Eastern League Standings and Local Baseball Notes
The Eastern League standings show Springfield Providence Wilkes-Barre Syracuse Buffalo Scranton Rochester and Toronto with Buffalo and Scranton in the hunt. Upcoming games include Scranton at Wilkes-Barre and Syracuse at home versus Toronto and Providence games slated. Local notes mention Charley Lutenberg hitting well for the Toronto team and forecast flirtations with a Philadelphia pitching search.
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Wilkes-Barre
Scramtom
Rochester
Buffalo
Providence
Springfield
Toronto
Syracuse
Seuaseucce
Scranton Falls to Wilkes-Barre in Wide Win
In Wilkes-Barre on August 19, Coakley held Scranton to four hits and seven strikeouts as Wilkes-Barre surged in the fourth inning to secure an easy victory. The infield of Smith McMahon Bonner and Earl starred with two standout foul catches, while Ward's defense at second and the outfields' plays highlighted a pretty, well played game. Weather was fine and attendance figures not provided.
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Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Coakley
Smith
McMahon
Bonner
Earl
Ward
Lytth
Ey Lezotte
Eiekkaber
N. Earl
Ib Sen Te
Mit
Scranton H. O. Butler
Meaney
Joohnaen
Schriver
Huston
Ab Stearns
Tee
A. Smith
Eeeavene Sweeney
Eae Eweee
ukes-Barre
Scranton Weseeavass
Wikes-Barre
Johnson
Bonfer
Griffin
Lezotte
Wente
A Smith
Lyttle
Homner
Waerd
Earl Ner
Sweeney
Ard
Stearns
Broarne
Doescher
Providence Wins Third Straight Over Springfields in Red Hot Game
Providence extended its streak with a 9 to 8 victory over Springfield in a high tension ball game. Lyons secured the decisive catch as the final play unfolded. attendance reached about 2,500. The back and forth clash featured bold base running, misplays on both sides, and multiple double steals amid a free batting contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Pontos
Springfield
Springfields
McAuley
Lyons
A.H
Knight
Mers
Cooney
Etricker
Murray
Hodson
McDonak
Neal Oiiiistecas
Doug Soccer
Cucee
Me Scheitt Annon
Donnelly
Keane McDonsid
Gilberts
ball—McAuley
Hurat
Toronto Two Straight Win Reported in Morning Semis
Toronto took a straight win this morning, scoring steadily as the team pressed ahead in the semifinal round. Details are sparse, but the report notes clear forward progress and continued momentum for Toronto.
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Toronto
Rochester bats Lampe in heavy win over Buffalo
Rochester defeated Buffalo 15 to 8 as Lampe struggled with control and the Rochesters pounded him at times. Harper pitched well for Rochester, while Buffalo’s fielding and errors hurt most. Five triples were hit off Lampe with Daly Keenan and Hamburgh supplying several, cold raw weather, crowd about 500.
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Rochesters
Lampe
Rochester
Buffalo
Lamp
Philadelphia
Harper
Daly
Keenan
Hamburgh
R. H.E. Rochester
Berger
Urquhart
National League Games Quiet with Pittsburgh and Giants Winning
Three National League games posted yesterday. Pittsburgh beat Washington and Brooklyn defeated the Giants as Meekin pitched for New York. Philadelphia dropped to sixth with Boston after losing to the Red Sox, while Cincinnati solidified position. Umpires were Keefe O'Day and Murray.
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Pittsburg
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Giants
Kennedy
Meekin
New York
Hunt and Henderson
Brooklyn— RR
Brooklyny
R. HY
Taylor
Clements
Buckley
Nichola
Ganrel
Kennedy and Datley
Farrell
Keoefe
Washington— RR
H.E. Washington
Anderson, Mullarkey and McGuire
Hawly
Merritt
O'Day and Murray
State League lineup notes and batters at Hazleton and Carbondale
Readable fragments show Hazleton and Carbondale games with lineups. Mentions Keener Westlake Mayer Stanhope Fox for Hazleton and Lancaster Luby Patchen West for Carbondale, with scores and positions incomplete.
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Hazleton Ave
R. HE
Hasleton
Keener
Westlake
Mayer, Stanhope and Fox
Carbondale
Cleveland NL Team Wins Exhibition in Chambersburg
Exhibition game in Chambersburg Pennsylvania August 19 saw the Cleveland National League team defeat the home club by a score of seven to one.
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Chambersburg
Scranton Faces Hard Luck in Eleven Losses to Wilkes-Barre
Scranton suffered its eleventh defeat in fifteen games as Buffalo and Rochester struggled, with Lampest failing to shine. Jock Tighe and Pitcher Flemming prepare to join Shamokin, while Breitenstein tops NL games pitched. Scranton starts a three game set at Providence and Springfield seeking glory to outpace Buffalo and avoid Peter’s reach. Kingston papers report a ten year cashington club half-baked by a recent aus.
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Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Lampest
Buffalo
Rochester
Jock Tighe
Flemming
Shamokin
R Breitenstein
Providence
Springfield
Peter
Kington Wapers
Screena Sneeracary
Cashington Club
the Nationale
Coeso
Quoit Handicap Draws Crowd as Middleton Wins on Grassy Island
A large Grove House crowd watched the quoit handicap with Thomas Middleton of Grassy Island taking top prize with a six start. James Wilkinson was second with a ten start, and Thomas Reel of Pine Brook and William Hall tied for third off scratch. A guest match at Priceburg next Saturday features John Ricady and Thomas Dodds for 100 a side. William Hall also rails against William Thorpe over a match that failed to occur, stating he will not bluff and demands proper stakes.
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Grove House
Thomas Middleton
Grassy Island
James Wilkinson
Thomas Reel
Pine Brook
America
William Hall
James Twiles
Priceburg
John Ricady
Mudtown
Thomas Dodds
Wiliam Hall
William Thorpe
Tribune
The
Quelta
Thorpe
Bis
St. Yours Tly
Leonard and Daily Fight Ends as Police Stop Bout
A Baltimore to Philadelphia dispatch reports Mike Leonard of Beau Brummel fame lost to Jack Daily of Wilmington in four rounds. Police halted the match twice due to fouling and rough slugging, with Daly the clear aggressor winning on forfeit. Leonard next meets George Dixon.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Mike” Leonard
Beau Brummel
Jack
Wilmington
Daly
Leonard
Beau
George Dixon
Mrs Langtry guides racing gains in grand circuit heats
In Detroit Cleveland and Buffalo over three weeks ending last Saturday seventy five heats ran with an average 2.10. Hal Pointer beat B B at Terre Haute in 2.09 percent, a record, and Johnston at Chicago Driving Park paced the first mile in harness in 2.10. A theatrical manager seeks John L Sullivan for an England tour, profitable enough to blunt his biases toward the English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Sullivan
England
Ocean
Village Hel Quartette to Play Free Open Air Concert
The Village Hel quartette will give a free open air concert in Sanderson's Park Green Ridge on Thursday evening. The quartet includes John Rafter as first tenor Edward Bircher as second tenor Daniel Hughes as bass and William Colman as baritone.
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Hel
Sanderson
Par' Green Ridge
John Rafter
Edward Bircher
Daniel Hughes
William ColMna
Hallstead Briefs Touch Neighbors and Commerce
Milton Simmons and Charles Tanner visit their uncle in Franklin. Boyle of New Milford takes over Travis grocery on Chase avenue. Farmers Alliance plans a basket picnic in Taylor Lane sboro on Saturday. Mr and Mrs J B Bronson of Buffalo and W G Conshafter and family visit W W Adair on Main. DL&W pay car visits Hallstead. Mrs Nelson Coon visits Penn Argyl. Edna Payne of Hertford visits Grace Read. Odd Fellows of New Milford Susquehanna and Hallstead plan picnic in Taylor Lane sboro. A B Woods to open shop.
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Milton Simmons
Charles Tanner
Franklin
EF. W. ‘Boyle
New Milford
L. T. Travis
Chase Avenue
Farmers’ Alliance
County
Taylor's
Lanesboro
J. B. Bronson
Buffalo
W.G. Conshafter
Hillsdale
N. Y
W. W. Adair
Main
Susquehanne
Connadene
Taye
A.B. Woods
Nicholson Area Church News and Local Happenings
Sunday pulpits exchanged at the Nicholson church while the Presbyterian corner stone rite is planned in two weeks. Local nuptials set for Misa Shaw and G F Gaskell at the bride’s mother’s home on Tuesday August 20. Public schools reopen September 2 as preparatory fairs and county superintendent races draw candidates.
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Nicholson
Presbyterian Church
Misa Grace Shaw
G. F. Gaskell
Owego
Grant Bates
Oneonta
Fannie Simmere
Local residents on visits and hometown updates
C A Stowell and family return from Eagles Mere while J W Keeler and family come back to Le Rayneville. Keeler has nearly recovered from a recent illness. Work continues on the Howard block on Main Street. WY Day Keeler and Miss Keeler visit Bing hamton and Berkshire. Frank Donley takes his annual Rocket vacation to Tunkhannock. Various locals visit friends and relatives in town and nearby towns including Bound Brook Cortland Wilkes Barre Scranton Camptown Berkshire Sayre and D Camp.
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C. A. Stowell
Eaglesmere
J. W. Keeler
le Raynville
Mr. Keeler
Howard
Main Street
Day Keeler
Mies Keeler
Mrs. T. Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Porter Bunnell
Cortland
N. Y
G. T. Ingham
Charles Smith
Berkshire
Binghamton
Sayre
Hornets Delay Train Near Ottumwa Iowa
A swarm of hornets halted a Chicago Fort Madison and Western Railroad passenger train near Ottumwa Iowa on a hot day. Engineers and firemen were forced to stop the train as hornets attacked crew and passengers, with windows open allowing insects to enter cars. Several people suffered injuries and received medical attention at a nearby farmhouse.
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Ottumwa
Chicago, Fort Madison and Dee Motines
Cunningham
Tragic Suicides and Odd Accidents Reported Across Cities
In Allegheny City Rosa Reesbereik a sixteen year old girl in Homs pickling works killed herself after learning her mother bore another daughter. In Winona Charles Barber died after kite string wrapped his body and lifted him into the air then dropped him into the river. he was rescued. In Sea Isle City Sheriff Hand moved to sell T Frederick’s house but legal steps delayed the sale and a new proceeding secured the action.
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Allegheny City
Winona
Minn
Charles M. Barber
Harber
Win
Barber
Sea Isle City
N. J
Hand
Ee . T
West Side News Highlights Shootings Mine Trip and Meetings
On the West Side of the city events include the arrest of Marksman Marsh after he allegedly shot Richard Morgan of Fillmore Avenue during a Thursday afternoon shoot at Gammon's bill. Morgan’s parents secured bail for Marsh. A Holden mine tour for Miss Sopha Grace Evans of Wilkes-Barre drew a young party guided by Henry Harris. The Patriotic Order Sons of America western Lackawanna county holds a convention to elect a district president with candidates D. J. Davis, C. B. House, and Fred Hiller. A barn fire smolders after boys play with straw. a Franklin fire company response quenched it. Local business ads and notices fill the page with services from grocers, barbers, and repair shops.
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Susquehanna County
Fred D. Lamb
Montrose
Tribune
James Millard
George
Robert
Gibson
Michael McDonald
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Yard
N. L. Tyler
Barney Chidester
E. A. Sands Grocery
Eugene Lowe
Parlor
Lowe
Main Street
Winnie Tingley
Hartford
Brooklyn
Kingsley
Mra. C. Noack
Moscok
Eugene Swartz
Malin Street
L. Dpd
Sawyer
Binghamton
Henry Daviess
Great Bend
Lock Haven
Richard Morgan
Filmore Avenue
Clem Marsh
Gammon
West Side
Holden Mine
Henry Harris
Sopha Grace Evans
Wilkes‘Barre
Oak Street
Misa Josale E. Owen
the Patriotic Order Sons of America
Lackawanna County
D. J. Davis
Eynon Street
C. BE
Green Ridge
Fred. Hiller
Carbondale
M. A. Brace
Annie Wil- Hama
Minnie Morley
Christian Endeavor Society
Sumner Avenue Presbyterian Church
Young Men's Christian Association
J. W. Kellow
North Bromiley Avenue
Joseph H. Davis
Welsh Calviniade Methodist Church Christian Endeavor Society
Erie
Mary Jones
Lake Ariel
J. Alton Davis
Howard Tripp
Lake Winola
Davis
Lewis Ghelborn
G.D. Moore
Archbald Mine
Heart Lake
Powell
Lincoln Avenue
Bertrude
Edith Oliver
Wilkes-Barre
Reynolds
North Main Avenue
Chi Upsiion Society
Washburn Street Presbyterian Church
First Congregational Church
I. O. Williams
Pedrog
Wales
Laulse Fehreg
Sixth Street
Lohman
Feeman
Bromley Avenue
EF. C. Kresge
Seventh Street
Forest Hill Cemetery
Ida Thomas
Corbett Avenue
Edwin Bowem
Sylvester Arnold
McDonnell's
Tay
Man’s Fearful Walk Past Madison Square Menagerie
A disheveled passerby, smelling of underground tunnels, stumbles past a Sportsman exhibition at Twenty seventh Street near Madison Square Garden. He gawks at a grizzly with a basket, a jaguar gripping a calf, and a stuffed snake swallowing a rabbit before fleeing amid doors and beer signs.
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Madison Square Garden
Twenty-seventh Street
Perry
Woman Sleeps Three Months in Guntersville Hospital Case
Mrs. James Rutherford of this county was brought to Guntersville for treatment after a deep sleep lasting about three months. She awoke at long intervals with twice daily feeding, swallowed mechanically, and doctors remain puzzled by the condition.
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Guntersville
Ala
James Rutherford
Raven
Castoria Recall Text Noted in Historical Ad Copy
Patient remedies and childhood ailments listed with Casters and Castoria in a vintage ad style. Mentions Tinea, Calktren and Onatortn as related brands or terms. The fragment suggests a nostalgic product sequence for infant and child care with dated language.
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Casteria
Castoria
Tinea
Calktren
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H. Murphy
Beranton Young Men's Christian Association
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A. E
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Moss
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Dement
Wilkes Barre
National League
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Tsmc
Cleveland
Chicago
Mike" Leonard
Jack” Daly
Baltimore Police
Hallstead
Luce Bros
Main Ave
Price ST
Marksman Marsh
Fillmore Avenue
P. O. S. of A. Tomorrow
the Tribune
Emerson Owen
Trestles
Jackson Street
Franklin Company
Ti S Cees
Sek Wees
Sheentn
Marah
Ethel
Lizzie
Tie Joseph
Lake Wi
Ida
Jeasse Harris
Bellevue Street
South Gibson
James Ord
North Filmore Avenue
Mia
Sim Davis
New York City
Charles S. McCarthy
Della
C. W. McCarthy
Washburn Street
Henry Evans
Avenue A
Mr. Evans
Llanelly
W. L. Breenback
Guna
Starner
South Main Avenue
John H. Reynold
Fairchild
Revere
F. W. Maps & Co
LG South Malin Avenue
J. C. King
Jackson Seas
Fred Pace Assays
Him
Shela
Esther Deneserost
Turvalua
Dewitt, Eve Specialist
Oppcelte
Scranton House
Lackawanna Ave
Otollam
Davidow
Penn Avenue
Madea tWell Man
Royal Medicine CO
Chigass
Matth
Bree
Moises
Aylesworth’s
Wyoming Ave
MT. Pleasant
Washington Aven Works
Nay-Aug
M. H. Dale
Scranton, Pa
New York Expe and Chi Board of Trade
Dimnck
Spruce Street
Telephone
John Hamlin
West Lackawanna Ave
Ornices
Ayamd
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Gale- Vegels
Wowrspapers
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