Home Runs Edge Dan O Neil Club in Bridgeport Victory
Bridgeport defeated New Britain 6 to 2 as Stone struggled after entering for Dan O Neil’s club. Eley hit a homer and drove in three, Buell added a homer and RBI, Gibbs held the Mechanics to six safeties. Litschi and Snyder turned a key double play late to seal the win.
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Wagner
Stone
McCann
Dan O'Neil
New Britain
Bridgeport
Lou Litschi
Benny Kauff
Skipper Eley
Foot Buell
Eley
Buell
Freddy
Litschi
Bee Et Kauff
Pomeroy
Ohio
Benny
Jack Hoey
Kauff
Harvey Russell
Gibbs
Waterman
Cabrera
Hoey
Warner
Dunlop
Berry
Hess
Ryan
Ruell
Birry
Lemieux
Litsch
Mies
Sayer
Sta
Russell
Lanigan
Baseball notes from New Britain era and players
Reports on six club league intrigue with Mike Smalling seeking move to Tri State League. Benny Kauff and Bob Stowe highlight plays for McCann's Mechanics. Pete Wilson returns for Hartford. Lynch released. Rumsey waived. Attendance near 3,500 at Newfield with praise for Wilson and Kauff’s catching. Various NL and minor league updates amid late season chatter.
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Harvey Russell
Old Virginia
Walker
Senators
Purio
Russell
Buell
Hartford
Pete Wilson
Strckers
Pete
Troy
New York
Benny Kauff
Bob Stow
Hugh Reddy
Boston Red Sox
New York Americans
Benny
Newfield
Enthusiastic Sunday Sportsmen Seek Sunday Sports Change
George H. Wood and Thomas Walsh representing a committee seeking legal Sunday sports, spoke with Rev. Gerald H. Beard as signatures for a petition to change the Sabbath rule surpassed 14,000. Rev. F. A. Dillingham preached on Sabbath recreation, warning of commercialism while supporting limited sports use.
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George H. Wood
Thomas Walsh
Gerald H. Beard
Pastor Beard
Messrs. Wood
Walsh
F. A. Dillingham
City League Sames Shuts Out North Ends 4-0 To Lead Standings
Ira Hall reports Steve Darien, famed hara luck heaver, silences the North Ends to lift his team atop the City league. Darien collects three hits as Marty O Connell of the North Ends makes a spectacular one handed homer-robe catch. The Sokols crush the Black Rocks 6 5 at Yost Field with heavy first and eighth innings hitting and flawless defense.
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Ira Hall
Steve Darien
Hara
Darien
Marty O'Connell
Sokols
Black Rocks
Yost Field
Roraback
Rocks
Games Today Brooklyn at Pittsburg in Eastern League
Eastern League results recap with multiple city matchups. Providence beats Montreal 4 3 and Newark defeats Rochester 3 2. Jersey City edges Toronto 3 2. Yosts defeat Eagles 9 5 as White allowed eight hits.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Rochester
Baltimore
Toronto
Buffalo
Eagles
Montreal
Jersey City
Providence
Yosts
Newark
Lot
Rocky Point
Sermon Opens Local Baseball Bill Game in Poughkeepsie
Reverend J W Larkin delivered a sermon as a curtain raiser to a local baseball game yesterday. The service ended with the parishioners singing Play Ball.
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Poughkeepsie
J. W. Larkin
Boxing Cards Highlight Week’s Local Fights
Three boxing events are listed for the week. Dick Hyland of California vs Bert Keyes of New York for 10 rounds at Olympic A. C. tonight. Jimmy Clabby of Milwaukee meets Jeff Smith of Bayonne Thursday night at National Sporting Club. Eddie Murphy of New England vs Sammy Smith of Philadelphia Friday night at 20th Century ACL New York. June 19 Platt Adams of New York A. C. tops world broad jump record at Celtic Park with 103 ft 7 in, eclipsing old mark 100 ft 4 in set in 1885 by Malcolm W. New York. James Duncan of Mohawk A. C. throws discus 143 ft in exhibition, not eligible for title.
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United Press
New York
Dick Hyland
California
Bert Keyes
Olympic A. C
Jimmy Clabby
Milwaukee
Jeff Smith
Bayonne
National Sporting Club
Eddie Murphy
New England
Sammy Smith
Philadelphia
Platt Adams
New York A. C
Celtic Park
Malcolm W
James Duncan
Will Stop Flynn And Morris Bout
Tulsa dispatch reports the Carl Morris Jim Flynn boxing match set for July 4 may move out of Oklahoma if Governor Cruce proceeds with a militia threat to halt the brutal sport. New York could host the bout, possibly delaying it a month. Morris’ manager B F Ufer declined comment. Morris is at his wife’s Sapulpa bedside after an operation, unaware of any eastern venue shift.
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Okla
Carl Morris
Jim Flynn
Oklahoma
Cruce
Sheriff Berry
Sapulpa
New York
B. F. Ufer
Morris
Fionn
Havenfeltz Twirls Fine Ball For West Ends
Pitcher Havenfeltz of the West Ends hurled a dominant 10-0 win over Shore Lines of New Haven allowing only one hit. West Ends offense bashfully mounded hits and runs, with Davis driving in four. D Andrea misplayed a grounder at short, totaling three putouts and five assists, and committing a crucial error with bases loaded.
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Havenfeltz
West Ends
Shore Lines
New Haven
Ryder
Davis
D‘andrea
R. H. E. Shore Lines
West
Sullivan
Kerr
Conn League May Drop Northampton and Holyoke
The Holyoke and Northampton clubs face a combined debt of about 3500 dollars, with pay delays for players. New Britain manager Dan O Neil says receipts from a Saturday doubleheader were held to settle debts, while league leaders consider dropping Holyoke and Northampton. Some propose finishing the season as is with Hartford champion or extending a title series.
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Wagner
Holyoke
Northampton
Dan O'Neil
New Britain
Steeplechase
Tracy
O'Neil
Massachusetts
Hartford
Cubebs
McCann
Great 13 inning thriller Bridgeport tops Hartford 2 1
Fans still talk of Saturday's marathon game at Newfield where Bridgeport edged Hartford 2 1 in 13 innings. Sharp fielding by Stowe Litschi Kauff Snyder impressed, while Dixie Walker limited Hartford to eight hits. Hi Ladd and Foot Ruell aided the winners with timely plays and the decisive run came on Kauff's triple and Ruell's score. Pete Wilson pitched well for Hartford.
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Newfield
Bridgeport
Hartford
Bob Stowe
Lou Litschi
Benny Kauff
Chief Snyder
Dixie Walker
Senators
Rehg
Jajitshhi
Snyder
Crook
High
Noyes
Stone
Harvey Russell
Ruell
Hi Ladd
Ladd
Pete Wilson
Troy
Yale Crew Denies Four Mile Time Claim
Dixon Van Blaircom of St. Louis, No. 7 in the Eli varsity eight, disputed a Hartford Courant special that Yale crews covered four miles in 20 30 last Friday. He said no coach would order rowing back five miles after the bruising time trial, and both camps prepared to resume practice after the Sunday holiday.
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United Press
Gales Ferry
Yale
Dixon van Biaircom
St. Louis
Eli
Hartford Courant
Kennedy
van Blaircom
Bridgeport Hurlers and Hitters Lead League Averages
Bridgeport Mechanics remain the top hitting club in the league as scouts note strong team batting. Benny Kauff posts a .352 average after yesterday's game while Hi Ladd and Lou Litschi sit in the .300s, with Crooks and Eley also contributing solid numbers as Stone struggles to reach .200.
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Benny Kauff
Hi Ladd
Lou Litschi
Tom Crooks
Eley
Bob Stone
H. PC
Swanson
Ef Kauff
Litschi
Ladd
Gagain
Ruell
Crooks
Russell
Walker
Upham
Stowe
Snyder
I Gibbs
Water Carnival at the Island Opens Season with Excitement
Throngs gathered at Steeple Chase Island for the season opening water carnival as racing thrilled spectators. Winners across classes include Emma E. A. Biese man and Vagabond in Class F, Lola and Humpty Dumpty in Class B, and Majorie in Class C, with silver cups and other prizes awarded.
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Park City Y. C
Pequonnock Y. C
Lillian
William Packard
Gull
G. BE. Wallace
Pequonnock Y C
Florence
L. A
Luddington
Berkshire Y. C
Media
A. Deming
Regiment
E. W. Coggswell
W. Jelliffe
Miamonge
Y. C
Prize winners and dramatic vignettes from a 19th century page
The fragment lists prize results from a sporting event in Long Island Sound and a Valley FC competition, naming Hawley, Butcher, and Kenyon Life Cushions with prizes. It follows with dramatic anecdotes on drill, Charles XII, Dr Johnson, a Nuremberg museum joke, and a tragic family note, reflecting wide-read items in a single page.
The Self Made Woman in Modern Satire
A set of humorous quips about self made individuals from Harper's Weekly Chicago Record-Herald and Cleveland Plain Dealer. It contrasts artificial appearances with social ambition, noting a daughter needing parental consent and a suitor resisting paternal authority.
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Mra Dubbleigh
Dubbleigh
Harper's Weekly
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dissipated Ruffians At Club Inflammation
Fragmentary Washington Herald item notes a quarrel at a club where Ferdy struck Cholly with tongs amid inebriated tea and chaotic talk. Epictetus quote about reason appears as an ironic aside, implying a caller urging rational calm in a misere tone.
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