Last Chapter Opens in League Race as Orioles Aim for Pennant
The Orioles enter the final stretch with a chance to clinch the pennant while Boston trails by two games, needing a strong finish to claim the title as the season closes.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1898
Page
3
The Orioles enter the final stretch with a chance to clinch the pennant while Boston trails by two games, needing a strong finish to claim the title as the season closes.
The article lists top fielders and base runners by position across Pawtucket Brockton Newport Fall River and Louisville with notes on catchers throwers putouts assists and stolen bases led by Pat Shea and Gilbert of Newport. It details averages and notable players including Bransfield Kelly Magoon Ladd and Coughlin with emphasis on fielding totals and base stealing totals across 49 to 63 game spans.
In the South End grounds today the champion Bostons meet the Baltimores as pennant race action nears a conclusion. Baltimore misses star William Keeler if he cannot play, while Hughes and Kitson bolster the Baltimore lineup. Batteries: Nichols and Bergen versus Maul and Robinson. game starts at 8 o’clock.
Breitenstein and Hill pitched superbly as Cincinnati defeated St Louis 6 to 2 in two games, limiting the Browns to six hits. Attendance recorded at 2,744.
Six of last year's players coached English High School. Roxbury Latin and Roxbury High skip the Junior League this year paving two election chances for other schools. Arlington High is a candidate. Rob Bellamy excels for Trinity while a new preparatory league forms with Milton Academy Nobles & Greenough and Vorkman's competing in football baseball and track. Reilly from English High shines at halfback for Brown.
Two thousand fans watched the Brooklyns defeat the Washingtons at Weehawken New Jersey. Washingtons led by three runs early on but Dunn shut them down with strong pitching as the game progressed. The score ended with the Brooklyns ahead.
The New England League fielding averages reveal the defensive talents of this year's young players. Record mistakes were not tolerated and the figures serve as a fair measure of fielding ability across teams and positions.
A. Fairs defeated Tom Pettitt of Boston in London at the Prince's Club tennis challenge by scores of 4-4 in the first set, 6-2 in the second, and 8-4 in the final set. The match concluded today in London.
Bingen earns fastest trotter of the year with a 2 06 3 4 claim. W B Fasig plans retirement from Charter Oak Park Hartford Conn this year. Harbor Views seek 109 pound teams while Monitor A A favors. Addresses: Augustin e Nelson East Boston and G H Burnett Newton Lower Falls Mass. Last year Huron football likely inactive as Patcher Haughton Cadee join army and Fred Normile enters Comer's College. Twilight A A Newton Lower Falls hopes games with 120 pound teams Needham Natick Highlandville A A preferred.
If you take it again this year you will not be disappointed the Fitchburg railroad offers an October excursion from Boston to New York at a promotional rate.
The Brockton Fair lists light harness and turf events for the coming week. Highlights include two year old colt, trotting and pacing classes, plus running races with purses up to $800 and notable entrants such as Jen F. Coral Ward and Baron's Lassie. A heavyweight boxing slate with near term matches is also described, alongside venue notes and updates on participants.
Boxing notices list multiple upcoming matches by city with weights and rounds. Key bouts include Tommy White versus Danny McBride at 126 pounds in Brooklyn. Sam Tonkins against Joe Burke in a 12 round catchweight. Mysterious Billy Smith versus Jim Judge at 142 pounds in Scranton. Walter Nolan against Jimmy O Leary at 140 pounds in Davenport. Dave Jobva versus Ernest B at 104 pounds in London. Austin Rice versus George Murray and Bob Ringwood versus Jack Corrt in Lynn. Boaing in Bordentown and Jimmy Barry versus Freddy in Lexington, with various rounds and purses noted.
A select party will be entertained at Bernice Hall South Boston next Friday evening under the St Augustine C T A S auspices. The affair is complimentary to members and friends. The society plans a winter series of instrumental vocal music and dancing to awaken interest in its cause.
At 6 Whitmore Street the Irish School held a larger than usual meeting with advanced Irish reading and writing by M J Mulroy. Drinan led junior and middle grades. John P Lane opened the session and Drinan spoke in Irish. P Callahan recited and Miss Donovan Mrs Lane sang. Lena M Burke performed The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow in Irish and English.
A fragment notes Runnymede Club whiskey described as pure and aged, bottled under the supervision of the United States Government.
Boston hosts the Metro politan Wheelmen fifty mile Acton run with 108 riders, split into three divisions, amid crowded roads and a milk wagon obstruction. Col Pat Sheehan's quad leads a lineup including Misses Jennie Hughes, Lillian Hughes, Arthur Alden, and twenty mile pace setters. Outside Boston, the Hudson C C union run to Southboro draws nearly 600 riders. Dorchester and Boston clubs stage long century trips ending in Providence.
A description praises Altogether Ale for its perfection with a ripe mellow flavor tasting froth sparkling brilliancy and the fragrance of blossoming hops. The copy notes every dealer sells it and it stands at the head of the industry.
San Francisco Oct. 2. The California Cycling Clubs board of governors will not grant sanctions beyond its current territory. It will affiliate with eastern associations but will not assume control of racing in the East or other regions outside its jurisdiction.
Baltimore October 2 Chairman Mott of the L A W racing board prints the national championship tally with riders Baid Mason Taylor and others listed. Blacklists include New Bedford track association for prize and fee failures and William Clark suspended for unsanctioned race. Several professional records accepted with times and distances. Transferred to professional class Frank N Conway. Claus D suspended J H Sullivan and W Beardsley to June 1 1899 for unsanctioned races.
Crowded park riders dodge frequent near misses as police ignore no three abreast limits for carriages. Ensign Fred Wright of the Metropolitan Wheelmen is gravely ill with typhoid fever. Harry Elkes’s hour record of 34 miles 1220 yards is questioned for flying start vs standing start rules, prompting calls to revise the board’s rule to fit new racing conditions.
Division 61 AOH met at West End Union Hall 164 Canal street with Edward J. McCauley in chair Five candidates were initiated and several applications acted upon A Thanksgiving Day banquet was decided and a social with notable speakers followed the meeting Names from divisions 0 37 82 participated including Buckley Connolly Ahern Long Planinngan O Leary MacCarthy Molloy Doherty Flannigan and McLaughlin presided at the piano.
Division 42 A O H gathered at Til Bernian Hall 53 Hanover Street for its largest meeting. President Thomas H Maguire chaired with C C O Farrell as secretary. Final reports from ball committee were read and accepted and speeches followed chaired by Maguire and Jeremiah Manning and Andrew Trahey.
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