Boston Team Uses Signals To Win Games In Style
A Boston baseball team employs brainy signals and on base tricks to outmaneuver opponents. McCarthy leads a group including Nash Duffy Long Lowe and Carroll in a system where first base bluff steals trigger batter placement and outfield pushes. The strategy aims to gain runners across while keeping the defense off balance.
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Boston
John M. Ward
New York
McCarthy
Nash
Duffy
Long
Lowe
Carroll
Bostons
Tucker
Chicago Wins See-Saw Baseball Game After Ninth
Chicago beat Washington 14 to 7 in a see-saw game, Lang e hitting a home run as Chicago released O’Brien and signed Clark Griffith from the Oaklands California League to pitch. Attendance listed as 1987. Final: Chicago 14 Washington 7. Hits: Chicago 13 Washington 10. Errors: Chicago 2 Washington 3. Pitching: Donnelly Kittridge for Chicago Esper Farrell for Washington.
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Chicago
Washingtons
Chicagos
Lange
O’brien
Clark Griffith
Oaklands
Washington
Donnelly and
Kittridge
Esper
Farrell
Baseball Talk at South End Grounds Two Games Today
Two 2 p.m. games set at South End grounds with Pittsburgs facing the Bostons. Stivetts and Staley start for Boston against Killen and Ehret for Brooklyn. Buckenberger aims to beat Boston as Western clubs stay strong and Captain Nash’s team seeks to extend its winning streak amid league pitching-distance debates. The City Point Catholic Association.
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South End
Pittsburgs
Bostons
Stivetts
Staley
Boston
Killen
Ehret
Burgers
Buckenberger
Nash
Clevelands
The
City Point Catholic Association
Y M C A Nines, Providence, and New England League Talk
Labor Day morning round robin on Congress street features St Augustine’s Y M C A and other clubs. Discussion notes exhibition games Sept 7, Worcester Spring field Fall River teams, Boston players Hugh Duffy Tommy McCarthy Rusie Selee Keeler and others.
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St. Augustine
Congress Street
Providence
Ashington
New England
Springfield
Worcester
Fall River
Bostons
Louis Bacon
Cincinnatis
Northamptons
Northampton
Charley Bassett
Charley
Boston
Hugh Duffy
Tommy McCarthy
Rusie
Clevelands
Selee
Keeler
Binghamton
Ghenalvin
Hatfield
Gambling on the Flats at South Boston’s Monaco of the edge
A Post reporter describes a Sunday gambling scene on Commonwealth flats in South Boston at the foot of C street. Ragged and better dressed players wager at a mark and on green cloth while a few take home winnings. A new game called Push is popular, run by Hugh Lee who reportedly makes a fortune each Sunday.
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Commonwealth Flats
South Boston
Post
Monaco
Boston
C. Street
Hugh Lee
Five Die In Leroy Crossing Train Crash
At a Lehigh Valley crossing in Leroy New York five people from the Bovee family and a visitor from New York City were killed when an eastbound train struck their carriage as they attempted to reach church. An inquest is scheduled for Monday.
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Leroy
N. Y
Lehigh Valley
L. J. Bovee
Ola Bovee
Nancy Wicks
Emma Bowden
Samuel Bowden
New York City
Bowden
Bovees
Genesee County
Bovee
Church
Drowned in Waltham at Hazel tine pond incident
Peter D Ross aged 20 drowned while bathing at a pond on the Hazel tine estate in Waltham. With him were Robert Ellsworth and James Wilson. Ross, a Nova Scotia native recently in town two weeks, vanished after diving. Police recovered his body and believe a rock bed impact caused unconsciousness. He has a sister in Brookline.
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Robert Ellsworth
McKenna
Taft
Ross
Nova Scotia
Park Street
Brookline
Miss Porter Shot Self in Accident at Waltham
In Waltham on Aug 20 Miss Bertha Porter who shot her breast last Thursday remains in hospital with improved condition and little pain. Doctors expect to remove the bullet tomorrow. Friends and attendants doubt any intention of self harm saying she is cheerful and accustomed to firearms since childhood. Her wound is not fatal.
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Waltham
Bertha Porter
Asa Porter
Charles Street Avenue
Sailor swept over Niagara Falls near Grass Island
Edward Brennan of New York city ventured onto the river in a sail boat off Grass Island and tried to latch onto a passing steam yacht when his craft capsized. He was thrown into the water and carried over the American Falls. The yacht crew attempted rescue but recovery may take several days.
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Niagara
Falls
N. Y
Edward Brennan
New York City
Grass Island
Waii
Brennan
Aged Roxbury Man Dies in New Bedford Visit
Charles D. Lincoln of Boston, long employed at the Boston Custom House, died suddenly this afternoon in New Bedford where he had spent the summer at Fairhaven. He was 71 years old.
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New Bedford
Charles D. Lincoln
Boston
Fairhaven
Boston Custom House
Funeral of Charles I. Giddings in Beverly
The funeral of Lawyer Charles I. Giddings, who died tragically near Lake Winnipesaukee last week, was held in the Unitarian Church this afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Butler led the service with Rev. D. D. Addison assisting, as the church quartet provided music. Boston residents attended. pallbearers were Suffolk and Essex county bar members. The church was crowded and Giddings, a church worker, was remembered for his service to its creed of good works. Burial followed in Hale Street Cemetery.
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Charles I. Giddings
Lake Winnipiscogee
Unitarian Church
Butler
D. D. Addison
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Boston
Suffolk
Essex County
Unitarian
Cambridge firemen raid McCaffrey barn for beer and whiskey
Officers Curley and Connihan of Station 1 Cambridge conducted a raid on a Willow street Cambridgeport barn owned by Daniel McCaffrey yesterday afternoon at 5 30 capturing two half barrels one containing several gallons of beer and a three gallon container with two gallons of whiskey
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Connihan
Station 1
Cambridge
Daniel McCaffrey
Willow Street
Cambridgeport
Peculiarities of Corbett Mitchell and Jackson
A boxing correspondent reviews punching technique and risks to hands, noting how training includes brine and varnish baths. It covers dangerous blows to the jaw and temple, plus the oddity that hand injuries can strengthen a fighter. Mentions recent boxing chatter and club news including referees, managers, purses, and upcoming bouts.
Knitting of bone strengthens hand fighters cases
A medical note describes bone tissue forming around a fracture and strengthening the bone. It cites Mike Donovan’s injury after hitting John L Sullivan in Boston in 1888 and notes his metacarpal and thumb healed stronger. It also comments on Corbett Jackson and Mitchell hands and fist strength.
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Mike Donovan
John L. Sullivan
Boston
Donovan
Corbett
Jackson
Mitchell
Hands of pugilists compared in size and strength
The passage surveys boxers noting hand sizes and qualities. Fitzsimmons and Maher are praised for power and big hands, Jem Carney and George Dixon have smaller yet tough hands, Cal McCarthy and Jack Dempsey show small hands, Joe Butler and Slavin boast large hands, La Blanche noted for perfection, Edwards and Choynski also seen with large hands.
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Fitzsimmons
Maher
Jem Carney
George Dixon
Cal McCarthy
Jack Dempsey
Joe Butler
Philadelphia
Frank Slavin
la Blanche
the Marine
Billy Edwards
Choynski
Pugilist Gossip and Boxing Plans Side Notes
The Providence boxing scene buzzes over Jack Cattanach’s poor showing against Steve O'Donnell in a quick decisive win for O'Donnell. Rumors swirl of upcoming matches involving Charley Mitchell Jack McAuliffe and George McDonald returning to England, and Johnny Murphy seeking a bout with Dale Hawkins. Talks of Creedon versus Mitchell and a potential winter championship with Jim Corbett or Peter Jackson surface amid a Boston promoter’s notes.
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Providence
Jack Cattanach
Cattanach
O’donnell
Steve O’donnell
Ly O'Donnell
Charley Mitchell
Jack McAuliffe
Chameleon George McDonald
England
Johnny Murphy
Charlestown
Johnny
Chicago
O'Malley
Dale Hawkins
Rob Fitzsimmons
Dan Creedon
Columbian Club
Fitz
Creedon
Dominick O’malley
Young Mitchell
Jin
Corbett
Peter Jackson
David H. Blanchard
Boston
Athletic Gossip on Crescent Club and NEAAAU matters
The piece questions Crescent Boat Club representation on the NEA A A A board after the next meeting. It notes Jack Kelcher’s departure, pily Shea’s return with Harvard affiliation, and Gra ham’s plans for Shea at championships. It critiques the NEBA A A U boxing club and questions prize distribution, membership legitimacy, and past athletes from multiple cities.
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Jack Kelcher
Crescent Boat Club
N. E. A. A. A. A. Board of Managers
Association
Jack
Pily’ Shea
Harvard
John Graham
Shea
Zorentries
Worcester
H. A. Adams
Mass
Fisher H. Pearson
Lowell
Billy Irwin
Fitchburg
Gloucester
Boston
Local boat clubs prep for Labor Day regatta on Charles River
Crews and scullers tested on the Charles with RB, A A, and Unions absent from rowing. Crescents enter Tommy Keenan and Flanagan in senior and intermediate events. Bradfords assign an eight to McAllen, Cumming, Giblin, Clougherty, Graney, and Skelton. selection pending. Ned Mahoney and Joe Bergin likely to row doubles for Riversides. Columbias field senior and junior eights, Whitehead eyeing intermediates. Al Dowling trains for a Sebago match race with Tony Frates on Labor Day.
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Charles River
RB. A. A
Crescents
Tommy Keenan
Flanagan
Bradfords
McAllen
Cumming
Giblin
Clougherty
Graney
Skelton
al Dowling
Tony Frates
Lake Sebago
Maine
Labor Day
Stonewell and Michael Dominate Race Card
Trainer notes Stonewell is favored to repeat with lighter impost. Michael is tagged again as a likely winner on a longer distance. Banquet favored over Gloaming with Taral aboard. Black Hawk Gordius Nahma in the sprint, Cactus strong in fours, Marnie Balance in a close finish. Diablo ridden by Taral likely to win fifth, with Ayain Madrid fighting for place. Closing race: Baroness Prig Terrapin favored.
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Stonewell
Michael
Banquet
Gloaming
Taral
Black Hawk
Gordius
Nahma
Cactus
Ammie
Balance
Diablo
Ayain
Madrid
Baroness
Prig
Terrapin
Monmouth Racecard Results Six Furlongs to One Sixteen
The Monmouth track lists six races with detailed horse names and weights. First race six furlongs shows Stonewell Nero Chesapeake Peru vian. second race one mile eight a g ing Gloaming Banquet Michael Sabine Lizzie. third race four and a half furlongs includes Mande laine Nahma Dutch Lady Nellie Collins gelding Lon Foster Memento colt Big Mid Demots Clark Jordins Dwight Mattie Chunn Warlike Black Hawk. fourth race seven furlongs Cactus Perrier Jouet Hammie Wormser Clinton Balance Tiny Tim Sam Weller. fifth race one mile sixteen Anna T Madrid Larchmont Miss Dixie Diablo May Win. sixth handicap six furlongs Sa Jaya Terrapin Baroness Lightfoot Prix Galloping King.
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Correction
Stonewell
Nero
Chesapeake
Peruvian
Gloaming
Banquet
Michael
Sabine
Lizzie
Mandelaine
Nahma
Dutch Lady
Nellie Collins
Lon Foster
Memento Colt
Big Mid
Demots
Clark
Jordins
Dwight
Mattie Chunn
Warlike
Black Hawk
Cactus
Perrier Jouet
Hammie
Wormser
Clinton
Balance
Tiny Tim
Sam Weller
Anna T
Madrid
Larchmont
Diablo
Sa Jaya
Terrapin
Baroness
Lightfoot
Saratoga Race Notes Highlight Mixed Form and Gameness
Saturday marked Micmac Queen failing to mark for the first time in several races. Three year olds show increasing inconsistency in classic events while Stonewell faces doubts. Euanatus in/out running prompts Byron McClelland to explain, and Bassetlaw emerges as an improving colt. Domino demonstrates grit in Produce stakes, London maintains Saratoga form, Judge Morrow nears return to Howard, and a quirky jumping race at Saratoga ends with an upset by the not favored horse.
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Mike Dwyer
Stonewell
Byron McClelland
Euanatus
Bassetlaw
Saratoga
Domino
London
Judge Morrow
Haven
New England Dinner Fete at Caleb Chase Residence
A large crowd attended a New England dinner on Caleb Chase’s grounds in West Harwich. Flags and bunting decorated the tents where five hundred guests dined. A fortune teller and Rebecca at the Well offered lemonade, as Miss Louie Thompson of St. Louis played Rebecca. After-dinner remarks were delivered by Rev. C Cow and Dr. George Nunsels, Mayor A B Currier of Boston, and Nickerson.
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New England
Caleb Chase
Psg
Rebecca
Louie Thompson
St. Louis
World's Congress of Labor at Chicago August event
The upcoming World's Congress of Labor at the Chicago World’s Fair runs from August 28 to September 4. Planned papers include Liberalism of the Labor Movement by Professor Richard T. Tag of Wisconsin and Philosophy of the Labor Movement by M. Van Tillet of London, with discussions on Knights of Labor and Federation topics by T. W. Powderly and Samuel Gompers.
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Congress of Labor
Richard T. ‘Ag
Wisconsin
Labor Movement
M. van Tillet
London
Federations of Labor
Samuel Gompers
New York
Knights of Labor
T. W. Powderly
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Vania
Iapor
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Congress
Thomas Burk
M.P
Newcastle
Eng
Walter B. Sand
Thomas Mann
Richard T. Ely
T. V. Powderly
United States
Peffer
A. Strasser
Cigar Makers’ International Union
New York Squelched by Widespread Storm Damage
A violent storm drenched New York City and suburbs within a 100 mile radius, flooding cellars and streets. Widespread damage hit Westchester, Long Island, and Brooklyn with downed wires, collapsed sewer mouths, and tumbled trees. Five deaths were reported including two by lightning and others by yacht capsizing off Somerville New Jersey.
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New York City
Westchester County
Long Island
Newwell
Cortlandt Street
Maiden Lane
Twenty-fifth Street
Seventh Avenue
Post Office
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
Tompkins Avenue
Jersey City
Hoboken
Bullock’s Point
Michael Mack
Thomas Peters, Jr
Somerville
N. J
Unemployed mass meeting in Chicago and miners' strike update
In Chicago a 1200 strong unemployed meeting drew Hebrews Germans Poles and Italians with Lucy Parsons calling for concerted action against capitalists. In Kansas City the United Mine Workers executive committee ended the Missouri Kansas strike ordering 9000 miners back to work, Arkansas and Indian Territory miners also recalled, Kansas miners to be paid weekly instead of monthly.
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Chicago
Lucy Parsons
Kansas City
United Mine Workers’ Association of
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
S. L. Janes Dead at Long Branch
Samuel L. Janes died in Long Branch from heart failure triggered by an asthma attack. He was 78, a former Gill Mass resident, once active in Boston and New York business, and a director of the Long Branch Banking Company.
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Long Branch
Samuel L. Janes
Gill
Mass
Boston
New York
Long Branch Banking Company
James M. Longstreet Dies Suddenly at 53 in Dorchester
James M. Longstreet of 33 Mill Street Dorchester died yesterday after a sudden illness. He was 53 and leaves two sons. He was engaged in the jewelry business.
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James M. Longstreet
Mill Street
Dorchester
Detroit painter L. T. Ives stricken by paralysis on street
Pittsfield reports that L. T. Ives of Detroit, renowned portrait artist, suffered paralysis of the left side while on a street this afternoon.
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Pittsfield
L. T. Ives
Detroit
American Wringer Co. Advertises Wringers and Sweepers
The American Wringer Co. at 18 and 15 Broadway extension advertises wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. They repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers and promptly attend to orders by mail.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
South Boston Celtics Harbor Outing Sets Sail
A 10:30 a m departure from Commercial Wharf marked the third annual harbor trip by the South Boston Celtics Association. John J Teevans led the committee alongside Immigation Inspector Cussens and others. Castle Island saw Law's Orchestra play a new march Prince of Jolity. Fishing yielded plentiful catches and Corryran served chowder. Return arrived at 7 p m.
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Corryran
Jewelry Store Burglary Arrests In South Boston
Friday night a jewelry store at 277 Broadway South Boston was burgled stealing watches chains and rings worth about 300. Special Officers Lynch and Shields arrested Timothy Callahan 19 Francis Horn 23 and Frank H McDowell 33 for breaking and entering and larceny. William Eastman alias Billy the Kid was arrested for receiving stolen property. Most of the loot has been recovered.
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James Price
Broadway
Boston
Lynch and Shields
Division 5
Timothy Callahan
Francis Horn
Frank H. McDowell
William Eastman
Billy the Kid
Deaths and injuries from Dorchester fireman and train strike
E F Martin captain of Engine 18 Dorchester died from an apoplectic shock at his Bowdoin street home. H J Lavally, struck by an Albany road train near Auburndale station, suffered a crushed right foot a fractured left leg chest wound and possible internal injuries in the collision.
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E.F. Martin
Dorchester
Bowdoin Street
H. J. Lavally
Albany Road
Auburndale
Lavally
Sera
Northern Pacific Receivers Named for Manitoba Interests
Henry C. Payne learned from Winnipeg that a Manitoba court appointed himself and Messrs. Oakes and Crouse as receivers of the Northern Pacific railroad interests in Manitoba. They gain control of 6000 miles of railroad, leased lines, the Puget Sound and Alaska steamship line, and the terminals backing the company.
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Milwaukee
Henry C. Payne
Winnipeg
Messrs. Oakes and Crouse
Northern Pacific Railroad
Manitoba
Puget Sound and
Alaska Steamship Line
Cycling Racing At Portsmouth And City Circuits
Dan Connolly of the Press Club fractured his collar bone in the Centaur Road Club event at Portsmouth while front running the mile open. Ed McDuffee won the ten mile handicap and mile open, with Quinn of the Press Club taking the three minute class. George Taylor won the international five mile after a delay, Rhodes finishing close. Taylor again won the rematch. Wheeler dominates the Cash League with high earnings and a Manhattan field mile record. James Clarke returns from Chicago as Gary lingers near the World's Fair. Union Club to meet tonight. W. Van Wagoner plans a San Francisco to Boston tandem run with Blanche, weighing about fifty pounds, starting next month for a mid November finish.
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Centaur Road Club
Portsmouth
Dan Connolly
Press Club
Mosher
Boston
Ed McDuffee
Quinn
Minneapolis
George Taylor
Waltham Club
Taylor
Rhodes
Wheeler
Manhattan Field
N. Y
James Clarke
Chicago
Gary
Union Club
W. van Wagoner
San Francisco
Blanche van Wagoner
Syracuse Athletic Association
Notable lives and legacies across society and science
Lucille Adams left California mining property valued at 500000 tied up by nine months of litigation after her death in New York. Leslie Stephen presented Harvard College with Thomas Thackeray's Roundabout Papers manuscript in May 1892. Mrs Hicks Lord argues young women over sixteen need no chaperon. Mrs Grover Cleveland received Russian embroidery as famine relief tribute. Emma Eames Story’s salon in Paris remains a popular social hub. Lena Aronson, educated teacher from Hot Springs, enters a Cincinnati Hebrew convent to become a rabbi. Euphra Dunn of West Point, aged years, is America’s youngest telegraph operator. Mrs Tyack, English explorer of the Himalayas, boasts many trophy skins.
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Lucille Adams
New York
California
Leslie Stephen
Thackeray
Harvard College
Grover Cleveland
Emma Eames
Paris
Lena Aronson
Hot Springs
Ark
Cincinnati
Euphra’ Dunn
West Point
America
Tyack
Puritan Plea and Jests Spark Gentle Conscience
The speaker asks why his playful jests meet only a demure smile as the Puritan lass fears laughter will cost her glasses. Philander Johnson notes in Vogue a witty exchange about wit restraint and the stakes of propriety in flirtation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philander Johnson
Vogue
Post prize winner Miss Kate Pierce designs bathing suit
Miss Kate F. Pierce daughter of Major Pierce wins the Post prize for best bathing suit design from a field of 1000 submissions. She studied at the Normal Art School in Boston, is about twenty two, and dedicated to art, with a low social profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Home Journal
Kate F. Pierce
Post
Major Pierce
Weymouth
Mrs Mulhearn Dies After Heart Paralysis at Church
Mrs Mary Mulhearn wife of Mr James Mulhearn of Spring Street fainted at 7 15 yesterday morning while attending mass in the Church of the Sacred Heart East Cambridge. She was taken home in a fainting condition and died within twenty minutes.
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Mary Mulhearn
James Mulhearn
Spring Street
Church of Theacred Heart
East Cambridge
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