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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1913
Page
10
Giants hold edge over Athletics in fielding options with Charlie Herzog on the bench. Athletics once rewired positions as Barity’s injury forced Oldring from the outfield to cover infield gaps.
An old fashioned remedy critique urges mothers to switch to California Syrup of Figs for children's stomach and liver cleansing. It claims the fruit laxative is pleasant for kids, cleanses bowels, sweetens the stomach, and can prevent sickness tomorrow. Warns buyers to buy only from California Fig Syrup Company and beware counterfeits.
The piece weighs in on Giants infield depth with Herzog benched and Shafer stepping in on the Western trip, while Athletics face potential outfield changes and the impact of crowd nerves on Burns and Oldring. It notes Burns rising through bench work to a regular role and compares outfield strength and baserunning between the clubs with emphasis on Lapp Schang catching duties.
Frank J Marshall, United States champion, defeated Oldrich Duras of Bohemia in the first of a five game series at the Manhattan Chess Club after 36 moves. Capablanca led the rapid tournament with five straight wins, Marshall placed second with four, and Duras and Kupcik tied for third. Kupcik won the playoff.
At Pilgrim Hall yesterday the Boston Theatrical Stage Employees Union elected Edward Reynolds John J Barry Thomas Callahan Fred Dempsy and James O Rourke as delegates to the district convention to be held in Manchester Minnesota on October 12 It is expected that national president Charles C Shea of New York will attend and oversee important business.
John Q. Battis won the Boston Typographical Union 13 secretary post with 177 votes, defeating Weldon I. Crosman who had 41. Joseph J. Dallas resigns to become New England organizer of the International Typographical Union and will leave after a month.
The executive board of Team Drivers Union No. 26 met to act on grievances in several barns. All issues were reported as adjusted with no further action. International Vice President Harry P. Jennings spoke to the committee and Nathaniel J. Lannon reported returning from Indianapolis as an international union auditor.
The international convention of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers should finish by tomorrow night after a record session length. The law committee will push to make operators a department with autonomy over trade affairs and equal rights for women in unions, not sub locals of men’s unions.
At yesterday's Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department Teamsters and Helpers Union meeting, it was reported that street sweeping machine drivers wages were raised to 2.75 a day and that 2 percent men on the regular extra list for some time have been made permanent.
A Boston Newsboys Union meeting discussed the new child labor law restricting sales by boys under 16 during school hours and limiting street presence before 5 a m and after 9 p m. The group formed a committee to study effects locally and requested information from other cities.
A Milk Wagon Drivers Union meeting in Wells Memorial building approved paying full wages to strikers at Graustein Co. stables in Charles Town. The union plans to maintain pay during the strike and will assess each of the 500 local members weekly until international strike benefits arrive.
Trade unions across Boston area report wage gains and year round Saturday half holiday for workers. Rail and street departments award raises and five dairies announce benefits. State board conciliation conducts cloak and skirt strike talks with Frank H. McCarthy and Joseph Rudy. Abraham Rosenberg to lead strike action for the union today.
A breezy collection of sports lore and satire touches on McGraw taunting fans over pennants, speculators in New York and Philadelphia, umpiring bias notes, and quirky notes about Pat Nelson Maine woods and Ouimet’s golf antics. The piece closes with quiet Cleveland and a joking jury verdict.
Tufts classmen face off in a morning match on the old campus at 10 45 as freshmen and sophomores contest for the flag amid a hazing ban. The event marks the first wrestling clash of the year between the two classes under faculty rules.
Fifty one top freshmen and fifty one top sophomores will clash in a five minute match near Boston for sole possession of the single point that decides the freshman flags. The outcome hinges on securing that critical point, which has repeatedly determined the winner in recent years.
A medical advertisement claims Dr Williams' Pink Pills build up the blood improve appetite and digestion brighten the eyes color cheeks and quicken the step. It describes the pills as a doctor's prescription sold worldwide in uniform packages with directions and promises reliable improvement when used as directed.
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