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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1898
Page
3
Reported games include a late Cincinnati St Louis Pittsburgh scene with Owens, Taylor and Nichols among players. Browns, Bruins and Chicago figures appear with runs, hits, and fielding miscues described. crowds listed as 3100 in Chicago and 1200 in Pittsburgh.
Attendance 600 as Fraser leads Giants overcoming costly Colonels miscues. Final score details unclear due to damaged text.
A shopper note lists cameras from top brands at low prices and a full line from Neat Sporting Goods. Kodaks are featured with a wide assortment available.
Base hit by Beckley stands out in a sparse score note. Double plays turned by McPhee Corcoran Lachance, Ryan, and Tucker. Dunn drew a base on balls and struck out twice. Hawley fanned twice as Dunn pitched. Wild pitch by Dunn. Umpires Swartwood and Wood.
Cleveland played clean and spirited in a hard fought home game while the visitors endured bad luck and careless errors. The score remains unfinished in the fragment.
Princeton beat Brown 7 to 4 in a tight contest at Princeton Stadium. Batters Harrison Kafer Sedgewick and Lestage led Princeton with timely hits as Brown recorded six errors. Former President Cleveland and Mrs. Croker were in the grandstand along with Mrs. Richard Croker of New York.
Reading-Hartford 2 Reading 1 at Reading. Waterville Bates 3 Colby 2. Lancaster Penn Allentown 7 Lancaster 4. Philadelphia U of P 7 Lafayette. Newark NJ First game Richmond 3 Newark 2. Second Newark 6 Richmond 3. Rochester NY Rockener 8 Buffalo 4. Paterson NJ Paterson 13 Norfolk 3.
The report highlights several rising players including Charley Hickman of the South Bostons, a Pennsylvanian League standout and Boston prospect. Steve Mahoney will catch for the Mt. Washingtons of Everett at East Attleboro on Saturday and vs the South Bostons on Monday. Nick Wise trains in Boston despite a modest Nutmeg League offer. Billy Cook, Chelsea High School alumnus now with Dartouth, shows sharp pitching with a brief recent outing.
In a rain swept Interscholastic Rowing Association regatta four preliminary heats were raced along the Charles River with crowds of students cheering. Roxbury Latin edged Noble and Greenough by about four feet in a tight final, while Chauncy Hall and Volkman School opened with a win.
The sixth renewal of the Derby Stakes at Epsom Downs delivered a long shot victory as Jeddah, with 100 to 1 odds, won the classic Derby over about a mile and a half. The purse was 6000 sovereigns.
In Bethlehem Penn May the Crescents of New York defeated Lehigh 8 to 2 to claim the amateur lacrosse championship of the United States. Lehigh led 2 to 1 in the first period before the Crescents dominated late, scoring five goals in a burst. The Crescents showed superior defense and steady attack throughout the match.
An open race for boats fifteen feet or less is set for next Saturday afternoon in Dorchester Bay. The event, on the Dorchester Yacht Club course, is arranged by John F. Small of the Dorchester Y and G Silsbee of the Savin Hill Y.
Joseph Doublier the Chevalier de l Ordre du Messidieh and former Ismaiel Yousouf manager sails for France to return with a wrestler capable of defeating Yousouf. He plans to bring the challenger to America in sixty days and asks if the singers who lured Yousouf abroad will face the new rival. The Turks have paid high prices in pursuit of glory with Yousouf once drawing the costliest prize of an ox.
Haverhill Mass High School won the fifth annual Dartmouth Interscholastic meet in Hanover with 8447 points. Union Academy second with 2347, Murdock High School third with 2317, Rutland Institute fourth with 4, and Anderson fifth with 10. Jones of Murdock set a pole vault record at 9 ft Tin. Daniels of Haverhill, Cummings and Felton of KNA, and Newton of Randolph delivered notable performances.
Mr Frank Ware of Newport and New York long serving starter at the Country Club meets will send the horses off on Saturday and Monday with races starting at 3 oclock each day. The hurdle race may be split into two divisions due to many entries.
Ned Ten Eyck and Lewis, national intermediate single scull champions, plan to row double this season and may enter senior doubles at the national regatta. The Andover Exeter meet May 20 promises a close contest with Andover favored in dashes and field events. Weld Boat Club sends junior eight to Harlem River regatta while Union Boat Club hosts its Spring regatta with three races. Gardner and Henderson race doubles as Union B C actions unfold. The Harlem regatta and school regatta semi finals light a busy afternoon on the Charles. Senior single scull entries at Harlem may dwindle to three with March of Pennsylvania Barge Club unlikely to start in senior doubles. Ten Eyck looks likely to win with Juvenal second. Jimmy O Connell of Boston College departs for Mott Ave games at mile and all mile events.
After a two year wait Kid McCoy signed to meet Joe Choynski at catch weights for a $10000 purse offered by Tom O Rourke for Lenox A C. The June 25 bout follows prior sparring at Grand Central Palace and shifts McCoy from a Goddard bout to Maher, who already defeated Maher twice.
English champion Pedlar Palmer to meet Billy Rotchford in a 20 round open air bout to be held in England in October for a 3000 dollar purse with 500 to the loser and a 1000 dollar side bet. Weigh in at 116 pounds and a 3 pm start on fight day. Dowling backs the arrangement and promises stronger purses and bets if London club balks.
The City Point Athletic Club hosted a boxing smoke talk last night featuring four bouts. Spike Haley of the Shawmuts drew with Harry Bene of the South End in a four round bout. Charley Bennett and Walter Lang fought to a draw across four rounds. Jimmy Davenport of Cambridge and Jim Stone of Charlestown produced a six round contest with heavy exchanges. Frank Connolly of St John’s and Maurice Rosenberg of Boston also drew after an eight round war with a late rally by Connolly.
Chicago boxing card on June 2 adds Joe Gans Kid Robison and Jim Janey to face Jack Moffatt in six round bouts under Parson Davies. The event headlines a six bout program highlighting local talent and prominent fighters.
May 2 at Gentlemen's Driving Park Royal Baron stood out as the sole productive entry with Helene M delivering a strong challenge for first. Princess Malace and Jack were favored, but Ainsworth and Edsall won in straight heats.
Manager Ducker lists foreign riders for the national circuit meet on Saturday. Paul Bourotte, fresh from the Waltham Velodrome, enters open events while Karl Kiser enters opens and the one third mile national championship. Kiser will ride the tandem handicap with another rider. The event promises close competition among many two seated teams.
Followers await the Cissac Church race in Baltimore on May 30 and the Starbuck-B Taylor event in Philadelphia next Saturday. Taylor rides strong after knee injury, Starbuck in top form, while Cissac shows slow pace in recent practice. Debutant Joe Vernier may challenge Taylor if he wins, as Dave Shafer and Michael’s team pursue records and matchups. Saturday also targets the five mile world record of 8:50 4 5.
Frank Starbuck accepts challenges from W. E. Becker and Plugger Bill Martin and will discuss tactics after next Saturday’s race. Local riders Sager, Swanbrough, Casey, Eckberg, Kent, and Henshaw plan to travel to Philadelphia for the event. Treasury data show a small bicycle export drop in March due to a $50,000 UK deficit, with Germany and France increasing by $76,000 and $24,000 respectively. Massachusetts officials attend Boston Meet Club meeting as it seeks national I A W meet next year.
May 26 Hayti’s fete de agriculture celebration draws an unusual exhibit of the Haytian army in Port au Prince. The barefoot 6000 strong garrison shows rusty rifles and swords with little drill or discipline evident in the ceremony.
The committee in charge of the presentation of colors to the Ninth has been assured by Secretary Alger that no objection will be raised. The reception will occur next Sunday with Congressman Fitzgerald and Hon EB Slattery, state president of the A OH, in attendance.
Members of the Royal Arcanum attend a Boston Council No 4 meeting this evening at 720 Washington street with the Boston Four Orchestra and Quartet set to perform. Participants will join in singing war songs and halyards as part of the meeting's entertainment.
Frank B Angle, son of the famed NSC referee, visits New York after six months on a Texas ranch. Angle criticizes Corbett and praises Fitzsimmons while noting English interest in Barry and potential purses for Fitzsimmons but not for Corbett. The piece covers upcoming bouts, matchups, and disputes involving Eddy Connolly, Jim Jeffries, Tommy West, Tommy Ryan, Jack Bonner, Jim Ryan, Billy Reagan, and others with details on contests, purses, and venues across New York, Chicago, Louisville and surrounding cities.
Twenty six members of the Fourth Battery Rifle Association of Massachusetts held a banquet at Young's Hotel recalling the May day 31 years past when the four companies A B C D marched to Independence. Captain Dyer of the Baltimore was praised for Manila engagement. Captain George H Maynard received a gold medal from the War Department for Civil War gallantry. Colonel S H Leonard presided at ceremonies despite blindness and age.
A fire in East Somerville last night destroyed a stable owned by George W. Pritchard at Mystic Avenue and Austin Street, burning ten horses in their stalls and destroying multiple teams and harnesses. The origin is unknown with no suspicion of arson.
A jury in the Superior Court verdict in favor of the plaintiff B. F. Stern against G. D. Brown and others for personal injuries from a fall into an unguarded elevator well at Protel Lafayette on Columbus avenue. Damages set at 250 with $2000 for the plaintiff.
A personal tour of Gettysburg Luray and Washington through May 27 via Pennsylvania Railroad invites visitors to explore the famed battlefield. The excursion, with Memorial Day emphasis, costs 36 dollars from Boston and is organized by D N Bell tourist agent at 205 Washington Street Boston.
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