Massachusetts interclub battles narrow toward finale
Three weeks remain in the Massachusetts interclub tournament as Oxford Lynn takes lead in billiards with Glendon and Kernwood close. Glendon dominates pool while whist shows Philedian ahead. bowling features Melrose and 999th Artillery contesting. Amateur Bow League sees Charlestown top with Old Dorchester and Newtowne close behind and individual averages listed.
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Massachusetts
Oxford Club
Lynn
Kernwood
Shoetown
Glendon
Oxford
Newtowne
Philedian
Reading A. C
Reading
Central
Melrose
999Th Artillery
Billiards
A. O
Newtowne Ge
Melrose A. C
Jeffries
Wee
Ewtowne Crea
Fletian
Melrose A. O
Cccceses
A. A
Yee Ceeneees Ma
Kenwood
CS Ieueeweess Ae
Effrces
Suburban Interclub League Trio Battling for Lead
With three weeks left in the Suburban Interclub League Codman leads general averages and the billiard chart while Old Dorchester sits second in both. Dudley Association pressures Codman in billiards as pool standings mirror last week's, Mercantile Library rises to third in whist and Old Dorchester slips to fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bester
Jamaica
Gee-Xteen
Codman
Eer
Old Dorchester
Dudley BH
Association
High and Mercantile Library Asao
Eee
CCC Ee
Sammion
Mercantile Library
Asso
Heme ‘i
Dudley Association
Roxbury Er Ewes Ee
Highland
Highland Ee
Mercantile Library Asso
Dorchester
Vane
Dudley Association Ease
Roxbury Aly
Bowlin NG Ls
Codmran
Roxbury
Dudley Associat'on
Flighland Free
Resarick
Scully
Pierce Codman
Hutchinson
Turner
Parker Old Dorchester
Clarke Codman
Cutter
Case
Peewee
Eres
Aed Gray
Ee Ee
Pretto
Ese Keene
Lamb Codman
Wwe Eeeveees Lst
McCoy
Ee Eee
Cruff
Eaereese
Armstrong Old Dorchester
Eee Eees Ee
Davis
Ewer
Hagar
Eee Eeevetas
B. Emery
Enee
Brantigan
Ceeeee
Dudley Asseciation
Ourthirty
Besarick
Old Dor
Candle in League races tighten as divisions near finish
With three weeks left to wind up in the Candle in League, Division A faces a potential season end in a tie between Central and Boylston as they both stumble against Jefferson and minor foes. Division B sees Sudbury leading by one game but not secure, with Jameson Murray Irwin and St James still to challenge, creating possible ties if Sudbury falters and St James sweeps. The Jameson at Jameson alleys test next Wednesday looms large, while a Sudbury loss and St James sweep could trigger a tied finale.
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Ieatin
Boylston
Jefferson
Central
Sudbury
Jameson
Murray & Irwin's
St. James
Murray & Irwin’s
Hub
Averrees
John C Paige Team Captures Bowing League Title in Boston
The Insurance League closes season with John C Paige team winning the championship. U. S. Casualty and North American tie for second. Boston Marine finishes third with Burge Hayes second. Bennet & Co. breaks winless streak last week. Jimmie McNeish secures individual crown with 151 average. several players exceed 135.
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Insurance League
Boston
John C. Paige
U. S. Casualty
North American
Boston Marine
Burge Hayes
D. W. Bennet
U. S. Casae
Jimmie” ‘McNeish
O’neil and
Milk
Pins
J. CO
Paige & Co
Caenalty
c.cee+e
Creees
Burge, Hayes & Co
Bennett & Co
McNeish
McAdams
B. M
O'Neil
J. C. BP
Nutt
Lee Eee
Burke
Tucker
N. A
Newell
U. S
Symonds
Dellbeare
B. H
Jaques
Follen
Barker
Gorham
Parks
U. S.C
Shawmut Leads Roxbury League as Season Nears End
Shawmut holds the top position as four more games remain in the Roxbury League season. Germania and Norfolk contest second place in a tight race, Eagle sits third, and Shawmut faces pga in the next match on Shawmut alleys. Brackett of the Eagles tops the individual averages with 159.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Boat Club
Allston Club
Riverdale Casino
Newton Boat
Riverdale Anewton Boat
Mauguss
Newton Highland
Skinner
Wardwell
Cutter
Arlington B. C
Arington B. C
Riverdale
Allston Ereeeene
Margus
Steere
Ainsworth
B. A
Aubin
Allston
Ceekbeleee
Knight
Newton Bonat
Harris
Wellington
B.A
Weitz
Ei Cheeks
Willey
Mangus
Homer
Hill
Riverd WA
Coffin
Moody
A. B
Moore
Newt
Seeree
Barroll
Beeeese
Hart
Maugus
Presbrey
B A. A
Robbins
Tucker
Flood
Shirley
Fitz
Newton Bo
Shawmut
Germania
Norfolk
Eagle
Pga
Eagles
Eh Ies
Mortoun Ss Vcaaice Wee
Beteera LL
Cceeeseseese
Parrior
WN Ieee Ae Tae Es
Marden
Chester
Gramer
Gumpright
Shaw
Young
Erris
Creigh
Berlo
Mock
Dodge, Engles
Tuesday Night Prize Roll-Off at Norfolk Alleys
The regular weekly prize roll-off, normally held on Tuesday nights, will occur tonight at 9 o clock at the Norfolk alleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Harvard Freshman Football Honors Caps For Victors
The W Harvard athletic committee led by Professor Hollis awarded each member of the freshman football team who played against Yale and Pennsylvania last fall a silver loving cap. The eleven, captained by Jack Hallowell, achieved a clean record, and the committee aims to honor the players’ efforts with this keepsake of their victory and season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Hollis
Yale
Pennsylvania
Jack Hallowell
Boston Athletic Association Cross Country Run Set Tomorrow
The B A A cross country event will start at 11 a m with runners using the Technology Gymnasium dressing rooms opposite the club house. Checkers placed at various points note entrants including new runners and scratchman A L Wright of Waltham. Osgood, last winner, receives a smaller handicap this time due to stronger showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Athletic Association
Technology Gymnasium
A. L. Wright
Waltham
Osgood
Cake Walk and Negro Specialties at Music Hall
Tomorrow on Washington's Birthday evening the Southern Specialty and Cake Walk Company presents a half hundred star performers from the Southern clime. The event features cake walk upon honor with a valuable prize, back and wing dancing, acrobatic acts by twenty experts and vaudeville numbers including an animated song sheet with a chorus of fifty. Captain Bill Daly serves as judge promising a lively contest and popular-seat sales are under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Bill Daly
Pendione billlara tourney opens at Leavitt rooms
The first week of the Pendione billlara tourney at Leavitt's rooms 263 Washington Street ends with strong showings. George Carter trails Mose Yatter who leads by wins with Hawkins Paige and Gilman close behind. Hawkins tops the individual high score with 27 points while Paige nets 26 and Carter 21. Tonight Yatter meets Paige and Wednesday Hawkins faces Gilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavitt
Washington Street
George Carter
Mose Yatter
Hawkins
Yarter
Paige
Gilman
McCune
Carter
Yatter
Paige Eekssas
Fee
Geee
League CLuster: Racing Control in Limbo Over Fees
The national assembly approved salaries for the racing board chair and members, signaling intent to keep racing under public control. If the executive committee retreats, the Amateur Athletic Union the National Cycle Track Association and the Century Road Club may seek jurisdiction, though the LA W remains dominant in track racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Assembly
Amateur Athletic Union
J. E. Sullivan
Century Road Club
C.R. C
The
Bicycle notes and club events in Boston area
Tomorrow brings long hours in Boston cycle shops with extended hours and freebies for visitors. Club balls from Ti ger Roadsters in Dorchester and Elm Cycle Club in Orienta Hall plus a Wells Memorial sunlight party in Wells Memorial Hall. Cordang eyes 24 hour ride and Vienna 100 kilometre world title as Spalding exits. amateur disqualification rules clarified under L A W A A U accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
The
Tiger Roadsters
Winthrop Hall
Dorchester
Hall of the Elm Cycle Club
Orienta Hall
Wells Memorial Bicycle Club
Wells Memorial Hall
Cordang
Crystal Palace
Holland
Vienna
A. G. Spalding
Kiser
Mertens
Tom Eick
Mott
J P R A House Warming At Jeffries Point
A house warming by the Jeffries Point Rowing Association at the old Everett boat house East Boston drew about 500 visitors including leaders from Boston’s major clubs. Speeches, entertainment by local talent and a basket party to fund an eight oared shell featured the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffries Point Rowing Association
Old
Everett Boat House
Maverick Street
East
Boston
Frank O’brien
Frank Storan
J. Greer
Fred Greer
A. Clark
W. Ryder
T. Bibby
W. Collier
J. McNeil
J. Donovan
Columbia R. A
Joseph J. Hickey
Ward 2
J. J. Hickey
Goldman
Messrs Murthan
Murphy and McDonald
Millstream Boat Club
Dan’ Leahy
The
Columbian R. A
Tom Mullen
Jeffries Yacht Club
Murphy
Jeffries Social Club
Condit's Orchestra Plans Evening and Afternoon Dances
Condit's Orchestra will perform at Eberle Hall Somerville at night and hold dancing sessions at Roughan Hall Charlestown in the afternoon and evening.
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Condit
Eberle Hall
Somerville
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
Duffy Reappointed Boston Captain For New Season
Contracts sent to Boston players by President Soden confirm Hugh Duffy’s return as captain. The Bostons open the season in Greenboro North Carolina against the Richmonds on March 26. Selee informs Nichols of his mother’s passing and many fans offer sympathy. Selee dined with Captain Duffy at his Dorchester home yesterday.
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Boston
Soden
Hugh Duffy
Bostons
Greenboro
N. C
Richmonds
Selee
Charley Nichols
Kansas City
Captain Duffy
Dorchester
Boxing Gossip Full of Promises and Pugilists
The article surveys upcoming bouts and purses across clubs in London and the United States. It highlights Tim Kearns pursuing Joe Gans and other 133 pounders, plus Kenny and Armstrong as touted contenders, with notes on Spike Sullivan, Harry Greenfield, and Andy Watson in London and Chicago matchups.
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Spike Sullivan
Harry Greenfield
Andy Watson
Jeney Cook
National A. C
London
Dan McBride
Thomas Shortell
Trenton
Yank’' Kenney
Bob Armstrong
J. Ritchie
Joe Bertrand
Chicago
Timmy Kearns
Eddy Connolly
Cleveland
Kearns
Cleveland Club
Joe Gans
Kid McPartland
Olympic Club of
Buffalo
Harry Lemons
Manchester
N. H
Allen
Manhattan Club
Troy
Jack Rose
Arena of
Philadelphia
Tim
Mose
Connolly
Robinson
Rosenberg
Doherty
Mannine
Dixon
Martin Flaherty
Dave Sullivan
Yank Kenny
Kenny
Slb
Armstrong
Parson Davies
Peter Maher
Frank Childs
Bob
St. Louis
Peter Jackson
Kankakee
Spike” Sullivan
National Sporting Club
Bos
Jewey
Cooke
Andy
England
Spike
Greenfield
Larry Burns
Cohoes
Tom Causer
Johnny Hughes
Jim Curran
al Smith
Sammy Kelly
Dave
George V. Tuohey
West India Cricket Club opens season at Berkeley Hall
World of sport notes events including the West India Cricket Club first ball tonight at Berkeley Hall and the Jeffries Yacht Club annual meeting at Maverick House East Boston at 8 o'clock.
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West India Cricket Club
Berkeley Hall
Jeffries Yacht Club
Maverick House
Maverick Square
East Boston
Selee
Chicago
Cincinnati
Jeffries Point Rowing Association
Everett Boat House
Maverick Street
People's Institute
B. Club
Roxbury
Tremont Street
Harry C. Martin
Greensboro
N. C
Boston Towboat chief predicts Maine wrecking award joint
Wrecking contract for raising the Maine may go to Boston Towboat Company and Merritt Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Co of New York. Treasurer William F. Humphrey reports the plan, with Orion sailing from Norfolk loaded with coal to Cuba, and divers ready for perilous work amid Havana sharks and murky waters. Potential leaders include Captain William I Humphrey Burgess and Captain George Dean.
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William F. Humphrey
Boston Towboat Company
Washington, D. C
Maine
Brookline
Merritt & Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company
New York
Boston Company
William I. Humphrey
Burgess
George Dean
ORION
Havana
Boston Ward 11 State Election Notice 1808
City of Boston announces ward 11 meetings for state officers under Electon Act amendments. Polls open six A.M. to four P.M. on the first day of April next. voters will elect one Representative in the General Court. Attest City Clerk J M Galvin.
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Ward 11
Board of Election Commissioners
Sleigh Rider Albert Rogers Killed In New Hampshire Accident
Albert E. Rogers, 48, a farmer near Granite State Park, was thrown from a Rochester road sleigh and killed. Joseph Drouin, uninjured, was found by Frank F. Davis and John P. Coiley standing beside the scene and brought to the police with the body. The coroner ordered an investigation into the death.
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Joseph Drouin
Dover
N. H
Albert E. Rogers
Granite State Park
Rochester Road
Frank F. Davis
John P. Coiley
Drouin
Rogers
Wrecking feats highlight Boston Towboat crews and recovered ships
The article details Boston Towboat Company operations including wrecking tugs such as Storm King, Taurus, Mercury, and others. It recounts raised vessels like the H. M. Whitney, Atlas, and Kearsarge wrecks, plus salvaging expeditions to St Lucia and Nova Scotia, with underwriters settling hull losses and cargo salvage.
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Michael Sullivan
Metropolitan Line
H. M. Whitney
New England
Maine
New York
Sandy Hook
St. Paul
Long Branch
Boston
Storm King
Taurus
Mercury
Herald
Kate Jones
Juno
Elsie
Vesta
William Sprague
Camilla
Atlas
L. G. Burnham
Hyannis Docks
St. Lucia
Ethelgonda
Kearsarge
Roncador Reef
Mosquito Coast
Caribbean Sea
Orion
Felix
Quick’s Hole
Charles Stewart Parnell Associates Social At Williams Hall
The Charles Stewart Parnell Associates met at No. 3 Williams Hall with President Joseph Madden in the chair. Over 300 ball tickets were paid for and the ball will be held this evening. The club praises its committee for the successful social and has rented adjoining halls and furnished headquarters. Members extend sympathy to Maine families and pledge assistance to right any wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stewart Parnell
Williams Hall
Hampden
Albany Street
Joseph Madden
Thomas McCluskey
Don Sullivan
John J. McCormick
Alexander McCluskey
P. J. McGee
Joe Madden
Charles Stewart Parnell Associates
United States
Maine
Havana
Cuba
Manhattan Club Stages Social Night At 49 Bennett Street
A Sunday concert at the Manhattan Club rooms 49 Bennett Street featured entertainers from Roxbury South Boston Charlestown and Cambridge. Mackey as MC shared humorous stories while Fenton played piano. John Shea newly returned from Ireland recounted trip incidents alongside Steve Murphy Tom Heffron Towie H J Donovan and Hogan Fitzgerald and Sullivan in a vocal and instrumental program.
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Manhattan Club
South End
Bennett Street
Roxbury
South Boston
Charlestown
Cambridge
Representative Mackey
Fenton
John Shea
Ireland
Steve Murphy
Tom Heffron
Mr. Towie
H. J Donovan
Messrs. Hogan, Fitzgerald and Sullivan
Personally Conducted Tour Leaves Boston April 1
The tour departs Boston on April 1 in a special train of Wagner Palace Cars via the Fitchburg Railway. Under the auspices of the Famous Pennsylvania Railroad Tourist Bureau the rate is $3. J. R. Watson, G P Agt F R R Boston Mass, will send itinerary on application.
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Boston
Wagner Palace
Fitchburg R. R
Pennsylvania
R. R. Tourist Bureau
J. R. Watson
Mass
Death ruled accidental in Drouin case. no detention
The death was ruled accidental and authorities report that Drouin was not detained. No further charges or detentions were mentioned, and the case proceeds with standard investigative steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouin
Milwaukee Blizzard Keeps City Snowbound
The Milwaukee blizzard continues with twenty two inches of snow in the city and winds driving snow across tracks. Suburban lines are idle, trains are two to fifteen hours late, and the deep drifts will delay clearing for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Golden Anniversary Observed at First Congregational Society
In Lexington on February 20 the fiftieth anniversary of the current church edifice dedication was marked. The First Congregational Society, 201 years old, heard Rev. C. A. Staples preach a sermon echoing a portion of the message delivered fifty years prior by Rev. Huntington, with special hymns composed for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
First Congregational Society
C. A. Staples
Mr. Huntington
Former Brooklyn Police Commissioner Welles Found Dead
The body of ex Brooklyn Police Commissioner Welles was found in woods near Scotch Plains New Jersey. He appears to have killed himself with a throat wound and was moved to Plainfield by order of the coroner.
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Welles
New York
Brooklyn
Scotch Plains
N. J
Plainfield
Treasury tightens gold handling amid US surplus
New York reports the Treasury has a gold surplus of 166 million dollars. The secretary orders the sub-treasurer Conrad N. Jordan to stop accepting gold for telegraphic currency transfers or for shipments from Washington to out of town points. Greenbacks only will be received for actual shipments, with no telegraphic transfers allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Conrad N. Jordan
Washington
Poison His Fate Middletown Surveyor Found Dead
Cor nelius J. Sloat a famed New York surveyor and architect was found dying in his isolated Middletown home after days missing. The door was forced, he lay undressed on the floor and died shortly after. authorities suspect drug involvement and foul play due to nailed windows and doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N. Y
Corenelius J. Sloat
Olice
Sloat
Belknap Savings Bank Declares First Dividend
Trustees vote a ten percent dividend to depositors payable March 14. Bank suspended operations May 18, 1897, with about $80,000 to be disbursed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laconia
N. H
Belknap Savings Bank
The Safest Means of Getting The Cough Syrup
A brief note cites Dr. Bull as the safest source for obtaining cough syrup. The text emphasizes trusted guidance from a physician for choosing or accessing the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
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