Dare Devil Feature Star At Steeplechase
Dare Devil and aerial cyclist and diver opened a week’s engagement at Steeplechase alongside celebrated high living horses in free performances daily at 4 and 8:30. He repeats afternoons at 5 and evenings at 9, riding two times on a bicycle down a 70 foot ladder then diving 60 feet into water. Crowds at the island praised Captain Boyton’s strongest free acts as the shooting gallery and bathing amusements opened for the season.
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Dare Devil Dash
Yosts overwhelm rivals in Industrial League play
The Industrial League standings show Yosts fielding a strong team as they defeated the Singers 6 to 3 at Yost field in front of about 1,700 spectators. Other games featured U M C versus Warner Brothers 15 to 4, Crane No. 2 beating American & British 20 to 4, and Crane No. 1 defeating Brass Co. 10 to 4.
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Union Typewriter Co
Singer Co
Crane Valve Co
American & British Co
Rpt. Brass Co
Warner Brothers Co
Yosts
Singers
Yost Field
Christy McGuire
Yost
Singer
Johnson
Wilson
Nichols
Laubscher
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Stirks
Mulligan
Keating
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Brass Co
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Mullins
Murphy
Robinson
Kellogg
Franz
South Ends Top Seymours 5 3 Behind Carter's Arm
Nick Carter starved the Seymours with a dominant pitching showing as the South Ends defeated the visitors 5 to 3 at the Flats. Carter limited Seymours to three hits with Lucia behind the plate, while Hank O Day contributed a triple and a double. Verelle umpired the contest before a crowd above 1,500.
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Seymours
Nick Carter
West Ends
Mike Lucia
Brass City
Hank O'Day
Pete Verelle
Seymour
Carter
Lucia
Weeks
Maloney
Amateur Baseball Roundup From City Parks
The West End Boys Club crushed the St Joseph Juniors 13 to 3 yesterday. Brookside Juniors beat Brookside 6 to 1 in a Saturday practice game. Longfellows topped Black Beech Stars 3 to 1 at Black Rock. Grookside Juniors defeated the Columbians 18 to 1. O’Brien of the South Ends draws praise for guiding his club.
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West End Boys’ Club
St. Joseph Jrs
Brookside Jrs
Brooksides
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Longfellows
Black Beech Stars
Black Rock
Grookside Jrs
Columbians
O’brien
Brooklawn Beats Wee Burn In Local Golf Match
Brooklawn Country Club hosted a Saturday golf clash against Wee Burn of Stamford on the local course. Brooklawn won 165 points with over 75 contestants, 34 from Wee Burn. The standout nine included W Wheeler and W J Nichols vs Charles S Seeley and Dr McDonald of Stamford, Seeley and McDonald prevailing by two points. A return match is set for the first Saturday in October at Wee Burn.
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Wee Burn Club
Stamford
Wee Burn
W. Wheeler
W. J. Nichols
Charles S. Seeley
Dr. McDonald
Protest Over Cut in Train Crews on New Haven System
Conductors and trainsmen on the New Haven railroad protested an order tied to the summer timetable that reduces brakemen on many accommodation trains. The protest is led by city organizations with Wall Street heads and John L. Rowe chairing the trainmen’s executive committee. Accommodations trains usually have three to five cars, and officials argue handling such cars is too much work for a single brakeman.
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New Haven
Hhe Wall
John L. Rowe
Hartford and Western Trains See Service Reduction Talk
The order applies to trains on Hartford and western divisions. Assignment of runs has not been made yet, so exact manpower reductions are not known. The cut is expected to be sizable and concerns the leaflets of conductors and trainmen’s organizations.
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Hartford
Brandenburg Trial Ends Abruptly Today
The trial of Broventen Brandenburg, charged with larceny over a Times article said to be written by Grover Cleveland, ended abruptly as Juror No. 5 Henry Terwilger was reported ill with lumbago. Justice Fiteger noted readiness to proceed with 11 jurors and hoped to have 12 present.
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New York
Broventen Brandenburg
New York Times
Grover Cleveland
Justice Fiteger
Henry
Terwilger
Gs Hope
Rae
U S Army Experiments With Wireless Telephony
Washington June 21 The United States Army will conduct extensive wireless telephony experiments this summer under the Signal Corps. Tests aim to prove the method’s usefulness in war and under trying conditions as a valuable adjunct to wired communication.
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Washington
United States Army
Signal Corps
New Haven Beats Bridgeport In Slugging State League Game
New Haven defeats Bridgeport 12 to 9 at Steeplechase in a slugging battle that featured five homers three by the Orators. Cy Miller homered twice and George Bannon went 4 for 4 as Rube Pollard and Charlie Behrendt struggled on the mound. Attendance was about 700 as New Haven piled up runs late to secure the win.
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Pollard
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Zacher
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E. Connell
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Bourquin
McAloor
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Rehrendt
Connell
Carrick
Pojilard
O’brien
Scanlon
Mason
Sad Sick Saturday for Poor Orators
In a two game set at Northampton on Saturday the Orators lost 6 to 3 and 12 to 2. Jimmy Gibbs pitched the first game with support from offense lacking enough hits to win. In the second game John Duffy debuted for Massachusetts and helped spark fifteen hits as Northampton defeated Bridgeport 12 to 2.
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Jimmy Gibbs
John Duffy
Massachusetts
Bridgeport
Delave
Bridges
Gibbs
McAloor
Plank
Duffy
Slive Baseball Tips and Weekly League Roundup
Orators do not play today. Yesterday’s Steeplechase game was completed. Newfield hosts tomorrow to see leaders in a busy league. Billy Layster, ex Senator, leads a reshaped Quaker club with recent wins and strong fielding by Tommy Downey. Jim Gibbs won two games last week, while Hi Ladd and Hill push for elite status. A crowd in Albany attacked an umpire after a decision, and Kneekand was hospitalized.
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Billy Layster
Senators
Albany
Wilkesbarre
Kneekand
Hartford-New Britain Game Sees Hartford Win 4-2
Hartford tops New Britain 4-2 after Fisher relieves Schuman in the seventh. The Perfectos faltered as Fisher threw the first ball. over 4,500 fans in New Britain witnessed Hartford’s victory. Bridgeport sits bottom with poor fielding and weak batting while Hartford leads in fielding but lags in batting.
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Hartford
New Britain
Fisher
Hank Schuman
Perfectos
How The Orators Are In Batting
George Bannon dropped to 271 after a rough week while batting averages show Pollard still leading at .364 across fourteen games. Miller and Ladd climbed their marks to .290 and .293 respectively, with Hilt improving and Bourquin continuing to rise as pinch hitter.
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George
Rube” Pollard
Miller
Ladd
Oufit
Hilt
Bourquin
Behrendt
Steinhauser
Kocher
Duffy
Connecticut League Baseball Scores and Standings
Saturday results show Northampton sweeping Bridgeport 6 3 and 12 2 in two games while Holyoke defeated New Haven 53 11 and 7 in two games. New Britain beat Hartford 4 2 Waterbury topped Springfield 11 9. Yesterday New Haven beat Bridgeport 12 9 Waterbury beat Hartford 5 4. Standings note American League games planned and National League matchups listed with Connecticut League clubs Waterbury Holyoke Northampton New Haven Hartford.
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Weston’s Long Walk Forcing Route Change Across Nation
Edward Payson Weston recalls Horace Greeley’s warning as he adjusts his 4,000 mile West to East walk plan. In 1870 he details hardships, delays, and weather while tracing a route from New York to San Francisco. He notes a detour via the Southern Pacific to Reno, Sacramento, and onward, with rail support and safety measures in place.
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Southern Pacific Company
Edward Payson Weston
Attempt to Blow Up Newark Church Fails
An early morning bombing attempt at the Italian Roman Catholic church and school of St. Rocco on Bedford Street Newark failed when a fuse for a dynamite can failed to ignite. One bomb exploded causing heavy damage to the four story building and a five foot floor crater. The Rev James Zuccarelli sister and four nuns on an upper floor were awakened and shaken but not seriously harmed.
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