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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
8
Reports from New Haven Waterbury and Bridgeport include results and postponements with notes on players such as Dummy Deegan Mike McAndrews Rue Pollard and Eddie Lennox. Mentions of Hoey Wells Lennox and Wells highlight Connecticut league activity and a Springfield game upcoming with the Ponies.
A historic baseball clash featured a double by O Day and Smalling along with consecutive hits by Fin nerty and Smalling and by Miller and Duin bar. Pitcher Kelly, Parks, Sey fert pitched, time 2 10, attendance around 1000. Dire Hartley.
RHE box score snippets list players Reulbach Moran Costa Eastman East O Rourke and Meyers Deegan Kocher Crutch Sindler Bridges and others. Scattered sequences show runs hits and errors amid a crowded ledger with references to Authors and teams.
South Ends edged Newfields 13 to 9 as Frank White was struck hard by a line drive at Meadows yesterday. Pete Ver returned after a two season layoff to contribute for South Ends, with Farrell and Fin providing steady batting for Newfields.
Amateur basketball report by Dick Barrett notes St Charles dropped a 3 nil contest in the Park City League. Pop Moran is criticized for losing nerve after the defeat. the article hints at quitting prospects.
The Diamonds beat the Centrals 6 to 3 at the Flats Sunday. Seasides defeated Sound views 11 to 5 and will play Madison A C next Sunday. The Knowlton Streets challenge any 6 or 17 year old team for a game next Sunday. Phil Kendrick, bantamweight champ of England, to meet Phil Kern in six rounds in Philadelphia. Stanley Ketchell vs Jack O'Brien slated for next Wednesday in Philadelphia. Ketchell vows to box and push O'Brien. Oxford A C defeated American A C 9 to 4 with umpire’s calls noted. Boston fight fans await Hermmeen versus Theodore of New York for 13 rounds.
In front of an estimated crowd over 5000, the West Ends defeated the New York Colored Giants 13 to 10. North Ends hammered Brooksides 11 to 2 at Baston Freight Yards as Maplewoods fell 13-4 to Westerns at Bostwick Flats. Orioles beat Ansonia 6-3 in their second meeting after a 1-0 win by Ansonia. Steve Vogt suffered a compound fracture of the middle finger while trying to field a ball in Long Hill. he was treated at the local emergency hospital.
Kansas City reports Johnny Kling may join the Cubs if he receives his share of 310000 prize money. Kling rejected Chicago dispatches claiming he would not report this month or in December and had no intention of moving to Chicago.
The Industrial League standings keep Union Typewriter Co. atop with undefeated record after Saturday’s play. Jackel in the box sparked a win for Yost, Crane No. 2 controlled the Cartridge shop boys before fading, and Singer vs Brass Co. produced a ten inning marathon with Sewing Machine youths tallying four runs in the last round. Next Saturday’s schedule features Singer Co. versus Warner Bros and U.M. C. Co. against Crane No. 1, with Brass Co. clashing Crane No. 2 and Yost meeting A B Co.
The week ends with thirteen men in the .300 club as Red McKenna of Hartford slips and Pop Rising of Spr ingfield rises as the leader. Maggert of Springfield joins the list with Pastor, Watlie, Sprild, and Mason, while New Britain and New Haven remain the top hitting teams, Waterbury close behind. The Hitless Wonders of Hartford trail the pack as Bridgeport sits third, Holyoke close behind, and Clifton?
A large St Patrick's Church crowd attended Fathers James B Moran native of this city receive his first blessing at a solemn high mass. The service featured candles ornate altar decor and a sermon by Rev Francis J Duffy praising Moran and the priesthood. Moran will be assigned to a New York church soon after ordination at St Patrick's Cathedral.
Dr Diomede Petillo, a New York City Board of Charities member, addressed Italians at Lyceum Hall on The Great White Plague. Dr Fresco of New York spoke as well. An invitation was extended for delegates to attend Fairfield County Anti Tuberculosis Society meetings.
John J. Flanagan of the Irish American Athletic Club set a new world record for the sixteen pound hammer from a seven foot circle at Celtic Park Long Island City. He threw 174 feet 3 1/2 inches, surpassing Matthew Morett of the New York Athletic Club who had 173 feet 7 inches set in 1907. Mc Grath finished second with 161 feet 9 inches.
Peter Young Evans of this city, fresh from capturing the South welterweight championship by KOing Jimmy Kuere "Greek Jimmy Ryan" who died shortly after, plans a Paris trip. Manager Charles O'Dell will arrange bouts in his class on the other side. Evans has won five notable bouts in the South since his last visit, including knockouts of Bob Smiley, Tommy Kelley, and Joe Percenti, with other decisions against Gus Gardner and Greek. Evans’ brother Dominick lives at 112 Congress Street.
A pocketbook containing 41,000 francs is found by a chair mender named Henaud in Montreux and then the notes are shuffled through a trio of accomplices with a 600 franc profit before a horse theft links them to arrest in Paris. Also told are a Dark Dungeon tale from 1862 involving General Naglee and Colonel Marston, a Richmond judge’s pistol tale ending in a fine, and a curious Byfield land letting ritual where locals bid around a table for seasonal rights.
A fragmentary ad extols Frisbie Pie as a satisfying dinner addition. Executor Mary C. Russell of Southport, Connecticut, signs the notice, urging readers to order today.
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