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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
7
The Giants win five of seven and close the gap on Chicago while the Yankees slide to the bottom of the American League standings. Wiltse and Young pitched near no hitters, and racing news from Coney Island and Brighton Beach highlights the week.
Pittsburg defeated Chicago 10 to 5 in a clash as Brooklyn and New York won against Chicago and Cincinnati respectively. Cincinnati edged St Louis 5 to 3 in the first game and 0 to 3 in the second, while standings put Pittsburg atop the league with Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, and St Louis close behind. New York nears first place as they begin a Western swing with Cincinnati today.
A three hour fifty two innings tie saw Newark and Jersey City deadlock after nineteen innings in Newark. Brockett pitched superbly for Newark and Lafitte matched him for Jersey City as both clubs left eight men on base and each pitcher fanned fourteen. Sharp fielding included two double plays and a crowd of about five thousand witnessed the marathon.
Pittsburg defeated Chicago 10 to 5 to climb in the National League race. Moran misplayed a ball in the fifth allowing three runs, but in the ninth Pittsburg broke through as Pfeister collected four singles a double and a triple driving in five. Batteries were Young and Gibson for Pittsburg Pfeister and Moran for Chicago.
The season shows unusually low scores across open championships with several sub 200 totals. Weather and course conditions aided record runs in Prestwich and Brookline as players posted remarkable rounds amid planning for a new Boston area country club.
Up to June 24 twenty stallions have earned over $20,000 this season led by Commando with $81,115. Sire lines show Hastings and Ogden rising thanks to Priscillian and two-year-olds Fayette and Sir Martin. Madden and Hildreth own Fitz Herbert, a former bargain buy turning high class, with jockeys Dugan and Notter vying for season honors. The Saratoga Handicap reopens with July 13 entry closing, seeking strong field this year.
St. Louis hung on to first place by beating Cleveland in eleven innings. Detroit defeated Chicago, leaving Detroit and Cleveland tied for second. New York meets Philadelphia today before renewing with Detroit tomorrow in the Western invasion.
Detroit defeats Chicago 5 to 3 in a game with unclear play details and scattered player mentions Batteries Killian Summers and Thomas Altreck and Sullivan listed among participants or scorers in the muddled OCR text.
Dr. Joseph Semon rode Virginia Belle to two narrow victories in brisk morning fast-paced races. Klamath Maid and Zealous trailed in close pursuit as Virginia Belle led by neck then by a length in the double feature. Coast Maine and Tempus Fugit traded leads in two trials while Silver Ore and Fancy Prince also contended strongly.
David Van Wicklen, age unknown, in his fifty year old sloop Corneilla, sailed from Roxbury Point to Sandy Hock lightship and back to Rockaway Point to win the Still Cup ocean race. He bested the Corinthians of the Yacht Racing Association of Jamaica Bay by over twenty minutes amid west-southwest winds.
Five leading doubles pairs begin matches at the Westchester Country Club round robin cups as part of the run up to the national championship. Edgar Leonard and C Frederick Watson Jr face William A Larned and George L Wrenn Jr in the opening match. The pairing Theodore R Pell and Bernond S Prentice meet Harold H Hackett and Frederick B Alexander, the reigning champions. The tournament runs through the week with Englewood Field Club hosting USNLTA events and strong women’s events highlighted.
Amateur tandem events sparked spectator enthusiasm at the Vailsburg cycle track in Newark. Nat Butler defeated Patsy Logan and Jimmy Moran in a 2 1/2 mile motor paced race. Kramer set a track record with a 21 1/2 length win in the ten mile event. Butler led the 20 mile motor paced race before trouble slowed him. he recovered to win by a lap and a half over Logan with Moran close in third.
A 325 mile Lipton Cup race around the North East End Lightship from Cape May sees sixteen yachts remaining after two vessels retire with gear damage. Favorites include Frederic Thompson with Shamrock and I & Herzig’s Gardenia, while Marchioness and Ondawa also loom as contenders. Wind conditions and Sail plans will decide the outcome as crews battle with potential gales and calms.
Wilkes-Barre defeated Scranton 6 to 1 while Syracuse beat Albany 8 to 2 and Binghamton edged Utica 2 to 0 in the circuit results.
About five thousand spectators attended the debut events at Clifton Stadium Paterson N J on a rain altered schedule. J B De Rosier of Paterson set a mile record unpaced in gm seconds while F W Jones of Passaic led amateur bicycle events and several other races crowned winners including J B De Rosier in the ten mile professional motorcycle race and Charles Gersson of Springfield winning amateur classes.
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