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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
6
Rain halts final game of series with Cubs and delays players visit to Latonia. Directors meet Friday as Cincinnati’s protest moves toward a decision and Banny sets a date for night baseball trial.
National League saw Pittsburg 2 Boston 1 and American League Boston 6 Detroit 5. Philadelphia 5 Chicago 4. New York 3 St. Louis 1. Washington 4 Cleveland 0. American Association Milwaukee 6 Toledo 5. Minneapolis 2 Louisville 0. Indianapolis 3 Kansas City 2. Central League Wheeling 3 Zanésville 2 Evansville 2 Terre Haute 1 South Bend S Dayton 0. Grand Rapids 6 Fort Wayne 0.
League tables list wins losses and percentages for National and American leagues with clubs such as Pittsburg Detroit Chicago Philadelphia New York Boston St Louis Cleveland and Washington. American Association Central League standings show Milwaukee Wheeling Louisville Grand Rapids Minneapolis Zanesville Indianapolis Fort Wayne Evansville Columbus Toledo Fort Wayne and South Bend with various win loss records and percentages.
A list of basketball games shows teams from Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston Pillsbur Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Boston Chicago Philadelphia St Louis New York Cleveland Washington Milwaukee Toledo St Paul Columbus Kansas City Indianapolis Minneapolis Louisville.
East and West contenders meet this afternoon with city matchups including Zanesville at Wheeling and Dayton at South Bend. Cincinnati managers discuss trades while Heydler’s protest case against Wagner at Pittsburg looms for the league board. Herrmann plans to fight for the affected game and tests night baseball at League Park set for June 19.
Pittsburgh won an unexciting game over Boston 6 to 2. Two-base, three-base hits by Abstein Clarke and other players are listed. Leifield and Ferguson each walked twice. Leifield pitched for Pittsburgh allowing few runs. Wagner and Abstein highlighted by Pittsburgh with key hits. Time 1:15. Umpires Johnstone and Cusack.
Grounds too wet caused the Brooklyn New York game to be postponed.
In Bend Indiana on June 2 Lindsay and Meyers performed well in a six inning game despite drizzle. Final score shows South Bend with 3 runs and Dayton 0, with Wells Meyers and Litsky among the credited players.
Evansville builds a two run edge and foils Terre Haute late as the Leopards hold on for a 2-1 victory. Doty and Cady paired with Summers and Williams in the Battery as Evansville posts ten hits to Terre Haute’s five.
Wheeling secured a ten inning victory on its home grounds over Zanesville. Key players included Sette, Kennorthy, Holmes, Nolfey, and Stratton. The final appeared tied in regulation and decided in extra innings.
A cloudy, fragmentary recap shows HumMmphries delivering strong pitching for Grand Rapids in a game against Fort Wayne. The scoreline is unclear but implies a favorable outcome for Grand Rapids with notable plays and defensive stops.
Boston wins 6 to 5 after Detroit builds early lead with five runs due to wildness and errors. Key moments include Boston scoring twice in the seventh and securing the win in the eighth on a sequence of hits, walks, and a home run by Donohue batting for Check. Detroit totals and Boston fielding details are given with multiple substitutions and pitching notes.
Washington defeated Cleveland 4 to 0 in a game highlighted by Hughes holding the team scoreless. Clymer sprained a knee sliding to home while Easterly dislocated a finger on a foul tip. Key hits came from Browne and Unglaub with the Indians missing chances.
Philadelphia win 5 to 4 over Chicago as hits cluster off Smith. Walsh leaves Chicago to attend a family funeral after his brother died in a mine accident. Ganley leads with two doubles, Dygert, Vickers and Bender mix innings, and key defensive plays shape the late scoring.
Saturday features College Hill with Norwood boy Jack Schulte facing Norwood in a regular Saturday Afternoon league championship. Sunday pits Norwood against North Vernon Reds in a anticipated clash. Linwood Juniors report eight wins one loss, after beating Newport Monitors and Elder. Willows post eighth straight victory on Decoration Day defeating Climax 6 to 2 at Wiedemann park with strong batting and Dreyer’s right field catch highlighted.
Outfielder Cravath of the Washington American League team departed for Louisville to join the Minneapolis club of the American Association. He will take Wamonson's place, who has been sold to Sioux City of the Western League.
In Indianapolis the Minneapolis nine rallied to defeat Louisville 2 to 1. Gill hit a timely triple and a key single in the ninth as the winning run scored. Glaze and Swank pitched, with Hayes behind the plate for the grounds crew.
Deacon Billion’s debut for the American tron company ends in a Toledo defeat as Milwaukee climbs back from a early lead. Schnelberg relieves in the eighth, sparking a late Toledo rally but the visitors hold on to win 6 to 5. Wright, Schneiberg, and McGlynn log pitching appearances with multiple hits from Robinson, Clark, and Latimore.
Rain caused the postponement of the Columbus vs. St. Paul game in Columbus Ohio on June 2. The decision paused play and shifted scheduling considerations for both teams. No injuries or other events were reported.
Joe Madden backed down to 11 to 5 won the Belmont Stakes one mile and three furlongs at Belmont Park led early and surged to an eight length victory over Wiss Mason with Donald MacDonald third. Warfield led early then faded as the crowd of four thousand watched a strong rail move by Madden in the stretch.
Walnut Hills division defeated Vine Street division 15 to 18 yesterday at Norwood Inn park. The game featured costly errors and several standout hitters including Ehlers Tartley Krabb Masmeister Hartley and Kiffmeyer. Page and Widmeyer officiated as umpire.
College games feature Holy Cross 4 Yale 6 in New Haven and Cambridge results show Brown 8 Harvard 2. Princeton 2 Amherst 1 and Lafayette 7 Purdue 2 reflect another set of wins and losses in college football or basketball action.
Sig. Forlanini of Milan Italy has spent five years on a motor canoe that skimps the water with winged arms. At 70 kmh it rises from the surface and can carry seven passengers powered by a 24 horsepower motor. Now testing on Lake Maggiore at Laveno, it attracts attention as a hybrid boat aeroplane.
Committees led by Judge Lueders Henry Hoefle and George Dieterle organize the June 18 dedication of Carthage fair grounds. Subscriptions total about 1600 from Taft Longworth and others as Elmwood Place hosts a parade June 24 with Governor Hart and Ohio National Guard involvement. street decor and crowds to be accommodated with branch offices and police protection.
The Cincinnati Gymnasium and YMCA athletes prepare for a major dual meet at the Gym grounds East End Saturday at 2 30 p m. Captains Landau and Edgington lead rival squads in a full list of events from sprints to relays with many entrants from both institutions.
In Schenectady New York Stanley Ketchel defeated Capont of Chicago with a a blow to the jaw in the fourth round of a scheduled ten round bout at the American Athletic club Ketchel dominated while Capont offered little resistance to the champion’s attack.
Rainy conditions at Latonia reduced attendance and altered betting. Deuce won the fourth race over Tom McGrath with Ned Carmack third. Billiard Ball and Red Shawl figures turned bettors favorable in early races. Lillian Ray led until late, losing by a neck to Pink Wings as Mountain rider closed fast.
The Woodbine program lists six races with four starters in the feature King Edward Hotel Gold Cup carrying 1600 added. Neecies wins first with Security second and Stwood third. Other results include Second race led by frat and Stay Can nie with times around 3:03.5 for six furlongs. Sixth race saw Creydom win at one mile and seventy, with Bold Front close. Fourth race notes Direct second and Amri third in 14% mfie timeframe. Overall weather clear and track fast. card reflects mixed names and partial unclear spellings from OCR.
The program lists six races with horses and weights, including Be Demushd Restigouche and King Alt in the first race, Ocean Round Katherine Van U4 in the third, Celt King James Frank Gil in the Brooklyn Handicap, Chervock Hammerless Rostrum and more in the remaining sprints and routes. Several entries show weights like 114 127 and 110 lbs.
Louisville June 2 Barney Oldfield will be paid what is believed to be the largest single purse for a driver on circular tracks. He agreed to five open race meet appearances in cities from June 10 to early September, at $10,000 total under a contract with Homer George secretary of the New Orleans Automobile Club and manager of races during the Shriners convention.
David Walsh brother of Edward Walsh the Chicago pitcher died at his Brains Pa home. He worked as a miner’s driver and lay three weeks after a runaway wagon injury. His absence at the bedside weakened the club’s pennant chances.
London June 2 Meadowbrook polo team has entered for the Ranhoff open cup tournament the only open polo event in the air except that cup Nine teams are entered for the contest.
A fragment from Wyoming, near Granite Canyon west of Cheyenne, mentions Payson Weston and a traveler who reached Laramie, with surrounding notes indicating a wartime or wartime era movement through the area.
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