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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
6
Ewing is pounded out of the box as Savidge takes his place. Bunt and Bingles contribute in the game showing a rough, hit filled contest with key lineup changes and late scoring runs.
National League games showed Chicago defeating Cincinnati 6 to 2 and New York routing Philadelphia 7 to 2. Pittsburg beat St Louis 7 to 0 while Boston prevailed over Brooklyn 5 to 0. American League action had Detroit 7 to 4 over Washington and Chicago 2 to 1 against Boston. Cleveland won 5 to 4 against Philadelphia while St Louis stood 2 to 6 against New York.
National League leaders Chicago Detroit New York and Pittsburg show strong records while Cleveland Philadelphia St Louis Cincinnati Boston and Brooklyn trail. American League shows Detroit New York Cleveland Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Boston and Washington in a tight race.
Chicago at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at New York. St. Louis at Pittsburg. Brooklyn at Boston.
In Pittsburgh the Cubs erupt for six runs. Three-Finger Brown pitches strongly while Tinker hits a homer and Kling adds two hits. The Reds strike back but never threaten as Chicago takes control in a 6 to 2 victory.
Base hit by Kling and home run by Tinker spark Cincinnati game. Double play by Egan and Hobbitzel. Ewing pitches 7 innings with 8 hits allowed. Savidge 2 innings. Errors none listed. Attendance 700. Umpires Owens and Rigter.
Ewing faced a tough debut for Cincinnati as Savidge impressed in two innings. President Pulliam arrived for the Cub series while Cincinnati and Chicago keep a narrow lead battle. Dubuc and Pfiester set to pitch as Reds and Cubs meet again at 3 PM. Tinker’s homer is noted as a fluke due to the new fence.
Boston edged Brooklyn 5-2 as Lindaman allowed runs but proved effective with men on base. Boston’s timely hitting and an errant throw by Farmer helped turn the tide. Bates and Lumley provided key extra-base hits, while Browne and Sweeney stole bases.
Chicago won both games of a doubleheader against Boston by scores of 5 to 1 and 2 to 0 in Chicago on September 29. Walsa pitched both games, keeping the visitors in hand without effort. Manager Jones argued with umpire Connolly at the plate and was sent to the bench as White moved to center field. First game score listed.
Cleveland defeated Philadelphia 4 to 0 in the morning game amid muffed plays by both sides due to cold. In the afternoon, Cleveland again shut out Philadelphia 9 to 0. Multiple errors led to most runs, with Cleveland earning the first inning tally as the lone unearned run.
Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 1. Pitched by Kellogg who gave up 6 strikeouts and 4 wild pitches over 1 32. Bemis Perring Rhoades Bradley Ban doubled. Manusch homered. Kellogg faced 3 walks. Philadelphia left seven on base while Cleveland left eight. Umpires Hurst and Evans.
Twenty five yearlings belonging to James B. Haggin of New York sold at Newmarket auction for a total of 18500 dollars. A colt by Africander out of Florence Breckinridge topped the sale at 3200 dollars.
Qualifying round completed at Cincinnati Golf Club on Grandin Road. Ella Banning shot 99 to lead, narrowly ahead of W D Breed who carded 100 in the dark. Other scores include Dohrman 101 Wilby 115 Campbell 121 Berry 100 Hart 124 Gielfus 126. Pairings set for today with four losers to consolation matches tomorrow.
An exhibition at the Columbia Theater yesterday afternoon showed Frankfort Germany Turnfest scenes. The North Cincinnati Turnverein captured field games with 35 000 athletes and a street parade with 75 000 participants. The National Turnfest will be held in Cincinnati June 18 27 next year.
Cubs press for early decision on the New York game declared a tie by umpires. President Murphy says five day protests expired and pledges to pursue the ruling through the National League constitution and board of directors.
At Wiedemann Park local fans will see former big league stars and Red players in an exhibition game next Friday at 3 p.m. The lineup features Gus Shallix James Keenan Bill Schwartz Roddy Mack Joe Sommers Tom Egan Jack Boyle Jake Stenzel and Robert Clark with a Wiedemann side including Bonno Johnson or Golden Doyle or Schiebly A Meyer Bierkorte Bierman Davis Riggs Ball H Meyer. A large crowd is expected as Reds are not scheduled for that day.
Covington meets the Shamrocks champions of Southern Ohio for the amateur title next Sunday at Covington park. Rea White, drafted by the Chicago Nationals, will start for Covington against Noodles Hahn for the Shamrocks. The Cineys defend their claim as Cincinnati independent amateur champions, having defeated Waldorfs Erlanger Berry and Hamilton Anchors and seeking new opponents from Hamilton Suit Club Harrison and Latonias.
Cold raw weather at Louisville kept attendance down as pari mutuel betting faded. Lady Martha won the purse race at a mile and seventy yards from a strong field, with multiple horses finishing back and others listed as also ran across six races.
The gambling contest between Sir Maxim and Lord Rosslyn concluded with Rosslyn failing to beat the Monte Carlo bank. Rosslyn started with 60000 in dummy money and a matching bank, but after ten days of play the bank netted a steady win as Rosslyn exhausted his funds.
Ben Ban carried 115 pounds and easily took the Woodmere Stakes at seven furlongs, finishing three lengths ahead of Whip Top and Star Gowan. The card also featured six races with winners including Bird of Flight II, Sanguine, Live Wire, George W. Lebolt, and Shadow Glance, with multiple runners in each race.
The first race for maiden two year olds runs six furlongs with entries Joe Lett Gus Helm River San Vito Yankee Daughter Constellation. A steeplechase handicap follows for four year olds and up about two miles with Water Speed Yama Christy Rufus Locked Out Jim McGill. The Belle Rose two year olds sprint six furlongs features Witching Hour Lawton Wiggins Rossfenton The Gardener Wise Mason Summer Night Spellbound. Handicap for all ages one and one eighth miles includes Tileing Pine and Needles Cairngorm Golconda. Selling for three year olds and up is fifteen sixteenths with Samuel H Harris Juggler Lord Stanhope Cairngorm Killie Crankie Golconda Milford Montrose. Mares handicap seven furlongs lists Cressina Adriace Lady Hubbard Mombassa Imitator Woodlane.
New York date details the final entry push for the Vanderbilt and Grand Prize races as entries close on Thursday. Foreign cars appear in the Vanderbilt list with W. K. Vanderbilt Jr., Foxhall P. Keene and Harry Payne Whitney among entrants, while the Grand Prize sees notable American cars expected to join and two additional firms reportedly weighing entries. The Vanderbilt Cup Commission also anticipates a three French car team to enter today or tomorrow.
In Columbus Eph Cinders, a $6 betting backer, shocks Jerry B. to win the King Stake 2:06 pacers as Jerry B. fails to respond in the final heats. Geers adds two victories with Demarest in the 2:13 trot and Dr. Bonney in the 2:18 pace, while The Prince takes two heats in the 2:18 pace and Dr. Bonney leads Geers to victory.
In Bombay dated Sept 29 thousands of native houses washed away with heavy loss of life as the Musi river rose sixty feet. Bridges destroyed, vast areas flooded, corpses found in tree branches and the Hyderabad hospital undermined with inmates buried in wreckage.
Governor Hanly in a special session message calls for a four member committee with full powers to probe a bribery claim by Representative Kinsely that the governor offered him $2000 to back the county local option bill. He says impeachment proper if true, exoneration if false. House forms a bipartisan probe panel.
Marcus W. Goodman as receiver reports full payment of all creditors of the Hamilton Artificial Stone Company in Hamilton Ohio. Excess collections of 1929.19 were contributed by the stockholders to settle the debts.
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