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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1902
Page
4
An advertising feature extols Houghton's Vienna Old Time Lager as the market leader. It claims time tests quality and superiority, noting malt and hops, slow perfecting processes, cleanliness, and careful aging. The copy urges selecting beer by merit and reputation and asserts the brewery produces only beer.
An advertisement touts Houghton's Pavonia Export as perfect in all essentials and suitable for any climate and family use. It promotes Hugo's Bottling at 147 Shawmut Ave with telephone listing 313 Tremont.
Tomorrow afternoon the Tufts College and Boston University baseball teams meet at Tufts Oval in the season opener. Both squads are in good shape, with Fred Terney of the Boston Nationals praising Tufts and captain Stone of Boston University expressing confidence in his lineup for a strong showing this spring.
The boxing scene centers on a Criterion Athletic Club event featuring Twin Sullivan versus Patsey Sweeney. Local names Mayor Hurd and Bill Leclair figure into alleged politics around the bout while Commodore Daly and the Independent Yacht Club are mentioned in sports and social notes.
The interscholastic rowing season begins on the Charles River with nearly 100 hopeful oarsmen, many first timers, as eight of twelve schools conduct preliminary practice under coaches Pat Donovan and Dick Glendon. Regatta decides season champion after trials, with clubs supplying boats and venues.
The New England Kennel Club hosts a four day beach show at Mechanics Building starting 10 AM. Over 1200 dogs compete for prizes with top entries from Thomas W. Lawson and Mrs May E Benton. Judges use English bulldog standard scoring across traits from mouth to back and chest to legs.
Other exhibitors in his class are Mr. Codman of Providence, Mrs. Richard Harding Davis and Mr. Willis Sharpe Kilmer. The doors open at 9:30 this morning and judging starts at 10:30 o'clock.
Miss Alice Brown, a well known trained nurse formerly with St. Louis Baptist Hospital, credits Swamp Root with helping her recover from fatigue and poor health after night shifts. She states it improved appetite, blood quality, and relieved kidney and stomach issues, while noting it cannot cure all ailments.
An editorial style medical ad touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the cure for Bright s Disease and kidney and bladder troubles. It claims hospitals and doctors endorse it and offers free samples by mail from Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York with purchase options at drug stores.
Tom Sharkey told J C Jadon that Charleston Athletic Club’s $26 offer for the Jeffries-Fitzsimmons bout is the most liberal yet and he would fight either man there or elsewhere except Los Angeles. He suspects Jeffries avoids Fitz, saying Jeff would lose a bout if he fought Fitz.
Ex champion James J. Corbett will go to San Francisco April 13 and be ringside for the Jeffries Fitzsimmons bout. Through manager Jule Detmar it is learned Corbett will challenge the winner after the fight, provided a suitable condition is met.
James R. Keene, the New York millionaire turfman, shows marked improvement in Lexington after a cold. His physician says he may get up today and plans to visit his arm at Castleton tomorrow, with no serious illness evident at any point.
James Sheckard the outfielder signs for the Baltimore American League team for the coming season and heads to Savannah to join the club. He had previously signed with the Brooklyn National League club.
The six day go as you please race in Salem is postponed from tonight at the North Street Rink to Wednesday night due to lack of patronage. The contest will run two and a half hours each night starting Wednesday evening.
Corbett’s prior proposal to stand in for Fitz if the rival refuses to meet Jeffries has not been accepted. The plan to arrange a new match hinges on this acceptance or rejection by the parties involved and the boxing commission’s stance on the bout.
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple entries of games played numbers in amateur bowling statistics. Several items repeat figures like 51 and 48 games, with scattered letters and parentheses indicating unclear data points. The readable content centers on counts of games played rather than results or standings.
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