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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1899
Page
3
On the Riverside alleys Newton Boat Club won two of three games against Maugus A A in the Circuit League. Ban croft rolled a standout 204 in the second game. Scores were generally low, with the detailed results of each game following.
The Middlesex Cycle Club beat Walthama two games to one in last night’s intercycle tourney with Evans scoring 282 as the top figure. Alter Ego of Chel sea swept all three from the Suffolks in the same event.
Boston Post, missing regulars, pushed Herald to tight ends but lost by close scores. Bean hit 277 for excelsior marks. McCagg led Post with next best showing as Herald opened strong and maintained momentum throughout the game.
The Boston Caledonian Club held its annual officer election at Commercial Hall, Washington street. John G. Munro was unanimously chosen as chieftain. Robert Urquhart won the first chieftainship contest, with Rob Warle May re elected treasurer, Thomas Grieve second chieftain, A. A. Batchelor third, and John Spiers fifth. Burns celebration plans include hiring Mechanics Building and inviting renowned Scottish vocalists.
NYU's Physical Director Frank H. Cann announces an intercollegiate gymnastic contest to be held in March at NYU Gym on University Heights. Over twenty colleges including Yale Harvard Princeton Penn Amherst Wesleyan Lehigh Lafayette and others have signified intent to enter teams.
At a meeting in rooms at 213 Hanover street the Young Men's Hebrew Union installed newly elected officers including Samuel Rochkowsky as president L Ticknor as vice president M Silverman as treasurer and secretaries Freedman and Goodman with a board of directors Isaac Levy Albert Gutterman Max Rochkowsky S Goldstein and S Rubinovitz along with sergeant-at-arms 8S Simens.
In a column from Boston, E A Corbett writes of losing a pocketbook in downtown streets and urges prudence with money. He highlights Bernard M Wolf, Bismarck's autobiography, Cuban land schemes, and mining ventures in Idaho and Arizona, urging humanitarian gifts to Union General Hospital and noting local services like a Tremont Turkish bath and a market letter from Curtis & Sedgquist.
World of Sport notes spring training for the Cincinnati Reds starts March 10 in Columbus Georgia. Dad Clarke has an offer from Milwaukee likely to sign. St. Louis cranks protest Anson's manager selection and Knickerbocker games entries close January 6 for January 18 in New York.
An old advertisement proclaims Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup cures croup and whooping cough. It lists a price of two pence and promotes the remedy as a universal cure with confidence in the product.
An advertisement claims electricity is the greatest power and can instantly relieve rheumatism backache kidney trouble nervous debility and lost vitality. It offers a 380 day trial and free illustrated pamphlet with testimonials from Prof. A Chrystal inventor at 362 Postoffice Block Marshall Michigan.
A mild day filled Boston streets with sleighs on Beacon Street and parkways as private stables, Back Bay families, and numerous horsemen take to runners and cutters. Notable drivers include Dr. Pritchard, John Wiggin, Frank Hall, Edwin Rice, and many others behind fast team names and public figures, with late-evening parties bound for suburban hot suppers.
Manager Frank Selee returned from a Southern trip and chose Durham North Carolina for the champions spring training. The squad will arrive about March 22 staying at Hotel Carolina noted for cuisine. Training will use Trinity College gymnasium with baths and a top outdoor diamond. Durham is near Chapel Hill and Raleigh, enabling games with University of North Carolina and other teams.
Boxing gossip notes a 20 round Sullivan vs Gardner match in New York as a star attraction alongside the McCoy Shar key card. Both fighters are top featherweights with a likely crowd and a possible rematch against Dixon or Pluto. Gardner seeks redress after a Dixon verdict and Sullivan vows to rebound to top form, with both boasting knockout power and proven comebacks.
H Maitland Kersey, Dunraven's personal representative in the last internationals, told the London Evening Standard that the forthcoming Shamynock Defender contest should have been held in January. He cited January as ideal for winds off New York harbor and forecast the upcoming race would be a mere fizzle.
Buckwing still presses President Freedman to exchange Amos Rusie for Frank Dwyer and Lefty Breitenstein. Freedman likely will refuse, contending Rusie is worth more than the two pitchers.
New York Jan 3 reports claimed Harvard and Yale had withdrawn from the intercollegiate association. Oliver Shiras of Cornell and Secretary Barringer of the AAUAA deny any action by Harvard or Yale and say no withdrawal has occurred.
News despatches from New Orleans revive the tale that Michael will become a jockey. He arrived the track yesterday and expects to wear silk for the first time this week. He has applied for a jockey badge and a license from the American Turf Congress by telegraph, plans a three week stay, then a California exhibition on a tandem with Ted Sloane as mate. He warns of no back down and insists he intends to earn laurels as a horseman rather than in bicycles. He cites Tod Sloane as his chief mentor and concedes the skill gap between cycling and horse racing.
Mr Henry Souther former head of the Pope Manufacturing Company tests department resigns after five years and opens an office and laboratory at 4238 Asylum Street Hartford Conn as a consulting engineer and steel expert He is a metallurgist chemist and cycle specialist with studies at MIT 1887 and further training in Germany before joining the Pennsylvania Steel Company and later the Pope Company where he headed the department of tests.
Mr. Souther contributed to developing testing machines including wheel and frame testers and a dynamometer, claimed by the company to be among the best for evaluating driving mechanisms. He also worked on measuring very high temperatures and will remain available as a consultant for engineering problems and materials.
Military Division 37 of the A O H held a reception and presented a gold purse to Private Cornelius Buckley of Company D Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers for Cuban campaign service. Speeches by State President Slattery and several officers followed, with Major Galvin as toastmaster at a banquet for 139 members.
The Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters event at Associates' Hall Milton features Radaward G. Walsh as manager and Leo Walsh as pianist with an engaged orchestra. Boston and Dorchester musicians form the cast including Motley as interlocutor and Walshs plus Dowd Kingsbury Cunningham Mahoney O'Dea McCaffery and Edwards among soloists altos and soprano.
In Taunton on January 3 a polo match drew 350 spectators as the local team defeated New Bedford 6 to 4. The game stood out as one of the season’s most interesting at the local rink.
The home team beat East Weymouth in a well played game tonight with a tied score headed to overtime. Attendance was recorded as about 0, as Foster Gay V.56 and other players contributed to a close contest before Plymouth emerged victorious in the extra period.
In New Haven on January 3 the Bluebirds won 3 to 1 over the Rough Riders. The visitors showed most of the rough play while New Haven dominated the fast action. Sword starred on defense and Rushes Bone led scoring with 7 points. Steps-Lations 21, Sword 27. Ponls Stoberts Leydon Wiley. Referee Lush. Timer Anfort.
Dorchester and Norfolk met at Franklin field with Dorchester winning 3 to 1 as a tight game wore on. Hinds McDonald and O Connell led Dorchester while Lee George and Sullivan starred for Norfolk.
The Public Garden offered limited skating yesterday with rough ice while Franklin Field showed a cleared area yet patches of snow made footing risky. Planners expect the ice at the field and Jamaica Pond to improve and be in fairly good shape by this evening.
John Lawson defeated Kisere, champion of Halifax, in a mile skate at Locust Street ground. Kisere fell twice and Lawson secured an easy win. no time was recorded.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal cure for kidney bladder and uric acid troubles. It claims modern science links many diseases to kidney disorders and offers samples via mail from Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
In Boston, Alderman Barry, Ward 9, elected chairman with full Republican backing including Alderman O'Toole. He thanked citizens, pledged impartial, parliamentary leadership and urged united action for Boston's best interests as the Board of Aldermen opened with re-elections for City Clerk Galvin, Clerk Dever, and Messenger Leary. The board set orders on Mayor's address topics and a hearing on Tre Mont street track relocation, with ward-room funds debated and adjournment set for Monday.
Atlantic steamer Mesaba reported that the Catania from Glass to New York, in distress amid a raging gale, could not be helped after seven hours waiting. Mesaba also conveyed seas swept decks and lack of rescue, while other coastal incidents included the schooner Sabena ashore and the Oregon collision near Yew Pound Island with rigging losses.
The British steamer Arcadian from Sydney New Brunswick arrived after a sixty hour voyage to St John s Newfoundland. A fierce Cape Race gale iced decks lifeboats and rigging and nearly sank the vessel. Captain Conillard reported the ship rode a terrible storm with temperatures below zero and heavy ice buildup on the bow.
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