Left Hand Drive Popular at New York Auto Shows
The New York garden and Grand Central Palace auto shows report a rise in left hand drive and center control cars, with self starters becoming standard. Meads rotary valve motor is highlighted amid new Chevrolets and Little Six models, while Lenox Fiat and Interstate lines display refinements and new six cylinders.
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New York
Garden
Grand Central Palace
Chester I. Campbell
Boston
Chevrolet
Sills
Republic Motor Company
Lenox Motor Car Company
Chester
T. Bates
William Blanchard
W. K. Hadley
Lenox
Palace
Fiat
Poughkeepsie
R. R. Ross
Fiat Company
New England
Turin
Italy
W. A. Charles
Interstate Company
Interstate
South America
Commerce High School Meet Promises Battles for Supremacy
The second year students at the High School of Commerce will compete this afternoon in the Commerce gym. Eight events are planned and strong rivalry is expected among the rooms forming the class.
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High School of Commerce
Commerce
Brown Signs with Reds in Cincinnati Move
Mordecai Brown, former Chicago Nationals star pitcher, signed a Cincinnati contract today in Chicago.
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Chicago
Mordecai Brown
Chicago Nationals
Cincinnati
Holy Cross Declines Meeting Red Sox in Open Baseball Season
The refusal by Holy Cross to play the champion Red Sox at the season’s start sparks debate in college baseball circles, though Worcester’s institution has nonetheless made a move likely to provoke wide discussion.
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Holy Cross
Red Sox
Worcester
Colleges and Professionals Clash Over Early Season Games
Longstanding practice games between top college baseball teams and professional clubs have sparked debate over amateur rules. Holy Cross states it will not play professionals, prompting calls for amending amateur rulings or allowing colleges to become professionals.
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Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Pennsylvania
West
Crimson
Red Sox
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
New York
Holy Cross
F. A. Rousseau
Worcester Institution
Captain Edgett 10 Retire on Pension
Captain Isaac H. Edgett of Beverly, deputy secretary of state for 37 years, will be retired by Governor Foss on half pay under the veterans pension act.
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Isaac H. Edgett
Beverly
Foss
Chickering
Donovan Tries Out Harvard Relay Men
Pooch Donovan tested distance runners for 3120-yard relay teams at Soldier Field on Feb. 8. Two squads of 10 raced, with final legs by Herbert Lawless and Koch. Lawless edged his rival by a few yards as Harvard gauges squad depth for Yale MIT and Dartmouth clashes.
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Pooch Donovan
Soldiers Field
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Herbert Lawless
Koch
Lawless
Melrose High to Meet Rindge in Interscholastic Ice Clash
This afternoon at the Boston Arena the Interscholastic Hockey League stage third game features Melrose High versus Rindge Technical. Melrose, buoyed by a recent tie with Arlington, has few practice chances while Rindge eyes an upset as captain Nate Green drills a fit squad.
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Boston Arena
Melrose High
Rindge Technical School
Cere
Arlington High School
Rindge
Nate Green
Captain Edgett to Retire on Pension After Governor’s Ok
Captain Edgett says Governor Foss will approve his pension petition filed soon and Secretary of State Donahue will back it. He will retire this month on 1500 a year, with Y W H Boynton promoted to first deputy and Peter F. J. Carney to succeed him. Edgett, Civil War veteran born in Hillsborough New Brunswick, moved to Beverly in 1858 and held multiple state posts. The captain describes cordial relations with Donahue and Grant era service, including struggles at Appomattox and later public duties.
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Captain Edgett
Beverly
Foss
Frank J. Donahue
Edgett
Y W. H. Boynton
Peter F. J. Carney
Boynton
Co. A
Massachusetts Regiment
Hillsborough
N. B
Hardisyde
Ruth Edgett
Eastport
Roanoke Island
Grant
Appomattox
John G. Foster
Lizzie B. Fisk
Henry B. Pierce
William M. Olin
A. P. Langtry
Liberty Lodge of Masons
Donahue
Fisher Dwyer Recital at Tremont Temple
Bernice Fisher soprano of the Boston Opera Company and Michael J Dwyer tenor with violinist Ethel C Smith gave a Tremont Temple concert fur fourth in a series of programs. They sang Scottish Irish and American pieces before a large audience with encores. Accompanists were Carl Lamson and Mrs Cecil Hughes. The closing group featured Old Folks at Home My Old Kentucky Home and Home Sweet Home.
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Bernice Fisher
Boston Opera Company
Michael J. Dwyer
Ethel C. Smith
Tremont Temple
Miss Fisher
Mr. Dwyer
Miss Smith
Boston Opera House
Dorchester High School Fielding Strong City Swimming Team
Dorchester High School presents a new swimming squad aiming for the city title. The boys draw top Tenean Swimming Club talent and other strong school swimmers, with manager Cowboy arranging dual meets with English Mechanic Wal tham and Winthrop and predicting a dominant season.
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Dorchester High School
Dorchester
Tenean
Afd
Cowboy
English
Mechanic
Waltham
Winthrop
Mantell Never Wins World Middleweight Title
H. M. Mantell did not secure the world middleweight championship, failing to win the title in the described competition.
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H. M
Frank Mantell
Brookline High School Football Team Receives Sweaters
At a Brookline High School meeting held yesterday, sweaters were awarded to the 1912 football eleven. John Packard, assistant headmaster, presented the sweaters to Captain Carl Thielscher and teammates Morton Emery, Dexter Hunneman, Thomas Newton, Francis Jouannet, Philip Johnson, Flaumund Dusossou, Eggie Willett, Robert Rowe, Everett Phillips, J. McNeilley, George McGillen, and Thomas O'Connor.
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Brookline
Brookline High School
John Packard
Carl Thielscher
Morton Emery
Dexter Hunneman
Thomas Newton
Francis Jouannet
Philip Johnson
Flaumund Dusossou
Eggie Willett
Robert Rowe
Everett Phillips
J. McNeilley
George McGillen
Thomas O’ Connor
Favors Goal by Scrimmage in Football Reform
Walter McCornack, former Dartmouth coach and player, proposes changing football rules to allow a goal after touchdown from scrimmage. He argues it blends science and spectacle, letting the scoring team take the ball to the 25 yard line and attempt a goal by place or drop kick with the defense free to block.
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McCornack
Plumbers Union Debates Wage Increase in Striking Session
Boston plumbers met through the night to vote on a wage demand from 4.80 to 5.20 a day. Employers offered 5 dollars. Members split, delaying final strike action until Tuesday night.
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Boston Plumbers’ Union
Cahen Secures Divorce from Blossom Seeley
New York January 16. In under twenty minutes Joseph Cahen obtained a divorce from actress Blossom Seeley. The suit was undefended. Cahen named Rube Marquard of the Giants as corespondent and cited Atlantic City episodes as evidence.
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New York
Joseph Cahen
Blossom Seeley
Cahen
Rube” Marquard
Giants
Atlantic City
Courtroom Vignettes from a Jersey City Marriage Case
Witnesses recount a 1911 Jersey City marriage and a dramatic Atlantic City confrontation with detectives at the Continental Hotel. Dialogues capture tension between Cohen and Marquard while outsiders like vaudeville agent Scheuer describe confrontations with Blossom Seeley and others in Broadway encounters.
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Cohen
Jersey City
Walter Carter
Continental
Atlantic City
Marquard
Rube
Carter
Blessie
Adamses celebrate 50 years of marriage in Woburn
Mr and Mrs Wesley Fuller Adams of 30 Mr Pleasant street marked their golden wedding anniversary with a reception for about 80 relatives and friends from Winchester Somerville Southville and South Framingham.
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Woburn
Wesley Fuller Adams
Mr. Pleasant Street
Winchester
Somerville
Southville
South Framingham
Promising Recruit Falls To Pieces At Comiskey Park
In 1918 at Comiskey Park a Chicago trial for a Michigan shortstop collapses as the 28 year old shows poor form and speed. Jimmy Callahan orders the player sent home after a brief infield tryout beside Buck Weaver. Ping Bodie notes the veteran presence while Ed Walsh warms up.
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Jimmy Callahan
Petosky
Mich
Hans Wagner
Discar
Jimmy
Chicago
Michigan
Ping Bodie
Ping
Callahan
Ed Walsh
Buck Weaver
Hughey Jennings
Tigers
Comisky Park
Jennings
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