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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1912
Page
11
Sporting Facts and Fancies discusses 1912 season upsets and doubleheaders. It notes Washington, Athletics, Nationals, and Cleveland form, with multiple city swings from Cleveland to Philadelphia to Washington. The column highlights double bills, late-season aims, and race outcomes as teams chase division status.
President Ban Johnson of the American League and Chicago club president Charles A Comiskes were in town yesterday on unrelated business. They toured the East by auto, met Washington officials briefly, and discussed the Gavall case lightly. The Naps have a Philadelphia game on Saturday then transfer to Cleveland, with further postponements possible to complete the series.
Baseball scores from several minor leagues show Kansas City beating Indianapolis 8 to 7, St Paul 7 Toledo 2, Milwaukee 3 Louisville 0, Minneapolis 1 Columbus, and more. Atlantic City routed Jonnavtown 15 to 11 while Worcester and Brockton split. Weather disrupted Nashville-New Orleans and heat delays noted.
After nearly five hours in the sun, the Washington Nationals beat the Cleveland Naps 2 to 1 in eleven innings and 4 to 3 in the second game. Key moments came from Gandil and Milan as Washington clinched both games and pushed their winning percentage above .600.
In a tense contest the Washington Nationals and Cleveland Naps battled to a tie in the ninth after Pelty and Morgan miscues. The Naps tied it late then Gandil scored the deciding run in extras as Morgan and Gandil produced the key plays including a wild throw and an error by Olson that allowed Gandil to score.
In a second game marked by erratic play Washington squeeze a late win as Johnson faltered early. Moeller opened with a three base hit and Gandil delivered key hits to drive in runs. The Nationals edge Cleveland with a late rally led by Gandil and Milan, while Chicago signs a six foot six inch pitcher dubbed Cy Young.
Chicago and New York clash in a rough second game as New York defeats Chicago 5 to 2. Pitchers Brown and Mathewson worked, with Mathewson steering the winners through tense moments to seal the victory.
Pittsburgh defeats Philadelphia 4 to 2 with Rixey lasting six innings before fatigue. Byrne and Carey delivered early runs for Pittsburgh, aided by Viox and Cravath in the later frames. Seaton pitched the last two innings for Philadelphia, while O'Toole fanned five in a complete Pirates effort.
Louis defeated Boston in both games as Harmon baffled the visitors in game one while the locals rallied to win 3 to 9. The second game went 11 innings, Bresnahan and Blige drove in the decisive runs after errors tied the score in the ninth, with St Louis winning 7 to 4.
A compact listing shows American League and National League games with Cleveland at Washington Detroit at New York Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at Benton New York at Chicago Brooklyn at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Pittsburgh and a tag Monsen at Pt Lone.
Bescher doubled and Marsans singled in the ninth to lift Cincinnati past Brooklyn 5 to 0. Suggs left after two with a stiff neck. Rucker pitched into the eighth, Erwin batting for him. Batters, fielding and pitching noted, with scattered lines from both clubs and a 1 hour 21 minute game.
Special to The Washington Post Philadelphia July Dan Murphy will smash no base hits for the Athletics this season. The captain and heaviest hitting outfielder has water on the knee and is physically incapable of playing again this year. Connie Mack calls it a great blow as Murphy may never recover. Murphy was hurt sliding into home June 2 in Chicago and rest failed to heal it.
In a pitchers duel at heat struck Chicago and Philadelphia, the Athletics scored twice in the ninth after Chicago had broken a tie in the eighth. Walden pitched well until the ninth, fading with heat as Coombs excelled in late innings. McInnes led the defense for Philadelphia with five put-outs as Baker and Collins drove in runs to seal a 3–2 victory.
New York defeated here today by Detroit 6 to 2 as Mullin left after a second inning heat illness. Vitt and Dowd starred for Detroit with strong fielding. Cobb Crawford and Louden led New York’s offense with two runs batted in, while Marlin and Sweeney contributed.
Boston edged St Louis 3 to 2 in the ninth inning as Speake lined a hit after Brien and Yerkes singled to drive home the winning run. St. Louis led early but Boston rallied with timely hits and solid defense. Key players included Yerkes Gardner OBrien and Shatten for Boston and Baumgartner for St Louis.
Swarthmore College announces 191? football schedule featuring first meetings with Johns Hopkins and Navy. Opening contest slated with Lafayette at Easton, Franklin Field hosts Penn on Oct 12, Navy visit to Annapolis, Johns Hopkins at Swarthmore on Oct 26, plus Lehigh, Bucknell, Ursinus and others on campus field.
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