Baseball Matchups Across the League
Boston faces Chicago while New York meets Pittsburgh and Brooklyn plays Cleveland. Washington visits Louisville as Baltimore battles Cincinnati and Philadelphia travels to St Louis.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1898
Page
3
Boston faces Chicago while New York meets Pittsburgh and Brooklyn plays Cleveland. Washington visits Louisville as Baltimore battles Cincinnati and Philadelphia travels to St Louis.
New England League schedule lists Fall River visiting Newport while New Bedford travels to Taunton and Brockton plays at Pawtucket.
Chicago Orphans won a nail biter over the Beaneaters by a nose in a tight contest. Key moments featured Lange and Connors in sensational fielding, Callahan's five innings of solid pitching, and a decisive sixth inning that produced the winning run on Mertes’s single and Connors’s triple. Hamilton left with a sore foot after six.
Cincinnati June 2 The Reds sputtered in a 9 to 2 loss as pitcher Damman was hit hard and Maul dominated. Attendance reached 3000 with Demontreville Holmes notching two base hits and McGann securing a three base hit. The game featured two wild pitches by Damman and errors behind him as Baltimore led 9-2 in the ninth inning.
Louisville June 20 Colonels beat Senators 8 to 1 in a dull affair with an attendance of 250.
The text lists multiple matchups with scores and locations including Fall River, Newport, New Bedford, Providence, Reading, Hartford, Newark. Pairs show team names or city pairs and final scores such as 5-2, 7-2, 3-2, 9-3, 7-fh, 6-0, 13-2. Details indicate a compiled standings fragment from regional games.
In Allentown Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley action Richmond leads 10 8 over Allentown. Syracuse defeats Montreal 7 to 1. Wilkesbarre ties Toronto 10 10 and forfeits to Wilkesbarre.
Williams College completed its season with a win over rival Amherst securing second place in the triangular league. Jansen pitched superbly guiding Williams to a 4 to 1 victory with Rushmore and Whitney delivering in the battery.
Boston meets Chicago in the Windy City for the second game of a series after a close first game. Automaton players on the Park Theatre stage diamond will perform this afternoon starting at 4 30 o clock and will reproduce the game in full. Smoking is allowed during every game.
Chicago report Dad Selee confirms Anson would not sell Stivetts to the Giants as he is too valuable. Stivetts starred in center field. Louisville president Pulliam rushed to Chicago and secured catcher Kit Kittredge's signature to a Louisville contract after he had been benched this season.
Report notes Kittredge’s fast throwing for the Giants and multiple baseball moves across leagues. Bates captain Pulsifer plays Hartford right field. Lauder valued by Boston. Delehanty’s brothers with Allentown. Doheny falters for the Giants. various managers eye players like Kelly and McBride as trades loom.
After a game with Yarnton, New Bedford players voted to end the season. Since June 18 the Olympic Athletic Club strained funds and the group split about $100 this afternoon, $10 per man, with much of salaries owed for the first half of June. The Olympic Association led by Albion T. Brownell and Myron W. Brownell owes most wages. Clarence A. Cook once provided funds for $20 per player. Many players plan to sign elsewhere and leave the city.
President Powers of the Eastern League and President Draper of the Providence club met with local backers in Springfield on June 20 and decided to keep the club in the league with ex manager Barnie in charge. Players received partial salaries while the rest was guaranteed, and the team left for Buffalo to play the next day.
The Warren line steamer Bay State built for Atlantic cattle trade was launched at Harland & Wolff Belfast and now receives machinery. The 7000 gross ton steel twin screw ship will have triple expansion engines and two decks for cattle despatch. Commanded by Captain Samuel Walters.
Backers of the Unknown failed to appear last night to cover Donoghue’s $40 bet in a 100 yard bicycle race. Donoghue’s supporters say they will draw down the money unless the Unknown comes to terms promptly.
The boxing match between Kid McCoy and Joe Choynski is set for August 27 in Buffalo with a purse of 12500, 7500 posted by the Hawthorne Club and 5000 by the Manhattan Exhibition Company which will film the event. Homer Selby arrives in New York to finalize signatures as the stake holder Al Smith deposits forfeit money to secure the bout and supervision.
Big Jim Jeffries arrived in New York with manager Billy Delaney aiming to arrange a battle with top heavyweights, especially Sharkey. Sullivan backs Jeffries while Delaney claims Sharkey was robbed in their last bout and Jeffries would easily beat him. Upcoming schedules hint at Lenox Club bouts and a mix of other match plans and prospects for July and June events.
Munyon's Dyspepsia Pellets claim to cure indigestion constipation and all forms of stomach trouble and are available at druggists for 25 cents.
Henry W Peabody of Peabody & Co a leading importer of Philippine goods and Manila trader argues against American annexation of the Philippines. He critiques feasibility language barriers and native resistance noting Luzon only and the limited white population would complicate colonization while outlining current trade with hemp sugar copra and tobacco and the export returns to the United States.
Worcester hosts the inaugural Quinsigamond international regatta with a key eight oared race between Weld Boat Club of Harvard and Worcester High School. Ten Eyck the Henley champion dominates the single scull event with three entrants. Trial heats start 11 a m with afternoon finals.
Yale University ends its yearly handover of the historic fence to the freshmen as the sophomores donate it this year. Orators Jesse Dwight Dana of Lewiston Maine for the class of 1900 and Ray Morris of New Haven for the freshmen delivered witty speeches, with Dana joking the fence could not be seized by force and Morris teasing the sophomores about their only fence seizure.
Local consulate discussed securing a compromise for the Common path across the Common. A special committee was authorized to push asphalt paths on Tremont and Boylston streets with four foot strips along the tracks. A steering group of five was appointed to oversee the matter with power to act. Testimony indicated tracks would not be removed. sprinker approach on Commonwealth avenue was recommended. The consulate adopted a resolution opposing car tracks on Humboldt avenue, Roxbury, and urged keeping at least one route free for cyclists.
Manager Dave Shafer responds to a Boston paper dispatch on Jimmy Michael and MacDuffee regarding a planned six race series. He demands clear race details before agreements, notes Michael’s ten mile record, and argues for fair play without press manipulation.
William Martin trains at Charles River Park for a fifty mile match race with Harry Elkes on Saturday. McDuffee and Linton skip the park to prepare for midweek meetings in Philadelphia and New York. Pace makers are not limited and each rider may use fifty to seventy five assistants.
Beginning today the trotting season opens at Granite State Park Dover New Hampshire with three races daily for four days. A light harness meeting is set for Concord July 2 to 15 with $2800 in purses. Entries close for Providence on June 27 and for Old Orchard on June 23. The Tammany Associates picnic and games occur at Spy Pond Arlington July Fourth. The American Whist League mid-summer meeting is July 11 at Hotel Vendome. Peter V Johnson trains and drives Joe Patchen to chase the two minute mile. Irish Athletic Association field events at Centennial Grove July Fourth offer hammer and weight events and racing hurdles. Entries should be sent to William P Finn 268 Derby Street Salem.
At 10 this morning the railroad commissioners hear the petition of the L road for tracks on Humboldt avenue Roxbury. The line would run from Warren Street via Walnut to Humboldt and to Franklin Park. Sterling Elliott and Samuel J. Elder lead protests asserting safety concerns for pedestrians and cyclists as Humboldt avenue is only forty feet wide.
The Massachusetts division L A W officers Aaron Wolf son Boston D Edward Miller Springfield Herbert W Hayes Cambridge George W Dorntee Malden and G Arthur Babbitt Taunton will meet Henri Cissac of France tomorrow at Woodside Park Philadelphia for 15 miles. A double team pursuit race Rourette and Cavalry of France versus Church and McCurdy is also noted.
In Lynn Police Court Norman Bassett was fined for sidewalk riding. Represented by L. G. Blair he appealed, with Professor Elihu Thomson posting bond. The case goes to the highest court as Bassett claims persecution and alleges the road was impassable at the turn onto the sidewalk.
The first steel barrel used to navigate Whirlpool Rapids carried Robert Leach of Watertown, New York, who rode the whirlpool trip in a heavily ballasted nearly 1000 pound craft. He rested in a hammock inside the barrel and was unharmed after the voyage. He plans another risk on July 4 over the Horseshoe Falls.
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