Market Summary of New York and Boston Trading
Report shows total sales in New York 106 200 shares and Boston 10 378 for the day. Highlights include Lackawanna Steel up from 4 to 48 in New York and Calumet & Hecla up 5 to 488 in Boston.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1911
Page
14
Report shows total sales in New York 106 200 shares and Boston 10 378 for the day. Highlights include Lackawanna Steel up from 4 to 48 in New York and Calumet & Hecla up 5 to 488 in Boston.
Trading was lifeless with only nominal price changes and total volume around 106000 shares, the smallest of the year. Traders noted a slight upside drift while the market paused ahead of the NYSE vote to observe Good Friday and Saturday as holidays.
The Pennsylvania Railroad directors authorize a 10 percent stock allotment with holders of record May 6 eligible to subscribe at par in proportion to their holdings. Payment schedules set at 0 percent May 31 and 50 percent August 31. A Missouri Pacific executive committee meeting next week will elect B. F. Bush president.
Trading on the local curb exchange yesterday was dull as Amalgamated Nevada and United Verde Extension showed little movement. Amalgamated Nevada held at about 16 cents, United Verde traded 2 to 21 4, and Dobie rose fractionally to 85 16, with fluctuations detailed here.
Athol Massachusetts grants a temporary loan of 59000 to Lor ing Tolman and Tupper at 0.33 percent discount maturing October 5. Maine Central Railroad sells 1500000 one year 4 percent notes to F S Moseley and Co dated April 1 1914 to retire 1500000 5 percent four year notes maturing June 1.
Francis Henshaw and R. L. Day auctioned mill stocks and real estate with figures showing price advances and declines. Mills including Androscoggin, Tremont, Suffolk, Lancaster, and Lovett Cotton Mills appeared alongside transportation and bank interests such as Boston Real Estate Trust and Nashua & Lowell Railroad.
Sam Anderson, the local middleweight, defeated Peter Gotz, English welterweight champion, in straight falls at the Columbia last night. The fast inside wrestling featured half Nelson and armitock holds, finishing in 15 and 12 minutes, with Anderson displaying his old-time cunning and crowd-pleasing tricks. Lottie Oliver, the woman champion, also defeated Emily Little of Waltham in 12 minutes, as next week’s card pits George Burghardt against Hjalmar Lundin.
Boston College defeated Boston University 11 to 5 at the Massachusetts Avenue grounds. BC slammed 12 hits and led from the start to finish in the season opener.
Georgetown University defeated Baltimore by 8 to 4 in a Baltimore Eastern League game played today.
Al Delmont earned the decision over Monte Attell of California in a 12 round clash at the Armory A. A. The bout was fast and rugged with Delmont gaining the lead in rounds one to three and six. Delmont closed strong in rounds 10 through 12 to clinch the win.
Freddie Welsh the English lightweight outpointed and outfought Pat Moore of Philadelphia over ten rounds before the National Sporting Club of America in New York on April 12.
At Mechanics Building Me, Classy owned by Mrs. S. B. Hastings of Wayland won the Boston terrier bitches class and was named winner over Jolly Widow owned by D. D. Brayton. Wampagne Little Mose led Boston terrier dogs, while Dork Mowgli claimed reserve, with other bostons like Wampagne Queen of Hearts and Bartlett Boy also winning blues. English setters topped entries as Champion Meadowview Blue Prince and Blue Boy claimed wins, Yarrow Girl led all bitches. Fox terrier Gradmira and Middlesex Pride showed strong, but Gradmira won bitches while Irish terrier Marksman drew attention for dominance of the breed. Sabine Rarebit edged Warren District fox terriers, and Douglas Robinson’s wolfhounds also collected blues.
The Brookline High School baseball team opened its season by defeating Roxbury Latin 16 to 2. A record 18 Brookline players appeared, with Walker hitting two home runs and five players connecting for extra bases. Roxbury Latin struggled on offense, not reaching third base until the eighth inning and finishing with two hits and two runs.
Yale University baseball team closes Easter recess and travels to the South. The opening game will be Friday against the Norfolk League team in the first stop of the tour.
Eighteen thousand fans filled the West Side ball park as the 1911 baseball season began. The venue gleamed with bunting and a brass band greeted early arrivals.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs battled to a 3 3 tie in 11 innings with Cramp like defending. Big Ed Reulbach started erratically for Chicago, then Weaver faltered before settling in and limiting the Cubs to four subsequent hits. Schulte homered for the Cubs in the seventh to pull within one, while Chance tied the game in the eighth after reaching on a fumble and scoring on Tinker’s triple.
The opening National League game in New York ended 2 to 0 in nine innings after eight scoreless frames. A crowd of 30,000-plus at the Polo Grounds plus spectators on Coogan's Bluff watched the Phillies win with a two run ninth. Ames allowed nine, Moore four. Dooin and Lobert connected on a two base hit sequence. Mayor Gaynor tossed the opening ball.
A three hundred dollar bonus for a two base hit by Peaches Graham helped Boston win the game yesterday. The salary raise cost the team that much, but Boston officials deem it worth the price for the victory.
Harvard defeated Yale 3 to 1 on Yale Field as the Crimson rallied after a slow start. Yale led 1-0 at halftime with the wind advantage, but Harvard struck back in the second half, tying the game and scoring twice in five minutes before adding a final goal.
Three Irish Canadian athletes James Corkery Gordy Begley and Eugene McCormick from Toronto expected to arrive today with Athol Gow club secretary to oversee their stay and race Corkery last year’s third place finisher is favored to win McCormick seen as second choice after strong showings in Ward Marathon and Hamilton Herald race last year
Heps win opener against Brooklyn in dramatic fashion as Peaches Graham delivers a late homer driving in Sweeney from third for the winning run. Tenney, Bergen, and Graham spark a decisive eighth inning with crucial plays and contrasting fates for fielding miscues.
Cincinnati crowd of about 20 000 watches Pirates batter Reds. Art Fromme starts, replaced by Jess Tannehill in the fifth after giving up 10 hits and seven runs. Reds misplay defensively as Adams limits them to four hits. Final score 14 to 0 in Pittsburgh.
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