The Liberty League

[Questdog]

Wednesday May 31 at New York Mutuals (11-13 tied for 5th place in the Liberty League)

Abe Lowe is going to bat 6th in this game.

Abe Lowe, Troy (27 R 8-10 2.02) vs. Harry Mays, N. Y. (35 L 9-8 2.44)

Won: 2 to 1

Abe Lowe wen 0 for 4 in the Great Experiment and even struck out. But he pitched a whale of a game, allowing New York only 6 hits, 3 of them to lf Chicken Evarts. Tomorrow, cf Ed Tomlinson is scheduled to be ready to play, so I should have known it was about time for another outfielder to bite the dust. Len Cardillo, who has been hitting so well as Dick Carver's replacement in left, pulled a hamstring and is expected to miss 3 weeks.

Other doin's:
Washington (7) at Philadelphia (3): Pete Tyson (7-11) over Paul Skinner (12-6). Skinner just did not have his stuff today; Washington rapped out 16 hits in the game, 4 of them by 26 year old lf William Riser playing in his first game.

Detroit (1) at Boston (2): Charlie Barry (6-1) over Charlie Charles (4-3). 1b Sam Simpson had 3 hits, including a double for Boston.

St. Louis (2) at Baltimore (9): Miller Bullock (6-5) over Dick Dixson (10-8). Bullock held St. Louis to 5 hits. He has now won 3 starts in a row, including 2 straight 5-hitters. 2b Joe Ricketts and 3b Dave Thompson each had 3 hits for the Canaries. Ricketts knocked in 2 and Thompson scored twice.

Down in Rochester, ss Enoch Polm is 3 for 31. He went 18 for 48 (.375) in Spring Training before he got hurt. The injury has apparently made him a worthless player. Hope he comes around again sometime....

[Westheim]

Abe Lowe here, Abe Lowe there. Monk Cunningham is without the slightest doubt the best pitcher in the league. I blame his bag full of losses entirely on the offense his team has.

Monk! Monk! Monk! Every batter starts to pray once they face him!

Enough poor jokes.

Gonna be following, but you probably knew that before.

[Questdog]

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Saturday June 3 vs. Boston Red Caps (13-12 tied for 3rd place in the Liberty League)

We activated Ed Tomlinson from the DL and put Len Cardillo on it.

Joe Phelps, Bost. (32 L 0-0 1.08 1st start in Liberty League) vs. Abe Lowe, Troy (27 R 9-10 1.97)

Won: 5 to 4

Abe Lowe pitched the first 7 innings incredibly. He only allowed 2 hits and at one point sat down 18 in a row! In the 8th he blew up and allowed 4 hits and 4 runs, but came back to sit them down in order in the 9th. Joe Phelps was pretty good in his first start for Boston, only allowing Troy 7 hits.

Other doin's:
Baltimore (6) at Philadelphia (14): Paul Skinner (13-6) over Martin Bullock (6-6). ss Robert Dykeman had 4 hits, including a double and knocked in 4 and scored 3 times for Philly.

New York (13) at Washington (1): Harry Mays (10-9) over Pete Tyson (7-12). Mays had 2 hits and knocked in 2 and scored twice. 3b Reddy Fasig had 3 hits and a double for the Mutuals.

Detroit (10) at St. Louis (3): Charlie Charles (5-3) over Dick Dixson (10-9). Charles held St. Louis to 6 hits and had 4 (!!) of his own, knocking in 3 runs. Manager/rf Jack Trammel was back for this game and went 1 for 6. So was 3b Bub Nelson, who was 3 for 5. The Wolverines top 3 in the lineup went 2 for 17; everyone else was 15 for 30.

[Questdog]

Monday June 5 vs. Washington Olympics (8-18 8th place in the Liberty League)

Paul O'Sullivan, Wash. (26 R 0-0 3.38 1st start in Liberty League) vs. Abe Lowe, Troy (27 R 10-10 1.92)

Lost: 5 to 4

Arrrrrrrgh! rf Porter Thorpe welcomed O'Sullivan to Troy be leading off the bottom of the first with a blast over 400 feet, but the Irishman seemed unfazed and proceeded to pitch a good game, getting the outs whenever he really needed them. Coming into this game rf Pink Edwards was 6 for 41 (.146), but went 3 for 5 knocking in 4 of Washington's 5 runs.

Other doin's:
Baltimore (5) at New York (6): Harry Mays (11-9) over Steve Sedam (5-10). 1b Tony Chamberlin had 3 hits in a losing cause.

St. Louis (5) at Boston (6): Joe Phelps (1-1) over Obadiah McDevitt (0-1) in his first start. cf Ezra Martin had 3 hits and a triple and scored twice for the Red Caps.

Philadelphia (7) at Detroit (8): John Walker (4-1) over Dave Watford (5-3). Everybody in the lineup for both teams had a hit except Philly's lf Dave Bigelow, who was 0 for 5, committing 3 errors. p John Walker for Detroit is the tallest player in the Liberty League at 6' 2".

[Questdog]

Wednesday June 7 at Baltimore Canaries (11-16 7th place in the Liberty League)

Dan Melvin, Troy (27 R 3-3 2.50) vs. Miller Bullock, Balt. (27 L 6-6 2.18)

Won: 7 to 4

c Deacon Stone had 3 hits and 3 RBIs and ss Marty Rodgers had 2 doubles and a triple. He scored twice and knocked in 3. Our second baseman, Cub Tolliver, can also play the outfield a little so I guess he was fair game for the injury fairy. He tore a muscle making a throw and will be out until September. After the game we put him on the DL and sent for Dan Owens to come back from Rochester. In 9 games down there he hit .341 with 7 extra base hits, so maybe he's ready to play now.

Other doin's:
St. Louis (18) at Philadelphia (5): Dick Dixon (11-9) over Paul Skinner (13-7). St. Louis mauled Paul Skinner for 15 runs in less than 4 innings. Philly Manager Dave Watford took the box himself and went the rest of the way. The Brown Stockings ended up with 26 hits. They had 5 (!!) players with 4 hits. cf Buck Freeman was one of them and he knocked 4 runs and scored 4 times.

Boston (9) at Washington (2): Monk Cunningham (8-11) in his 1st start back from injury over Paul Tyson (7-13). cf Ezra Martin had 4 hits and a double and scoring twice and knocking in a pair for the Red Caps.

Detroit (4) at New York (5): John Kyle (3-5) over John Walker (4-2). lf Warren Ware had 2 hits including a solo home run for New York.

[Questdog]

Saturday June 10 vs. Detroit Wolverines (15-13 tied for 3rd place in the Liberty League)

John Walker, Det. (26 R 4-2 1.94) vs. Abe Low, Troy (27 R 10-11 2.02)

Won: 9 to 8

After 5 innings we were down 8 to 0, but scored 7 times in the bottom of the 6th and twice in the 8th to win! cf Ed Tomlinson had 3 hits. 1b Willard DeVaux had 2 hits and 2 RBIs with a double. 2b Dan Owens was 0 for 4 on his return. Yet another outfielder bit the dust: Victor Wilcox

Other doin's:
Philadelphia (3) at Boston (4): Monk Cunningham (9-11) over Paul Skinner (13-8). lf Harry Green had 3 hits including a double for Boston, the hottest team in the league right now. They have won 3 in a row and 9 of 11. Philly lost for the 3rd time in a row.

Baltimore (2) at Washington (13): Paul Tyson (8-13) over Miller Bullock (6-8). ss Lester Winklejohn had 3 hits including a double and knocked in 3 while scoring twice. 2b Andy Lupo also had 3 hits.

New York (19) at St. Louis (2): Harry Mays (12-9) over Dick Dixon (11-10). 3b Danny Nelson and cf Billy Simpson each had 4 hits for New York. 1b Fred Palmer had a double and 3 hits, knocking in 4. The Mutuals have won 4 in a row, while St. Louis has lost 4 for the last 5.

[Questdog]

Monday June 12 vs. St. Louis Brown Stockings (16-13 tied for 2nd place in the Liberty League)

Obadiah McDevitt, St. L. (39 R 0-1 1.93) vs. Abe Low, Troy (27 R 11-11 1.93)

Lost: 2 to 1

The Brown Stockings are the second worst fielding team in the Liberty League, averaging almost 7 errors a game. In their last game against New York they made 14 errors and lost 19 to 2. Against us, they only made 3. 2b/ss Bob Rene had made 40 errors all by himself in 29 games. He had none against us. And we could manage only 7 hits off Ol' Obadiah. 4 of those were by 2b Dan Owens who also hit a double and a home run. Abe Lowe held St. Louis to only 7 hits.

Other doin's:
Philadelphia (5) at New York (7): Harry Mays (13-9) over Dave Watford (5-4). Going into the bottom of the 9th, Philly was up 5 to 2. New York scored a run and then with 1 out they loaded the bases. 2b Tom McDonald came to the plate. He had doubled earlier in the game. This time he cleared the bases with a game-ending Grand Slam Home Run!

Boston (9) at Baltimore (5): Monk Cunningham (10-11) over Steve Sedam (5-11). Cunningham also scored twice on 2 hits and knocked in 3 runs.

Washington (3) at Detroit (6): John Walker (5-3) over Paul O'Sullivan (1-1). Walker held the Olympics to 5 hits. Both 3b Bub Nelson and lf Dan Mixon had 3 hits.

[Questdog]

Wednesday June 14 at Philadelphia Centannials (18-12 1st place in the Liberty League)

Dan Melvin, Troy (27 R 4-3 2.29) vs. Paul Skinner, Phil. (25 L 13-8 2.65)

Won: 11 to 10

Philly scored 3 times in the bottom of the 9th to threaten, but Troy hung on. Easch team had 17 hits, but the difference in the game was the 9 erros made by the Centennials compared to the 5 by the Haymakers. cf Jim Kruppa had 4 hitas and 2 triples for Philly. c Deacon Stone had a double and 4 hits for Troy. He scored twice and knocked in a pair. rf Porter Thorpe scored 3 times.

Other doin's:
New York (3) at Boston (10): Monk Cunningham (11-11) over John Kyle (3-6). Cunningham held the Mutuals to 4 hits. He is 4-0 since coming back from injury, allowing only 13 runs in 4 games. Boston has tied Philly for first place. The top 6 teams are now all within 2 games of each other.

St. Louis (0) at Washington (13): Pete Tyson (9-13) over Dick Dixon (11-11). Tyson's 2nd shutout of the year. He held St. Louis to 7 hits. St. Louis' error totals in last 3 games: 14, 3 (in win over us), 13.

Detroit (7) at Baltimore (3): John Walker (6-3) over Miller Bullock (6-9). lf Jacke McGuire had 2 hits and scored 3 times for Detroit.

Down in Rochester, ss Enoch Polm has caught fire. In the last 6 games he is 16 for 33 (.485). Marty Rodgers is hitting pretty well lately in Troy and is fielding very well, so we'll leave things as they are for now.

[Questdog]

Saturday June 17 vs. New York Mutuals (16-15 tied for 5th place in the Liberty League with Troy)

Harry Mays, N. Y. (35 L 13-9 2.15) vs. Abe Lowe, Troy (27 R 11-12 1.93)

Lost: 13 to 7

10 errors for us.... rf Mort Connell had a double and 4 hits, scoring 3 times and knocking in 4. c Cy Bates had 3 hits and a home run with 4 RBIs. rf Porter Thorpe became the first Liberty League player to hit his second home run for Troy. He had 2 hits and scored 3 times.

Other doin's:
Boston (9) at Detroit (5): Monk Cunningham (12-11) over John Walker (6-4). Cunningham also hit a pair of doubles. 3b Adolph Marr had 4 hits and a double for the Red Caps.

Philadelphia (2) at Washington (5): Pete Tyson (10-13) over Paul Skinner (13-10). Philly falls to second place with their 6th loss in a row.

Baltimore (4) at St. Louis (2): Miller Bullock (7-9) over Dick Dixon (11-12). Dixon held Baltimore to 5 hits in a losing cause. 3b Dave Thompson had 2 hits and a triple for the Canaries.

[Questdog]

Monday June 19 at Boston Red Caps (19-13 1st place in the Liberty League)

Abe Lowe, Troy (27 R 11-13 2.06) vs. Monk Cunningham, Bost. (33 L 12-11 2.13)

Won: 3 to 2

Boston outhit us 9 to 5, but out-errored us 8 to 2. We only had 5 hits, 4 of them by lf Joe Marks.

Other doin's:
Philadelphia (13) at Baltimore (4): Dave Watford (6-4) over Steve Sedam (5-12). Manager Watford held Baltimore to 6 hits. cf Jim Kruppa had 3 hits and a triple and knocked in 5 runs.

St. Louis (6) at Detroit (7): Charlie Charles (6-3) over Obadiah McDevitt (1-2). 3b Bub Nelson had 4 hits for Detroit and knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the 9th.

Washington (0) at New York (9): Harry Mays (15-9) over Paul O'Sullivan (1-2). Manager Mays held Washington to 5 hits. lf Chicken Evarts had 4 hits and a double and scored twice and knocked in 2.

[Questdog]

Wednesday June 21 at Washington Olympics (12-21 8th place in the Liberty League)

We activated outfielders Len Cardillo and Pete Castelli from the DL and sent Joe Wells and Vic Wilcox back to Rochester.

Dan Melvin, Troy (27 R 5-3 2.88) vs. Pete Tyson, Wash. (28 L 10-13 2.47)

Lost: 5 to 1

We cannot beat the worst team in the Liberty League..... 5 whole hits for us.

Other doin's:
New York (1) at Baltimore (2): Miller Bullock (8-9) over John Kyle (3-7). Kyle continues his tough luck. He allowed only 3 hits. He was leading 1 to 0 going into the bottom of the 8th. A pair of errors and a pair of singles did him in. The second single that knocked in the winning run was by pitcher Miller Bullock, a .131 hitter on the season.

Detroit (7) at Philadelphia (8): Paul Skinner (14-10)) over John Walker (6-5). Philadelphia scored 4 times in the bottom of the 9th to win. The final blow was 2-run double by c Pidgey Weaver, playing in his 4th game of the year. 3b Joe Carter had 4 hits for Philly. 3b Bub Nelson hit a home run and had 4 RBIs for Detroit.

Boston (4) at St. Louis (7): Dick Dixon (12-12) over Monk Cunningham (12-13). lf Bill Hummel had a double and a triple. He scored twice and knocked in a pair of runs.

[Questdog]

Saturday June 24 vs. Baltimore Canaries (13-21 tied for 7th place in the Liberty League)

Miller Bullock, Balt. (27 L 8-9 2.44) vs. Abe Lowe, Troy (27 R 12-13 2.02)

Lost: 5 to 2

After 4 innings, neither team had a hit, but the score was 1 to 1. We did not get our first hit until the 6th inning, by which time we were down 4 to 1. 1b Willard DeVaux grounded into a double play to erase the runner. We ended up with the massive total of 4 hits. We are at the halfway mark and our team sucks at hitting. Will have to shake things up a bit...

Other doin's:
Washington (11) at Boston (6): Pete Tyson (12-13) over Monk Cunningham (12-14). ss Lester Winklejohn had 4 hits and knocked in a pair of runs while scoring twice. Bill Enright hit his 2nd home run of the year for Boston.

New York (8) at Detroit (3): Harry Mays (16-9) over John Walker (6-6). 3b Danny Nelson had 3 hits and a pair of RBIs for New York.

Philadelphia (4) at St. Louis (3) in 12 innings: Paul Skinner (15-10) over John Bailey (0-1) in his first start. rf Jumbo Reeher hit a home run in the top of the 12th.

[Questdog]

Monday June 26 at Detroit Wolverines (18-17 tied for 4th place in the Liberty League)

Abe Lowe, Troy (27 R 12-13 2.02) vs. Charlie Charles, Det. (24 L 6-3 3.03)

Won: 11 to 6

We did not shake anything up. Just yelled a lot. 1b Willard DeVaux had 4 hits and scored 3 times.

Other doin's:
Washington (3) at Baltimore (4): Steve Sedam (6-12) over Paul O'Sullivan (1-3). ss Lester Winklejohn and 3b Pat Lee each had 3 hits for Washington.

Boston (6) at Philadelphia (4): Monk Cunningham (13-14) over Dave Watford (6-5). rf Bill Enright had 4 hits for Boston.

St. Louis (9) at New York (7): Al Byrne (6-2) over Harry Mays (16-10). St. Louis scored 4 in the top of the 9th to win the game. 3b Ike Duncan, rf Levi Marsala and 1b Bill Goldberg each had 3 hits for the Brown Stockings.

[Questdog]

Wednesday June 28 at St. Louis Brown Stockings (19-17 tied for 3rd place in the Liberty League)

Dan Melvin, Troy (27 R 5-4 3.04) vs. John Bailey, St. L. (27 R 0-1 3.00)

Won: 5 to 3

We scored 3 times in the first with a couple of hits and 4 St. Louis errors. Then we did not score again until the 9th inning when an Ed Tomlinson triple broke the 3-3 tie. You knew it was coming sooner or later: rf Porter Thorpe, our best hitter, tore a ligament in his thumb and will miss a month. Put him on the DL and recalled Joe Wells from Rochester.

Other doin's:
Baltimore (4) at Boston (10): Monk Cunningham (14-14) over Miller Bullock (9-10). Cunningham held Baltimore to 5 hits.

Detroit (5) at Washington (4) in 12 innings: John Walker (7-6) over Paul O'Sullivan (1-4) in relief of Pete Tyson. Washington scored 3 times in the bottom of the 9th to send the game to overtime. lf Jake McGuire hit a home run in the top of the 12th to win it. Manager/rf Jack Trammel had 4 hits for the Wolverines.

New York (7) at Philadelphia (10): Paul Skinner (16-10) over John Kyle (3-8). lf Dave Bigelow had 5 hits for Philly. rf Jumbo Reeher only had one, but scored 4 times.

Down in Rochester, Madison Coy tossed a shutout against London and improved his record to 16-9.

[edtheguy]

Excellent start, I will be a loyal rooter for the lads from Troy.

I have been trying to start a very similar dynasty for a while but never get the settings quite where I want them (pre 1900 leagues are unique animals for sure), and now I've gotten sidetracked by my semi-pro in-state league that finally is where I want it to be.

The yelling seemed to work, I usually just devolve to loudly voicing my teams complete lack of usefulness, which doesn't seem to help....

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Saturday July 1 vs. Philadelphia Centennials (22-15 1st place in the Liberty League)

Paul Skinner, Phil. (25 L 16-10 2.51) vs. Abe Lowe, Troy (27 R 13-14 1.94)

Lost: 5 to 2

This is past ridiculous with our outfielders getting hurt. Len Cardillo bruised his forearm and had to come out of the game today. He should be okay in a day or two though. We had all of 6 hits today. Paul Skinner twice knocked in a run with two outs for Philly. Okay, ss Enoch Polm has raised his Rochester average up to .337 and cf Frank Scarborough has lifted his to .300. 3b Monk Kelly has been hitting all along and is at .308 with 32 RBIs. We're bringing up all 3 and sending ss Marty Rodgers (who knocked in our only 2 runs today), cf Ed Tomlinson (13 for his last 68 - .191) and 3b Joe Lees (leads the team in XBH, but is 8 for his last 46 - .174) to Rochester.

Other doin's:
Boston (7) at New York (6): Monk Cunningham (15-14) over Harry Mays (16-11). Cunningham went 4 for 4 at the plate with 2 RBIs.

Baltimore (2) at Detroit (3): John Walker (8-6) over Martin Bullock (9-11). Detroit tied the game with 2 runs in the 8th and then won it in the 9th when Manager/rf Jack Trammel tripled with one out and scored when Baltimore ss Fred Clapp threw Henry Theroux's grounder away.

Washington (8) at St. Louis (4) in 10 innings: Pete Tyson (13-13) over John Bailey (0-3). Bailey held Washington to 5 hits through 9 innings but walked the first two hitters in the 10th and some errors and a couple of singles did him in. lf Joe Rains was 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs for St. Louis.