Red hot contest schedule clocks rounds all week
A long list of boxing bouts unfolds across Monday to Saturday in various venues. Notable matchups feature Brown versus Young Erne in New York and Drumbeat of bouts including McKin non versus Howell, Kohler against Murphy, and Goodman facing Swartz in multiple cities with amateur events and international bouts noted.
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KnockOut Brown
Young Erne
New York
Bill McKinnon
Dick Howell
Brooklyn
Paul Kohler
Eddie Murphy
Cleveland
Danny Goodman
Yankee Swartz
Cincinnati
Gunboat Smith
A. Morris
Ernie Zanders
Lee Barrett
Madison
Wis
Young Mahoney
Jimmy Howard
Burlington
Battling Schultz
Pat Brown
Columbus
Paddy Sullivan
Jimmy Kelly
Yonkers
N. Y
Paddy Callahan
Harry Cortz
Packey Hammey
Chiccazo
Tommy Murphy
Ew York
Young Dyson
Ray Wood
New Bedford
Mike Malia
Joe Honan
Freddie Duffy
Owen Moran
Fall River
Ray Temple
Phil Harrison
New Orleans
George Alger
Young Ahearn
Joe Mandot
Jake Abel
Charleston
S. C
Tally Johns
Jimmy Regan
Butte
Mont
Pilgrim A. A
Boston
Leach Cross
Young Nitchie
Phil Cross
Young Hickey
Dick Nelson
Frank Perron
Webster
Eddie Randall
Harry Brewer
St. Louis
Soldier Delaney
Dave Katz
Nap Dufresne
Lewiston
George Chip
Buck Crouse
Pittsburg
Teddy Maloney
Pat Bradley
Philadelphia
Jeff Madden
Joe Avanni
Adams
Matty Baldwin
Johnny Marto
Frank Loughrey
Battling Hurley
Wil Me Beecher
Joe Bedell
Jack Hanlon
Bob Williams
Maspeth
Sandy Ferguson
Morris Harris
Pat Rocco
Joe Farren
Dental A
Boxing Bouts Tonight Compete at Grand Opera House and Colonial Club
Wres tling bouts run tonight at the Grand Opera House under Eastern A. C. while Owen Moran and Freddy Duffy of Jamaica Plain scheduled for a 12 round mass at the Colonial A. C. Fall River. Local fans face a choice but both shows promise strong action.
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Grand Opera House
A. C
Owen Moran
Freddy Duffy
Jamaica Plain
Fall River
Moran Duffy bout sparks Boston boxing scene revival
The Moran Duffy contest shapes as a heated clash with the Jamaica Plain boxer seeking a win to rise in prominence and Moran’s preparation cited for a strong argument. The evening includes a main eight round bout, two six round prelims, plus amateur bouts as Pilgrim A A opens in Boston.
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Moran
Braves Cardinals As Trouble Makers In NL Race
The Braves and Cardinals stand as the main disruptors in the National League chase this season. Bresnahan features a few solid pitchers and could lose key hitters, risking upset and friction in the pennant battle.
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Braves
Cardinals
Bresnahan
Boxing Plans Shift as Denning Trio Sail for Paris
Report notes Joe Jeannette and Jack Denning with manager Dan McKettrick sailing for Paris for a cleanup tour with Willie Lewis ahead. Denning to fight Marcel Moreau and Jeannette Fred Storbeck on April 27, while Lewis meets Georges Carpentier on May 14. Mention of McFarland Wells bout at Madison Square Garden and other boxing odds cited.
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Joe
Jeannette
Jack Denning
Dan McKettrick
New York
Paris
Willie Lewis
Raris Ward
Denning
Marcel Moreau
Fred Storbeck
Lewis
Georges Carpentier
William
Storbeck
Moreau
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Madison Square Garden
Packey McFarland
Matt Wells
McFarland
Tommy Murphy
Eddie Murphy
South Boston
Prize offers threaten Medford High baseball harmony
Dissension arises in Medford High School baseball as local businessmen offer three prizes for batting, fielding, and stealing bases. Critics say such incentives push players to chase personal records over team success, echoing past bans by the National Commission on prizes for averages.
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Medford
National Commission
Medford High
Motorists urged to attend Senate bill hearing on fees
The article notes motorists should attend today’s Senate hearing on Senate bill No 450 about automobile fees, proposing a new rate per horsepower. It also covers a New York truck parade, Michelin tire usage in the Tour de France participants, and General Motors Truck Company’s underslung chassis for heavy loads in 3 1/2, 5 ton capacities.
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Senate
General Motors Truck Company
Cicotte Vows Sweep of Athletics After New York Showing
Philadelphia April 14. Manager Stahl, buoyed by a strong showing in New York against the Highlanders, aims for two wins in the upcoming series with the Athletics. He expects a tough matchup as the Mack men are performing strongly and could prevent a clean sweep.
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Philadelphia
New York
Highlanders
Stahl
Athletics
Mackmen
Cicotte to start. Hall in relief for tomorrow's game
The team favors Cicotte at tomorrow's contest with Hall available as relief. Stahl will stay with the current lineup as the squad remains healthy and confident after winning these games. The hit and run will be used against the Athletics, who are expected to counter with varied tactics. The players are rested after a cold trip to New York and anticipate better weather for the game.
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Pilgrim A. A
Old South Building
Central A. C
Sandy Ferguson
Chelsea
Morris Harris
Philadelphia
Sandy
Mr. Harris
Cicotte
Charley Hall
Hot Springs
Stahl
Athletics
Boston
Mackmen
New York
Wages of Wives Provokes Local Sermon on Married Life
The Rev. Allen Stockdale of Union Congregational Church spoke on The Wages of Wives at the corner of Columbus Avenue and West Newton Street. He denounced newspaper treatment of marriage and vaudeville humor and urged husbands to give more affection and less money in seeking happiness.
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Allen Stockdale
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
West
Newton Street
Washington
Malden Parks Open With No Arc Lights This Summer
Malden parks begin the 1912 season without electric lights due to department funding shortages. Police will patrol and clear the parks after 10 PM, though couples may linger unseen in the darkness.
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Malden Parks
Malden
Spooners
New Shells Arrive for Schoolboy Rowing Teams
Two of the five new shells arrive at Union Boat Club for Schoolboy Rowing Association crews this morning. The lighter 21 foot boats replace heavier 23 foot old shells at B A A boathouses. Schools Volkmann Nobl ough Roxbury Latin Stone received subscriptions and ordered the boats from their builder.
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Schoolboy Rowing Association
Union Boat Club
Fach
Volkmann, Noblough
Roxbury Latin
Stone
Master Thrills Hearers in Boston Symphony Hall
Vladimir de Pachmann left Boston yesterday afternoon amid a near full house at Symphony Hall. Managers report the popular pianist, second only to Paderewski in appeal, drew a vast audience as seats filled and many stood in the aisles.
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Vladimir de Pachmann
Paderewski
Boston
Symphony Hall
Mr. de Pachmann
De Pachmann Delights City with Majestic Piano Recital
The concert hall echoed with his singing tone as Mr. de Pachmann energized the space with Liszt and Mendelssohn, delivering delicate tone-poems and Chopin pieces. He spoke between pieces, danced briefly after the mazurka, and left the audience grateful for a rare, unforgettable afternoon.
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Symphony Hall
de Pachmann
Chopin
Fight to Save Flooded Tallulah Town
Tallulah Louisiana nine miles north of the Vicksburg Shreveport Pacific line is submerged except for a few business houses. Levees race along the tracks as men aid in the desperate effort to stop rising floodwaters from the Dog Tail crevasse. Dwellings float, some ten feet under water, with water rising two inches hourly at the depot.
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Tallulah
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
Train Kills Bride-To-Be in Everett Collision
Jessie Fowler age 26 of 104 Atlantic avenue Swampscott was killed at 10:40 last night at Everett station when an inward bound Boston and Maine express struck her as she attempted to board. Her body was thrown 75 feet. She planned to marry in four days after a visit with Mrs J Carlson of Everett. Fowler had been in America three years and left no relatives here.
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Jessie Fowler
Atlantic Avenue
Swampscott
Everett Station
Miss Fowler
J. Carlson
Chelsea Street
Everett
Boston
Scotland
America
Rhode Island Normal School Instructor Dies in Providence
Horatio B. Knox aged about 58, history instructor at Rhode Island Normal School, died at his home in Providence from pneumonia. Born 1856 in Cambriatown, Penn, he later lived in Farmington Maine and taught in Eastport Maine and Palmer Massachusetts. He authored juvenile historical works. survived by widow Mary E. Roberts of Wakefield New Hampshire, a daughter, a son, and his Farmington parents.
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Rhode Island Normal School
Providence
R. I
Horatio B. Knox
Cambriatown
Penn
Farmington
Colby University
Eastport
Palmer
Mass
Mary E. Roberts
Wakefield
N. H
Americans Win Despite Fewer Outs on Opportune Hits
In Baltimore on April 14 the Philadelphia Americans outbatted the Baltimore Internationals but relied on timely hits to win. The Internationals were defeated despite a strong showing at the plate.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia Americans
Baltimore Internationals
Labor Meetings Seek Unification of Boot and Shoe Workers
A second conference was held yesterday at the United States Hotel by representatives of the three national and seven independent boot and shoe workers organizations. Prospects for unification of all independent shoe labor groups grow likelier. There are 180000 shoe workers nationwide of whom under 50000 are in organized labor. The Boot and Shoe Workers' Union accounts for more than 75 percent of those organized.
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United States
Boot and Shoe Workers
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Call for a New Shoe Workers Union Forms at Conference
Patterson of Philadelphia presents a resolution to form an entirely new organization amid disagreements among shoe workers. Tobin and Baine propose a plan requiring a cross‑body committee to draft a unified framework while avoiding commitment until conference review.
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John Co. Patterson
Philadelphia
Shoe Cutters’ National Assembly
National Executive Board
Lynn
John F. Tobin
Collis Lovely
International
Charles L. Baine
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Tobin
Machinists Plan 15 Percent Raise and Eight-Hour Day
District Lodge 19 of the Machinists' International Union met at 724 Washington street with 28 delegates from Boston and surrounding cities. International President Johnstone announced plans to dispatch organizers in New England to push for an eight-hour workday and wage increases in several centers.
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The
Machinists’ International Union
Washington Street
Boston
Brockton
Fitchburg
Greenfield
Hyde Park
Lawrence
Lowell
Quincy
Salem
Providence
Newport
R. I
Somersworth
N. H
Johnstone
New England
Labor Notes from Boston Unions Convene and Expand
Labor reports from Boston cover J Cohen’s reappointment to the Boston Newsboys' Protective Union and Mulkern’s fourth term, and grand officers P J Coyle speaking at a railroad workers meeting. New members join City Fuel Company workers. wage scale actions and license bills are discussed. high-profile labor leaders visit Boston for ceremonies and organizing efforts continue across carpenters, electricians, bricklayers, and steamfitters unions.
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J. Cohen
F Or
Boston
Newton-Watertown-Waltham Coal Teamsters’ Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Tabor
Herr Carl Legion
Reichstag
Boston Machinist Lodge 164
Odd Fellows’ Hall
New Haven
Bay View Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
House
Ways and Means
Ladies’ Auxiliary
F. S. Evans
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Division 61
Engineers’ Hall
Canal Street
Boston Bricklayers’ Union 3
New England Council of Electrical Workers’ Unions
James Newman
Holyoke Electrical Workers’ Union
Reid-Murphy
Electrical Workers
A. F. of L
James J. Brennan
Charlestown
Ben Franklin Assembly
Judge Pierce
Knights of Labor
Allied Printing Trades’ Council
K. of L
Roxbury
M. McDonald
Somerville Painters’ Union
Somerville G. L. U
Hill Building
Union Square
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union
Henry Abrahams
Boston C. S. A
Perkins
Indianapolis
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
John €. Short
A. F. of
Building Trades’ Department
Othe International
Building Trades
A. F. of I
I. A
City Employees Plan Broad Union Organization Drive
Delegates at the semi annual convention of the Federation of State City and Town Employees Unions in Wells Memorial Hall vow to organize all state city and town workers. They target locals in all towns, push eight hour law enforcement, and seek civil service continuity with Governor Foss and Mayor Fitzgerald.
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Boston
Joseph P. Kilday
Boston Council
Michael D. Collins
Cambridge
Foss
Ilmer J. Curtiss
Fitzgerald
Bath Department
Boston Bath, Public Grounds
Park and Music
Boston Cemetery Department
Somerville City Employees’ Union
Phone Girls Form Union in Boston Area
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company operators in the Greater Boston district unite under Organizer Lenehan amid a Paine Memorial Hall turnout. They plan proposals to management on working hours wages and conditions. The new group is Telephone Operators' Sub-Local 1 of Boston Electrical Workers' Union 108.
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New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Boston
Lenehan
Paine Memorial Hall
Telephone Operators
Boston Electrical Workers’ Union 108
Freight Workers Seek 15 Percent Raise at Boston Terminal
Boston and Maine freight handlers voted to request a 15 per cent wage increase for all freight handlers at the Boston terminal division. Officers will pursue a charter from the Brotherhood of Freight Handlers and Freight Clerks affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Frank J. Palmer announced a new grocery and provision store opening next Wednesday on Friend street for workers who buy a $6 share and trade there.
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Boston & Maine
K. of I
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston Terminal
Brotherhood of
Friend Street
Taft Men Stunned Washington In Pennsylvania Delegates
Taft campaign managers in Washington claim 55 district delegates and control of the Pennsylvania state convention, boosting Taft to 21 district delegates per McKinley as the Roosevelt camp seeks to defend a 67 to 76 delegate majority. The incident follows Taft's quieter approach after claims of Roosevelt’s harsh campaigning.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Taft
Roosevelt
Keystone
McKinley
National Taft Bureau
United States
White House
Giants Rally Upset Jersey City In Extras
Timely hitting and fast base running plated four runs in the fifth inning as the New York Giants defeated Jersey City Internationals 4 to 3 in Jersey City.
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Jersey City
N. J
New York Giants
Gardner invites Roosevelt to joint debate in Massachusetts
Rep Gardner of Massachusetts sent copies of a letter to Colonel Roosevelt inviting him to a joint debate on campaign principles during Roosevelt's Massachusetts speaking tour. He argues that real issues are being lost sight of and links the President Taft to unpopular figures are being pushed. The letter is dated today and addressed to Oyster Bay.
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Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Taft
Lorimer
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt to Speak in Boston April 27
Roosevelt leaders in Massachusetts plan a mammoth rally with Colonel Roosevelt as the principal speaker at the Boston Arena on Saturday April 27. They expect him here that date and seek additional Massachusetts appearances before April 89, the primary day.
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Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Boston Arena
Massachusetts
Taft and Cummins Claim Iowa Convention Control
In Des Moines Iowa every county held a Republican convention and elected delegates for Cedar Rapids state convention on April 24. Taft and Cummins backers both claim majority control with 741 instructed delegates to Taft 716 for Cummins and 24 for Roosevelt amid county delegate disputes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Taft
Cummins
Mills
Page
Roosevelt
Genevieve Bennett Clark Club Formed in Louisiana
In Louisiana Missouri on April 14 women near Speaker Clark's home formed the Genevieve Bennett Clark Club to bolster Mrs Champ Clark as a White House candidate. The group elected officers, plans weekly meetings, and will raise campaign funds for Speaker Clark. Mrs Clark received notice of the club's organization by telegram.
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Louisiana
Champ Clar
White House
Speaker Clark
Genevieve Bennett Clark
Clark Wins Delegates in Fifth District Primaries
Philadelphia April 14 returns from Saturday's primary show two Harmon delegates in the fifth district defeated by Wilson men. In the 28 districts two Clark men defeated the two Wilson candidates for national delegates. Wilson totals 74 of 76 in the delegation.
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Champ Clark
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Late
Tonight
Harmon
Wilson
Clark
Dartmouth Crackers Coming Along Strong
Dartmouth shows strong indoor meet performance as the Hanover track team appears set to make a wide impact at the intercollegiate championships. Harry Hillman notes progress, praising steady improvement in the squad.
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Dartmouth
Harry Hillman
Hanoverians
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