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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1895
Page
7
Yesterday Toronto beat Scranton while Wilkes-Barre and Buffalo stretched extra innings drama. Torontos win spared Scranton from a steeper slide as Delaney KO'd and Huston miscues fueled the visitors offense. Buffalo and Wilkes-Barre battled 14 innings with Lezotte delivering the decisive run in the 14th.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania the game stretched to fourteen innings as Buffalo and Wilkes-Barre battled. A late ninth inning rally left the score tied at four with two outs before a Crauby hit drove in the decisive run, lifting Wilkes-Barre to a dramatic extra frame victory.
All leaders in the National League won except Cleveland. Pittsburgh ties for first with Cleveland, New York climbs from ninth to seventh, passing Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Ruelle starts for New York at Washington and holds the Senators to three hits.
Box scores list team names and scores from Pittsburg New York Chicago Cincinnati with runs hits errors and battery combinations. Umpires named Jeyne Emelle O'Day McDonald and players such as Gardner Merritt Rusl Farrell Wilson McGuire Griffith Kittridge Wallace Knell Zimmer Rhines Vaughn Ki ennger Miller are recorded.
In Allentown and Lancaster reports, teams facing Carbondale are noted with line scores and batter names. Batteries listed include Fox and Milligan in Allentown and Yeager and Arthur, Anderson, and Patchin in Lancaster, with accompanying numerical figures.
Persistent chatter frames Scranton baseball, with Huston urged to rebound after a rough day. Wilkes-Barre and Buffalo loom, while Brennemer from Brooklyn may start for Scranton if arrival is delayed. Lively fan disruptions and police measures mark today’s park scene as teams schedule bouts through September.
At the YMCA meet in Lancaster on August 8, J B Corser of Scranton claimed first in the half mile dash open one mile handicap two mile handicap and five mile open events. Harrisburg’s B B Stevens won the one mile handicap and Columbia’s C G Engle captured the Lancaster county championship. J B Corser finished second in the one mile open and W Pearson of Ephrata won the quarter mile dash. The race day drew about 3000 spectators with 201 entries across events.
Dan O Leary known for pedestrian feats will walk four miles heel to toe against Cairo’s top four men on August 11. The report notes France’s season and Osmonde’s broad appeal in America, with mention of blood in her holdings.
Two West Side couples wed in quiet fashion at local venues. William Price and Miss Lavinia Warrel of Van Buren avenue married at Alder notes. John T. James and Miss Margaret FE Jones wed at the First Welsh Baptist Church with a reception at Fourteenth Street home. The page also notes a child injury, a steel girder accident, and various visits and events around the West Side.
Fragmented classified notice lists John H. nohi’s Barber Shop on Fairchild and Starner face parser. Also advertises for sale goods RB F. oon & Co Fine Groceries at 118 Malin Avenue and second hand furniture cash offers on Jackson Street North Mala Avenue. Includes plumbing by William D. Griffiths and promises satisfaction guaranteed.
Nay Aug Engine company votes to send all 50 members to the state convention of fire companies in Reading for four days starting October 1. They will travel by Lehigh Valley Railroad in a special car with first class hotel accommodations and will be accompanied by a band. The Scranton firemen plan to host the convention in 1946, with Isadore Goodman guiding city firefighters on arrangements.
In Buffalo on August 8 Joe Patchen defeated Robert J three times this year with heats in 2.044 and 2.04% and a 2.054 finish. Patchen won the pole and a late burst in heat four, aided by Jack Curry. Geers pressed Robert J but Patchen held the pace, sparking a fast card where Alliance and Falkland won unfinished events as 10,000 attended.
In New York on a hot day Annie Seeley rode a Second avenue car with her five month old son Frank dead in her arms. The infant, born after her husband perished on the North American Lloyd steamer Ellie, died at noon as she carried him to a dispensary. Only two miles were traveled before the doctor discovered the tragedy. The mother, too poor to bury the child, had the body taken to the morgue.
Salina Kansas August 8 B F Caswell a farmer sixteen miles northwest was lured from his home at midnight by three masked armed men. He was shot in the head brutalized and choked then forced to walk a mile before they fled after threats. He crawled home and alerted others. No arrests yet. The incident is linked to a local feud.
The text asserts that Bovinine aids vitality when added to the system. It claims the drops boost vigor without increasing heat, contrasting with stimulant use.
Advertises a going out of business sale with shoes for ten days. Samples include ladies fine shoes sizes 2 to 7 at 1.10 and 2. Oxfords and French Dongola shoes offered at reduced prices. Men’s satin calf shoes all leather hand sewn sold for 1.25.
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