Strength in National League Domination Emerges Early
Baseball notes from the last week show several clubs stronger than expected. Phillies show pennant possibilities after beating New York, while Giants struggle with injuries. Mercer shines for Washington as Collins and Grand Bergen miss time. Nichols to pitch for the Giants in New York with Meekin aiming to start.
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Phillies
New York
Giants
Quakers
Arlie Latham
Browns
Louisville
Washington
Boston
Mercer
Dover
N. H
Collins
Grand Bergen
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Nichols
Meekin
Browns Triumph as Colonels Err in St Louis
In St Louis on April 26 the Browns loaded their hits as Colonels misplayed. Parrott was out pitched by Smith yet benefited from support. Local amateur Morrison played third for Louisville and batted well though anxious in the field. Attendance 10,000. Final: Louisville 10, St Louis 9. Batteries Parrott McFarland for St Louis Smith Boyle for Louisville.
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ST. Louis
Browns
Colonels
Parrott
Smith
Morrison
Louisville
Bei Uomo Issu
McFarland
Boyle
Dwyer Threads Victory as Cincinnati Beats Chicago
Dwyer's superb pitching at critical stages, aided by Chicago errors, led Cincinnati to an easy win. Thornton started for Chicago but was replaced by Griffith after issuing two walks in the first inning, with Griffith being hit hard thereafter.
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Cincinnati
Dwyer
Chicago
Thornton
Griffith
Burke's Fielding Sparks Narrow Win in Front of Large Crowd
Burke's fielding stood out as the game reached a 13,000 attendance. Final score saw CANORA edging CHICAGO with miscues and hit totals noted, Dwyer and Vaughn behind the plate for CANORA and Thornton, Griffith, and Kittredge for CHICAGO in a pitching assisted contest.
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Will. Burke
Canora Veces
Hi Vdanevess
Cincinnati
Chicago
Dwyer
Vaughn
Thornton
Griffith
Kittredge
Wilmington Beats Patersons At Olympic Park
Wilmington defeated Patersons in Paterson with Naps pitching well and striking out five. The visitors had twelve hits off Callahan, concentrated in the seventh and eighth innings. McIntyre starred at second base as 2,500 fans watched the game. Final score 4 to 2.
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Paterson
N. J
Wilmington
Patersons
Olympic Park
Naps
Wilmingtons
Callahan
McIntyre
Newark Triumphs Over Mets In Sloppy Game
Hard hitting and solid fielding by Newark edge the Metropolitan 62 by forcing 17 walks by Mets pitchers and 3 by Newark hurlers. Attendance 5000. Newark 1010609681 62 Metropolitan 4006010600027. Hits Newark 19 Metros 10. Errors Newark 4 Met 7. Batte ries Korwanaud Otten A Roth Fuss Sharrott Keans Foster Mulligan Strowgen.
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Newark
N. J
Newarks
Metropolitans
Metropolitan
Korwanaud
Otten
A. Rothfuss
Sharrott
Keans
Foster
Mulligan
Strowgen
Harvard Baseball Men Picked for Training Table
The following named Harvard baseball men have been chosen to go to the training table today Dean Rand Burgess Scannell Paine R H Stevenson F J Stevenson Houghton Crawford Cozzens Vincent Brown OMalley and Wrenn.
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Harvard
Dean
Rand
Burgess
Scannell
Paine
R. H. Stevenson
F. J. Stevenson
Houghton
Crawford
Cozzens
Vincent
Brown
O'Malley
Wrenn
New York keeps Rogey and German on roster shakeup
Pitchers Rogey and German are released by New York while Burkett hits .400 and Meekin and Nichols prepare to face each other. Hib bystander notes many expected releases in New York this week. Harrington debuts with two errors for the home team and Otb remains benched in St. Louis.
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New York
Rogey
German
Burkett
Tommy Niland
St. Louis
Harrington
Baltimore
Patriots
South End
Orioles
Mains
Bostons
Boston
Giants
Meekin
Nichols
Columbus
Wilson
Smith
Cedar Rapids
Salem
Rusie
Freedman
New Yorks
Zerfoss
Irwin
Tannehill
Richmond
Hughey
Pittsburg
Forest Hills
Joe Galvin
Hyde Parks
Joe Rogers
Harvard
Hyde Park
Banquet Planned for Athens Star Athletes at Exeter Club
On Saturday May 9 the B A A athletes who excelled at Athens will be honored with a banquet at the club house on Exeter street. The event recognizes their recent successes and gathers supporters and participants for a formal reception.
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Athens
Exeter Street
Ingomar launches as steel schooner yacht by Wintingham design
The steel schooner yacht Ingomar built by Lawley of City Point and designed by H C Wintingham, owned by John D Barrett of New York, with George F Lawley supervising, was launched Saturday. Miss Henrietta S Waters broke the champagne, and trials are set for May 16 with masts soon installed.
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Ingomar
H. C. Wintingham
New York
Lawley
City Point
John D. Barrett
George F. Lawley
Henrietta S. Waters
James
Flat Steel Team Dominates Watch Factory Bowling League
In Waltham on Saturday evening the Flat Steels led the league as Whiting of Balance posted the high single string at 228 and Wave of the Flat Steels captured the three-string prize with 58 pins. Saunders won the best general average award.
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Waltham
Facory Bowling League
Flat Steel
Whiting
Wave
Flat Steels
Saunders
Howl for Amos Ros ie and Wall Street baseball fever
Wall Street financiers from Henry Clews to Tim the stock quoters show uproar over New York club mismanagement and missed Pitcher Rusie. A large crowd gathered Saturday before a Broad Street cigar store where brokers at the Produce Exchange posted a signaling sign.
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Wall Street
New York
Henry Clews
Tim
Stock Exchange
Freedman
Rusie
Broad Street
Produce Exchange
Sunday Cycling With Minor Accidents and Packed Rides
Cyclists enjoyed a cold windy Sunday with many riders from Roxbury Wheelmen Mt Pleasant CC and Cambridgeport CC gathering at the Reservoir and Franklin Park. Notable attendees included Walleston Butler Burns Pierce Mayo Saunders and others while a tandem collision involving Walleston Kay and Captain Warner caused no serious injuries. The Massachusetts and Metropolitan Wheelmen rides proceeded as scheduled and optimism for the upcoming racing season grew.
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Roxbury Wheelmen
Mt. Pleasant C. C
Cambridgeport
Walleston
Butler
Burns Pierce
Mayo
Saunders
Taxis
Pettigrew
Nat Smith
John Dillon
Henry White
William Rurer
Mary Andrews
Sadie Wilbur
G. K. Thompson
Joseph B. White
William Burk
Carrie Jonquist
Henry Jonquist
Freeman
Martin
H. §. Davidson
H. E. Pennington
W. L. James
C. H. Powers
Etta Dunbrook
Henry Halliday
William Steer
Amy Severance
Ellen Rhodes
Horace Nason
H. A. Turner
Marie Turner
W. G. Clark
Bailey’s
Kay
Warner
Speedway
Massachusetts
South Natick
Sunday Post
Cycling and racing notes from Charlestown and New Jersey
A Charlestown CCC meeting notes Nat Butler’s claim to a first prize in the Dedham road race with Pettigrew possible disqualification. Results show Elliot 27 18 second Urquhart 27 22 third Mahoney 27 24. Also reports Sterling Elliott and Henry N Robinson visiting New York racing chiefs. New Jersey appoints women as cycling consul led by Ida Greeley Ale of Trenton. Incidents include Captain Warner Demond injured in a tandem collision. A sunshade awning parasol is proposed to ease heat for cyclists. Boston Post cycling editor requests club news by Friday.
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Charlestown
Nat Butler
Percival
Dedham
Pettigrew
Butler
R. L. Elliot
Urquhart
Mahoney
Sterling Elliott
Henry N. Robinson
National Racing Board
New York
New Jersey
League of American Wheelmen
Ida Greeley Ale
Trenton
Miss Ale
Warner Demond
Press Cycling Club
Walleston
the Post
Cycling Department
Boston Post
Theosophy Convention Adopts Baron De Hirsch Tribute
The second annual Theosophical Society in America convened at Madison Square Garden with large attendance. Dr. J. D. Buck was elected president. resolutions honored the late Judge William Q. Judge and recognized Baron De Hirsch as a nature’s nobleman and true Theosophist. New officers include Ernest T. Hargrove as president, Ef. August Nerosheimer as vice-president and treasurer, with an executive committee named.
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New York
Theosophical Society
America
Madison Square Garden
United States
J. D. Buck
Cincinnati
The
Boston
Europe
Alice L. Cleather
Archibald Keaghtley
London
Frederick J. Dick
Dunlop
Dublin
Albert E. Smyth
Toronto
Can
Claude Falls Wright
Judge
William Q. Judge
Committee On
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Baron de Hirsch
Ernest T. Hargrove
England
Hargrove
Ef. August Nerosheimer
Bavaria
A. H. Spencer
H. D. Patterson
A. P. Buchman
Jerome Anderson
Wheelmen Rail Through Suburban Routes and Rising Bicycle Trends
The piece notes a route from Winchester via Cambridge Medford and Arlington with good level roads and few hills. It highlights daily insults to women cyclists by loafers, calls for police vigilance, and discusses bicycles becoming common in life. It mentions a New York stage bicycle act and an ankle shield for modest dress, plus Charles G. Percival's appointment as a starter for the Massachusetts team at a Louisville meet.
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Winchester
Cambridge
Medford
Arlington
New York
America
Charles G. Percival
Massachusetts
Louisville
Boxing Gossip Sparks Big West Newton Showdown
Boxing circles buzz over a May 18 Suffolk Athletic Club card at West Newton Street Armory headlined by Mysterious Billy Smith and Charles McCoy. The article details Smith training at Bass Point with brother Bob and Jack Hanley, plus bouts featuring Mike Sears versus Sammy Kelley, Joe Mullins against Farragher, and other matchups with city and regional promoters signaling a busy Philadelphia era boxing scene.
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Billy Smith
Charles
Kid) McCoy
West Newton Street Armory
Suffolk Athletic Club
Smith
Bass Point
Bob
Jack Hanley
Hanley
Pennsylvania
McCoy
Long Island
Quincy
Mike Sears
Sammy Kelley
New York
Kelley
Sears
Mike
Blancham
Joe Mullins
South Boston
Mike Farragher
New York A. C
Farragher
Mike Murphy
West
Paddy Smith
Young Corbett
Roby
Ind
Mullins
Joe
Ned
Jimmy Kelly
Dick O’brien
George Toohey
Billy Newman
Manhattan A. (C
Paddy Fenton
Kid McPartland
Joe Flaherty
Lowell
Empire Theatre
Holyoke
Mass
Dave Wall
Wall
Paper City A. C
Joe Mlaherty
Johnny McCann
Steve Mahoney
Allie Alberts
Virginia Cyclone
Dakota Blizzard
Corbett
Mob Attacks Man on Bunker Hill Street in Charlestown
Officers intervened as about 600 men mobbed a man who had insulted women on Bunker Hill street. He was knocked down and beaten, then hustled to a station cell. police later released him after a riot-like scene with no witnesses wishing to testify.
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Charlestown
Bunker Hill Street
Station House
Curry
Station 16d
Papal Succession Ties to Dreibund in Berlin May Gamble
Berlin April 26 Advices from Catholic sources weigh two candidate groups for the papal tiara to succeed Leo XIII The first group aligns with Leo XIII policy favoring less democracy and cooler to France The second group led by Cardinal Galimberti includes Vincenzo Serafino Vannutelli and Capellatro brothers The two leading cardinals Parocchi and Rampolla are deemed ineligible The question stirs diplomatic life.
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Berlin
Dreibund
Leo XIII
France
Scampa
Farrari
Santi
Galimberto
Vincenzo
Serafino
Vannutelli
Capielatro
Sacred College
Parocchi
Rampolla
Yachting Notes From Dorchester and Nearby Bays
A Dorchester sailing scene details cruising events with George Breckinridge aboard, hospitality by Franklin L. Codman, and multiple boats including Katydid Tautog Transit Velma in Putnam Works to foundry runs. Winsome Nike Wink Harbinger Spinster Heroine Arab Jeurer note activity and moorings around Massachusetts Yacht Club and Columbia Yacht Club.
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George Breckinridge
Messrs
Abbott and
Jones
Dorchester Yacht Club
Mr. Breckinridge
Franklin L. Codman
Goodwin
Nate
Preston
Velma
Putnam Works
Professor Tucker
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Nike
T. E. Jacobs
Bruno's
Harrison Square
Bim” Gray
Bache Brothers
A. Smith
IL. M. Clark
Massachusetts
Fire at Arsenal Street Barn Triggers Citywide Alarm
Watertown via Brighton brigades battled a blaze in a barn on Arsenal Street near the Western Avenue bridge. Three alarms drew engines from Watertown and Brighton. water access was problematic until the Watertown engine crossed the bridge. The owner, John E Cassidy, says the property borders the Charles River and was seized by the Metropolitan Park Commission. losses range from under $500 to about $2,600 for the barn and nearby sheds.
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Watertown
Arsenal Street
Western Avenue Bridge
Boston
Brighton
John E. Cassidy
Charles River
Metropolitan Park Commission
Cassidy
Fire Claims Cullen Family in Middletown House Blaze
A Middletown New York house near Chester burned early today killing Bernard Cullen and his wife. Their son Morris Cullen and relative George Thompson escaped by leaping from a third story window. investigators suspect a lamp explode as the fire’s cause.
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Middletown
N. Y
Bernard Cullen
Chester
Cullen
Morris Cullen
George Thompson
Death of the Last Actor in Famous Tragedy
Paris reports the death of M le Vicomte Clary at 80. He championed the Lesurques case, the famed mistaken identity tale. Lesurques, executed in 1796, was later proven innocent. family efforts failed to rehabilitate his name, though literature and drama kept his memory alive.
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Paris
M. le Vicomte Clary
Joseph Lesurques
Vicomte Clary
Lesurques
Corps Legislatif
Lyons Mail
Charles Reade
Henry Irving
Douai
Lyons
Postilion
Montgeron
Guenot
Central Bureau
Lesureques
Unitarian youth union gathering in North Suffolk area
A large turnout of ages attended a Chelsea Unitarian Church meeting uniting churches from Boston East Boston Revere Charlestown and Chelsea. Rev A P Record presided with song by ladies and a solo by Miss Alice Clement. KE Horton urged organization as George W Stone outlined aims and Tremont Temple plans with ex-Governor Long among speakers.
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Unitarian Church of
Chelsea
Suffolk
Boston
East Boston
Revere
Charlestown
A. P. Record
Alice Clement
Newton
KE. A. Horton
Long
Electric Car Blockade Ties 100 West End Cars in Charlestown
In Charlestown yesterday, no fewer than 100 West End railroad cars were halted unable to cross Warren bridge when a bridge drawer broke. The incident began mid afternoon and cost about an hour before repairs. A second wheel failure caused further delays until Superintendent Studley of the Sixth Division arrived and rerouted cars to minimize stoppage.
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West End
Charlestown
Warren Bridge
Studley
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