Indoor meet showcases fierce schoolboy sprinting in Cambridgeport meet
Cambridgeport Gymnasium Association hosted a dense program with Eaton of Amherst and Risegari of Tufts leading the 20 yard dash heats. Mather Medford High and O'Brien Roxbury Latin star in the 440 finals while Gidney Malden Y M C A wins high jump and the Cambridgeport team edges Brookline High in a tight relay.
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Cambridgeport Gymnasium Association
Boston
Eaton
Amherst Flyer
Risegari
Tufts
Jack O’brien
Roxbury Latin
Mather
Medford High
Gidney
Malden Y
Scott Woodruff
Volkmann
H. H. Murphy
St. Joseph's A. A
G. O. Dalton
St. Alphonsus A. A
W. D. Eaton
Cambridgeport Gym
John
O’brien
H. H. Smith
Stone’s School
F. A. Wright
G. F. Kennedy
John Tyler
T. Allen
L. F. Canders
J. A. Mather
H. G. Resegari
Tufts A. A
John S. O'Brien
George F. Kennedy
Cambridgeport Ym
Tuft
M. Kelly
Thomas Reardon
John Peterson
Clarence Little
Herbert A. Gidney
Malden Y. M
Keith Pevear
Roxbury
de Merritte
Highton High
Paul, Woodlock
Atwater
Jacobs
Boston Y. M. GC. A
Sullivan, Breen, Roberts
Rose May Enter Cornell
Ralph Rose world champion shot putter and renowned athlete arrived in Ithaca to pursue undergraduate studies at Cornell. He left the University of Michigan after writing to Cornell, seeking admission and an honorable dismissal. His addition would offset the loss of W. E. Schutt, the two miler now Rhodes scholar at Oxford.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Ralph Rose
Cornell
Rose
University of Michigan
W. E. Schutt
Oxford
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Baseball News and Comment From The National League Scene
In Cincinnati fans boast of pennant wins while winter prep grows. Connie Mack predicts spitballs and Rube Waddell’s stained ball. The piece recalls old-timers, umpire knife incidents, plans for 1905 Cleveland lineup, and shifts in salaries, with Missouri lawmakers debating Sunday baseball bans.
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Cincinnati
Connie Mack
Rube Waddell
Rube
Farrell
Cy Young
Lachance
Hickman
McCormick
Tannehill
Seybold
Anderson
Smoot
Arthur Duffey
Frank Shannon
John Griffin
Pappalau
Tommy McCarthy
Worcester
Griffin
Lajoie
Collins
Wagner
Griffith
Jacksonville
Silk O’loughlin
Klemm
National League
Macon
Pat Dougherty
Cleveland
Jack O'Connor
Hot Springs
Young
Willie Keeler
Bemis
Buelow
Clarke
Bernhard
Donohue
Joss
Moore
Hess
Rhoades
Jackson
Smith
Carr
Stovall
Turner
Bradley
Vinson
Bay
Flick
Kahl
Billy Lush
Ed Hanlon
Baltimore
Hanlon
Sporting News
Charles Hickman
Concord
Jack Stafford
Stafford
New England
Ned Hanlon
Boston
Georgia City
Missouri
Pittsburg Phil Leaves Fortune to Mother on Deathbed
George C. Smith known as Pittsburg Phil confides before death that most of his fortune goes to his mother Mrs. Eliza Downing. He leaves a small annuity to nephew Jimmie McGill. Funeral held in a heavy snowstorm at his Allegheny residence. Body interred in a mausoleum he built in Uniondale Cemetery. Mrs. Downing collapses after returning home and decides to go to New York with William Smith.
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Pittsburg
George C. Smith
Phil
Bill
Jimmie McGill
Uniondale
Yale Star Shevlin May Appear at Boston Games
Yale captain for 1905 and famed multi sport athlete Shevlin may travel to Boston to compete in the shot put at the B A A games in Mechanics Hall next Saturday night. Reports from New Haven say he will join Rose and Wesley Coe for a major display of athletic prowess.
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Yale
Shevlin
America
Boston
Mechanics’ Building
New Haven
Rose
Michigan
Sheldon
Wesley Coe
Somerville
Frank Hinkey
Pitcher Jack McLean Bound for Portland in Trade
St Louis reports Jack McLean Cambridge catcher for the Nationals traded to Portland Oregon in exchange for pitcher Thielman. Manager Nichols sought Thielman and uses McLean who has been wintering in St Louis and runs a bowling alley. He plans a Cambridge visit before departure.
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ST. Louis
Jack McLean
Cambridge
Mass
St. Louis Nationals
Portland
Oregon
Theilman
McLean
Jack Warner
Nichols
Thielman
Boxing Tonight in Chelsea Features Lewis vs Briggs
Willie Lewis of New York meets Jimmy Briggs at the Douglas A C of Chelsea tonight after local training. Briggs, in top form from Winthrop, aims to prove himself in two months of contests while facing several preliminaries including Powers versus Mahan and Clinton against Schindler.
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Willie Lewis
New York
Jimmy Briggs
Douglas A. C
Chelsea
Briggs
Win
Throp
Jimmy
Lewis
Martin Canole
Johnny Powers
South Boston
Johnny Mahan
Posnaty
Billy Clinton
Lowell
Young Schindler
Boston
Pinkey Evans
Rouse O’brien
Brockton
New Yorker
O'Brien
O’brien
Evans
J Pong Walsh
New England
Pinkey
Bosker
Young Kenney
Matty Baldwin
Lawrence
Fettle
Unity A. C
World Beating Pitcher Oxley Letter Puzzles League
At the American League headquarters a three hour review failed to decide if a postmarked letter from Derry New Hampshire signed H I Oxley is serious or a joke. Oxley claims to pitch with a spitball and requests a contract for $300 a month plus expenses reporting March 11 to Collins. He promises three games and sub six hits per game.
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Carl Green
Taylor
Squidgeon Noyes
Fred Doe
Yost
Eddie
Mike Regan
Shorty McCuish
Derry
N. H
HI. T. Oxley
Winter
Gibson
Collins
Macon
H. T. Uxley
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Kelly and
Reardon
Ene
High Jump
Bart Sullivan
Stone’s
W. H. Pierce
H. B. Barton
H. Swift
Roy
A H. Smith
Stone's
Stone’s ‘School
Liverpool
Tremont St
Walker-Rintels Drug Coo
Dewey Sq
Gardner's
Harrison Ave
F. H. Matthews
Ballard Music CO
DR. Hyndman
Orris Pharmacy
R. E. Morris
Broadway
Cava’s
Tremont Row
Scollay Sq
Baseball
Washington Street
THE
Glasgow Tailors
Charles
Dillard
Edward
School Street
Jack M’lean
Tom Shevlin
Gloucester A. C
Jack Williams
Jimmy Barry
Tommy Saunders
Gus Dumort
Albert Delmont
Johnny Lynch
W. J. Carney
Porter St
Melrose
Uxley
New Bedford
Doe
Dole
A. G. van Nostrand
Butter Hill Breweries
Charlestown, Mass
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