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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1911
Page
13
Connie Mack presses ahead with reprinting Manager McAleer’s provisional Richmond contract for an All-Star series, risking friction with Virginia allies and the Nationals. The plan includes two Washington games and one Baltimore contest, with weather and park availability weighing decisions as Richmond’s field and scheduling loom large.
Boston gains an early lead as pitcher Bushelman struggles in his major league debut, yielding five runs in the first inning and an uneven start. Washington rallies with strong hitting from Hooper and Yerkes, while Johnson settles in to guide the Nationals to a 7 to 1 victory over Boston. Long debuts with Gessler rotating, and Morgan adds a late RBI as the home club fails to mount a sustained challenge.
Yesterday's results show Washington and Chicago and Boston leading the standings with St. Louis and Philadelphia also in the mix. Games today list Heaton at Washington Philadelphia at New York Chicago at St. Louis Detroit at Cleveland.
Baseball recap covers a National League series with Groom or Becker for the Nationals and Joe Wood for the Red Sox. It notes a small crowd, uneven batting, and defensive plays as Washington struggles while Boston speculates on exhibition games and lineup changes. Long shows speed, street hits well, and pitching by Bushelman dominates with two strikeouts per his run.
Philadelphia president Horace Fogel rebutted rumors of syndicate control affecting games with the Cubs postponements to be made up. He said the Phillies will strive to beat the Cubs in every game, preferring the Giants to lose to the Athletics if possible.
Pittsburgh reports three pitchers released and one new addition. George Wallss, bought from Winona Minnesota, goes to St Paul. Harry Seivert M J Regan moved to Kansas City. Clifford Averett drafted from Charleston South Atlantic League signs. Marty O'Toole recovered from arm injury and ready to resume play.
Contracts set for new stands for the Cincinnati National League club. Structures will be steel and concrete costing about 350000. Extensive changes to the field layout planned. President Herrmann says it will be one of the finest plants in the country when completed.
Philadelphia and New York clash as Olding, Collins, Baker, Murphy and Barry drive scoring for the Phillies. Quinn and Bender duel on the mound with home run by Quinn and late relief by Vaughn. final line notes 2 hours 5 minutes game time and 14 left on base for New York while Philadelphia leaves 7.
Chicago opened its final series in St Louis by taking both games, 7 to 6 and 2 to 0, with Callahan injuring his leg sliding into a base in the first game and darkness ending the second in the seventh. McIntyre, Lord, Bodie and McConnell led the offense as Chicago built early leads before holding off St Louis in a two game set.
Naval Academy football outlook notes a strong faculty but some graduation losses ahead of Army clash. Veterans Dalton Lowell Rodes plus several openings in line and backfield, with Ensign Howard as head coach and Ingram assisting. Schedule starts Sept 23 practice with Johns Hopkins Oct 7 opener and Princeton Oct 32 clash, Army game to be set for late November or December.
Philadelphia edged Brooklyn 2 to 1 in the first game of the series. Knabe Paskett and Beck delivered singles in the eighth to spark the productive inning, with Lobert’s sacrifice. Brooklyn avoided a shutout in the ninth as Hummel scored on a single, Coulson's double, and an error. Brooklyn had 7 left, Philadelphia 7.
Brooklyn manager Ebbets offered $100 in cash and three pitchers to land Alexander from the Phillies. Philadelphia declined, saying the NL has no money to buy Alexander. An earlier bid of $10,000 and four players for Alexander and Lobert was also rejected.
In American Association action at St Paul and Minneapolis the results show Kansas City 7 over St Paul 3 and Toledo 1 over Columbus 5 amid rain soaked fields. Eastern League play sees Montreal 6 over Rochester 0 and Jersey City 2 over Newark 9 while Baltimore edges Providence 4 3. Toronto tops Buffalo 7 4 in the first game and 2 1 in the second. New York State League results include Albany 5 over Wilkes Barre 3 Elmira 4 over Syracuse 2 and Troy 1 over Scranton 0. Southern League totals note Atlanta 3 over Nashville 2 with Chattanooga rip and Montgomery 1 over New Orleans 4 in the second game. South Atlantic League lists Columbus 2 over Columbia. Western League features Lincoln 3 over Topeka 0 Sioux City 9 over Des Moines and Omaha 6 over St Joe 4 while Denver 3 beats Pueblo 0.
Philadelphia, Sept 11, plans for the games between the Athletics and the all stars to keep the American League champions in shape for the world series may shift. A program of one game in Baltimore Washington Richmond and Philadelphia is favored, with Mack supporting it as more effective for players than multiple games in one city. No final decision announced on Richmond.
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