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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1913
Page
10
Boston June 9 Princeton and Yale renew the annual series with a second game at Princeton after a Saturday night storm halted a six inning scoreless tie. Yale already won the first game and hopes to seal the eastern championship by sweeping Princeton and Harvard next week.
Three members of the Australian lawn tennis team jubilant over their Victori Gatorray doubles win in the Davis Cup International series. Doust says rain did not change the result and captain Jones may not replace Horace Rice in the final singles unless McLoughlin loses.
George Hodel of Boston has been offered a twenty round bout with French heavyweight Georges Carpentier. Promoter Vic Breyer plans a $10,000 purse and a Monte Carlo July mid carnival venue, with acceptance telegrams sent from New York. Outcome hinges on Breyer's decision expected today.
German athletic authorities copy the English plan to award gold silver and bronze medals for broad all round performance. Five groups include swimming gymnastics jumping running fencing rowing tennis wrestling and more. Bronze for moderate five events. silver for four year repeats. gold for eight year repeats or one test after 52.
Bridgeport celebrates Ray Keating as New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 3 to 2 at the Polo Grounds. Fans arrive by special trains, escort police march with band, gifts include a diamond ring, loving cup, silver bat and bouquets. Keating shines six innings before Dan iels drives in tying run and Peckinpaugh delivers winning hit in ninth as Mayor Wilson and others greet the players.
A newly patented truss with no understraps or hip pressure is advertised for bath wear. The Comfort Truss Co offers a 30 day trial from Office 208 Warner Building Bridgeport with Sunday hours 10 to 12 a m and weekdays 2 to 3 p m.
Farriers Day at Meadowbrook Westbury. American and English polo teams prepare for the opening match with about 100 mounts. Harry Payne Whitney resumes captaincy after Foxhall Keene injury as odds even on American victory. possible English lineup changes pending.
The New York Canoe Club will host an international race for its trophy this summer with the Gananoque Canoe and Motor Boat Club of Canada as challenger. Six attempts have failed since 1886, with previous Canadian clubs and London canoeists failing to win. After an eighteen year lapse the silver pitcher returns to the line for another shot across the border.
Franke Schulte, right fielder for the Chicago Nationals, was operated on for removal of a forehead growth. He had intermittent headaches believed caused by a lump formed after being struck by a baseball. He is expected to return to his position today.
Doc More pitched superbly for Springfield as Bridgeport was overwhelmed 10 to 1. Mechanics managed only four hits with Bob Stow collecting two. Dick Tuckey came in fifth and also struggled.
The Remington Yosts defeated St Joseph's in a high scoring contest paced by Loveday's homer and the Yosts 13 hits. Tillerman and Finn pitched and fielded with several errors marking the game as a rugged but productive showcase for Remington Yosts hitters and Middlesex clubing.
Ray Keating returned home by train and was greeted by fans after the Hartford game. Hal Chase faced jeers in Chicago as the White Sox matchup drew boos during his first appearance since Yankee days. Bridgeport heads to Hartford for a two game set before returning home to host Hartford and the Senators. Bob Stow homered twice off More as Springfield led early. Thieves stole from the University of Washington boathouse ahead of the big college regatta. The Australians upset the U S doubles team in Saturday action and Hopper continues to pitch well for New Haven.
A brief box score note records runs made last week totaling 650 with umpire McCann officiating and game time listed as 2 hours.
Former lightweight champion Wolgast injures left thumb during training in Los Angeles. The Wolgast Dundee fight scheduled for Tuesday night is canceled as doctors assess a possible permanent injury that could end his ring career. Wolgast says the game hand was hurt when his sparring partner Kid Snyder drew his elbow into Wolgast’s hand.
Yesterday Chicago beat New York 2 to 1 and Philadelphia edged Cincinnati 2 to 1 with Boston defeating St. Louis 5 to 3. Today New York visits Chicago while Brooklyn travels to Pittsburgh and Boston goes to St. Louis, Philadelphia to Cincinnati.
The ledger shows Jersey City defeating Providence 19 to 4 in an International League game, Newark edging Baltimore 4 to 2, and Rochester beating Montreal 5 to 3, reflecting a busy set of matches across the circuit.
A terse note lists cities paired as Providence with Jersey City and Baltimore with Newark, followed by Montreal with Torono and Buffalo with Rochester, suggesting a regional or symbolic linkage among four pairs.
In the American League, Chicago faces New York, Cleveland meets Boston, St. Louis visits Philadelphia, and Detroit travels to Washington in a set of intercity games reflecting the league slate.
The Eastern Association lists Hartford at New Haven, Springfield at Bridgeport, Waterbury at Pittsfield, and New London at Holyoke, outlining upcoming matchups across four pairings. Each game targets regional clubs in a downtown and state circuit.
Fire began in the basement of a Springfield department store and within two hours razed buildings in the public square, causing damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Local officials investigated the blaze and work crews cleared debris in the aftermath.
Some two score fire chiefs from around the state gathered in Norwich for the Fire Chiefs' club of Connecticut spring meeting. They planned to transact business, attend a luncheon, and tour the city by automobile. Chief Howard L. Stanton of the local department presided.
The article recalls the 1883 debut of the Kentucky track near Cincinnati, noting 7000 spectators on a rainy June day as Leonatus ridden by Isaac Murphy won the Hindoo Stakes in 4.40. It also recounts boxing legends and past heavyweight bouts, highlighting Jeffries, Corbett, and McCoy, and notes Dempsey's 1899 Madison Square Garden farewell appearance and 1909 events.
Bristol reports Edward Brady aged 31 a trolley-car conductor was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when crushed between two trolley cars at Lake Compounde He supervised the second car of a string that had just arrived at the lake.
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