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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1899
Page
3
A noisy crowd watched Brooklyn edge Boston 5 to 4 as Victor Willis hurled a near perfect game aided by three double plays. The contest featured strong fielding and timely hitting with Long and Collins standing out for Brooklyn while Duffy and Berfen anchored Boston’s defense.
Mrs. Mary McCarty of 63 Albany Street Boston testifies that three years of groin and back pain were relieved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She bought a second box and found continued benefit confirming the claims. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the U S Remember the name Dean's and take no other.
With one out in the ninth, walks and a passed ball moved Longen to second. He stayed steady as Collins and Ditty retired. The Brooklyns mounted a late rally but Keeler, Lowe, and Anderson turned a double play and secured a shutout as Dahlen fouled ball after ball and Kelley delivered a clean single to left. The score remains unanswered.
Wolverton hits a ninth inning homer driving in three as Chicago tops Cleveland 6 to 4 after a tense game. McCormick hit by a pitch, 1800 in attendance, Sudhoff struck out eight with three walks. Lange Tucker Sullivan led hits. Wolverton also homered. Umpires Burns and Smith.
Sparks kept the game tied until the eighth when Leever relieved. Leever’s third ball hit Clineman, sending him out cold for a time. Woods followed Dingman, Cunningham relieved Magee, five hits four runs allowed, attendance about 900. Pittsburg scored via McCreery Donovan and others with home runs by Focker and Kittridge noted, Sparklers and Decker contributing with key hits and runs.
New York and Washington clash as the Giants win their third consecutive game, scoring 6 to 2 behind solid pitching and timely hitting by MG Yori and Alay.
Springfield used steady defense with a triple play in the fifth to limit Duggleby as Pappalau scattered hits. Week two-base hits came from Shannon Myers and Duggleby with Pappatau striking out 25.
Syracuse wins 6 to 4 at Hartford after seventh inning mistakes. Kilroy exits with hand injury. Attendance 50. Scoring shows Hartford 0 4 0 0. Syracuse 0 2 2 6. Key hits include two-base by Kilroy Kelly Kennedy and Mazenta triple. Pitchers Ey Esper and McDermott noted.
Worcester pitcher Viau faced six hitters and Bransfield Frisbee and G Smith led with two base hits. Bransfield connected for a home run as Teansfield went 1 for 4 with a single double and triple. The final score featured Rochester and Worcester in a high scoring loss.
Harvard freshmen and Phillips Andover played to a scoreless tie when darkness halted the game in the tenth inning. Harvard collected 14 hits with 3 errors, Andover 11 hits and 6 errors. Batteries Coburn and Wendell for Harvard with Saunders Maines and Winslow for Andover.
Providence led five to notaine before Toronto surged in the seventh inning aided by two fielding errors and timely hitting. Key hits included Bemis and Beaumont with two bases, Crago with a three-base hit. Noyce Lamar Hanivan Smith Bemis struck out.
Bernard M. Wolf-City Clothier issues a convenient baseball schedule listing dates for away games and home games. The schedule is being distributed at his store located at the corner of Hanover and Portland streets.
The Strong Nine, formed among Newton Rubber Co. workers led by captain Thomas Walsh, aims to challenge any semi professional team.
Kiddie McDuffee and Joe Downey agree to a ten mile race paced by motor tandems at Charles River Park by electric light on May 23. Two additional matches include a paced five mile race and a five mile quad pursuit between local amateur club teams. Downey touts his tandem's steady pace while Eddie McDuffee prepares a steam tandem.
New members of the League of American Wheelmen pour in fast with 882 admitted last week, bringing total to 61 774. Massachusetts tops with 87 new members followed by New York 50 and Pennsylvania 36. Details recount racing plans and club activity at Mechanics Hall and shifts in rider lineups including Downey and Elkes.
Rain to Gole Thousands Build Up at Franklin Park Gourse as Raffers Gather. Players and supporters express strong enthusiasm for the project and its expected impact on the field.
The six day go as you please race at Grand Central Palace began with Hegelman leading after the first lap as Guerrero closely chased. Eighteen starters competed while entries of several riders were withdrawn and prize money totaled 500 209 100 75 and 50.
A dramatic advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a gentle tonic for kidney bladder and uric acid disorders. It promises free sample bottles by mail and cites wide range of claimed cures and testimonials to urge readers to request literature and sample.
The Country Club links hosted a close ladies handicap bogey match with thirteen players. Merc. Pt. De Snatcher and Miss Grig Hemlen tied for first at 1 down, while Mrs. H L Hall finished within two down as the event honored committee prizes presented by Mrs. P. V. Br. ly and Miss Julia Bacon.
Louis T. Duryea of the Carteret Gun Club issues a challenge to five amateur trap shooters in Greater New York for five successive matches this week. Each match features five birds per event at thirty yards rise and boundary with $100 a side per event. Duryea also bets $900 that he will win at least four of the five contests.
Joe Walcott of Boston defeats Charley Johnson of Philadelphia in ten rounds at Ariel A. C. in Athens suburb. Johnson is unable to continue, knocked down in rounds one and eight, and quits after the tenth. Preliminary bout Samuel Roland vs Harry Warren ends with Warren KO in ninth. Spectators around 1500. Boston sports delegation expected for further bouts at the club.
The East showdown between Fitzsimmons and Jeffries looks unlikely as vague plans fade. Brady and Julian reportedly accepted Colorado Athletic Club offers but have not announced, while interest wanes and gate receipts struggle. Sharkey claims 135000 dollars over four years from fighting, a remark that adds to the sport’s ironic chatter around the Butler Gardner bout.
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