This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1908
Page
7
National League notes recount New York Giants 4 Brooklyn 3 in ten innings. Cy Seymour led with a double a single and a home run contribution while Lumley the Fat and Rucker both saw action as Giants rally from an early Brooklyn lead.
Brooklyn defeats New York 4 to 1 as Seymour hits a two base and a home run. Jordan also goes deep. pitching by Rucker Wiltse and Pastorius yields 8 hits for New York and 5 for Brooklyn. Game clock one hour forty three minutes.
Fragmentary notice lists entities including Chappelle and Overman McQuil lin Moren and Dooin with a Philadelphia reference and numeric codes indicating a materials or supplier list.
In the American League, Steele shut down the Yankees in the ninth to give Boston a 2 to 1 victory. Other scores: Philadelphia 5 over Washington 0, Cleveland 10 over Chicago 4, St. Louis 5 over Detroit 2. New York visits Boston. Philadelphia visits Washington. Cleveland visits Chicago. Detroit visits St. Louis.
Boston edge New York 2 to 1 as O Rourke parried a ninth inning threat by circling to touch first on Steele’s grounder. McConnell Lord Stahl Wagner miscues frame the verdict. Donahue drives two-base hit and Gessler, O Rourke contribute. Ball and Cravath among lineup. Time one hour fifty six minutes. Evens presided at plate.
The report lists Philadelphia versus Washington with lineups Keeley Street Powers Coombs Lapp and others in a second game. Scores show Philadelphia 0 Washington 0 in innings indicated, with batteries noted for both sides.
A fragmented item lists names Joss Bemis Owen Manuel and Sullivan tied to a batteries entry with numbers and a Cleveland Chicago routing. The readable parts indicate a classified or notice-like citation involving battery makers or suppliers and associated personnel across locations Cleveland and Chicago.
Judges in St Louis and Detroit hear battery cases with named defendants Powel and Smith Donovan and Schmidt as the docket shows. The records list locations and participants in the battery matter.
Summary of minor league baseball scores from several leagues with results in multiple cities. Eastern League reports Newark besting Jersey City and Montreal over Rochester, plus Toronto defeating Buffalo. New York State League notes Wilkes Barre over Albany in 12 innings and other city matchups. American Association shows Indianapolis beat Louisville. New England League lists Fall River over Brockton and Worcester versus Lowell in 15 innings. Southern League games include Atlanta over Memphis and Montgomery over New Orleans.
In the National Baseball League of Union ers opening at American League Park Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati 13 to 4 as Boston routed Philadelphia 28 to 0 after seven innings. Chicago vs St Louis and New York vs Washington slated next. The Herrmann trophies were shown ahead of Thursday’s East vs West final.
In Berlin on September 14 Dr. Tarrasch defeated Dr. Lasker in the tenth game of the world chess championship after thirty two moves. Tarrasch used a Ray Lopez opening and pressed a central, complex contest until Lasker resigned with the score Lasker five, Tarrasch two, draws thirty eight.
The 14th annual United States Golf Association championship opened at Garden City Club with 132 players in qualifier round. Colonel Bogey set a 75 on the 6,400 yard course as Travis and Edwards led with 79, while Travers and Findlay Douglas posted 80 and 83 respectively amid a long day of scoring.
The Eastern Bowling League with clubs from New York Brooklyn Newark Trenton Paterson and Elizabeth held its final meeting in Brooklyn to prep for the season at Universal Alleys Washington Street. Afternoon events feature individual and three man events while evenings host five man teams with liberal cash prizes including a high team score prize and five dollars per member for the winning five man team. The season runs from October 1 to late January.
Canadian cricketers failed in an international match against the United States at Manheim Germany Town Cricket Club grounds. Canada was all out for 36 runs as the Americans won, in the fortieth series game with America leading 26 wins to Canada 12 and two draws.
The Motor Racing Association may stage a three to five cornered sweepstakes at Brighton Beach with leaders Lacroix and Singer proposing the Simplex, Fiat, and Steam cars join the twenty four hour race. Singer disputes a claimed single hour record and notes Simplex mileage while on track.
Cambridge reports a large turnout for Harvard University football work as Captain Burr and Coach Haughton begin preparations for 1908. Only four players from last year’s team return, requiring a new backfield, with many promising candidates from freshmen and seconds. Yale and Trinity also start light workouts as excavations affect gym practice.
Priscillian the unbeaten Belmont three year old gelding won the Occidental Handicap at Gravesend, a mile and an eighth, carrying 126 pounds and beating Master Robert by a half length. Fashion Plate set a track record in the Flatlands Stakes, a five and one half furlong race for two year olds, in 1 06 1 8. Bar None won the opening race, Economy the steeplechase, and The Squire plus Wallflower won near the close.
Robert Leroy of New York defeats Dr. E B Dewhurst of Philadelphia on grass at Baltimore Country Club to win the challenge cup, 6 4 6 3 6 2, earning two legs. Doubles finals between Colston and Dewhurst and Leroy and Holden were not finished due to darkness, with scores 11 9 6 2 and tied at 8 games in the third set.
Richard H. Palmer eased past Frederick W. Gwynne and others to reach the third round in the New Jersey State lawn tennis championship at Morristown Field Club. The Morristown meet features strong players as women’s singles begin with Miss Alice L. Day the defending champion among a deep field. In Metropolitan League action, Crescent Athletic Club falls to New York Lawn Tennis Club in Bay Ridge with Pell and Palmer winning key matches.
Curlers prepare tomorrow to map plans for the season. The Grand National Curling Club of America will hold its executive meeting at the New York Caledonian Club rooms on Seventh Avenue in the afternoon and the forty second annual convention that evening. On Thursday the Bell QuaJt Medal match at Van Cortlandt Park will decide the sod-queiting championship of America.
Princess Bay proved an ideal fishing spot on Sunday with Capt. Peter Larkin and four Argyle Fishing Club members from Brooklyn reporting good weakfish catches. Several fish exceeded two pounds, marking the best day of weak fishing in the area.
The Willow Handicap for two year old fillies at five and a half furlongs lists Mediant as top with 126 pounds and Field Mouse at 125. Thomas Welsh of the Newcastle Stable will supervise Millam Stud horses to be sold in France and sails on Saturday.
Summary of entries for six races including two year olds Wise Mason Witching Hour and others at weights 107 to 110, three year olds Waterbridge Queen Marguerite and more at 102 to 110, handicap Brookdale Nymph and rivals, Bay Shore Handicap with Bosom Marathon Jeanne d Arc Roseben, and maidens with Chief Brant and others carrying 108 pounds. apprentice allowance noted.
Syracuse reports the Grand Circuit meet opening as Minor Heir, the 1.59% mile star from Milwaukee, runs 2 01% in a strong breeze. Roly Poly wins the five eighth dash for two-year-olds. La Thorpe second. The Harvester, debuting here, sets stallion and heat records. Auto and Copa De Oro contest pacing events with times noted.
The National A A U track and field championships will be held at Travers Island on Friday and Saturday with entries from Irish American A C New York A C Boston A A Chicago A A Montreal A A A and others. J C Carpenter will run the 440 for Maryland A C Harry L Hillman and D Buddo will represent the New York A C Melvin W Sheppard runs for Irish American A C L B Dorland will enter. The mile and half mile promises strong fields with Montreal Irish American New York A C eyeing the mile and Sheppard Bromilow McKay Sheehan in the half mile.
In an international six day race at Madison Square Garden three riders John Bedell Lynbrook L J Joseph Fogler Brooklyn and Eddie Root Boston narrowly escaped serious injuries after a last lap collision sent them through the track railing and into the boxes below at about forty miles per hour. They were assisted to dressing rooms and doctors said no bones were broken with recovery expected. Fourteen teams started the event which featured top sprinters and a match race between George Cameron and Charles Stein.
Montclair Athletic Club plans a robust soccer football squad for the season. Candidates have been summoned for a meeting and practice starts next week at the grounds on Valley Road.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.