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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1902
Page
4
English High beat Cambridge High 10 to 9 in a rain soaked opener at Columbus Avenue playground. Poor weather and cautious pitching kept scoring close as Cambridge led with a seven run first inning before darkness ended the game in the sixth inning.
English High School defeated Cambridge High, 9 to 5, in a see-saw opening Interscholastic League contest. Connolly starred for English with solid hitting as Kennedy faltered. Cambridge led after the fourth but English rallied with timely hits and strong fielding to claim victory.
Weber and Fields bring their all star stock company to the Tremont Theatre in Boston next week for eight performances starting Monday evening with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Box office sales begin at eight this morning amid high fan interest and strong advance orders.
Saunders of the 999th team set a new single string record with 116 on the second string as his team 999th defeated Newtowne 3 straight games on their home alleys. Ware scored 290 and Pierce 981 for the winners while Duhig led Newtowne with 271. The Newtowne lineup was short on the first string with Jennings late.
A Boston fixer linked to George Gardner and Joe Walcott faces exposure as plans emerge for Gardner to fight in England. The scheme allegedly aims to boost Walcott’s reputation. reports cite prearranged results and manipulation of press coverage, with scrutiny on Philadelphia and Criterion Club antics and an unsanctioned New England boxing meeting.
Cyclist William A Fenn joins middle distance chase as full fields form for the season. Fenn, last year’s two mile unpaced champion, signs with F Ed Spooner to pace a group including Munroe Olson Hunter Dobbins Lake and Galvin. Riders base in Boston Philadelphia and Vailsburg as pacing plans take shape.
Jim Bradford, once poor and a railroad station master, wins Constance Simms after heroic action fending off train wreckers. Eliphalet Simms, director and patron, backs Jim's rise, while the Bradford family pride meets a modern alliance. The town witnesses a match born from danger and loyalty.
City committee finalizes arrangements for the annual poems handicap games at North End Park Boston at 3 PM. Harvard Tufts MIT Holy Cross Boston College Andover Exeter Worcester Academy and other local schools plan delegations. Events include 100 440 880 and mile dashes running high jump and an open team relay with four prizes. Entries free from Frank McGrath 83 McLean street Boston through April 17.
Advert reads Diamond-Face Iron Golf Clubs delivering remarkable accuracy under USE. Iver Johnson's at 193 Washington St offers immediate Marsh motorcycle delivery with evening hours and an April 1 date. Also at 88 Columbus Ave. Pees-Nesse and Thama branded cycles and bicycles priced from $5 to $175. Emery at 88 Columbus Ave endorses the offerings.
A Boston Daily Post notice highlights Dr Kilmer and Co Swamp Root with a hospitalized officer James Cook Hugh Boyle John Bodkin endorsing the kidney and bladder remedy. The ad touts cures and urges readers to request a free sample and a health booklet from Kilmer in Binghamton New York.
In Nantes a dramatic court scene over intergenerational judgeship and child custody ends with Paul de Gennevray and Suzanne Grignon-Dumoulin reconciled. The grandfather is to place Martha in a religious home while Pierre remains with the judge, but the couple ultimately reunites and asks the case be dismissed.
A vivid moment shows both families in a warm display of affection, convincing onlookers that no lingering hostilities remained after prior quarrel. The scene suggests reconciliation and renewed harmony amid spectators.
John Boyle of 33 Jefferson Street Cambridge and Paul McLaughlin halted a runaway horse and stopped a freight train at Boston & Albany tracks in East Cambridge at 3 p m. The horse broke a gate but the driver Daniel Spencer and the animal survived. The event followed a perilous near miss as the train ran at 21 miles an hour. Prose notes on spring mosquitoes and airship chatter close the item.
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