Amusing Experiences of a Bartender Double Mayor
A Fall River bartender, William H. Driscoll, who resembles New Bedford mayor Charles Ashley, inspired several mistaken identity episodes. Travelers and townsfolk mistook Driscoll for the mayor, causing surprised greetings and humorous exchanges during the election period. A New Bedford parent even pointed out the resemblance to his son, highlighting local curiosity.
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Fall River
New Bedford
Charles Ashley
William H. Driscoll
Driscoll
Frank Crosson
Fall River City Hall
Mr. Ashley
Crosson's
Charley Ashley
Cus
Tomer
Ashley
Papa
W. H. Driscoll
Mr. Driscoll
Mayor Ashley
Boxing Gossip Signals Postponement Of Rice Briggs Bout In Boston
The Health and Physical Culture Club cancels the Austin Rice versus Johnny Briggs fight due to Rice’s illness noted from New London. Club president Nicols vows to uphold announced bouts, while expelling three members over ticket misuses and preparing further legal questions. The column notes upcoming matches and fighters including Kid Curry, Young Golden, Frank Erne, and Johnson, with several venues and dates hinted throughout.
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Austin Rice
Johnny Briggs
Health and Physical Culture Club
Nicols
New London
Rice
Briggs
Physical Culture Club
Kid Curry
Deen Sea Club
Young Golden
Kid Flaherty
Fall River A. A
Jimmy Kelly
New York
Jimmy Gardner
Lowell
Frank Erne
Jimmy Britt
Eric
Britt
Hermann
International A. C
Lex
Can-Can in Chelsea Bust Ends Quiet Night Rampage
Sergeant Shannon and a Chelsea police squad raided a Front Street house where about 20 Poles danced the can-can and caused a ruckus on a Sunday. Eight men and four women were seized and charged with desecration of the Lord's day. They bailed and stand to appear in Police Court today.
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Shannon
Chelsea Police
Front Street
Unions Indorse Dover Strike Action At Cocheco Mills
Weavers Mule Spinners and Loom Fixers unions meet and unanimously back the decision by the cast and ring spinners of the Cocheco cotton mills to stay out and fight to the end. A mass meeting of all operatives votes to continue the strike.
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Dover
N. H
Cocheco Cotton Mills
Cocheco Mills
Gilt Edge In Home Stretch For Massachusetts Bowling Title
With the final games set for Wednesday and Thursday, the Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League title remains undecided. Newtowne and Charlestown lead at 24-12, with Commercial Club one game back. Final matches at Charlestown, Cambridge, and Newtowne pits three top teams against each other in a tense finish. Standings show Newtowne, Charlestown, Commercial, and B A A positions with key individual marks led by Tower of Commercial and Fuller of B A A among others. The league set records in last week’s play as Battery extended marks and Carter overtook Parker for the individual total. The outcome hinges on steady play in the closing games.
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Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League
Newtowne
Charlestown
Brockton Rollers
Unicorn
Cambridge
Battery
Carter
Parker
Old Dorchester
Fuller
Tower of Commercial
Tower
Hales
Newe
Gordon
Ashworth
Kinsman
Ainsworth
Southwell
Thatcher
Com
Candle Pin City League Tightens With Three-Team Chase
Roylston regains lead in the City league candle pin series as Columbia Roast ties Sudbury for second place, one game behind Boylston. Beatty leads individual averages at 95 plus over 48 games, while three players share the highest single string of the season. Rouse, Ling and Beatty tie for the three string total record, MecHarrie of Sudbury holds the three-string total mark, Boylston owns the team single string record, and Murray & Irwin hold the team total record.
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Roylston
Columbia
Sudbury
AVERAGES OF LOCAL ATHLETIC STAFF AND STUDENTS
The fragment lists individuals with scores and initials, including Rex Cochrane and Rex Whiley, along with others like Gorham, Hedge, Frank, and Frets. It appears to be an averages table from a local school or club, noting names and partial scores or identifiers such as 90 or 88, but the context and exact event or date are unclear.
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Carruth
Everett
L. Winthrop
Gorham, Rex
Hedge
Car
Frank, Wint
Finneran, Chau
Cochrane
Rex
Whiley
Campbell
Oper
Heald, G. Hall O'Brien
Eve Steno
Champion Eggs Team Wins Marketmen's League Title
The Bets beat Butter two of three games to clinch the Marketmen's league championship. The Poultry, Butter and Eggs trio led by W R Winchester, J M Thomas, and A F Watts beat tough rivals as top bowlers from Mystic Valley and Gilt Edge leagues competed for final standings and individual honors. Eggs led with 25,421 pins to Farmers 24,748, Butter 25,695, and Poultry 25,660.
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Marketmen’s League
Mystic Valley
Champion Eggs
W. R. Winchester
J. M. Thomas
Frank Weitz
A. F E. Watts
C. F. Dutcher
Thomas
Hollis
Beggs
W. L. Pins
Kineman
Three Postponed Games In City Point Standings
In early season play three games were postponed including matchups featuring O'Brien and E C C with Thompson for 89 points, Farrell and W C C at 88, and Travers, City Point S4 Campbell for 86. Bradley and Henderson led Tigers with 84 and Ekstrom for Ohsi. St Stanley 85.
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O’brien
Thompson
A. A
Farrell
Travers
City Point
Campbell
Bradley
Tigers
Henderson
Ekstrom
Ohsi
St Stanley
Dudley Routs Rivals to Lead Gilt Edge Pin League
Dudley keeps steady pace with three straight wins as Roxbury five dominate the Gilt Edge Candle Pin series. She leads with 26 victories and four defeats, followed by Edford at 19 and 11. E McKee of South Boston Yacht Club, top individual in Met all season, has had a quiet spell.
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Dudley
Roxbury Five
Edford
E. McKee
South Boston Yacht Club
Candle and Battle Pins League High Scores Report
The past week’s top figures include candle pins with Boylston City league team total 1409 and team single 607, Thom son 813 in International Bank Clerks’ league, Campbell 124 in Press Cycle Club league. Battle pins record 999th A A Gilt Edge league 2889 team total, 999th 1008 as team single, Carter 693 and 254 as individual totals and singles.
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Boylston
Thomson, International
Bank Clerks
Campbell, Press
A. A
Carter
Bowling Leagues Schedule Fragment at Various Boston Areas
A dense list of bowling league nights and matchups across many clubs including Gilt Edge candlepin, Y MYSTIC VALLEY, MASSACHUSETTS INTERCLUB, MALDEN-MELROSE, CITY LEAGUE, NEW CENTURY, GREATER BOSTON, CATHOLIC LEAGUE, NORTH SHORE Y M C A, BANKERS AND BROKERS. Entries cite specific teams such as Old Belfry Highland Medford Charlestown Arlington Dartmouth City Hall Melrose A C and several neighborhoods. days include Tuesday through Friday with venues like Colonial Kernwood and B A A. The item reads as a busy league schedule roundup rather than a narrative story.
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Arlington
Dudley
Old Dorchester
Charlestown
Commercial
Newtowne
Old Belfry
Colonial
Highland
Medford
South Boston
Y. C
Mystic Valley League
Kernwood
Calumet
Towanda
Catholic League
St. Alphonsos
Catholic Union
Y. M
Elm ‘Ys
Press
City
Anaretay
Korancs le Va. Mets
Tigers
Ells
North Shore
Cambridge
Salem
Malden
Melrose
B. &. M. Bankers and Brokers
Tucker-Anthony
Wrenn Bros
Hornblower-Weeks
Mitchell-Knapp
Towle-Fitzgerald
Turner
Thneetay
Lee- Bisanson
Merrill
Geese
Morse
Fernald
Paineebber
Bank Clerks League and Local Leagues Schedule
A listing of multiple league matchups across banks and trades. State International face Fourth Federal. Boston Old Colony. American Loan meets Federal. Shawmut. Commercial League features Tremont Emer son Piano and North Shore South Shore. Mercantile League lists Fillson Light Boston Dry Goods and Clapp Tilton with Shepard Norwell. Trades and Plumbers leagues show weekly pairings.
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Bank Clerks' League
International
Fourth
Federal
Boston
Old Colony
American Loan
Shawmut
Commercial League
Tremont
Curtis
Emerson Piano
North Shore
South Shore
Waltham
Beacon
Mercantile League
Fillson Light
Boston Dry Goods
Clapp-Tilton
Shepard-Norwell
Postal Telegraph
Stoughton Rubber
Ward
Brown-Durrell
Farley-Harvey
Foster
Sporting Notes and Events From Boston Headlines
Ban Johnson may place New York American League grounds location prize rumored. Boston shines at dog show while Mechanics Hall hosts next week’s city event. Metropolitan Amateur Rowing Association plans annual meeting at RB A.A. club house tomorrow night to elect officers. Boston clubs seek 17 to 18 year old players for a league via A A Guild Roslindale A C 90 Chauncy St. Rumors swirl about the new cup defender with a 28 foot 6 inch beam and conflicting boat name Eagle versus Republic. Wilson P Foss wins billiards championship. A Mulliken takes president’s cup at Palm Beach shoot. Chelsea roller polo home nights set for Tuesday and Friday. Gilt Edge league dinner slated at Old Dorchester Club on Friday March 6. schedules date error noted. New England Automobile Association to include starting and stopping trials at the upcoming show.
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White
Sullivan
Boston
Timmy Kearns
Kid Black
Milwaukee
Rube Ferns
Chafred
Matthews-Cuohig
Hoffman A. C
Chester Goodwin
Chelsea
Tommy Feltz
Atlantic Yacht Club
George Washington
Jimmy Briggs
Billy Ryan
Bill Daly
Denny Murphy
Twin Sullivan
Jim Finder
Cambridge
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Hank Griffin
Jack Jeffries
George Gardner
Fred Ruteell
Frank Childs
Joe Kennedy
Denver Fd Martin
George Dixon
George Loctor
George
Young Corbett
San Francisco
Fadie Hanlon
Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien
Charley Haighey
O'Brien
Tommy Wert
Jack Munro
Munro
Jim Jeffries
Jim Lewrie
Jack O’brien
Young Kelly
J. O'Neal
Fo Hurley
Manchester
D. Gannon
East Braintree
Will
B. H. Benton
Rob Roy
Ban Johnson
New York American League
New York
Hub
Mechanics’ Hall
Metropolitan Amateur Rowing Association
RB. A.A
The
Eagle
the Republic
Wilson P. Foss
Haverstraw
N. Y
National Association of Amateur Bill
Boston Tracks May Withdraw From Paced Racing
Local cycling circles buzz after the National Cycling Association meeting at the Thorne. Five riders petitioned against the 16 inch pacing machines rule. The New England Cycling Association protested width rise, riders sign, board to consider. Circuit plans exclude certain tracks, split clubs into two camps and hint at new riders joining for opening season.
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National Cycling Association
Thorndike
Hugh McLean
Will Stinson
James F. Moran
Harry Caldwell
Albert Champion
A. G. Batchelder
R. F. Kelsey
C. Ross Kloster
Jack Prince
Lowell
Louis H. Elmer
Hartford
Tim Hurts
Pittsburg
New England Cycling Association
Clement
Paris
Charles River Park
Revere
Providence
Damon
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Atlantic City
Springfield
Worcester
New Haven
Bridport
Harry Elkes
Gus Lawson
Otto Maya
Joe Nelson
Ben Munroe
Jimmy Michael
Nat Butler
Caldwell
Walthour
Moran
H. McLean
Stinson
McConnell
Mettling
E. F. Root
Winchester
Sam Sulkin
New Golf Rules Proposed By Special Committee
New York Feb 16 The special rules committee on golf reports no change to the Royal and Ancient wording but adds definitions and clarifications as recommended by experts. It retains the water penalty rule and outlines stroke and disqualification penalties for lift and holeing procedures and interference on the green.
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New York
Special Rules Committee
Royal and Ancient
Golf Club of
St. Andrews
Greens
Boston Dog Show Nears Opening With Notable Entries
Entries for the Boston Dog Show to be held in Mechanics' Building next week close after a slow classification process. Secretary William B Emery reports strong turnout and expects many top dogs from Westminster Kennel Club plus local national fame entries. Rings and benches to be set up this week with outdoor dogs benched before opening Saturday.
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Boston
Mechanics’ Building
William B. Emery
Westminster Kennel Club
Madison Square Garden
New York
All Shore Electric Line Planned From Gloucester to Beverly
Beverly Feb 15 Application will be made to the Beverly Aldermen for a franchise to run tracks through Beverly. The line is part of an all shore route between Gloucester and Beverly. Construction on the Manchester Gloucester section will begin this spring and the Beverly end after authority is granted. Judge Edgar Taft of Gloucester leads a syndicate of Gloucester and Boston gentlemen. The new road would not be owned by the Boston and Northern railroad and would open up property at Beverly Farms.
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Beverly
Gloucester, Magnolia
Beverly Street Railroad
Gloucester
Manchester
Edgar Taft
Boston
New Road
Boston & Northern Railroad
BeverLy Farms
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NEW Century League
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Christophe Campbell
Miller, Jr
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Greater Boston League
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Dalton-Ingersoll
A. A. Guild of the
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J. H. Lewis
All-Shore
pevenLy
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Rosses
Snake Hill
Wennam
Beverly-Gloucester
Thomas F. Galvin
Winchester Pile Cure
Wade
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