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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1900
Page
3
Conn was wild and his support miserable as Boston defeated Philadelphia nine to four. Waddell, Pittsburg’s pitcher, fanned twelve Chicago batters in a separate note. Attendance listed as 1957. Chicago at Pittsburg, Philadelphia at home.
New York won the game in the second inning with seven runs as five singles two doubles and a walk fueled the rally. Donovan settled after that. Hawley pitched well for Brooklyn but the visitors built an insurmountable lead. Attendance was 12. The final score reverted to the eighth when the game ended due to time.
Pittsburg pitcher Waddell fanned twelve Chicago batters, season high, as Pittsburg edged Chicago 1 to 0. Donohue swatted both a two and three base hit, Garvin and Waddell dominated, and attendance reached 150 with two-base hits by Donohue and solid defense behind Waddell.
London October racing reports summarize three days of the Newmarket meeting. Lord William Beresford's Jolly Tar with Johnnie Reiff wins the Lowther Stakes over two miles. Prince of Wales owned Lord Quez takes the Ditch mile nursery with Sloan riding. Sloan secures three more wins on Princess Melton, Exedo, and Impious, while Sonatura defeats Americas with Richard Croker's entry backer. American jockeys win every race.
Brooklyn autumn meeting began after a rain delay with four races. Belle Arlington won the 2:35 trot in straight heats. Bestege edged Allerteen in the 2:21 pace after Flash led first heat. Chanty won the 2:14 trot, with Kellmont taking the next three heats. The 2:17 pace was declared off.
Eight starters faced the gate at Lexington racecourse with York Boy favored to win. He captured the 2:10 trot in straight heats after losing the first two to California mare Neeretta, who also led a tight struggle in the third. Contralto, the West stake favorite, won early, with Annie Burns and Ebba battling for second and the $2,000 purse.
Richard Jordan of England, who relinquished the world checker title to Charles F. Barker of Boston, was toasted by the Boston Checker Club at a dinner last evening at the American House. Ninety guests attended, with players from New England and as far as Pittsburgh.
The open golf tournament at Franklin Park, begun yesterday, will be postponed until next Wednesday. The scratch tournament semi finals are moved to this afternoon, with the consolation cup finals set for then as well.
Harvard suffered a rough defeat as the varsity struggled to score against the scrub in forty minutes of play. Changes in the lineup, new trick plays, and injuries limited the varsity, while Columbia looms this Saturday prompting emphasis on team work and experimentation.
The Yale Freshmen Football Association unveiled its 1904 schedule. Remaining games include St Pauls School and Worcester Academy both in New Haven on Oct 18, Hoten kiss School on Oct 20 at Lakeville, Andover Academy on Oct 24, Worcester High School on Oct 27, Brown Consolidated on Nov 2 in New Haven, Princeton on Nov 10 in Princeton, and Harvard on Nov 14 in New Haven with possible date and venue changes for Princeton and Harvard.
Interest centers on Yale vs Dartmouth at Newton Centre tomorrow as the only Boston appearance this year with high ticket demand. A special Boston & Albany train and extra elevated cars will handle the crowd. game time is 8 p m. Confidence in Harvard’s near-term matchup follows Williams strength rather than Columbia weakness.
London Oct 11 Sir Thomas Lipton confirms the new America's cup challenger will be named Shamrock after improvement work on the Shamrock and Watson designs. The challenger will be commanded by a well known amateur yachtsman, unnamed for now, with none of the old Shamrock captains retained. Lipton notes the New York Yacht Club should release details, and hints the skipper is among the sport’s top amateurs.
Dartmouth prepares to travel to Boston for the Yale game in Newton. Hopes run high for a creditable showing due to strong defense while backs are weak and gains against Yale are unlikely. Team changes include Austin at left back, Thompson at quarterback, Farmer at left half, and Halliday moved to fullback.
The wife of pugilist Kid McCoy, Mrs Norman Selby, will join Marie Dressler’s company in Miss Print as Miss Yost the typewriter. Rehearsals start at the Casino this morning after persuasion by manager Mr Immerman. She notes she will not wear tights.
Yachting circles expect a defender to be built by a Belmont Vanderbilt Duryea and Whitney coalition with Duryea and Whitney possibly proceeding alone. Nat Herreshoff says he can design a faster 12 metre class boat than the Columbia on the international course.
J Nelson Manning of the Commonwealth Club won the Alliston cup in the Allston open scratch tournament with a 4 up 3 to play final against H Lindsley of Harvard. A J Wellington claimed the consolation cup by defeating W H Latham 8 up and 7 to play.
In Judge Stevens court a woman in the detention room fainted and caused an uproar as Gertrude R. Tillson and Willis C. Warren received six and eight month terms at the House of Correction. Warren’s mother and Harriet Callis also fainted, Callis receiving a four year sentence at Sherborn.
Miss Mary Baldwin Reed and El well Robert Butterworth were married last evening at 35 Pearl Street East Somerville. Reverend William H Pierson of Highland Avenue Unitarian Church officiated.
State Fire Marshal Whitcomb will begin an investigation tomorrow into the fire that destroyed the South Side fire station in Waltham last Friday. The inquiry will be held in Boston, with department members who were asleep in the building summoned to testify.
Governor Frank W. Rollins received a silver loving cup inscribed with a 1900 Alabama New Hampshire tribute. The cup honors the governors and staff, with the motto Non armis sed amore victi and mentions Alabama Kearsarge dates June 1864 to September 1900.
In Bath New Hampshire James J Jeffries rebukes Corbett’s challenge calling him disgraced and a fake. He proposes a Corbett McCoy charity bout with receipts to Galveston sufferers and a match with the winner if Sullivan approves. He also seeks a rematch with Fitzsimmons and hints Ruhlin’s second chance if Fitz misses time.
Boxing gossip reports Twin Sullivan and Charley O'Rourke near a 15 round clash at the Kirtland Club on October 26. Sullivan accepts the terms at 143 pounds with a 148 weight limit, while promoter Murphy posts a $50 forfeit to seal the deal.
Albert Champion and Kenneth Skinner drift from motor tricycles races toward open events. Skinner seeks Champion for a 500 dollar side match aboard fast machines, with Soncia tricycle and larger two motor setups in play. Henshaw builds a 12 horsepower tricycle, raising questions of handicapping and race fairness as speed and power rise.
Entrants for the Medford Golf Club open handicap stroke competition to be played tomorrow and Saturday are listed. Names include L Tyler Allston Pratt Wingate A Noyes I Chester Noyes David Noyes FP Smith G E Atherton R R Freeman J Merrill William Wallace L Meldo Smith C M Wright and many others from Harvard Oakley Pine Banks and more.
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