New Blood in Prospect for Professional Cycle Racing
The article notes an influx of new riders for next season, led by Frank J. Cadwell of Hartford and Lester Wilson of Pittsburg, aiming to challenge established men. It discusses Waltham track tensions with Mrs Beard and Mr Gash over sanctions, and cites NC A rules against paying amateurs to curb crooked racing, signaling broader push to clean up the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motors
Boston
Frank J. Cadwell
Hartford
Wilson
Dudley Marks
CC. G. Percival
Percival
Waltham
Board of Control
New England
William D. Gash
A. H. Beard
Waltham Athletic Park
Waltham Bicycle Club
Skeagle C. C
Metropolitan Wheelmen
Ast
Gash
Beard
N. Cc. A
Waltham Athletic Park Association
N.C. A
Eaton
Stevens
Vailshore
Board of Appeals
Dayton
Island
Toledo
Rochester
Syra
Providence
Nat Butler
Thetiders’ Association
California
N. C. A. Board of Control
Amateur Athletic Union
A. A
Local Bicycle Clubs Hold Meetings and Tournaments
Suffolk and neighboring clubs report new members at recent meets. Chelsea and Roslindale plan officer nominations and pool events. The Germania, Somerville Wheelmen, Centaur, and Bostonian clubs host billiards, pool, and whist tournaments with prizes and forthcoming dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Somerville
W. F P. Coad
W. Jones
H. Melanien
E. Beck
H. B. Clark
Abbottsford Hall
D. P. Sawyer
FF. M. Hariey
Chelsea Cycle Club
Arthur B. Leigh
Charles R. Schultz, Jr
T. Frank Sullivan
Elmer H. Bassett
Forrest J. Porter
Atherton W. Rogers
Arthur H. Willis
John E. Brewer
John W. Carney
Leutenant
Chris A. Miskine
William B. Corbett
Walter R. Kirk
Robert R. Clements
Clarence LB. Fearing
Ensign
Joseph Morris
George Hudgins
Herbert E. Brewer
George F. Reed
Walter N. Benson
John F. Gabel
Henry W. Green
Roslindale Cycle Club
Bostonian Cycle Club
Roosevelt Street
Dora Degel
Miss Bradshaw
Miss Hilves
Jennings Predicts Baseball Sensation and War
Brooklyn star Hugh Jennings, coaching Cornell, speaks on a volatile baseball era. He predicts players will dictate terms as factions clash with magnates amid talk of salary cuts and league realignments. The public backs the Players' Protective Association, and a revival depends on magnates conceding to fans' demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh J. Jennings
Brooklyn
Cornell
Jennings
H. G. Merrill
Players’ Protective Association
Players’ Prodective Association
Players’ Association
Brush
American League
National League
Players’ Committee
Harvard Poised to Top Yale in St Nicholas Rink Hockey
Harvard hopes to beat Yale in a St Nicholas rink hockey match tomorrow evening in New York. Yale, familiar with the rink, may challenge Harvard, which has recent wins over Brown while Yale fell to Providence 1–0. The game is a social event patronized by Harvard clubs, with last year’s Yale win by a late goal and Harvard strong finishes this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Yale
St. Nicholas
New York
Brown
Providence
Cambridge
University
Law School
Laverack
Ridge
Goodridge
Rumsey
Buffalo
Winsor
Collegia Nine
Manning
Thayer Academy
Penhalion
Hardy
Post Checker Column Sunday 1901 tribute note
Post Checker Column details club directories across New England with presidents secretaries and meeting places. Includes responses to correspondents solution notes problems solving and a letter from Jamaica Plain by A J Heffner checker editor praising recent Post checkers coverage.
Checkers Problems and Boston Post Chess Column
White to play and win in a paired set of tough problems. The piece discusses Henry domain figures, columns from Captain L M Stearns and the New England team, and notes the Draughts World magazine launch. It invites correspondence to the Boston Post Chess Editor and promises notices on future exhibitions and match games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Zimmerman
Medford
Mass
Kings
L. M. Stearns
New England
North American Checker Board
A. Dingly
Portland
Clarence LI
Freeman
Boston
George H. Dean
Beantown
Schaefer
A. J. Heffner
Boston Post
C. A. Lybeck
Iowa
C. F. Whelan
Mr. Hunt
C. L. Gowse
K. J. Millington
H. W. Varry
Post
Geo
It. Walcott
Chess Tourney Notes and Puzzles from Boston Club
The column records chess and whist results including a mate in three puzzle, January souvenir prize to Emmanuel Peterson, and reports from the Boston Chess Club and New England Whist Association. It cites matches on January 12 1901 and status of ongoing solving tournaments and club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Peterson
George Street
Somerville
Mass
Boston Chess Club
E. Peterson
Johnson Boston
Barry Boston Mo
Allen
Boston Cote Reese
J. Wainwright
Stanwood Boston
Odelstierna
L Browne
Boston
M Sussman
Chelsea
Wi - Gamage Westboro
Very Newton
Dyar Newton
Ewes
Laurie Oston
Ly Beck
Worcester
Shee Peterson
Britain
J. Wallin
L J Killion
Rostoen
G. Bosson
Newtonville
J. F. Tracy
Pittsfield
Kennard Melrose
Hunt Montezumala
Cambridge
Whelan Lynn Stee
J. Kine Rediford
Mathews's Maxims and Whist Notes From a 1901 Column
The Post Whist column reviews tenace position play with examples A and B, discusses risks of following stronger lines, and laments the death of Professor William Pole for his whist theory. It notes Pole's book as foundational, then reports a Feb 6 Newton League match between Hunnewell Club and Neighborhood Club ending in a tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews
Tenace
William Pole
United States
England
Cavendish
Pole
Hunnewell Club
Newton
Hunnewells
Chess column glimpses from early 20th century papers
Notes from the Monte Carlo tournament with fourteen entrants and play-by-play reports to follow in the morning Post. Dorchester Club fall scores show Jenkins to Fiske with mixed results and kg or win records. Updates include Nebraska Mississippi match standing, Latimer’s prize medals, and announcements of a new Canadian chess magazine Checkmate by J H Graham with subscription details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Alapin
Blackburne
Didier
Gunsberg
Janowski
Marco
Marshall
Mason
Mieses
Reggio
Scheve
Schlechter
Tschigorin
Winawer
Morning Post
Dorchester Chess Club
Jenkins
Daly
Wendemuth
Archer
Roberts
Stevens
Fletcher
Tilden
French
Fiske
CC. Q. de France
Nebraska Independent
Mississippi
Nebraska
Horace A. Latimer
San Francisco Camera Club
Latimer
Chess Club
United States
Yoor Pillsy
Brooklyn Eagle
Sunday Eagle
Brother Helms
Canada
Hogland
J. H. Graham
Boston
M. D
Prescott
Ontario
Can
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Cadwell and
Future of
Waltham Track
Bantom
Averner Rostan
Prank J. Cadwell
Lester Wilson
Cycle Club
Suffolk Bicycle Club
Germania Bicycle Club
Biewald
Centaur Club
Hall
Blair
White
Wood
Kern
MacAuliffe
Flannagan
Heald
Shannahan
Meehy
Buest
O'Malley
McCad
Connors
Brotherhood
Hugh Jennings
Talntorsesseressees
GOBL
Renhatiow
Goodridge Bronson
Hardy, Goodridge
Ward
East River Street
Hyde Park, Mass
Checker Club
Checker Clubs
Boston Checker Club
H. H. Dakin
S. S. Winslow
American House
Hyde Park Club
William Taylor
James Taylor
Beverly Checker Club
B. A. Davis
E. H. Aborn
C. Trefry
A. W. Carter
Vestry Street
Beverly
Haverhill Checker Club
W. F. Spollett
R. C. Frost
C. O. Mabery
I. C. Brown
H. L. Loring
Merrimac Street
Fall River Checker Club
John Buckley
Walter W. Tubby
Thomas Gilbert
Lyon Chess and Checker Club
J. H. Adams
H. Cooper
George Wingate
T. F. Whelan
Earl Building
Samuel A. Johnson
Clarence H. Rogers
John B. Sullivan
C. B. Church
Charles N. Ward
John Ross
A. Schaefer
J. H. Macdonald
James J. Early
J. McKenzie Barker
A. E. Robinson
EF. H. Guyer
Mortimer Sullivan
F. J. Reilly
Fred Barnard
H. P. Lovewell
George H. Hunter
Charles C. Frost
H. L. Brown
George Hederson
P. E. Burke
James C. Gillespie
E. Hamilton
Horace Walker
Clarence K. Rogers
John Joss
Charles H. Ward
J. Hf. Macdonald
A. F E. Robinson
J. McKenzie Starker
Jamnaica Plain
Checker
Boston Sunday Post
J. MacKenzie
Edinburgh
FE. Nf. Guyer
Providence Journal
J. T. Patterson
Jarrow-on-Tyne
Glasgow Herald
The
R. G. Thomson
Quincy, Mass
King
Baird
Bouquet
Aenea
North
South
West
East
Detroit
Waldo Adams
H. LD. Forbes
C. &. Waterhouse
W. E. Hickox
Seward
John Greenwood
F. A. Bussegue
J. Fox
Forbes
Talbot
Bates
Lee
Fox
Whitaker
Messer
Lapham
Lord
Thayer
Boyden
T—Ordway and
Smith
Mercantile Library Club
Bates and Child
Sly
Jenkins and Whitaker
Jaques
Sprague
Greenwood and
Slade and
Jenks
Edmands and
McLeod
Gray and
Vinal
Fletcher and
Root and
Talbot and Whitney
Ll. H. Dutton
A. P. Green
F. B. Mitchell
A. 8. Glover
C. A. West
L. P. Hollander
F. A. Russegue
I. M. Linnell
H. A. Childs
E. L. Wood
C. W
Twosers
Manchester Weekly Times
P. HL. Williams
Black
Kingstown Society
H. F. W. Lane
Gineca Pian
Walcott
Perry Wat
Perry
North East South West
Sarees
BH. Co. Fletcher
HFP. Perkins
JaneSee
Sussman
Besceres
Walcott Rice Walcott Rice
Eis UA
Fisher Ames
West Newton, Mass
Mathews’s Maxims
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