Bowler Pierce sets three game record in Trade League
G Pierce of North Shore in Trade League rolled 612 pins in a three string set against Jamaica A A, the best three string total this season. Old Dorchester leads Gilt Edges with Charlestown one game back, and B A A tops pin averages. Individual leaders shift as Emery and Hutchinson rise, with Langley atop Newton Boat Club averages.
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G. Pierce
North Shore
Jamaica
A. A
Pierce
Old Dorchester
Charlestown
Newtowne Club
Cambridge
Newtowne
Dudley Club
Roxbury
Arlington
Calumet of
Winchester
Marston
Hutchinson
Emery
Mangus A. A
Wellesley
Newton Boat Club
Hunnewell Club
Alpha
Langley
Lord
Hunnewell
Saunders
Harris
Allston
Bixby
Pitfall
Faneuil Settee
Eastern Packing Co
Federal
Babe
Treacon
Faneuil
Benjamin
North High
Shore
Riebiseke Wa
Binken
Pierce Seeeeees
Wingon Gordon Eeeere
Currier Preses
Clark Eereere
Macla
Benjamin Ereree
Farren Eereerere
C Conway
Foster
Paneut
Hollis
Beeess McIntoshees
W. Plummer
R. Plummer
Cameron Eeweeerte
Crandon
Huckins
Eee
Forrest
Coughlin
Fitz Eeetee
Aoresese Sumner
Peer of midget jockeys Johnny Reiff sets high standard
Johnny Reiff, famed as the peer of midget jockeys, earns $15,000 a year with Duke & Wishard in England and now enters an English school to educate himself. He rode in England after leaving Wichita two years ago, balancing fortune with a plan to become a smart man. His brother Lester, already wealthy through oil wells and Derby connections, supported his education.
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Johnny Reiff
Little Johnny
Reiff
Duke & Wishard
England
Ted Sloan
Little Lad
America
Wichita
Kan
Lester Reiff
Lester
New York
Pennsylvania
Boxing Gossip Sparks Evening Bout at Paterson Newark
Boxing column reports arrangements for George Byers to box Charley Goff over twenty rounds at Eagle Athletic Club Paterson N J on Dec 19 for a purse of 00. Other matchups include Finnegan vs Byers change, Choynski vs Walcott decision Jan 12, McGovern arena bouts, and notes on Gans McPartland and miscl. boxing business.
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George Byers
New England
Charley Goff
Eagle Athletic Club
Paterson
N. J
Billy Pierce
Byers
Billy Madden
Goff
Boston
Finnegan
Pittsburg
Smoky City
Kid Broad
Jack Hamilton
Joe Choyrski
Joe Walcott
Terry
O’brien
Sig Hart
Cincinnati
New York
Billy Smith
Frank McConnell
Billy
McConnell
P. A. Collins
Hart
Fort Dearborn Athletic Club
Chicago
Joe Gans
Kid McPartland
Terry McGovern
Martin Juliat
Bob Fitzsimmons
Busines
Coney Island Sporting Club
Lyric Theatre of Chicago
Mulligan
Tom O’rourke
Alan Dale
Kid McCoy
Peter Maher
Jimmy Colville
Jimmy
Colville
Metropolis
B. H. Benton
Rob Roy
Frenchmen Waiting Till Boston Race Settlement
New York dec 10 riders finished six day race at Madison Square Garden in good shape. Miller and Waller recovered with baths and walks while French team Fischer Chevallier enjoyed meals. Boston race question unsettled. many riders to remain training in city. Elks C C plan tryouts. LA W figures shift. Century Wheelmen officers all Ohio residents amid debate over future national meet and federation links.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Miller
Waller
Maya
McEachren
Fischer and
Chevallier
Victor Breyer
Boston
the Garden
Gimm
Pierce
Foreign riders coming to Boston for international races
Victor Breyer of Paris and a group of foreign racing men, who competed at Madison Square Garden last week, are due in Boston tomorrow to race on the Park Square indoor track. The management plans several professional international races tomorrow night including a mile open two mile open and five mile open, plus two amateur events a mile handicap and mile open. Moran Dubois and Hargraves are among the amateur entries. A series of match races and a twenty four hour amateur race will follow later in the week with entries expected from New Bedford Providence and a large field likely.
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Victor Breyer
Paris
Madison Square Garden
Boston
Park Square
Moran, Dubois
Hargraves
New Bedford
Providence
Knights Elect Officers At Century Road Club Meeting
The election committee of the Century Road Club met at the Great Northern Hotel and elected officers including President E. J. Porter of New York first vice president H. W. Knights of Melrose Mass second vice president Jules Denegre of St Paul Minn secretary C. M. Fairchild of Chicago Ill treasurer W. G. Minnemeyer of Joliet Ill and state centurion H. W. Knights with A. W. Pease as secretary treasurer for Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Century Road Club
Great Northern Hotel
E. J. Porter
New York
H. W. Knights
Melrose
Mass
Jules Denegre
St. Paul
Minn
C. M. Fairchild
Ill
W. G. Minnemeyer
Joliet
State Cent
Century Road Club election sparks concerns from Heaton
President Charles W. Heaton of the American Century Wheelmen warns the Mackey ticket defeat may trigger a big loss in membership for the new national group. He notes the Ohio division fought the opposition and suggests the association could gain converts if the Mackey slate fails.
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Cleveland, CO
Charles W. Heaton
American Century Wheelmen
Chicago
Century Road Club
Ohio
W. H. Mackey
New York
United States
Mackey
Road Club officers and national ticket elected report
A telegram from Secretary C. M. Fairchild of the Century Road Club claims Knights and Pease are elected as Massachusetts division officers and EB. J. Porter heads the national ticket. Handy supporters doubt the report citing many ballots allegedly cast for Mr. Handy and say the state was canvassed for ballots.
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C. M. Fairchild
Century Road Club
Messrs. Knights and
Pease
Massachusetts
EB. J. Porter
W. B. Handy
Mr. Handy
Attendance at six day race sets all time high
Attendance figures for a six day race show a total of 47 000 for the week, with daily totals including 3000 on Monday 6000 on Tuesday 98 000 on Wednesday 10 000 on Thursday 9000 on Friday and 12 000 on Saturday. Officials note growing public interest in cycle racing.
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Madison Square Garden
Cyclists’ Touring Club
National Cyclists’ Union of England
United States
Bromley & Co. Dominates 1899 Heaviest Winning Stable
The Bromley & Co. stable topped 1899 earnings with 77 84 13 dollars as Mesmerist, a 3 year old, led the way toward near 40 thousand in stakes. Pierre Lorillard and Whitney plan active further entries on both sides of the Atlantic. Democrat’s Derby eligibility dispute may prompt future rule changes. Montauk Don Alonzo Blondin NI Dakota were U S bred steeplechase winners recently in England.
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Bromley & Co
Mesmerist
Pierre Lorillard
Lorillard
Coney Island Jockey Club
England
W. C. Whitney
Montauk
Don Alonzo
Blondin NI
Dakota
Noted chess master Lange dies in Leipzig
Berlin dispatch reports German chess master Dr Max Lange dead at Leipsic. Born August 7 1832 in Magdeburg he founded a Magdeburg gymnasium chess club in 1849 and edited a chess periodical. Lange co founded many German chess associations and died while serving as manager of the German Chess Association.
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New York
Berlin
Max Lange
Leipsic
Pearson Returns to Duties at Election Board
Chairman Pearson of the Board of Elections resumes duties at the board’s office in the old Court House today after reporting improved health. He said no temporary appointment is needed and defended the election board’s performance, countering charges from Democratic and Republican orators.
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Pearson
Board of Elections
Old Court House
Post
Quincy
Republican City Committee
Curtis
Election Board
Ward 20 Collins Rally Endorses Mayoral Candidacy
About 300 voters met at Meeting House Hill Club Hall under the Young Men's Citizens Association of Ward 20 and endorsed General P. A. Collins for Mayor P. F. McDonald and J. T. Walsh for Aldermen and E. C. Baldwin for school committee The meeting urged relaying Tremont Street tracks with remarks by W J Hennessy P F McDonald J T Walsh and others.
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Young Men’s Citizens’ Association
Ward 20
Meeting House Hill Club Hall
P.A. Collins
P. F. McDonald
J. T. Walsh
E. C. Baldwin
Frank Shannon
W. J. Hennessy
W. J. Cahalan
James Moynihan
B. C. Baldwin
Thomas Hunt
Edward Doyle
William Powers
Tremont Street
Wagers On Barry Stir City Alderman Contest
Charles H. Yorke at the Parker House last night laid a 500 to 400 wager that Alderman Barry would be re elected to the Board of Aldermen. A South End man accepted. This is the third bet Yorke has placed in the fourth district contest. James Frye offered 600 to 450 that both Barry and Bresnahan would win.
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Charles H. Yorke
Parker House
Barry
Board of Aldermen
South End
Yorke
James Frye
Bresnahan
Hart at Faneuil Hall Prominent Boston Speech
The Hon. Thomas N. Hart speaks to Boston voters at Faneuil Hall with Alpheus Sanford presiding. Leading Boston businessmen and the Marketmen's Club are expected to participate in a public demonstration.
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Thomas N. Hart
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Alpheus Sanford
Marketmen's Club
Mrs. Mary V. Cook Dies in Roslindale
Mrs. Mary V. Cook wife of Joseph F. Cook tenor at St. Joseph's West End dies at her Roslindale home after long East Boston residence. She leaves one child. Funeral from Sacred Heart Church Roslindale on Wednesday high mass. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
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Mary V. Cook
Isaac and
Mary Beaudreau
Roslindale
Joseph F. Cook
St. Joseph's Church
West End
Boston
Sumner Street
Sacred Heart Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Rebel Surrender Report in Manila Dispatch
Manila reports that General Alejandrino and staff may have surrendered to General MacArthur after an expedition left Manila for Subig. Major Spence with the Thirty-second Regiment captured an insurgent camp, while a large rebel band retreated. Treasury records and money were found at Mangatarem. Several Americans disappeared and are presumed captured. Philippine rebels attacked a wagon train near Baliuag with 18 killed and 9 captured.
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Manila
Oregon
Subig
Alejandrino
MacArthur
Aguilar
Spence
Tassan
Dinalupan
Mangatarem
Twelfth Infantry
San Fernando
Angeles
Bamban
Baliuag
Sixteenth Infantry
Vigan
Miss Jewett Addresses Boston on Lynching Lesson
The Tremont Street Methodist Church hosted Miss Loléillan Clayton Jewett speaking briefly against lynching from Rev. Dr. John D. Pickles pulpit. She arrived with her mother, and the audience stirred as she denounced the burning of Richard Coleman in South Carolina and urged Boston residents to oppose lynching.
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John D. Pickles
Tremont Street Methodist Church
Loléillan Clayton Jewett
Miss Jewett
Unknown man found dead in Station 6 cell
An unknown laborer was arrested Saturday evening in drunken condition and found dead Sunday morning in his cell by Officer Waldron. Death likely from alcoholism. Body at City Hospital morgue awaiting ID. Age described as years old, 5 feet 6 inches, dark mustache, light complexion. Attire included black suit, red sweater, plaid shirt, gray stockings, lace shoes. Medical Examiner Draper to view.
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Station 6
Waldron
City Hospital
Draper
Gaelic School Social Dance Committee Formed for Irish League Fund
Yesterday at 651 Washington Street the Gaelic School held a 5 pm Irish phrases lesson and formed a committee to organize a social dance to raise funds for the United Irish League of Ireland. The group named P J O Daly as chairman G Innevan secretary Miss Ellen Keohane and others plus a subcommittee to secure two halls and an Irish dance space. Mr Sheehan of the Hibernian addressed the attendees on the worthy cause.
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Washington Street
United Irish League of Ireland
P. J. O'Daly
George Innevan
Ellen Keohane
Thomas J. Griffin
Annie A. Kenna
Thomas J. Collins
Mary Walsh
John Flynn
Margaret M. Sweeney
Elizabeth Dougher
T. J. Griffin
T. J. Collins
Sheehan
Hibernian
Mary Murphy Found Dead at Home
Mrs. Mary Murphy aged four years old, living with her husband Patrick J at 2 Bil lerica street, was found dead on the floor at 8 o clock last evening by her spouse. She had been drinking heavily for some time. Dr. Cilley ruled death due to natural causes.
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Mary Murphy
Patrick J
Billerica Street
Mary
Cilley
Deaths Cook In Roslindale Beloved Wife Of Joseph F Cook
Margaret V Cook widow of Joseph F Cook formerly of East Boston died at Roslindale on the 19th. Funeral from 14 Arun del street Wednesday at 8 15 a m Requiem mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart at 9 o'clock Relatives and friends invited Train leaves South Terminal station at 10 a m
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Cook
Roslindale
Margaret V
Joseph F. Cook
East Koston
Arundel Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
South Terminal Station
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Dorchester Ave
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