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IT required twelve i stage to decide last Saturday's game be tween the Bristol and acony teams. At the end of the ninth inning the score stood 9 runs each. Two more in nings only added to the crop of goose-eggs that had accumulated, but in the 12th inning the Tacony boys made two runs and won the game to a score of 11 to %. During the game 8 dispute arose among the players on some Pint of the play, when one of the Tacony men gave the lie to pitcher Coleman. This raised a row, with the result that the abusive Individual was struck in the mouth by a brother of the pitcher. The diamond immed diately Mied with an excited crowd who pushed from the left field seats, but the trou ble was promptly settled by apologies from the aggressors. On the Fourth of July a morning and afternoon game were played on the Bristol grounds, with a good attendance at both games. The Germantown club took the morning drubbing, and the Morrisville team took theirs in the afternoon. The German towns developed a greater Proficiency than the local ball cranks anticipated, and the Bristol giants were held down to only 4 runs The vistors failed to score during the game, Smith did the pitching, and Black caught, to the evident satisfaction of players and audi ence. In the afternoon the Morrisville team, strengthened at several points, and with a first-class battery, pit in an appearance to cross base with the Bristol favorites. The game mated out well, but in the second in ning the visitors became rattled and six runs were made against them, which had a demor alizing effect. They vraced up, however, and only one more runa were made by Bris tol during the rest of the game. The Visitors were pretty fair ball-players, but he run- Makers, and they took home with them the following score: Bristol 11, Morrisville 0, The Directors of the Bristol Athletic Anson ciation held a meeting on Thursday even ing. Action was taken on the resignation of Manager Minster, tendered some time ago, and with a view of reducing the expenses of the association the resignation was accepted. The Captain of the club, John F. Smith, volunteered his servicers as manager, and he was chosen to the postition by the directors. Several important changes were made, with a view of reducing the expenses of the asso ciation, Burlington and Bristol will contest for the honors of the diamond on the Bristol grounds this (Saturday) afternoon.The Burlington team has been recently greatly strengthened, and is now in shape to give the Bristol boys a sharp tussle. With Bowman and Lansing as their battery, and otherwise strengthened a good game and a close contest may be ex pected. Massey, Tacony’s effective catcher and heavy ditter, will play that position for the Bristol club this afternoon. School Boards will now be Manreting to elect teachers, levy taxes, and fix the length of the school term for the coming year. The State appropriation for the school year com mencing June 1st, 1802, will be much lar ger than heretofore, and it will be well for boards to remember that the object in voting $5,000,000 of State aid to the schools was in order that the boards might be enabled to lengthen the term and pay the teachers bet ter wages, not that they might lower the taxes of the districts. In other words, the idea in the minds of our legislators was to make the schools more, and not less efficient than they have heretofore been. With the increased State aid no district should be con tent with six months’ schooling, the mini mum term allowed by law. The aged and weak have declared after using Speer's Port Wines that they felt as though they had a new lease of life by hav ing their agstems renovated by this this pure strengthening wine made by Alfred Speer, of Passaic, N. J. The iron in the soil in which the vine grows gives the blood making qual ities to the wine. For sale by druggists. The Pennsylvania Railroad officials have Pretty much given up the idea of enlarging the Broad Street Station this year, and will devote their energies to widening the elevated roadway 8048 to secure room for 16 tracks. With the additional trackage it is expected that the growing passenger trade will be rea dily accommodated, and the addition to the station will be left to next year. With 16 tracks the “Pennsy” will have more track room for the passenger station than any other railroad in the country. The Bristol Steam Laundry to the front again! We will now occupy the store in the front of our laundry, making it more conve nient for our patrons. The officers of the Bristol Rolling Mill Company have signed the new scale of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers, and there will be no trouble here on that score for the present, unless a general strike should be ordered for the whole State, on account of the difficulty with the Carnegie’s at Pittsburgh. A man may don the finest tailor-made gar ments, but if his hat is poor, Gingy, ill-fitting or out of style, the effects of his handsome suit are destroyed. A nice hat selected with reference to the size and shape of the face, greatly enhances the appearance of the whole man. When we meet a stranger we invol untarily look at his face first, and in that look we see his hat. If his hat is all right, his clothes, if even of inferior make and texture, appear to better advantage. A hint to the wise is sufficient. New styles shown in hats, soft hats, imported hats, straw hats, traveling hats, and all kinds of hats, at John son Brothers. A typographical error in section 24 of the new ballot law, as published in the pam phlet issued by the Doylestown Publishing Company, should be corrected before being Generally furnished the election officers and others connected with the elections. “Not? Is inadvertently added to a portion of the section, which does not belong there, and makes the provision confusing to those who would be governed by the correct text of the law.
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Bristol Observer
Bristol, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Jul 09, 1892
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Christopher W.
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