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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1914
Page
13
Large Washington displays boast quality wearables for men with patterns, materials, and styles. Prices include $12 P B suits and $9 normal wear, plus $4 to $5 Tech Oxfords and $2.90 to $3.90 outing trousers. Straw hats excluded.
Special to The Washington Post. Washington team in the Union Baseball League was eliminated from contest series opening here. Chicago defeated them 9 to 3 as Weaver and others struggled. Washington pitchers allowed 13 runs in a prior game against Boston. Tomorrow Cincinnati meets Detroit and Pittsburgh plays St Louis.
Baltimore tops Kansas City 8 to 3 to take the series like a clean sweep. Only Yount, Jachalitsch, Haerts, and Brown appear as standout players in a muddled recap with partial names and phrases indicating notable runs and scoring moments.
The national chess tournament here was stopped today due to the war. Prizes were awarded to top masters with ratings led by A Technic of St Petersburg at 9 12, Vidinar of Prague 8 12, and Satelminn of Munich 8. Third and next places went to Breyer of Hudafest and Red of Vienna, each with seven games. Janowsky of Paris claimed seventh with 12 games won.
Tom Marshall world champion marksman leads a field of experts including Mac and others in the ninth Western Handicap, the next event after the Grand American handicap, opening in Green Box tomorrow as part of the trap shooting world circuit.
Bloomington reports Fin Bluejacket, Cherokee Indian pitcher, leaves the New York Giants for the Brooklyn Federals. He secures a two year contract at double the Giants offer plus 1000 advance money, effective next season.
In a tight contest, Indianapolis defeats Brooklyn 7 to 6 to claim third place in the series. Key moments include Vehedhnlas’ seventh inning error allowing Campbell to score the decisive run, with Griggs homering in the third as Land and Delehanty reach base.
Dickson pitched six hits allowed and hit the decisive single in the tenth to lift Pittsburg over the Chicago Federals 1 to 0 in ten innings. Kerr Watson and Clemona contributed on defense as the one run proved decisive in a tense extra inning battle.
Buffalo wins 4 1 in a nine inning shutout over St Louis as Mordecai Brown allows eight hits and Ford limits the opposition to one hit per inning except the eighth Scos Ruffalo and others are noted for fielding and errors In Martinsburg Frederick defeats Martinsburg 3 2 to take third straight from the Tricity League leaders with Barnea Whalen Brady and Zech as batters and pitchers involved
In Chicago on August 3, an eighth inning rally produced five runs, overturning a prior Philadelphia lead as Chicago defeated the Athletics 9 to 8. Strong wildness by pitchers early set up the late scoring burst, with Murphs, Claring, Barry and Strunk among key Chicago attackers and Russell, Plank, and Wolfang on the mound for respective clubs.
Detroit wins 6 to 5 in the second game after Cove leskie out pitched Cole. Beaten New York, Detroit gains the series edge as Moriarty and Burney lead a late charge with key hits.
Boston was routed 6 to 1 by St Louis as the latter exploded for five runs in the sixth inning. Gregg Brown pitched for St Louis while LeVIS, Pratt, Walker and others contributed key hits. Robertson of New York named coach for Hungarian athletes preparing for the 1916 Olympics arrives in Budapest to set up headquarters for the event.
In Cleveland on August 3 Ayers came to the relief of the Nationals, halting a fifth inning rally by the Naps and preserving a 7 to 4 victory for the Griffmen. Ayers relieved Engel and held the Naps scoreless, while Moeller, Mitchell, and Schaefer contributed key hits early, and Hagerman started for Cleveland. The game featured three hits by Moeller and a pivotal fifth inning, with Grif fmen offense sealing the win late.
Cleveland owner Charley Somers and Nationals boss Clark Griffith held a three hour secret conference. They discussed possible deals involving players and terms suitable to both clubs with Leaje Lajoie named as a potential target though salary disputes and contract status complicate any arrangement. The meeting occurred amid Cleveland rebuilding and rumors of moves to address recent team changes.
A fragmented listing shows teams in the American League such as Washington Cleveland Chicago Philadelphia Detroit New York St Louis Boston Buffalo with notations hinting at standings or game actions across cities like St Louis and Kansas City. The OCR fragment lacks complete context but preserves team names and regional references.
New York split a doubleheader with Cincinnati as the visitors won 4 2 after an upset ride, and the locals took the opener 2 1. Serzog was knocked unconscious in an eighth inning collision but revived during intermission. McGraw argued with the umpire and was ejected, inviting a forfeit attempt.
Alexander fires a strong game for Philadelphia while backing support helps the Phillies defeat Chicago. Key hits come from Martin Becker and Zabel with solid pitching from Alexander and timely runs to seal a 6 to 5 victory.
In Brooklyn on August 3, Konetchy hit a three run homer in the thirteenth inning with bases loaded to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7 3 victory over Brooklyn. The hit broke a tie and left Brooklyn in last place.
In New York the Davis Cup committee announces the matches will proceed as scheduled. Australia faces Great Britain in Boston at week’s end, with the winner to meet the United States next week at the West Side courts. Extra seating is added at Forest Hills as demand for commodious seating continues. finals set for August 3 to 14.
Chicago August 3 Alexander Squair of the University of Chicago won the Western tennis championship defeating Clarence Griffin of San Francisco the title holder 6-3 5-7 6-2 and 6-0 Griffin reported in poor condition for the challenge round and was outclassed. In the national doubles preliminaries at Lake Forest tomorrow J B Adone of Dallas Tex and Irving Wright of Boston meet George M Church and Dean Mathey of Princeton University Western champions in the first match at 2 o'clock and Karl Behr and Theodore Roosevelt Pell of New York take on Clarence Griffin and William Johnston of San Francisco. The winners meet Wednesday afternoon and the final winners will play Maurice McLoughlin and Thomas Bundy in the challenge round for the American title August 24 at Newport.
Boston wins 1-0 over St Louis as two singles a sacrifice and an error in the ninth allow Trier to score. Team plates, defensive miscues and pitching contributed, with Tyler and Ginner among key players in a tense late frame.
Three games in the Northwest Sunday School League, near Pennsane, were ordered paved over by the commission as two protests involve matchups Whitnes venue vs Immanuel and Witres Avenue vs Brighmwond, while Brighwood vs Tri nartel also faces protest. Results will determine the pennant race between Immanuel and Brighwood, with no team winning more than fifteen games.
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