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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1916
Page
9
Detroit manager Hughes Jennings watches Tom Fagan a Tiger recruit and former Oklahoma City standout. Fagan pitched eighteen contests with thirteen victories and no defeats last season, allowing thirty three passes and yielding wide pitches. batting average around .204.
A reminiscence recalls youth and old friendships from the neighborhood days when mothers kept children apart from troubled peers and rough company. The piece reflects on growing up and the ache of lost playmates.
Miss Genevieve Stil wins the ladies putting contest held at Hinks course of Orange Counts Golf Club Friday. Greens committee announced results Saturday. total score noted as a solid performance despite few entries.
Secretary of National League details add ons to baseball scoring rules on earned runs and pitcher responsibility. It outlines relief pitcher credit, how runs are charged when bases are occupied, and conditions affecting a pitcher’s win or loss. It emphasizes accurate attribution and notes exceptions for wild pitches errors and defensive plays.
The question describes a baseball scenario where a fielder makes a poor throw on a batted ball to first base. The batter is ruled safe, but the on base runner is later put out while attempting to advance.
June 20 Goshen Driving Club races drew a large crowd for seven events. Herman S. Crossman won three races aboard Com Sewogue Farm horses, while Averill Harriman won with May Bor. Attendees included William Averill Harriman, Carol Harriman, Louis Titus, C. H. Bornton, S. A. Crummer, Peter HR. Burnet, Richard Delafiel, John H. Dickerson, Pierre Lorillard Sr., and others.
George Stallings, famed winner of the 1914 world pennant with the Boston Nationals, is named to manage the Braves under Percy Haughton now owning the club. Haughton asserts full authority to build a winner as experts rate Stallings among the game’s best managers, rivaling John McGraw.
New York, June 26. An attempt to blow up the post office and the federal building was frustrated. Nine sticks of dynamite and a dynamite bomb wrapped in paper were found this morning by Watchman Harris on the first floor near a door on the south side. The fuse was lit and the bomb was discovered before opening for business. Police were notified and authorities began an investigation.
The body of Alfred B. Garner, 14, son of Alfred Garner of New York, formerly of Phitlinsburgh, was brought here this forenoon and interred in Wallkill cemetery. The rector of a New York church accompanied the family. Garner’s father died in the city 19 years ago.
Hoffman Lodge No. 412 F A M meets this evening to confer the first degree on a class of candidates. Tuesday evening the third degree will be conferred with Tuxedo and Warwick Lodges in attendance. This is expected to be one of the large events in connection with Hoffman.
Dr Simon Parrin a renowned English clergyman was asked to deliver a formal reprimand to two footmen and a coquettish maid at a powerful countess home. In a comic mix up he announces a marriage occurred between the staff, sparking the countess fury and a memorable moral lecture.
Market notes from New York and Chicago describe mixed commodity moves with declines in corn products and grains, while Syracuse reports plans for a liquor dealers association meeting with 14 delegates from the county. Hollyrood Jack wins at Parkway track, Hetty Green's health condition updates, and a common council session scheduled for tonight.
In Windsor on June 25 George Mozh ier, an underage son of George Mozh ier, a captain of the New rh Beacon terries, was riding a Adams Express Company motor truck. He reportedly fell from the vehicle during a tornado incident and died. Also noted, T. E. Millimen of the Farm Bureau will speak at Scotchtown Church Wednesday evening on farm survey of last falls value to farmers and families.
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