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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1890
Page
17
In a surprising game at Cincinnati, Becker's Wanderers upset the earlier favorites. Staley and Maulin delivered strong performances to lead the team to a win, marking an unexpected twist in the baseball standings. Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago also show results across the Players League and Union League games.
In Cincinnati on September 13 the Pittsburgs impressed with timely hitting and strong defense. Deckers homer started the scoring, while Burke made two clutch catches. Cleveland and Chicago split a twin bill in a rain affected day, and Buffalo battled Pittsburgh in a two game set as rain and cold hampered play. Attendance figures and league summaries follow.
The table shows how the clubs in the Players' League stand in the pennant race, detailing current positions and points. It highlights leading teams and recent performance shaping the title chase.
About 2,200 spectators watched Chicago and Cleveland win one sided games. In game one Chicago led by errors and later fell to Cleveland on hits in the third and seventh. Foster homered for Cleveland and Nagle connected for Chicago in a high scoring afternoon. In game two Chicago held a lead early but Cleveland finished strong to win 8 to 9 with key hits from Virtue and Nagie.
Summary of scattered sports items with batter ies and errors from Baltimore Athletics games and a Philadelphia railroad board meeting. Mentions O Rourke Baldwin German Townsend and no strike decision by Santa Fe engineers and firemen.
A telegram report from Lexington details tense turf rivalries between California and Kentucky horses on eastern and western tracks. Noting Viola Medium’s Kentucky win on Winchester’s half mile and Alva Mark’s straight-heat victory, the piece compares climates, training durations, and breeding strengths, highlighting California’s early-speed success and Kentucky’s deep-stud impact.
The British yacht season ends with strong results from the Thistle Iverna Valkyrie and Varana in top regattas. Thistle has 15 firsts 7 seconds from 40 matches valued at £1015. Iverna with 12 firsts 7 seconds from 38 races valued at £5082. Valkyrie three firsts eight seconds one third valued at £820. Varana nine firsts and seconds from 40 matches valued at £675.
Management of the Bradford Driving Park canceled all races scheduled for the year due to weather likely preventing completion.
Boxing star Jack Dempsey weighs purses from Olympic Club and Puritan Club for a September 11 bout in New Orleans. The Olympic Club offers 7000 dollars for a Dempsey versus Firesimmons fight, while the Puritan Club of Long Island City considers a competing stake. Dempsey will wait to see if Puritan raises its purse before replying to New Orleans.
At the Mississippi convention, speakers clash over franchise plans. Featherstone condemns Australian ballots and calls for educational grounds, while Kennedy defends the plan as best available. He warns white supremacy persists with demands for broader control, arguing voting rights are a freeman’s badge.
The Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry will hold its annual reunion in the city on October 7. A meeting was held last night at General William Blakely’s office to discuss arrangements. Another meeting will be at 152 Fifth Avenue next Saturday evening to further plans.
Police items from Allegheny report multiple arrests and hearings. Mary Wasson and Lin Badger were jailed for selling liquor without a license on $1000 bail. Andrew Sworps and John Parker were arrested after a street fight with William Sworps present. Patrick Maners faces a hearing for assault and battery. Josefa Brows and John Hughes have a Tuesday hearing on surety of the peace. Alderman McKenna issued warrants for John Hess on assault and battery and surety charges. A fakirs band on Preble avenue was arrested for selling without a license. A Fifth Avenue car conductor faces assault and battery for ejecting a passenger. Charles Litror, 15, arrested for stealing valuables. Mossack and Harry Bristol to be heard on malicious mischief. Jennie Evenett held for court on bracelet larceny. RISEN held for court on assault and battery against a 2-year-old. Sanford Carson charged with embezzling the value of a horse sold to J. L. Boyder.
D L Craft of Fayette county Pa detained at Bellevue Hospital New York wandering streets harmlessly insane. Bark Lagg Pittsburg Tube Works employee fell ill near Fifth Avenue and Concord alley taken home with pneumonia. McKee’s Bochs Catholic Church lot drawing postponed due to rain. Central Board Music Committee seeks authority to schedule music teachers. Pleasant Valley car collided with a milk wagon spilling milk. Hexey Ravlihauser shot a two month old died Thursday night at home.
President Harrison visits Cresson for a Grand Army post reception. About 1,200 veterans and townspeople greet him as General Ekin and the Altoona Band join the parade and serenade. A few soldiers forget to speak to the President before boarding the return train.
A mass meeting of Standard Coke Works employees approved resuming work Monday after a conference. Leaders Watchorn Kerfoot and Parker spoke, Frick Company made no concessions, and lawsuits for damages on the wage agreement will be tried next term. Master Workman Kerfoot cited no fight with the company, but noted non union men, now union members, were objected to.
Four witnesses testified in Bellefonte as John Wilson faced habeas corpus before Judge Furston. The defendant, defended by W F Hewes, was ordered held without bail to await the November term. Prosecutor Meyer led the case with John H as co counsel. The attorney described the killing of Harry Waterhouse as cold blooded and intentional.
Dunbar September 13 After a long fight the Dunbar Fur nace Company has given up trying to smother the mine fire. A planned water pipe failed as steam surged from red hot stone, forcing workers to halt all operations. Mines remain closed until the blaze is extinguished, a process expected to take a long time.
Logan Logan Emery and Weaver sued the Pennsylvania Railroad to recover back freight on crude oil shipments. The jury heard claims for rebates and discrimination but only for crude oil valued at about 11 000 barrels at 15 cents per barrel. Settlement was reached with the amount kept secret.
Andrew Muller fined £500 and jailed three months for selling liquor without a license at New Brighton. Lee Bexnert found guilty of second degree murder in New Castle over the Joe Cotilio case. Joan Mortoyn crushed in clay bank collapse at Scottdale. Two Walker brothers pursue murderers in Caledonia railroad swamps. William Wharton captured with a stolen horse near Walker station and sent to jail at Elizabeth to await Circuit Court.
Irwin September 18 miners plan new approach avoid parades and serenades. They will use moral suasion to influence new men while the patrols and authorities stay silent. Reports say new workers are failing and lodgings are comfortable and liquor is involved.
Sults entered against the City of Erie for possession of property valued in the millions. A claimant, nephew of the original settler Weinbiddle, asserts inherited rights from English crown grants. The disputed area includes city parks and a large eastern square, with Germany relatives named in the chain of heirs.
A special weather bulletin warns a rapid cold wave moving from the Mississippi Valley toward the Atlantic coast will bring a temperature drop of 13 to 2 in the Middle Atlantic region by tomorrow morning and to New England towns tonight. It notes subfreezing readings across Montana to the Dakotas and a killing frost in the corn belt. High winds and rain showers occur along coastal areas while most other states stay clear.
The steamer Augusta Victoria of the Hamburg American Packet Company finished a Southampton to New York voyage in 6 days 22 hours 54 minutes, shaving nearly a day from her best. The trip covered 3 045 knots.
G W Harris, a Chicago and Alton Railway postoffice clerk who vanished six weeks ago in St Louis with a registered mail pouch contents is in custody at Baltimore.
Inprana Pa September 12 under a light rain and strong wind the Sixteenth Regiment won the Delamater trophy with 615 points. The Tenth and Eighteenth placed second and third as Corporal Elliott scored 106 and Captain Carr 88 amid the poor conditions. Eight teams head to Mt Gretna for the state contest on the Coleman range.
The readable fragment mentions a cable car on Penn Ave near Eleventh Street with a small cash reward offered by A Stern and Co. and a grocery in Wilkinsburg. It also states a Shaler township lot 40 by 13 with a three bedroom frame house valued at about 1500 dollars, owner selling due to moving away, and a Thomas McCaffrey in Butler handling the sale.
McKeesport September 14 The scarcity of natural gas will prevent the National Transportation Company from supplying gas to the United States Iron and Tip Pilate Company or Demmler. If gas cannot be secured from Wood Company the firm will install a double line of boilers at its Plant and switch to coal. The National Company has been delivering gas but must cut off one customer.
Special telegram from Findlay reports a natural gas blast at I. W. Watt’s bakery. Fred Bingley, an worker, was asked to open the oven door and light the gas. unknown to him the gas had been turned on. Flames engulfed his face arms shoulders and body as his clothing was burned away. The incident left him severely and likely fatally burned.
The jury acquitted Angus Smith of the murder charge in the Commonwealth v Angus Smith case concerning John Mc Cauley. Smith showed visible emotion as the verdict was read and was released from custody.
A telegram reports heavy rains in Akron washing out the pastures and roads and causing widespread disruption. Officials warn of continued runoff and potential damage to crops and transportation. Local residents brace for more storms as infrastructure strains.
A garbled telegraph dispatch reports molders in three stove factories facing wage talks. It mentions Captain Samuel J and a price increase of 15 per roy. the exact firms and locations are unclear. The note hints at payroll strain and possible loan issues affecting pay.
Special telegraph from Shenango Valley reports the Shenango River near the danger mark, with nine inches to flood level, the Neshannock rising rapidly, and Greenville seeing heavy rain while Warren notes falling water levels as the area faces flood risk.
The Potato Creek Valley floods force closure of travel between the W NY P depot at Smethport. Allegheny forces rampage causing heavy damage. A separate note reports John Tool dies after intense spasms and vomiting amid cholera incidence in Cannotton Ohio.
In a grim incident Alexander McEnesruer, son of George, died from a blood loss caused by a rusty wire. The report notes the accident occurred in September and identifies the grieving family.
Yesterday several accidents left people with serious injuries. Mrs Mary Linehan was thrown from a buggy near Smithfield Street and Fifth Avenue when a cable car approached. bystanders halted the car and she was taken home with a broken arm. Hirshe of Carnegie's mill suffered a leg break from a falling rail. Oles Sampson of Sin Nimick & Co's mill broke his left leg after a wagon fall. Jerome Donnelly, four, fell on Locust Street stairs and injured his spine, remaining unconscious though expected to recover.
River readings show Alleghent Junction river at 15 feet 10 inches and falling with cool clear conditions. Cincinnati river at 2 feet 10 inches with clear and cool weather. Hudson and Pittsburg noted. Memphis river at 9 feet 2 inches and falling with clear and cool skies.
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