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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1919
Page
16
A compact ad lists golf tennis canoeing camping and baseball as outdoor hobbies. The note references Broadway at 13th Street and a Four at 34th Street corner area with Warren and other details.
Brooklyn’s Robins defeat St. Louis 8 to 2 in St. Louis to snag their first west coast win of the season. Hy Myers returns as pinch hitter and delivers a key single in a ninth inning rally that clears the bases. Cadore and Mitchell combine on the mound for Brooklyn as Goodwin matches zeroes until a late burst.
A crowd near 25,000 saw the New York Giants edge the Chicago Cubs 5 to 4 in ten innings at National League Park. Benny Kauff had five hits and delivered a late double to spark the deciding rally as Pal Perritt, Dubuc, and Benton held the Cubs to four runs. Cubs pitchers Hendrix, Martin, Douglas, and Alexander struggled in a high attendance game marked by a field-full crowd and varied scoring.
Detroit builds a 8 to 5 win over Washington with timely hitting and a Washington defense plagued by six errors. Ayres exits after seven for Detroit, while Veach, Cobb and Milan spark offense with key extra bases and steals.
American League scores led by St Louis 1 New York 0 and Detroit 8 Washington 5. National League results showed New York 5 Chicago 4 in ten innings, Brooklyn 8 St Louis 2, Boston 1 Cincinnati 1 with rain ending play in the fifth. Standings place Chicago 28 15 641 and New York 29 33 690 with Philadelphia 15 34 441 and others in pursuit.
A compact list of tonight's NBA games includes St Louis at New York at 3 56 P M Chicago at Philadelphia Cleveland at Boston Detroit at Washington New York at Chicago Brooklyn at St Louis Boston at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.
Boston and Cincinnati were tied 1 to 1 in the fifth inning when rain halted play. The game, called in the fifth, will not count as a legal game under the rules, with Cincinnati at bat and one out at the postponement.
In Baltimore the International League hosts games with teams visiting from Jersey City Buffalo Newark Binghamton Reading and Toronto. The schedule features Toronto at Baltimore and Buffalo at Newark with multiple cross city clashes today.
In a two game set, Columbus defeated Milwaukee by 8 to 4 in the first game. The report notes scattered plays and unresolved details for the second game between Toledo and Minneapolis.
Yale New Haven June 15 The Yale freshman nine despite two key defeats to Harvard Princeton finished six other games strong showing fast fielding and pitching. Captain Crane praised and Colonel Beard noted two goals of developing university players and a class team with several freshmen likely to join next season.
E. J. Kilduff Maynard H. Spear and W. J. Colerman survived the second round at Flushing Country Club in the governors cup handicap event yesterday and will face either H Kenworthy or Timothy W Hoxie in the semi finals. The match between Kenworthy and Hoxie was edged.
Seventeen Star class yachts split into Class A and B on Manhasset Bay for the Interclub championship. Saturn skippered by George W. Elder Jr. won Class A. Aquilla captained by Gordon Curry won Class B with a faster overall time, while BE. V. Willis placed second in Class A. Conditions varied as gusts shifted, affecting a 6 mile course.
In Le Mans France on June 14 Captain D Raymond of Crawford Nebraska won the elimination preliminaries for the US pistol team bound for the Inter Allied small arms competition beginning June 24. Second place went to Master Engineer Michael Kelly of New York City with a score 29 behind the leader. The list of top ten includes Lieut. Griffin of Edenton North Carolina and other officers and sergeants from various units in the Army Marine Corps and Texas Florida and Pennsylvanian commands.
Leo A. L Barrington’s bay gelding led the final dash to win the 1:10 class trot at Harlem Speedway during the fourth Spring matinée of the Road Drivers' Association. Nellie Durando and Squirrel Brook battled closely in earlier heats, with Durando showing promise in her first speedway appearance. Little Kate won the 1:08 trot class in split heats, while Bes sie Baron claimed a fourth straight victory in the 1:06 class for trotters.
Caldwell New Jersey June 14 plans were adopted for small-bore rifle contests to be held in August at the Caldwell National Rifle Range. Representatives of American and English teams discussed tryouts for miniature rifle clubs, selecting twenty men for a cable-match championship with scores exchanged by cable. A new range will host the events and be open to civilian clubs for practice with 22 caliber events welcoming American clubs.
Harvard Athletic Association introduces a silver loving cup to honor D. J. P. Wingate 1914 wife presents the Wingate Memorial Cup to the best all around baseball player. Wingate captained the university nine in 1913 1914 and died last year. Cup to be kept in the Harvard trophy room with yearly engravings of the winner.
Captain Fred Kieser of Morningside A C captured the five mile sealed handicap walk at the Walkers' Club of America games in Macombs Dam Park with a 1:30 handicap and a 38:36.2 time. Budie Renz of New York finished fourth from scratch in 39:51.3, while Hugh Brady of Pastime A C won the veterans three mile with a three minute handicap in 24:35.2, beating Dennis Dunn. The event also noted novice and other three mile and one mile results among Army and civilian competitors.
The Argentine $200,000 champion Botafogo displays phenomenal speed winning the Buenos Aires Palermo mile in 1.37 and a one mile seven eighths match against Greg Fox by seventy yards in 3:07. This time surpasses Orcagna's American record for the distance by ten and three-fifths seconds while Orcagna carried 96 pounds for a record set in Oakland on March 2, 1909.
Scores from the Southern Association show Chattanooga 4 beat Atlanta 2, Mobile 3 beat New Orleans 2, Little Rock 3 beat Memphis 0, and Nashville 12 beat Birmingham 2. The results summarize four pairings across the circuit.
Jess Willard weighs 248 pounds on the eve of the July 4 heavyweight title defense against Jack Dempsey in Toledo. He aims around 245 for ring entry and endured a grueling workout with sparring partners Heinen Hempel Hennen and Jamaica Kid. An estimated 2,000 to 2,500 fans watched as Willard and Dempsey’s camp prepared, while Willard’s eye injury faces cautious recovery ahead of full training.
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