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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
3
Cleveland defeated Brooklyn in the final inning with hard hitting. Philadelphia saved late, while Baltimore played Chicago. The order remains unchanged.
In a great finish the Bostons edged the Louisvilles by one run in the penultimate local season game at the South End. Nichols pitched well for Boston while Lake supplied Louisvilles’ run with a homer. The lead changed hands in late innings as Boston tied and finally won with Lowe and Duffy contributing key hits.
In Washington on September 6 a ball game ended in controversy as Shugart and Miller were ejected for abusing the umpire. Washington led 9 to 0 after a late rally, with Joyce and McGuire homering. Attendance 1,782. Final play score listed as 9 to 0, with Washington credited for the victory.
New York beat Pittsburg 9 to 2 in a tightly played game with New York striking back after outbatted and outfielded. Rusie and Ehret pitched well with strong defensive support and only one error. Van Haltren hit a home run as 3,500 fans watched. Hits were 8 for New York and 10 for Pittsburg. Batteries Rusie Farrell Ehret Sugden.
Brooklyn defeated Cleveland 2 to 1 in a fine exhibition of ball handling with not a single error recorded by either side. The match showcased sharp fielding and solid pitching as both teams played tightly through six innings.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a haircutting event or service with special artists and emergency or aid context in the United States, mentioning assistive or supportive efforts at a venue or business named Dompadour Haircutting. No clear dates, locations, or names are readable.
Brooklyn edged Cleveland as fielding and batting shone. The winning run came in the last inning, with Brooklyn scoring 12 to Cleveland 4. Attendance was 80. Hits were 7 for Brooklyn and 8 for Cleveland. Batteries Kennedy and Kinslow, Young and Zimmer.
Baltimore defeated Chicago 12 to 3 as Hanlon's club extended its winning run to twelve. Chicago’s fielding errors and misplays weighed down their effort while Baltimore took advantage with 14 hits to 9. Attendance reached 3,500 at the game, with Gleason and Robinson pairing for Baltimore and Hutchison, Terry and Schriver featuring for Chicago.
Philadelphia won again over Cincinnati as Dwyer left after the third inning and Fournier finished. Carsey pitched fairly well for Philadelphia, while Cincinnati used Dwyer and Fournier. Attendance was 2800. Final score 7 to 6 with hits 25 to 11 and errors 2 to 5. Batteries were Carsey Grady for Philadelphia and Dwyer Fournier Merritt for Cincinnati.
In Fall River Lewiston game Lewiston leads 4 2 before Leighton insults umpire Long with Tivile language. Long ejects Leighton. captain Larocque refuses to bench him, game forfeited 9 0 to Fall River. Crowd disappointed yet praised umpire stance. Attendance 500.
In Bangor, Maine, September 5, the New England League ended with two games against Pawtucket. Bangor won the first easily behind poor support for pitcher J Gray, 14-5, while Pawtucket held on to a 2-1 second game with Sharrett making a running catch.
The Eastern League report notes Springfield losses to Syracuse with a nine to twelve score at Providence Providence where Scranton matches Wilkes Barre 8 to 4, detailing scoreboard highlights across cities and teams.
Erie Penn Sept 5 Owing to rain there was no ball game here today leaving players and fans disappointed as schedule was halted and remaining events shifted to the next available date.
Today’s game is the last baseball game for this season at the South End grounds. The Louisvilles will be the attraction. Tom McCarthy received a gilded club shaped like a bat from the Bleacher Club. Long Tucker and Ganzel depart for Chicago at 3 this afternoon. The Bostons will play an exhibition game in Buffalo tomorrow.
Dorchester Athletic Club defeated the Columbians of Somerville 12 to 11 in twelve innings. The visitors held the home club scoreless after the fifth until the twelfth when Somerville scored two runs to narrow the gap. Buckley and McGeary paired well in the Dorchester battery, Marks made a key left field catch, and McAdams’ batting and catching for Somerville were notable.
Michael Cronin aged 35 of 4 Gloucester Place was in a yard at the Providence division of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad yesterday afternoon when a horse bolted. He was thrown and his left leg broken by the wheels. he was taken to City Hospital.
Last night showed strong hotel demand with guests including H. F. Dimock at Youngs, F. Greenless of Glasgow at the Tremont House, Ex-Governor Alexander H. Rice at the Brunswick, and General F. J. Wister of Philadelphia staying at the Thorndike.
The marriage notice names Major Billy Atwell and Miss Georgianna Norris, with the ceremony in Charlestown on Thursday September 13 and a November at home date for the couple at 12 School street Charlestown. It also mentions bicycle race activity and other wheelman news including theft, good roads efforts, and club support by police at Slate wharf.
Delegates from New England Barge Rowing Association met at Lafayette Social and Athletic Club to review a protest by the Charles Rivers. Referee James T. Sullivan of the Globe ruled prizes go to finish order, awarding West Ends first, Charles Rivers second, Princetons third.
In Portland Maine on September 5 the state tennis tournament produced key results with Fox defeating Perry 6-2 6-3 O'Brien beating Cook 11-9 6-2 F A Dana defeating Pickard 6-4 6-3 Phil Dana beating O'Brien 10-8 2-6 6-3 John Dana and Ives defeating Perry and Boyd 6-3 6-2 Phil Dana and Pickard defeating Littlefield and Randlette 6-2 6.
Boston boxing notes discuss possible public exhibitions if licenses are granted, urging moderation to protect the sport. Mentions promoters, notable bouts, venues from New Orleans to Atlantic Club, and ongoing efforts to stage fights while highlighting figures like Plimmer, Murphy, Barry, Connors, and Abbott. Also previews the new Pugilists portfolio series and its availability.
In New London Connecticut the Keystone Target Company shooting tournament crowned Heikes of Dayton Ohio the Smith trophy with 46 of 50. Daily scores listed include Boston Shooting Association and Connecticut State team totals with two day sums and entries for New Jersey and Tucker's Rhode Island squad.
Herbert J. Young, 21, of 105 Auburn street Campella, suffered a severe crush injury when his hand was caught between rollers at a rubber shop. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where amputation is possible.
Two Boston Athletic Association members Sun Paine and E A Wilkie must answer in Waltham court today for violating Sunday golf laws at Weston links. A Weston constable halted play as four men and one woman traveled from Newtonville to the secluded course, prompting Wilkie to leave his card and await the judge. The B A A plans to stand with Wilkie as he faces Judge Luce, with a substantial club delegation in support.
Races at Fleetwood Park trotting meeting feature several heats with notable performances. Happy Lady dominated the 2:25 class final, while Sally Simmons and Psyche battled in the four year old division, and Phebe Wilkes edged Alar in a 2:11 1-4 heat.
At Sheepshead Bay N Y on Sept 5 the Futurity course yielded Rubicon Melba and Magnet ism Mirage and Loben guela in two races. Anna Roche and Hornpipe led one mile and one and one eighth events with times 1 40 1 5 and 1 53 3 5 respectively. Henry of Navarre Banquet Yo Tambien won the bay stakes in 2 02 3 5. Partridge stakes three fourths mile turf saw Harry Reed Owlet and Lucania, with time unavailable.
Races at Concord Driving Park drew a larger crowd than yesterday. In the 2:23 class Fred Nelson won the first heat but could not outrun Flying Nig in the later heats. Simbrino won the 2:30 class in straight heats and set a new record. The slow race remained unfinished and will be completed tomorrow.
The second day of the New England fair at Worcester featured stronger races than opening events. Goldgetter and Billy Frazier each had a victory to target while Nemoline dominated the two heats of the four year old stake, winning easily.
White River Junction Vermont Sept 5 The Vermont State fair at Billings Park drew about 4000 spectators on day two Kendall won the 2 24 class Little Dan the 2 19 class and Ellsworth the 2 27 class The stallion Nelson began a bid for the 2 17 mile and clocked 2 13 4 beating the state pacing or trotting record of 2 14 set by Gil Curry at Rutland last week Nelson aims to surpass his own 2 07 mark tomorrow.
Five thousand fans attended at the State Fairgrounds for the Indianapolis Driving Club races. Alix and Directly were slated to lower records but heavy morning rain slowed the track by four seconds, leading McDowell and Directly's owners to cancel the run. Weather permitting, both will race again before week’s end.
Baltimore reports Colonel Lane a 4 year old owned by G O Wilson won the stallion championship at Pimlico in a decisive straight finish. Time recorded 2 16 1 2.
Randolph Division 3 held its monthly meeting in A. O. H. Hall with visitors from Division 10 Hyde Park. The visiting group plans a series of social visits to other county divisions.
Mary Shaughnessey, 38, fell down stairs at her home at No. 5 Edgerly Place yesterday afternoon and fractured her elbow. She was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
Jack Dempsey weighed 146 pounds and Billy McCarthy 154 as they fought twenty rounds in New Orleans for 32000. Dempsey dominated rounds two through eight and again in nineteen, but the match ended in a draw per the agreement that a knockdown would not decide the outcome if both men stood after twenty rounds.
Despatch from Cleveland reports George B Cartwright formerly of Boston is wanted by Cleveland police on embezzlement charges. He owes a downtown merchant and left Boston after a divorce and remarriage. He previously worked two years as a bookkeeper for Goldsmith Keith. The Hughes Brewing Company of Cleveland says it lost 150 dollars.
A wedding was celebrated at Samuel Myers’s Boylston street residence for Miss Sophie Myers and William Ward Jackson. Rev. David Levy of New Haven officiated. The ceremony featured a large bridal party, ornate attire, and a flower girl and ushers, with over 150 congratulatory telegrams received. The couple will live in Charleston, South Carolina, after an extended honeymoon.
New Haven reports Captain Armstrong announces that starting this fall no oarsman may play football, after a university athletic union decision to limit students to one athletic body for safety. Only Armstrong of last year’s crew is affected. the Yale faculty did not dictate the action.
Alexandria Bay N Y Sept 5 The twenty fifth annual national insurance convention opened at the Thousand Island House Major George S Merrill of Massachusetts spoke on Statement Blanks for Life Companies The committee on offices for 1895 reported a full slate for president B K Durfee Illinois vice president W W Hahn Ohio secretary F L Cutting Massachusetts and executive committee members from New York Kentucky Connecticut Texas and Michigan The next convention will meet at Mackinaw Island Mich in the first week of August 1895.
The annual meeting of the Boston & Passumpsic railroad leased to the Boston & Maine was held in Newport Vermont. Directors elected include Amos Barnes as president Alden Speare vice president Oscar Edwards James H Williams treasurer and other officers such as John Mulligan John H Williams W R Blodgett H C Cleveland with offices in Vermont Massachusetts and Northampton.
Fred H. Allen established multiple Class A bicycle records in Springfield Massachusetts on September 5. The flying start times include quarter mile 27 3-5 seconds and half mile 58 3-5 seconds. Two-thirds mile 1:18 1-5 and three-quarters mile 1:27 3-6. Standing start marks include quarter 342 6, half 1:03 2-6, three-quarters 1:322 5, mile 2:02 4-5.
The Lynn Board of Unemployed Commissioners holds a lengthy session at City Hall with members D R Dewey and others hearing reports from Overseers of the Poor and union leaders. Speakers warn of widespread unemployment in the shoe trades, cite factory changes, urging national hours reductions and social reforms.
A jolly coaching party of the Bohemian Club of Boston visited Albany House in Brighton last evening for lavish dining and cheer. Prominent guests included John S. Reardon, R. E. McEgan, John J. O'Byrne, Joseph Johnson, Malachi O'Connor, B. Roy O'Higgin, Thomas J. O'Neill, Felix O'Rourke, Cecil Conyers, Francis Cunningham, and Phelim Bradley.
Three year old Blanche Plattere of 2026 Washington Street lies at City Hospital in critical condition after a fall from a third story window. She suffered a compound skull fracture in the incident that occurred yesterday at her home.
Salem reports James Kiley arrested on indecent assault charges involving 22 year old Annie Stannard of uncertain Portland Gloucester links after a Sunday incident in Powderhouse lane. Warrants issued for several others connected to the case. Kiley to be arraigned in Salem.
S W Knowles 57 a Newton resident at 37 Jefferson street was found unconscious at the corner of Dudley and Washington streets Roxbury yesterday. He was taken to City Hospital where it was found he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and his condition is critical.
James Farren aged 23 of Charter street is held at Hanover Street station on suspicion of stealing a coat and vest worth ten dollars from John Bornychen at the corner of Charlestown and Causeway streets early today.
At 12:35 this morning a fire gutted the interior of an unoccupied frame building on Vernon street in Woburn. The blaze, likely caused by incendiarism, left the inside nearly destroyed and caused substantial loss.
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