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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
13
The Nationals slipped further in the pennant chase as the Red Sox and Indians won, while the Flyers beat the Griffs and left the Jungaleers and Browns to close the gap. Ty Cobb contributed a single here and there, but the Tigers rallied late to edge ahead as Shaw faltered in the ninth.
In a crowded box score style summary, Milan and Schulte contribute solid hits as Nationals rely on a deep batting order. Johnson and Lagan provide run support while Shanke and Judge round out the middle of the lineup. Pitchers Koster and Shotton anchor a pitching staff with Morgan and Shaw contributing in relief.
Philadelphia August 14 The Emergency Fleet Corporation will no longer countenance employing professional ball players in shipyards. Howard Coonley vice president ordered ball players be treated like other workers with no high salaries reimbursed. Meige Rex Athletic Club plays today at Union League Park at 3 45 oclock in the rubber. Braves beat Hamilton.
Detroit rallies from behind to defeat Washington 6 to 3 in the opening game of the series. Shaw pitched eight strong innings before tiring in the ninth as the Tigers staged a large inning with four home runs including a triple and double to overpower the Nationals. Boland and Jones held Detroit to five runs on 14 hits, while the Tigers connected for six runs on 15 hits.
In Philadelphia on August 14 the Browns defeated the Macks 4 to 1 in eleven innings. Key plays featured Demmits and Hendryx driving in runs, while assembling bases and fielding errors shaped the tense finish. Austin supplied a two-base hit as St. Louis piled up hits and held Philadelphia to a lone tally late.
A fragmented sports item notes that every National had a hit including Jim Shaw while Dec Ayers was not credited with two at bats. the Virginian failed to reach a high average and the team could not secure a win.
Boston 5 Chicago 3 as F Jones limits hits and Scott delivers a key sixth inning triple and later scores. Scott and Jones pace a 5 run to 3 win over Russell, with solid defense and miscues noted in a high tempo late-season ballgame.
Cleveland defeats New York 7 to 2 as Bagby limits the Mets, collecting three hits and two RBIs. Wood belts his 11th homer at the park this season, Turner adds a triple two doubles and a single driving in three. Graney and Chapman spark the offense for Cleveland while O’Neill and Gilhooley contribute for New York in a rough day.
Billy Kelly the Western 2-year-old carried 130 pounds to a large victory in the Sanford Memorial at Saratoga. He overhauled Lion dOr and won by eight or ten lengths as sturdy crowd favored him amid a stormy, slow race day. Boniface and Gloomy Gus also placed in later events.
Marlboro fair runs August 22 to 24 with industrial and agricultural exhibits and seven daily horse races offering purses of at least 800 dollars and a 400 dollar daily handicap. The program features a mix of sprint and distance events, with multiple races and lists of entrants noted amid cloudy, muddy track conditions.
Saratoga Springs trainer Bedwell hails Bully Kelly as the best yearling he has trained and the finest homegrown performer he has handled after the colt wins the Sanfer Maemo-Final today.
Philadelphia Aug 14 Tom Murphy's stable dominated Belmont track racing on day three of the Grand Circuit. Ima Jay upset Maporansa to win the 3000 Bellevue-Stratford stake trot as Royal Mack led early heat. Brusiloff captured the 2-year-old Liberty stake, edging Norman Dillon in a nose finish. Free-for-all pace saw Miss Harris M take straight heats and most of the purse with Ban Earl and Roan Hal following. Budlight won the 2:12 pace in straight heats.
Boston report notes Fred B. Alexander and Beals C. Wright, former internationalists, defeated Ichiya Kumagae and Harold Taylor in a three round paternal doubles match at Longwood Cricket Club. Vincent Richards of Providence beat J. D. E. Jones in the boys final 6-2 6-2 to advance to Forest Hills nationals.
The District champion tennis team will face the Baltimore titleholder at the Dumbarton Club on August 24 after next week's decisive matches. Interior and Treasury duel for the lead in the Departmental League with the winner advancing to meet Princeton and then Dumbar ton, Washington Association champion, before a Baltimore showdown. Harold Throckmorton, Coast Artillery corporal, will play in national singles with War Department permission. Tilden II and Vincent Richards peak for the national doubles with Tilden towering over the 16 year old rival.
Saratoga notes the Jockey Club agrees to rescind the rule barring 2 year olds from racing before April 1 in response to breeder requests. Updates on Flying Scout Omar Khayyam and Delta Jr Tyree’s mare injuries. Arch ie Zimmer moves Bright on Stable horses to Havre de Grace for Maryland meeting. Trainer Randy McNeughton targets Weaty Hogan for Merchants and Citizens handicap. Travers candidate Harry Payne Whitney’s Johren works. War Cloud and Exterminator times noted. Also listed are results and today’s planned games.
Semifinals reached in junior and boys singles and doubles at the District championships on the Columbia County Club courts. Notable upsets include Jim Keleher ousting Paul Conklin and Matoid Fowler defeating Spotte White. Teen star George Shoemaker advanced to the boys singles semifinals with a 6-0 6-2 win. Doubles match results and next-round pairings noted amid rain interruptions.
The 1918 National Fox Hunters Association meet and field trials will be held near Columbia Tennessee the week of November 13. About a hundred followers and their hounds are expected to gather in Maury county, famed as the best fox hunting grounds in America.
Notes discuss amateur golf champ Chick Evans and his quip about losing titles to players with weak putting. It mentions military camp golf expansion, an adjustable cup rim design by A W Tillinghast, and San Antonio course work. A tale of yard work, convicts, and locals closes with a jinx anecdote.
The Ag gies, after beating all junior teams this season, aim to schedule matches against older nines. An exhibition in Toronto saw New York Nationale defeat the Toronto Internationals 6 to 0, with players including Duttain Tocheates Thomay and Benyough on display.
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