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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1911
Page
13
A garbled but readable sports row centers on Nelson predicting a decisive win for Wolgast over McFarland. The text references boxing era names and event pacing, with other fragmentary notes about fighters and dates interwoven.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a mile race, track, and names but lacks coherent details. No clear event date or outcome is discernible.
The text appears garbled with many typos. readable segments show an account likely about Mcoy claiming a comeback. Mentions of a hooded rope and a crowd suggest a sports or dramatic event, but details are unclear and no clear names, dates, or outcomes emerge.
Fragmentary OCR snippet references a tennis title line and names Tolmer Lee and Fah Poof Potya farm. It appears as stray editor notes or header text with unclear context and distorted spelling. No clear event, date, location, or outcome is discernible from readable content.
A misplayed ninth inning by Caldwell and fielding miscues allow an opposing rally to erase a lead. New York and Philadelphia compete in a close game with multiple hits and defensive errors shaping the late frame, ending with a dramatic final at bat and runners left aboard.
Morgan walked eight and limited Boston to three scattered hits as Philadelphia beat the visitors in five innings. Kushlay yielded five hits and three runs. Five hits in the fifth inning for Philadelphia included key singles off Aullay to secure the win and extend Boston’s skid to four games.
The report details a chaotic New York Nationals game with Walker pitching, errors, and frequent interruptions. It notes plays, balks, stolen bases, and fielding mishaps, highlighting both teams' struggles and possible pitchers' performances, with a focus on the New York lineup and defensive miscues.
Pathfinding advance guard of Glidden tour leaves New York for Jacksonville led by Westgard. Two Flanders cars cover about 140 miles with planned stops in Philadelphia Gettysburg Staunton Roanoke Winston Salem Charlotte Atlanta Valdosta before reaching Jacksonville, Florida on September 19.
Yesterday's results show New York and Cleveland high in output with Washington and St Louis also scoring. Today a full AL slate features New York at Washington Boston at Philadelphia St Louis at Cleveland Chicago at Detroit Detroit at Chicago and Detroit at St Louis.
National League standings show New York, Brooklyn, Boston leading with clear gaps. yesterday's results include Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St Louis, Chicago and others. Today's games feature Cincinnati at Chicago, Brooklyn at New York, Pittsburgh at St Louis, Philadelphia at Detroit.
The Washington club faced blame for an incorrect Friday pitching announcement. Russell Ford, touted as Were Work's pitcher, was not listed in official notices, causing confusion among readers and fans. The error is traced to New York club management, with responsibility placed on their business side, though the crowd remained small given the team's recent form.
Mintyre collects five hits in six at bats powering Detroit past Chicago. Walsh pitches well after early trouble, Bush shines with standout defense, and Moriarty, Callahan, and Tannebill drive key hits as Chicago falters in a two-run loss. Details include fielding feats and late innings scoring, with team totals showing Chicago scoring early and Detroit pulling away.
In a tight eleven inning battle, Saier scores from first on Needham’s single as Chicago edges Cincinnati 3 to 2. Schulte stalls late with thirteen fouls before striking out with bases loaded in the eighth, while Brooklyn is held in check by Marquard in most frames.
The event opens at West Side Tennis Club with William Larned facing Dixon and Mat McLoughlin meeting Lowe as five matches, including a doubles pairing Bundy and Little, decide which nation earns the right to challenge Australia for the Davis Cup at Christ Church New Zealand. The series, featuring four singles and one doubles, unfolds Monday and Tuesday with the winner advancing.
Cleveland and St Louis dueled in a left handers duel that Cleveland won 2 to 1. Mitchell and Brown started for their teams with Brown taking the loss after allowing three hits in a steady outing. Butcher Olson Laporte and others contributed the offense for Cleveland while St Louis tallied their run on a long first inning.
In a tense September game, New York gains a 2 to 0 victory over Brooklyn as Knetzer dominates the final five innings, allowing no hits while nineteen batters face him. Earlier, Smith and Hummet doubled, followed by a Davidson single to spark two runs.
In the Intercollegiate lawn tennis semifinals at Merion Cricket Club Princeton's Mathey and Butler defeated Harvard's Whuthe and Cutting and Tifft and Kuhn beat McKean and Tomes to claim doubles glory. E H Whitney of Harvard won singles over J S Armstrong of Minnesota, with Yale's A Mann er tale defeating J L Cote of Yale in the other semifinal. The singles final between Harvard and Yale will determine the overall lead as Princeton eyes a tie for second place.
Norris McLain and Clarence Fisher of Baltimore defeated Jarvis Adams and Jack Colburn in the finals of the eighth annual West Virginia open tennis tournament doubles to claim the state championship cup. Fisher and McLain then teamed to win the doubles trophy, with Fairmont officials noting the fastest play seen in Fairmont. The day also featured a singles final where Fisher beat Adams in three straight sets.
Eastern League games in Terex City Baltimore and Minneapolis faced rain and poor field conditions. Several matchups were postponed or halted, with scores partially noted like At Albany Jacksonville and St Paul results affected by wet rounds and damp grounds.
Blarnes Stone owned by James Ro Keene won the Et vastone nursery plate for two year-olds over five furlongs straight at Derby. The Gold Crest filly placed second and H P Whitney’s Melba gelding finished third in a race with sixteen entries. The Powers of the Peak plate, a 190 sovereign handicap for three year-olds and older, ran on the straight mile course with Bad Bon, Whisk Broom sunspot, and Mustapha among the top finishers.
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