Somerville High Dominate English High 8–0 in Ice Polo
Somerville High routed English High 8 to 0 on Franklin Field in the second ice polo game of the season. McRae and Lyman spark Somerville with fast rushes and goals, while Hallett stops ten for English. Referee Burroughs, umpire Pike, 600 skaters watch 15 and 20 minute halves.
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Franklin Field
English High
Somerville High
Somerville
McRae
Mann
Swafi
Sullivan and
Crosbie
Boston
Lyman
Hallett
Manahan
F. R
Sullivan McRae
Ad Eea
Aaa
S. R
Croshie Green
Dyas
Suffolks Rally To Narrow Win Over Excelsiors 2–1
In a tight Spy Pond ice polo match the Suffolks edged the Excelsiors 2 to 1. Warner and Fielding starred for the winners with strong passing and rushing. Pierce led the Excelsiors in a spirited rush game. Time was two twenty-minute halves. referee T. Small.
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Arlington
Jan
Spy Pond
Suffolks
Excelsiors
Warner
Fielding
Pierce
Cricvadiset
Interscholastic Ice Polo Interest Grows and Games Set
A meeting is planned for those interested in several proposed match races at the Post next Tuesday evening. Notable players include Hoxie Abbott Clarkson Warnock Talbot and Lyman. Scheduled games feature Winchester Everett Medford Melrose Waltham Mechanical Cambridge Waltham at various venues.
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Bob Warner
Spy Pond
Hoxie
Abbott
Roxbury Latin
Leatherbee
Tech
Paget
O’connell
Dorchester
Boston Latin
Talbot
Tiger Roadsters
Clarkson
Warnock
Cambridge Figh
Lyman
Somerville
Winchester
Everett
Medford
Melrose
Waltham
Mechanical
Jamaica Pond
Cambridge
Everett Triumph Over Cambridge In Hushed Basketball Clash
Everett defeated Cambridge 1 to 0 at Father Scully's gym in a hard fought rivalry. Knox scored the lone goal in the second half after a first half with no points. Cambridge stood out with strong team play while Everett showed speed and sharp execution led by Knox Holland Nelson and Galbraith.
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Cambridge
Everett
Father Scully
Knox
Sullivan
Brown
McGrath
Holland
Nelson
Galbraith
Fitchburg A. A
East Boston A. A
Intercollegiate A A A committee meeting at Fifth Avenue Hotel
The executive committee of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to prepare its report for the annual meeting next month. Members include Gustavus T. Kirby S Murdoch Kendrick A H Bullock Howard Bill and Oliver Shirris. They approved amendments to the constitution and bylaws and will report to the full committee. A resolution was adopted asking the L A W to cover expenses of amateur wheelmen in intercollegiate events.
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New York
The
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Fifth Avenue
Gustavus T. Kirby
Columbia
S. Murdoch Kendrick
University of Pennsylvania
A. H. Bullock
Harvard
Howard Bill
New York University
Oliver Shirris
Cornell
Messrs
Kirby
Kendrick
Collamore
Freedman Posts Forfeit Ahead of Boston Checker Match
Samuel Freedman, the New York checker champion, yesterday posted $50 with the Post sporting editor as forfeit money for the February 8 match at $200 a side in Boston. Articles signed by Freedman and witnessed by 8 H Yeomans accompany the forfeit. Grover to sign today and final $300 due January 20. The game will follow Anderson second edition rules with no play before 2 p.m. daily.
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Samuel Freedman
New York
The
Post
Samuel Grover
Boston Checker Club
Freedman
H. Yeomans
Grover
Anderson
Rusie Sues Amusement Company Over Baseball Earnings
Amos Rusie files suit in Trenton seeking an injunction against the New York Amusement Company led by club officers and manager of the New York Baseball Club. He alleges illegal restraint of his ability to earn a living playing ball and repeats previous grievances.
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Trenton
N. J
Amos Rusie
New York Amusement Company
New York Baseball Club
New York Club
Unscored Basketball Game In Chelsea Halts
Teams from Company H First Regiment M V M and the East Boston Athletic Association played at Lincoln Hall Chelsea last evening with neither side scoring. The game stayed in Chelsea territory early, then East Boston pressed in the second half, a ten minute playoff produced no points.
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Company H
First Regiment
East Boston Athletic Association
Lincoln Hall
Chelsea
East Boston
Bicycle Notes and City Rides Highlight 1897 Club News
Captain Warner Demond claims the first century for his club in the city with rough roads but good time. Pianist Martinus Sieveking visits the Columbia branch to inspect the ’97 model. F T Cannon of Pierce agency reports SE New England trip with good agency progress. J W Robertson returns from Massachusetts. P C C Bulletin debuts new cover for the club ball on Feb 2. Pope Manufacturing buys land for Columbia House in Washington DC. The ’97 Liberty expected at Boston store soon. Health boards credit bicycles with reducing pulmonary consumption among women. London to test American single tube tires. Michael Linton match race canceled for lack of funds. Morgan & Wright’s Boston manager to Chicago for NE trade. stock apps for Fenway Garden distributed. Arthur W. Lincoln named captain of Latin School team. Manager Wall expands cycle agencies around Boston. 97 Remingtons ship from Ilion. Stoddard Co to be represented in Boston by Pierpont. McIntosh Huntington Co rep by J J Williams in New England. Lovell Cycle and Ether Motor Co renamed John P Lovell Co in South Portland. Arthur W Porter, pace record holder, weighing offers to ride for a Boston dealer. Cambridgeport Cycle Club fancy dress ball at Union Hall with 300 couples. Nat Butler defeats Burns Pierce in a one mile race. Fred St Onge performs tricks. Henry Joseph Cramp, age 3, wowed crowd with seven-pound wheel.
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Captain Warner Demond
Pop
Martinus Sieveking
Columbia
F. T. Cannon
Pierce Agency
New England
J. W. Robertson
Massachusetts
P. Cc. C. Bulletin
Pease
Fowler
Albert A. Pope
Pope Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Pope Company
Union
Boston
Massachusetts Board of Health
London
Michael Linton
Tom Eck
Johnson
Morgan & Wright Tire Company
Chicago
New Fenway Garden
Messrs. E. C. Hodges & Co
United States
J. J. Williams
McIntosh- Huntington Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Lovell Cycle and
Ether Motor Company
John P. Lovell
Cambridgeport Cycle Club
Union Hall
Cambridge
Walter Dyar
Nat Butler
Burns Pierce
Butler
Fred St. Onge
Henry Joseph Cramp
Boxing Gossip Highlights Contests At Brooklyn Club
Professor Jimmy Kelly writes that Connolly Burge talk is unfounded and predicts a level fight. Maxey Haugh faces Kid Madden in a ten round bout at 115 pounds while a twenty round 128 pound main event pits Spike Sullivan against Joe Hopkins. Various bouts and match negotiations fill the boxing card.
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Jimmy Kelly
The
Post
Connolly
Burge
Greenwood Athletic Club
Brooklyn
Maxey Haugh
Kid’ Madden
Joe Fairburn
Philadelphia
Southwark Club
Jimmy McHale
Bull McCarthy
Atlantic City
N. J
Joe Butler
Jake Kilrain
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Jack Everhardt
Kid McPartland
Union Park Athletic Club
New York City
Billy
Smith
Don Doyle
Chicago
Polo Athletic Club
Doyle
Tommy Ryan
Ed Binney
Dick O’brien
Bangor
Jimmy Anthony
Jack Ward
Frank Erne
George Dixon
Billy Plimmer
Jem Carney
Plimmer
America
New York Athletic Club
Urse
Sam Ton-kins
Paddy Fenton
Frank Steele
Young Hawkins
Roxbury
Sunday Post
Steve Mahoney
Chelsea
Tuxedo Club
Bonner
Burley
Dick O'Brien
Nick Long
Joe Mullen
Massachusetts Democrats Rally Behind Chicago Platform
Speakers denounce gold Democrats and pledge to uphold the Chicago platform in 1900. Timely defense of Bryan and Williams cited, with calls for mass mobilization across Massachusetts to nominate reform-minded leaders and oppose corporate control.
Democratic Rally Echoes 1896 Campaign Debates
Speeches recount party divisions and loyalty during a Democratic gathering. Speakers praise Lincoln and Bryan, criticize McKinley, and stress unity under the Chicago platform while noting alleged election irregularities and voter shifts in several states. The crowd cheers calls for a decisive 1900 victory.
New Great South American Kidney Cure Brings Quick Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder troubles relieved in six hours by a new remedy. It relieves pain in the bladder kidneys back and urinary passages in men and women and eases water retention almost immediately. Sold by George C. Goodwin & Co. 86 Hanover Street Boston.
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George C. Goodwin & CO
Hanover Street
Boston
Patent prize offer for 1000 inventions
Readers are urged to send ideas to JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO. Dept. G 31 Washington DC to claim a $1800 prize and obtain their list of 1000 inventions. Protect ideas to gain wealth.
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Pa ‘Acaith
Qhn
John Wedderburn & CO
Dept. G
Washington, D. C
Washington, DC
Battle of New Orleans remembered amid uneven forces
The article recalls Andrew Jackson leading 4000 inexperienced American militiamen to defeat 8000 British troops under Sir Edward Pakenham in the Battle of New Orleans, with minimal American casualties. It notes Jackson’s later career and the political tensions in Mobile and New Orleans during 1814.
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Highty
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Sir Edward Pakenham
Great Britain
Jackson
Congress
Seventh Military District
United States
Mobile
Department of War
Pensacola
Lafitte
Isle of Grande Terre
Govper Claiborne
Harper's
Coffee
Kentucky
Tennessee
Newton Wins Tight Night Bowing Showdown at B A A
The Newton Boat Club defeated the B A A after a sharp contest with many fancy spares. Hecht and Bancroft reached two hundred, while Newton pulled ahead in the final string to balance a 38 pin first lead.
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Newton Boat Club
Newton
Hecht
Bancroft
Sp M. Walley
Lawrence
Linder
Hecht Wee Ee
City League Bowls Include Narrow Shawmut Win
Shawmut defeated Murray and Irwin by a small margin as City League standings see Boylston Sherman Quincy and Carruth rise. At Shawmut alleys the score details are recorded for last night's games.
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Meyers
Rexfords
Willey Eeeeens
St Sp. M. Brown Tees
Fallon
Lawson
Rexpords
Abe
Kelly Sheer
Il Een
Shawmut
Murray & Irwin
Boylston
Sherman
Quincy
Carruth
Back Bay
Scotia
Whalers
Cambridge
Crowley Injured in Warehouse Altercation at Jordan Marsh
Cornelius J. Crowley, a Jordan Marsh & Co. employee in the receiving and packing department, was wounded when Charles Farrell struck him with a saucer during a Thursday afternoon dispute. Crowley rests at Emergency Hospital and is expected to recover. Farrell is held by inspectors Abbott, Bogan and Morrissey.
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Cornelius J. Crowley
Charles Farrell
Crowley
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Farrell
Abbott, Bogan
Morrissey
Woodward Avenue
Washington Street
E. J. Mitton
Melrose Club and 939th Artillery Clash in Billiards Night
The Melrose Athletic Club and the 939th Artillery Association convened for a social competition last night featuring pool billiards and whist with a mix of players from both groups.
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Melrose Athletic Club
939Th Artillery Association
Dr Swett's Vegetable Compound touted for lung ailments
An 1840s style advertisement promotes Dr. Geo W. Swett's Vegetable Compound made from hoarhound slippery elm bark flax seed thoroughwort licorice root and more. Sold in large bottles or syrup ready to prepare at home with claims to relieve coughs croup asthma bronchitis and whooping cough.
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TME N. &. Botanic Dept
Washington St
Geo
W. Swett, M.D
Oarsman Ahern Buried At Sacred Heart Church
Jeremiah Ahearn rests in Holy Cross Cemetery after a nine o clock requiem mass at Sacred Heart Church. The Theatrical Mechanics Union and Colombian Rowing Association sent floral tributes and members attended, led by William Dix.
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Jeremiah Ahearn
Church of the Sacred Heart
Father Clark
Theatrical Mechanics’ Union
Columbian Rowing Association
Atlantic Yacht Club
Theatrical Mechanics’ Association
William Dixon
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Jimmy Duffy Funeral Held in East Boston
The pugilist Jimmy Duffy died after a glove contest in New York City. His funeral was held yesterday morning at the Church of the Sacred Heart East Boston with pallbearers Dave Sullivan Jack Smith J Mooney H Mc Naughton J Fitzsimmons and J Flynn. The cortege then went to Malden Cemetery for the interment.
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Jimmy Duffy
New York City
Church of the Sacred Heart
Boston
Dave Sullivan
Jack Smith
J. Mooney
H. McNaughton
J. Fitzsimmons
J. Flynn
Malden
Massachusetts Yacht Club Elects New Officers At Annual Meeting
At Rowe's wharf house last evening the Massachusetts Yacht Club elected Commodore Edwin P. Boggs and a slate of successors including vice Commodore Nathaniel L. Francis rear Commodore Louis M. Clark secretary John S. Clarke Jr treasurer Charles G. Cutter and multiple directors. The club with 250 members reported better finances.
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Massachusetts Yacht Club
Rowe’s Wharf House
Commodore Boggs
Edwin P. Boggs
Nathaniel L. Francis
Louis M. Clark
John S. Clarke, Jr
Charles G. Cutter
Henry W. Savage
Robert C. McQuillen
John Shaw
Jacob A. Barbey, Jr
William E. Waterhouse
Charles H. Dodd
William S. Crosby
Wiliiam E. Robinson
C. Edwin Bockus
Albert E. Schaaf
T. W. King
E M. Dennie
Francis Gray
Walter A. Underwood
Harry H. Gay
George Burroughs
John Dearborn
H. R. Revere
House Committee
George M. Whitcomb
Albert W. Randall
A. M. Blinn
Lyman Sise
Louis C. Whiting
Jersey City Player Wins Amateur Handball Title
Jersey City, January 8. Michael F. Egan won the amateur championship of America in the hand ball tournament at Jersey City courts.
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Jersey City
N. J
Michael F. Egan
Piles Cured in 3 to 6 Nights by Agnew’s Ointment
Dr Agnew's Ointment claims to cure itching piles in 3 to 6 nights and offers relief for blind bleeding and other skin eruptions. It also treats tetter, salt rheum, eczema and barber's itch. Price 35 cents. Pig Vid Co E Woodward & Co 62 Brom e.
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Agnew
E. Woodward & Co
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Mercantile League
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Bowler
Dutton
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Grassie
Boston Dry Goods CO
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Ordway & Webber
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Nason
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Yacht Club
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