McFadden Defeats Kearns In 25-Round Lightweight Bout
George McFadden of New York defeats Tim Kearns of Boston after 25 rounds at 133 pounds. Referee Charley White awarded the decision to McFadden by a clear margin while Kearns fought gamely. Preliminary: Tommy Sullivan defeats Andy Daly in 12 rounds.
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New York
Broadway A. C
George McFadden
Tim Kearns
Boston
Charley White
McFadden
Mac
Kearn
Tommy Sullivan
Brooklyn
Andy Daly
Sullivan
Brooklyn Lad
Rob Roy
Erne O’brien
O’brien
Jack O’brien
George Dixon
Nova
New York City
Jack
Mark T. Collins
Collins
Billy Smith
Spike Sullivan
Ed Darrell
Greenwood Athletic Club
Larrybuck
Providence
McGovern and Sullivan
Connelly
Siler
Jeffries-Sharkey
Fitzsimmons Defends Self in Chicago Hold Up
After a celebration night, boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons fought off two apparent highwaymen near Madison and La Salle streets at 4 a.m. He knocked one down with a right hand and laughed off the incident, then confronted police who disarmed his revolver and escorted him back to the Sherman House.
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Chicago
Martin Julian
Sherman House
Bob Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Madison and
la Salle Streets
Fitz
la Salle
Madison Streets
Boxing Gossip Delays Sears Davenport Bout to Dec 22
The Sears Davenport featherweight clash is postponed to December 22. The Sporting Post will run a full half tone feature next Sunday with reader involvement. Letters sent to the Post, including Mark T. Collins critique on Jack O'Brien’s nationality, will appear.
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Sporting Post
Post
Sunday Post
Jack O’brien
Refereeing debate in tomorrow's Sporting Post feature
The piece crafts a critique of a faulty referee and includes a signed article on Refereeing by Captain Bill Daly, famed boxing talent. It promises high class holiday goods with more real meat and gossip than other Boston papers, plus letters for Young Callahan of Lowell Kid Johnson and John Costello.
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Sporting Post
Bill Daly
New England
Boston
Sporting
Young Callahan
Lowell
Kid Johnson
John Costello
Benton
Rob Roy
Appeals Dismissed by National Trotting Board in New York
The National Trotting Association board in New York dismissed all paper appeals as no appellants appeared. Several owners were suspended for failing to pay entrance fees, with a dozen more also suspended. The board upheld judges in these cases and declined to accept the brown gelding Repeater’s identification in a New Hampshire race.
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New York
Board of Review
National Trotting Association
A. B. Brunel
Worcester
Mass
Barre
S. A. Rezan
Portland
Monroe
S. A. Regan
Gray
G. C. Wheelock
Port Henry
N. Y
Brandon
New Hampshire
Boston Athletic Association cross country run heats up
The Boston A A cross country is set from Exe ter street at 3 pm with entrants including D C Hall the New England cross country champion and Dick Grant from Cambridge. Handicaps list Brown University A A member D C Hall scratch and other runners with times up to 3:00. The first four finishers and the fastest time winner prizes. Dressing rooms at the B A A clubhouse fifth floor. Competitors urged to wear weather suitable clothing.
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Boston Athletic Association
Exeter Street
D. C. Hall
New England
Dick Grant
Brown University
A. A
Cambridge G
Bussao S—O. W. Richardson
Wes
B. M. Adye
R. W. Dixon
Worcester H. S
A. W. Blakemore
C. Hutchins
Cambridge
G. Ireland
Ee Eees
J. L. Flynn
Cathedral Y. M. C. A
Harvard to Build New Ice Hockey Field at Soldiers Field
Harvard plans a new ice hockey field on Soldiers Field replacing Spy Pond. The plot 400 by 125 feet will be flooded and fenced, divided into two 58 by 125 foot rinks for regular teams, with a 12 by 284 foot area for general work.
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Harvard
Spy Pond
Soldiers Field
Louisville Pirates deal reshapes Colonels and adds six Pittsburg players
Pittsburg gains thirteen Louisville players in a big league reshuffle while six Pirates prospects join Louisville as the move aims to cap a pennant chase. If the circuit shrinks, Louisville could join an American Association franchise with Minneapolis or Grand Rapids stepping in.
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Louisville
Pittsburg
Colonels
New York
Colonel Pulliam
Viecemeal
Dowling
Wilhelm
Gould
Chesbro
Magee
Fox
Deal
Willis
O’brien
Madison
Clingman
Ketcham
Hoy
Dexter
Louiisville
Minneapolis
Loftus
Grand Rapids
Dreyfuss
Louisville Stars
Chevalier Sparks Uproar in Six Days Race at Madison Square Garden
In New York a six days bicycle race at Madison Square Garden sees leaders Miller and Waller 375 miles ahead at 8 pm with Walthour leading individually. A dramatic lap gain by Chevalier, the French rider, triggers a loud uproar as teams clash on laps and several heats conclude with disputed finishes and injuries.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Miller
Waller
Walthour
Babcock
Chevalier
Miller-Waller
Maya
McEachern
Maya-McEachern
John Lake
Harlem Wheelmen
Ray Dyer
Buffalo
George Banker
Pittsburg
W. A Rutz
New Haven
Rutz
Banker
Jay Eaton
Henri Mayer
Mayer
Abda
Eaton
Harry Elkes
Glens Falls
Albert Champion
France
Elkes
George H. Collett
Frank Kramer
Collett
James P Reed Dies at 40. Noted Checker Champion
James P Reed died Thursday at the Homeopathic Hospital in Pittsburg after an epileptic attack. He was regarded as one of America's greatest checker players and claimed the championship. The note mentions Olympic track selections with Harvard Yale and other universities awaiting decisions.
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James P. Reed
Pittsburg
America
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Oxford
Cambridge
Duffy
Georgetown University
Beverly Yacht Club Elects Officers and Approves House Purchase
At a Beverly Yacht Club meeting in the Sears building Boston the secretary reported 200 members. The club voted to buy the present clubhouse at Houghs Neck. Officers elected include Commodore G H Richards Vice Commodore L S Dabney and Secretary Treasurer Lawrence Whitcomb. A rules committee for the knockabout racer was formed with three members.
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Beverly Yacht Club
Sears
Boston
Hough's Neck
T. Rice
G. H. Richards
L. S. Dabney
Maugus A A Beats Charlestown Artillery In Opening Circuit Clash
In Charlestown last night the 993rd Artillery opened the Circuit League with a win over Maugus A A of Wellesley. After a strong start the Artillerymen faded and Maugus dominated the rest of the game with key plays by Willsy securing the visiting team's victory.
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Charlestown
993Rd Artillery
Maugus A. A
Wellesley
Middlesex Cyclists Triumph in Candlepin Match
Middlesex Cycle Club defeated the Tiger Roadsters 1240 to 1133 at Webster Alley last night. Sleeper of Middlesex led with 279 across three strings, while the Roadsters only managed 419 398 423 in the three frames. The Tigers failed to sing after the loss, and Middlesex won the opening candlepin contest.
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Tiger Roadsters
Middlesex Cycle Club
Webster Alley
Roadsters
Sleeper
Middlesex
Tigers
T'd
Jamaica A A A Beats North Shore In Trade League Bout
Jamaica A A defeated North Shore in a Carruths Trade League match despite trailing by 28 pins. George Pierce led all with 612 pins as Jamaica claimed two of three games. Pierce set a Bay State league record with his high total while the North Shore struggled early.
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Jamaica
A. A
North Shore
Carruth
George Pierce
Pierce
Jamaica A. A
Wedger of Board of Underwriters Drives Spike in Essay
A concise line notes a Wedger of the Board of Underwriters driving a spike in R A Bolts essay during three straight wins.
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Wedger
Board of Underwriters
R. A. Bolt
Foreign riders headlined for Boston six day events
Victor Breyer plans a sequence of professional races in Boston next week with a strong foreign lineup including Tomas Selli and Henry Meyer. Meyer, Belgian champion, won the Madison Square mile and a Paris Grand Prix, while American George Banker also headlines the field. The card includes two amateur events, several open and handicap races, and visits from noted riders and organizers as Boston hosts its indoor track meet.
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Victor Breyer
New York
Tomasselli
Europe
Henry Meyer
George Banker
Albert Champion
Edouard Taylore
Joe Fischer
Chevalier
Waller
Madison Square
Meyer
Caldwell
Paris
Belgium
Banker
F. P. Kent
Rowley
Madison Uare
Boston
Kent
Gloucester
Essex County
Lauffenbecker
Kansas City
Forsenaer Department
Louis Gimm
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Theodore A. Dodge
Local Century Riders Plan 19 9 Mile Spin From Copley Square
Fine weather spurs a number of century riders to plan a 19 9 mile ride tomorrow starting from Copley Square at 6 46. A Boston area route will be chosen on rideable roads despite moisture with a possible special souvenir for a large party.
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Copley Square
Boston
Fragmented local sports score snippet at Rockland and Haven
Readable lines show scattered scores and place names including Rockland Clinton Haven New Haven and Springfield New Britain. The text appears as a damaged OCR fragment with partial team or lane results and no clear outcome.
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Rockland
Clinton
Boit Team Wins Insurance League Match at Hub Alleys
Willey scored 203 in a single game and 498 in three rounds as the Boit team outpaced Elliot and Wedger in a tense Insurance League clash at the Hub alleys. Boit claimed the laurels after two easier rounds while Elliot struggled to gather 80 pins. The piece also notes a royal anecdote about King Alexander I of Servia and his father Milan’s squandered million.
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Willey
Elliot
Boit
Wedger
Servia
Alexander I
Europe
Milan
Milosch
McMahon Returns to Philadelphia After Severe Spine Injury
J P McMahon, a leading candidate for Pennsylvania halfback in 1898, has returned to Philadelphia from New Hampshire where he spent six weeks recovering from a serious vertebral twist. Columbia football made money this season with profits around $10,000 and gate receipts over $40,000 from games with NYU Amherst Princeton Yale Cornell and the Carlisle Indians.
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J. P. McMahon
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Hampshire
Columbia
New York University
Amherst
Princeton
Yale
Cornell
Carlisle Indians
Suburban football league forms near Boston
A meeting at 244 Washington street launched steps to form a suburban football league to organize a robust schedule for amateur teams around Boston. About a dozen clubs may join including Mangus A. A. of Wellesley Campello A. A. Dedham A. A. and Harvard scrub with a nucleus formed by Mangus Dedham Campello and Harvard scrub.
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Washington Street
Boston
Mangus A. A
Wellesley
Campello A. A
Campello
Dedham A. A
Newtowne A. C
Cambridge
North Shore A. C
Lynn
Ayer A. C
Ayer
Gloucester A. C
Gloucester
Whitman A. A
Whitman
Harvard Scrub
Medford Boat Club
Association
Maugus
Dedham
J. M. Everett
Dan Johnson
Maugus A. A
E. R. Laird
R. Dow
Everett
Devonshire Street
City League Scores Highlight Carruth and Broadway Wins
Carruth and Boylston surge to the front in the City League big pin race after last night’s results. Carruth swept Murray & Irwin 3-0 while Broadway of South Boston took two of three from Sudbury. Watts of Carruth posted 596 in the opener, with Gordon and Kirk over 500 as Carruth totalled 2533. Berle led in South Boston with Eldredge close behind, holder of the three game mark.
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Carruth
Boylston
Murray & Irwin
Broadway
South Boston
Sudbury
Watts
Gordon
Kirk
Berle
Eldredge
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Braxho
Wastic
Veleor
Chauncy St
Clwett, Peabody & CO
Masonic Temple
Charlestown Artillerymen
Willsy
Midelesex
Meerchern
Otto
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Board of Guaraniere
Maugu
Travis
Brown
Eeee
Ase Hersey
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Willey Eee
Morris
Ashworth
Eree
Eee
Whitcomb
Paul O
Jackson
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Rane
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DR. Sanden
R. A. Sanden
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