Much Smoke Little Fire in Attell Driscoll Scrap
Boxing column previews a 10 round no decision bout between Jem Driscoll and Abe Attell in New York amid purse wrangling and disputed referee. It notes no knockout expected and suggests future matches to settle the world featherweight title elsewhere.
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Attell-Driscoll
Jem Driscoll
Abe Attell
New York
Attell
Driscoll
California
Nevada
Boston
Allen Proves Find of Year in Boston Track Trials
Boston school athletes used ideal weather on B A A board track for time trials. Volk mann’s W L Allen, a strong quarter miler, ran 625 seconds for the high hurdles near Wilpatrick’s record, hailed as the find of the season. Harry Lee and Bunnie Esterbrook also ran light workouts as Volkmann prepares for a close dual meet with Stone next Tuesday.
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Boston
W. L. Allen
Volkmann School
Allen
High Timbers
Wilpatrick
Harry Lee
Lee
Volkmann
Esterbrook
Stone
Mechanics’ Building
Bobby Leavitt Plans Panama Move From Olympic Fame
Boston loses a sterling athlete in Bob Leavitt of Olympic fame. Leavitt will move to Panama and depart for the isthmus soon. He won the hurdles in record time at Athens and set a Boston Athletic Association mark for the 45 yard hurdles.
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Boston
Bobby" Leavitt
Leavitt
Panama
Isthmus
Athens
Marathon Entry Blanks Released for B A A Race
Entry blanks for the 13th annual B A A Marathon were issued by George W. Brown. The Ashland to Boston route remains, no runner under 18 may start, and all entries are due by April 14.
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George W. Brown
Ashland
Boston
Lynn to Host Closest-Ever Lynn Holyoke Dual Meet
The Lynn and Holyoke Y. M. C. A. track teams prepare for a London style duel in Lynn on Saturday night. Both squads completed training and are in prime condition with Holyoke favored on first places while Lynn expects several wins and many top places.
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Lynn
Holyoke
YY. M. CC
Johnny Coulon Beats Daly In Ten Round Bantamweight Bout
World bantamweight champion Johnny Coulon defeats John Daly of New York in a lively ten round bout at the Whirlwind Athletic Club in New York City on February 18.
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New York
Johnny Coulon
John Daly
Whirlwind Athletic Club
Rexall Orderlies Promise Cure or Your Money Back
A drug store advertisement touts Rexall Orderlies as a safe effective constipation remedy. It claims guarantee of cure with regular use and offers to refund money if not beneficial. It highlights tasteless odorless tablets in 3 and 12 count packages and praises ease of use for children and the elderly.
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Rexall Orderlies
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
St Alphonsus Meet Brings Boston Athletes Tonight
Top college and club stars from Greater Boston enter the open handicap events at the St. Alphonsus Athletic Association hall tonight. Harvard teams are well represented and Coach Donovan will observe them without guidance. The four team races and the St Alphonsus versus West Roxbury clash cap the program, settling long standing debates on athletic prowess.
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Greater Boston
St. Alphonsus Athletic Association
Harvard
Donovan
St. Alphonsus
West Roxbury
Tufts Publicizes Updated Baseball Schedule For Front Campus
Tufts lists a revised baseball slate dropping Amherst Colby Bates Brown Worcester Tech and Louisiana State. They will host West Point Manhattan Penn Yale Bowdoin Massachusetts Aggies and others from April 16 to June 5 at Tufts with games at Amherst West Point New York Philadelphia New Haven Brunswick New Haven Middletown and Worcester.
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Tufts
Amherst
Colby
Bates
Brown
Worcester
Tech
Louisiana State
West Point
Manhattan
Pennsylvania
Wesleyan
Trinity
Massachusetts Aggies
New York
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Yale
New Haven
Bowdoin
Brunswick
University of Maine
Dartmouth
Hanover
Vermont
Turlington
Burlington
Holy Cross
Middletown
Conn
Troly Cross
Reserved Seat Sale for Fowler Crowley Race at Mechanics
Reserved seats for the Fowler Crowley ti mile race at Mechanics building February 27 go on sale at Wright and Ditson today. Special sections are reserved for school participants and Tech students to support their relay team against the B A A. Seats will be on the platform floor and first balcony.
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Mechanics’ Building
Wright & Ditson
Tech
Milton and Melrose Tie in Fast High School Game
Milton High and Melrose High played a fast tie game today with perfect ice. The contest featured a lively flow and a close finish as both teams battled evenly.
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Milton
Melrose
Tech
Milton High
Melrose High
Frankie Neil defeats Boyo Driscoll in ten round match
Frankie Neil of San Francisco outpoints Boyo Driscoll of Ireland in a ten round windup at the Fairmonth A. C. in New York. The bout was fast and furious with one knockdown in the sixth, when Neil dropped Driscoll with two sharp lefts to the jaw.
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New York
Frankie Neil
San Francisco
Boyo Driscoll
Ireland
Fairmonth A. C
Navy Lacrosse Schedule Includes Harvard Game
The Naval Academy announces a lacrosse schedule with Johns Hopkins on April 3 and Harvard on April 22 both at the academy in Annapolis. Games are set to be played on campus.
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Harvard
Thea la
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Johns Hopkins University
Academy
Thompson Keyes Bout Declared Off After No Show Crowd
Feb 18 report from New Orleans states Cyclone Thompson of Illinois and Bert Keyes of Philadelphia refused to enter the ring for a percentage of receipts, citing a small turnout. The planned bout was canceled as the fighters balked at fighting a sparse crowd.
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Johnny McGann
Cambridge
Park View
New Orleans
Cyclone Thompson
Ilinois
Bert Keyes
Philadelphia
Somerville Wins Meet Against Boston Cambridge Newton Salem
Somerville Y M C A won the athletic meet last evening against Boston Cambridge Newton and Salem. Somerville scored 28 points with Boston 5 and Cambridge unseen. Events included potato race running hop step and jump pole vault and high horizontal bar.
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Boston
Cambridge
Newton
Salem
Somerville
Upton Leads New England Pool Title Match
Champion Robert J. Upton of Salem led newcomer John McHale by 74 balls after the first night of a 450-ball match for the New England pool title at Miah Murray's Academy.
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Robert J. Upton
Salem
John McHale
New England
Miah Murray
Academy
Puffer Tops Boston Pin Tournament Test At New York Bid
The Post reports 38 bowlers entered the second session of a big Pin tournament to select a Boston team for the NBA championships in New York May. Notables include J. F. E. Puffer posting 199 178 254 for a 631 total. G. J. T. Carter, John Kenney, J. H. Kinsman and G. B. Harris round out the top five with scores near 600. The high five collective three-string total reached 2943, with potential for a new five-man mark if the second string hadn’t capped the night.
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Boston
Tilt Edge League
J. F E. Puffer
Arlington Boat Club
J T. Carter
Waltham
John Kenney
Dudley
J. H. Kinsman
Faneuil
G. B. Harris
Allston Golf
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Harris
Greater
Puffer
Carter North Gate
Porey Kenney Dudley
Tso
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Harris Allston Golf
Southwell Central
Gumbright Midley
Glynn
Federal
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Smith
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Marden Beacon
Holland Dudley
Baltilana Beacon
Tollis
Cochato Bpta Se
Fisher, Roslindale Oe
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Beacon
Lowell
Chinese Scorer Wins Marathon Near Miss for Luk
Shin cho Luk of Tientsin son of the Imperial Guards commander ran a marathon at Newburyport’s Dummer Academy. He was edged out by Theodore Auerbach of Hamburg New York in a close finish among students from wealthy families attending the prep school.
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Shincho Luk
Tientsin
China
Imperial Guards
Dummer Academy
Theodore Auerbach
Hamburg
N. Y
Local Students Enter Marathon Challenge Across Byfield
Seven 17 to 18 year olds at a New England academy prepared for Harvard and Yale by staging a five mile marathon from Byfield to Newburyport. Participants included Charles Robson of Boston Francis Casey of Rouse's Point N Y Harry H Stilwell of Winthrop Mass David Caldwell and Francis Cowles of Byfield Theodore Auerbach of Hamburg N Y and Shincho Luk of Tien Tsin China.
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Yale
Ingham
Academy
Byfield
Newburyport
Charles Robson
Boston
Francis Casey
Rouse’s Point
N. Y
Harry H. Stilwell
Winthrop
Mass
David Caldwell
Francis Cowles
Theodore Auerbach
Hamburg
Shincho Luk
Tien Tsin
China
Noted Singer George A Johnson Drowned at Sea
Prominent Boston figures mourn the loss of George A Johnson a Walk Hill Street Roxbury native and renowned high baritone singer. Johnson was a passenger on the steamship Comus en route to New York from New Orleans when a sudden ship lurch threw him overboard. He disappeared before rescue efforts could reach him.
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Savannah
George A. Johnson
Walk Hill Street
Roxbury
Johnson
New York
New Orleans
South
Boston
Greater
Mr. Johnson
Sperry Accepts Navy League Dinner Invitation
Admiral Sperry via wireless from the Connecticut accepts the Welcome Home fleet dinner at the Hotel Chamberlin on Feb 22 at 8 p m. He lists 65 officers who will attend and notes that captains and officers from the North Carolina Montana Chester and Birmingham may join if their ships arrive by Feb 22. Speeches include The Fleet The Modern Battleship and The American Rinejacket with other speakers Gov Swanson John W Weeks and Col Robert M Thompson.
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Admiral Sperry
Connecticut
Navy League
Chamberlin
North Carolina
Montana
Chester
Birmingham
Fremont
McLean
Swanson
Virginia
John W. Weeks
Robert M. Thompson
The
League
Norfolk Fleet Week Welcomes Returning Battleships
Norfolk prepares a grand arrival for the fleet with bunting lights and crowding hotels during Fleet Week. A night parade of steamers on February 27 will feature officers and enlisted men with excursions planned to the Roosevelt review.
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Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Fight to Free Mrs Kelleher in Arson Case
Friends of Mary Kelleher hold in East Cambridge jail on an arson charge as Somerville’s poison mystery unfolds. They retain I H Patten former Penobscot county attorney as chief counsel and vow to contest any move to prove insanity or link her to relative poisonings.
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Mary Kelleher
East Cambridge
Somerville
I. H. Patten
Penobscot County
Mystery surrounds Boston case and Mrs Kelleher
Attorney Patten and associate S H Sayles visited the accused woman in jail and declined to call her mentally unbalanced. Patten denied police claims she confessed to starting the fires. Relatives say she looks aged and strained, appearing older and worn since arrest, while sister-in-law Mrs Knowles notes increased worry and dazedness during visits.
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Kelleher
William Knowles
Somerville
Knowles
Fleet nears capes as battleship fleet heads to Virginia
The fleet lies within 700 miles of the Virginia Capes as crowds surge into hotels at Old Point Comfort. The Yankton sails to Washington while North Carolina and Montana remain at the roadstead. Cruisers expected to depart tomorrow to join incoming squadrons for a Saturday arrival off the Capes. Social events begin with a Navy League dinner Monday night at the Chamberlin. Congress members expected to attend the arrival.
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Yankton
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Capes
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Chamberlin
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Great Preparations Made to Welcome the Fleet
The dispatch details the fleet’s wireless greetings to Admiral Sperry on returning to American shores. It notes Boston as the receiving station and outlines final fleet reception plans, clothing orders, and the naval brigade for President Taft’s inauguration, while reporting the death of Seaman A J Hart near New York.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston
Navy Yard
Fleet Nears Coast at 10 1 2 Knot Speed
The fleet moves in squadrons at 10 1 2 knot speed about 700 miles from Hampton Roads. Ordinary Seaman A. J. Hart of the New Hampshire fell overboard and was lost today. Walter Smith, steward of the Minnesota, died of meningitis and was buried at sea yesterday. The Chester joined the fleet early this morning.
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