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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1900
Page
8
The National League battle stays close with Brooklyn strong and Philadelphia flagging. Pittsburgh and Chicago surge ahead as top contenders, while New York Giants stumble near the rear. In the American League the chase heats up with Chicago and Milwaukee leading and other clubs bunched.
The article weighs the Jeffries Ruhlin bout as the public favorite, praising Jeffries as world champion and Ruhlin as a rising challenger. It contrasts them with the brainy tacticians Corbett McCay Firesimmons Choyneki and lauds the hard hitters Sharkey and Rubin as durable entrants. Jeffries and Ruhlin are likened to John L. Sullivan in style and pace, with concern over pace ruin.
The article predicts that Jeffries will stay atop his field longer than the Boston man, praising Jeffries as a magnificent pugilist with colossal build and great endurance as shown against Sharkey and Corbett. Ruhlin is said to possess the same fighting abilities, suggesting a clash between the two would be superb.
The fragment lists games and lineups with players Hawley Warner Phillipps Zinimer Swartwood and others plus umpire names like O'Day. It cites matches at Cincinnati Chicago and Brooklyn with incomplete scores and rosters across dates and teams.
In a laborious baseball clash at Cincinnati against Brooklyn, key players Kennedy Kitson Millaies Ampine-Emulie Attendanion and O'Day battled for advantage. St. Louis hosts a separate Rise event with notable figures Carrick Warne and O'Day among umpires and attendees.
In a notable matchup Montreal defeats Rochester 8 to 4 led by key plays from Torrente and Trovidenow. Syriever and Syirinefield contributed scoring bursts as the game unfolded in Montreal.
Minneapolis 4 to 2 over Kuttsak Cite as Chicago ties 77 to Milwaukee 0 in a Sunday matchup. Chicago defeats Milwaukee 0.
Industry reports show little effect from price advances with midsummer dullness dampening trade. Iron markets stay unsatisfactory as production fluctuates, wages near settlement, and mining talks of general restrictions persist while D L and W board listings reveal shifting railway and coal crew assignments.
The Carbondale office of the Scranton Railway company has been abandoned after months in the Jadwin building. P. T. Reilly, previously in charge, will relocate to the local office. The United Mine Workers of the Fiat district plan a convention today with over 400 delegates, electing officers and handling business. The washery plant of the Columbia Coal company at Shickshinny including engines pumps and track will be sold to the highest bidder at a sheriff's sale next Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
The Taylor Mustleto team challenges the Range Tangs of Province to a game on Tuesday afternoon at Taylor grounds. Bert Burbonpoindester, manager, and Al Jot State, captain, are leading the squads.
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