Chapman Wins Oval Bike Race
George Chapman won the 85 mile motor paced race at Revere oval with Wiley Didier and Fred Hill among top finishers. Other events include amateur and professional handicaps with Ardiano Maggioli Grimm and Fardig posting notable results. Chapman led at the 26th mile in the main event.
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George Chapman
Revere Oval
Didier
Angelo R. Ardiano
Maggioli
Hebb
William Cupit
J. Grant
McKenzie
Tom
Armour & Co Beats St. Eulalia 3-2 at M Street Playgrounds
The Armour & Co. team defeated the St. Eulalia nine 3 to 2 at the M Street Playgrounds last night. Ring's pitching and McGovern's fielding highlighted the game.
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Armour & Co
St. Eulalia
M Street
Ring
McGovern
Inverness Golf Club Hosts Open Qualifying Round
The Inverness Golf Club in Toledo Ohio prepares for the open championship qualifying. The writer praised the course noting it deserves more praise than previous writers gave.
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Toledo
Ohio
Inverness Golf Club
Open Championship Preview Promises Tight Fairways and Top Talent
The field grows larger and stronger as favorites like Barnes Hagen Ray and Vardon contend on a narrow, trap lined course. American entrants thrive with Cowan Tellier Bowden leading the Boston group while Diegel Jones and Evans loom as dark horses. The course shines with superb greens as the parade begins between Baffin's Bay and the South Pole.
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Barnes
Hagen
Ray
Vardon
Boston
John Cowan
Tellier
Bowden
Douglas Edgar
Leo Diegel
Bobby Jones
Chick Evans
Diegel
Jones
Baffin’s Bay
South Pole
Weird game won by cards in 11th inning
In Philadelphia on August 9 the Phillies led 5 0 in the first inning but the visitors from St. Louis came back to win 12 to 10 in 11 innings. North was the 10th pitcher to appear and drove home the winning runs with a single.
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Philadelphia
North
Red Sox Rally Edges Browns In 11th Ballpark Thriller
Boston Barrow's club overcame Jimmy Burke's Browns to win 5 to 4 in St. Louis. Elmer Myers, Schang and Vitt powered a ninth inning rally with a two-base hit by Karr and a tying double by Schang. Cliff Brady debuted for the Browns as 10,000 fans watched, while Sisler and Davis delivered late for St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Barrow
Red Sox
Jimmy Burke
Dixie Davis
Karr
Foster
Shocker
Davis
Louisville
Elmer Myers
Sox
Wallie Schang
Schang
McNally
Gedeon
Keystone
Vitt
Wabada Stars
Clif
Browns
Severeid
Jones
Scott
Sisler
Jacobson
Smith
Hooper
Williams
McKnnis
Tribe
Menosky
Tobin
McInnis
Bailey
Boston
Ee Jones
Rio
Penna
R. BH
Oa le Severed
Oe Davis
Ae Ke Bhocker
Brady
Batley
dRan
Kerr
Ouble
Myers
Mpires
Connolly
Nallin
Eastern Massachusetts opposes lease of tracks to Boston Elevated
Homer Loring, chairman of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Board, writes to the Public Utilities Commission to oppose leasing the Chelsea and Revere tracks to the Boston Elevated. The move could worsen traffic between Boston and northward points, while a tunnel capacity increase and a Chelsea joint terminal are proposed to ease delays at drawbridges.
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Homer Loring
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Board of Public Trustees
Henry C. Attwill
Public Utilities’ Commission
Boston
Massachusetts
Chelsea
Revere
Points North
East Boston
Notable Boston figure Melvin Adams, 69, dies suddenly
Melvin 0 Adams dies at 69 after a strenuous day and hot weather. A Dartmouth graduate and prominent Boston lawyer, he led the Narrow Gauge railroad for years and was active in Dartmouth alumni affairs and the Dartmouth Club of Boston. His death shocks the club and reverberates along the railroad
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Adams House
Adams
Boston
Massachusetts
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth Club of
East Boston
Revere
Orient Heights
Winthrop
Beacons Street
Obituary of Boston Lawyer Mel Adams A Dartmouth Booster
Mr. Adams died at his Boston office on a hot summer day after a normal work routine. Born Ashburnham 1850 he rose from public schools to Appleton Academy Dartmouth College class of 1871 valedictorian. He shaped Suffolk County law and led the Boston Revere Beach & Lynn railroad as president until his death.
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Adams
Boston
Mr. Adams
Ashburnham
Joseph
Dolly Adams
Appleton Academy
New Ipswich
N. H
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Fitchburg
Suffolk County
Lizzie Borden
Borden
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Brackett
Ashburnham Benefactor Remembered for School and Monument Gift
The longtime businessman supported his alma mater Dartmouth receiving LL D in 1912 and served as a trustee since 1903. He funded a school building in Ashburnham in 1906 and donated a soldiers' monument. Survived by wife and son Karl. He held memberships in multiple clubs in New York and Boston.
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Dartmouth
Ashburnham
Union League Club of
New York
Unitarian, Union, University and Exchange Clubs of
Boston
Boston Yacht Club
Karl
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