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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1916
Page
9
Washington and Cleveland fans packed Cleveland’s stadium for a Washington Nationals versus Indiana game. Johnson’s speed powered eight drives as crowds rushed for concessions. Umpire calls, protests, and a late double by Roth highlighted a dramatic afternoon before Washington secured the victory and headed to face the White Sox.
Daniels and Vaniets Goulaville pace the American Association batters with 424 hits and 14% ahead in home runs, while Kraft Louisville leads in runs. Leading pitchers include Carter and Davis with strong won losses, as teams shuffle rosters with Carmen Hill released from Pittsburgh Nationals.
A rundown of upcoming college baseball games includes Georgetown vs Gallaudet on the Hilltop, Rock Hill College vs Gallaudet at Kendall Green, and Maryland Aggies vs Washington College at College Park. Maryland Agricultural faces St Johns at Annapolis, with May 24 through June 16 dates listed for various pairings across New York, Annapolis, Kendall Green, and Emmitsburg.
In Detroit on May 21 the Brooklyn Nationals routed the semiprofessional Pfelffers 5 to 0. Batteries listed include Marquard and Rucker for Brooklyn while Coombs and Miller handled Pfelffers. Also notes Ephibdition Game and Syracuse vs New York Americans in separate items.
Lavender faltered in the ninth as Philadelphia rallied to beat Chicago 4 to 2. Cravath opened the frame with a homer, Whitted tripled, and a bunting game by McConnell sealed the win. Williams and Cravath plus Zimmerman homered for Philadelphia, with strong defense cited.
New York extended its winning streak with a 41 to 1 victory over Cincinnati in a one sided game. Griffith homered in the seventh as Merkle, Wingo and Doyle added hits. Grifith drove the long ball to center field. Fletcher handled short with 14 chances. Schwab funds Lehigh stadium completion, about 50000 dollars.
Washington defeats Cleveland 4 to 8 in a dramatic ninth inning rally. Johnson homered after a crowd of 25,522 watched a tense, error-filled contest. Morgan and Milan delivered key hits as Washington capitalized on Cleveland misplays and a late double play miscue to seal the win.
The Washington and Lee athletic council awarded monograms to fifteen athletes across track and baseball and elected two managers for the varsity baseball team. Receivers include Jesse B. Wadsworth as next baseball manager and John L. Harrison named track captain, with several assistants and other monogram recipients from varied states. Also noted are scores from New Orleans Memphis and Mobile Little Rock in the South Atlantic League.
St Louis, Mo May 21 Tyler held St Louis to two hits today and scored two men with a double in the fifth inning Boston winning the first game of the series here 2 to 0 Kenetchy first up in the fifth singled to center stole second and went to third on Snyder's bad throw Gowdy was passed purposely Tyler hit the first ball pitched against the right field fence Konetchy and Gowdy scoring St Louis never got a man past second Only 29 batsmen faced Tyler Ames struck out ten men Score Beaton ABIL 0 4 Lans ABH OA Maranse 418 4/1 etc.
Argyle Club sweeps six of seven matches defeating posts office opponents on the courts at Fifteenth and Emerson Streets. Thrilling wins by Thurrell Robb Argyle over Neilson Postoffice 6-0 1-0 and others signal the club’s strong showing in yesterday’s proceedings.
Empire Athletic Club of Washington defeated the local Marine team 2 to 1 in thirteen innings at Indian Head Maryland. Grissom scored the winning run after a walk and advance on Dalton's sacrifice and Coombs' single. Jones pitched for the Marines, allowing five hits while issuing several walks.
St Albans Central High and Carroll Institute claim wins as the season closes. Brewer, Maxam, Carter and Wallace pace a four man 28 point display marking a peak for Washington’s storied team under Coach George Green. Carroll led by six man Led and Shanlex aided by Healey and Blumer helped capture the out of town trophy after the Insh American Disiange race.
A sprawling entry list covers multiple races at six and a half furlongs to two miles with horses such as Stunder Finalee Belle of the Kitchen Memory Carlaverock and Southern Star in early cards. Entries include Hand ful Tac tesa Sun Last Indifferent Scrap ner Kinder Lou Meencha Sniffy Allen MacAbee Booth Royal Cnet Prammer and Czar Michael across seven races with selling maiden and handicap events and various weights noted.
Cardinals beat the Mohawks 12 to 7 led by Merchant Devers and Purdy with multiple RBI while Albaugh struggled early but rode relief by Sweeney to secure the victory. Mitchell pitched for Cardinal Athletic Club and Wildness in the seventh inning prompted Sweeney to finish.
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