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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1901
Page
3
Dorchester girl Kitty Doonan fronts a long list of entrants in the Sunday Post Coupon Contest. The readable portion names many participants with addresses across Dorchester, Roxbury, Everett, Salem, Revere, Chelsea, and nearby towns.
A stream of letters reveals Myrna A Crosby, aged seven, sending in 20 votes for a Post contest. Others include Charles Frasca sending in two coupon votes and 43 votes for Miss Kittie Donnelly, with supporters urging help from friends.
A call to New England boys and girls to boost Sunday Post circulation by collecting weekly coupons. Prize money is awarded weekly to winners by check, with 68 prizes paid promptly. Participants can team with friends but submit coupons under one name. Early start favored for initial weeks.
Florida managers T. W. Eck and W. A. Elkes deny any split from the N C A and plan for May contests. They affirm riders Michael Elkes and Walthour remain in championship form, with no talks of forming a new association.
Lowell Massachusetts April 4 The New England League formed at the Arlington Hotel with Lowell Manchester Nashua Dover Haverhill Portland Lewiston and Bangor as members A schedule will be set at a future meeting likely April 15 in Lowell Players and positions were listed for several clubs and managers noted that the league has a bright future despite limited business at the initial gathering Rosson Brown and other players were named and Crolius Gammons DeMontreville and Faulkner impressed Manager Selee with Crolius DeMontreville and Faulkner earning praise Rosson is set for a Yale Boston game trial next week.
Norfolk Va April 4 two arrivals bring Boston uniforms to nineteen with Willis the famed twirler who may have joined Connie Mack's Philadelphia club arriving to wear the Boston colors again Rosson the deaf mute twirler from Washington also arrives and impresses Selee in a five inning practice game between the regulars and Colts the score 7 to 2 with Hamilton Tenny DeMontreville Barry Gammons Long Lowe and Kittredge in the batting order.
Princeton University baseball team beat Montreal Eastern Tie 7 to 3 at Chester. The scoring shows Montreal efficient early innings and Princeton answering with a six run final stretch. Batteries were Brown Whiting O'Brien and Aguene Underhill Young and Green. Umpire not listed.
This afternoon Harvard hosts a large track meet at Soldiers Field as rain has left the surface heavy. Captain Hallowell and Trainer Graham will gauge talent ahead of the Yale dual meet with Cambridge. Weld and Newell Boat Clubs of Harvard face a Harlem regatta challenge from Columbia, likely declined due to exam period. Races between Weld Club four oared crews Saturday promise excitement amid strong class rivalry.
The Boylston Juniors won games one and three on their home lanes as the Dedhams pushed to force a deciding match. Final totals show Boylston 1319 pins to Dedham 1 ???
In last night’s Printers League action Forbes Lithograph Company and Lounsbury Nichols Worth defeated State Printers and Bee Co. two games to one in each match.
In the Mystic Valley candle series at Arlington Boat Club the Battery team won two of three against the A. B. C. Fox and set a league record with three string totals of 282.
Havana star Alfred De Oro defeated Grant Eby at Yatter's billiard parlors in the first of a three match series of 200 points each. Remaining games are scheduled for tonight and tomorrow night.
The Grand American handicap trapshoot began after a rain delay in New York with nearly 6009 birds trapped and 201 competitors. Ansley H. Fox of Baltimore is favored to win as top shooters struggle, while 64 high guns share a total purse of 6365 dollars by tomorrow.
Sunday golf callender meets opposition led by Rev Kneeland while supporters like Mr Saunders push for outdoor recreation. The debate touches church services, prize fights, and a plan to limit building height to ninety feet amid legal and civic concerns.
The session featured heated exchanges as supporters and opponents clashed over a Carey Bill requiring railroad pensions for employees. A Haverhill socialist faced alleged contempt, while Speaker Callender and Amesbury Davis urged restraint. The debate touched on labor, socialism, and evolving parliamentary views before the House, in the end, voted to kill the bill.
Sandy Ferguson faced Nouroulah the Terrible Turk at the Howard last night and suffered a 12 second defeat. Nourouloh demonstrated speed and strength by lifting Ferguson off his feet and slamming him to the mat. Davis, known as the Nova Scotia Giant, weighed 210 pounds at 6 feet 2 inches and eyed upcoming matches with confidence.
Senators clash over an over time bill for women and minors with amendments. Other measures move on highway spending and wall tearing penalties while a memorial service plan is approved and Westminster Chambers considered for height limits. Attorney Whitman speaks for the rebuttal petitioners.
The Senate will not take up the semicolon liquor bill until next Wednesday. Senator Huntress was quoted saying hotel men petitioned for a bill to permit hotel liquor sales until midnight, which would have passed the Senate if it addressed the current 11 o'clock saloon closing law.
The joint committee on the judiciary met in executive session to consider a Currier bill creating a commission to report amendments to anti stock watering laws. Gas and Electric Light Commissioners Barker Gifford and Schaff and Railroad Commissioner J F Jackson urged favorable action. A hearing on the Currier bill and the Chester petition is set for next Tuesday.
Corporation Counsel Bailey met with the Governor over a bill to standardize building heights around the State House. The plan started at seventy five feet but after talks the cap was set at 117 feet on Bowdoin Street and 125 feet on Derne Street, with a new draft to follow.
The column urges daily dumbbell routines and open air exercise, promoting water intake and simple diets. It critiques amateur athletics profits, notes the Tommy Ryan vs Carter match cancellation, and reports on Peter Maher, Kid McCoy, and Jim Corbett theater success with Goulds Hotel sightings and local betting chatter.
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