New York Nips Boston In Slugfest At Home
In New York on Sept 9 the New York team beat Boston after capitalizing on walks and errors. Stivetts settled after eight innings while Clark struggled early. Tenney and Tiernan hit solo home runs as New York forged ahead. attendance 2100. The full score follows.
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Clark
Tenney
Tiernan
van Haltren
Wlerman
Gleason
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Lernan
Tucker
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Hamilton
Collins
Davis
Oyce
Long
van Hal
Joyce
Beckley
Campbell
Henderson
Washington Phillies Batting Contest Ends in Loss for Washington
Orths wildness costs Washington in a 16 to 5 defeat to Philadelphia. Attendance 1500. Washington 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. Philadelphia 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. Hits Washington 16 Philadelphia 17. Errors Washington 0 Philadelphia 5. Batteries Mercer and Farrell Orth and Grady.
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Orth
Philadelphia
Mercer
Farrell
Grady
Baltimore Beats Brooklyn in Batting Matinee
The champions faced the Brooklyns in a matinee as Hoffer struggled while Abbey and Kennedy faltered. Abbey left in the second inning and Kennedy issued wild pitches as Baltimore tallied 16 hits to Brooklyn’s 13 with 5 errors to 4. Batteries were Hoffer and Robinson for Baltimore and Abbey, Kennedy, and Burrell for Brooklyn.
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Spiders Dominate St Louis In Cleveland Victory
Cleveland club beat St Louis 8 to 3 as Wilson starred on the mound and at the plate. Meyers Childs and Burkett delivered sharp fielding while McKean homered. Attendance listed as 2009 with 11 hits for Cleveland and 9 for St Louis.
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St. Louis
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Donohue
McFarland
Chicago Defeats Pittsburg In Seventh and Ninth Innings
Chicago won 6 to 5 at Pittsburg after a late rally in the seventh and ninth frames. Kil len struggled and Merritt committed a costly error, with Dahlen setting up several scoring chances. Attendance 1,800. Briggs and Donohue pitched for Chicago, Killen and Merritt for Pittsburg.
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Killen
Dahlen
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Donohue
Gannon Leads Buffalos in Record 12 K's in 1896 Tilt
In Buffalo at Olympic Park Gannon struck out 12 to set a season record while Moran of Toronto fanned 10. Buffalos had perfect support as Toronto misplayed, drawing a crowd of about 3000. The game ended Buffalo 5 Toronto 2 with Gannon Urquhart on the mound for Buffalo and Moren Boyle catching for Toronto.
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Syracuse Defeats Rochester in Opportune Hitting Display
Syracuse beat Rochester 11 to 4 with 13 hits and 5 errors split by Rochester 4 Syracuse 2. Batteries were McFarland and Boyd for Syracuse and Delaney, Whitehill and Ryan for Rochester.
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Delaney
Whitehill
Ryan
Scranton Post Wins Behind Solid Batting and Late Inning Spurt
Scranton built an early lead as Providence struggled with slow fielding, then Providence narrowed the gap in the eighth with timely hits. A Massey catch in the ninth prevented a potential tying rally as Scranton won 8 to 3.
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Baseball notes from the league standings and players
Rain washed out New England games as Chicago and the home club share fourth place. The Spiders trail Cincinnati by three points. Klobedanz may start in New York. Jennings of Baltimore still leads batting. Burkett close seconds. Hamilton is Boston’s top local at No 15. Duffy’s St Louis series record has only fallen once this season. Delehanty totaled seventeen bases in July. Barnie projects earnings of 6000 to 8000 for Hartford this season.
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Boston
Hamilton
Duffy
St. Louis
Delehanty
Barnie
Boxing Gossip Shows Matchup and Weight Debate
Boxing gossip tracks Tommy White versus George Dixon with Tom Sharkey nearby, noting White’s inch advantage over Sharkey in a group photo. It cites weights 122–125 for White and 180–185 for Sharkey, and reports Eddie Connolly’s hopes for new bouts against Maurice Hagerstrom and Ernst, plus past incidents and legal tangles involving boxers and clubs.
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Bob
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Indoor mile and half mile wins at Waltham meet
Roxbury P. Carroll won the mile run in 5 minutes 25 seconds and the half mile in 2 minutes 45 seconds at the Waltham Athletic Club indoor games on April 23. The report also notes other events including English long-distance amateur championship at Southport on August 15 won by W Green of Liverpool in 2 hours 33 minutes 15 seconds with T Horgan second.
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Two More Firsts in National Circuit Meet at Keene
Tom Butler earned two national circuit victories in Keene New Hampshire as the first meet in the state on the national circuit featured multiple heats. JE M Blake set the state half mile record 58 seconds while Ludwig won the two mile amateur handicap and other pilots claimed wins in mile events and professional heats.
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Wells
Clark
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Pratt
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Fuller
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Fred Loughead
Sarnia
Ont
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Arthur Gardiner
J. Fitzgerald
Manchester
Columbia
Henry Clark
Denver
A. C. Mertens
St. Paul
Eddie McDuffie
E. M. Blake
Warwick
J. T. Kelleher
Springfield
Robert Ludwig
R. F. Ludwig
W. F. Chabot
Westboro
J. Rubhert
Winchendon
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L A W BOARD Handles New Clubs and Highway Debate
At the Massachusetts division quarterly meeting of the L A W at Youngs last night Chief Consul Sterling Elliott presided. Two new clubs joined the roll and the group discussed Cot age City meet expenses and a broken street lamp plus moving fireworks to the Vineyard. The division approved a 500 appropriation with 41.74 overspend covered by a supplementary sum. G A Perkins reported letters sent to civies about local candidates on the roads issue and Elliott disclosed interest from several candidates seeking endorsement. A potential Highway Commission head sought a 1 000 000 state highway appropriation next year. The new elections committee was formed: Reuben Swan A M Lloyd A G Frothingham J S Dean Spencer T Williams F S Mc Causland.
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Cotage City
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F. S. McCausland
Racing at Saugus Ended by Rain After Six Heats
Rain and heavy wind halted afternoon program at the Saugus track with six heats completed. Madeline Pollard drew lame in the 2:13 pace and trailed Mignon. Greenhorn won the 2:29 pace with Landlord and Nelly S. among early bettors. Remaining heats unfinished as track mud hindered pacers and times.
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Bicycle Notes On Postponed Race And Japanese Market Rumor
The Post reports EK J Porter of Peabody says the road race is postponed to Sept 25 with a prize list of thirty plus. Start at 2:30. Berkeley C. C. changes course due to train frequency. eleven mile loop with entries open tonight. Also notes on Dorchester five mile race entries, Yokohama letters about Japanese bicycle prices, and L A W membership figures and comparisons between Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
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Bryan Accepts Democratic Nomination Letter
William Jennings Bryan publishes his letter accepting the Democratic nomination from Lincoln Nebraska on September 9, outlining his pledge not to seek re-election, indorsement of the party platform, support for a monetary policy favoring greenbacks, arbitration in labor disputes, and opposition to trusts and undesired immigration. He emphasizes local self government, defense of the Constitution, and territorial reforms toward statehood for New Mexico Oklahoma and Arizona.
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Bryan
Stephen M. White
United States
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Republic
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Oklahoma
Arizona
Hobart Accepts Republican Nomination for Vice Presidency
Paterson NJ September 9 1896 Hon Garrett A Hobart issues his acceptance letter endorsing the Republican platform on currency warning against free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. He argues fiat money would destroy value spark international distrust and threaten public and private debt and national stability.
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N. J
Garrett A. Hobart
United States
Mexico
Chicago
Gannett Wins Ladies Golf Title in Manchester
Miss C. S. Gannett defeated Miss N. C. Sargent one hole to win the ladies championship at Manchester. A close match between Miss H. S. Curtis and Mrs. J. Warren Morrill was halted by rain at the ninth hole and will resume tomorrow with the winner facing Miss Gannett in the finals Friday.
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Mass
C. S. Gannett
N. C. Sargent
H. S. Curtis
J. Warren Morrill
Miss Gannett
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