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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1915
Page
13
Virginia Polytechnic Institute boasted a baseball team that won 21 games in a season while compiling a .329 batting average and 940 fielding. Coach Ray Prince and captain Bruce led the squad with strong batting, fielding, and leadership contributions.
A week of lineup changes affected several Amateur Association teams. Names listed include officials and players across Government League Foresters Northwest Sunday School League Presbyterian and Crescents with shifts involving Mularney Murphy Giffford Whitney, Leag schedules, and various clubs in St Paul Columbia and Crescentia.
Fight fans pack Ardmore for a fifteen round main event featuring Charles Dyan of Washington against Frankie Nelson a fast hard hitting local favorite Exan fights Nelsons prior foe Kia Williams as a reference for Nelsons form The rest of the card includes a battle royal eight rounds Young Thomas vs Micky Breeks six rounds Young Jack Dempsey vs Billy Burke four rounds Toots Brown vs Ned Green and Rube Smith vs Joe Blackburn in similar length bouts.
The Southern general office team of the Railroad Y M C A League heads to Marshall Virginia today to face the local nine in a double header with Forest Thompson and Dutch Munch pitching for the Southern squad. The Post advertises vacation money offers from one hundred to two hundred dollars for readers to assist on their trip.
Frederick W. Rubien, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union, states that senior and junior track and field championships and outdoor swimming championships will be held at the Panama Pacific International Exposition on August 6 and 7 and July 19 to 24 respectively. Indoor swimming championships will be at Sutro Baths on July 16 and 17. Eastern tryouts at Harvard Stadium June 26 and Middle Western tryouts in Chicago July 17 are to be announced.
A Chicago youth Joe Loomis reportedly set a long distance dash record by sprinting from Madison Square Garden to a taxi, rail to Chicago, amid tales of a cheating professional “ringer” at English amateur meets. The story cites trainer Jimmy Curran of Mercersburg and references a Notts Forest Notts Nottingham event with a supposed runner known as Chip Herbert who raced a mile in 4:20.
The article discusses possible first division ties based on outcomes of today’s doubleheader with the Yankees, noting Donovan’s Yankees and Griffith’s Athletics. Johnson, Boehling, Caldwell, Fisher, and Connolly are named as pitchers, with Connolly a slight doubt. Nationals depart for Philadelphia after two games, then return for a three-city stretch including Boston and Philadelphia before a new trip.
Chicago defeated St Louis 3 to 2 in ten innings as Phelan's double and two sacrifice hits produced the deciding run. Vaughn relieved in the sixth to stifle the Cardinals while errors by Butler aided Chicago. Pierce struggled for St Louis and was yanked. Sallee and Wilson helped Chicago in crises.
Cincinnati defeats Pittsburgh 4 to 0 in a shut-out on May 30. Schneider allows five hits and works through a full game as Cincinnati's offense plates four runs. Key contributors include Leach, Mollwitz, Clark, and Johnston with timely hits and defensive plays guiding the victory.
Kaetzer held St Louis to four hits and Crandall’s eleven knocks produced four runs for the visitors in a 4-0 shutout at St Louis. Lineup included Go Hodavood, Berry, and Bartley. Crandall also pitched.
Chicago and Kansas City split a doubleheader in Chicago. Kansas City won the first game 8 to 4, but were shut out 1 to 0 in the second. Prendergast won his fifth straight, while Hendrix struggled on the mound in the opener. Batteries listed for both games.
Indianapolis May 20. Twenty four of the fastest racing automobiles will compete in the Afth annual 50 cent a mile race at the Indianapolis motor speedway starting at 10 o'clock tomorrow. Weather conditions may improve and the dry track could aid faster times. Renowned drivers Ralph de Palma and Bob Burman are among entrants for a $50,000 prize, with 15 American and foreign cars in the field. Entries are the smallest yet with engines limited to 300 cubic inches.
Cleveland defeats Chicago 2 to 1 ending the White Sox nine game run behind strong pitching by Scott who fanned seven. An eighth inning error and three singles produced the decisive runs as Roth and Collins connected for a key first inning scoring setup.
Indianapolis holds the lead in the American Association race after fend off rapid advances by Louisville and Kansas City New York. Rain caused widespread postponements during the week ended Saturday, delaying games and hurting association finances.
In St Louis on May 30 a Detroit at St Louis doubleheader produced a 3 to 2 first game win for Browns. Jase held Detroit to a 2-2 tie in the second game, ended at the close of the seventh to let Detroit catch a train. Final: Browns 3 Detroit 2 in the first game. second game 2 to 2 when called after seven innings.
American Association games saw Indianapolis beat Cleveland 5 to 2 and 11 to 3 while Milwaukee edged Kansas City 4 to 4 in a split. St Paul defeated Minneapolis 8 to 0 and 4 to 2 with Millwaukee and Minneapolis noted in rained or incomplete scores. Southern Association results: Memphis beat Mobile 1 to 0 and Atlanta topped Nashville 6 to 2. Texas League scores include Dallas 14 over Shreveport 1 and Fort Worth 5, Waco 4, with Waco 4 to 1 over Fort Worth and Galveston 4, Houston 1 along with Beaumont 2, San Antonio 0 and Daan 7 over Shreveport.
Rain and cold weather delayed more than half the scheduled games in major league territory. Postponements pushed many teams into double headers as the Braves regain ground in the NL pennant race with Evers near return. Chicago leads the American, while New York falters. the Nationals improve and Boston, Cleveland, and Detroit show progress. The Federals suffer more delays than games. Chicago loses the lead briefly to Pittsburgh as weather reshapes standings. Memphis and Atlanta move up in the Southern Association while Chattanooga slides.
The five day Marlboro meeting opens at the Southern Agriculture and Fair Association track and marks Washington’s last chance to see thoroughbreds this season before racing pauses until autumn. Ten races daily include steeplechases with potential army horse races, and special trains will run from Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis to carry spectators.
Detailed list of racing entries across multiple races at Belmont Park including selling purses for various age groups and distances, coupled entries, Maiden and handicap events, and weather noted as clear with fast track. Names such as Mimesis Penny, Rose Gardner, George Smith, Belmon may appear in entries, with results and odds not provided.
A long string of largely unreadable names and place markers from several papers appears. It reads like a catalog of surnames, brands, and fictional or misprinted terms with scattered town and person identifiers, offering no clear event or outcome.
Raleigh Hotel forfeited a game to the Jetcos yesterday after Burke swung at a ball hit him and was ruled out. Raleigh disputed the umpire’s decision, consulted the rule book, and left the field with the score reading 4 to 0.
The National Guard rifle range crew defeated the naval battalion officers during a five-a-side practice game yesterday by 12 to 3. Standout performances came from Martin and McKnight for the winners and Crane and Sigourney for the battalion.
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