New Plan for Readville Trotting Races
The New England Trotting Horse Breeders Association unveiled a reform plan at the Boston Athletic Association. Races will be limited to three heats, each heat named a race, with purses divided into thirds per heat. The Massachusetts $10,000 stake would offer three races of one mile, with prizes of 2000 to 600 and 300 to 100. A white horse race for 2:12 trotters and a Ladies Day are contemplated.
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Readville
Boston Athletic Association
Massachusetts
Lipton to Judge 1906 Lipton Cup Races
Sir Thomas Lipton agrees to judge the Lipton cup contests to be held August 18 20 and 21 next year. The 1906 Lipton race committee has been appointed and ordered more than a dozen new 21 foot cabin yachts for the races.
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Chicago
Thomas Johnstone Lipton
Bart
Columbia Yacht Club
Lipton Race Committee
Wisconsin Would Drop Football Two Seasons
Madison Wis Jan 10 At a faculty meeting at Wisconsin University Professor F J Turner elected representative to a Big Nine conference in Chicago Friday was instructed to propose to other universities the suspension of intercollegiate football for two years to allow rational moral and normal relations between athletics and intellectual activities to develop in each institution
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Madison
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Wisconsin University
F. J. Turner
Chicago
Pick veteran to beat Hoppe in billiards match
Billiardists worldwide await a rivalry as Willie Hoppe, the American youngster, challenges a seasoned veteran in a high profile cue battle. The outcome hinges on precision, nerves, and strategic play as spectators anticipate a landmark showdown.
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Willie Hoppe
Hoppe Seen as Favorite to Beat Vignaux in Senior Match
Hoppe, the veteran and world champion, is confident of victory and issues challenges to all comers anywhere. Supporters say Vignaux is a rising challenger, while critics allege Hoppe has been inactive and will win with ease. Americans abroad rate Hoppe as the strong favorite.
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Vignaux
Hoppe
Red Flags to Fly in Boston
Dr M J Konikow discusses plans for celebrating the first anniversary of the Russian revolution in Boston at Faneuil Hall. He states there is no law banning red flags and says police concern about outsiders is unfounded. A diverse parade with Czarist sympathizers, Jews, Armenians, Belgians, and socialist clubs is planned, stressing it is not anarchistic.
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Boston
M. J. Konikow
Dr. Konikow
Police
Pierce
Faneuil Hall
Riga
New Year Party Draws 800 at Rosary Y M C A
The New Year's gathering of the Rosary Young Men's Catholic Association drew more than 800 attendees at Bethesda Hall in South Boston. J P Kelley led floor arrangements with Vice-President Peter Conley and N A Hynes assisting. Charles P Freeman headed the aids with a 25 member corps assisting.
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Bethesda Hall
Boston
J. P. Kelley
Peter Conley
N. A. Hynes
Charles P. Freeman
Refuse 250000 offer for Nationals from Regan
Frederic P O Connell reports Michael J Regan offered to buy the Boston club for 250000 but Soden and Conant held out for 275000. Regan, with 50000 cash now and 50000 in a month, would have financed 150000 mortgage yet the deal collapsed after a longer meeting. The owners may pursue a trade for a former Boston American star to boost patronage.
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Soden
Conant
Michael J. Regan
Boston
Regan
Frank V. Dunn
Colleges to Develop Centipede Crews at Regatta
Philadelphia January 10 Intercollegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie adds a centipede crew race the first of its kind. Pennsylvanias Ellis Ward and Syracuse James Ten Byck will train crews as Georgetown Pat Dempsey commits. Cornell Courtney and Columbia Goodwin likely to join. board of stewards to decide next meeting.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Poughkeepsie
Ellis Ward
Pennsylvania
James Ten Byck
Syracuse
Pat Dempsey
Georgetown
Courtney
Cornell
Goodwin
Columbia
Board of Stewards
Huntington Ave Hockey Rink Opens Tonight
Jerome Kelley and his ice team complete the Huntington avenue rink built by John S. Taylor and ready for the first league game tonight at 8 o clock. Newtowne faces Somerville in what promises an exciting match.
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Jerome Kelley
Huntington Avenue
John S. Taylor
Newtowne
Somerville
Yale Captains Favor Consolidation Of Rules Committees
At a New Haven meeting of Yale captains and managers the action was taken in favor of consolidating the old and new football rules committees. Notice of the move will be sent to other colleges and universities.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale
Harvard
The Case of Rube Waddell in Limelight Again
Friends and relatives invited to. In sheer despair the Philadelphia North American says that Rube Waddell will not be down and out, no longer talked about, until his name appears in connection with the foregoing notice. There is simply no way of keeping Rube out of the limelight.
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Philadelphia
Rube Waddell
Rube
Waddell
No Plan 10 Oust Taylor
Ban Johnson of the American League denied Eastern reports that John S. Taylor of the Boston club would be ousted. Johnson stated there are no differences with Taylor and emphasized the league has not approached him about disposing of his baseball holdings.
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Taylor
Ban Johnson
Boston American Club
Chicago
American Baseball League
John I. Taylor
Boston Club
American League
Corbett Prepares for Herrera Fight After Training Detour
The recent Los Angeles report says Young Corbett and Aurelio Herrera have halted intense training for their bout tomorrow night and will ease up the pace from now until weigh in. Corbett remains at weight but must continue light work to stay sharp.
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Corbett
Aurelio Herrera
Los Angeles
Young Corbett
Harvard Football Reform Sparks Heated Debate In Harvard Note
Myron W Townsend argues Harvard's committee favors minimal rule changes. He defends the report as preserving the game while tightening brutality rules. He notes forward passing a Pennsylvania idea and calls for a central officiating body as discussed by several colleges. The piece also covers Penn players amid misconduct town talk and a late note on Philadelphia track prospects.
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Harvard
Crimson
Pennsylvania
Walter Camp
Yale
Corbett Favored as Herrera Prepares for Ring Return
Betting opens at 10 to 8 with Corbett the favorite while Herrera is stated to be below weight and ready to enter the ring. The line suggests Corbett's conditioning may be better or Herrera’s undervaluation by bettors.
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Herrera
Corbett
How Herrera Was Beaten by M Govern
Aurelio Herrera, a top lightweight, was matched with Terry McGovern in California after McGovern’s East sweep. In a May 29 bout at Woodward’s Pavilion Herrera fell in the fifth round after a late-night ploy. his first defeat came as McGovern’s camp reportedly plotted a ten-counts ruse.
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Aurelio Herrera
Nelson
Jimmy Britt
Herrera
Terry McGovern
Terry
California
Woodward’s
McGovern
New Herreshoff boat not for the Kaiser
Bristol R I January 10 It is asserted by yachting observers that the new steel schooner yacht to be built at the Herreshoff shops cannot be intended for Emperor William of Germany because its centre board would face heavy foreign measurement rules. The belief grows that the craft is for Commodore E Walter Clarke of Philadelphia who was in Bristol in conference with the Herreshoffs, his brother having a schooner yacht built at Lawley's in Boston.
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Bristol
R. I
Herreshoff
William
Germany
Commodore E. Walter Clarke
Philadelphia
Herreshoffs
Lawley’s
Boston
3s Send 12 Cents for a Pack of Cuckoo Playing Cards
An offer promotes packs of Cuckoo playing cards described as especially fine quality. The advertisement states a price of twelve cents per pack and urges readers to send payment to receive the deck.
Fire horse Dick of Brookline Passes After 15 Loyal Years
Dick the Brookline fire horse, a 15 year veteran of Station A, fell after a fire on Commonwealth Avenue and suffered a foreleg ligament strain that ends his service. The beloved gray horse, famed for greeting locals and shaking hands, earned affection from firefighters and residents with years of loyal service and holiday treats.
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Brookline
Commonwealth Avenue
Station A
Brookline Fire Horse
Gossip of the Boxers at Chelsea Club Chelsea next Monday night
The Chelsea Club in Chelsea hosts a stacked boxing card with Chester Goodwin vs Abe Attell in a main event eight rounds. Semis feature Duke Ferguson versus Jerry Gaines, plus 120-pound bouts with Sam Moss Gus Ross Eddie Daniels and the Bag of Rags. Other notes cover Tommy Murphy Rouse O'Brien set for January 31 and boxing rule debates led by W A Phelan Jr. Local boxing fans discuss promoters and long bouts while ventilating concerns persist at Chelsea venues.
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Abe Attell
Douglas
Chelsea
Attell
Goodwin
Chester
Charlesbank Gymnasium
Roanoke Club
West End
Duke Ferguson
Jerry Gaines
Sam Moss
Gus Ross
Eddie Daniels
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Tuxedo Park
Rublin
Jack O’brien
Jimmy Walsh
Tommy O'Toole
Walsh
O'Toole
O’brien
Ruhlin
W. A. Phelan, Jr
Chicago Boxing Authority
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