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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1892
Page
12
Manager Buckenberger pushes to add first class pitchers for a stronger team next year. Abbey from the Washington club may not join due to advance pay and teaching duties, while Gastright is pursued as a top pitcher to boost the pitching staff and overall team readiness.
Frank C. Bancroft of this city has signed as business manager of the Cincinnati Baseball Club for next season in Mass. on Nov. 23.
The Three A's and P A C football teams will not play again this year after settling that their last game was a championship and the Three A's are local champions. The P A C manager and C D Thompson discussed receipts, with Thompson declining another game this year. Lomax remains with RAC after Barbour explains his Thanksgiving participation.
Purserrox reports Princeton after a Penn defeat faces harsh criticism while boasting a strong football record. Since 1883 Princeton has 4 465 points against opponents, second only to Yale, with Yale slightly ahead. Possible Princeton Harvard game eyed for early November as Yale Princeton clash looms on Thanksgiving in New York.
McGee of Boston seeks a fight with Swaby Gorman or Johnny Reagan for 150 pounds at the New Year meet. Paddy Gorman is willing but needs a week as Judge Newton at Coney Island decides. Resszan pushes for a larger purse citing Hall Pitzsimmons and a $2000 offer from the Coney Island Athletic Club.
In Desplaines a bare knuckle prize fight between Edward Hogan of the city and Tom Ward of Cincinnati was halted by police after the fifth round as a 70 strong crowd surged. Candles were doused, and Ward faced possible arrest as the altercation cooled. Meanwhile Richard K. Fox reports Charlie Mitchell may meet Jim Corbett, with Fox asserting Ed ward Hogan will face consequences for an assault charge.
A local challenge match is arranged between Charles Ward and Ed Reilly. The wrestlers agree to a purse or stake with wrestling rules and a signed article confirming the bout details in the city.
The annual meeting of the Allegheny Gun Club elected new officers. A. G. Gerlock was chosen president and W. E. Cabling secretary with W. I. G. Reynolds named as treasurer.
Goutrssnene reports a soft track but good racing at Guttenberg. The day’s six races feature heavily backed winners in maidens and purses with varied payouts and many long-shots. Bets crowd the stands as Rochelle, Cultivator, Turk II, Gladiator, and Blitxen emerge among notable winners.
The Crescent City Athletic Club is organized led by Charles Noelmas as president and Charles Babst as vice president with George L. Levis as treasurer. Joseph L. Sporl, Frank Williams and H. M. Frank join the board as directors. Stock is fully subscribed and construction is set to begin, including an octagonal arena with a track, ready by Christmas, and bouts announced between Andy Bowen and Joe Fielden around New Year.
Weather report describes two sets of figures from a station: initial temperatures, subsequent temperature changes, and a final figure for precipitation in inches over twelve hours. It explains trace precipitation symbols and the meaning of isobars and isotherms, noting storms typically move west to east within atmospheric waves with crests forming patterns.
The report describes eastward moving high and low pressure systems affecting western Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia with fair conditions ahead. It cites a coastal storm off North Carolina to Cape Cod and a stationary Pacific storm while forecasting clearing skies and variable winds for the region.
Montreal crowd weighs future of Canada after a meeting on union with the United States. About 1,000 of 3,000 favor political union while French Canadians back national independence. Loyalists denounce the movement and threaten counter protests.
Isaac Kennedy former agent for the German Insurance Company of Pittsburg was arrested July and charged with embezzling between 500 and 1000 dollars. After a near fatal overdose from opium he fled and hid until found in a woods house north of Corry. He remains in custody without bail.
A collage of sports notes references players and teams with scattered remarks. It mentions Mollie Harvey, an Eastern League meeting on December 7, and various game scores and training statements, highlighting Harvard Yale and other clubs.
Delaware Construction Company members and assorted Wilmington Towanda Newport and Philadelphia visitors lodged at the Duquesne and Monongahela House in Pittsburg yesterday. Notables included D. P. Hutchinson Thomas King J W Joles and E B Taylor with a mix of hotel stays and moving between firms and rail lines.
In Winterstown Pennsylvania a fire at the Graham and Snyder store and W. Graham dwelling caused $12,000 in losses with $5,000 insured. The blaze, of incendiary origin, spread to adjacent structures and furniture stores. In Verdi Nebraska burglars rifled Ravitok and Jone tata, then set the building aflame to hide their traces causing $75 in losses with half insured.
Community group promotes local musicians and a new building project with supporting members and funds. The effort aims to showcase talent through events, workshops, and a grand opening featuring Cash or easy and other regional acts.
Frederick Kistozervia sues Bertha Ludzik for breach of promise in Johnstown. He testifies the courtship reached engagement and a marriage license was obtained before she repudiated. The defendant claims he was too intense in pursuing his suit and threatened to make her his wife or his angel, causing her fear.
Delays on the B and O due to freight blockades. Birmingham Traction men to host a reception at Lafayette Hall. Pension papers lost by Jons Scaterzstrore. a worker in Allegheny breaks a leg from a fall. Select Councils to meet to finish Monday’s postponed work. The Conway inquiry notes death by choking. prison escape rumors stir the town. Axton Brusry released after fines. Joss Ross fractures his skull in a fall from a building. A two year old in the West End fatally burned, part of a double family tragedy. A cab driver, James GOLPEN, jailed for street fighting with Lotta Duff. Duff fined. Coroner closes Theodore Brown Sr. inquiry with death by self-destruction verdict. body sent to Camden, N J. Ladies’ Ald Society to hold a December 1 bazaar for church debt. Sharpsburg Y M C A building dedicated costing $20,000. Teowas Attis, missing man from Forbes Street, East End, last seen Saturday. Jostis Surarrr, Penn Station resident, struck by engine likely fatally hurt. A man named Mc Bride thrown from streetcar at Sixth and Liberty. dislocated shoulder blade.
Fragmented text reports multiple jurisdictions with narrow margins. Carontown in New Jersey posts a M97 plurality while New York City nearly favors Cleveland by about 76 200 votes. Harrison and Gilroy figures appear, with Wyoming aims to tilt legislature Republican, amid Democratic and Populist hopes to unseat several Republicans.
Tension rises over selecting a coadjutor archbishop as St Louis priests dispute Archbishop Kenrick’s push for Father Brady. A council is sought with suffragan bishops, with threats to appoint irremovable rectors if excluded. A latin letter to the Pope details the rift and seeks papal guidance.
Washington November 23 Secretary Noble received a letter from Governor Fifer of Illinois requesting federal help to locate Earl Roy Morley a boy who vanished September 21 near Rifle Creek headwaters thirty miles from Newcastle Colorado. Despite extensive searching including tracking for miles no trace was found. Indians believed to be Utes were noted nearby during the search. Secretary Noble and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs alerted western agents to investigate any possible abduction or fate of the child.
By a state boundary change between Pennsylvania and Delaware the Johnson family, Mrs. Mary J Chambers, and Thomas Seal find themselves moved from Mill Creek Hundred Delaware to Little Bantam Chester County. Their large properties remain recorded in New Castle County, Delaware, and several complications are anticipated.
Democratic State committeemen from the Fifth district meet to request the State Central Committee take up patronage distribution. They aim for an equitable division to prevent discord and contention.
River conditions and boat movements reported for Louisville on November 29. Weather cloudy and threatening rain. river rising with two feet at the falls and six feet three inches in the canal. Vessels Robert Carson and Sea Lion active. Comway and tow overdue. Nellie Hudson due down. Isre sank in Kentucky river last night. departures listed for Cincinnati Big Sand and Carrollton, Hig Kanawha for Evansville, Falls City.
Upper Gauges show Allegheny Junction river at 3 feet 10 inches and rising. WarnenN river at 4 feet warning level. MorGasTown river at 5 feet 4 inches and station cloudy. Brownsville river at 4 feet 3 inches and rising. Thermometers report readings at multiple stations amid cloudy, mild conditions.
Local river notes report water levels at Rivers feet 11 inches and falling with cold cloudy skies. Vessels Henry M. Stanley, Elizabeth, and Keystone State pass through, with tow sizes of empties and coalboat bottoms. Captains Wilins Quinn and J. Donald active amid pool work and dredging obstructions near Logstown and Delta.
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