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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1890
Page
17
A crowded Exposition Park matchup ended in a six six tie after a long, physical struggle between the Athletics and Detroit. Officials and fans noted rough play by Detroit while Princeton showed strong rushing and occasional brilliance, but injuries and foul-flagged moments marred the contest.
In Philadelphia Princeton edged Penn 6 points amid a fierce contest before ten thousand fans. The first half featured rapid scoring runs and strong defense as Camp and Thayer starred while later players left the floor injured.
Yale fields a largely substitute lineup against Rutgers College as Melving Heffelfinger Rhodes Wallis Williams and Harvey miss the action on the retired list. The first half shows solid Yale play with minor errors and a 76 to 6 score reflecting a control game two weeks before the next contest.
The Washington and Jefferson eleven defeated East End Athletic in a football game by a score of 1950. The local team has many sign victories this season and will soon face larger games. Topper, a standout left tackle, was injured and sidelined.
J S Coxey of Massillon bought the Dixiana thoroughbred home from Major Barak G Thomas for 2400 dollars. The Major retires from the breeding business and will offer his stud for sale before winter. The new owner will raise trotters and his leading stallion is Acolyte, 221.
In November, Greensburg football edged Kishi Tametas 9 to 6 with Whitl and Pinner sustaining non critical injuries. Earlier, the Cutler and Mor football squads battled in Central Park with a bench warrant incident and final score 4 to 9.
The Olympics of St. John's School defeated the Columbia Freshmen this afternoon in a lively game. Tatum Douglass and Drake starred for the Olympic team, contributing to a final score of 10 to 4.
Cornell edges Bucknell in a hard fought game with decisive plays in the second half. Key contributors include standout players from both teams and a tense finish at the arena.
A closely contested afternoon game featured Cornell and Bucknell. Cornell broke through late in the first half with three touchdowns and two goals, pulling away to win 26 to 0. The defense held Bucknell to no scoring and limited field position throughout.
Yale and Princeton meet for the championship at Eastern Park Brooklyn on Thanksgiving Day. Kickoff is 21. mM with anticipated huge crowds due to superior seating, with grand stand for 600 and additional boxes for 400. Special trains and police aid will manage the crowds. an auction for 33 boxes occurs November 11 at Liberty Street.
In New York on a damp Orange Oval a big crowd watched the Crescents defend their American Football Union title against Orange Thiette. The scoring sequence produced a late surge by Orange with two touchdowns after a disputed ball near the Crescent goal line. Final score Crescent six Orange five amid rough play and near chaos as DeHart missed two attempts.
Newera New York November Yale College freshmen defeated the Siglars Institute football team 14 to 4 in a hustling game played on Fourth Ward grounds before a large crowd. The Yale squad, representing the varsity freshmen, proved stronger on both offense and defense.
New York reports Adelphi beat the Polly team 16 to 4 after a hard fought clash. Harriman and Main stood out for their sides while Troslow and Coons delivered notable runs and clashes amid spirited play aided by academy students.
Cambridge football team routed Harvard 49 to 6 as Lee scored the lone Harvard touchdown. The lopsided game showcased Cambridge’s offense while Harvard’s defense struggled throughout the match.
Lehigh University team defeated the Columbia Athletic Club in South Bethlehem by a final score of 60 to 6. The game was played today with Lehigh dominating on offense and defense, securing a convincing victory.
Lexise Gros Kentucky reports the 200 performers of top stallions led by Nutwood son of Belmont and Miss Russell with 51 two year olds 44 trotters 7 pacers. Alcantara close behind with 18 new offspring Electioneer five behind. Ted Wilkes and Egbert also high. Gambetta Wilkes Phallamont Atcolyte and others add young stock to the rising list.
The Chicago American Horse Show closed with over 6000 spectators as Roseberry the Canadian horse and Filemaker the American horse contested a purse of 500. Filemaker fell during a jump attempt and the rider Potter appeared injured though later mounted again. Roseberry cleared the first jump in excellent form. Crowd cheered wildly as Potter finally withdrew after protests from onlookers.
Palo Alto Stamboul and Sunol competed at the Bay district track meet in San Francisco area, all failing to better their records. Palo Alto posted about 2 minutes 34 seconds for the mile, Stamboul struggled with a slow first quarter, and Sunol clocked around 2 minutes 10 seconds. Weather and track conditions were reported as rough.
November 8 at Nashville West Side track drew a large crowd as ideal weather continued. Of five races only two favorites won while three were taken by longshots. In the fifth event over four furlongs Blanche's Last broke ahead on a fast track.
The report lists finishers by race with names Maud B Laura Doey and others. It notes Farratte winning the first eight race times and placings for Barpey Cashier Milt Young Faithful Lucille Mannetiy Maggie B and Deigarden with various distances and times in a historical meet.
The programa shows yesteryear racing at Bennings with small attendance. Coldstream wins the first race over Blanche Rustic, time 1 17. Kittr wins the second as Helen Ross places second Virgil third, time 121/4. Larchmount triumphs in the third with Syracuse second King Hazen third, time 1 4. Tanner wins the fourth over Lewberg, time 1 49 4. Kangbar takes the fifth with Uray Gown second Evangeline third, time 3 64.
Sam English, the city postseller, returned from the East yesterday and said the season test ended has been the best for trotting races. He noted more money bet and higher quality horses at all leading meetings and predicts greater success next year.
A Pittsburgh Public League director advocates merging the two clubs on equal terms with each owning 5 percent stock. He and others plan to meet Nimick and colleagues to end local warfare, hoping a peaceful settlement will satisfy fans and all parties. The local N S directors reportedly favor talks tomorrow to end the dispute.
The St Paul boxer Jimmi Kennard known as the St Paul Kid issues a plain spoken challenge to Spider Kelly with a 1000 dollar purse and a promise to fight under 107 pounds plus two. Kelly accepts in anger and vows to thrash Kennard but a later understanding sees Kennard to meet Kelly after his bout with Murphy.
Betting men favor Danforth to defeat Brennan in today’s title bout as Brennan arrives at 120 pounds and trains beside allies Hugh McManus Billy Myers Jimmy Carroll and Simmons. Danforth reports perfect condition with years of battlefield experience. The ring site remains an uncertain Memphis area venue.
District Attorney John Fleming sought warrants before County Judge Garretson to arrest George Godfrey of Beaton and Ed Smith of Denver and to search the Puritan Athletic Club building for a prize fight set Tuesday evening. The fight, with four ounce gloves, carries a $2,000 purse. Arrest warrants were sent to Sheriff Goldner for execution along with a search order.
Cincinnati faces an uncertain baseball future as the new owners seek to unload the club for 30000 dollars amid a failed exhibition season. Harry Sterne contemplates stepping back with four wealthy backers ready to invest, while rival factions jockey for control ahead of the National League meeting.
Walter Campbell of Philadelphia deposits $100 for a boxing match with Austin Gibbons of Patterson. He seeks a $1,000 side, 13 pounds with a two pound allowance, five hours before the bout or at ring side, skin gloves, in a club setting, and will meet a Gibbons representative at any agreed time or place.
Streator light weight Reddy Brennan travels to Memphis with handlers Hugh and Johny McManus. An 81 Louisana delegation accompanies Brennan as he prepares to fight Tommy Danforth in Arkansas tomorrow morning.
Brennan, in peak form, faces Pantorse at 130 pounds with a 9000 purse and a 100 payoff to the loser. Their previous bout ended in a knockout in seven rounds. Danforth and friends dispute the result, claiming a lucky punch decided the match.
MeKerspoint reports Teemer in Pittsburg arranging departure to the West. St Joseph Boat Club offered a full salary to train their crew for one year and Teemer plans to go soon with his family to establish a strong record in his line of business next season. Harry M Johnson death rumors persist with friends doubting the report and joking about a resurrection.
In Beaver Falls at the Opera House on November 1 William Fox and A Coleman, both expert horseshoers, contested a first 12 shoes event under Prof. Rich. Coleman completed 12 in 28 minutes and Fox 12 in 20 minutes, but Coleman awarded first prize for workmanship.
In Beaver Falls at the Sixth Avenue Theater J Carroll, Beaver Falls champion, beat Alfred Togeetti of Chicago 360 a side in a 200 ball match. Carroll won by three balls with a game time around one hour three minutes. The biggest run was 13 balls. Attendance was small and betting large.
Final deposit paid for the proposed foot race between Peter Priddy and McClelland yesterday. Both runners report good condition and much hard work. The race is set for next Saturday at City Park between 8 and 9 40. Priddy and his trainer will meet McClelland's representatives tomorrow to arrange track measurement and other details.
Brussels reports English fighter Jem Smith and Australian pugilist Frank Slavin were each sentenced to one month in default of payment after a December prize fight near Bruges.
A sloppy Labor Day mix of football stray notes from Detroit and Washington, with Malley the right tackle a noted objector, and Dillon and Caldwell mentioned in strained contexts. Mississippi and Princeton figures surface amid boxing chatter about Stulth, Auliffe, Carney, and Slavin.
Exhaustion and nervous fatigue are described as a state of low spirits and foreboding. The Natatorium promotes Turkish baths as the cure, claiming improved health and blood purification. Open day and night with special ladies days and masseurs available for home visits.
Citizens prone to catarrh bronchitis and neuralgia may gain relief by visiting the Nata torium on Douglassne Way which offers elegant Turkish bath facilities open day and night to help ward off winter illnesses.
In Mantra s Ferry Virginia a row erupted as a fence crew faced resistance at Mrs Clovis saloon fronting the railroad. Mrs McEntee wielded a revolver while Barney McEntee clashed with the marshal and bartered force over land. The husband posted bond and vowed further action, but workers pressed on toward completion.
McKeesport reports a trial of Archer gas fuel in the Iron and Tin Plate Works furnace with a 49 minute heat draw and successful results. The plant plans to expand tin plate production by January and market in February, while awaiting Congress actions on related area plans.
The Arbitration Committee J. C. Morrow Rev. W. Ross Funk and Jacob Loucells heard evidence in the Tip Top miners case at the Scottdale House. General Mayer Lynch for Frick Company and John Argus for Knights of Labor presented affidavits. Crowds gathered as the hearing continued with no decision yet due to the volume of evidence.
The readable portion presents incomplete phrases and names, offering no clear event, person, or place to identify a coherent news item or outcome for a concise card.
Sir William Brewer and assistant William Thorpe arrived in Wilkes Barre to inspect the proposed Midland Railroad line from White Haven to Scranton and Susquehanna. They will assess facilities for English investors and plan reports for capitalists.
John Jones, a young Welshman employed at Metric Metal Works, has been missing since Thursday evening. Described as about 25 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 150 pounds, light complexion with light brown hair and blue eyes, he was last seen wearing an astrakhan sack coat, blue barred pants and vest, and a derby hat. Friends fear foul play.
Special telegram reports diphtheria outbreak in Haselton, a Youngstown suburb, where three Flynn children died. Health officers dispatched physicians and nurses to isolate and curb the spread.
A special telegram reports John and Harry Winters, sons of Thomas Winters, badly burned when a coal oil barrel exploded during a Democratic jubilee in Hustingdon. Both are expected to lose their eyesight.
Special telegram reports Mrs Mary Kent a colored resident of the city dying at age 114 at her home. The dispatch notes her long life in West Virginia with scarce further details. A separate item from Steens Pa notes Wesley Corwin of Bellevernon died suddenly of heart disease while preparing a baking oven. Turkish baths at the Natatorium on Duquesne Way will be open day and night starting tomorrow for public convenience.
A clothing house purchased the entire stock of a large firm planning to dissolve its partnership at a forty percent discount. The public will have a chance to buy at the same reduced prices as the wholesale rate. Also noting Turkish bath specials and ladies days at the Natatorium on Duquesne Way with entry restrictions for objectionable persons.
The National Rolling Mill in McKeesport will close tonight for about a month. Fifteen large puddling furnaces will be torn out and rebuilt for coal use. Other pudding departments have already switched to coal. Tube works to resume coal powered production using repaired gas producers for emergency.
Creditors of Brown Bonnell & Co hear from William McCreery trustees that both an English and an American syndicate have offered to buy the Pittsburg plant for enough to pay all claims totaling 1,400,000 plus accrued interest. Sale likely once pending court issues are resolved as the plant runs steadily.
A local Law and Order League forms in Moundsville with a cash treasury and plans to prosecute all saloons in the county. They argue some saloons held licenses, but a prosecutor was non suited since no license existed, prompting the group's move to target open saloons.
A meeting of conl miners from the Mahoning Valley debates a 10 cent per ton wage demand. Eight Poland shaft workers resume at old pay due to family destitution. Resolution calls on Poland miners to cease work and join the Mahoning Valley miners in solidarity.
Benrorp Pa November J B Doty a Bedford Springs stockholder returned from Pittsburg after working for a Philadelphia syndicate to acquire shares in the Springs Company He secured stock from J Willis Dalzell L W Dalzell J W Bailey and Jesse Lappincot The company was reorganized and plans extensive improvements.
A telegram reports ongoing robberies in McKeesport with suspects at large. The message, sent from Reynoldton via Mrs Robert Kelly, describes intruders entering rooms of a local residence and raises concern over the safety of residents.
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