Phillies Unable to Hit In Loss to Chicago
Philadelphia unable to hit as Chicago won easily. Ladgren’s curves trouble Phillies while White’s triple helps Chicago. Athletics beat Chicago for third place as Boston loses to Detroit with ten innings.
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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1902
Page
6
Philadelphia unable to hit as Chicago won easily. Ladgren’s curves trouble Phillies while White’s triple helps Chicago. Athletics beat Chicago for third place as Boston loses to Detroit with ten innings.
The National C. C. defeated Loyola of Philadelphia 18 to 4 at Essington. Morley pitched well for the Nationals, supported by strong defense behind him. Moran L Hayes and J Hayes were standout hitters. Gaffney struck out nine for Loyola. Umpires Harris and Hot-Shot officiated.
The Phillies continued their batting woes and costly fielding mistakes in a loss to Chicago. Despite bright spots like Sulswitz with eleven of twelve chances, poor hitting limited any rally as Fraser allowed ten hits and Jacklitsch and Krug faltered behind the plate. Chicago capitalized with timely hits and aggressive base running to secure victory before 1,246 spectators.
In Chicago on August 5 the Athletics beat the White Stockings 4 to 3 after a late rally. Harry Davis made a clutch defensive stop in the final inning, preserving Mack’s win as Daly and Murphy contributed key hits and runs. Plank, Callahan pitched well for the Athletics.
St Louis won the final game of the series against Baltimore in ten innings. Pitching split between two starters per team, the home club prevailed as the stronger batting side. The game featured loose play, key hits by Wallace McParland and Howell, and a late scoring rally to secure the 8 to 7 victory.
The thirteenth regular round in Hanover sees Janowski in front after adjournment, defeating Gune berg and leading ahead of Levin who fell to Popiel. Atkins, Tschigorin, and Olland won. Napier drew with Suechting. Pillsbury-Wolf unfinished with Pillsbury holding a winning edge.
London authorities report Joe Nuttall broke the world 500 meter open water swimming record at Leicester by swimming five minutes fifty seconds. He previously held the 5 minute 51 second mark for the distance in open water.
Chicago August 5 William Holabird Jr a golf player is critically ill with typhoid fever at his Evanston home His recovery is doubtful He contracted the fever at Potsdam Pa where he was attending school
A Santa Fe passenger train from Redondo Beach crashed into an oil train after passing an open switch. Engines and cars were wrecked, a fuel tank exploded, burning oil spread, and the Combs Refining Company plant burned down. Four employees suffered minor injuries.
The 1,000 rug weavers in Ken Sington ended a two month strike as all nine mills resumed operations. About 4,000 workers including weavers and others returned to their posts at 7 am.
Forty four years after a daguerreotype of Thomas M. Fister vanished from his mother Mrs Simon B. Fister’s Hamburg home the lone photo reappears. Mrs. Fister and her family kept the search alive despite the long lapse.
Par Excellence, a 40 to 1 selling plater, defeated Lux Costa by a neck to win the Alabama Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga. Zoroaster set a track record for a mile in 1 3 0 3 5 as crowds of over 4,000 watched. Other races featured Alsano’s front running win and Gunfire fading as favorites fell.
At Detroit August 5 the Highland Park meet opened with a four horse pileup in the fourth race after Cas id released to barrier. Lady Gallantry caused the wreck with several riders injured though not seriously. Only Lorina, the favorite, won the day as track conditions remained fast and showery.
Delmar stakes day features six furlongs with Erema faltering late to Miss Go Lightly by two lengths. Multiple selling races followed with winners including Joe Leaser ridden by Fauntleroy in race one and Jack Young ridden by Donegan in race two, with times around 1 16 and 1 10.
A list-like excerpt shows horse names such as Pourquoi Pas Goudy Helen Hay Votary Mudlavia and values attached including 95 100 108 104 116. Apprentice allowances claimed appear in the fragment, indicating a record of stud fees or betting figures without full context.
Alfred Holden of Wissahickon, gold medalist at a local photographers exhibition, will photograph key American Bridge Company bridges and steel buildings in the United States and Canada over four to five weeks. The project aims to persuade foreign engineers to adopt American lattice construction and system designs for bridges and skyscrapers by showing strength, durability, and real strain data.
The Pennsylvania Railroad moves to control trolley franchises in Atlantic City by chartering the Atlantic City and Chelsea Passenger Railway Company capitalized at 250000 with 25000 deposited to begin work within a year. Samuel Rea governs as president with John M Harding as secretary treasurer. directors include Louis Kuehnle despite his denial of sale involvement. The line would start at the Inlet, run Maine to Caspian Rhode Island Arctic to city limits with loops on South Carolina and Tennessee avenues and a possible Kuehnle hotel property acquisition.
Mrs Cabanne left two diamonds in the washstand at Henry's cafe. A young woman followed by a chase and later produced the stones after a detector obtained them, claiming they were not accessible, then admitted possession. The girl Bert Hunt, sister of Mrs Jack O Connor, was released.
The Orange Observer urges a jobless young man to seek a year on the farm as a healthful remedy. It claims plowing clears the mind and body, improving appetite and vigor, presenting farming as a reforming retreat away from town life.
Buffalo August 5 Direct Hal and The Roman repeat season wins in 2 24 pace and 2 18 trot while Gold Brick takes 2 30 pace. Heats include a first heat collision with King Charles and Grasshopper unseated but no injuries.
Reports from New York say Rabbi Bernhard L Levinthal of Philadelphia may be elected chief rabbi of Orthodox Jews in the United States to succeed the late Rabbi Jacob Joseph. Levinthal, born 1864 in Srednick Russia, has led Philadelphia’s Orthodox community for eleven years and attends the current Association of Orthodox Rabbis convention as vice president.
The subject founded the Friends of Zion in the city and serves as vice president of the Federation of Zionists of America. He notes ten generations of family rabbis from the Kohanim and a wife’s line of twenty-one generations, and two years ago his followers gifted him a house at 716 Pine Street in recognition.
The American Tin Plate Company proposals for a 25 percent wage reduction were rejected after weeks of voting. A further conference with Amalga mated Association officials is anticipated in New York within two weeks. The decision impacts Wales and Welsh workers and suggests plant closures including Shenango at New Castle and several Indiana plants. Non union plants remain active.
Conrad G. Bower of this city keeps a King Charles spaniel that has adopted a brood of ten newly hatched chicks. The dog shelters the chicks in her fur and no family member dares remove a chick while they are under her care.
A travelogue recounts Old Corinth six miles from the sea, praising the Doric Temple of Minerva remains. It describes weathered columns, enamel loss, and nearby peasant life with plowing fields, currant bushes, winter wheat, and fodder plants. References to ancient scripture conclude the scene.
Fragmentary item notes a family trip to Tolchester Beach and a return plan with a price hint of 1.50 cents. Details unclear due to garbled OCR text.
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