Dudley Sets 999 Second String Bowling Record
Dudley club rolled to a 999 second string to top Arlington Boat Club and set a new mark in the Massachusetts amateur league. Dudley total 2747 led by Simson's 194 244 165 and Allan 187 143 154 while Commercial Club defeated BASA 2491 to 2480 in Brockton as Boston teams split the matches.
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Post
New York
Massachusetts
Dudley Club
Arlington Boat Club
Boston Athletic Association
Simson
Dudley
B. C
Brock
Holland
Usher
Andrews
Ashworth
Flakles
Cai
Allan
Commercial Club
Commercial
Feos
Perking
Chapman
Grover
Wilbur
Driscoll Abe-Worried Over Weight at Ringside Clash
Abe Attell presses promoters to change weight rules after Jem Driscoll’s bout with Leach Cross in New York. Moran’s win over Matty Baldwin fuels talk of a Driscoll Attell showdown, with Feb 18 set to decide the better man.
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Abe Attell
Jem Driscoll
Leach Cross
New York
Driscoll
Attell
Owen Moran
Matty Baldwin
Attell-Driscoll
Moran
Baldwin
Freddie Welsh
Jabez White
Jem Kendrick
Indoor Relay Meet Set by Lawrence Light Guards in Medford
The annual indoor meet at the Lawrence Light Guards armory in Medford tomorrow night features 13 relay races as star events. Across open and closed trials, teams include Mechanics Arts vs Roxbury High, Fort Lawrence vs Lawrence Light Guard, and many others with top New England athletes and BA A meet veterans competing.
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Lawrence Light Guards
Medford
Mechanic Arts
Roxbury
Fort Lawrence
Lawrence Light Guard
Rindge Manual Training School
Stone School
All-Worcester
English High
Cambridge Latin
Brookline High School
Volkmann School
Cambridge
Brookline Athletic Club
M. I. Tf
Tufts
Newton Y. M. C. A
Lynn Y. M. C. A
Cathedral A
Cabot Street
Cambridge Y. M. GC
Boston High
Boston Latin
Malden High
Medford High
New England
Ketchel to Meet O Brien in Six Round Bout Here
Stanley Ketchel the world middleweight champion from Montana was matched today to fight Philadelphia Jack O'Brien in six rounds at the National A C in mid March. Ketchel will receive a top purse reportedly eighty dollars for the six round bout.
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Stanley Ketchel
Jack O’brien
Philadelphia
Montana
A. C
Ketchel
Covaleskie Balks Phillies After Signing Talks Fail
Covaleskie the Philadelphia left hander who beat New York three times in a week last fall has refused to sign at the Phillies proposed figures. President Shettsline promised to take up the matter with club officials but no action has been taken.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Covaleskie
New York
Phillies
Shettsline
Boston Alleys Match Report For $50 A Side
The record lists players Wildey Hanley Penniman Armstrong Nims Martell Galway O'Brien Holmes Poehler and others with scores 88 93 90 109 113 115 102 94 97 119 99 94 116 14 1 01 92 154 95 105 94 106 99 74 91 129 89 106. Totals show 5388 511 490 while the other side posts 5205. The note indicates the match was for fifty dollars per side aided byee.
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Boston
Corp. All Star
Wildey
Hanley
Cole
Penniman
Armstrong
Nims
Martell
Galway
O’brien
Holmes
Poehler
Aid Ee
Star Brass CPs Rae 491 88S $92-1181 George Close Co
Trade data line lists totals for Star Brass CPs and Rae 491 88S with prices $92 to $118.1 and company figures for George Close Co 4.58600 897. Drawn from a historical catalog page showing catalog numbers and pricing.
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Star Brass Cps
Rae
George Close Co
Big Department Store Plans to Honor Lincoln
Boston stores plan Lincoln Day tributes without closing. The R H White Company will give boys and girls a Lincoln anniversary souvenir lithograph by J L G Ferris from its Little Citizen shoe department. Window displays will feature Lincoln portraits and literature lists.
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Big Department Store
Lincoln
Abraham _ Lincoln
Boston
R. H. White Company
Little Citizen Shoe Department
J. L. G. Ferris
Conotrabands
White
Abraham Lincoln
No Skating Warned As Cold Weather Arrives
Colder weather is promised for today but skating will be unsafe except on very shallow ponds and rinks. Any attempt to skate on deep ponds or streams will be extremely dangerous.
Newton High to Enter Relay at Mechanics Building Meet
The Newton High School will send a relay team to the schoolboys meet in Mechanics Building on Saturday afternoon February 27. The agreement ends a three year dispute with the Boston Athletic Association over use of corners and apparatus. Newton had previously avoided favors but will use B A A equipment for Preparatory league games featuring Newton, Brookline, and Cambridge Latin.
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Newton High School
Mechanics’ Building
Brookline High School
Cambridge Latin School
Newton High
Boston
Sutton Roars Back in Billiards After Defeat
George Sutton of Chicago, ex world champion in 18.1 balkline, returned to form after a defeat by Slosson last month. In Philadelphia he faced Harry Cline on straight rail and ran 400 in seven innings with an unfinished run of 140, aided by well-nursed balls. He could have added more points if he continued.
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George Sutton
Chicago
Slosson
Philadelphia
Harry Cline
Sutton
Carey Beats Burns in Fifth Round at Sharkey A. C.
Tommy Carey stops Kid Burns in the fifth round of a 19 round bout at Sharkey A. C. Burns appeared as a late replacement for Bant Dorsey due to illness. In the semi main Frankie Mango defeats Eddie Smith in six rounds.
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New York
Tommy Carey
Kid Burns
Sharkey A. C
Man Arrested in Wrecking Plot on Boston & Maine Line
Ipswich February 11 The mystery of an attempted train wreck on the Boston and Maine railroad Eastern division was cleared when James A Day was arrested. He confessed to placing sleepers on the track while under the influence of liquor to a police officer and a railroad official.
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Ipswich
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
James A. Day
Daniel Wells
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Haquer
Calabria
Porto Rico
Young man faces charge after rail obstruction near farm
Day 22, son of Charles Day a noted farmer, aided an officer at the scene where sleepers were found near his father’s land. He claimed drinking old cider and lack of responsibility. Held in District Court on attempted train wrecking charge with $2000 bond not posted. An Ipswich Portland express and a freight train encountered obstructions at the same track point the prior Thursday.
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Day
Charles Day
Boston
Portland
Ipswich
Naval Officer's Wife Accused of Intoxication on Honeymoon
Testimony in a court case reveals Lieutenant Abele alleging his wife Miss Manney drank heavily during their marriage and on their honeymoon. He claims she required restraint and that she later entered a state asylum, with letters from her in Warren Pennsylvania.
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California
San Diego
Warren, Penn
Abele
Indian Head
League Island
Norfolk
St. Christopher Hospital
Charlotteville
S. C
New York
Quincy
San Francisco
Cal
Pratt
Tropics
Culebra
Charleston
Olympia
Salvation Army Opens Dorchester Rescue Home
Commander Booth and Dr. Chapman dedicate a two story Salvation Army Rescue Home on Train street Dorchester with 800 in attendance. Wilbur Chapman and Charles M Alexander lead fundraising with 150 and 15 dollar donations respectively as part of the dedication remarks.
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Dr. Chapman
Salvation Army
New Dorchester
Wilbur Chapman
Charles M. Alexander
Train Street
Dorchester
A. Gifford
New England
Eva Booth
Army
Boston
Miss Booth
Alexander
Elnsley
Bovill
Stanyon
Robert Harkness
Ford C. Ottman
J. Wilbur Chapman
Nation Honors Lincoln With Words On Race And Citizenship
The text records remarks at a Lincoln tribute at Faneuil Hall. Rabbi Fleischer lauds Lincoln and urges selflessness and giving to the country. Lincoln Steffens urges boys to value the ballot as the crown of citizenship and a path from servitude to sovereignty.
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Rabbi Fleischer
Faneuil Hall
Lincoln
United States
America
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln Telegram Feature of Norwood Celebration
Norwood marks Lincoln Day with display of the original Civil War telegram from Lincoln to Meade ordering clemency for Private Peter Gillen of the 62d Pennsylvania. The hand written telegram, now owned by Walter Berwick and loaned by Mrs. J William Bagrette, is valued at 250 dollars.
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Lincoln Telegram
Norwood
Lincoln
Peter Gillen
Pennsylvania
United States Military Telegraph
Meade
A. Gencoin
Walter Berwick
J. William Bagrette
Portland
Army Headquarters
Murphy Quits in Bout With Coulon
Johnny Coulon of Chicago defeated Kid Murphy in the windup of the Whirlwind A. C. at New York Feb 11 in under five rounds. Murphy quit in the fifth after a right hand to the wind. He claimed a foul, but the referee and doctor disagreed. The crowd hooted Murphy, while the bout was rough yet lively.
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New York
Johnny Coulon
Chicago
Kid Murphy
A. C
Murphy
Leona Leslie Narrowly Escapes Fire at Hall Building
Miss Leona Leslie of Boston leading lady of the Wiswan Show Company and Justice of the Peace W C Hardee escaped death when a fire gutted the Hall apartment building on the second floor at 1 am yesterday. Leslie left her wardrobe valued at 100.
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Miss
Leona Leslie
Boston
Wiswan Show Company
Justice of the Peace
W. C. Hardee
Leslie
Fire Injures W R Lawrence as Benzine Varnish Explodes
W R Lawrence of 9 Cedar Street Somerville was badly burned when a barrel of benzine varnish exploded at his Mossland and Ilm street furniture plant. The blast blew out the upper part of the two story building and ignited a large fire, with Lawrence rescued by Frank Lancey Howard Gildart and a Swede named Studenski. Estimated damage near 10000, with insurance claimed and losses to colonial trays. Nearby house at 765 Somerville Avenue was endangered and Mrs. R F Sweeney near collapse from the shock.
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W. R. Lawrence
Cedar Street
Somerville
Mossland
Ilm
G. Martin
Somerville Avenue
R. F. Sweeney
Wonderful Growth of Hallet & Davis Firm in Boston
The Hallet & Davis piano company plans extensive alterations to its Boston site on Piano Row including new elevator service enlarged retail warerooms mezzanine balcony and private rooms for player pianos and phonograph department while selling off stock in an alteration sale. The firm traces its origins to 1835 with Brown & Hallet and 1839 formation of Hallet & Davis with factories in Washington Street East Newton Street Harrison Avenue and 70 Harrison Avenue later moving to Rainford Street South Boston. pianos have won 139 medals and ship nationwide including California.
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Hallet & Davis
Piano Row
Messrs. Brown & Hallet
Washington Street
Hayward Place
East Newton Street
Harrison Avenue
Hallet & Davis Piano Company
Rainford Street
Haliet & Davis Pianos
California
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