Baseball Matchups Across the League
Boston faces Brooklyn while Cincinnati plays Cleveland. Philadelphia meets Baltimore and Louisville visits Pittsburg. New York travels to Washington and Chicago contests St. Louis.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1896
Page
3
Boston faces Brooklyn while Cincinnati plays Cleveland. Philadelphia meets Baltimore and Louisville visits Pittsburg. New York travels to Washington and Chicago contests St. Louis.
Timely batting and Brooklyns fielding lapses fueled Boston’s victory as Stivetts puzzled the home club. Brooklyn scored two in the first on Jones walk Griffin’s triple and Tenney error on Bonner's fly, plus Corcoran’s fourth inning homer. Griffin, Long, Collins and Bonner starred. attendance 1,000.
New Yorks beat Washington by a wide margin in a game called after six innings due to darkness. Attendance was about 4500. Scoring shows New Yorks with 9 runs in the first six frames and Washington 4, with 11 hits to 6 and 5 errors by Washington. Meekin and Warner opposed Mercer and McGuire.
Baltimore beats Philadelphia 10 to 6 as the champions extend their season lead. Attendance 1318. Hemming and Robinson staff Baltimore with 18 hits, Carsey and Grady handle Philadelphia pitching. Errors: 1 each.
In Pittsburg, Sept 21, Pittsburg and Louisville closed the league season with a doubleheader. The first game featured a pitchers’ duel Hawley against Herman with Pittsburg winning in the eleventh. Dolan’s fielding stood out. Louisville won the second game after a seventh inning assault on Killen, Dolan again earning top honors. Attendance 2,500. Manager Mack signed with Milwaukee for next season.
Cleveland pitchers Cuppy and Dwyer battled Cincinnati hitters as Cleveland built a 4 to 1 victory. Cuppy left with a split finger after Vaughn’s line drive, while Dwyer pitched stoutly. Attendance was reported at 1,100 with 10 hits by Cleveland and 9 by Cincinnati.
In Buffalo on September 21 the Bisons edged Providence with a close margin in a star filled Steinert cup game. Gannon started for the Buffalos and Rudderham for Providence.
Attendance was low at 2000 as both teams plan an early morning departure to Providence for the remainder of the series. The game notes earned runs with Buffalo at five and Providence at three, two-base hits by Wise and Greminger, umpire Gaffney. Time-ih. 3m.
Pittsburg manager Connie Mack resigns to take control of the Milwaukee team next season. Patsey Donovan will replace Mack as Pittsburg manager.
Baseball notes from Boston to Paterson highlight Tom McCarthy batting .250 and nearby schedules. The Giants lead batters with Billy Joyce and Mike Tiernan close behind while Chicago faces a possible team shakeup and Worcester discusses an Eastern League bid.
Fitchburg Massachusetts hosts an open handicap track meet on a new cinder track. Fitchburg Athletic Club wins four firsts led by Remington in the half mile. results include 100 yards, 440 yards, pole vault, shot put, hammer, and a Mizpah Worcester relay victory with detailed times and distances.
Frank Ives of Chicago defeated George Carter in a billiards match at Murphy's Hub Billiard Palace last night by 400 to 128. The event drew about three hundred enthusiasts. Ives displayed brilliant touches including a long masse and a final draw to reach a high score as crowds applauded.
The Hopkins billiards display by Hoppe drew a large crowd last night at 1156 Washington Street. Willie and Frank Murray Irwin showed strong scoring runs and finished with Willie 150 points and Frank 120. Hoppe offers 25 to any pool player who can defeat his two boys as they plan to play daily afternoons and evenings.
A week long golf contest begins at Lenox links Pittsfield with sixty entries and fifty ties. Arthur H. Fenn of Aiken South Carolina wins the cup presented by Mrs W D Sloane in eighty five strokes. Cornelia Barnes wins the ladies cup in medal play after Miss Lila Sloane did not submit a score. The Lenox cup worth fifty cents is scheduled for tomorrow.
Tom Shields of Chicago and Professor Wiley were matched for a twenty one at tacks on foot broadsword contest. The match is for ten dollars a side and the men will meet today to post payment and fix the date and venue.
Rigby Park in Portland hosts a fast program led by Jupe owner D A Snell of New Bedford as the 2 year olds trot a new mark of 2 1 4 for 2 year olds beating Billy Bretton's Lexington record. Van Zandt wins the 2 40 trot in straight heats amid a strong field including Straight Line.
John L Sullivan, followed by a large mastiff, tried to board a West End streetcar on Brook avenue at Dudley street. Conductor William Humphrey barred the dog as rules required and Sullivan struck him, was arrested at Station 9, and later released on bail.
Steve O'Donnell defeated Frank Slavin in five rounds at Empire A. C. Maspeth L I. Slavin’s seconds quit after 1 minute 35 seconds of the fifth round. Slavin cited injuries from a Thursday fall and aimed to please backers amid rumors of condition.
Thomas O'Donnell of Nonantum was riding on Adams street when his bicycle struck an obstruction and he was thrown to the ground. He lies paralyzed in back and legs with possible lifelong injuries.
East Boston hosts a large crowd at Mystic Park for annual driving races. Juliet, Hector, Annie C., and Little D. win multiple heats in special class and free-for-all trotting and pacing events amid a lively program with old-time and modern harness styles.
Captain Edgar N Wrightington led Harvard football candidates through regular fall practice on Soldiers Field. Key returnees included Norman Cabot John Dunlop Norton Shaw and backs Mills 99 and Swain with N Shaw Heague Cabot Dunlop assisting. Head Coach Waters absent but expected soon as daily sessions run 10 am and 3 30 pm.
Football items list upcoming games and football figures from Tufts Exeter East Boston High School and Emmanuel Club. Mentions upcoming New England Interscholastic Association meeting September 26 and Maine State College schedule with Bowdoin Colby Bates and New Hampshire State College all at Orono Lewiston Waterville dates.
Williams College released its football schedule with games at Williamstown and away venues. Highlights include matches against Laureates of Troy, Phillips Andover, Harvard, Yale, Syracuse, Bowdoin, Amherst for a championship, and Dartmouth, spanning September 26 through November 21.
The bay mare Marietta and brown mare Miss Lida, owned by Henry O. Havemeyer of New York, driven at Burr's Driving Park Commack L I, beat the world team record with a second trial time of 2 12 1 4 though the track was heavy and slow.
Saugus and Rigby start today with Mystic meeting planned for the second week of October Readville then follows Combination Joe Patchen shipped West to start against time on Western tracks Colonel John E Thayer s two year old Joan gelding Moth Miller by Alcantara recently set a Readville track record Kola a bay colt by Stami M TM joined the list after a Readville heat time 2 29 2 Star Pointer with Robert J and Frank Ryan returns to Rigby this week If the Maine parlor track is sound the world pacing record could fall Pointer in peak form.
Edward Hayes Sons and 60, note brokers operate from No 611 Exchange Building in Boston. The entry lists a firm address and business type without additional details.
Charley Bean travels via Boston from New York toward Franklin Falls New Hampshire as he forecasts Tommy Conneff’s stronger race record with Bacon. Ellery H Clark enters NCAA AAU championships and yacht Gloriana reaches Marblehead Harbor after a storm.
Boxing figure Bob Fitzsimmons was arrested at the Bartholdi Hotel on a misdemeanor charge tied to arranging a prize fight in Philadelphia. He pleaded not guilty at General Sessions Court and posted bail. Corbett, training for a fight with Sharkey, called the arrest a shame and denied intent to be arrested.
North End political circles await a flag-raising for Charlie Ballem’s new banner at 224 Commercial Street tomorrow evening. The banner mirrors John F. Fitzgerald and his re election bid, with a photograph kindly sent to the Post as an accurate reproduction.
The two thirds mile handicap at Westboro is listed with riders and yardage from Kerrison. Stephen S. Anderson trains to beat the Boston to New York record. Secretary A. E. Pattison of Pope Manufacturing resigns due to ill health after Europe trip. Nat Smith and partner return to Boston for chutes exhibitions at Boyton's. A sextuplet team sets a half mile record at Charles River Park in 48 1/2 seconds, tying a Chillicothe mark. Frank Bemis has a note awaiting.
Eighteen members of the New York Athletic Club, led by host Mr Elliott Burris of Westboro Massachusetts, journeyed from Boston and Auburndale through Westboro and Northboro amid heavy rain and warm hospitality. The trip featured a grand dinner at Humber Works and a festive return via Boston Park System, highlighting Burris’s entertaining prowess.
Frank Rgan and Star Pointer have been matched for a $2000 stake at Rigby Park, Portland, on Wednesday afternoon. Rgan clocked 2 033 4 and Star Pointer 2 021 2 in their recent times.
Boston and Albany railroad plans an autumn trip to New York via Albany and the Hudson River, returning by the Fall River line. The Tuesday October 6 excursion offers a round trip fare of 0%00, touted as best value for money.
A notice advertises boxing instruction by Prof. Shaw at 181 Tremont Street with special rates. It invites callers in September to inquire by phone or letter for terms.
The touring Australians defeated the Philadelphia Gentlemen Cricketers by 123 runs after three days of play. Giffen and Kelly starred for Australia with steady scores, while Clark held the local innings with 35 not out as Philadelphians struggled to reach their required totals.
Election commissioners completed a recount across wards with minor corrections. Curtis, heading the Horace G. Allen ticket, narrowly defeated Frye for Alderman, while several ward delegate tallies were adjusted but did not alter overall outcomes. Recount progress indicates wards 10 12 and 18 to be retabulated next.
Hartford report says three fires in Enfield yesterday were incendiary. Major Hathaway lost nineteen cattle. Mrs. Hathaway known as Grace Appleton wrote for magazines and feared her poems were destroyed. A manuscript of Harold Hathaway’s poems, nearing publication, was also likely lost.
An advertisement from Union Hat Company at 129 Hanover Street corner of Union promotes a Derby Hat feature priced at 32 with a claim of higher quality than rival stores in Boston offering $3 hats. The firm highlights a fine assortment of styles and colors and invites buyers to visit 139 Hanover Street to compare.
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