Wilson's Corn Tassel Wins Suburban by a Neck
Wilson's Corn Tassel takes the Suburban from sweep on by a neck in fast time. The horse wins the drive with a 202 1-5 time, capturing the best mark for the classic except for a disputed 1913 result.
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1919
Page
18
Wilson's Corn Tassel takes the Suburban from sweep on by a neck in fast time. The horse wins the drive with a 202 1-5 time, capturing the best mark for the classic except for a disputed 1913 result.
Corn Tassel ridden by R. T. Wilson Jr. won the Suburban Handicap worth 5200 dollars. Second-Sweep On, owned by W. R. Coe, finished second, with Boniface third. The race time was 2:02 1-5. Won in 1918 by Johren.
White Sox fail to hit Jack Quinn as Belmont Park hosts the Suburban Handicap. Corn Tassel with Ensor up defeats Sweep On by a neck in a fierce stretch duel, amid record crowd and top track conditions.
Be Frank captured the Latonia Derby at Latonia Kentucky, outrunning a strong field led by Eternal. Jockey Kummer steered the Sir John Johnson filly to victory by two lengths, earning $16,166 for owner, with Omond second and Regalo third.
Yesterday’s results include American League games New York 6 Chicago 4 and St Louis 8 Washington 0. Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 2. National League New York 9 Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 1 Brooklyn 0 St Louis 8 Philadelphia 1 Chicago 2 Boston 1. Today Chicago at New York 3 PM St Louis at Washington Brooklyn at Cincinnati Boston at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis.
Cincinnati wins 1–0 over Brooklyn in a pitchers’ duel. Walter Ruether allowed a single run in the sixth after Daubert, Groh, and Rath combined for eight hits. Pat Moran’s Reds push their two-game edge over the Hobins.
Cecil Causey pitched five hitless innings and Pete Harrison provided power as the New York Giants defeated the Pirates 9 to 2 in Pittsburgh. Causey earned the win, Cooper lasted five minutes, and three Pirates hurlers combined for 13 Giants hits amid a fourth inning bottle-throwing episode.
Mobile defeats Nashville 4 0 in first game and again 0 in second game. Memphis beats Birmingham 2 1. Atlanta and Little Rock play to a 2 4 result with Chattanooga, New Orleans, and other teams noted in partial totals.
An OCR readout lists cities and brief scores across several leagues including Eastern League and clubs in St Paul Louieville Minneapolis and Hartford New Haven Providence and Pittsfield among scattered town names. The fragment ends mid entry with misread place names and stray characters.
Detroit defeated Boston 10 to 5 as Caldwell and Winn Nard were hit early. Ruth homered for Boston while Cobb Veach and Veach starred for Detroit. Dauss earned the win with Caldwell absorbing the loss.
Cleveland defeated Philadelphia 3 to 2 in a pitchers battle. Chapman drove in the winning run with a ninth inning single and steal as Wambsganss added a hit. Gardner Perkins ONeill and Walker had two base hits and Speaker and Chapman stole bases. Errors and fielding helped shape the tense game in a tight score with Coveleskie and Rogers on the mound.
Chicago edged Boston 2 to 1 behind solid pitching and timely hits. Key performers included Deal and Wilson with two-base hits while Murphy and Shanks made errors that shaped the game.
Bill Kirkland pitched Princeton to a 3 to 1 victory over the University of Pennsylvania. Princeton played solid defense with three double plays and scattered Penn hits. The Tigers added two runs in the seventh, with Cook scoring on a Bade error and Gray driving in Bade. Penn scored in the eighth on a wild throw and a Burnham-like miscue.
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