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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
3
The C H S Regulars overcame a tough Pan Macdonald lineup in ten innings led by timely singles and a King’s double. The old-timers displayed strong defense as Bulloch Sow and others delivered key hits while Mason starred on defense and the mound.
Sol Mintz reports a heated track scene as top runners collide in Washington State style. Mantz, Nebr and others push hard with racers aiming to reclaim dominance in the 18k event, confident Ter will win back the lead.
The record summarizes a chaotic OCR page about a Poughkeepsie practice session for a team chasing a title. Mentions Cornell players and a coach, with scattered names and incomplete phrases describing drills, pacing and a long run by a runner.
Mrs Barlow defeats Miss Phipps 1 ap in the final of the Wilmington tournament at Merion. The cup contest featured Miss Phipps up to the last, with WIS Phipps as runner-up. Also noted are village cup results and other tennis achievements. Lew York, Witham Garned, and Flaven win related play cups. The report also mentions the West Side Tennis event starting next Saturday and the Metropolitan championships on turf. Swastika A. C. seeks games with local teams. contact Charles W. Mahon.
Multiple leagues list upcoming or no games with matchups such as Capital City League Sewage Pumping Station versus Midnest and Departmental League Agriculture versus Navy. Other notes include Nassau versus Manhattan and St Stephen's versus Tennillytown with local club names and affiliations.
Andrews 6 Walford 1 as Watford outfit bowed to Commercial League rivals in a lop-sided contest marked by weak fielding. Reed homered for Walford, while Garland and Quan trelle sparkled for Watford. Final: Watford 6, Walford 1.
Cornell Company defeated Navy Yard 6 to 1 in Capital City League play. McDonald homered and doubled, driving in several runs as Cornell mounted a strong offensive showing. Pitching mixed for both sides, with Becher and Litz noted for solid work.
Hamline won the game 10 to 2 as Langdon struggled in the field. Dore pitched well for Hamline, with strong hitting from Mattingh and McMorris contributing several runs. Langdon miscues and costly errors helped Hamline pull away early, leaving Langdon with only two runs late in the contest.
In a Marquette League game Pension Bureau edged GPO 8 to 6 after Clerka tallied four runs in the eighth. Maddox and McCarthy led Pension with home runs and key hits, while Hussy, Yaemaa and Fischer contributed for GPO. Errors and bases on balls shaped the late scoring as Wood umpired a 1 hour 40 minute contest.
Reports from Munich Belgrade Brussels Berne Constantinople and Vienna describe severe floods and landslides. Thirty five lives lost in Servia while towns along the Morava River were inundated with 7 to 10 feet of water. A landslide at Altorf buried a factory killing a woman and ten children. Extensive damage reported in Belgium Switzerland and Turkey Armenia with railways bridges and roads washed away.
Special to The Washington Post reports the first intercity harness racing series among amateur horsemen from Baltimore Wilmington and Philadelphia races run as free-for-all and trotting heats with carts three heats per race Points decide winners with silver cups and prizes Baltimore entries include local and Virginia horses with Philadelphia and Baltimore events to follow in June and July
Jack Eldridge, 34, after a twelve hour rest, left Reno to complete a cross country walk from Boston to San Francisco. He aims to beat Edward Weston’s 05 day record and reach the coast by mid June, with a $2,000 prize if successful.
In U S district court George W Post and Emil A Starkieff were declared fugitives and their $10 000 bail each was forfeited on charges of using the mails to defraud. Inspectors say the men have been out of town but their whereabouts are known and they will be rearrested.
Belasco Shakespearian festival features Ben Greet Players in The Tempest Venice Comedy of Errors at Heleapo next week. Performances set for Monday to Thursday, with an extended Aborn Opera engagement at National and Columbia cinema listings. Coburn Players to perform As You Like It on White House lawn for Washington Playgrounds Association fundraiser.
District assessor WP Richards dismissed E. W. Oyster's discrimination claims as unfounded. Oyster, linked to the Petworth Citizens' Association, alleged unequal land valuations between large tracts and small parcels. Richards cited prior instances where Oyster made false estimates and asserted officials’ access to office records at all times.
Joseph Travers reports his team and runabout stolen from Twenty second Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest while he left his vehicle to enter a store. Detectives search for a man and woman described as the suspect couple seen near the team in the last two weeks.
William H. Wadhams, head of New York Direct Primary Association, said Taft held a special conference in Washington on the state party crisis, focusing on rectifying proposed direct primary bills and the legislature’s extraordinary session. He said the President showed grave interest and later met with New York leaders whose names were not disclosed at a Brooklyn Young Republican Club dinner.
Mrs Ansberry traveled from Stoneleigh Court to Dayton Ohio to attend the Democratic State convention. Afterward she will return to Defiance Ohio while Mr Ansberry goes back to Washington to remain at Congress adjournment.
Mr and Mrs John F Patton announce the marriage of their daughter Nannie May to Walter Wolverton Stockton. The ceremony will be on Wednesday June 11 at St John’s Church Georgetown. Also noted are wedding cards and social notices from Washington society.
The eleventh biennial convention of the National Republican League is delayed from June 24 in New York City to September due to expected Congressional sessions. Taft, Sherman, and prominent Republicans planned to attend with a banquet for President Taft at Carnegie Hall. John Hays Hammond will preside. the event aimed to launch the fall campaign. The revised date may end the planned mass meeting in New York.
In Philadelphia the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and the Bethlehem Steel Company were found guilty by a jury of violating the Elkins law by granting and receiving rebates. The jury urged leniency and the court will set fines tomorrow. The government alleged demurrage charges totaling 35 dollars accrued April to October 17, later canceled by the railroads without compensation.
Six of eleven public high school pupils have passed the George Washington University competitive scholarships exam. Results announced by the board of education include Harold P Greenwald 68.1 percent from McKinley Manual Training School, Galbraith Central High School student 47 percent, Elsa D Muench 64.4 percent from Central High, Mattie Eiker 81.66 percent from Central High, Alvin McBrown 46.4 percent from McKinley Manual Training, and Melville C Zaker 31.47 percent from McKinsey Manual Training.
Washingtonians William T Frye and Christine Belt married by Rev White of the Baptist Church and Robert M Chambers and Dorothy Edna Kraft wed by Rev Keene of the Southern Methodist Church in Rockville Maryland yesterday.
Lieut Sutton of the harbor police, long ill, underwent left foot amputation at George Washington University Hospital. Dr C A White performed the operation, with Dr Wilbur Brandenberg in attendance. Sutton rested well, no serious results expected. In Providence Brown University conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws on Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, on June 11.
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