Race for America's Cup settled with London agreement
New York reports the fall race for the America's Cup is assured after a London cablegram. The Royal Yacht Squadron accepts custody under the 1887 deed, with Lord Dunraven set to choose a September start and possible postponements based on Valkyrie readiness. Syndicates from New York and Philadelphia may enter, aiming to outpace Valkyrie. Final races planned outside Sandy Hook, three races over a thirty mile course.
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New York
London Today
Royal Yacht Squadron
Lord Dunraven
Valkyrie
George Gould
Vigilant
England
Philadelphia
Morgan
New York Yacht Club
Skerreshoffs
Sandy Hook
London
Beodles Club
Prince of Wales
Marquis of Ormonde
Charles Hall
Allen Young
Gainesford Bruce
Grant
New York Yacht
Boxing Gossip Sparks Boston Boxing Rumors and Matches
An almost 200 strong Charles bank Athletic Club meeting discussed Gloucester featherweight Fred McDonald’s test against Jimmy Kaveny, halted early in the second round. Rumors about Billy Smith, Joe Walcott, and a Jan 16 Albany fight with Charney Duffy were denied or disputed by multiple sources, while other proposed matches and London plans were debated amid cautions about accuracy in Boston boxing reports.
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Charlesbank Athletic Club
William Daly, Jr
Gloucester
Jimmy Kaveny
Fred McDonald
McDonald
Kaveny
Daly
Billy Smith
Joe Walcott
Tom O’rourke
Walcott
Post
England
Boston
James Kelly
Frank Brierly
Tom Carter
Denny Murphy
Mike Sears
Kelly
Murp
Johnny Young
Brooklyn
Jimmy Handler
Stanton Abbott
Charney Duffy
Fishkill
Albany
Billy Vernon
Jack Green
New York
Sun
Ashe
Willie Smith
Cribb Club
Martin Flaherty
Frank Erne
Suffolk
Sammy Kelly
Smith
Harmon
Charley Turner
Black Pearl
McKenzie
Cyclone Jackson
Billy Mahan
Charley Johnson
Jim Purtell
Billy Lavigne
Minneapolis
Verron
New York Exchange
New York Recorder
Johnny Eckhardt
Dan Creedon
London
Charley Mitchell
Johnny
Rob Roy
Baseball Jottings From The Winter Meet
Cobcolough declines Pittsburgs offer and salary cut. Kerr notes Stenzel and Sugden got raises at Pittsburg. Lawson sent to Cincinnati failed. Western League profits and reserve fund details. Umpire staff changes include Lynch Emslie McQuiad Keefe and McDonald. Harvard requests dates to play the Giants at Polo Grounds April 19 and 20.
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Cobcolough
Pittsburg
Kerr
Stenzel
Sugden
Davis
New Yorks
Bannon
Pawtucket
Jimmy Bannon
Hageman
Giants
Lawson
Cincinnati
New Baseball Association
Boston
Johnson
Western League
Milwaukee
Young
Lynch
Bob Emslie
Jack McQuiad
Tim Keefe
James F. McDonald
Dan Campbell
Philadelphia
Miah Murray
Fred Jevue
Willis Hoagland
Auburn
Anson
Hart
Dahlen
Kittredge
Harvard
Polo Grounds
New York
White
Cohoes
Cambridge Collegians
Harvard Capitain Brewer Resigns in Surprise Move
Harvard athletic committee confirms Brewer resigned as captain of the Harvard eleven after unanimous election earlier. Arthur H. Brewer, his brother, is chosen to succeed him, though less known in college football. Dr. W A Brooks cites line play as a factor and says the resignation was voluntary and well considered. A further surprise in Harvard athletics is anticipated in a few days.
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Harvard Athletic Committee
Brewer
Harvard
Arthur H. Brewer
Hopkinson’s
Arthur Brewer
W. A. Brooks
Football Advisory Committee
Main
Yale
Fiis
Harvard Nine Candidates Begin 1895 Practice
Harvard baseball opens its 1895 season as twelve pitchers and nine catchers vie for the battery. Keefe directs practice in the Carey building cage with Tim Keefe coaching. Two games with the New York League team are planned for April 19 and 20 at the Polo Grounds in New York City.
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Harvard
Keefe
Whittemore
A. A. Highlands
C. J. Paine
D. T. Perry
B. W. Ames
D. W. Jenny
F. S. Woodward
G. F. Cozzens
J. P. Whittren
H. A. Scott
W. W. Gile
D. W. Brown
Polo Grounds
New York City
Davie’s Mexthal Cough Drops Offer At Five Cents
A brief health product notice proclaims five cents buys any man Davie’s Mexthal Cough Drops available at local druggists, asserting they will please you.
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Davie
Ali Druggists
The New Woman in West Ward's Hollis Theatre
A Columbia Theatre presentation of The New Woman by Sydney Grundy features strong acting from Annie Russell as Margery and Wilton Lackaye as Gerald Cazenove. Virginia Harned, Mrs. D. P. Bowers, E. M. Holland, and others deliver polished performances in a witty, briskly staged drama about modern marriage.
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Columbia Theatre
Sydney Grundy
A. M. Palmer
Annie Russell
Margery
Miss Russell
Wilton Lackaye
Gerald Cazenove
Virginia Harned
Sylvester
Mr. Lackaye
D. P. Bowers
Lady Wargrave
E. M. Holland
Colonel Cazenove
C. J. Richman
Jack Sylvester
Emil Bethune
Victoria Vivash
Mary Bevan
Madeleine Bouton
Georgia Busby
Emily Seward
The Dragoons Daughters comic opera debuts on Hinglish stage
A three act comic opera The Dragoon's Daughter opened at Castle Square Theatre with Louise Beaudet leading the cast. Herman Perlet provided music T W Norcross Jr wrote the libretto. Performances showed strong music and spirited chorus though the book and prompter interruptions dulled some scenes.
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King’s Dragoons
Bertha Ricci
Jay Taylor
William Wolfe
Stuart Harold
Jennie Reifforth
Marienne Converse
Harry Brown
Senorita
Lola Yberri
Julia Marlowe Taber Shines in As You Like It at Hollis Street
Julia Marlowe Taber again dazzles as Rosalind in As You Like It at the Hollis Street Theatre. Taber’s Orlando partner Taber delivers manly, dignified scenes, with Love in the forest earning warm applause. Coleman, Everill, Wilson, and Woodward also provide strong supporting turns in a well received production. Tonight Much Ado About Nothing follows, with a repeat of the same bill Saturday.
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Julia Marlowe Taber
Hollis Street
Rosalind
Mr. Taber
Orlando
Thomas Coleman
Oliver
F. A. Everill
Touchstone
Kitty Wilson
Aubrey
Eugenia Woodward
Celia
Robert Taber
Ingomar
Phe Belle
Ernest Lacy
Westward Ho at the Museum draws hearty second-week crowds
The second week opening of Westward Ho at the Museum drew strong public interest with enthusiastic response matching opening night. A new second act gavotte by Miss Annie Lewis impressed, featuring her dance in pale yellow silk. new verses to If I were You pleased the audience, as the cast including Fanny Johnston, Clinton Elder, J. H. Ryley, George F. Marion, Annie Sutherland and Harry Davenport delivered creditable performances. Jillian Russell will occupy a box on Wednesday afternoon.
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Annie Lewis
Fanny Johnston
Clinton Elder
J. H. Ryley
George F. Marion
Annie Sutherland
Harry Davenport
Jillian Russell
Hoss and Hoss Delights Grand Opera House Audience
An immense audience greeted the production of the funny farce Hoss and Hoss at the Grand Opera House last night. The company was balanced and capable, delivering continuous merriment through farce scenes witty lines and pleasing songs. The show relies on humor rather than plot and leaves the crowd intensely happy.
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Hoss and Hoss
Grand Opera House
Boston theatre review highlights midseason farce cast
The article praises Jacques Kruger for leading in the comedy with strong turns by Carrie Sweeney Ward and Evans as a witty duo. Harry Crandall remains popular with Charles T. Aldrich delivering notable specialties. Hoss and Hoss receive an enthusiastic reception and continue as the main mirthmakers.
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Hicle
Jacques Kruger
Boston
Carrie Sweeney
Ward
Evans
Harry Crandall
Charles T. Aldrich
Hoss
Lillian Russell headlines Tremont with The Grand Duchess
This week closes Lillian Russell’s celebrated run at the Tremont Theatre for The Grand Duchess with a cordial reception and strong supporting company. Next Monday, popular comedian Old Hoss Bill Hoey begins a two week stay presenting a new musical farce The Flams by Harry and Edward Paulton.
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Lillian Russell
Tremont Theatre
Bill’ Hoey
Tre
Shore Acres Captivates Boston Theategoers in Second Week
The amuseum loving public of Boston and New England shows strong interest as Shore Acres begins its second week at the Boston Theatre. Last night’s audience was large and enthusiastic with notable writers among them. The cast’s careful study yields natural, convincing portrayals and advance sale is high, particularly for midweek and weekend matinees. Tomorrow night the Massachusetts Press Association, about 100 members, will attend as the closing feature of their annual meeting entertainment.
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Boston
New England
Shore Acres
Massachusetts Press Association
Boston Theatre
A Black Sheep Tops Park Theatre Run as Popular as Ever
A Black Sheep continues its second month at the Park Theatre with strong audiences and advance seat sales. Otis Harlan earns praise for his dialect rendering in the Pickaninny and Watermelon song, prompting a Southern theatre party to send him a watermelon doll with a note from twelve Southern ladies.
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Park Theatre
Hoyt
Otis Harlan
Harlan
Humanity Ends Week Run At Bowdoin Square Theatre
The Bowdoin Square Theatre closed its week with Humanity drawing large, enthusiastic crowds. The melodrama impressed by its stirring explosions and strong cast under Manager Brady, signaling a brief but popular engagement. The following attraction is Walter Sanford's The Wages of Sin, premiering here.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Brady
Walter Sanford
All Star Vaudeville House Act Delights Audiences
A renowned vaudeville program drew large daytime and evening crowds as George Thatcher led the lineup with his blackface comedy. Acts featured include Leo Cervalto on a 33 foot inclined spiral, Girard Leon’s trained donkeys, Kuizzie and Vinie Daly, the Barracks clowns, Schwiegerling’s marionettes, and a strong men exhibit at Austin & Stone’s Museum. Mile. Flossie La Blanche and Prince Albene provide marquee acts, with numerous specialty acts and the stage set to entertain through next Saturday night.
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Keith
Manasser Albee
George Thatcher
Leo Cervalto
Manhattan Comedy Four
Schwiegerling
Wilmot
Smith and Campbell
Evanses
Coogan
Rand
Taft
Murphy and McCoy
Welbs
Pearl
Keys
Nellis
Tom Flynn
Kelly
St. Clair
P. Eugene Sweet
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Herr Wilhelm
George Fowler
Joseph Murray
Flossie la Blanche
Sandow
Prince Albene
du Bell
Coleman
Hayden
Orlando
Loretto
May Clifton
The
Cullivans
Dave Genaro
Gleasons
Emery
Russell
O’brien
Jennings
Higgns
Leslie
May Bryant
Russells
Bryant
Connors
Myrtle Tressider
Kennee
Ray Stetson
Marvin
Lang
Watson Sisters Burlesque Draws Big Palace Theatre Crowd
The Watson Sisters extravaganza at the Palace Theatre drew large audiences with a lively operetta Reception Royal featuring Jeanette Dupre and a bevy of performers. Act after act kept spectators laughing and cheering through gymnastic feats, songs, dances, and comic sketches by Watson, Dupre, the Bozzarro sisters, Clark-Razzillians, Paulo and Dika, Griffin and Brice, Blanche Fernandez, and the Ashton brothers, ending with the humorous Bow-Woverly afterpiece.
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Watson Sisters
Palace Theatre
Jeanette Dupre
Larimere Brothers
W. B. Watson
Lodge
Miss Dupre
Bozzarro
Clark-Razzillians
Paulo
Dika
Griffin
Brice
Blanche Fernandez
Ashton Brothers
Night farce skit collection delights with broad humor
The piece is a bright, brisk set of comic sketches performed before the public. It follows a familiar farcical pattern with little overarching plot or consistent dialogue, yet its rapid gags and lively timing keep it funny throughout.
Star Studded Burlesque At Howard Atheneum This Week
The Howard Atheneum features a record breaking bill headlined by Madge Ellis and the Zamora family of Mexican acrobats. Norma Willis and Monte Collins deliver standout singing while Frank Cotton and his donkey circus, Dick Carroll in Mortar and Bricks, and The Two Tramps burletta draw lively crowds.
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Howard Atheneum
Madge Ellis
Zamora
Norma Willis
Monte Collins
Rice
Joe Flynn
Ducrows
Josie Gregory
Brown
Bowery
Mr. Collins
Harrison
Edwards
Kernell
Hodges
Laune
May Merion
Rosina
Frank Cotton
Funny Donkey Circus
Dick Carroll
May Walsh
The
Burlesque Company
A Fair Rebel at Grand Museum Wins Wide Praise
A Fair Rebel drew instant praise at the Grand Museum with Miss Ethel Tucker’s graceful heroine portrayal and strong cast choices. J Gordon Edwards impressed as Captain Savarie de Perrin, with Cameron Clemens as Colonel Mason and James M. Hall as Major Monteith delivering fitting performances. The scenic Libby Prison scene stood out, and the week’s variety show featured Joe Flynn parodies, Connors and Gilson, the Bell sisters, the Russells, the Maine “Rube,” Ed Banker, James Gray, and Minnie Cline in new numbers.
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Grand Museum
Ethel Tucker
J. Gordon Edwards
Savarie de Perrin
Cameron Clemens
Colonel Mason
James M. Hall
Major Monteith
Frankie Bell
Annie Kingsley
Nellie Hancock
Libby
Joe Flynn
Connors and
Gilson
Bell Sisters
Russells
Rube
Maine
Ed Banker
James Gray
Minnie Cline
The Old South Opens at Lyceum in Crowded House
The Old South opened at the Lyceum to strong attendance with a matinée and evening show. The program featured Our Southern Home a plantation life sketch with choruses songs and Louisiana lowland specialties by Irving Jones Nora Randolph Mamie Payne and others. The bill also included levee pastimes and a cake walk finale with spirited rivalry.
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Old South
Lyceum
Louisiana
Irving Jones
Nora Randolph
Mamie Payne
Eminent French pianist Lachaume to join M Ysaye concert in Boston
Assisting artist M Aime Lachaume will appear at M Ysaye s first Music Hall concert on Saturday afternoon. The Paris Conservatory prize scholar has gained admirers here after L Enfant Prodigue at the Museum and married Pilar Morin the Pierrot of that production. A recent Eden Musee New York pantomime The Dresden Shepherdess also featured Pilar Morin with praise from the New York press.
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M. Ysaye
Music Hall
M. Aime Lachaume
Stavenhagen and Gerardy Draw Strong Boston Box Office
That Stavenhagen the pianist and Gerardy the cellist have stirred Boston’s musical circles is shown by high audience turnout for their second appearance. Stavenhagen will perform demanding pieces this evening while Gerardy’s tone and technique captivate. Thursday afternoon’s concert features Grieg’s cello and piano sonata for the first time, likely to be a memorable interpretation by two great artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stavenhagen
Gerardy
Boston
Grieg
Cinderella sale opens at 8:30 for charity show
This morning at 8 30 the sale of seats for Cinderella to be staged at Mechanics building Saturday afternoon Jan 26 begins at Music Hall. The popular fairy tale will be sung danced and shown with tableaux vivants and electric effects. Many youths attend in the east. Mechanics building capacity allows admitting children to over 1500 seats at half price from 75 cents to 1 50.
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Mechanics’ Building
Floating Hospital
Music Hall
Cleared Fragments Reveal Mo Alland Bros History
Fragmentary text shows Mo Alland Bros connected with Tufts College and a long tenure at Tech. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicate a business or affiliation over twelve years and potential changes in appearance or status.
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Alland Bros
Tufts College
Ve Tech
Ant Ae
Harvard Athletes Rally For Mott Haven Team
Harvard candidates for the Mott Haven team gathered at Lower Massachusetts Hall in an enthusiastic meeting. Two hundred fifty seven men showed, far above prior tallies, with graduates urging a strong, united push to beat Yale and Columbia and gear up for the indoor Boston Athletic Association meet next month.
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Mott Haven
Harvard
Association
Massachusetts Hall
Bingham
Lathrop
Boston Athletic Association
Tathrop
George B. Morrison
S38
Blue Stockings
Holmes Field
William Hooper
Harvard Athletic Committee
Track Athletics Association
W. H. Goodwin
W. H. Soren
T. J. Coolidge
George Wandell
Williams
Yale
Mapes
Columbia
C. P. Kipp
D. B. Chamberlain
Harry Wheelwright
Curtis
Balch
Hammond
Weston-Smith
Jacksons Defi To Corbett In Glasgow Boxing Speech
In Glasgow on January 7 Peter Jackson challenged American champion Corbett to a match. He declared he would not retire from the ring without beating Corbett, and his speech drew cheers of that's right from the audience.
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Glasgow
Peter Jackson
Corbett
Dummy Winters's Good Fortune Ignored by Grand Jury
London January 7 The grand jury today ignored the manslaughter bill against Australian boxer Dummy Winters in the December 7 bout in which George Smith was injured and died.
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Winters
London
George Smith
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