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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1902
Page
3
The summer tennis calendar lists open, invitation and championship events nationwide. Key dates include Harvard and Yale interscholastics in May, women’s singles and doubles at Longwood in June, and the national championship at Newport starting August 19 with numerous regional championships and invitational events across the country.
Mr Thomas W Lawson expands bulldog success as Isla Queen whelps ten puppies sired by Wylye Monarch. He paid 1150 dollars and Benton to select pups. Lord Roy remains unsold as Benton hopes to raise a world champion.
Weld crews sweep Harvard class races on the Charles with close junior and senior battles. Wray’s Weld wins sophomore and junior tests by narrow margins while the senior race ends with Weld leading by several lengths as Newell sailors suffer from illness and substitutions. Races held from Union Boat Club to Longwood bridge amid cold wind and rough water. next class championship to be run Friday.
A lengthy club list outlines open and invitation tennis tournaments from July to October across venues in New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont New York Illinois Washington British Canada and more. Notable events include state and regional championships at Norfolk L T Club Mt Anthony and Seattle L T Clubs national championships in Newport and intercollegiate play at Merion and Longwood with events for singles doubles and mixed doubles.
The Newtowne candle pin team, last in the Mystic Valley League, swept Medford at North Cambridge by three straight games. Bond led with 288 total and a 110 single, as Newtowne edged Medford by five pins in a tense finish.
Charlestown Wheelmen plan a spring half century to South Framingham with two start times at 9 and 10 a.m. from 0 Walker Street club house, entries via Captain Miller. Riders may start anytime in the morning. Other items include match race plans, open paced race entries, and swimmers contests scheduled around May 20 from Charlestown bridge to Boston Light. The Eastern Yacht Club secures private Marblehead landing at Goldthwaite wharf for members.
Beef and Fish clashed in three games at Carruths alleys with Beef winning two to one. Blake led Beef at 258 while Quinn posted a 100 high single as close scores separated the teams by nine, 28, and six pins across the three games. The Fitchburg Local Freight team swept the Railroad match with three straight wins, boosting averages.
A testimonial from 1898 notes dramatic recovery after using Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root with prior doctors failing. The letter highlights kidney disease misdiagnosed as stomach cancer, urges readers to request a free sample bottle and promises cures for bladder and kidney troubles.
The transfer of South End ball grounds to Charles A R Soden and partners yesterday will not alter Boston’s baseball scene. The association, barred by its charter from disposing of property, sold land across Columbus avenue and Walpole street to the Columbus Avenue Trust, assessed at 206 000 dollars. Trustees are Charles A B Soden George B Billings and Mr Conant Jr, sons of the club owners.
New York on April 7 reports fifty men reported for spring football practice at Columbia. Morle, an graduated football team, announced that Columbia's schedule would be radically different this year with the big games set two weeks earlier than last season.
Long distance runner Maxey, famed for a 47 second quarter mile world record, has decided to resume racing after retiring just a year ago.
Waterville Me April 7 Colby college baseball announces games including a Bowdoin practice game in Brunswick Harvard at Cambridge Tufts in Medford Exeter in Exeter Tufts at Waterville Bowdoin at Waterville Bates at Waterville and Bates at Waterville with multiple dates from April to June featuring home and away fixtures.
Cork officials led by Lord Mayor Fitzgerald plan to meet J P Morgan aboard the Oceanic to urge sending the Columbia to Cork Harbor for races with the Britannia Shamrock and Meteor. The Cork committee may urge a New York Yacht Club trophy for a Cork regatta.
The Presse reports W. K. Vanderbilt and Dr. Henri de Rothschild will race 40 horsepower cars of the same make before May 15 for 1000 francs to aid the needy. The 220 kilometer route is undetermined.
Harvard faces Trinity in the second game of the season this afternoon in Cambridge. The contest features early season testing for both teams as they seek cohesion and scoring efficiency on the field.
About 200 freight handlers in Providence employed by the New York New Haven Hartford railroad sent a written request for a 10 cent daily raise to $1.50 and asked for a reply within two weeks. They’ve voiced ongoing discontent with conditions and recently threatened to strike if the railroad does not respond.
Wesleyan University opened its baseball season in Middletown losing 4 to 8 to the University of Maine. The game featured early offense from Maine and a late push by Wesleyan without enough runs to overcome the deficit.
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