The American Cup Final had a distant military flavour, with the Marksmen of Fall River taking on the Veterans of Dayton. The first two games were held in Massachusetts -- actually, across the state line in Mark's Park in Rhode Island. The 'Men took the opener, 10-3, aided by three hits by Hi Ebright and four Dayton errors. But the Vets won Game 2, as rookie Bill Everitt drove in three runs in a 4-2 Dayton win.
When the Cup Final moved to Ohio, it looked like Fall River would take the third game, leading 4-2 going into the last of the ninth. But with two men on thanks to an error and a single, John Morrill ripped a triple to tie the game, then Andy Cusick won it with a seeing eye single, 5-4. In the fourth game, Fall River hurler Clem Kimerer was brilliant, allowing only two scratch singles in a 6-0 shutout -- while Pete O'Brien hit a three-run bomb. And in Game 5, the Marksmen scored early and often, jumping to a 8-1 lead and putting up a seven-spot in the seventh en route to an 18-5 slaughter, with O'Brien tripling and driving in three more tallies and Ebright with five RBI. Now the Vets were up against it, needing two road wins to drink from the Cup. They got the first one, with Jesse Burkett notching a two-run single to break a 6-6 tie and tying the series, 8-6.
Game 7 dawned bright and clear in Rhode Island, and the Veterans scored in the top of the first on a long single by Burkett. That would turn out to be Dayton's only tally of the day, as Kimerer handcuffed the Vets on five hits. O'Brien would homer again (his fourth of the series) and drive in three as the Marksmen took the American Cup, 5-1.
