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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
6
Ganzel's crew sweep the Willow meet in Boston as Coakley posts a double. The Doctor and Johnny Kane attend the event as Redlegs beat Brooklyn again in the City of Churches.
National League results show Cincinnati beating Chicago 5 to Cincinnati while Boston and Pittsburgh Philadelphia and New York defeated St. Louis 4 to 0. American League games include New York 6 Cleveland 1 and Chicago 2 Washington 1 with St. Louis routing Philadelphia 10 to 0.
League standings show teams such as Chicago Cleveland St. Louis New York Boston Detroit and Brooklyn with varying win totals and percentages. Central League entries include Grand Rapids Philadelphia Louisville South Bend Toledo Columbus Evansville Milwaukee Zanesville Ft. Wayne Terre Haute Wheeling and others with win percentages shown.
Leach produced a two base hit and three base hits with Titus and Wilsop aiding in an action filled Philadelphia versus Pittsburg game. Philadelphia stranded five while Pittsburg left seven. Willis and Morea split pitching duties with one and four strikeouts respectively as errors leveled two a side.
McGinnity pitches a shutout for New York and contributes at the plate in a 4 to 6 victory over St Louis. Key hits include three from Murray and a two-base effort by Devlin and McGinnity. Raymond allows seven strikeouts in a sharp pitching duel.
Chicago built a lead with bunched first inning hits, aided by Boston fielding miscues. Flaherty left after being spiked in the eighth. Moran had a two run score for Chicago while Browne and Kling produced multiple hits.
Cincinnati beat Brooklyn 8 to 2 to extend a four game win streak. Kane hit a first inning home run and later drove in another run as Coakley, Huggins, and Sheehan contributed in a decisive early lead. The Reds remain in second place behind Pittsburgh with strong pitching and timely hitting.
Pittsburg won 5 to 0 over Philadelphia as Willis pitched effectively across seven innings. No Philadelphia batter reached base in the game's early stages. Stour games at Pittsburg show strong pitching and decisive innings, with Corridon pitching for Philadelphia.
Atz's hit drives in Davis from second for the deciding run as Chicago rallies past Washington 2 1. The hosts capitalize on McBride and Delahanty errors in the ninth to clinch the victory after Washington scores once in the seventh.
St Louis pitchers shut down Philadelphia as the locals exploded for ten runs. Waddell struggled, allowing eight hits. Vickers started for Philadelphia, was relieved by Carter in the second, Krause finished and kept the St Louis offense scoreless for the last innings.
New York outbatted Cleveland but left fifteen men on base while scoring six. The Giants’ baserunning featured a pair of successful squeeze plays. Thielman allowed four hits in four innings, Orth and Chech combined for the rest.
DETROIT June 8 report states the Boston game scheduled for today was played yesterday. The move affects local schedule and results in a surprise reversal for fans and officials.
Columbus defeated Milwaukee 10 to 6 as Geyer showed better control than Dougherty or Schnheiberg. Wind and rain interrupted play twice. key hits came from Kihm Robinson Green Brown and Kruger with stolen bases by Congalton Friel Fohl and McGilvray.
Toledo wins the closing game of the series 5 to 0. Brandom delivered key hits while Giflen excelled with runners on base. Crisp was removed in the sixth inning and Sullivan finished. The lineup featured Barbeau Neighb’s Brashear Downie Carlisle Sullivan Brandom Gillen and others with solid defense and errorless fielding.
At Gravesend New York on June 8 Simon Pure owned by Benny Brook Stable and trained by Silas Veitch won the two mile steeplechase after opening at 20 to 1 drifting to 12 to 1 at post time. Erbet took the Bedford Stakes by two lengths. Other races listed include a mare handicap won by Berry Maid and a selling race won by Tileing with Grapple and Don Enrique placing.
The Newsboys Protective Association benefit at League Park on June 20 features Avondales and Lockland Carey from the Saturday League in a hoped for record turnout. Carey beat Avondales earlier season and both sides seek advantage for a 1908 championship bid. Frank Wiborg authorized ticket sales through reserved seats at Straus' next Monday via Morris H. Isaacs.
South Bend defeated Fort Wayne 1 to 0 in a Central League game. Moore allowed 4 hits while Tieman took the loss. Corns and Clark also contributed in the field as South Bend tallied in the first inning and held on for the win.
Zanesville edged Evansville 4 to 3 in a game highlighted by a bases loaded triple play with none out. Final line shows Evansville scoring in the third and seventh innings while Zanesville added runs in the second and fourth frames. Batteries Pearson Dunn for Evansville and Kenworthy Fisher for Zanesville.
Dayton defeated Grand Rapids 2 to 1 in a nine inning game. Dayton scored once in the first and eighth, while Grand Rapids tallied in the third and ninth. Batteries Yingling Richardson Hager man and Hausen opposed, with final line 2 runs 6 hits 0 errors for Dayton and 1 run 8 hits 0 errors for Grand Rapids.
Wheeling won 9 to 8 at home as Spahr doubled, Kirwan sacrificed, and Price hit an infield single in the ninth. Terre Haute initial score 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0. Wheeling 4 0 0 4 0 0 8 3 0. Batteries Minor Brosius Schaefer Williams Rogers Kirwan Spahr.
Eighth Street defeated Vine Clifton in a hard fought game. Scoring details show Eighth Street 12 Vine Clifton 0 in a tense contest. Fredricks Reisenberger Wever Luchter Hoggins posted two base hits. Vogel Day hit three bases. Stadlander and Miles combined on pitching with Stadlander issuing two walks and Miles two. Time 2 10. Umpires Sternberg and Nester.
Governor Hughes asks the extraordinary session to consider race track gambling prevention and cattle disease measures including tuberculosis. Forty five senators attended the roll call in the Senate, but Senator Foelker was absent, his vote pivotal to the anti gambling bill's fate.
Batting notes show sacrifice hits by Hinchman and Gillen while Barbeau and Armbruster with Gillen stole bases. Gillen struck out five times while ndom fanned three. Time recorded at 1 37 with Umpire Bierhalter.
Rain caused the Indianapolis Minneapolis game to be postponed on June 8 in Indianapolis, delaying the scheduled sports event.
Lat today resumes after yesterday confusion over two and five dollar betting machines. Treasurer Hackmeister will divide pool profits by stake, with $2 tickets paying double, $5 five times, and $25 twenty five times. Racing results include Charfield’s win and Merrick leading early, with odds disputes among small bettors and a busyprogram.
The Latonia card shows wagers on Tamar and Mortiboy with multiple machines and odds. Entries include Plantland Marshy and Abby C with place and show prices, plus distances and times across sixth and third races.
The proposed system merges all ticket pools into a single pool after a 5 percent deduction. Returns are calculated per dollar and then scaled to $2 $5 and $25 investments, with initial race payouts of $12.05 for $5 mutuels, $5.50 for $2 mutuels, and $213.75 for $25 mutuels provoking discontent among smaller stakes players.
Dell Leath sprinted the clubhouse jump a second time and crashed into the fence injuring Husham whose right leg was broken between knee and ankle. He was transported to St Elizabeths Hospital for treatment.
James Hogg rode Hostile Hyphen to the front with a rail hold and strong finish, leveraging his five pound apprentice allowance. Ormuz withdrew in the fifth due to a self-inflicted injury while exercising, Tamar led the opening race with bets concentrated on Nekets, and Peter Toole of Parkersburg visited track and had a bet on Merrick.
Two afternoon games feature the mous Helmets vs Shéathgates at 1 pm for a $25 site bet, and the Dayton Clippers against the Kentucky Colonels at 3 pm after Colonels strengthened by Ryan and Wilson. Other local contests include Brassworkers over Woodworkers 14 to 8, Americans over Riedlins 16 to 10, Newport Hamlets trouncing Red Oaks 26 to 6, and Ivorydale office force beating Marydale 16 to 7.
Madrid reports a Cortes bill to launch a modern fleet. Three 15 000-ton turbine battleships with eight 12 inch guns and 24 inch guns at Ferrol, 19 knots speed, 5 000 mile range, total 27 million dollars. Also three destroyers, 24 torpedo boats, and four gunboats to be built at Cartagena within seven years.
New York June 8. Seventy six men were selected to represent the United States at the London Olympic Games by the American Olympic Team Committee at Astor House. The lineup emphasizes track and field with Dearborn McGrath Rose Sheridan and Coe in weight events Sheppard in middle distance Hillman hurdles and Ewry in high and broad jump. A supplementary list includes younger hopefuls for final event entries.
The program lists six races for a local track card. Notable weights include Baby Wolf 124 and Demand 122 in Race One, News 115 and Brandy 114 in Race Two, and Tourenne 126 along with Montgomery 126 in Race Four, with maidens and two-year-olds featured in later events.
Berlin reports the opening of the Prince Henry Touring Race with more than a hundred automobiles from most European nations to begin the first stage at six oclock tomorrow morning. The total race covers 1342 miles.
National doubles champions F. B. Alexander and H. H. Hackett added the Manhattan title to their record at the New York Lawn Tennis Club. They defeated T. R Pell and C. F. Watson Jr in straight sets as Hackett played with his hand in plaster bandages but received strong support from Alexander.
The National League approved several contracts and releases. Contracts: with Chicago William F. Mack and W. R. Marshall. Releases: Cincinnati to Milwaukee American Association W A McGilvrays St Louis to Chicago W R Marshall St Louis to Cincinnati Charles Ashenbach Charles A Rhodes St Louis to Springfield NL 8 B Grandy.
At Nashville Nashville 8 Mobile 1. Atlanta Atlanta 2 Little Rock 1. Montgomery Memphis 6 Montgomery 2. Birmingham New Orleans 3 Birmingham 1 in eleven innings.
Paris reports that M. Charles Bocher paid about 2 000 000 francs for sixty two years of opera subscriptions with compound interest. He supported the needy generously yet used scrap paper for all correspondence and never bought note paper.
London under Haldane's territorial army plan shows a woeful recruit shortage. Only about 25 percent of old volunteers attested, with hardly any of fifty London units reaching 30 percent of new establishments. The London Scottish leads in strength but has seen 200 resignations, while the Second Fusiliers report only 300 attested against a 1,300 strength last year.
Paris residents report the Rue de la Bucherie site once home to the Ecole de Medicine faces change as the General Association of Paris seeks 100,000 francs for 450,000 francs needed for alterations. The lease stands at 3,000 francs for 99 years and the municipality approves the plan, though the Friends of Monuments oppose changes.
Mr. D W J Holland has arrived in Paris to install the Diplodocus cast donated by Mr. Carnegie to President Fallieres. The reception designates the Musee d Histoire Naturelle as the gift’s venue after Holland recently showed a cast in Berlin to the German Emperor. He will spend three weeks assembling the fossil in the Paris museum.
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