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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1892
Page
3
A chaotic game in St Louis with a disputed umpire call provoked a heated reaction from fans and players. Attendance figures show around six thousand spectators as Cincinnati benefited from contested decisions, yielding a dramatic confrontation and controversial outcome.
GAMES TODAY shows Brooklyn at Boston Philadelphia at New York Washington at Baltimore Chicago at Grordique Louisville at Cleveland Cincinnati at St. Louis New England Lewiston at Manchester Woonsocket at Lowell Brockton at Salem Portland at Pawtucket.
Boston squeezed past Brooklyn with tight pitching and late runs in the first return game, Ward’s errors aiding two Boston runs in the tenth. Chicago swept the St Louis Browns with solid pitching from Gleason and Luby, then Gumbert stymied Louis in the second game as Chicago won 9 to 3.
At the close of the First Series the Genies league yields final standings. The leading club tops the table with a strong run, followed by challengers and midtable sides. Details show positional shifts and points tallies shaping the early season hierarchy.
Official entry list for the Yale Harvard track dual meet in New Haven includes competitors from Yale and Harvard across events such as 20 yard dash 440 yard dash mile run mile walk two mile bicycle race 120 yard hurdle hammer throw and pole vault with named athletes across each event and alternating schools listed. The roster features multiple reps from both universities and outlines event by event lineups for the upcoming Friday meet.
John Ward predicts the Brooklyns will win three of the next four with the Bostons. He praises Brooklyns pitching by Stein Hart and Foutz, notes Corcoran as a strong shortstop, and mentions Griffin joining soon. He criticizes the Bostons fielding and base running and surveys other league teams and players.
Cincinnati eyes Knell and Dolan from Washington as Burk e shines for Cincinnati. Comiskey weighs regular duties while Thompson stays near top in batting. Milligan excels for Senators aiding young pitchers. Ward claims only three first class NY players. Cleveland set to field regular nine. Spiders look for victory run. Browning struggles for Louisville drawing discontent. Mulvey drives fast end play at third. Hanlon sought Crook or Stricker from Von der Ahe. both declined. Gleason and Britenstein in fine form for St Louis. Aleck Jones unlucky vs East. Stratton pitches well for Louisville before illness. Boston pace suggests championship form despite foreign venues.
A blitz of evaluations on New England League players notes Arthur Whitney struggles at bat while Quarmby and Lezotte face lineup changes. Cook and Mackey draw praise for defense and base running, Deady shines at first, Barry and Hale/Supple show mixed hitting, Reagan anchors Lowell in third base, Rogers impresses at bat in Portland, with several others noted for fielding and promise.
At the Corey Boat Club executives and City Council subcommittee discussed the June 17 celebration and aquatics funding. The barge racing faction seeks 300 dollars, shell racers want half, while past allocations drew criticism for favoritism.
Boston will host three crack elevens this year including Philadelphia and teams from Ireland and England. The Phila squad travels to Halifax for anniversary cricket week facing Wanderers and garrison teams with players from Toronto and Montreal. English and Irish amateurs tour will arrive in fall, said to be as strong as last season under Lord Hawke.
A Chelsea meeting at 254 Broadway wills organize a chartered athletic club with prominent supporters like Arthur B. Champlin James Walker Jr and O H Simmons. The club aims for N E A A A A membership and will field teams for Gloucester games on May 80 with players Harris Price Spencer Still Robertson and Henry joining.
Havermill May 15. The strike of weavers at Steven & Co woollen mills threatens to be serious and may close the works. The strikers do not belong to any organization but will not return to work under the new arrangements. The mill people say they will shut the mills unless old help returns or new help is obtained.
A May 15 letter from Dr. D. J. MacGowan, longtime American missionary in China, to Secretary Blaine argues a China United States immigration reciprocity treaty. It proposes equal national admissions and a modus vivendi to ease current strained relations and preserve honor for Americans in China.
Emperor William and Empress celebrated opening of a new county building in Stettin with a grand reception for Pomeranian nobility. The city decorated with arches and laurel busts, and later venues included a Hussar regiment anniversary and planned shipyard launches. Queen Wilhelmina to visit May 30.
Barre Vermont May 15 H Webster a wealthy quarry owner and paving contractor signs his paving cutters prices to May 1 1893. He was once a Dealers Association member but is not now. The cutters call it a victory and say more firms will follow. Association meeting adds nearly fifty new firms two thousand men idle in Vermont. The lockout could last unless cutters concede.
Twenty thousand railway workers gathered in London for a demonstration in Hyde Park. Speakers included John Burns Cunningham E Graham and Tait the Scotch strike leader. Graham's hours worded speech drew attention for its contrast with his House of Commons suspension. The crowd endorsed eight hour day resolutions and dispersed peacefully.
At Fourth Presbyterian Church Rev Frank Slaven Hinman spoke on Henry Cabot Lodge and Immigration. He argued that emigrants’ character is changing by race and urged five conditions for immigration policy: education money morals citizenship and loyalty to the United States and its founding principles. He urged continuing laws against disease contract labor and the pauper to protect the moral industrious and patriotic.
Senator Vance arrived in Washington this morning from his mountain home at Gombroom North Carolina where he was taken sick in the middle of last week. He is in comparatively comfortable condition and is expected to resume his senatorial duties in a few days.
A large crowd at Warren Hall Brighton gathered for a Home Rule rally organized by a new National Federation of America branch. Dr Henry V McLaughlin opened, Alderman John H Lee spoke of rising from minority to majority, and Rev F J Butler urged unwavering loyalty to Ireland. Speakers outlined the political cost and urged subscriptions to fund the effort, with over 200 names signed as the meeting ended.
Baron Fava Italian minister to the United States arrives in New York aboard the via Gascogne to a lively welcome from Italian residents. The Laura M. Stalin carried 800 Italians under Charles Barsotti to join civic and military groups in the demonstration. Fava sails to Washington tonight after a day of ceremonies and reception.
In Omaha on May 15 a large religious gathering at Exposition Hall discussed the American Sabbath. Speakers included Colonel Elliot F. Shepard and Bishop Warren, with J. T. Edwards of New York claiming James G. Blaine favored Sunday closing of the Centennial Exposition. Bishop Ninde urged church outreach to win the masses to Christianity.
Johnny Dobbs aged 60, known as a famed safe breaker, died of consumption at Bellevus Hospital after being brought in by a friend. He previously used alias John Kenyon, was linked to several major robberies nationwide, and had a history of burglary convictions and escapes from Connecticut and Massachusetts prisons.
A steamer of Atlantic fleet sank a lugger off Castle Townsend Light in County Cork today. The crew aboard the lugger were drowned in the incident.
Mrs. Catherine Blake of 19 Tallman Street her daughter Mary and Maggie Winters of 23 Tallman Street fell violently ill after consuming two quarts of vanilla ice cream bought from a pedlar Vanillia yesterday afternoon. They show irritant poisoning symptoms but are expected to recover. samples will be analyzed.
Paris today Pere Fauvage a cure at St Pierre du Groscaillon refused to bless the banner of the Imperial Associates saying the act would violate papal instruction and the brief urging allegiance to the republic.
Ex Secretary Fairchild saysDemocrats nationwide unite on honest money and tariff reform. He predicts Cleveland nomination and strong NY support, with Tilden parallels. He notes May convention strength, Syracuse gathering, and Democratic delegates favored for national convention.
Ellsworth Falls Maine authorities report a major blaze at Whitcomb Haynes Co store and heading mill. Fire began from friction at 5 PM and consumed the mill and lumber, with losses around 5500. Bangor steamer assisted after five hours of effort. engines kept at it until 3 AM. The mill was insured for 3500, lumber uninsured.
The steamer Lakes Baye reports finding a dory thirty five miles southwest of La Have Banks on the 18th with Harris Atwood and John Holstat of Gloucester Massachusetts. They belong to the American schooner Orient of Gloucester. Exhausted they had drifted for four days after losing their vessel in a dense fog on the 10th.
In Ogden Utah on May 15 the Territorial Democratic convention elected Judge H P Henderson and John T Caine as delegates to Congress and to the national convention. The platform denounces federal rule, calls for home rule or statehood, favors remonetization of silver, and denounces the House Territories committee report on Home Rule as false and infamous.
Brooklyn May 15. The new Roman Catholic church of St. Augustine at Sixth Avenue and Sterling Place was dedicated with grand ceremony led by Bishop McDonald and assisted by four other bishops and nearly one hundred priests. The church is described as among the finest in the state.
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