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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1917
Page
11
Boston's Mogridge defeated New York in the third game of their series as Boston won 5 to 1. Key players included Nunamaker and Gowds. An injury to an Boston player affected lineup adjustments during the game.
Maynard's sacrifice fly in the sixth gave Amherst a 1 to 0 win over Virginia in Charlottesville. The game was tight with light hitting. Virginia loaded the bases in the ninth but Morton grounded out. Key plays featured Goodrich at third and solid fielding from Widmayer and Prichard as Amherst improves.
Detroit Americans defeated the New York Nationals 4 to 1 in Fort Worth as Ty Cobb engineered the offense with a double scoring two runs. The Detroit defense benefited from Giants errors in the eighth inning, with Anderson Perritt and Rariden on the Detroit side and Carty Beland Cunningham Stange Spencer handling the mound duties.
Washington falls 6 to 4 in Louisville as Johnson and Toney struggle. Foster, Milan, Rice and Shanks spark fleeting Nationals rallies. Craft, Henry, and Jamieson contribute late. Reds edge ahead with timely hits and defensive plays in erratic contest.
Leonard Foster Milan and Smith lead Cincinnati in a 6 to 3 defeat by the Nationals. Key moments include Cueto tripling, Wingo driving in runs, and late Reds pressure as Craft and Toney struggle on the mound. Errors tally for both sides, with Leonard and Chase involved in early trouble and McKechnie caught in the final squeeze attempt.
The Nationals travel to Cincinnati for two or three games against the Reds, with Southpaws Thomas and Jamison slated to start in the opener. Nick Altrock remains home in Louisville as the club plots its rotation including Johnson Matty and Chase, while talks swirl of Carl Sawyer pursuing movies.
Washington Yannigans defeated Rocky Mount 4 to 0 in Roanoke Rapids. Ray Morgan delivered a homer and a two run triple to spark the offense. Carl Sawyer suffered a facial injury from a pitched ball and was treated, while Lawser played through.
Albert Simons, trainer for Harry Payne Whitney, sent two 2 year olds a half mile in 4935 seconds at Bowie. Whitney entries are expected to dominate spring juvenile races. Bowie's track was firm despite recent rains, and entries for the Inaugural handicap closed with more nominations than ever before. Weights for the race due tomorrow.
Kilkenny ridden by Merimee won the first race a claiming event for five year olds at six furlongs with Bil Oliver second and Perseus third as entries Dublin Bessants Bur bank Hajoy May Star Cash Up and Satisfied also ran.
A race card lists selling heats for 4 year olds and up across six races. Entries include Rochester 116 Examiner 113 Telloha 111 Little Jane 121 Sugar King 109 Sempsilla 113 Budweiser 113 Joe Walsh 108 Stilly Night 109 Rey Oakwood 118 and other various horses with weights. Weather shows a clear track.
Cincinnati March 30 Charles Schmalstig was awarded full judgment today in suit against Charles P Taft and others to recover 55555.55 and interest alleged due him through the sale by Taft of 800 shares of stock of the Chicago National League baseball club. During the trial it was shown that the Chicago club paid dividends amounting to 10 percent between 1905 and 1913.
The Brooklyn Nationals used 21 players in a futile effort to slow the Boston Americans in a 10 to 4 loss. The game featured a strong gale that reduced what could have been extra base hits to singles. Batteries Shore Mays Tyson and Ondy for Brooklyn. Smith Pfeifer Mails Appleton Meyers Miller Snwder for Boston.
Pinehurst N C March 36 William Co Fownes Jr of Pittsburgh and Walter Hagen professional of the Rochester Country Club won the annual amateur professional golf match at Pinehurst defeating W M Paul of Charlotte the Carolinas champion and Tom Kerrigan Siwanoy professional two up in 45 holes Fred McLeod of Columbia CC paired with J S Worthington Mid Surrey England finished two strokes behind the winners Jack Burgess Chevy Chase professional and Willie Wilson Pinehurst finished two under par on their 9 earlier round with 31 in their second round
J C Jones the trustee of the St Louis National League club announced 178750 had been raised and 175000 the first installment would be paid to former owner Mrs Helene Hathaway Britton tomorrow morning. Other items include Seegar winning the 500 yard junior event in Cincinnati, Cicotte and Faber beating the Houston Texas League team 3 to 0, Chattanooga beating Beaumont 8 to 4 in ten innings, Tommy Murphy set to defend his amateur title before joining the navy, and Mason Coulon in a bantam draw in Fort Wayne.
Baseball and track events highlight today with Catholic University facing Gallaudet at Kendall Green and Georgetown hosting Mount St Joseph's on the Hilltop. Army and Navy preps clash Tech while Central meets Alexandria High School Carroll Institute in a 2 1 2 mile cross country relay. Maryland State opens lacrosse at College Park against Baltimore City College. The Catholic University and Gallaudet opening signals the season start for both, with rosters including Rogers, Harrington, Allin White, Rooney, Shortley, Butler, Delahunt or Ranger and Harold White for C U, and Captain Marshall, Pilliod, Peard, Ferguson, Schienker, Hetzler, Houze, Bouchard and Rebal for Gallaudet. Dick Woodward to umpire. Georgetown faces Mount St Joseph's, Stouffert, Finch, Shanley, Blumer, Boudwin and Totten key for Carroll Institute in the race, a rematch of Hopkins Fifth Regiment games in Baltimore last month.
The University of Chicago won the intercollegiate gymnastic meet at Yale scoring 141% points. Haverford finished second with 10 points, NYU and Princeton tied for third with 9, Yale had 2, and Penn, Harvard, and Rutgers each earned 2 or fewer. Sturrige of Pennsylvania scored all 8 team points.
In Boston at the Longwood Cricket Club, R Norris Williams II beat Josiah Wheelwright in straight sets to reach the next round. Niles beat H C Johnson 6-4 6-4. Edwin Sheafe defeated M Bull Jr 6-8 1-4. Williams then beat Wheelwright Jr 6-0 5-2. In other U S events Boston trade news: Albert Bader to the Red Sox with Vean Gregg going to Buffalo. seven Boston players waived. Also Ives Darcy in Ohio for a bout on April 23 in place of May 4. James Craig named director of athletics at Arkansas. Yale defeats Columbia 23-18 to win intercollegiate swimming title.
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