Waldo Breezes Home in Close Horse Race
Waldo wins a tight finish by six lengths over Keene's entry in a gallant run. Dalmation beats Grasmere Hildreth's colt Comen out of Rock, quoted at 12 to 1 with Waldo favored at 5 to 5.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1909
Page
41
Waldo wins a tight finish by six lengths over Keene's entry in a gallant run. Dalmation beats Grasmere Hildreth's colt Comen out of Rock, quoted at 12 to 1 with Waldo favored at 5 to 5.
At Sheepshead Bay 15,000 spectators watched Waldo triumph in the Flatbush stakes for 2-year-olds with Grasmere and Chickasaw close behind. The event featured top owners Keene and Bradley, with challengers including The Fad and Grand in a fast, wide-open finish.
Opening day at Blue Bonnels track in Montreal features the Laurier Handicap as the day’s main event. Great Heaven, owned by P T Chinn, wins by three lengths amid a strong field in a crowded afternoon program with seven races and a Labor Day event at American League Park planned with diversions and contests.
Al phonve E. Bhaban, a Incal fan, suggests six teams that might form two squads, one National and one American, listed in an alphabetical game concept. The idea imagines each game starting with the letter of the alphabet, intriguing baseball followers with a speculative, paper-only lineup.
Fragmentary OCR reads like stray phrases from the first page noting a loss of IC in the opening segment. No clear event, date, or entity is established. readable bits suggest a routine page lead or editorial fragment without a defined reportable occurrence.
Fort Erie meet results list multiple purse races headed by six furlongs for year-olds, headlined by Kid as 9 to 2 winner. Lotta Creed runs second, Laverne third with payouts and weights noted. Subsequent races show Reesboro, Quigg, Time, Merrick, and others placing in $460 and $900 handicaps, with Bewell and Oran among winners, and Good Intent and Eyewhite also in the field.
Entry list for Sheepshead Bay races includes The Gregoande handicaps for four furlongs with weights up to 128 pounds, followed by two-year-old events at a half mile and a mile. Notable runners include Rose Queen and Captain Swanson among others, with complex weights and fields across multiple stakes. The evening card features a Labor Day stake and a headline handicap with substantial purses. the results reference Murphy and Langdon in a Washington area recap.
Egan displays good form for winners as Glen Ellyn Club of St Louis wins the Olympia Cup, third time for Western Golf Association. Teams from Western, Ohio State, St Louis, and Wisconsin contest. dispute over rules for putts between Western and USGA widens split in American golf governance.
fragmented OCR style report covers a Cleveland Detroit baseball game with players Moriarty Lehr Jones Delehanty and Umptres Nesom Perrips. mentions double plays and errors, home runs and pitching by Donovan and Young. umpire crew Merara and Pertti noted. game lasted about an hour and BS minutes.
Philadelphia falls to Brooklyn 8 to 4 as five seventh inning runs erase early lead. A double play in the fourth inning featured Doolin Ward and Bransfield. McMillan scored on an at bat at the plate as Bransfield threw to Doolin for the final out.
Dr. W. H. Littlepage of this city won the weekly handicap medal play tourney at Washington Country Club, disposing of J. C. Davidson and A. Zappone in a playoff on August 21 after leading with two prior wins. The event awarded a handsome gap for the golfer winning the first three weekly matches of the summer. RR. B. Looker opened scoring, but Littlepage, with a liberal handicap, defeated all opponents. Scores and weekly winners are listed.
Former Detroit champion first baseman Claude Rossman announced he would not play again for the St. Louis Americans after harsh criticism from his teammates. He had just joined the Browns in a trade for Tom Jones and stated he is through with St. Louis for all time.
In a poorly played contest at Pitanurg St Louis committed six errors but Pittsburgh shut out the Cardinals 4 to 0. Louly reached third base twice while Byrne and Lush turned in solid all around efforts. An early double play stifled St Louis and the Pittsburgs benefited from favorable play and timely outs. Umpires O Day and Dour worked the game.
Chicago overwhelmed Cincinnati 2 to 0 as the Reds couldn’t muster more than two hits off Overall. Key highlights included two two-base hits by Overall and Chance, a three-base hit by Tinker, and notable fielding by Gaspar and Evers. Stolen bases by Pankert and Evers aided the visitors in the early innings.
New York defeated Boston 7 to 3 as Shean and Doyle highlighted the game. Shean scored nine putouts and Doyle eight, with key plays shaping the contest. Pitching and fielding miscues noted amid the Giants win late in the game.
Postoffice secured another victory by defeating Navy Yard in a largely played matchup. Parker led pitching with 14 strikeouts and fourteen hits allowed, while Fairfax added a double and two singles. The Bureau did not appear, defaulting against Agriculture. details and line scores appear fragmentary.
A compendium of famed old time batteries and their pitchers and catchers. It traces famed pairings such as Plank and Powers, Spalding and McVey, Bond and Brown, and McKean and Keenan, highlighting their roles in pennants from the 1870s to early 1900s. The piece notes Italian battery McKean and Keenan, and cites Batting and catching duos shaping champions for Cleveland, Boston, Chicago, and New York.
Stubener and C Wise again top the list in a Labor Day program summary. Nineteen killed of twenty sweepstakes mark a grim note as prizes are pledged across three classes.
Twenty states enter cross country events as preparations begin for a national marathon in September. Toronto hosts a sports fair with a $500 prize pool and a 10 rink hockey program. University of Pennsylvania fields candidates for September 15 events. Worldstar wins at a track meet with Hefton Gaptenber and Big Coe projecting a 30 foot shot put at Canadian championships on September 18.
Emerson of Cincinnati defeated Richard Palmer in five sets to win the men’s singles, with Nat Emerson also defeating Harry Wardner to reach the final. Edith Hannam of Toronto won the women’s singles, topping Mrs Beard, in a tight finale.
Special to The Temeuanee Chronicle reports Wild Bill Donovan joins Hesston to form the Donovan Hesston Billiards Company in Detroit. They plan a full setup with new tables and accessories, aiming to open this winter as Donovan trains for next season and pursues world records in major leagues. References to other sports figures and events appear in brief alongside.
A six member committee completed adjustments to basketball rules. The umpire will intervene when two players contest the ball and no foul is charged. Dribbling changes require a paused dribbler to resume with a bounce or pass. A third player may dispossess the ball from two contesting players without a foul if no contact occurs with the players. Other changes include a limit on backcourt and keeper duties and scoring comparisons after each basket.
A former Yale director notes baseball players come in all sizes from small to giants. He cites examples like Jap Barbeau and Honus Wagner to illustrate how height and weight influence positions and performance, comparing outfielders, infielders, and pitchers across teams such as the Pirates, Giants, Cubs, Red Sox, and White Sox with dozens of named players.
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