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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1900
Page
3
A fragmented line notes wear on a flat unyielding shoe sole. Four spots bear the body's burden on foot and heel and great toe edge, with a terse farewell implied by the text. The snippet hints at anatomy of pressure points in a ponderous tone.
An ad copy touts The Resilia Shoe as the solution to painful break in. It claims the shoe breathes, reduces pinching and stretching, and molds to the foot’s bones and curves for a personalized fit.
A brief item notes Boston faltered after five innings and lost the game. The report labels the outcome unlucky and attributes the setback to early trouble, with no further specifics about players or scores provided.
In Brooklyn May 1 the Boston nine fell 8 to 6 in ten innings as Alec Smith crushed a ball to Lowe’s territory for the winning run. Jones, Dahlen and Demontreville sparked scoring nearby while McGinnity labored for Brooklyn and Keeler’s running catch preserved the victory. Pettinger and McGinnty starred for the americants amid a flurry of fast plays and errors, with Tenney fanning to end the tenth.
Harvard reshuffles its lineup as players like George and Coolidge surface in new roles. Clark loses regular duty while Jaynes and Ewer shift positions. Coolidge remains strong in field though batting slips. Crew races at Harvard postponed due to rain, with downstream rowing planned if weather clears.
Chicago tied the game in the seventh on three singles and a double off Powell. In the ninth McCarthy tripled and Everitt followed with a hit scoring the go ahead run as Chicago defeated St Louis two to one.
Phomas W. Lawsons new steam yacht the Dreamer built at Nixon shipyards Elizabeth NJ is at West Thirty-fourth Street finishing trials before a July voyage to Boston. The 148 foot steel vessel features teak deck and sun deck with a white bear private signal. Captain Silver commands the Dreamer and seven boats accompany the yacht for long voyages.
Philadelphia bats for Carrick in the ninth spark a late rally as New York suffers a 11 to 2 loss. Lajoie McFarland hit three based hits while Warner Foster drive runs. Maul and Carrick toil on the mound with 2 and 3 strikeouts respectively. Attendance and precise strike details omitted due to fragmentary OCR.
Cambridge Saign and Latin School crushed Hop kinson 37 to 11 in four innings as twelve hits, two errors and four bases on balls produced 14 Cambridge runs in the crucial third. Fred Clarkson fanned 14 and allowed only scattered hits while Sanborn led Hop kinson with four hits and 10 total bases. McGirr Gallagher Roper and Leatherbee also had four hits apiece.
Box scores show Rochester 7 Worcester 6 and Montreal 6 Springfield 2 in the East. Providence 20 Syracuse 4 and Indianapolis 7 Buffalo 3 highlight the American League results with Detroit 7 and Cleveland 18 in later tallies.
Fix Captain Cooley of the Phillies has been signed by Pittsburg. President Freedman says that he has watched the games closely this season and that the change to the single umpire system is a mistake. The Phillies weakness at third is emphasized daily. No one has been secured to fill Lauder’s shoes, allowing opponents to target rd frequently. In a New York tenement fire Captain Davis led rescue of women and children. forty families were homeless. Nichols is under treatment for a strained elbow ligament and may miss a couple weeks. Willis suffers a lame wing increasing demand for Ted Lewis. Lajoie’s season shows him as an outstanding hitter and player.
In a New York game Mercer played deep expecting a smash. The big Frenchman laid down a beautiful bunt toward third, a rare showcase of precision on the Philadelphia grounds.
A lengthy schedule of intercollegiate and high school games across New England. Pairings include Yale at Brown in New Haven and Princeton at Cornell in Princeton, with multiple matches across Amherst, Williams, Holy Cross, Boston College, Tufts, Wakefield, Melrose, and Roxbury areas.
Jimmy Michael visited Boston and Cambridge with manager C Kennedy. He plans his first training spin on the track behind motor pace at Charles River Park this morning, guided by Frank Waller and EB Stafford until his own machine is ready. He will ride steadily and may cover ten miles.
John Williams and W F Gee of the Fall River Indian Cycle Club plan a 14 mile road race with 25 prize positions and four time prizes. Registration drives draw large crowds as officials push for timely sign ups. Frank Mayo reports cyclists Gibson and Porter surge ahead in a busy season. James Moran seeks approval for a 3 mile record. Locomobile unveils a steam pacing machine named the lococycle.
The article corrects a prior report that the bicycle wheel measured seven feet in diameter. It states the wheel size was over estimated and not specified, warning readers not to rely on that figure for distance calculations. Jaynes & Co. offer no fixed size and urge individuals to estimate independently.
President Sams announces a national committee on sidepaths to keep up with a rapidly growing movement. The sidepath group will operate alongside the highway committee, with both groups advancing current projects from Hartford to Bridgeport. Springfield may link to New York by path soon as Massachusetts Lebanon acts on legislation.
New York May 1 The fight for Jack O'Brien’s management faced a ruling after Dougherty sought an injunction to stop O'Brien from boxing under Tom O’Rourke. O'Brien and allies argued O'Rourke was only an adviser and that the Dougherty contract was unenforceable. Judge Mattox ruled the contract one sided and invalid, signaling a landmark stand against boxer management contracts in states with prize fighting bans.
Boxing gossip states New York licenses will allow boxing through Sept 1 with the May 11 Jef fries Corbett matchup eyed for promotion. Mentions Sea Side Athletic Club delays tied to Senator Tim Sullivan and stars like Kid McCoy planning summer bouts against Creedon Ryan Sharkey Jeffries and Barrett Gardner.
Tufts College Athletic Association held a special meeting in Goddard Chapel and approved constitutional amendments creating a board of directors of athletics. The new board includes three alumni, three faculty, and three unsereencuance members elected for three year terms. Baseball and football will add two assistants each to run second teams on par with varsity squads.
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