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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
6
Cincinnati faces a costly wild display as the Redlegs fail to score a run and Savidge is hit freely. The Giants enter the scene today, promising a tight matchup and potential shifts in the pennant race.
National League results show Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati, New York 5 Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 6 Brooklyn 1. American League games include Washington 2 Cleveland 1, Philadelphia 4 Detroit 4, New York 1 Chicago 0, St. Louis 3 Boston. The final score for Boston game incomplete.
National League teams listed with wins losses and percentages led by New York and Chicago. American League shows Cleveland, Chicago, Pittsburg, Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, Brooklyn, and Washington with their records and percentages.
Cincinnati visits New York while Chicago plays Brooklyn and Pittsburg travels to Boston St Louis heads to Philadelphia for key early season games and regional rivalries emerge.
Philadelphia pitcher Moore debuts with a strong performance striking out eight as Philadelphia shellacs Cincinnati 5 to 0. Savidge battles but Cincinnati hitters manage little against the Phils, who push runs across in the first, third and fourth innings with timely hits and errors.
In the last five innings Cincinnati Reds limited opponents to one runner reaching second. Lobert and Mowrey shone in the infield, Belcher fielded well, and Lobert had three consecutive hits. Manager Ganzel praised his young corps and noted the trip aimed at development with an eye to next season. The Reds head to New York for three games, then face a grueling stretch including doubleheaders with St. Louis and travel back and forth.
Brooklyn limited by Pittsburg as Willis held steady on the mound. Pittsburg won 8 to 4 with key hits from Wagner and Shannon and Storke and Lumley contributing on base. Jill?
Chicago failed to hit safely against Lake while New York won the open race.
Hemphill connected on a hit that Davis mishandled allowing a runner to reach safely. Hemphill then stole second and scored on a later play to produce the only run as Sens lined a single through short in the late frame.
Washington defeats Cleveland 2 to 1 ending the Indians streak. Key plays include Clymer pass and hits by Perking and Freeman for Washington and Lajoie double with Bemis and Birmingham singles for Cleveland. Johnson fanned nine, Brad ley ejected in sixth for disputing a called third strike.
St Louis defeated Boston 4 to 1 in the first game of the series. Morgan of Boston allowed four hits including two home runs. Hartzell and Stone hit homeruns for St Louis. Waddell and Morgan pitched with several walks and strikeouts.
Detroit and Philadelphia battled ten innings in a tied game halted by darkness after Mullin and Coombs starred. Coombs pitched eight strong for Detroit while Plank held the Phils in the late innings, with Cobb Murphys three-base hit sparking Detroit’s late push.
Harry C. Pulliam announced reserved players by National League clubs for 1908. Long lists include Chicago stars like Tinker and Evers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Boston, Brooklyn, and New York players such as Mathewson, McGraw, and Needham among others.
Cincinnati Police defeated an All Traction lineup by 14 to 3 with Police pitchers Guethlein and Gillanan fanning the Traction batters. The match featured German origin stipulations and free admission as a sideshow to a second Sunday clash at Wiedemann Park between Johnny Ray led Irish and Lieutenant Renkert's Metropolitan team.
Manager Jo Jenaagner schedules a star squad for a 7 20 a m report to L N Depot Pearl and Butler with Roy Golden Howard Scheibly John Johnson John Bierkortte John Schulte Arthur Guest Danny Davis William Hennessey Joe Schrall Edwin Cefalu and Captain Grote plans a Shannon Sokup game. The Van Wert team champions of Indiana and Ohio meets Wiedemann Park attractions as star players seek big league berths next season.
Entry weights and conditions listed for six races including handicap and selling events. Notable horses include Wise Mason Fire Stone Lord Stanhope Mombassa East River and Roseben with weights shown for each race. The lineup covers two year olds mares geldings maidens and mixed age fields across distances from 5 furlongs to 1 mile 1 16 miles.
More than fifty former Boston NL players gathered at American League Park to play as Professionals against Amateurs. The Professionals won 7 to 5 with most runs from solid hitting and few errors. Arthur Stalding leads a cross country set of ex stars in a lineup mix with varied positions.
The New York Giants edged the Chicago Cubs 5 to 4 in the last meeting of the NL series. Wiltse, Bresnahan, Donlin and Seymour starred as New York built a lead, while Chicago rallied with a three-bagger by Kling in the seventh inning.
A heavy Gravesend fog cloaked racing as Arasee edged The Squire by a head to capture the Speculation Selling Stake. Close finishes dominated the card with Court Lady, Jimmy Lane, Delirium, and Golden Pearl among other winners in races ranging from two-year-olds to older horses over various distances.
James A. Ten Eyck Jr a stroke of the Syracuse University eight oared crew that won the regatta on the Hudson this year was arrested in Syracuse on a warrant from Salem Mass charging grand larceny. The accuser Stephen Gauss says Ten Eyck won 1600 dollars in a poolroom game by fraud on August 11.
Lillian R. owned by David Shaw of Cleveland wins her first race of the year at Columbus, clocking a 2.044%4 trotting record to upset the favored Margaret O. in the heat races, with Dan Patch and others also competing in the same event.
William P. Schaaf won the three handed match roll with four points for a side bet of 25 dollars. Otto Lauterbach finished second and Joseph Spraul third. Schaaf posted scores 199 182 213 totaling 594, Lauterbach 203 187 201 totaling 590, Spraul 192 158 totaling 552.
Lexington Kentucky. Sept 24. Attendance was much larger than usual and betting heavier. J E McMillan won the last mile and a quarter race in fast time. Al Muller dominated the six furlong purse. Five races produced strong finishes with long-priced winners and solid showings.
A fierce typhoon hit Samar Leyte Luzon Panay Masbate and Romblon then moved west by northwest into the China Sea. Wires lay prostrate as damage details remain scarce. Reports claim widespread destruction and numerous deaths, with Masbate noting all buildings razed except the postal building.
Wilbur Wright achieved a successful flight at Le Mans despite an eighteen mph headwind. He stayed aloft for over fifty four minutes, covering officially thirty nine kilometers, about twenty four miles, about half a kilometer more than his Michelin prize run. Wind forced wide turns, yielding an approximate thirty five mile actual distance.
In Omaha testimony in Charles Edward Davis murder case, Dr J P Lord and Hannah Dineen tied Davis to the Rustin home vicinity. Dineen found two half smoked cigar stumps on the porch after the murder, and the prosecutor plans to call Mrs Rice as a key witness tomorrow.
The wholesale druggists convention in Atlantic City voted to publish the United States Pharmacopeia every five years instead of ten, pledge vigilant legislative watch to block bad bills, and oppose buying clubs while pushing uniform railroad freight classifications. Officers named include F. L. Carter of Boston as President and S. O. Strong of Cleveland as Treasurer and Board Chairman. next meeting scheduled for Richmond, Virginia.
Miss Mary E. Morey filed an answer to the D. A. R. defendants in a case aimed at removing the old Ft. Hamilton powder house from West High street. She calls the D. A. R. the most rigidly exclusive association in the United States. The suit challenges city authority and claims no public benefit, proceeding to a hearing tomorrow.
A St. Louis & San Francisco passenger train derailed at a curve near Spring River in Carthage. Engineer Lew Bload and fireman Harry Geerouse were killed, with thirty six others injured including H. P. Dixon Annie Irwin Oscar Howard and Mrs Jerry McKenna as the list of injured grows. One more person expected to die.
The unusual wedding will feature Rev Mary E Andrews of Kansas City performing the ceremony for her brother William N Andrews president of Andrews Asphalt Paving Company and Miss Mayme Beckett in Hamilton.
Edwin P. Grosvenor of New York is appointed an attorney in the Department of Justice. He has worked with Special Attorney Taft on the Tobacco Trust cases.
In a Washington hearing, Samuel Gompers and J. W. Van Cleave faced accusations over alleged bribery schemes and detective surveillance related to labor disputes. Gompers alleged Van Cleave sought to bribe him to desert labor, while Van Cleave denied any such conduct and rejected the claims as false.
F C Schwedtman secretary to J W Van Cleave president of the National Association of Manufacturers declares in St Louis that no secret executive board meeting has occurred and that Gompers testimony is false. He warns that unscrupulous individuals may pose as Van Cleave representatives, for which Van Cleave bears no responsibility.
United States Postal Department postmaster O Parrish met with Public School Superintendent Darrell Joyce in Hamilton Ohio to discuss creating a school department teaching postal operations including addressing letters and mail handling. The Board of Education is likely to act favorably. Hamilton High School attendance reached 400 plus 200 girls.
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