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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
6
The article contrasts old fashioned home preparation with modern ready made clothing and foods. It extols Malta-Vita cereal from Battle Creek and Toronto as a wholesome convenient product, processed scientifically for easy digestion and broad availability at an economical price.
A local shop offers several hundred blue serge suits at 12.50 each. The garments are made in the store's own work rooms with careful construction and promise no fading or shrinking, claiming real value versus typical 15 to 18 dollar retail prices.
Hatasoo, the favorite, won the Swift Stakes at seven furlongs on a muddy Sheepshead Bay track, with Bon Mot second and Trump third. The day saw four favorites win in seven races as conditions tested horses and riders amid a slushy surface.
Details for six races at Sheepshead Bay listing fillies maidens two year olds and three year olds and up with weights from 112 down to 85 pounds, including horses such as Tchuta Batyah Musidora Squire Quinne and Dublin with distances from five furlongs to one mile and a quarter on turf.
E. J. Baldwins Cruzados and Samuel Hildreths Mc Chesney, injured in Harlem Derby Trial Special yesterday, will not start in Saturdays American Derby at Washington Park. Cruzados was cut to the bone in the right hind hack, and Baldwin commented on reports that Cruzados quit yesterday.
The New York team planned two games with Boston yesterday in Boston but both were postponed due to rain. The Brooklyns extended their win streak by defeating Philadelphia again, while the Pittsburgs fell to St Louis.
Brooklyn defeats Philadelphia 6 to 1 as Duggleby and Donovan duel. Dolan hits homer for Brooklyn and Sheckard, Dahlen, Irwin contribute two base hits. Final score and details include two base hits and stolen bases, game lasts one hour forty five minutes.
Four hits and two errors in the third inning powered St. Louis to a win in Pittsburg. The O'Neil battery did strong work as Pittsburg managed 11 hits and 4 errors against the visitors who scored 9 runs none after the third. Tannehill and Zimmer paired with M O'Neil and J O'Neil in the batteries.
Cincinnati fell 9 to 5 as Chicago hitters roughed Hahn in the early innings. An umpire Powers decision in the third inning cost Cincinnati three runs, shaping the outcome. Batteries Hahn and Peitz for Cincinnati, Lundren and Chance for Chicago.
The standings list W L P C Pittsburg with a .761 win percentage 35 games, Philadelphia .412 with 21 wins 30 losses, Brooklyn .569 29 wins 22 losses, St Louis .417 20 wins 28 losses, Chicago .553 26 wins 21 losses, Cincinnati .409 20 wins 29 losses, Boston .500 23 wins 23 losses, New York .396 19 wins 29 losses.
New York plays Brooklyn, Philadelphia faces Boston, Chicago meets Cincinnati, and St. Louis challenges Pittsburgh in today’s lineup.
In Montreal's win over Jersey City, a walk, Barnett error, and Raub single in the eighth produced the decisive run. Final: Montreal 2 Jersey City 1. Magee and Barnett pitched, with Reed and Quinlan among standouts.
A fragmentary report from Toronto lists battery dealers Scott and Toft and Thielman and Culver amid unclear lot numbers and figures, mentioning Newark and large sums in a disjointed OCR fragment.
Local note lists firms such as Pappalau and Steelman McFarlan and Phelps among potteries in Rochester Worcester area with account numbers and yard data. No clear event or outcome is stated in the fragment.
Syracuse edged Troy 8 to 7 in Syracuse. Albany beat Binghamton 8 to 6 in Binghamton. Utica triumphed over Schenectady 9 to 4 in Utica. A. J. and G. defeated Mon-Ilion 3 to 0.
Detroit defeated Boston 4 to 1 in Detroit. Cleveland beat Washington 5 to 3. Chicago blanked Baltimore 2 to 0 at Chicago. St Louis defeated Philadelphia 16 to 3 at St Louis.
Harvard students arrived soaked after Harvard be Yale baseball game postponed due to heavy rain. The Senior spread proceeded with plans for illumination but was canceled. the transept held tables and part of the hall served as a dining area due to wet grounds.
The Anglo American polo squad led by Captain Lord Harrington and including W A Hazard H Scott Robson and R J Collier defeated Hamburg by nine goals to one. They will next face a Budapest team.
The Brooklyn and Kings County Cricket Clubs played at Prospect Park with Brooklyn winning by 4 runs and 4 wickets. J Hunt and F Hoyle contributed 48 and 21 for Kings County, while H B Coyne and J Poyer forged a decisive partnership as Kings County reached 98 against Brooklyn 102 for 6.
For the first time in years it appears no excursion boats will run to the intercollegiate races at Poughkeepsie tomorrow. Inquiries at the steamboat offices found no boats planned, citing insufficient profits compared with past years.
Detectives arrested a man identified as Thomas Walker at Fourteenth Street and Broadway on a charge of using the mails for fraud. A Cincinnati home, a large turf syndicate, and papers from the New York Post Office tied to O’Hara and Walker surface, with offices listed in the Home Life Insurance Building and a plan to recruit investors.
In Paris at the Bois de Boulogne meeting the Prix Rocquencourt was won by Bright ridden by Mac Ginn with Astronome second and Azay third. American jockeys and English rivals clash as Stern is accused of foul play and suspensions follow for McIntyre and Stern. The feud escalates after prior incidents including jostling and a whip attack.
Veterans dominated a day of singles and doubles at the New York Lawn Tennis Club as semi-final rounds attracted a larger crowd. H Hackett impressed with cross court drives and place shots, defeating Paret in the first set 6 0 and later taking the second 7 5. In doubles Grant and Le Roy defeated Princeton pair Little and Alexander 6 4 in the final set.
List of rounds and match scores from singles doubles and mixed events at New York clubs. Notable results include J C Kyle, Harold Hackett, J P Paret, Samuel Westfall, Cresson Russ, Raymond Little, Frederick Alexander, Miss Omans, Rob ert Le Roy, Miss Anna Risch, and others advancing or winning in preliminary rounds and semi finals.
Henry P. Davison resigns as President of Liberty National Bank to accept the Vice Presidency at First National Bank. E. C. Converse, former National Tube Company president and U S Steel director, to become the new Liberty National Bank President. Converse now serves as a director and is in Bermuda.
The article notes a fall in United States Steel shares on the Stock Exchange with rumors of profit takers from copper and talk that the underwriting syndicate linked to J. P. Morgan & Co. may remain active. A Morgan associate dismissed an organized campaign against steel and promised defense of the stock and holders.
The reorganization plan for the New England Gas and Coke Company, announced yesterday, creates a voluntary trust named the Massachusetts Gas Companies. It plans a 30 million dollar stock issue with 15 thousand dollars in 4 percent cumulative preferred stock. Dividends start December 1, 1902. Bondholders consenting to the plan receive 52 percent of face value in new preferred stock and 56 percent in new common stock.
Saginaw Steel Steamship Company filed papers to raise capital from 550000 to 2500000 dollars. Arthur Hill served as president and James Jerome as secretary.
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