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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1898
Page
3
Unclear play by play note lists Dunn and Kitson with innings 1 and 3. Bases left: Brooklyn six, Baltimore eight. Hit by pitch Robison. Umpires Lynch and Andrews. Time 58 minutes. Attendance nine hundred.
Washington report notes Weyhing struggled with control as the visitors played raggedly. The game was halted due to darkness with 400 in attendance and an unfinished score.
Providence 10 Springfield 4. Toronto 6 Ottawa 0. Wilkesbarre 7 Syracuse 0. Paterson 8 Allentown 6 Paterson 1. Richmond 6 Reading 5. Montreal 10 Buffalo 8.
In a National League race note Boston defeats New York 3 to 0 at the South End grounds. Nichols pitched for Boston while Rusie started for the Giants. Long Lowe and Collins starred in defense as Boston capitalized on Giants errors and weak hitting.
Cincinnati report notes the Reds bunched hits in the second and fifth innings to secure the victory. Katell from the Atlantic League pitched the last three innings. Attendance was 3836. The final score is not included in the readable text.
In New York on Sept 9 the Brooklyn team defeated the Baltimores in an error filled game. Kitson and Demont contributed miscues and two timely singles sealed the victory.
Cleveland plans a return challenge akin to Frank Selee's era while Lawrence-Baltimore faces Brooklyn and Lawrence-Boston tops Louisville. The Giants play the final home game at 3. Local notes include the Brighton Y M C A and Berkeley Cycle Club meeting at 3, plus pitches Pogan and Connell seeking engagements in Malden Mass.
Spike Sullivan was arrested on a charge of assault brought by Billy Hill known as the Pickaninny. The fight stemmed from insults about Spike’s boxing and unsettled accounts from a Union A. C. picnic and ticket sales where Hill claims owed money. Sullivan was held for trial in $200.
The Pastime A C Chelsea election names J. Brown as president F Cassidy as vice president Steve Mahoney as secretary W Forrester as treasurer and J Ford as financial secretary. The club plans its fourth annual ball in November.
Oscar Gardner known as the Omaha Kid stopped Sam Bolen in the tenth round at Lenox A. C. in New York. The 122 pound bout featured sharp exchanges with Gardner dominating from early rounds and delivering a decisive left hook to Bolen’s body. The card opened with a ten round bout where Harry Harris defeated George Ross.
Jim Corbett continues hard training in Asbury Park traveling to Long Branch for a four round spar with Steve O'Donnell. He works with assistants Tom Lansing Charley White Connie McVoy and others to reach top condition for the McCoy fight.
Frank Erne and Kid Lavigne near final tuneups for the world lightweight championship clash at Hawthorne Club Monday night. Lavigne aims to weigh at least two pounds lighter, while friends doubt a cinch. Sixteen arc lights to be tested tonight as prefight buildup peaks.
In Stoughton on September 9 a series of boxing bouts took place at S. of V. Hall drawing local crowds and showcasing several rising fighters. Competition featured multiple matchups with decisive outcomes reflected in rapid, hard-hitting rounds.
The event drew solid crowds with evenly matched pairs. The highlight was a four round battle between Chick Monahan and Tim Murphy that stayed hot from bell to bell. Other bouts included DeBarry versus Davenport Lang versus Bradley Horn against Jackson Downey versus Reardon and an exhibition by Doherty and Bailey.
In Wheeling West Virginia on September 9 Leslie Co Pearce Philadelphia lightweight stopped Jim Fogarty Texas Cyclone middleweight in a finish contest at catenweights Pearce pressed the attack throughout and secured a knockout in the nineteenth round leaving Fogarty defeated as the favored rival weighed more and Pearce fought hard to win.
Boxing gossip says Newark bantam Jack Ward faces Chicagoan Harry Forbes at 114 pounds in Brooklyn tonight for a Pelican A. C. purse. Forbes, though untested east of the Mississippi, has impressed in matches against tough foes, while Ward is rugged and capable of punishing hard.
Star Pointer lowered the Charter Oak Park track record to 2:00 1 2 in the mile event, with quarters at 0:80 1 4, 1:01, 1:31 1 4. Close calls marked the 2:08 pace and 2:13 trot heats, while Bingen won the mile and Quadriga captured the 2:08 pace. Two races were unfinished and will close tomorrow morning.
Report notes Mr Paine delaying interviews during a stop at his country home in Weston, a pattern observed in his public engagements and consistent with his customary approach to media requests.
Arrivals for the big championship preview the Morristown New Jersey course as 120 entries brace for a 36 hole preliminary next Monday. Top 32 will vie for the championship cup with famed players like Charles B. Macdonald Walter Travis Findlay Douglas and others among the entrants. Local favorites John I Blair Jr A W Thurston Marsh C F Watson and Percy Pyne II also participate.
John T. Dougherty, manager of Matty Matthews, posts a forfeit to stage a 188-pound class bout with any rival in the country. Matthews seeks a stronger showing at 138 pounds after a recent loss to Mysterious Billy Smith, who weighed 142. He drops plans to travel to San Francisco to meet Tom Tracy, Olympic A. from that city, who has already paired Lavigne and Tracy.
At Narragansett Park on September 9 Frank Rysdyk swept the 2:18 pace in three heats with best 2 11 4, Whilderness rode to an easy 2:18 1 2 in the 2:25 trot, and Slavonic won the 2:13 pace after two early losses with 2:10 1 2.
The light harness brigade sets a big clash next Wednesday at Rigby Park as Chehalis the horse of the year meets Joe Patchen in a pacing race for 2500 a side. Both contenders are at peak form and a new pacing record is highly possible.
J Malcolm Forbes of Boston visited Bristol Rhode Island to meet Nat Herreshoff for nearly two hours fueling talk of a Boston syndicate to challenge Morgan Iselin. A possible Paine alliance with Forbes for a new defender is mentioned, with both declining to confirm aims.
The Irish National Athletic Association's picnic success hints at a large indoor professional games series this winter. McGillicuddy’s suspension for unsanctioned play pleases amateurs and many sprinters who oppose shady methods. Holmes the English swimmer’s water exit remark is treated skeptically. Yale football candidates will report Sept 20 in New Haven. Enterprise A A faces Huron A A of Cambridge. contact Forest L Grose. Jockey Tod Sloan’s England trip follows W C Whitney canceling his contract. Red Top Harvard training quarters on the Thames sold to Consolidated railroad. new quarters planned above the old site.
The Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club hosts a handicap race on the club course in Dorchester Bay this afternoon starting at 3 30. Five prizes will be awarded to top finishers.
Veterans of the Boston Bicycle Club gathered at Warren Street and Walnut Avenue Roxbury to begin the twentieth annual Wheel Around the Hub. The ride traced to Jamaica Pond West Roxbury Dedham Sharon Massapoag Lake Hotel and Nantasket Beach with night stops and speeches by Captain Weston and numerous members ending tomorrow morning in Boston.
Jamaica Plain riders Joe Downey and George Hicks accept paced race challenges with five to ten miles and 12 miles respectively. A big century ride by the Metropolitan Wheelmen to Providence promises satisfaction. London track records update and world girdlers reach London after 19 237 miles. Teddy Edwards suspends riding due to illness while aiming for 366 centuries in a year. A C C meet in Chicago reports a 15 mile paced race. Reading hosts a three day Middlesex East Agricultural Society fair with bicycle racing as a lead attraction.
The Maine State Agricultural Association closed its fair in Lewiston after a week of fine weather and exciting trotting races. Dexter K. faced a foul ruling dropping it from first to sixth in the first heat, drawing a protest from its owner. Peter Q. was distanced for not carrying weight, also protested, and the consolation race for non-winners below 240 entries was not run due to entry misunderstandings.
Champion wrestler Tom Cannon arrived in New York from Liverpool and issued a challenge to Cleveland wonder Tom Jenkins after beating Evan Lewis. He notes readiness for a rematch with Lewis and recalls recent victory over Paul Pons in England.
Kid Wilson of Kansas City fought Jack McConnell of Philadelphia to a finish in a road house bout near Washington. McConnell weighing about 160 pounds was disqualified in the fourth round for fouling.
Marblehead reports the Tunipoo owned by L. Bremer won the day’s sail-off for the Upton cup, securing victory in the series.
Itching burning and crawling skin diseases relieved in minutes by Agnew's Ointment. It soothes cures tetter salt rheum scald head eczema ulcers blotches and eruptions. Also quiets baby irritation and teething rashes. 35 cents a box. Sold by Ward Co and Sheppard Co in Boston.
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