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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1893
Page
3
Today at Cambridge Holmes field the Harvard and Yale nines meet at 3 pm in amateur baseball fierce rivalry. Captain L A Frothingham leads Harvard with Jack Highlands as standout pitcher, while Yale relies on its shortstop Murphy andBeall at second base and Beall. Projected crowd reaches about 15000 as fans expect a strong display from both sides.
The Harvard baseball team has played twenty eight games with twenty three wins and three defeats. They faced University of Pennsylvania Brown and Holy Cross as rivals, with two ties. The upcoming battle pits Highlands against Carter in a pitching duel.
Harvard shows a strong record with thirteen wins in twenty-two games while Yale, bolstered by Murphy, is improving but uneven. Carter pitches for Brown and NYAC in recent games, facing Holy Cross ace Stafford, and Harvard’s Captain Frothingham leads a driven squad that foresees a decisive win.
President Nick Young denies any truth to reports that league umpires favor home clubs. The Boston Reds play Baltimore at South End grounds at 3 30 this afternoon with Nichols pitching for Boston and Mullane or McMahon for Baltimore.
Cleveland over Pittsburg after four batters swung hard early. Pittsburg closed gap with steady hitting but costly errors sealed the win for Cleveland. Score details show Cleveland 8 to 4 with 17 hits for Cleveland and 7 for Pittsburg. Batteries Clarkson Young and Zimmer for Cleveland. Killen Terry and Stenzel for Pittsburg.
Sunday services listed include B Y M Christian Union vesper at Union Hall 48 Boylston St with Rev William I Lyon of Boston. subject The Joy of the Lord. Miss Louise Clark soprano and Mr James Gray baritone. doors at 7 15, service 7 45. Music Hall meeting moved to People's Church with Dr Louis Albert Benks lecturing at 2 30 on Is the Pope of Rome a Safe Teacher for American Civilization. Seats free. Shawmut Congregational Church services 10 30 am and 7 30 pm with Rev W E Barton, topics The fifth Gospel and The Modern Mission of the Seventy. free seats. Fourth Presbyterian Church last vacation service 10 30 am communion and membership reception, 7 39 pm lesson from the Borden trial with Commonwealth.
New England Barge Racing Association met at Poplar street club house with delegates from Wight, Coreys, North Ends, West Ends, Rambers, Luafayettes, Charlies Rivers, Puritans and East Bostons. They demanded $150 from the $300 July 4 prize fund and voted to cooperate with the New England Amateur Rowing Association to stage a regatta on Labor Day, with eight to ten crews and at least 3600 interested spectators.
Entries for Suffolk Athletic Club games close tonight with 50 cent fees and postmark rule. Open handicap events include 100 yard dash 880 yard run one mile walk two mile steeple chase running broad jump plus a 440 yard scratch run for novices and a 1 yard swimming race for the New England championship. Bicycles races sanctioned by the LA W and a team race with no fee. Cambridge Athletic Association evening meets at Holmes field at 6 pm. Regatta matches and Great American Derby details also noted with betting and entries.
The Charles River regatta, run jointly by Boston and the New England Amateur Rowing Association, costs about 1200 dollars with the city contributing 509 or more. The association provides most funding, while the city furnishes venues and spectators. Shells cost hundreds, prizes total around forty one, and oarsmen come from multiple eastern cities for amateur sport.
June 2 racing card lists six Futurity races with horses Glenmoyne Kingston Wah Jim Dobbins Melody Chattanooga Restraint Lisel G Now or Never Virsie Peg Leg Leooowell Harlem Saragossa Longetree Gleaming and Watterson. Times range from 1 10 3 5 to 1 54 4 5 with purses divided.
Jane Guttenburg reports results from six races at Guttenburg with outcomes: first race five furlongs P I Tacot filly Pisacolt won with Melita filly second. second race half mile Mamie R first Come Home second Proverb third. third race one mile Sir Catesby first Larghett second Joe Carter third. fourth race four and a half furlongs Sandowpe first Dallyrian second Honest Tom third. fifth race five and a half furlongs West first Greenwich second Mohican third. sixth race six and a half furlongs Em first iWentuck Lady second Salisbury third. Time details included.
At Gloucester N J on June 23 the card featured six races with placements including Glenan first Hya cinthe second Jack Starr third in 2 20. Five furlongs Fleurette led by St Hubert over Silence. Cartoon won seven furlongs with Drizale second St Vatrick third in 1 35. Ikosaline won four furlongs Bell Blackburn first Duke of Gloucester second. Em blem took six and a quarter furlongs Poverty led Marty B in 1 27.
Barre Vermont June 23 at Green Mountain Park the June trotting meet opened with fast times. In the 2 38 class purse 125 Phantom owned by C V Richardson Burlington won. In the 3 10 class purse 75 Silver King first Dixie second. In the 2 50 class nine starters Rob H. owned by W P Utterson White River Junction first Jed Davis second. Best time 2 31. Tomorrow features 3 00 2 45 and 2 30 classes.
Syracuse race results list Colon el Oxwen winning the 2:20 trot for $500 purse with Mary Karr second and Corin third. Subscriber leads the 2:17 pace for $500 with Blizzard second and Country Girl third. Fidel Stanton wins the 2:17 trot for $500 with Knota second and C. T. L. third.
The American Wringer Co located at 15 and 15 Broadway extension advertises manufacturing wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. They repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers and promise prompt rail service for orders.
Readable sections show seashore runs to Nantasket Beach and other destinations, a Waltham bicycle meet with top riders, and updates on Malden and Jamaica Cycle Club openings. Highlights include the Roskindates ten mile club race at 3 30, prizes of medals and pins, and a planned Lynn road run by the Eagles.
The East Boston High School program for radiation exercises is set for next Monday evening at the Church of Our Father. Diplomas will be awarded to Norman D. Watkins Edith H. Wood George B. Adams Mabel J. Ashley and many others. The Sacred Heart and Star of the Sea schools held recent commencements with student performances and diploma presentations. Captain Hare's funeral is noted and plans for July August at Hampstead NH are mentioned. Nelle Robinson earns praise for public reading talent.
Thomas Evans a native of South Boston and former lieutenant at Station 4 has earned a well deserved promotion as the new inspector of carriages amid wide congratulations from district friends. The Citizens' Association mass meeting appointed an executive committee and heard sub-committee reports.
The St Anne’s Total Abstinence Society postpones the June 17 picnic to July 4 at Lovell’s Grove Weymouth. Also listed: Harrison Square Church elections begin July 1 and Central Clubhouse services end next Sunday for summer vacation. Dorchester library branch hours shift after July 1 and 7 pm Saturday closings.
The Faulkner School will be dedicated this afternoon with a planned programme. The city appropriates five hundred dollars for the Fourth of July celebration. previous years saw about one thousand raised, but no citywide drive this year. The programme includes a band concert fireworks and a children’s entertainment.
Popular Joe Larkin is named secretary by Commander Merry of the Enterprise and will sail on a European cruise with the training ship. Chief Engineer Alexander Henderson plans three months leave after July 4 and will not return to the yard. Engineer Farmer will succeed. Next Thursday a battalion guard mount is set for the cadets armory with Adjutant Harry Ballard Major Oaks and Sergeant Major Charles H Cutter to attend.
The Cambridge school board elected James N. Stone of Worcester as director of drawing replacing Walter Blackett. Also chosen were Mary KE Kent, Emily M Marston of Washington, Fannie E Higgins of Stearns, Emma Penney, Ellen S Watson of Webster, Mabel A Clark of Peabody, Maria D Webster of Thorndike, and Miss Ellis for Riverside kindergarten.
The comment by Fouche on the execution of the Duc d Enghien calls it worse than a crime a blunder. The text condemns a poor decision such as not buying a chiffonniere at Paine's 48 Canal Street noting low current prices.
City to display flags on Tuesday for the arrival of the army of the Potomac delegates and on Wednesday for the dedication of the Farragut statue.
All diseases treated free. Ten sufferers with entarrh bronchitis lung troubles dyspepsia rhenantism kidney skin and blood conditions receive two weeks of free treatment and medicine. Dr Lewey operates at 40 Tennyson Street near Columbus Avenue by Providence depot and stays open daily until 8 p m.
In the House of Commons Sir Edward Gray stated no documents were stolen from the British embassy in Paris. He noted that the materials Millevoye read in the French Chamber were gross forgeries and that the origin of any forged papers to Millevoye or the Cocarde remained unknown.
Arrival a seven year old stallion died suddenly at Pine Tree Stock Farm near Gardiner Maine after a rupture from an unknown cause. State Veterinary Bailey hurried from Bangor but could not save him. Arrival known as a top performer with a 2241 2 record and was valued at 15000 last season.
The City of Boston invites sealed proposals at 27 School Street for ninety days of coal supply for public buildings and departments. Contracts cover about 10 000 tons of hard white ash coal and Cumberland coal for police boats and smithing use, with daily information sessions 1 to 2 PM. Public opening on Saturday June 24 at 12 noon.
Sealed proposals due noon July 18 supply items for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Hartford Ohio and Milwaukee Wisconsin. Items include caps hats knit shirts shoes slippers white wool blankets cloth flannel yarn and sheeting with deliveries to Central Branch in Ohio and Northwestern Branch in Wisconsin. Standards and instructions available. samples not accepted.
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