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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1896
Page
6
Fragmented prose reports player moves and opinions from early baseball. Leahy signs with Philadelphia, Pilveering hurt in New York, McGilhurdy prominent on coaches, Baltimore seen as near champions, comments on Bill Hamilton and other stars. Includes a curious letter from Alvin Pell seeking umpire duties and control of games.
The game featured a wrangle over umpire Beck, poor calls cited from both sides, and multiple disputed plays. McFarlan and Claude were ejected for kicking. Gochnaur and Davis made notable stops, but Portsmouth built a big fourth inning with Jocko driving in four as Rothermel and Katz mishaps shaped the late rally.
In Portsmouth a late decision ended the game after the seventh due to darkness. Stocksdale and Sheckerd starred for the Norfolk-Portsmouth clash, with Fields hitting a home run for Portsmouth and multiple players contributing in a lively, dusk-tinged contest. Fans debated 2 oclock starts and the umpires' authority amid defensive shifts and baserunning highlights.
Racing notes recount Brookdale stable offering a $10,000 colt offspring of Henry of Na Varre. Goolin’s hay mare TM applnoas wins at Point Creege in crash heats. Corbett dominates over Little Tebe at Baltimore’s Gentlemen’s Driving Park. King Brine tops 220 chisel trots, with Kitty Hawle third. York England meeting features dead heat for three-year-olds at one mile and a quarter between Posterity and Dinete Yiy. Son of Mine places third. California Jockey Club plans over $60,000 in winter stakes and Burns Handicap remains richest. Thornton stake offers $10,000 for a four mile race. Ensington Driving Park opens with three minute trot. Sliver Mark wins free-for-all heats. Sliver Mark’s trainer Train Me With a title prepares to show 2.10 city. EB. Driver Ehnsperger fined $4 for delay. pacer Snapper suspended.
J Starbuck accepts McCurdy's five mile race bet for a $100 purse at the Warwick meet. The piece notes global cycling activity, tandem and quad gear prowess, and mentions prominent riders and races including a professional Pennsylvania championship one mile at Warwick on Labor Day.
The Portsmouth youth football club held a reorganization meeting at City Hall. Peed was elected chair man and Bennett secretary, with Plummer captain and Gerk secretary. Langhorne became treasurer. The group boasts a strong lineup and many returning members, with several promising players added.
Indianapolis, Frank Walker has been chosen to start the races next week at the Fleetwood Park meeting in New York.
In Philadelphia the Phillies edged Cleveland 2 1 in a close third game of the series. Baltimore beat Cincinnati 8 4 as Pond won with strong defense. Washington defeated Pittsburgh 9 7 before darkness ended play. Brooklyn topped Louisville 9 5 after late scoring. New York lost 8 2 to St Louis as Breitenstein hurled a strong game despite field miscues.
In Boston on August 28 Chicago claim the ninth game of the series and the fourth in the city out of six. Attendance 3,019. Score Chicago 11 to Boston 9. Batteries: Griffith and Anson for Chicago. Nichols, Stivetts, and Ganzel for Boston.
A shooting match at Brick House Farm Thursday pitted W. A Seddinger of this o. against Mike Malloy of Baltimore. Seddinger scored eight to Malloy seven in ten tar gets. Referee William N White of Portemouth. The event followed a recent English town wedding anecdote about witness spellings.
Miss Sturgis runs the weekly People's Party paper with Watson as nominal editor and party figurehead. Born in Oxford, Georgia, she grew from publishing house employee to practical editor, overseeing content while Watson writes editorials. She favors Dryan and Watson, promotes behind the throne influence, and hopes Wall Street faces trouble in coming years.
A. Walsh named secretary of the Democratic national committee succeeds S. P. Bheorin of Indiana. Walsh, 28 or 30? 8F years old, hails from Beitonsport and later Othimwa. Experienced in politics, he has served as alderman and county attorney, with strong executive skill and magnetic presence. He is expected to play a key role in the Bryan campaign and national committee. The piece also notes the Chinese calendar reform attributed to Ku Porar Yao in BC 297.
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