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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1909
Page
8
Indianapolis Speedway hosts a national racing meet with prize cup as the centerpiece. Vander and Cole will compete in a two lap test segment, part of the day’s events.
Live baseball tips headline the day in New Britain offering betting style guidance for today's games. Local readers seek quick actionable insights and matchups highlighted for the afternoon and evening events at area ballparks.
The article describes a 328 acre speedway park with forty one buildings including grandstands galas and offices. It features a five mile gravel track using 300000 gallons of asphalt oil and can park ten thousand cars. The grounds will hold 200000 people with 25000 seat capacity and fourteen foot banked turns. Connecticut League standings follow with Hartford Holyoke Waterbury New Britain New Haven Northampton Springfield Bridgeport and others.
Island Brooks proves right to play as South Ends match postponed. North Amherst beat Bridgeport and Meadowlarks continue winning streak with a five of seven week. O Rourke releases Pitcher Foreman from Connie Mack. new pitcher arrives today. Cy Perkins injures ankle sliding at Holyoke, out for season. 23rd homer leads league. Giants thwart Ed Reulbach after 14 straight wins. Jack Collins sold to Chicago for 3000 dollars. fracture jaw delays return.
Baseball roundup from New England League action highlights Island Brooks beating Lenox A C 18 to 4 with Jackson allowing four hits. Detroit and Chicago tallied eight to one in the same Sunday slate. Other standings and results include Crosstown Chicago and New York, and Boston and Cleveland in American League play.
Slats Sweeney surged with a dozen hits in six games, signaling a steady role on the Orator staff. Cy Miller added ten hits boosting his average, while Rocher returned from Philadelphia showing improved framing and contact. G. F. Touchard and Robert Leroy of New York entered the field as contenders. Bridgeport and Holyoke matchups populate the week’s schedule with Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury and Northampton also on the docket.
Holyoke and Bridgeport split Saturday doubleheader at Newfield Park. First game went 7 6 in favor of the Orators. Artie Romer allowed few runs as Freddie Gibbs delivered scattered power. Second game tied 4 4 until the ninth when Bridgeport exploded for three runs behind Kane and three hits.
Industrial League standings show Ms 825 5 500 3 and As n 28 to 3 as leaders. Saturday games list 7A & B vs Singers at Newfield UMC vs Brass Co. at Crane Crane No 1 vs Crane No 2 at New Yost vs Warner Brothers at Yost. Also reports of Crane No 5 victory over Warner Brothers 11-1 and Singers winning over the Gunmakers.
Corset makers routed Locomobiles at Seaside as Locos faltered early allowing one run in the first three innings. O’Gara held back the Locomobile offense while Collins starred at third with five errors. Batchellers and Bowden combined for an errorless pitching effort, Batcheller delivering a 10 to 1 win as Klein’s scratch hit was the lone blemish.
In an amateur baseball matchup Tom Kelly of the Letter Carriers hurled a masterly game with 16 strikeouts as they defeated the Post Office Clerks 3 to 0. Jimmy Curren fanned six for the Clerks. Earlier the West End boys club fell to the Clovers in a hard contest with Harry Frank striking out four times.
A clipping touts a new absorption method to cure piles at home. It quotes Rist TM of the West En boys club praising the treatment and promises free guidance on self care. The fragmentary text hints at endorsements and a sales pitch aimed at readers seeking relief.
United Press reports Newport hosts the National Tennis Tournament starting tomorrow with 16 players entered, breaking previous records for number of tries. The field includes 12 more entrants anticipated from LOOT and other regions.
South Ends pitcher ocky Farrell hurled a solid game as Mud Flats fell behind 8 to 7. West Ends rolled past White Plains of New York with a 10 to 4 victory yesterday afternoon, highlighting strong hitting and fielding.
The Den il, owned by George W. Hoadley, covered 30 miles in 1 hour 35 minutes 47 seconds at 21 mph on a choppy course. Vim, by George W. Baker Jr., failed to appear. In 15 foot sailboat class, Coet, Henry A. Bishop, won first. Bittern, Roderick McNeil, second. Duck, F. Bedford Greens Farms, took first in the second race, followed by Short, Lieut. Short of Greens Farms.
Edward Payson Weston, age not specified in full, announces plans to attempt a New York to San Francisco walk in 100 days. He arrives from San Francisco and notes his recent 3 mile segment shows no ill effects. He intends to begin again early next year after missing the original deadline.
The Corinthians defeated Annex A. C. 8 to 7 at Avon Park in a tense contest. Nevins sparked a ninth inning rally that produced four runs while Rykmaan homered with two aboard for Annex and Offinger drove in two in the ninth to clinch it. Batteries Baxter Offinger Murphy McCarty. Corinthians challenge St Joseph Jrs next Saturday at Avon Park. John Graham Jr. manages the Corinthians.
Cincinnati star catcher Larry McLean will miss the rest of the season after a knee cap fracture suffered in a collision at the plate with Roy Thomas during the second game of a double header with Boston. If surgery fails to save the knee his playing career may end.
President Taft braved heavy rain in Beverly Massachusetts while golfing at the Miami Jinks course. He played alongside John Hayes Hammond Charles P Taft and General Adel Bartlett as rain intensified and the party continued the round despite the downpour.
A collection of odd notes recounts a Russian admiralship symbol linked to Peter the Great and a white cross badge. The piece notes old cross designs, a Norwegian-like cross, and a lingering village wake dance lineage in Bromley. It also touches on various curious Victorian era anecdotes and social quips from Liverpool and London World style reporting.
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