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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1898
Page
3
Baltimore won the opening game easily behind Maul's effective pitching. The second game was closely fought and darkness ended it in a tie after eight innings with 4,638 fans in attendance.
Providence drew Buffalo 7 to 7 at Providence Providence. Springfield beat Wilkes Barre 17 to 6 at Springfield. Toronto shutout Syracuse 9 to 0 at Toronto. Montreal and Ottawa finished 4 to 4 at Montreal.
Washington visits Boston while Brooklyn plays New York and Baltimore meets Philadelphia. Chicago takes on Cincinnati and Cleveland travels to Louisville for a full slate of NL action today.
Klobedanz held Washington to two hits and no runs through eight innings. A ninth inning burst by Boston produced five runs including Jud Smiths home run, with strong fielding from Collins Lowe Stahl and Duffy. Dineen pitched tough for Washington as Bransfield added a late triple before Boston sealed the win.
In a slugging game the New York Giants defeated Brooklyn decisively in a brisk early September matchup. No final score was provided in the readable text.
Lave Cross third baseman for the Browns sues the Philadelphia Baseball Club for 300 dollars claiming the team owed him the extra 300 under a 2100 dollar contract last year. The case, filed in St Louis while Cross was in town, was deferred for trial at a later date.
Reports from games and practices across leagues note Jim Smith practicing with champions yesterday and upcoming matches. Mentions include Maidens versus Everett at Mt Washington grounds next Saturday and various results from Cincinnati to Baltimore and the Giants rising above the Orphans.
E W Goff, famed American athlete and soldier, died of typhoid fever at Camp Wikoff after serving with the Seventy first. He fought at Santiago and San Juan Hill, led a squad marching 28 miles daily with provisions, and earned multiple national track titles in the 1890s. He was % years old.
In New York on September 6, a conference between the Royal Ulster Yacht Club challenge committee and the New York Yacht Club cup committee settled on the Sandy Hook course for the forthcoming race.
Marcus Daly announces Hamburg will be retired to stud after a noted steeplechase career. Former Dorchester High School players organize an all Dorchester eleven for local suburban games. Ernie Hjertberg pursues a match with Ridhie McGonagle at one to five miles. New York businessmen and sports circles grumble at teams scheduling games outside New York City. New football rules include ten yard penalties for fouls and touchback bringing ball to the 10 yard line.
Jim Corbett and Kid McCoy resume light training as the twenty round bout before the Hawthorne Athletic Club of Buffalo on October 15 nears. Interest surges after a postponement amid Corbett's family tragedy and opening bets favor Corbett at 100 to 80.
The article notes Andy Walsh used a novel tactic against Billy Smith in a long Coney Island draw, described as a wallop on the slats that startled the crowd and the referee. Oscar Gardner seeks top featherweights like George Dixon or Sally Smith, with plans for Oct. 6 at Navarre A. C. in Louisville and daily bouts ahead. The piece also previews a Dixon Bernstein matchup and a Leon Flanagan clash in the 106-pound class, highlighting careers and upcoming dates.
Martin Flaherty of Lowell Mass declares readiness to meet any opponent in his weight class. Manager Charles J. Harvey can be reached through the Lenox Athletic Club in New York for engagements.
Matchmaker Andy Mulligan of the Louisville A. C. arranging a twenty round bantam championship fight. Jimmy Barry of Chicago is targeted as opponent with Fred Bogan of Cincinnati already signed for the bout.
Hartford racing fans saw John Nolan win the Charter Oak purse of 10 000 at Charter Oak Park with sixteen starters. Mattie Patterson won the first heat while George faded. other events included Earl winning the three year old colt race and Royal R Shelton taking the 2:30 pace. The Charter Oak 2:17 trot winner was John Nolan with the 2:21 1 2 time.
Dan Creedon of Australia and Jack Bonner of Summit Hill Pennsylvania prepare for a September 12 bout before the Greater New York A and at West Brighton Coney Island. Creedon trains with Ben Murphy at Seabourn Hotel Norton’s Int. They expect to win the big purse and face Tommy Ryan on October 10 in a signed match against Creedon or Bonner.
The Lenox Athletic Club announces September 21 as the contest date between George Byers and Frank Childs of Chicago in New York. The announcement confirms a high profile boxing match with Chicago light heavyweights in the lineup.
The National Railroad Master Blacksmiths Association opened its sixth annual convention in Boston with 100 delegates from across the country and Canada. Presidents and officers from Illinois, Colorado, New Jersey and other states led discussions on iron scrap handling locomotive springs and forgings, with tours of the city planned alongside formal sessions and elections.
Chelsea Board of Aldermen second reads a curfew ordinance patterned after Cambridge requiring all children under 16 to be indoors at 9 p.m. unless with a parent or guardian. Hartwell A. Sibley resigns as city physician. Dr. Frank E.H. Guild appointed to fill vacancy. Caucus dates set by both parties. referrals to public property committee.
Eugene Bond 21 died at Tenant's Harbor after serving in Battery 8 Second Artillery and fighting at Santiago. He arrived in Boston on the hospital ship Olivette then was sent home with fever. A relapse proved fatal.
At Old Saugus track yesterday, under 400 spectators watched thirteen heats. Truffles won two of three in the 2:40 trot, Leela led the 2:23 trot, and Henrys Girl initially faltered before Lang and McDonald swept the final mile.
There is a noticeable improvement in Miss Davis's condition tonight at Narragansett Pier Rhode Island. The day for the patient was comfortable and encouraging with steady progress reported by medical staff.
Fast time and tight finishes highlighted gauges at Narragansett Park on September 6. The 2:14 trot required four heats with Legene placed second after swerving, while the 2:30 trot needed five heats and The Swift won by taking alternate heats. Darkness stopped the 2:14 final.
New York reports Harry Forbes of Chicago has been matched to fight Jack Ward of Baltimore at the Pelican A C on September 1. The twenty round bout will be at 11 pounds with Forbes in line for the ban tam championship.
A sale offers 30 inch wheels and frames in 22 23 24 25 inch sizes with head 3 percent drop 4 percent. Three grades priced at 45 65 and 75 dollars. Easy terms available for the remainder of the season. Old wheels accepted as trade ins.
Captain Ulysses S. Davis of the Unity Cycle Club presses his bid to lower the Boston New York record set by Warren F. Taylor to 2 hours 32 minutes 2 seconds, noting his background as a letter carrier and claims of faster figures.
The Charlestown Cycle Club schedules an open half-century to Acton and back on Sunday Sept 18 with two divisions and souvenirs for finishers within 15 minutes of pacemakers. A Boston meeting of the 99 Meet Club is planned, while Fred W Beauregard sets a latest pace record in Fall River. Michael and current riders head to Boston Sept 17 as New England amateur circuits prep Sept 17 events at Haverhill with Sept 12 entries. Marcus of Brooklyn plans to attend multiple New England meets in the next two weeks.
Myopia defeated Dedham 12 3 4 to 6 at Karlstein estate in Dedham Massachusetts in the first Karlstein cups polo game. R G Shaw starred with brilliant drives and fierce riding while Dedham honors went to Allen and W C Forbes despite a three goal handicap.
Nine Yale football players are at Kennebunkport, Maine as Walter Camp, the well known instructor, suffers gastritis. A Boston physician has been sent for to treat him.
Oscar Gardner the Western featherweight will face Sam Bolan in a 26 round fight at the Lenox Athletic Club on Friday night. Bolan has met both George Dixon and Sally Smith in creditable bouts. Preliminary features a 10 round bout between George Ross and Kid Harris at 16 pounds.
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