It Looks as if Fourth Place Was Its Fate
Team faces two games today before a trip to meet Eastern clubs. Other fields show events on multiple venues.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1896
Page
3
Baseball schedule and pennant race update across leagues
A crowded recap covers National League, New England League, and Eastern League games as Boston edges toward fourth place, Cleveland gains on the Spiders, and Baltimore contends for the pennant. It also notes Fall River, Bangor, Pawtucket chasing in the New England League while Providence and Syracuse contend in the Steinert cup race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Boston
Louisville
Baltimore
Pittsburg
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
Fall River
New Bedford
Bangor
Pawtucket
Augusta
Brockton
Three Baseball Games in Baltimore Planned
Baltimore fans await three games over the next two days with weather permitting. The Louisville club would travel home Tuesday for a game with Cincinnati on Wednesday, but the match will be played Friday instead as both clubs have an open date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Louisville
Cincinnati
Toronto, Rochester split doubleheader in Eastern League jinx
In Rochester New York on September 6 Toronto beat Rochester in both games. Boyle umpired game one and caused a delay with a disputed call leading to Moran replacing him. McFarlan errors helped Toronto win game one while Freeman OBrien and Smith hit homers in game two as darkness shortened play to eight innings. Toronto 12 Rochester 5. Toronto 12 Rochester 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Toronto
Boyle
Brownies
Moran
Rochesters
McFarlan
Smith
Herndon
Freeman
O’brien
Staley
Casey
Boyd
Ccssceessee
Dineen
Bayley Herndon
Boston at Fall River on Tuesday lineup preview
Players' Bench notes Boston will play Fall River Tuesday. Nichols to pitch this forenoon. Dan Brouthers of Springfield on injured list. Hamilton sits 11th in league batting at .861. Long 19th at .341 with Burkett fined $1.5 for over-the-fence throw in Brooklyn. Parrott to replace Conner at first for St. Louis next season. Louisville used 32 players this season. Boston paid $10,000 for Mike Kelly's release from Chicago. Temple cup playoff starts. Baltimore pace hit .700, highest ever. last year 8 points behind. Cincinnati hit .700 but dipped afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
St. Louis
Spiders
South End
Cleveland
New York
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Washington
Gotham
Giants
Duffy
Pirates
Chicagos
Yeager
Nichols
Klobedanz
Hanlon
Cincinnati
Ewing
Bostons
Chicago
Phillies
Fall River
Banger
Pawtucket
Philadelphia
Whaling City
Brockton
Pawtuckets
Augusta
Providence
Toronto
Buffalo
Rochester
Springfield
Dan Brouthers
Hamilton
Long
Jesse Burkett
Tom’’ Parrott
Roger Conner
Louisville
Regatta Set With Few Entries and Local Favorites
Boston regatta crowds expect a tight day of racing despite light entries. Worcester’s Ten Eyck favored in senior singles with Mike Sullivan of the Riversides and Shultz of Providence as challengers. Senior eight will pit Bradfords, Mill streams, and Shawmut crews. junior singles feature O Leary, Joyce, and Martha in a hot race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mike Sullivan
Riversides
Young Ten Eyck
Worcester
Charles Course
Labor Day
Sullivan
Shultz
Providence
Bradfords
Millstreams
Shawmuts
Billy O’leary
Joyce
Springfield
Martha
Revere House
Jim Ten Eyck
Saratoga
Riverside
Union
Fred Tudor
Riversies
Joe Hobbs
Joe Maguire
West Ends
Mike
Mystic Park Entry List Brings Broad Horse Roster
Secretary Frank Subert publishes the Mys tic Park entry list for Mondays racing card with all classes filled except the 2 20 pace. The pages show owners and horse names from Lexington Boston Medford Yonkers Albany and more across several pace and trot events for Sept 14. The text also includes boxing notes on Plimmer with a long career sketch and match history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Subert
Mystic Park
Miss Mary Cowan Wins Herald Prize for Style
Miss Mary Cowan of 19 Regent Street won first prize in the Boston Herald bicycle parade for the most popular and becomingly dressed and most graceful lady rider. She captains the Chacohemo Cycle Club, a group of seventeen long distance riders. Her parade costume featured a dark skirt a tight blue shirt waist white collar cuffs and blue tie with a blue straw tourist style hat trimmed in blue and white check ribbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cowan
No. 19
Regent Street
Boston Herald
Chacohemo Cycle Club
Retail basket pricing listing for Boston shop
One or more baskets priced at 24.75 dollars each and one pint baskets at 26.25 dollars each. The note mentions BHINTNALD & CO located at 21 and 23 India Street in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhintnald & CO
India
Boston
Pimmer and Corfield Set for 7500 Dollar Bout in England
At the Norfolk Drill Hall Sheffield England Billy Plimmer of Birmingham and George Corfield of Sheffield box for twenty rounds with a stake and purse totaling 7500 dollars. Plimmer leads the betting after a May 27 1895 London victory but Corfield’s recent gains against Nane Wallace boost support despite questions about his form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plimmer
Barney Reilly
Philadelphia
Johnny Murphy
New Orleans
Palmer
National Sporting Club
London
Corfield
Norfolk Drill Hall
England
Post
Birmingham
Eng
Dixon
Darby Kelly
Tom Kelly
Harlem Spider
Jack Shannon
Wallington
Charley Sallade
Chappie Moran
Jack Sweeney
Tim Buckley
Billy
Patsy Sheehan
Frank Hinde
America
Joe Farrell
Billy Willis
Arthur Westley
Charles Mansford
Arthur Stevens
New York
Jimmy Watson
Paterson
N. J
Jack Lynch
Coney Island
Billy Tucker
Newark
Jerry Barnett
Coney
Sheffield
Billy Plimmer
George Corfield
Nane Wallace
Fred Thompson
Pete Mace
Johnny van Heest
Chicago
Charley Kelly
Billy Whistler
Harry Clarke
Gaiety Music Hall
Bob Fleming
Fleming
Dot’ Fleming
Bob Menning
Frank Kenny
Sanger’s Circus
Kenny
Harry Low
W. Whson
Leeds
Joe Morton
Billy Brierly
Spike Sullivan
Woburn
Mike
Chappie
Moran
Bill Moore
Kingsland
Licffield
Alf Gower
Brum
Little Plimmer
Nunc Wallace
George W. Tuohey
Boston Custom House Wine Offer at 2 and 22 India St
Boston Custom House Wine Store advertises five quart bottles of assorted Old California wines for $1.00 per quart or full sized St Julien claret for $1.00, with both lots combined for $2.00. Names N. Brintnall and J. W. O'Conner appear as signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
South Side
Boston Custom House
Tires In Mud Carry Journal Examiner Package Across Erie Route
In a stormy Erie to Buffalo relay, riders battled flooded roads and darkness to deliver the Journal- Examiner package. Teams from Buffalo to Rochester completed the 175 mile Erie to Rochester leg in 17 hours, averaging fourteen miles per hour.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Journal- Examiner
Erie
Eric
Frédonia
Hopkins
Allen
Silver Creek
Sanderson
Mehnert
Angola
Bay View
Sayles
C. Deckert
de Temple
Mack
Horan
Lang
Bowmansville
Whitney
Haynes
Corfu
Batavia
Ferren
Miller
Burke
Brown
Bergen
Brauer
Chili
Rochester
H. Deckert and
Darcy
Connolly
Cycle clubs meet amid rain as New Hampshire hosts first national circuit date
Rain halted yesterday’s club runs and a planned century ride as members stayed indoors at the Commonwealth Cycle Club while discussing today’s race meet and a possible Cooper versus Tom Butler clash. Commonwealth guests Rollstone of Fitchburg will join the race as hosts. New Hampshire prepares a historic national circuit date with Monadnock Cycle Club of Keene set to stage a professional riders list unprecedented for the state. The track is ready and handicaps by Charles G. Percival begin with the Mile Professional heat featuring Arthur Gardiner and Kennedy Jr. from Chicago at 15 yards.
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H. E. Caldwell
Manchester
N. H
J. H. Fitzgerald
E. Ww. Pierce
Cambridge
A. B. Rich
J. ©. Wettergreen
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Dan Connolley
Boston
Tom Butler
Otto Zeigier
San Jose
Cal
Nat Butler
A. C. Mortens
St. Paul
Minn
P. J. Berle
C. R .Newton
Stafford Springs
Conn
Henry €. Clark
Denver
Col
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Toledo
W. J. Helfert
F. J. Jenny
Utica
N. Y
J. E. Walsh
Waltham
Harvey D. Hutchins
Fred H. Pratt
Melrose
Warren 8. Reynolds
Hyde Park
W. F. Saunders
W. A. Rhoades
Allie Fuller
E. M. Blake
Keene
R. F. Ludwig
Chicopee
F. A. Fish
H. H. Parker
Clinton
OC. T. Nelson
Springfield
F. I. Elmer
C. H. Drury
Winchendon
J. H. Kelliher
F. A. Gateley
W. L. Curtis
Westboro
J. P. Clark
Elijah Morriseau
South Ashburnham
Lechmere
East Cambridge
Newburyport
Stinger
Cambridge Street
Cooper
Commonwealth Cycle Club
Rollstone Cycle Club
Fitchburg
New Hampshire
Monadnock Cycle Club
Charles G. Percival
Arthur Gardiner
Chip A. D. Kennedy, Jr
Chicago
Bicyclers in trouble in Norwalk ambush on tandem
Everitt Byington and Morris Ahern were knocked from a tandem in Saugatuck late Friday night by three masked men. They fought back in the dark as the assailants tried to flee with the bicycle. A team approaching frightened the robbers and they escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Everitt Byington
Morris Ahern
Saugatuck
B A A Games Open Handicap Meets at Irvington Oval
The B A A open handicap events start at 10 30 am on Irvington Oval with races including 10 yard dash 600 yard run one mile run and key field events. Notable entrants include D Abrams T E Burke E H Clark J B Connolly and J Delaney with Burke on scratch in the century and several stars such as Lohnes Jackson Kane Holland and McDonald in the long list of contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Oval
D. Abrams
Oval C. C
T. E. Burke
E. H. Clark
J. B.connolly
W. Ryan
South Boston
N. J. Young
Jerry Delaney
Ediie Mills
D. C. Hall
Pope
Tom Burke
Bobby Lohnes
J. M. Jackson
H. J. Kane
W. J. Holland
Kerrington
Burke
Lohnes
Jackson
Holland
McDonald
Jim Connolly
Ellery Clark
Johnson
Charles Crowley
J. J. Flannery
Boyce
Havana merchant predicts prolonged Cuban war ends in Spain victory
J. P. Gonzalez of Havana, a leading shipping merchant, told a Boston Post reporter that the Cuban struggle is guerrilla warfare with no open battles. He expects the rebellion to last one to two years and says U S recognition of belligerent rights would amount to a declaration of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Gonzalez
Havana
Cuba
Boston
Philadelphia
Post
Spain
Gonzalez
United States
Coastwise lumber towing trials raise schooner freights concern
The Forest Belle from Fernandina to port in tow of the George W. Pride carries 1,400,000 feet of hard pine, a trade now under trial that may push schooner freights higher. Barge Jersey Belle will follow in this new coastal handling, challenging traditional lumber transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Forest Belle
New Bedford
Fernandina
George W. Pride
Jersey Belle
Yarmouth
N. S
Smith
Lewis Wharf
Benjamin C. Frith
Keen
N. P. Doane
Salem
Mass
Sierra Leone
Africa
Randle
St. Louis
Li Hung Chang
New York
Warren Line
Sachem
Walters
Liverpool
Mary Green
Gordon Green
Pittsburg
Li Hung Chang impressed by Niagara Falls visit
Li Hung Chang and party arrived in Niagara Falls amid rain and crowds. He toured the Cataract House and the power house, praised American rails and industry, and asked about costs and revenues. A falling dynamo struck his cane but caused no harm. The party plans to cross into Canada tomorrow with dignitaries guiding them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Li Hung Chang
Ruger
Iarl Li
Schoellkopf
Lo Feng Luh
Cataract Construction Company
China
H. G. Jolly de Lobbiniere
Quebec
Dr Gallagher A Wreck In New York
Dr Thomas Gallagher who arrived from Portland Prison England shows slight improvement yet many fear he is hopelessly insane. He slept well until a fight with his mind broke through and he resisted return to England. His sister and niece visited and he recognized them briefly. He complained his clothes were English and his prison shoes hurt him. Support arrangements are being made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Gallagher
Portland
England
Savoy
McBride
Catherine Connelly
Agnes
O’beirne
William Lyman
Czar’s French Toast Seen as Cold Signal in Breslau Visit
In Breslau the Czar’s brief French response to the German Emperor’s toast is viewed by officials as a cool, perfunctory gesture signaling Russia’s wary stance toward closer German ties. Wartime crowds caused 60 fracture injuries at the parade grounds with over 100 more treated Friday night.
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Breslau
Germany
Russia
Grandau Parade
Red Cross
Czar
Czarina
William
Augusta Victoria
Silesian
Stadt Theatre
United
Associated Presses
von Hohenlohe
Darmstadt
Potsdam
Silesia
Vienna
Rosh Hashanah Observances Begin Across Synagogues
The Hebrew New Year starts at 5 30 am with services in synagogues including Copley Hall Union Park and Baldwin place where Rabbi Wolf Baron will officiate at Copley Hall The year brings family reconciliation meal fruit and honey symbolism and merchants will close shops for the holiday observances continue through Tuesday night.
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the Post
Copley Hall
Columbus Avenue
Union Park
Baldwin Place
Wolf Baron
Post Office Robbery Strikes Pittsfield
Early today in Pittsfield at East Wind street the local post office and the Postmaster Shaw store were burglarized. Goods valued at 100 dollars were stolen, then burglars ransacked Shaw's nearby home and took about 20 dollars from a sleeping room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
East Windsor
Shaw
Liquor Raid Nets 300 Bottles and Nuisance Charge
Cambridge officers led by Captain Murray arrest David H. Prince at 57 Hampshire Street after forcing entry to a three tenement building. A warrant from Justice Daly supported a search that found 300 bottles of lager beer one gallon of whiskey and nearly 500 empty bottles. Prince faces District Court action for maintaining a liquor nuisance.
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Murray
Cambridge
Batchelder
Bob’” Murray
Con” Sullivan
McElroy
Hampshire Street
Webster Avenue
David H. Prince
Prince
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