adams of Wollaston club taking the silver cup. She opened with a nine hole score of 47, tying the women’s course record and earning another inscribed cup. Miss Elizabeth Farrington of Vesper Country club placed second.
A handicap foursome match in the afternoon was won by Miss Fiske of the Concord club and Miss Mackay of the Oakley club. Prizes were club medals. The driving contest was won by Miss Grace B. Keyes of the Concord club, with three drives totaling a distance not specified.
Miss Gertrude H. Fiske of the Concord club won the approaching contest for the silver cup with three drives averaging 22 feet from the hole on 75, 50, and 25 yard bunkers. Miss Elizabeth S. Porter of the Oakley club won the putting match with three balls at three distances in five strokes for another silver cup.
The Vesper Country Club golf group held a dinner at Tyngs Island on Saturday night. Prizes from last year’s tournament were presented with E. B. Conant presiding and an original poem by Joseph Smith dedicated to the winners featured in the program.
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