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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
3
Rain interrupted the Pittsburg Pirates meeting with Boston as Solee's men prepare to face the Pirates on Labor Day. The scheduled showdown shifts amid weather concerns and team plans.
In a condensed update sports slate, Pittsburg and Boston games are postponed due to rain along with Chicd b Philadelphia St. Louis Brooklyn and Cincinnati New York matchups. Rain impacts multiple scheduled contests across the circuit with no rescheduled times provided.
Pirates manager Fred Clarke speaks of travel, injuries, and hopes for wins as Pittsburgh travels to Boston for a weakened lineup. He notes Ritchey knee and Williams sprained ankle, vows strong effort against Selee's Braves, and discusses rest and rotation after recent losses.
Eastern League games yielded varied scores with Rochester beating Springfield 7 6 and Toronto defeating Hartford 2 to 0. Providence swept two games 8 2 and 38 2 over Syracuse, while Montreal routed Worcester 14 2 and split a Montreal 2 1 win. Connecticut League postponed all games due to rain. American League action saw Milwaukee 8 over Buffalo 2 and Chicago 8 over Cleveland 6. Kansas City 8 7 over Kansas City, and Minneapolis 3 over Detroit 1.
The Wellesley College, Wellesley Village and Dana High School golf clubs unite as the Wellesley Golf Club due to limited college links. Fall schedules unfold for Clifton Hill and Lexington clubs with numerous handicap events, team matches, and interclub contests. An emphasis on tournaments, prizes, and new vocabulary for golf terms appears alongside notes on other regional courses and events.
Tom Cooper Floyd MacFarland C I Stevens and John Lake head a New York party bound for the Paris international cycling contests next month. The group includes top professionals and an amateur champion with plans to tour Europe and Australia, returning via San Francisco after racing from August to September.
Pittsburg game moved to 3 30 due to wet grounds. Jimmy Williams out. Tommy Leach starts. Lajoie regains fan support in Philadelphia as McGraw returns to form. St Louis less threatening this season amid contrasts with Tebeau and McGraw. Umpire talk centers on Terry McGovern and Tim Hurst controversy. Doyle Emslie case in hands of Nick Young. Orth breaks Reds hoodoo. Willis credited with win for Philadelphia. several notes on umpires and players.
The Southport two-year-old stakes went to Elleray owned by L. Pilkington with L. Reiff up. Grasmere welter handicap winner was Melito with L. Reiff aboard. Ormskirk won the Molyneux Plate with J. Reiff. Consolation the Windmere all-aged selling plate also claimed by Tod Oan. Kilcheran, a Kilwarlin colt out of Amita, won the Great Lancashire Breeders Produce Stakes under Sloan aboard Kilcheran’s jockey was J. B. Joel.
Sidney Lucas won the Turf Congress Stakes at Highland Park in Detroit. The opening feature of the Highland Park Club's 15 day summer meeting drew the largest crowd in course history. The American Derby winner led early but faded, finishing a neck behind Lucas, with Yerkes three lengths back.
Longwood tennis tournament resumes today after yesterday’s rain halted play. Singles reach the third round with fourth round matchups including D B Davis vs R H Carleton and W A Larned vs H I Foster among others.
Seventy footers in Newport reports say all but Rainbow at Bristol suffered heavy damage after yesterday's gale. Each yacht carried four to six feet of water. Yankee badly twisted bow and raised bow. Protests arise over Mineola clash as Vanderbilt requests inquiry into right of way ruling.
At Shinnecock Hills in Southampton despite heavy rain, the President's Cup semis feature Walter J. Travis defeating R C Watson Jr 5 up 3 to play and T Terry Jr beating Charles Hitchcock Jr 4 up 3 to play. Four ball Tuckahoe Cup results list Watson Hollins 74 and Travis Emmitt 77 among scores.
The annual St Joseph Catholic Church picnic at Domination Park drew many attendees despite rain halting track and field events and night harness races. A 2000 strong evening crowd enjoyed vaudeville by George Hicks performers Harrigan Glenroy Miss Amber Hendrix Prescott and the Golden Gate Quartet. Manager Hicks will host electric light racing with several entries and a five mile pursuit race for Arles town champions between Charles Town and Orient Cycle Club teams.
Rain fell nearly an inch and a half in Boston over twenty four hours, reviving crops that had suffered drought. Early potato yields still look poor though the State Board forecasts a light crop, while market gardeners predict even smaller output.
In Cleveland on July 26 the 2:23 trot was won by Helen Simmons after multiple heats with Annie Burns and Bay Star among the contenders. The day featured fast track times including a 2:06 1-2 mile by Hettie G in the 2:09 pace and several other heats across events.
A New York semency notes Tate favored his wife in Pensacola and made a will whose provisions are unknown. He kept the document in a private office safe compartment that is now locked. A woman believed to be his wife hinted at the terms, and an office attache suspects she sought the will during a late search. Tate loved children, especially babies, a friend recalls.
Battery C of the Seventh Regiment United States Regular Army Light Artillery will parade through Boston streets tomorrow arriving at South Station and marching via Summer and Washington to Medford where they will camp for a week. The unit, 90 men with six officers, 100 horses and six field pieces, is ordered here through Adjutant General Corbin and may depart for China soon. They will join Elks carnival at Combination Park and are stationed at Fort Adams, Newport, en route to Boston.
Jessie Manning aged 17 of 33 Corey Street Charlestown was bathing when she cut her foot on barbed wire yesterday. She received a painful wound and was taken to Emergency Hospital for treatment.
William F. Marsh, famed all round professional jumper, trains in Boston for the Caledonian games on August 16. Underhill faces Shepard Crockett in balk line billiards. Ray Rogers plans Halifax trip after trials at Worcester. General Morrell funds Bar Harbor Show, and wild boars killed by lightning near Stroudsburg prompt import replacement. Horse entrants list includes many New England names. John Smith in New York arranging weights contests. Tate family notes and a City Refuse Utilization certificate query conclude the item.
At a meeting of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen regatta committee at the New York Athletic Club the Wachusett Boat Club Worcester Massachusetts rower BE Ten Eyck in single scull and the Vesper Boat Club Philadelphia four and eight oared crews were named to sail abroad on August 1 for the Paris regatta.
Miss Carrie D. Burt of Bristol Street Cambridgeport fell at home about 6 PM and broke her hip. Grover Pearce of Clark Street Cambridgeport injured at work at the Boston Woven Hose Company factory about 3:20 PM when a roll of stock toppled onto him, fracturing his leg.
The scheduled race between Jimmy Michael and Johnny Nelson at Charles River Park has been postponed to next Tuesday evening due to Michael claiming a cold. Managers emphasize Michael will be in top form. refunds and seat cancellations are available for ticketholders.
The article describes tapered bicycle tubing being tested by Inno for greater frame rigidity. It covers the English Motor Club hut-climbing results praising motor tricycles, upcoming parish cycle races with prizes, entries and organizers, and notes on local cyclists including George Powers and J B Stone. It lists routes from Boston to Hartford with mileages.
Boxing news outlines delays at the Kirtland Club in Lynn affecting a Connolly versus Robinson bout, plusJeffries talk with W A Brady awaiting Jeffries arm condition. McCoy spares on Matthews, Dowling and Jordan in talks, Bernstein replaces Gardiner, and Lenny replaces Gardiner in a Broadway A C card. Joe Robinson to Post at 1.
The National Association of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers board plans a August 6 meeting in Rochester with an August 8 convention in Boston. Assigned addresses include Practical Information on Export Trade by H Krippendorf of Cincinnati and Why All Manufacturers Should Become Members by A W Rich of Milwaukee, among others.
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