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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1893
Page
3
The Reds unable to harness momentum slip up in a key clash with the Senators. Tatham remains quiet as the team fails to clinch a third consecutive victory, leaving standings unresolved.
Boston tops Cincinnati 3 to 1 at South End grounds in a brisk 94 minutes. Mullane battles Stivetts as Boston executes fielding, four double plays, and timely hitting including a McCarthy homer to edge ahead in the seventh. Attendance listed at 2,644 with Emslie umping.
Smalley added a three-base hit and stole a base while Jackson delivered a two-base hit A sequence included sacrifices by Jackson Colby and Ferguson Connor Landis and Tuxbury drew two free passes Amherst and Dartmouth committed two errors each Colby Colby Colby Colby Colby Colby
At Wilkesbarre Troy the game ended 14 to 12. At Binghamton Albany the tally was 6 to 5. At Erie Erie Providence led 15 to 5 in a late afternoon match.
Middletown Connecticut June 9 The Wesleyan freshmen claim the class baseball championship by defeating the juniors 12 to 3. Frost pitched for the juniors but was ineffective. G L Timirell or TVirrell pitched well for the freshmen and received solid support.
The piece criticizes Boston leadership under captaincy and Selee as director, citing weak pitching decisions by Stivetts and Staley, lack of ready pitchers, and absent regulars like Carroll and Lowe. It notes Pittsburgs and Cincinnati tension, with Mullane and others named, and predicts continued struggles this week.
James Gray reshapes an early four day meeting at Franklin Park by using best two in three races to speed program pace. The crowd approves as six classes fill and two strong days of racing draw praise from supporters while speculators balk at shorter formats. Gray plans a July 4 start with $500 purses and a concise daily program to match circuit schedules.
Morris Park hosted six races. Meddler won the first and Certainty took the third with Roche second. A dead heat for first occurred in the second race between Chesapeake and Adelbert with Hammie third and purse shared. Dr Hasbrouck won the fourth with Stonewell second. Deception led the fifth, Addie second, Annie B. third. Pirate Chief won the sixth with Wolsey second and Clara A. colt third. Times ranged 1:07 to 1:42.
At Guttenburg the meet opens with Mascotte winning the 5 1/2 furlongs ahead of Little Nell and Lillie R. Time 1:09 1/4. Rice winner Dallyrian leads Mohican in 1:14 3/4. Society tops Hypatia and Larry K. in 4 furlongs 2:01. Kentucky: Lady wins 6 1/2 furlongs Balbriggan second. VirgIE wins 1:51 3/4 with Fenelon and Larghetta following. Flattery takes 5/8 with Our Maggie 2nd and Erikina 3rd in 1:01.
Tomorrow the Suffolks depart for Sharon at 10 a m and the Mt Pleasants head to Medfield while the Mt Washingtons race to Brockton at 9 a m. Harvard Cycling holds its spring meet at Holmes field with handicaps listed and prizes including cups and an upright piano for the fastest mile. The Woodbridge Club runs to Jamaica Pond at 5 p m and other clubs schedule rides to Harvard races. An afternoon of track discipline features top riders Nelson Berle and Gary.
In New Bedford on June 9 Jose Vieira Sarmento, a 25 year old laborer, killed his sweetheart Maria das Candelas at the Howland and Second streets corner. He shot her in the temple then turned the pistol on himself, with both shots injuring them as bystanders reacted.
The murderer known as Joseph Paull, Jose Vieira Sarmento, was arrested by Lieutenant Allen and Officer Arnett and taken to headquarters. An ambulance carried the dying 16 year old Mary Francis to St Luke's Hospital where she died within half an hour. Surgeons removed a self inflicted bullet from Sarmento during operation and he confessed intent to kill the girl and himself because she refused marriage. He had lately lived in Boston and Fall River before settling in the area. He will face a preliminary hearing in the Third District Court tomorrow.
Chicago reports a brutal clash at Romeo between striker crowds and drainage canal workers. Shots fired left several dead and about twenty wounded, with victims in Will and Cook counties. Strikers claim they bore no responsibility for the carnage.
The Campania completed her voyage from Sandy Hook to Brow Head in 5 days 17 hours 19 minutes, shaving 23 minutes off the previous best.
The court urged jurors to listen to all evidence before deciding and cautioned against forming opinions prematurely. The session adjourned to 9 o clock tomorrow for further proceedings.
New Bedford June 9 Lizzie Borden will tell her story to judges and jurors in the near future as her attorneys decide. The defense expects a calm performance under cross examination and believes she will be acquitted. The government may adjust plans if stronger evidence emerges before the defense rests.
Detective Medley travels from Fall River to Boston to secure witnesses about the Borden stomachs. A misstep in delivering the specimens by express instead of direct handoff may complicate testimony. Four more witnesses connected to the express shipment joined efforts to verify receipts for the package addressed to Professor Woods.
Fall River June 9. Lieutenant Edson and Inspector Mahoney went to the Borden house after a message from New Bedford to search for the missing axe handle. Miss Emma Borden refused admission unless authority from Sawyer Jennings was shown. The search is expected to continue later.
Hopkinson's claims the 8th New England Interscholastic meet at Holmes field finishing with 34 points to Worcester Academy's 20. Winners include M Clark Worcester in 100-yard dash and E L Hill Hopkinson's in the 220-yard dash. Final standings list Frookline High 15 and Roxbury Latin 12 among others.
William Dean Howells and his family visited Boston from New York and registered at the Thornkike hotel. They spent the afternoon touring or proceeding on their way afterward.
The POST announces organized visits to Chicago for the World’s Fair with comfortable nearby accommodations. The World's Columbian Tourist Company offers affordable excursion plans to ease travel costs and ensure access to the celebration marking four centuries since America’s discovery.
Six day trip to Chicago including a comfortable room near the fair. Transfers of baggage to and from hotel and depot. Six admissions to the World’s Fair. Tickets for the Spirit Tower and Great Spectatorium.
Trip No. 3 offers return travel to Chicago with six days lodging in a good hotel or select boarding house on the South Side. Includes six admissions to the Fair and ten outside entertainments, baggage transfer between hotel and depot, and six hours stopover at Niagara Falls on the journey both ways.
The Post Registration Bureau opens registration for affordable trips at the Boston Post business office. Prips Nos 1 2 and 3 require two dollars at register and three dollars within ten days. The contract balance is due at departure from the World's Columbian Tourist Company office. If railroad rates drop, trip reductions will follow.
If calling in person is not convenient, send your name and registration fee by check post office order or registered letter payable to Post Publishing Company. Address all communications regarding the cancellation to World’s Fair Manager Post Boston Mass.
John Duffy, 35, elevator operator in the Swan block, Lowell, shot his wife at their room in Mrs. Keggs's boarding house on Lee Street and then died by suicide. Officers found Mrs. Duffy in night clothes, wounded, and Duffy dead across her feet after the gunfire in the early hours.
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