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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1889
Page
6
The New York Giants, led by President J B Day, travel to Pittsburg with high hopes for the pennant and discuss the Brotherhood scheme. Day criticizes the utopian plan and notes the financial and contractual hurdles while players seek secure, lucrative arrangements.
Correspondence from Cleveland details a heated fight between Cleveland and Pittsburg for fifth place as the pennant race tightens. The writer discusses the Brotherhood controversy, naming Mr. Johnson and unnamed players, and predicts future team management with Lof tus and the Hawley and Howe directors vowing a League club in Cleveland in 1890.
The local team faces the Giants at Recreation Park in an anticipated series opener. Fans expect a tight contest as Galvin and Carroll form the home battery while Keefo and Swing are named to the visiting lineup. injuries and absences are noted for Buffalooon.
President Soden dismisses rumors of a cooperative baseball scheme. He says if started, a club of players could be hired to match league level play, but business interests will resist and discipline would be hard to enforce. He distrusts Conant’s Omaha report and notes broader talks with Washington club leaders.
Fans in New York stay loyal as the pennant race tightens at season end. Rumors of a Brotherhood of Baseball Players league circulate, with no truth to talks of clubs buying out others. The Brooklyn club is cited as capable, while officials dismiss the schemes as publicity stunts.
Secretary White of the International Baseball Association lists reserved players by clubs for next season. The Toronto and Boston rosters include numerous players such as W. W. Andrus, Charles Hamburg, M. H. Lehane, A. Sheppard, James E. Whitney, Charles Collins, J. M. et H. White, W. Callihan, E. J. Flynn, Goodfellow, and many others. A lengthy reservation table names dozens of players across teams and regions.
Boston report notes the triumvirate acquiring Nichols and Nagie, with Conway and Simeriy forming a sternat lineup alongside Kame Ghr.
September 2 at Ridgewood Park drew 10 746 spectators as the Bridegrooms defeated the Baltimore team through sharp fielding and timely hitting. Brady, Griffin, Sommer, Wisner, Caruthers, and Quinn starred with solid defense and key at bats. Pitching by Mack and Caruthers held the visitors to limited scoring in a one hour three minute game officiated by Daley and Pix.
The Columbus team topped Philadelphia’s Athletics 18 to 16 in Gloucester. Fennelly caused a costly error that allowed four unearned runs, while both teams produced light hitting. Notable miscues and a lengthy game time marked the afternoon contest as Baldwin and Weybing pitched for their sides.
Association record notes a Kansas City team at 21s and a 01-28 date with 100 items listed in a concise summary.
Marshall Christy of the Sewickley club won the Western Pennsylvania championship at the Pittsburg Tennis Club in a keen final. He claimed the singles cup while Moorhead and Reed won the doubles second prize and Reed took a second prize in the final round. The next annual tournament is set for the second week in July with college players expected to return home.
Reports claim the Brotherhood of Baseball Players plot secession aided by erastus Wiman and others. Colonel Coogan is quoted about a lease on ground between 157th and 159th streets and eighth avenue. Wiman denies involvement and says he knows nothing of the movement.
Frank Kastlemeyer returns from Europe and sees the Searle and O'Connor race. He believes Australians lead English and American scullers and praises Searle as remarkable. Kastlemeyer also notes English bookmakers' extensive betting systems.
The Mahoning Cycle Club announces its annual meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday October 7. Cyclists from afar including Wil Banker of Pittsburg will attend. Several prizes await the various events.
A Saturday shooting match occurred at Homestead with participants listed as Gay and Eee versus A Walter of Pi and A E Butler and J J Wiesry of Whe Jing. The report notes a total sad cut of a profile on The Wh representatives made.
In Grass Valley a Salvation Army Chinese convert trains in English. A staged ghost encounter by a local youth backfired when the impersonator was punched. Bystanders intervened to stop further harm. The incident underscores that ghosts do not frighten Chinaman soldiers in this Salvation Army unit.
A large attendance is expected as 22000 Knights from across the United States and Canada converge in Washington for the twenty fourth Triennial Conclave. Delegates from 250 cities will form twelve divisions in a parade reviewed by President Harrison and Grand Master Charles Roome.
A traveler observes Manitou Colorado cemetery epitaphs painted on white boards by an official who marked the dead with a humorous and stark style. The slabs showcase unconventional memorial lines that amuse the observer and reflect a peculiar local custom in grave markers.
A fragmentary 1880s newspaper note describes a burglar shot dead before a coroner’s inquest. The incomplete text hints at a post mortem monument and a coroner possibly paying for a distinctive advertisement, recording the culprit’s fate.
Advertisement urges readers to visit Jos. Horse & Co. on Penny Avenue Stores to view Klein's Sliver Age display at the expo, highlighting the store as one of the finest.
Washington reports the surplus has fallen from 107 million to 40 million as estimates head to Congress. The Court of Claims is handling large claims including Southern war supplies of 250 million, French spoliation near 12 million, and other suits totaling about 20 million. Uncle Sam has no surplus left to call his own.
A mangled reminiscence describes a young officer who cannot attend a theater date due to duty. He asks a servant to relay a coded message about a mishap and memory, ending with a formal line about memory and a refusal to join the theater outing.
The Post declares in its forthcoming editorial that Civil Service Commissioners repeatedly violate the law. It alleges three-fourths of clerks avoided examinations and one clerks sold exam papers. The piece says President Cleveland was informed by Commissioner Oberley and that Commissioner Lyman’s personal reasons kept the matter quiet.
Postal clerks protest pay and treatment by the secretary after two large meetings in Lonpox. They announce an imminent union and expect a strike if grievances are not addressed. Separately Harwich school scholars inaugurate a novel strike demanding shorter lessons and better teachers while denouncing the masters.
A telegram from New York reports ex Governor Alonzo B. Cornell is critically frail. At the Republican convention in Saratoga last week he appeared thin and worn with persistent indigestion and a Southern trip recently taken in hope of health improvement. Friends fear malaria poisoning.
Paris reports President Carnot awarding medals for displays at the Exposition. Pittsburg schools receive the gold medal for their educational exhibit described as Bat He's Sort of Mean. Detroit Free Press notes cast iron potatoes colored to fool weight tests. A Rhode Island hog is fed tubers as a frozen solid five years ago. The widow Green of Covington pursues a drugstore dispute over a bad half dollar and a mistaken identity claim with a lengthy family confrontation in Cincinnati.
Fred Douglass will depart Washington on the 11 o clock train for New York to board the United States Steamship Kearsarge and sail to Hayti. The Philadelphia Record notes a father's remark on his son Sam who has changed from a slouch to a polished dresser with refined manners.
In Carrol D. Wrights fourth annual report the Commission discusses working women in major cities, focusing on New York. It notes tenement crowding, foreign immigration, poor sewerage, and long commutes as factors shaping morals and life, but also highlights clean tenements and better wages with promotion prospects.
A veteran railroader recalls a lazy engineer who slept at the throttle and was thwarted by a crew plan. They hung a red lantern to frighten him, causing a dramatic scare and a crash into a ditch before the engineer ceased sleeping on duty. The anecdote ends with a reflection on crowding and wickedness in public transit.
Johnstown and Braddock mourn Captain W E B Jones whose death sparked community grief. A memorial meeting is planned to express sorrow and support for his bereaved family. Public schools will reopen. two morgue buildings in the town have been cleaned and repaired for use amidst the debris recovery efforts.
Special Telegram to the Dirfatom reports William Blathburn a farmer near Learieburg found a mail pouch cut open with contents rifled. The pouch had been made up at Cleveland for Jamestown New York and was likely stolen at Leagunburg by thieves.
Younesrows September 2 The Republican primaries last night for delegates to the Senatorial Convention at Niles were largely attended. Delegates favorable to Colonel and 7 sieges were elected. In the city 7 delegates were chosen with Give pledged to Morris.
Telegram from the Dispatch reports in West Virginia that Haganshot, a boy, ran from a depot and shot Joseph Rose through the breast at Sulphur Springs. Rose dies instantly.
A drunken quarrel at Glen White last evening left Peter Du Hongarian fatally wounded on the left side. George fled the scene as the incident unfolded, according to the dispatch.
A table from Clearing House managers shows gross exchanges for the week ended September 28 1889 across the United States with percent changes from the same week in 1888. The report details rate of increase or decrease by city and institution.
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