Fast Bout at Arena Promises Thrilling Welterweight Clash
Sensational fighting is expected as Ted Kid Lewis and Mike O Dowd meet at the Arena next Tuesday night. The welterweight title holder and O Dowd split two recent New York scraps, fueling debate over the decision. The show also features Jock Britton and Kid Lee, plus Abe Attell’s comeptition in earlier bouts.
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Ted Kid Lewis
Mike O'Dowd
O'Dowd
New York
O’dowd
Mike
Tea Kid
Jock Britton
Kid Lee
Chelsea
Abe Attell
Portland
Eddie Barcelli
Guiney
Young Buckley
South Boston
Freddy Williams
Charlie Kid Miller
White Sox Protest on Balk Call Upheld by AL President
The Chicago Americans protested a seasonopening loss to Cleveland after umpire Nallin ruled a balk on pitcher Danforth with bases loaded. AL President Johnson ruled the protest invalid.
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Chicago
Chicago Americans
Cleveland
Nallin
Danforth
Johnson
American League Today
Maynard Textile Council Field Day Slated for Sept 3
Aug 23. Announcement of the annual field day and picnic at John A Crowe Park Labor Day. Events include a forenoon baseball game and an afternoon of field and track events hosted by the Maynard Textile Council.
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Maynard
Maynard Textile Council
John A. Crowe
Labor Day
Niles Defeats Williams in National Patriot Tennis Test
In a rain soaked match at Forest Hills Niles of Boston defeated Williams of Boston three sets to one 6-2 4-6 6-4 6-3 to advance toward the final in the national patriotic single tournament held for the Lawn Tennis Association Ambulance Fund. The title holder retains the championship.
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N. Y
N. W. Niles
Boston
R. Norris Williams
West Side
Niles
Williams
Lawn Tennis Association Ambulance Fund
R. Lindley Murray
Niagara Falls
N. C
John R. Strachan
San Francisco
Mack Suspends Joe Bush For Season
Cleveland Aug 23 Joe Bush of the Philadelphia American League team has been suspended for the remainder of the 1917 season fined the money he would have earned and sent back to Philadelphia by Manager Mack. The action followed a bitter argument after Bush was removed in the fifth inning as Cleveland hit him hard.
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Cleveland, CO
Joe Bush
Philadelphia
Mack
Bush
Cleveland
Miss Maxwell Wins Baybird Cup at Duxbury Yacht Club
The Baybird class winner is Miss Helen Maxwell after a strong southeast wind. Miss Maxwell earned three firsts a second and a fourth in the series. Likely second place goes to Miss Allen. In the 15 foot knockabout class Miss Margaret Winslow of Boston is expected to win, with official averages pending.
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Duxbury Yacht Club
Helen Maxwell
Allen
Margaret Winslow
Boston
Rain Postpones Day Of American Power Boat Regatta
In Minneapolis on August 23 rain forced the postponement of today's races in the American Power Boat Association regatta. The first of three gold cup races will be held tomorrow with better conditions expected.
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Minneapolis
Minn
American Power Boat Association
Bobby Walthour Improves After Bicycle Race Injury
Paris reports American cyclist Bobby Walthour shows slight improvement after skull fracture from a fall in a race last Sunday. He has recovered consciousness and his condition is watched closely by medical staff.
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Paris
Bobby” Walthour
Bedford Labor Day baseball game set for Sept 8
The annual baseball game between the married and single men will be played here on Labor Day September 8 at Page Field.
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Bedford
Labor Day
Page Field
Sailors Face Key Boxing Card At Green Street Arena
Eddie Shevlin the sailor and Walter Butler of Revere meet in a major bout at Green Street tonight with a navymilitary crowd expected. Their Newport draw is followed by a 10 round clash between Larry Burns and Al Sears. Two six round prelims complete the program.
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Green Street
Eddie Shevlin
Sailor Wester
Hingham Reservation
Walter Butler
Revere
Shevlin
Roxbury
Navy
Newport
Larry Burns
South Boston
al Sears
East Boston
Golden Wheel Revenge Race Set For Tomorrow At Revere
The Golden Wheel Revenge Race goes on at the Revere Cycle Track tomorrow night over a 50 mile course with the original field. Don Madonna seeks a repeat victory while the rest of the card remains the same after Wednesday night’s postponement due to rain and a moist track.
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Beach Oval
Vincent Madonna
Debate on initiative and referendum at constitutional convention
The convention spent the day debating the initiative and referendum. Speakers opposed and supported the measure as opponents ridiculed the Oregon ballot and a supporter argued for people’s control over legislation. President Nicholas Murray Butler attended and spoke briefly.
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Somerville
Hobson
Admiral Dewey
Oregon
Mr. Brown
Boston
Hampden
Horgan
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Must Employ Women Soon Faces Transportation Shortage
P F Sullivan, president of Bay State Street Railway, warned of a severe labor shortage and urged employing women in transportation roles. He cited Britain’s 10 000 women on tramways and noted New England’s acute shortage as draft reduces male workers. A Public Service Commission hearing on using one man cars on 15 light lines continued.
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Bay State Street Railway
Great Britain
England
New England
Public Service Commission
Woman Trains Naval Reservists in Cooking Class
Mrs. Mary A. Wilson of Philadelphia and former Buckingham Palace chef led a 60 reservists cooking school at Commonwealth pier. The program teaches rations prep for cooks mess attendants and others seeking higher Navy ratings with lectures demonstrations and market trips to Clinton market Hyde Wheeler plant and Armour branches. Mrs. Wilson volunteered for the Navy and previously trained 250 first class cooks at the Philadelphia Naval District School.
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Philadelphia
Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria
Commonwealth Pier
Armour & Co
Clinton
Hyde, Wheeler & Co
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Wilson
Navy Department
Boston
Clubs to Get Higher Dues at Harvard
Exclusiveness in the Harvard clubs will demand higher dues when college reopens next month. Club stewards complain that running costs and former standards require bigger levies. Dining room clubs face raised food tariffs, while those with only initiation fees consider increases.
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Harvard Club
Boxes Shorter By Two Smokes In Nickel Cigar Brand
Readers find eight cigars in a ten for a nickel box as packed amounts shrink. A printed notice cites heavy increases in raw materials and says quantity is reduced rather than quality. The reference to the Grand Old H. C. of L. signals a labor context.
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H. C. of L
War Cross to Harvard Boy Sidney Van Kleek Fairbanks
Sidney Van Kleek Fairbanks of the Richard Norton Harvard Unit American Ambulance Service in France has been awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government for gallantry on the field. A Harvard class of 1917 alumnus, he lived with his uncle Arthur Fairbanks, director of the Art Museum, at 26 Elmwood Avenue Cambridge.
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Richard Norton
Harvard
American Ambulance Service
France
Arthur Fairbanks
Art Museum
Elmwood Avenue
Cambridge
Sidney Fairbanks
Rugby
England
Charles Fairbanks
St Ambrose Field Day At Degnan Estate Dorchester
St Ambrose parish Field's Corner holds a community field day reunion and garden party on the Degnan estate grounds Freeport Street Dorchester tomorrow afternoon. A varied program features activities for all ages with tables run by the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association and multiple sodalities. Rev Harrigan and his curates assist the organizing committees in a parish welfare fundraiser for the church building.
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Field's Corner
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Freeport Street
Dorchester
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association
Married Women’s Sodality
Young Women's Sodality
Rather Harrigan
Balloon Pilot Applicants Lead Massachusetts Sum
The first 100 physicals for observation balloon pilot commissions at the Department of the Northeast show 93 from Massachusetts. Maine two New Hampshire one Vermont none Rhode Island one Connecticut none other states three. Bay State towns range from one to two applicants with Boston leading at 23 Cambridge 10 Brookline 7 Somerville 7 Waltham 4 Lynn 3. Overall the aeronautical department expects 1600 applicants by tomorrow night with about two thirds for aviators and one third for balloon pilots.
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Aeronautics Office
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Rhode Island
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476 Deportee I W W drafted into army
About 476 men deported from Bisbee Arizona on July 12 and now at Columbus New Mexico were drafted into the national army today. The district exemption board said the action followed a Cochise county certificate showing the men failed to appear.
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Ariz
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National Army
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Lexington Holds 24 Per 1000 Tax Rate For 1917
Lexington set its 1917 tax rate at 24 dollars per thousand, the highest in history, up from 23. The rise stems from increases in town grant and state tax totaling 17 340.28 and a 1 625 915 loss in valuation due to the income tax.
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Lexington
Coast Jackies Run Own Show at Bumkin Island
Naval Reserves entertainers staged boxing bouts vaudeville and dancing on Bumkin Island last night. An open air ring before headquarters hosted six matches watched by more than six reserves and friends. The event featured twin Flanagan brothers from South Boston and a vaudeville sketch Caliban with reservists taking part. The boys provided the musical program, the ring doubled as a stage, and decorations included national colors and electric bulbs. The entertainment committee consisted of Lieutenants Walter Spearing Leighton Wood J G Saunders and J L Murphy.
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South Boston
Caliban
Walter Spearing
Leighton Wood
J. G. Saunders
J. L. Murphy
Indifferent American Attitudes Toward Russia Stir Dispute
A letter to the editor argues Americans show indifference to Russia amid war relief efforts and a rising Russian republic. The writer cites Boston officials and contrasts reactions to German music and Russian relief, questioning whether U.S. capital will back Russia postwar. The signature is Nicola Oulukanoff from Plymouth.
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America
Nicola Oulukanoff
Fire at stable rescues dozen horses at West Everett
Smoke-filled runways at the R. A. Fash Ice Cream Company stable in West Everett were breached when a three story fire broke out shortly after noon. Two alarms sounded as twelve horses were saved amid three carloads of baled hay. Firefighters fought the blaze for over three hours, upper floors burned out, damage estimated at five thousand dollars.
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West Everett
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