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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1890
Page
6
Big Ed Williamson seals the win for Chicago in a tight clash with Pittsburgh. Staley and Baldwin duel on the mound as both infields spark sharp plays and late scoring drives. Corcoran delivers a pivotal hit as Chicago pulls ahead in the final frame. Attendance noted for Chicago game with tense finish.
New York defeated Brooklyn 6 to 3 at Brotherhood Park with 2,852 in attendance. Scoring details list Erwin with a homer and Hemming credited with several reflects. Pitching notes mention Hemming and Keele. errors and base hits credited to Gore and Kinsion among others.
In Cleveland on August 13 the Cleveland Pin League defeated Autantnate with 12 to 0. The scoring featured base hits by Larkin and Twite. home runs by Delehanty Sutcilfe McAleer and Past. Radford and Cioveland contributed sacrifice hits as the Totals posted 12 runs while Autantnate failed to score.
Boston gains a 8 run burst in the sixth frame to seize the lead over Philadelphia as Griffin Shinale Gumbert Wood Farrar and others pace the offense. Attendance 2485. Home runs credited to Griffin Shinale Gumbert Wood Farrar and Gaffney with errors and pitching details listed from the chaotic box.
Schedule lists today games: National League with Pittsburgh at Cleveland, Chicago at Cincinnati, Brooklyn at Boston, Philadelphia at New York. Players League matches include Pittsburgh at Chicago, Brooklyn at New York, Philadelphia at Boston, Buffalo at Cleveland. Association games show Athletics at 61, Louis at Brooklyn, Toledo at Syracuse, Rochester at Louisville.
The Fourth of July event between St Louis and Brooklyn at St Louis favored Brooklyn. A Toledo versus Athletic game was awarded to Toledo by 6106 when athletes left the field. A dispute over Cartwright ended with him joining St Louis for the remainder of the season.
Heavy batting featured in a Cleveland vs Pittsburg game. McKean hit two long balls and Osborn got shelled after Baker left the mound. West hit a grand slam style homer with two on, while Pittsburg’s shortstop broke a finger ending his day. Attendance 601.
At the Polo Grounds on August 13 New York and Philadelphia NL teams drew 740 fans. New York out ran and out fielded the visitors yet lost the game. Highlights include Whistler and Thompson as key players and a late rally by New York framed by strong pitching from Sharrott and Gleason.
A Boston game on August 1 featured the Bridegrooms capitalizing on errors to pull ahead in the fourth. Key players included McGarr, Pinkney, Fouts, and Smith as showcased by the scoring plate and defensive miscues. Attendance reached 2,270 with a final score not clearly stated but marked by multiple runs and offensive rallies.
Meridan National Bank of Indianapolis filed suit yesterday against W A Nimick president of J's Pittsburg National League Baseball Club to recover 2406 29 on three notes dated March and May 1880. The notes were payable to Se Young and La Grands rodeo and indorsed by Nimick and W N Nimick. The notes remained unpaid and protest was not made. The case proceeds in court.
Pitener Viau of the Cincinnati squad has not reported to Pittsburg and has not sent word about his inaction. Greensburg, Pa. August 18 Greensburg hosts the Collegians, a Pittsburg team of Lehigh Yale and University of Pennsylvania students, with Jamison Hemphill and Schoyer as features in a disjointed telegram style summary.
Oliver Valentine reports on a Greensba Collerans contest noting multiple stolen bases and strikeouts. Hemphill is credited with key pitching while Barclay and Peony contribute at the plate. Time span appears three hours with McCance as umpire.
In Manchester on August 18 a large crowd witnessed the first baseball match between Preston North End and Aston Villa. Preston won 17 to 1, with Villa suffering a decisive defeat. A picked English team may tour America next season.
Rochester dispatch notes a program of Grand Circuit races with top contenders in the 2.18 class and a second heat. Dareelf earns a dictation despite a slim margin. Tomorrow Belle Hamlin is set to race Hal Pointer for an $8,000 purse as Harry Wilkes seeks to lower his record.
LExIneros reports the Nicholasville Driving Park opens as the Kentucky fair circuit trotting meet starts in Jessamine county. Nancy Hawks wins the Bee breed time 2 18, Nell W takes a 25 race with 2 22 record after four heats, amid threatening weather and strong attendance.
Summary of today's races at Guttenburg New Jersey race track with results across six events. Woodcutter won the first race followed by Clau dine and St Elmo. Vance won the one mile event with Bal Villans in second and Jennie McFarland third. Tanner placed second in the fourth and e appears to have third, Ids Girl won the fifth race with Foxbul second. Lancaster led the sixth at six and a half furlongs with Slumber second and Marty B third. Time details noted for several events.
Race by race results show seven furlongs with Health winning the opener at 1 14, Roger and Tappahannock taking wins in later sprints, with Urbtana fret and Lissie Pickwick among other top placers. Time notes included for several events.
Results show Fenpyroyal winning the first race over Kitty and Caprice in 1 08. Margueritta takes the mile second with Sonoma second and Scissors third in 1 44. En a Bob places second and Eugenie third in the one and one sixteenth miles. Drizsle wins the fourth over Red-cocena with Tom Hood listed among entries.
Trexe Haure Inc announces an August 1890 trotting stake of 10000 guaranteed for 1590 mile boats best three in five on Terre Haute mile track. Prizes: 5000 first, 2600 second, 1500 third, 1000 breeder of winner. nominations due November 1, 1890 with 10 payment and 200 entrance to starters.
Loxpor, the famed English Derby winner once owned by the Duke of Westminster, has been sold for 200 and will immediately travel to England. An unsuccessful bid for the horse was made by the Hungarian Government’s agent.
New York August 18 The Brighton Beach Racing Association offering a 2600 purs e to Mr Pulsifer for Tenny to race the mile record 1 4 now held by Raveloe acceptance granted favorable conditions set for August 2 and a further 2500 will be added if the record is broken by the runner.
Chicago ruling by Judge Horton bars Mayor Crogier and officers from arresting individuals at the West Side race track amid a tense incident. The injunction aims to restore order and prevent further clashes at the venue.
A rowing match for £1000 is arranged between Kemp and O'Connor on the Pacific Coast in March next. A separate race between Kemp and Stansbury on the Parramatta River in Australia is tied for October.
The item mentions Cam and the prospect of teams on the road with Melbourne state figures and a syndicate. It notes Tax Mt Pleasants beating Mosalights, a Keystone Bravel Club event drawing a good crowd, and plans for a meeting route and attendance. Names such as Beotts McKim Kitchell Marshall Newhart and references to Goddard and Woole are listed without clear context.
A gas volcano near Waldron continued burning as 15 acres sank eight inches yesterday. Rocky Fork creek remains absent in the giant crevice in the earth.
Crowds from Beaver County and neighboring states gather at the old Service Church in Raccoon township to mark the centennial of the Service Seminary. Notable attendees include Rev. W. J. Golden, Rev. D. Littell, and local elders as speakers are postponed to today.
Reuben Miller Jr aged about 80s of Allegheny County dies at 211 Ridge Avenue Pittsburgh after a long career as an iron boat builder and pioneer in the Western rivers. He leaves a large family including five sons and two daughters.
August 13 report says the Chickasaw Nation election passed with Indians blocking squawmen from voting and separate polling places. If squawmen votes counted, Sam Paul may be Governor, though most Indians backed Governor Byrd. squawmen plan to contest.
In Annapolis on August 13 the Maryland State Farmers' Alliance debated creating a State Alliance exchange in the city to connect producers and merchants directly, aiming to save farmers the cost of the middleman.
General Sapeateaners Voorhees ordered six passenger train crews recalled and others to report to the General Superintendent's office for individual review. A report claiming the Brotherhood firemen on the road were ordered out originated in Albany. it was denied by Mr. Lynch of the Local Brotherhood Assembly who said no action would be taken.
The Knights of Labor Executive Board in Detroit held secret talks as Pow derly predicted the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will join the firemen in the railway strike. He blamed management, notably H Walter Webb, for mass dismissals and public disruption while denying outside mediation influence and noting strikers aim to affect freight, not passenger trains.
Terre Haute August 13. Grand Master Sargent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen traveled to Cleveland to meet a Grievance Committee. Authorities state he has not ordered a strike. The process requires local settlement first, then potential union involvement and a systemwide member vote if unresolved.
John O'Donnell a longtime Fifteenth ward political figure was arrested on charges of robbing the United States mails by stealing nearly 2,000 volumes from publishers. The Philadelphia clerk, living at 1832 Wood Street, held posts in ward politics and served as a post office messenger before his July 1 1887 Star appointment. Bail set at 3000 dollars for next hearing.
On Wednesday at 1 L.M. the wife of W. G. Mawhinney, Lottie Mtetler, died at her residence on No street in Mages.
Washington August 13 Senator Quay seeks to end this session with tariff and appropriation bills by his resolution to set August 30 as a deadline and limit debate. The move, debated tonight, is seen as the only route to pass the tariff bill despite Democratic resistance and fears of a winter session.
In Washington August 13 the Senate debates tin plate tariff with Carlisle noting wage implications if production shifts inland. Gorman and others press for votes while stressing burdens on farmers and workers amid mixed views on protection versus free discussion.
The record notes the split among lawmakers, with Northern Democrats opposing the measure largely coming from major cities, while supporters largely represented agricultural districts, showing regional patterns in the vote.
The Mint Director announced no details on silver purchases while confirming London quotation 51144 and sterling 48744. Purchases for Philadelphia San Francisco and New Orleans Mints totaled 10 000 ounces, with offers reportedly near the London price and New York equivalent 1.1254 per ounce, with nearly 1 000 000 ounces offered and more due Friday.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee reported a substitute resolution asking the President to disclose any information on anti Jewish edicts in Russia and whether American citizens have faced expulsion or denial of basic rights due to religion. The inquiry follows reports in the public press and aims to clarify enforcement of proscriptive decrees.
Senator Bish reports favorably a joint resolution to amend the Constitution banning manufacture import export transport and sale of alcoholic liquors used as beverages in the United States.
August 13 report: Senator Hale introduced a resolution directing the Secretary of the Navy to investigate alleged false or counterfeit stamping of test pieces of steel plate for United States naval vessels at the Linden Steel Works in Pittsburg.
Chicago Bohemian gymnastic societies held a meeting at Bohemian Turner Hall to oppose teaching any single foreign language in public schools. Leader Raol Kraus urged a petition of about 10,000 Bohemian taxpayers and supporters from other groups. If ignored, Bohemians plan to appeal to the State Legislature.
The steamer Thistle reports a band of about 30 Indians led by Pawwawson and Flatmouth cut nets, stole contents, and seized provisions from a camp run by Reed Fishing Company. Seven whites were present unarmed as the Indians, armed and war painted, demanded five days to clear out all goods. The dispute follows the company halting fish offal payments.
William B. Irwin, a Cumberland county figure and former Republican politician, died in Harrisburg at age 60 about to reach 61. A 1860 Chicago convention delegate who helped nominate Lincoln, he later served Cumberland county in the Legislature and worked in grain and produce trades before settling in Harrisburg. He left a wife and son.
The piece warns nine of ten who enter commerce go bankrupt and links excess to health ruin. It cites living beyond means and overindulgence in eating and drinking as drains on constitution, causing dyspepsia liver trouble and nervous or kidney issues. It promotes Tutt's Pills and Tutt's Liver Pills at 44 Murray St New York as a remedy.
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