Harvard Quarter Mile Runners Show Strength in Trials
Harvard athletic association showcases prolific quarter mile sprinters with trials for the Mott Haven team on Holmes field. Trainer Lathrop asserts 100 runners can average 60 seconds for 440 yards, aiming to prove Harvard’s depth in relays and sprints despite only eight to ten making top teams.
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Harvard’s Athletic Association
Mott Haven
Crimson
Lathrop
Harvard
Holmes Field
Yale
Brewer
Merrill
Garcelon
Bingham
Pinkham
Ladd
Corbin
Undergraduate rule lost at intercollegiate meeting
The eighteenth annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes drew 19 colleges to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Yale sought the undergraduate rule but faced strong opposition. Harvard voted against it and a two thirds majority for the rule did not exist. Brown and Wesleyan were admitted. Brown faced Yale objections. Treasurer reported receipts of 603653 and expenses 335964 leaving 26708. President chosen R B Wade Yale. other officers include E St Elma Lewis of Penn, T Daley Union, M A Doren Fordham.
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New York
Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Yale
Harvard
Amherst
Cornell
Princeton
Swarthmore
Williams
Columbia
Rutgers
Stevens
Fordham
Trinity
U. of Bi. Y
Georgetown
U. of Pa
Union
Brown
Wesleyan
Association
Brown University
Wesleyan University
University of New York
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
T. Daley
M. A. Doren
W. L. Thompson
Starvard
P. H. Davis
St. Johnson
P. C
Bowling Championship at Casino Opens Soon
The big bowling tourney at the Casino Gettysburg Cyclorama builds in two weeks with entries due March 1. The inter club title adds weight as Casinos and Vespers chase top spots, while New York and New Jersey teams attract large crowds.
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Gettysburg Cyclorama
Norfolk House
Melrose Highlands
New York
New Jersey
Produce Exchange
Palma
Nis
Dog Show Set for Four Days in Mechanic's Hall
The New England Kennel Club hosts a four day dog show in Mechanic's Hall from April 4 to 7. Entries close March 18 with premiums across many breeds judged by named experts. Beach show committee and club officers are listed with dates, locations, and organizers.
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Mechanic’s Hall
New England Kennel Club
St. Bernards
Charles H. Mason
New York
John Davidson
Munroe
Mich
T. S. Bellin
Albany
Arhur Trickett
Melrose
Women Walkers Nine Day Pedestrian Race Opens Today
The twelve day walking race for women pedestrians starts at noon today in Natatorium Hall Grand Museum corner of Dover and Washington streets. It ends March 11 at 0 p.m. The contest runs daily noon to 3 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. on a thirty lap tanbark track with sawdust. Officials and expert scorers assure a fair event with many leading female pedestrians already in the city awaiting the start. Nelse Innes will supervise scoring Dan Saunders referee P Kelley and E J McHugh are among the officials.
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Natatorium
Grand Museum
Dover
Washington Streets
Nelse Innes
Dan Saunders
P. Kelley
E. J. McHugh
Interscholastic Meet at Mechanics Hall Next Saturday
Lovers of athletic sport may attend the indoor championship by the Interscholastic Athletic Association in Mechanics Hall next Saturday afternoon. Athletes trained six weeks, with exciting runs notably the 800 and 600 yard events. Charley Paine to compete in high jump. 50 cent tickets. Two team races feature Hopkinson versus Roxbury Latin.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Marks Wade
Charley Paine
Hopkinson
Roxbury
Harmony in the Family Birthday Banter
In a light Texas Sifting snippet a man asks his wife Fannie what she would like for a birthday gift and she replies nothing. He notes their rare consensus and jokes that there is harmony in the family as they have both thought the same idea.
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Fannie
Texas
Big Boxing Bill at Cooper's Sparring Night in Music Hall
Boxing enthusiasts await the Cooper Social and Athletic Club sparring tournament at Music Hall tonight at 7 30 PM. Thirteen special matches feature Tolan versus Kelly with Tolan the 145 pound champion and Kelly the unbeaten 158 pound New England champion. Major bouts include Doherty versus Leahy, and McHugh versus Fitzgerald with tickets on sale all day.
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Cooper Social and Athletic Club
Music Hall
Boston
Cooper
Tolan
Kelly
Teddy Kelly
Father Scully Gymnasium
New England
Joe Walcott
Don Doherty
The
Coopers
J. T. Leahy
Riversides
Doherty
Leahy
T. J. McHugh
Jack Fitzgerald
Suffolks
Cycling Clippings From the LA W Assembly Trip
A Massachusetts delegation's New York overnight includes a stage dog number at Koster and Bial's. The group spots the Victor boat name on a Fall River Line ferry to New Jersey. Cyclists attend Music Hall minstrel show and remark the show is out of sight while Senter of Brockton is reinstated in Philadelphia. Mrs Abbott Bassett, wife of the LA W secretary, injures her hip in Philadelphia.
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L. A. W. Assembly
Massachusetts
New York
Koster & Bial’s
Boston
Overman Wheel Company
Philadelphia
Fall River
Jersey Shore
Massachusetts Bicycle Club
Press Cycle Club
Music Hall
W. J. Senterof Brockton
National Assembly
Philadephia
Racing Entries From Gutenberg and GuroucrestER Meet
Tomorrow’s card lists six races at Gutenberg and GuroucrestER with maidens, selling and purses. Entries include Good Boy, Honey Moon, Lucy Wallace, Inferno, Laura, Avery, Blizzard, Paradise, Morrisania, Grand Prix among others with respective weights and odds.
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Guttenburg
N. J
Good Boy
Honey Moon
Lady Ballard
Vera
Servitude
Deceitful
Uncertainty
Defaulter
Comforter
Misery
Olga
Hi Ban Lady
Larkin
Mary
Vocal
Lucy Wallace
J. Bell
Bow Knot
Philura
Vie
Miss Marie
Inferno
Kerry Gow
Lester
Annapolis
Allen Bane
Marcel
Guroucrester
Blizzard
Montpelier
Piedmont
Needmore
Green Bay
Hemet
Lallah
Ratalpa
Robin Hood
Captain McChesney
Rocket
Karl B
Moderate
la Juive
Paradise
Gloster
Major Thornton
Eddie M
Knapp
Morrisania
Cope
Mollie V
Tradesman
Martel
Leo Brigel
Lizzie McDuff
Verbena
Indoor Championships At New England Meet Announced
The Technology Athletic Club and First Regiment Athletic Association list events for the indoor championship including 75 yard and 600 yard runs, 1000 yard run, one mile, 314 foot high hurdle race, one mile walk, running high jump and pole vault with prizes for top three. Entries close March 4, Francis G. Green of MIT handles entries.
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New England
Technology Athletic Club
First Regiment Athletic Association
Francis G. Green
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tom Tucker Rejoins Boston Nine For Season
Tom Tucker, who held the first base for last year’s champions, signed Saturday for the coming season. Known as a hard worker and solid fielder, he also bats heavily and has many friends among the club and fans.
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Tom Tucker
Boston Nine
Cranks
Tom
Legion
Mitchell in Town Eyes Heavyweight Title Bout Details
Corbett and Mitchell are matched for the heavyweight championship with a $20,000 stake and a purse to be offered by New Orleans or Coney Island clubs. Squire Abingdon and Charlie Mitchell arrived in Boston, then toured the Parker House and rode sleighs. Mitchell has grown larger, plans to travel to New Orleans via Florida, and asks for an American referee and timekeeper.
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Corbett
Mitchell
Coney Island
New Orleans
Squire Abingdon
Charlie Mitchell
H. B. Hackett
New York World
Boston
Parker House
Mr. Blanchard
Blanchard
Squire
Florida
Brady
England
Sveby
Mr. Corbett
Mr. Mitchell
Ceroy
Ape
Mitchel
William Daly, Jr
Alec Greggains
Me Daly
Bangor
Bob Fitzsimmons
Lanky
Bob
Ike Weir
Captain Cooke
Billy Murphy
Johnny Breslin
Martin Flaherty
Breslin
Eugene Hornbacher
Cribb
Ros Roy
Typographi cal Union Nominees Discuss Officers and Delegates
An afternoon meeting of Typographical Union No 18 nominated officers for the coming year and delegates to the International Typographical Union in Chicago. Charles G Wilkins A G Davis John Lavis Andy Atwell and John Neil named for president and Augustine McCraith John Douglass and C O Wood for secretary. Delegates numbered twenty but only four will be elected. Resolutions against the Russian treaty were passed. Other union actions included withdrawals and resignations, with brewing industry talks and the American Brewing Company agreeing to a union wage schedule making it a union establishment.
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Charles G. Wilkins
Civil Engineer Jackson Warns Boston Over Tunnel Plan
Civil Engineer William H. Jackson argues against tunneling under Boston Common to serve West End Railway. He warns of a 160 foot wide open cut and 100 plus feet of earth piled on both sides, destroying the park for three years. He proposes elevated lines on Tremont and Washington streets and city ownership of railroads to reduce congestion and protect public space.
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Boston
Boston Common
Whitney
Commonwealth Avenue
G.S. Hale
West End Railway Corporation
Engnne & Railway Street
Tremont
Washington Streets
City
Tremont Street
West End
Sey
West End Land Company
William H. Jackson
A Cheap Substitute
A humorous exchange about a child wanting a bicycle. The wife teases the husband into buying one, while he jokes that Johnny should fall down two flights of attic stairs to mimic the result and save money.
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Texas Siltings
English and Scottish Descent Labor Leader Chronology
The subject, born of English and Scotch descent, joined the British army at 17 in Dundee with the Seventy-second Highlanders. He served in Aldershot, Sierra Leone, and Calcutta before entering the Englishman office in Calcutta. He later moved to the United States, joining Cambridge Union as secretary, and built a career in book, job, and news departments. A long-time labor advocate, he has held roles in Knights of Labor, the Massachusetts AFL, and the Typographical Union, serving on many committees and labor measures before legislatures. He is currently 49.
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Dundee
Scotland
Seventy-second Highlanders
Way Department
Aldershot
England
Sierra Leone
Africa
Pay
Calcutta
East Indian Civil Service
Judicial Criminal Department
Cambridge Union
Knights of Labor
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Central Labor Union
City Labor Meeting Plans Friday to Settle Tribune Edict
The Post reported a conference at President Whitney's office with West End Street Railway GM Sergeant. a city road men’s furor followed. Pioneer Federal Labor Union executives echoed the Post. A hall meeting is set for next Friday to resolve the dispute.
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Whitney
West End Street Railway Company
Pioneer Federal Labor Union
Protest at Boston Labor Meeting Over Russian Treaty
The Hebrew section of the Socialistic Labor party at 45 Eliot Street yesterday passed resolutions opposing the proposed Russian treaty and voted to organize a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall to protest the bill.
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Bakers’ Union No. 4
Eliot Street
Faneuil Hall
Somerville
Boston
Socialistic Labor Party
Local Machinists Lodge Holds Special Meeting in Wells Memorial
A special meeting of Lodge No. 264 IA Machinists in Wells Memorial building discussed forming a new Nashua lodge, and debated a district lodge with no action. The main item was pay and hours for West End street railway machinists, with a committee predicting a near settlement with President Whitney.
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International Association of Machinists
Wells Memorial Building
Nashua
Tabor
West End
Boston Waiters Alliance Plans Mass Meeting at Columbus Hall
Frank H. Finch, elected secretary, aims to enlarge the union. A mass meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday evening at Columbus Hall with prominent speakers. All Boston waiters are invited, followed by entertainment and supper.
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Boston Waiters' Alliance
Frank H. Finch
Tower Columbus Hall
Boston
Cpnonens
Simple Funeral for Miss Amelia Fisher
Simple but impressive funeral services were held at Miss Amelia Fisher’s residence at noon yesterday. Rev Samuel H Winkley spoke tenderly and the interment followed at Mt. Auburn. Attending were Miss Annie Clarke Harry M Giinen George Riymond and Mr and Mrs B P Cheney Sr among others.
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Amelia Fisher
Samuel H. Winkley
Bulfinch Place Chapel
Mt. Auburn
Annie Clarke
Harry M’gienen
George Riymond
B. P. Cheney, Sr
Frank 5. Hartshorn
Frank Tiilham
A Chelsea Romance Ends In Tragic Separation
A Chelsea romance ends abruptly as George DeGray and Ethel Montgomery are interrupted at the gate by her father after a snowy night out. A playful kiss attempt leads to a sudden separation, leaving two lovers parted and now strangers.
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Garden
Ethel Montgomery
Chelsea
George DeGray
Ethel
George
Ian
Ethelred
Not Guilty by Sympathy in Jury Ad Hominem Ruse
In a Texas Siftings fragment a lawyer defends a bigamy client by claiming only married men will serve on the jury. He plans to sway jurors by appealing to shared experience of living with one partner, provoking sympathy and a not guilty verdict.
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Texas Siftings
A Gone Case in Texas Siftings
A brief dialogue shows a woman asking if she is the first woman he loved. He replies that she is the first woman he truly loved, noting prior attractions had rational excuses before falling in love with her. The exchange reflects on genuine and tempered affection within a concise vignette from Texas Siftings.
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Texas
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T. H. Burke
Painters and Decorators’ Assembly
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Clinkard
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Boycot
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American Brewing Company
Jacason
Mr. Finch
Pythian Hall
Carpenters’ City Council
Boston Tile Layers
Hiram Jackson
William Brightman
Frederick Aiken
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