New League Dies Sudsonly.
Baltimore February 15 The American Association is dead for this year as McGraw Anson McCarthy and others quit. Philadelphia grounds could not be secured. McGraw hurried there found it would take a month and maybe longer. The group doubts a viable six to eight city circuit and Hayes Hanlon’s Union Park lease may be affected.
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Baltimoros
New American Association
John McGraw
Pop Anson
Ommy McCarthy
Boston
McCarthy
Chicago
McGraw
William J. Gilmore
Philadelphia
Napoleon
Worcester
Syracuse
Hanlon
Baltimore
Robinson
Phil Peterson
Hanlon May
Harvard Crew Divides Spring Roster For Class Contests
Harvard announces a revised rowing plan to split class crews between the Newell Club and Weld Club. The program leads to April 7 class pair races, April 14 class finals, and Easter recess graded crews for university selection. J J Storrow to coach, R C Bolling named Newell president.
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Higginson
Harvard
Crimson
Weld
Newell Boat Club
Newell Club
Andrew O'Dea
Newell
Eae Club
Law School
J. J. Storrow
R. C. Bolling
Weld Club
Boston's Big Nine Formed for 1900 Baseball Season
Boston shows a club list of twenty five players on payroll for 1900 with nine pitchers set to wear white. Manager Selee met Captain Hugh Duffy to discuss lineup and plans for handling the unusual roster size.
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Boston
Selee
Hugh Duffy
Nichols
Willis
Hickman
Lewis
Dineen
Meekin
Pittinger
Bailey
Chambers
Clarke
Sullivan
Tenney
Lowe
Long
Collins
Duffy
Hamilton
Stahl
Kuhns
Rickert
Frisbie
Bransfield
Freeman
Hickey
Barry
Somerville High Girls Basketball Game Ends 9 to 8
In Bacon Hall, Somerville High School girls teams from classes of 02 and 03 played a close indoor basketball match witnessed by many friends. Captains Lizzie Landers and Schweitzer led their squads in a spirited contest with a final score of 9 to 8 in favor of the 02 team.
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Somerville High School
Bacon Hall
Lizzie Landers
Miss Schweitzer
Harvard Princeton Ball Talks Settlement Amid Scheduling
Captain Arthur Hillebrand said Harvard and Princeton are nearing a settlement over the baseball rift. Harvard sent a new list of dates yesterday and manager Cloney has them under consideration.
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Harvard
Princeton
N. J
Arthur Hillebrand
Cloney
Harvard Football Practice On Soldiers Field In Spring Drills
Captain Daly led Harvard players in spring practice on Soldiers Field with dry conditions. The session emphasized night work and especially kicking, continuing while weather remains favorable.
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Daly
Harvard Eleven
Soldiers Field
Harvard Baseball Begins Cage Work Under Coaches
Harvard baseball players opened practice in the cage with about twenty men in uniform. The battery candidates led by Reid Hayes and Ted Lewis started the ball rolling with easy pitching and a few pointers from the coaching staff.
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Harvard
Reid
Hayes
Ted Lewis
Major Merrill Seriously Ill In Lawrence
Major George Lt. Merrill past commander-in-chief of the G A R and former Massachusetts insurance commissioner is gravely ill at his Lawrence home. Late yesterday his condition was precarious and not expected to survive the night though by midnight he remained unchanged. He suffers from liver and stomach complications.
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Lawrence
George Lt. Merrill
Massachusetts
GILT EDGE Tri. Charlestown Defeats B. A. A in Big Night
Newton tops B A A 2638 to 2397 as Pray earns 588 pins and Legate leads B A A with a low game. Bun tin Scully Linder Maltby lift Newton in a sensational three game match tying the championship race with Charlestown. Fuller of B A A posts 501 for the defeated squad.
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Newton
Unicorn
Charlestown
Pray of
Buntin
Scully
Iiscoasaavisseds
Eanmop Sc
Sevevsccresavs
Lee Pate
Central Bowler Fares Well In Loss To Burnheims Of East Boston
John McCormick bowled strongly for Central with 241 pins but Burnheims of East Boston won the candle pin match and its eighth straight victory. A large Chelsea Watertown Everett crowd witnessed the lively contest. In Murray and Irwin’s weekly candle pin tourney Rouse won $8 with 291 pins, McCarthy’s 27% captured runner up pay, and Lamont placed third in a field of ten.
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Phinney
Wetherbee
Haggarty Eee
Crescent Cycle Club
Adams
Woodside
Charlestown
T'dl Haskins
Halperder Eereeeesessees
PSR Eiog
Eels Cw
Lao
Handley Seer
Kirkeer Eaereerereeerene
Suffolk
Bowler
T’tl
Schleehaus
Kilduff Ee Reeeeeseresaes
Raitheer
Skrooks
Resl
Rorke
Seer Eeeesrees
Crescent Bowler
Seer Eeseererese
Woodside Wees Eeseeesees Sl
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Campbell
Bankers and Brokers
Towle & Fitz
Hayden, Stone & Co
Hubbard
Bennett
Elwell
Clarkson
Hayes
John McCormick
Burnheims
Boston
Chelsea
Watertown
Everett
Murray & Irwin
Rouse
McCarthy
Reny
Lamont
Boston Cue King Threshle Beats Mial In Lopsided Billiards Match
Charles Threshle of Boston defeated Dr L L Mial of New York by 4 161 in the AAU Class A billiards championship. Threshle led with strong open-table play and a long run but failed to sustain a new record average finishing 400. Foss and McCreery were slated to meet tomorrow for the $1000 trophy.
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New York
Charles Threshle
Bostonian
Dr. L. L. Mial
New Yorker
Boston
Threshie
Mial
Foss
McCreery
Wrestling star shines at A A U championships in New York
At Broadway A C a 3000 crowd watched Max Wiley of Rochester A C dominate in multiple weight classes, dazzling with clever technique in 145 135 and top divisions. Boxers followed with early trials as a four man heavyweight field shaped the event.
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New York
United States
Broadway A. C
Max Wiley
Rochester A. C
Rochester
Mitchell
Knickerbocker A. C
Wiley
H. Hansen
Norwegian Turn Society
John Coysin
Coysin
Wileyis
Bob Owens
A. C
Jack Nagle
Power B. Knipe
Carl L. Arnold
West Side
Boston Rowing Club formed to compete for world title
Boston rowing leaders met at James P. Fox's office on Columbus avenue to organize a permanent Boston Rowing Club. An eight oared crew will be formed from top local clubs to represent the city at the National Rowing Association regatta next July, with a coach and shell likely planned. Clubs represented included BAA, Columbia, Riverside, Jeffries Point, Bradford, Crescent, Shawmut and Mill Stream.
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Boston
James P. Fox
Columbus Avenue
National Rowing Association
Paris
Boston Rowing Club
Boston Athletic Association
Columbia
Riverside
Jeffries Point
Bradford
Crescent
Shawmut
Mill Stream
Bicycle notes point to rising professional cycling scene
The article notes a likely shift of top amateurs to professional ranks, naming Cooper Kiser Freeman Mc Farland Stevens and others. It mentions W A Rutz and E C Hausman moving to pros, plans for Lowell as a racing center with five meets, and the Keating Wheel and Automobile Company reorganization. It cites New Bedford cycle show set for February 26 and Teddy Hale’s century-a-day effort. Frank N Bemis reappointed N C A handicapper for eastern Massachusetts.
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Cooper
Kiser
Freeman
McFarland
Stevens
Fran Kramer
W. A. Rutz
E. C. Hausman
John Nelson
Arthur W. Ross
C. Stuart Bolting
Lowell
Fair Grounds
C. W
Henry H. Farr
Claude Hamilton
Moran
New Bedford
Keating Wheel and Automobile Company
Middletown
Teddy Hale
Frank N. Bemis
Massachusetts
Williams College Promenade Committee Elected in Williams
Williams College sophomores today elected the promenade committee: Fielding Summons Cleveland Ohio. William Everdell Rutherford New Jersey. Sidney Arthur Graves Brooklyn New York. Fatberton J. Lawrence Norwalk Ohio. Louis C. Parker Westfield Massachusetts. George B. Maxwell Portland Maine named baseball manager.
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Williamstown
Williams College
Fielding Summons
Cleveland
William Everdell
Rutherford, N. J
Sidney Arthur Graves
Brooklyn
Fatberton J. Lawrence
Norwalk
Louis C. Parker
Westfield
Mass
George B. Maxwell
Portland
Fire costs Putnam Bed Company small loss on Causeway Street
A fire erupted yesterday afternoon at the Putnam Bed Company in a five story brick building at 101 Causeway street. The blaze began on the fifth floor and caused about 100 dollars in damage.
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Causeway Street
Putnam Bed Company
Fire damages Johnston home on Ellery Street
Damage estimated at 200 dollars occurred yesterday afternoon at the one and a half story wooden residence of George Johnston located at 41 Ellery Street. The blaze, whose origin is listed as unknown, caused the fire.
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Ellery Street
George Johnston
Northern District to establish a country club venture
The North of Boston district including Malden Medford Melrose Stoneham and Winchester plans a country club with golf links tennis croquet and a large farm house clubhouse. Edward H Wiggin of Kernwood Malden helps lead the project with Colonel Harry Converse as a prominent supporter. Wealthy local men appear on the subscription lists circulating for months.
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Kernwood
Malden
Calumet of
Winchester
Medford Club
Melrose Club
Middlesex Fells
Copeland Estate
Tremont Row
D. J. Hook
General Lawrence
Medford
Edward H. Wiggin
State Street
Post
Copeland
Lawrence
Laurel Street
Fsa
Converse
Boston
Melrose
Stoneham
New England
Kernwood Club
Harry Converse
Jeffries Corbett Fight Set for May Fourteenth in New York
May 14 is the date fixed for the Jeffries versus Corbett bout. Managers George F. Considine and William A. Brady, representing the fighters, met Tom O Rourke of Seaside A C and formally accepted the Coney Island Club’s offer to host the match.
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New York
James J. Jeffries
James J. Corbett
George IF. Considine
William A. Brady
Tom O'Rourke
Seaside A. C
Coney Island
Daley Gardner Bout Set For February 22 at Isoteric Club
Andy Daley and Billy Gardner, featherweights, were matched to box February 22 at the Isoteric Club weighing 124 pounds. The winner meets Mike Sears for the New England featherweight title at the Kirtland Club March 2. Daly trains in Brooklyn and will travel to Boston next week.
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Andy Daley
Billy Gardner
Isoteric Club
Tey
Gardner
Daly
Mike Sears
New England
Kirtland Club
Brooklyn
Boston
Boxing in Lawrence at the Opera House
Boxing fans packed the Lawrence opera house Wednesday night for a card promoted by Mike Moore. Bouts featured Higgins of Lawrence vs Flynn of Lowell, Callahan of Lowell vs Ryan of Lawrence, Gillogly of Lawrence vs Brooks of Lawrence, Shaw of Lawrence vs Watson of Lawrence, McCarthy of Lawrence vs Wakely of Methuen, Gardiner of Lawrence vs Lewis of Haverhill, Hennessy of Lawrence vs Mulligan of Lowell, McCann of Lawrence vs Robinson of Lawrence, Moran of Lawrence vs Larson of Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Opera House
Mike Moore
Higgins
Flynn
Lowell
Callahan
Ryan
Gillogly
Brooks
Shaw
Watson
McCarthy
Wakely
Methuen
Gardiner
Lewis
Haverhill
Hennessy
Mulligan
McCann
Robinson
Moran
Larson
Vaunton and Salem Rally in New Haven Scores
The fragment lists Vaunton 19 and Clinton 4, Salem 4 and Lawrence 38, Iyuu 9 and East Weymouth & Meridev 3, New Haven 2 as a compact score-like readout from an outdated table. The item records scattered counts tied to place names and participant IDs without a clear event context.
League of American Wheelmen relinquishes racing control
The national assembly of the League of American Wheelmen voted to abandon racing and abolish the amateur clause in the constitution. Amendments were adopted amid cheers, with officers later elected and discussions on good roads policy and national organization ongoing.
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Philadelphia
National Assembly
League of American Wheelmen
I. B. Potter
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Keenan
League
Conway W. Sams
Maryland
R. T. Kingsbury
A. B. Choate
Minnesota
Abbott Bassett
Boston
James C. Tattersall
Clarence W. Small
Maine
Aaron Wolfson
Massachusetts
T. M. Skiles
H. R B. Fullerton
L. A. W. Bulletin
Good Roads
Congress
A. C. Willison
F. P. van Valkenburg
United States Office of Road Inquiry
Otto Dorner
Milwaukee
Delegates Vote on Abolition of Racing and Amateur Clauses
The assembly, led by President Keenan, met with ninety two delegates present from Colorado to Missouri as four votes opposed abolition of the racing and amateur clauses.
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Keenan
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Boxing Letter Exposes Feuds Between Donnelly and White
Charles White vents anger at Councilman Dan Donnelly over a beating in the ring and alleged shifting loyalties. White accuses Donnelly of cowardice, citing a backturned strike and calls for satisfaction. The column also passes boxing gossip about matches, bets, and local fighters in New England.
Eye Injury Sparks Bitter Exchange Over Donnelly Incident
The speaker recounts a violent confrontation with Donnelly and blames his friends for not cooling tensions. He criticizes Donnelly and others, claims loyalty to his group, and notes receiving letters from Boston while defending his own actions. He says his eyesight is lucky and questions his own feelings.
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Donnelly
Boston
Spike
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Anson
Union Park
Boston Cycle Co
M. Linscott
Mar
Hanover Street
Wiin
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Harvard Baseball Work
Major Merrill
Circuit League
Hollis
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Carruth’s
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T'dl
Lark Bowler
Hollis Crewe
Boston Crack
Harry E. Converse
Northern District Country Club
Chickering
New Northern District ‘Country Club
Old New England Farmhouse
Bonner Horse Sale
Sund
Praytell
Fasig-Tipton
Madison Square Garden
Robert Bonner
Eltrida
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Auld Lang Syne
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George H. Cornell
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Morale
John Morris
Tricolo
W. D. Hunt
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Tomy Devine
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Lilly Jordan
Jimmy Kaveney
Ike McLean
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John Riley
Mathison Boys
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Joe Mullen
Newburport
Spike Haley
Mulvihill
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Andy Watson
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Cambridge
Martin Riley
Haley
South Boston
Jack Haley
Atlantic Yacht Club
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New Yorks
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B. H. Benton
Rob Keg
Percy G. Williams
Bob Fitzsimmons
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