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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1902
Page
8
The champion Pirates return from Chicago to open a four game series with the Reds at League Park. Chicago and St Louis results noted. Reports. Pulliam and Clarke deny signing players and discuss league structure and finances. Magoon, Dobbs, and Glenn performances highlighted. Eddie Glenn shines in fielding and may challenge Tinker.
A promotion offers 1 490 chances to win a share of 34 000 dollars in the Atlas National Bank draw. Details appear on the seventh page.
The Cincinnati Reds stopped in Sidney Ohio on their way home from St. Louis and beat the Sidney champions by six runs to one before a crowd of about 1500.
Cincinnati scored three runs in the third and two in the fifth on errors and timely hits, with a late ninth inning push and Sidney scoring in the eighth. Pitchers were Sidney, Saltmarsh and Nippert for Cincinnati, Ewing and Bergen for the visitors.
The Bostons escaped a loss with a seventh inning rally after mishandled fielding. Cooley, Tenney, Demont and Carney had key hits as Boston overcame a rough defensive stretch to win 4-3 over Brooklyn.
Yerkes started for St Louis and was relieved by Wicker as Chicago built a lead. Wicker pitched well but could not erase the deficit. Attendance was 1,600. final score Chicago 6, St Louis 3.
Washington fell 4 to 2 as Wiltze pitched cleverly for Philadelphia. Manager Mack suspended Bonner for two weeks. Attendance 3,162. Keister hit a homer for Philadelphia. Seybold and Fultz collected key hits.
Boston wins 6 to 3 in Baltimore as Winters pitches well. Attendance 3,168. Kelley, Doughty, Selbach, Williams, Gleason, McGann, Seymour, Breshan and LaChance contribute hits for Boston while Howell and Winters tally strong pitching. Stolen bases and errors noted, with Winters earning the win and Howell the loss.
Moore loses for Cleveland as Strene Burkett draws a bases loaded walk for the winning run in the ninth inning. Attendance 2,918. Lajoie Bradley Bemis Burkett highlighted two-base hits. Moore allowed key hits and walked five.
Pittsburg reports from a credible source that Ban Johnson may be re elected to head the American League next season. The rumor follows his past threat to dissolve the National League unless it showed care and his reduced public remarks in recent weeks fueling speculation he may resign as chief executive.
Local leagues feature Norwood, Hartwell, Gym, Avondale, Globe-Wernicke, and College Hill games today at multiple grounds. Covington hosts two Sunday clashes with Anchors, Monarchs, and top teams. Shamrocks travel to Greenfield. Madisonville seeks July 4 game. Navy and Seminoles prep for road games. detailed rosters and report times listed for several clubs and parks.
Lottery style tease hints at a large prize pool of 34 000 dollars linked to the Atlas National Bank with 1490 chances to win. No further details provided.
St. Paul rallied to beat Toledo 6-5 in eight innings after getting four hits off Mack. Attendance 1,500 as Turner and Kleinen hit home runs and Meany doubled for St. Paul. Suimmel pitched for Toledo, Mock for St. Paul, with key errors and timely hits shaping the late action.
Indianapolis bunched hits off McMahon and would have shut out Milwaukee except for an error in the ninth. Attendance 738. Box scores show Milwaukees Woodruff Williams O'Brien and O'Connell among others, while Indianapolis sent Williams to the mound for the win.
A large crowd watched Kent beat Warren 5 to 3 as Kent built a big lead in the second and fourth innings. Warren rallied with nine hits in the late frames but Spade's two key throws to first preserved the win. The Kents travel to Warren next.
Philadelphia June 27 Three straight defeats prompt New York National League management to reshuffle. Christy Mathewson, famed pitcher, will move to first base due to reports of a balky arm.
Milwaukee June 27 Agent Horace Fogel of the New York Club made a cash offer for Des Moines shortstop O Leary. Manager Joe Quinn said he could not sell O Leary at this time.
The American polo team defeated the Paris Club seven goals to two on the bagatelle grounds. The U S team featured W A Hazard Robert Collier J M Waterbury and L Waterbury. Paris side included Baron Be De Rothschild the Duke of Santana M Kennedy and Maurice Raoul Duval.
In the women's championship lawn tennis tournament final Miss Jones of Nevada defeated Miss Neely of Chicago in straight sets 8-6 6-4. Jones won the match with 87 points to Neely 72. Jones will face Miss Leshe ectoant champion tomorrow for the title. Miss Closterman and Miss Banks won the semifinal doubles.
C W Phellis of Cincinnati won the first prize at Huntington West Virginia in a shooting tournament closing today He set a new grounds record by breaking 70 straight and scoring 98 of 100 Shepherd and Merrick led local contenders with top honors for the town
Fred Jockers and Bob Grear struck a deal over Yankee Boy a trotting horse. Grear paid $300 and kept the horse after Yankee Boy failed to pace 2 15 as promised. Jockers retains ownership and the horse is poised for potential earnings per experts.
In San Francisco Joe Gans dominated George McFadden at Woodward's Pavilion. Gans controlled from the start and battered a groggy McFadden who was knocked down twice in the second round before his handlers threw in the sponge in the third. Referee Phil Wand stopped the bout at two minutes thirty seconds.
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune reports Lucky Baldwin and Rome Respess say there is no chance for renewing the American Derby East or West. They favor Baldwin’s mile race to decide best West three year old, with officials likely to arrange another race if the Cruzados McChesney match fails.
Jockey J Buchanan arrives in Chicago as a free agent after leaving Vanderbilt. He seeks mounts with trainers W J Spiers, Baldwin’s stable, Hildreth, and Pat Dunne, choosing Dunne for first call despite not signing with any stable. Buchanan says Vanderbilt released him after Grand Prix de Paris prep issues left only two of seven horses fit to race.
Belfort France June 27 The Paris Vienna auto race started from Champigny near Paris and moved to Bregense. W K Vanderbilt Jr the fifty fifth contestant to arrive here yesterday has abandoned the race and will return to Paris.
The page lists horse names and handlers across two venues including Sheepshead Bay and Washington Park with riders such as Joe Cobb Ben Howard Paul Creyton Mizzen Martie Lewis Pentecost and Talpa Vulcain. Notable entries include Dick Welles Reckoner Americano and Our Lady Hi Nocker Tickful along with multiple combinations of entrant and trainer identifiers.
W C Whitney, at the Sheepshead Bay clubhouse, lauds eliminating the recall flag as ending delays and unfair starts. He credits the change with saving nervous energy, prolonging horses' careers and yielding prompt, fair starts, calling it near ideal.
J. H. Bakers stable dominated racing at Fort Erie on June 27 with Anna Beall and Sir Gallant winning, Oconee and King's Pet runner up. Oconee led her field in the fourth but faded. King's Pet, the favorite, was nosed out by outsider Baffled. Jockeys J Daly and D Brazil sail for Providence tomorrow.
The twelfth annual congress of the American Whist League met at the Oriental Hotel in Manhattan Beach. Officers elected for the coming year: President John T. Mitchell of Chicago. Vice President Thos A Whelan of Baltimore. Recording Secretary Henry T. Fry of Chicago. Corresponding Secretary Clarence W. Vail of Brooklyn. Treasurer Frederick Thwaits of Milwaukee. The initial presidential nominee, Robert H. Weems of Brooklyn, declined.
Findlay Ohio action by the consolidated gun clubs announces a two day tournament at Reeves Park on July 15 and 16. All shooters invited and only manufacturers agents are barred.
In Spokane Wiley of New York defeats Maxwell of Toronto in two straight falls at the Spokane Athletic Club securing the North American lightweight wrestling championship.
James, Jr. of Cambridge elected captain of Harvard Varsity crew in New London Connecticut on June 27. He rowed bow this year and is a 1903 man, son of Harvard physiologist Prof William James.
Games will resume today at multiple courts with Cincinnati at Inverness, Avondale facing Dayton at Dayton, ArS against Westwood at Westwood, and 1 versus Wyoming at Wyoming.
In Morristown New Jersey on June 27 F C Reinhart of Princeton beat Amateur Champion W J Travis in the Morris County Golf Tournament first round by 75 to 78 in a match play contest.
The piece contrasts Cincinnati and Pittsburg clubs over exhibition games, noting Cincinnati pays players from receipts while Pittsburg, under Dreyfuss, shares receipts and enforces best effort. It also covers London sports, Dick Welles prospects, and leadership changes at New York Club under Andrew Freedman with Mathewson taking managerial duties.
New York June 27 The racing public questions Blues a Sir Dixon colt seen as a hoodooed betting proposition on Metropolitan tracks. Five losses in six starts have unsettled backers with critics claiming 150000 in losses. Trainer Tom Welch cites a sensitive jaw from a past injury affecting his temperament at the post.
In Hamilton Ohio on June 27 the $5,000 suit of Oliver Cousins against Gustave Kopple was compromised. The case arose from Kopple driving into Cousins and injuring him at the Hamilton Driving Club matinee races last month.
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