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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1896
Page
6
The Blackbirds and Barons battled to a tight game with strong defense and steady pitching. Johnson and Lovett kept hitters in check as double plays and late-inning defense preserved the Blackbirds lead. umpire Stearns handled close calls amid heated crowd reaction.
Barons win a hard fought game at Athletic Park as Rochester put up a gamey fight. Providence Grays extend lead while Toronto and Springfield showcase strong exhibitions. Tonight's schedule features Syracuse at Scranton and Rochester at Wilkes-Barre plus Buffalo at Springfield.
In a brisk 2 0 win Barons down Roc hester Blackbirds with Griffin hitting a triple and Maguire a two run double in the fourth inning. Sandy Griffin was hurt by a pitched ball, O'Brien made a highlight running catch, and Latham starred on defense preventing a big inning.
Cure promised within minutes for headaches toothache neuralgia rheumatism and various pains. Claims quick relief before a doctor arrives and long term cure with continued use. Advertises drainage from many pain sources and permanent effect after several days.
Advertisement touts Radway's Ready Relief for summer ills including dysentery diarrhea cholera morbus cramps and malaria. Claims rapid internal and external relief with half to one teaspoon doses and urges travelers to carry a bottle and fluids to avoid sickness from water changes.
Wilkes-Barre and Syracuse pitched well with no errors until the eighth. Carey's home run and late errors by Smith and Bonner decided the outcome despite threatening weather and small crowd. Springfield also fell to Toronto while Boston pitchers Nerney and Coughlin struggled in an otherwise rough exhibition.
Delancey to pitch for Syracuse as Griffin’s hand injury sidelines him. Umpire Stearns faces mixed reviews amid close Rochester games. Syracuse relies on fielding but lags in hitting with several players transferred or released.
Providence defeats Buffaloes by 2 to 1 with bunched hits and risky baserunning. Knorr suffers a hand split in the fifth while Holson also pitches well. Attendance 1,200. Batteries Knorr Hodson and Dixon. Gray Urquhart.
Rain forces postponement of the Philadelphia Athletic Lancaster baseball matchup while Hazleton Hazleton Shamokin see no game due to similar rain.
In the National League Cleveland Baltimore and Cincinnati top the standings after wins yesterday while New York St Louis and Louisville drop. The Geaneaters defeated the Giants and moved into fourth place as others faltered with rain postponements in Pittsburgh and Washington.
Umpire Higgins presided as Sigman, Barclay, Ritchie, and Middleton oversaw the pottery match at Lafayette with UL of PhCCCCCCCee OD 0000040% and 450 Potteries details.
Amateur baseball notices describe multiple challenges among local clubs. Green Ridge Senators face Dashera Old Forge on Senators grounds at 2.0 Saturday. Taylor Techs challenge Green Ridge Senators for Thursday at Taylor grounds. Dashers Old Forge challenge Sunsets South Side for Sunday June 21 on Dasher grounds.
The New York City Board of Aldermen rejected Alderman Goetz's bicycle tax and registration plan by an unanimous vote. Prices for high grade bicycles are not expected to drop this season, while low grade bikes have seen some reductions. St Louis wheelmen announce Johnnie Johnson’s return, but his act may not draw crowds. Spalding & Bros show no intent to cut wheel prices, and West Pittston wheelmen plan a July 4 race meet with 375 in prizes.
Carbondale hosted a state league softball or baseball matchup with Pottsville in progress. The record lists players Batteries Anderson Patchen Hal Caren Flannagan and umpires Luby and another official, but many details are garbled.
Trimmed sailors to go at a5c. Sailors priced at 48c. Sailors priced at 73¢.
The article notes an inaugural Pittston meet for class A riders and West Side Wheelmen aims for a successful event. It covers promoter withdrawals from a Wilkes-Barre sanctioned July 4 meet, later scheduling another meet, plus bicycle industry notes and a charity race at Manhattan Beach with a $500 purse. It also cites extensive bicycle related economic impacts and a view that cycling remains a rising trend.
Cooper won the half mile open professional bicycle race in Autea New York on June 16 in 25 seconds. Bald finished second as Sanger and Allen dropped out in a dramatic final quarter. The time was reported as a national record.
Opened to the public year round the new temperance hotel sits midway between Binghamton and Scranton along the Montrose and Lackawanna Railroad. It offers eighty five capacity, lakefront location, wide veranda, row boats, fishing tackle and grounds with dancing pavilion and shade groves. Rates range from seven to ten dollars per week or one fifty per day.
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