Colts Beaten by Hill Curve in Sunday Game
Chicago Aug 2 The Colts were unable to solve Hill's curves and lost to Louisville. In the seventh inning Clingman spiked Donahue at the plate. Donahue threw the ball at Clingman and started to jump him before umpires and players intervened. Attendance 7,000. Score Louisville 2 Chicago 1. Batteries Hill and Friend Briggs and Donohue Kittridge.
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Chicago
Hill
Clingman
Donahue
Emilie
Lowes
Louisville
Friend
Briggs
Donohue
Kittridge
Cincinnati Triumphs In Pitchers Battle At Home
Cincinnati edged St Louis 2 to 1 in a tight pitchers duel. Dwyer out pitched his rival as both clubs showcased sharp fielding. Attendance was about 6,000 with Cincinnati recording 7 hits to St Louis five and one error each. Batteries were Dwyer Peitz for Cincinnati and Hart McFarland for St Louis.
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Cincinnati
Dwyer
St. Louis
Peitz
Hart
McFarland
Wilkes-Barre Rallies Past Buffalo in Ninth Inning
In Buffalo on August 2 the Wilkes-Barre team surged in the ninth, scoring five runs to defeat Buffalo as pitcher Gray faltered. McMahon homered for Wilkes-Barre, attendance about 5,000. Final: Wilkes-Barre 8, Buffalo 7. hits 13 to 11. errors 6 to 2. Keeran and Wente opposed Gray and Urquhart.
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Buffalo
Gray
Wilkesbarres
Bisons
McMahon
Keeran
Wente
Gray and Urquhart
Brownies lose pair to Springfield in two games at Rochester
Rochester NY August 2 The home team and Springfield split a twin bill with the Brownies dropping both contests. Attendance listed as 3500. First game final totals show Springfield ahead 13 to Rochester 4 and 8 to 4 at another point. Second game shows Rochester failing to score in several innings while Springfield repeats with balanced offense.
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Rochester
N. Y
Springfields
Brownies
Spesfield
Springfield
World of Sport highlights and upcoming athletic events
The item lists diverse sports news from 19th century figures and events. It mentions O Rourke surviving a 95 foot fall, Harvard athletes pursuing studies and training, a new professional union in England, Mike Murphy directing Penn athletics, and regattas, races, and trophies. It notes venues in New York, St Louis, Newport, Worcester, and Put-in-Bay with various competitions and sponsorships.
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E. B
James O'Rourke
St. Louis
Edgar C. Holt
Harvard
Columbia School of Mines
Hollister
New York
England
Mike Murphy
U. of P
Harlem River
A. R
Bridgeport
Conn
E. B. Bloss
G. G. Winship
Traver’s Island
Bloss
Winship
Theodore Havemeyer
Newport Club Links
Charley Kilpatrick
Union College Flyer
George Sands
Princeton
Fipple
Bernard
Rogers
Goldthwait
Tigers
Toledo
Put-in-Bay
International Racing Association
Tommy Conneff
America
Metropolitan Association
Mercury Foot
O. R. Dickey
Worcester Sportsmen’s Club
Tucker
Delevan
Willie Parks
Tom Burke
A. L. Wright
St. Joseph’s Parish
Lovell’s Grove
New England
Cavagnaro
Marchinette
St. Joseph’s
Walter Christie
The
Athletic Club of Philadelphia
Mizpah A. C. of
Worcester
Oval
YACHTING GOSSIP AT SEA OFF HULL
Yachting gossip notes a friendly race off Hull between The Privateer and Raccoon. Start at 1 pm with The Privateer leading from two minutes ahead and finishing about six minutes clear. Contested time The Privateer wins by two minutes twenty seconds. Also reports arrivals and upcoming cruises by Violet Captain McKee, Commonwealth Yacht Club skipper Captain W F McCarthy, Dorchester Yacht Club sloop Athena, and a list of yachts seen yesterday.
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Hull
McKee
Maine
W. F. McCarthy
Commonwealth Yacht Club
Fortuna
Halifax
Athena
Dorchester Yacht Club
Dorchester Boys
Harbinger
Ida J
Privateer
Raccoon
Transit
Arab
Heroine
Emma C
Tamatrum
Whistler
Cowe Ad Sum
Wahneta
Scurez
Kittie
Warpiti
Nokomis
Early Dawn
Tacoma
Almira
Erycina
Albatrosa
Pacers Patchen and Star Pointer Headline Saturday Pace Meet
Manager George H Hicks offers a 2000 purse for a meeting between champions Joe Patchen and Star Pointer at Combina tion Park. Star Pointer 2 07 4 in six starts last season, Patchen holds the half mile world record, with a 250 bonus if it’s broken. Also two other races featuring top trotters and pacers.
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George H. Hicks
Joe Patchen
Star Pointer
New England
King-Pin
Smith & Mills
Patchen
Gentry
Hicks
Combination Park
Mystic entries at Mystic Park meet Aug 11
Entries list for Mystic Park August 11 trotting and pacing classes 2:16 2:18 and 2:24 with purses 600 609 and 600. Numerous horses and owners from Boston Readville Centre Square Pawtucket Medford Lynn New Haven and New York compete in trotting and pacing divisions with multiple fillies mares and colts named.
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Mystic Park
Waldo T. Pierce
Boston
B. m. Abidalla
Either & Conley
Readville
Mass
Stella Charles Nolan
Centre Square
Von
B. M. Lockwood
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
B. m
Grace Hastings
Glens Falls
B. G. Copeland
H. F
Great Heart Stable
New York
Charles Nolan
Penn
B. G. Dalghetty
M. L. Paige
Lynn
Madeline Pollard
Harry R. Barry
Passaic
N. J
Br. H. Smith
A. Johnson
Brockton
P. Kane
Rigby Park
H. Dexter K. Charles Nolan
Eh. H. Amboise
Muster Hill Farm
New Braintree
Gloria T. Blanchard
Medford
B. m. Fascut II
BE. Stevens
Cumberland Hills
R. I
Jessie Sherman J
Uniess
Park sQm
Ois Bias
Kew York
New Have
Willimantic
Air Line
Foe
Nisw Look
Fallulver Blue
Fall River
Newport
New Bedford
P. UL
Ua. Ua
P. IM
St Georges Picnic Promises Fast Local Athletics
The annual Order Sons of St George picnic at Downer Landing features an athletic program headlined by Piper Donovan the world champion. Events include 100 and 220 yard dashes with a long handicap list for the 220, 600 yard, and a 100 yard scratch race plus a 10 yard swimming race with varied handicaps.
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Order Sons of St. George
Downer Landing
New England
Piper
Donovan
Edward Donovan
L. McNulty
J. A. Stewart
F. J. Donahue
Fred Hammersley
A. Johnson
F. A. Brick
J. A. Leavitt
William Clews
Tom Keane
Sid Mullen
J. G. Wilson
H. W. McDonald
George Gill
J. Mahan
W. Edwards
W. Manning
J. McNeal
A. McNiven
J. M. Conlon
J. Ryan
M. Perree
H. Hodgkins
Somerville
W. Mannning
J. Robinson
W. H. McDonald
Eddy Donovan
William Perree
Piper Donovan
Amos Johnson
J. L. McCusker
Fred Tait
L. M. Hardy
Fred Needham
A. Lynch Lyner
Thomas Manson
H. Coley
J. Brodie
D. Magee
H. Fuller
Close Finish in Crescent Beach Swim Meet
A two and a half mile race at Crescent Beach, under Bijou Athletic Association and Hotel Athletic Association, saw J. M. Shew win the championship medal by one yard and twenty inches over A. Z. Sears. Contestants included G. F. Lamb, A. Fessenden, L. Stevens, J. M. Shew, George W. Sanborn, J. C. Tucker, A. Z. Sears and F. Bennett. Shew, a West Indian by birth, is regarded as a leading North Shore swimmer.
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Crescent Beach
Bijou Athletic Association
Hotel Athletic Association
G. F. Lamb
A. Fessenden
L. Stevens
J. M. Shew
George W. Sanborn
J. C. Tucker
A. Z. Sears
F. Bennett
Sears
Shew
North Shore
Company C Defeats E in Lowell Rifle Match at Indian Hill
On Saturday at Indian Hill range Company C of the Sixth Regiment Lowell defeated Company E of the Naval Brigade 411 to 371. In the same event Company D of the Eighth Regiment beat Company I 397 to 278.
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Lynn
Lowell
Naval Brigade
Indian Hill Range
Armstrong Whips May in Two Rounds in Dubuque
Armstron g, billed as Parson Davies's giant, defeated William May of Chicago in two rounds in Dubuque Iowa. Referee Dan Creedon left for Chicago tonight to arrange a potential Sharkey bout.
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Dubuque
Bob Armstrong
Davies
Giant
William May
Chicago
Dan Creedon
Sharkey Battle
Rowers Complete Atlantic Crossing in Rowboat Fox
A despatch from Scilly Islands reports the Fox rowboat reached there after fifty five days from New York. Frank Harbo and George Samuelson, both well but exhausted, proved oars were the sole propulsion. Their 18 foot craft carried sixty days of provisions as they aimed for Havre.
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New York
Scilly Islands
Fox
Sito
Eugen
Havre
Frank Harbo
George Samuelson
Branchport
N.J
Harbo
Brevit
America
Atlantic
Bicycle Notes From Buffalo Three Day Meet
Nat and Tom Butler enter professional races at Buffalo with a $500 invitation event on the 8th offering $250 to winner. Tom is favored by Comet circle and may ride there despite Boston contracts. Officials and riders travel between New England and New York events amid a busy weekend with club meetings and local rides. Sadie Blackburn, charged with bicycle theft from A W Durgin last June, was captured in Portsmouth today.
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Nat
Tom Butler
Buffalo
Bald
Cooper
Sanger
Zeigler
Butler
Tom
E. Co. Stearns & Co
Boston
New England
Comet
Bener
Americaie W4tham Manufacturing Company
Press Cycling Club
Cambridge
Wheel
League
Scituate
South Shore
Henry W. Robinson
New England Racing Board
Albert Mott
Franklin Park
Roxbury Wheelmen
Somersworth
N. H
Sadie Blackburn
A. W. Durgin
Beeen
Wee
Portsmouth
Fat Americans Arrive in Rome Pilgrims Receive Papal Blessing
In Rome on Aug 2 Father William H O Connell rector of the American College presented the party of American pilgrims who arrived yesterday to the Pope. The group attended a chapel service where a special mass was held and His Holiness granted a papal blessing to the pilgrims as a body.
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Rome
William H. O'Connell
American College
Boston wine offer at India Street store sale
Boston Custom House Wine Store at 21 and 22 India Street advertises five quart bottles of Old California Wines including Angelica Port Sherry Muscatel and Catawba, with free packing. One dollar for the quart set or full sized bottles of St Julien claret for one dollar, or both lots for two dollars. Brintnall and J. W. O Connor noted.
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Boston Custom House Wine
India ST
Boston Custom House
California
John L Sullivan Takes Over Clarendon Hotel in Boston
John L. Sullivan assumes full control of the Clarendon Hotel on Tremont Street in Boston and plans to run it as a first class house at moderate prices. He quits boxing and aims to make a name in his new vocation, stating his intent to give value for money and reflect his Boston roots. The Clarendon has been refitted and will operate on a popular price plan under the new manager.
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John L. Sullivan
Clarendon
Tremont Street
Boniface
Tremont
Dover Street
Sullivan
John L
Tife
Boston
Chicago
Boxing Gossip and Fights Skip Through New York Circles
Boxing items from New York and East Boston outline boxing matches and plans. Jimmy Barry Caspar Leon stars at Palm A. C. in ten rounds with betting on Corbett to beat Sharkey. O'Donnell-Hall con test set for Aug 10 at Madison Square Garden. Creeds and Creedsons debate, while venues on Farnsworth and Caledonian Club schedule boxing and vaudeville through December. GEORGE V. TUOHEY.
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Jimmy Barry
Casper Leon
Palm A. C
New York
Fred Morris
Fred Baker
Madison Square Garden
McClure backs free coinage in 17th district letter
A. S. McClure, Republican nominee for Congress in the seventeenth district, states in a constituents letter his support for free coinage of silver and vows no vote evasion on the money question.
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Henry George
Bryan
Bryan Denies Promises of Office in Campaign
The article records Mr. Bryan denying any direct or indirect promises of office to any person during the campaign. It notes telegrams from Sulzer and other Tammany leaders congratulating his endorsement, and mentions a Chicago rumor about an Attorney General pledge to Governor Altgeld. He dictated a formal denial stating no such promises have been made and none will be during the campaign.
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New York
J. A. McKnight
New York Silver Club
Henry George
Bryan
Ige
Fiat
Abraham Lincoln
Omaha
Sulzer
Tammany
Mr. Bryan
Tammany Executive Committee
Thurston
Chicago
Altgeld
Chicago Daily Enquirer to Hit Streets in 30 Days
Supporters of the Chicago platform plan to launch a new daily newspaper named the Chicago Daily Enquirer within a month. Capital stock listed at 1,000,000 with no subscriptions yet. editors and full roster unnamed. P J Devlin designing a head and copyright pending.
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Chicago
Chicago Platform
Chicago Daily Enquirer
Enquirer
New Enterprise
P. J. Devlin
Fusion in Nebraska Democrats Indorse State Ticket
Populist district conventions report strong fusion with free silver Democrats for state and county offices. A straight ticket will be nominated at Hastings next Monday and, if plans hold, the Democratic State committee will endorse it in full. Populists will back Bryan and Sewall on national tickets. Minor protests exist but revolt seems unlikely.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Mer. Zeininger
Catholic Church
Mgr
Zeininger
Austria
Towanda
Penn
Bradford County
William Singerly
Pennsylvania
John M. Carroll
Bryan
Sewall
Lincoln
Hastings
Democratic State Committee
Judge Scott’s Jail Threats Stir Populist Shift
The speech branded McKinley and Senator Sherman as Herr Most and boasted sending better men than Cleveland to the penitentiary. Judge Scott, once a Republican, rose to notoriety after jail orders for criticizing his bench rulings. He has shifted toward Populist doctrines.
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McKinley
Senator Sherman
Herr
Cleveland
Scott
Ward 13 Bryan Sewall Club Formed With 300 Members
A meeting of Ward 13 young men organized the Bryan and Sewall club with an assured 300 members. About 43 attended the preliminary meeting as membership lists were presented. Officers elected: W. J. Sullivan president, John J. Griffin vice-president, George D. Conway treasurer, John J. Driscoll secretary. The group plans an active campaign and a rally with George Fred Williams and Philip J. Doherty among speakers.
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Ward 13
Bryan and Sewall
Chicago
Bryan
Sewall
Russell
Quincy
W. J. Sullivan
John J. Griffin
George D. Conway
John J. Driscoll
George Fred Williams
Philip J. Doherty
Lawler Declined as Minnesota NAM Exec Pick Made
A telegram from Hope Arkansas dated August 2 reports James K. Jones of the Democratic National Committee appointed Thomas D. O'Brien of St Paul as Minnesota member of the Democratic National Executive Committee. Jones cannot remove Daniel W. Lawler but shifts duties by placing O'Brien on the executive committee to direct state organization.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Hope
Ark
James K. Jones
Mtr
Democratic National Committee
Thomas D. O’brien
St. al
Minnesota
Jones
Daniel W. Lawler
Lawler
O’brien
Wolcott Asked to Resign as Colorado Senator
A secret Denver meeting of leading Republicans resolved to ask Senator Wolcott to resign. Representatives of the Democratic Populist and Silver parties voted with the Republicans.
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Denver
Col
Wolcott
Colorado
Sam Jones on politics at Asbury Grove
Rev Sam Jones of Georgia spoke to about 1000 listeners despite threatening weather. He praised prayer and criticized overpoliticized preaching, mocked both major parties, urged not to blame the preacher, and quipped about prohibitionists and currency loans as he declared if God can be king he does not care who is president.
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Asbury Grove
Sam Jones
Georgia
Jones
Christian Endeavor Societies
Methodists
Epworth League
Baptists
Boston and Maine City Ticket Office Timetable Changes
Timetables show local and through trains from Union Station Boston to destinations including Portland Augusta Bangor Bar Harbor Concord Manchester St John Halifax St Stephens North Conway and more. Train and steamer lines list departures and daily schedules for Maine and Atlantic routes with weekly variations and weekend changes.
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Portland
Augusta
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Concord
N. H
Lewiston
Manchester
ST. John
Halifax
Provinces
ST. Stephen
ST. Andrews
N. B
A. m
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Intervale
Glen
Crawfords
Fabyans
Twin Mountain
Whitefield
Jefferson
Lancaster
Quebec
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgwick
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Millbridger
Jonesport
Machiasport
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Whitehall
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Maine
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Vermont
New York
Canada
Sears Hoston
Washington Street
Causeway Street
J. Rd. Watson
To Flume House Only Saturdays Meet
A transit note states a service runs to Flume House on Saturdays only and does not stop at Weirs or Warren, indicating a limited schedule for that route.
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