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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1895
Page
3
Boston players collide with umpire after scoring burst as Hoffer exits the game and Esper suffers a rough setback. The Orioles fail to respond with a counterattack.
Attendance record not shown as play halted in the eighth inning with two out and two men aboard. Time marked at 35 minutes before the game was called by umpire Miah Murray.
Louisville and St Louis split a doubleheader in Louisville with a pitchers contest in game one won by St Louis 4 to 2 and game two decided by Louisville 9 to 2 due to heavy hitting and key errors. Breitenstein pitched for St Louis while Kissinger struggled for Louisville in the nightcap. Attendance was about 1000.
Local showdown between Baltimore and Boston ends with a seven inning game due to darkness. Brodie incites fight leading to a $100 fine and removal, while Boston’s Hoffer is hit hard by Dolan and Ryan. Harrington and Duffy make sparkling defensive plays as New York prepares to visit.
Pittsburgs take the league finale beating Chicago 9 to 7 in Pittsburg. Home club led early and withstood a late ninth inning push from Chicago. Attendance 70. Score details show Pittsburgs 9 Chicago 7 with three errors by each side. Batteries Gardner Merritt and Friend Donohue.
Cleveland wins a 10 to 9 game after a late rally in the eighth inning. Rhines was relieved by Driver after being knocked out. Wallace and Cuppy subbed earlier, with Young holding Cincinnati to two hits. Attendance listed as 500.
The home team won over Brooklyn as Washington compiled 11 hits to 11 for Brooklyn and Demont starred with flawless fielding. Mercer kept opponents' hits scattered while Joyce hit a home run. The game ended after eight innings due to darkness, with Washington scoring 6 and Brooklyn 3.
Springfield defeats Providence 9 to 10 after a hard fight in Springfield. Four double plays by Springfield and Providence’s first triple play of the year highlight the game. In the ninth Lynch and Scheffler on base, Gilberts line drive to Cooney ends it. The three games in Springfield earned players 1900 in prize money.
Fall River won the game by a late eighth inning surge as Klobedanz pitched well. Final score Fall River 11 Newport 5 with 14 hits to 5 errors. Batteries Klobedanz Rupert Dowdan Burte.
Martin H Burke known as Roger Burke sat in the Ames press box with local baseball enthusiasts. He recently returned from Bar Harbor and admires Jimmy Bannon. The Hancocks and Hilltops face off at Somerville Y M C A grounds to decide who bears the Charlestowns name next year. Brodie has been ejected five times this season and has spent much of his salary on fines.
Rain dampens morning attendance but the Essex Agricultural Society crowd grows. Francis H. Appleton is named president with James V. H. Gregory Oliver S. Butler Horatio G. Herrick Asa T. Newhall as vice presidents and John M. Dan forth secretary. Trustees urged to boost farmer participation and annual trustee elections. Expenditures for the permanent location run 7200 to 7300 dollars. An address by Rev. Dr. O. F. Safford precedes tomorrow’s annual dinner and the fair’s closing event.
Over 20 000 spectators watched John R. Gentry win the main pace event in straight heats for a $3000 purse at Milwaukee State Fair Park. The first heat saw a tight finish with Patchen close behind Capel. Gentry led the second heat to win by a narrow margin as Patchen faded. Patchen fell behind early in the third heat, leaving Gentry with a clear field to seal the victory. Agatha and Volney won the 2:18 and 2:24 trots respectively.
Large crowd attends Narragansett Park as four events plus two carryovers race card. Me morial wins two heats in the 2:35 trot with a late break near the wire. Wag and Way split heats. Pedler takes the 2:21 class trot with a fast final half. Clemmie B. sprains an ankle. two races postponed for darkness.
Worcester North fair draws crowds with horse races on a heavy track and a 2 0 Fitchburg Athletic Club loses to Leominster elevens 2 to 0. Races feature Moss Rose winning the 2 28 class in 2 31 1 2, Zenita in 2 33 for 2 35 class, and Marlboro Boy in 2 34 for 2 45 class.
At Brighton Beach on September 8 the six race card produced several photo finishes with times listed. Winners included Cuckoo over Old Dominion for five furlongs, Inquirendo defeating Nicolini at a mile and a sixteenth, and Long Bridge first at one mile with Clarus over Harry Alonzo.
Hartwell and Moffatt finalize Intercollegiate Football Association rule changes for the coming season. A key shift in Section C Rule 30 limits scrimmage starts and sets penalties. Officials gain broader disqualification power and captains control appeals.
Exeter Phillips Exeter Academy began the football season with a 6 to 0 victory against South Berwick. Five veterans sat out but the new material showed promise led by Higley, formerly an Andover tackle, as the team started strong.
Chief Justice James M. Hart of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals discharged Clark, Cavanagh and Bates after two days of argument, ruling Texas has no prohibiting law for pugilistic exhibitions. The Florida Athletic Club can host the big fight and supporting events, with the Governor expected to rest on his laurels.
The column discusses a Texas boxing showdown, purse funding, and promoter doubt, plus community bets on a Louisville versus Chicago game. It recounts Alfred C. Smith’s South Africa boxing anecdotes about James Couper, Jimmy Murphy, and other figures, then notes blackboard betting at Washington Street saloons and ongoing match talks with Tommy Hines, John Daly, and Danny Needham.
The excursion to New York will travel via Albany and the Hudson River, returning along the Far River Line and Boston via the Boston and Albany Railroad. The trip is slated to begin in October.
The trip to New York is scheduled for October 8, with return via Aly and the Hudson River route aboard Fall River Line services. The excursion outlines a round trip by water with intermediate passages referenced.
The Associated Cycling Clubs announce the championship tournament at Waltham next Saturday at 2 30 PM with clubs from Somerville Roxbury Malden Hyde Park Waltham Press and others. Class A five mile and Class B ten mile races feature top riders and prize incentives including a gold medal for the fastest time and club superiority honors.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows met in Atlantic City on September 18. Sovereign Grand Treasurer Isaac A. Sheppard of Philadelphia resigned after nineteen years of service and was replaced by M. Richards Muckle of Pennsylvania, unanimously elected.
Mrs. Cogswell widow of General Cogswell donates thirty six volumes Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the Rebellion to Post 34 G. A. R. in Salem on September 18.
Frank Crocker of 89 Morton Street Somerville, a time keeper for contractor Leavitt, was menaced by unpaid Italian laborers at the Cambridge water works reservoir near the Lincoln line. They locked him in a room and threatened death until payment. Police intervened but no arrests were made.
Fifteen year old Daniel Danforth has disappeared from 254 Lincoln Street Allston. He left Monday morning and was last seen Wednesday claiming a Cambridge job. He has blue eyes light hair a fair complexion and wears a light coat and trousers with a straw hat. He may be away from Boston with little money and no trade to earn a living. Police notified by his anxious parents who fear he has gone far from home.
John Whitman of Waltham Massachusetts was found dead about a mile and a half from Dublin on the Jaffrey road. The cause appears to be heart disease or apoplexy. He had stayed at Lef fingwell's Hotel in Dublin for several days and started for a walk at about two o'clock after a dinner with no one seeing him again. His business address is unknown and the local physician in charge is reticent. Whitman's brother in Waltham has been telegraphed regarding the disposition of the body.
At September meetings of the American Humane Education Society and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, directors passed resolutions praising the late Hon. H. O. Houghton and elected Hon. Henry B. Hill as treasurer of the American Humane Education Society.
Martin Hollis of Three Rivers faced a hearing after shooting Rudolph Scoverea last night. Hollis was held without bail. Scoverea was resting easily and may recover.
Washington reports the Paris Journal claim that ambassadors Eustis and Runyon would swap positions is denied by the State Department.
A music department is planned for Brookline Public Library. A dedicated room will house about 400 volumes including text books biographies and music collections with valuable works donated by publishers.
The Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health will hold its next meeting around Oct. 19 at Brookline Town Hall to discuss the best method for disposing of city and town garbage.
In Fall River on September 18 authorities reveal that Mrs Susan Gibbs of 25 Grove Street died from a pin swallowed and lodged in the abdomen. The physician believes the pin may have remained there for weeks or months.
Cambridge police report 17 year old James Edward Hamilton missing from 54 Midclesex street since Tuesday. He is about 6 feet 7 inches tall, light complexion, weighs 14 pounds, last seen in a black coat, black sweater, and dark trousers.
Local reports say no strike expected next Monday. The Weavers' Union will let members vote Friday night in Music Hall on whether to strike, with ballots for those in good standing and discussion time before a possible decision after 11 p.m. The union totals about 6500 members with funds over 50 000 dollars. weavers alone number 3800 with 16 000 dollars.
The East Boston caulkers secured a decision from the State Board of Arbitration in their favor, upheld their demand for 3.25 dollars per day, after reviewing the dispute with employers in the afternoon session.
Middletown reports the Eastern Tinware Company factory strike in Portland has ended with all workers returning to work. Foreman Charles Blevin who organized the stoppage was discharged.
The Suburban Bank Cashiers' Association met at the Quincy House and, after a paper by D. H. Lowell on cashing checks for nondepositors, voted to prohibit cashing checks at other banks for nondepositors except with proper identification and for a graduated fee. Attendees included EB Kimball Malden, F L Oakes South Framingham, H B White Ayer, B A Robinson Hingham, E H Kennedy North Boston, and others from Chelsea, Quincy, Brookline, Milton, Melrose, and more.
In Springfield on September 18 the general session of the colored Knights Templar conclave in Massachusetts and Rhode Island elected officers led by the reappointment of Rev. M. Van Horn as right eminent grand commander for six years. Additional officers named include W. E. D. G.C. John C. Barnes Providence E. G. G. William H. Jackson Boston E. G. C. G. Mark H. S. Walker Providence E. G. P. Rev. William B. Bowens Worcester E. G. S. W. Cain Howard Boston E. G. J. W. Robert H. Smith Springfield E. G. T. J. A. Porter Boston E. G. R. Joseph H. Monroe Providence E. G. G. B. Fred E. Riddell Providence E. G. S. B. Samuel H. Morris Newport E. G. W. Anthony Providence
The forty seventh annual meeting convened at First Baptist Church Spring Hill Somerville with welcome from Rev J D Fulton pastor of Spring Hill This included cordial notes with Rev Father O Brien of St Catherine s adjacent and condolence letter for ex mayor O Brien s death. Sermons by Rev J J Miller and Rev Nathan E Wood followed by committee reports and closing addresses by Rev J M Hull and Rev E D Burr.
The veteran stage drivers of 180 gathered at the South Gardner Hotel for their annual banquet and reunion. Nineteen members attended the event this afternoon.
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