Arlington Boat Club dominates Amateur Bowling League match
In Arlington, the Arlington Boat Club defeated Boston Athletic Association in all three games, pulling the club to the top of the league while B A A slips from leadership. Individual highlights include Durgin with a triple and several players sparking strikes. scores show 2600 plus for the home team.
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Arlington
Boston Athletic
Arlington Boat Club
Boston and Vicinity
Newtowne
Carter
Rankin
Catter
Whittemore
Arlington Iead
Durgin
Legate
Wardwell
Hill
Fuller
B A A Second Team Beats Newton Highland Club in Circuit League
In Arlington the B A A second team prevailed over Newton Highland Club in the Circuit League series at the B A A. The Highland five won only the second game by 14 pins, while the B A A team took the other games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Newton Highland Club
Highland
Insworth
T’tl
Fresbrey
Bkinner
Eeenve
Wellington
Newton Highland
Gaeereeeees
T’dl
Prescott
Germania
Norfolks
Bergdoll Khdeseeedin
Berle
A. G
Sudbury
Chelsea and
Waltham
Chelsea
Marsh
Blancha Serer Eeesseese
Boston College
Bowler
Serer Eeeseseeneeeees
Seeeeraeeereees
Cumming
Casserly Teeeeeeeeeevess
Eeseeseee T18
Waltham Cycle Club
Ee Soreesseeeeee Lbl
Weiter Eereeerenses
Oereeeeereeeres
Erbert
Seeereeene
Seeeee Seereresseses
Anderson Aa Eeeeseees Eee
Ellis Eeeeerese
Swan Seereres Eeeeesaees Peereeeseseesees
Peererees
Goodwin Drug Clerks Win Bowling Match
George Goodwin and Rust Richardson Co. defeated teams in a match game on the ib alleys last evening. The event was held at the local bowling lanes with both sides competing in a close bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin Drug Clerks
George
Goodwin and Rust, Richardson Co
Theib
Candle
Pins
Goodwin
George C. Goodwin
Williamhe
eCaeee
Bowler
Richardson Eeeeeses Estel Ers Wees
Clements Reeeeves
Knollin
Waldoon Ee
Insurance League clash ends with Boston Marine win
One game was rolled in the Sudbury alleys Insurance League series. L Burge Hayes and Boston Marine competed, with Boston Marine prevailing. The scores are not fully shown in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury Alleys
L. Burge Hayes
Boston Marine
Highland Club Trails in Suburban Interclub Fight
In the Suburban Interclub tournament at Old Dorchester Club last evening the Highland Club avoided a shut-out. Old Dorchester swept the honors in darts, billiards, pool and bowling while whist ends were evenly split with each side gaining 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Club
Old Dorchester
Billiards
Hooper
Metcalf
Nickerson
Shaw
Kingman
Highland
T. Bt
Besarick
Cutter
First sailing ship towed into East Boston by Ned Evans
Captain Ned Evans of the Kate Jones tows the Chilean and Peruvian nitrate ship Othello into East Boston in a south easterly rainstorm, earning 260 dollars. The Hibr ship sailed from Pacific ports with 16,836 bags. Also noted are a Belgian pigeon’s voyage, the New England steamship arrival at Rio Janeiro, fish schooner purchases, and various wrecking and tug operations in the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Evans
Kate Jones
Cape Cod
Eastern Railroad
Boston
Pacific Ocean
Belgium
Winter
Westfield
N. J
Baltimore
Conover
Zai
T Wharf
A. F. Rich
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
New England
Vancouver
B. C
William Brittain
Camilla
David A. Osler
Newport
R.a
James Murphy
Bath
K. Hutchins
Chick
Calais
Henry Betts
F. A. Pike
Governor's Island Flats
Lady Ellen
Jennie
Havre Street
Tom Gaddis
City of Birmingham
Savannah
Chattahoochee
Robbins
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Annapolis Valley
Lewis Wharf
Yarmouth
Hatteras
Googins
Gate Oy
New York
Cherokee
Clyde Line
Snowman
Bucksport
N. K
N. K E. Symonds
Porta Plata
Boston Fruit Company
Jamaica
Dorchester Bay
City of
Amanda E
Nelson Dawes
Sylvester L. Ward
Newburyport Bar
Excelsior
Wesley A. Gove
Fannie Lenox
Sarah H. Prior
Nix
Lockwood
Marine Railway
Jordan L. Mott
Simpson’s Dry Dock
Alvages
Thatcher's Island
Vange
Rockland
Salem Harbor
Poultry Association Awards and Officers Named
The twenty second annual American Poultry Association session closes at Mechanics Hall tonight. The standard of perfection for North America has been revised during the three day meeting. Officers for 1898 include President Isaac K. Felch and a long list of vice presidents, secretary treasurer Theodore Sternberg, an advisory board, and an extensive executive committee with members from many states and Canada.
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American Poultry Association
Mechanics’ Hall
Isaac K. Felch
Natick
Mass
H. S. Babcock
Providence
Munson
Washington, D. C
H. A. Bridge
Columbus
A. F. Pierce
Winchester
N. H
George V. Fletcher
Belmont
T. W. Kil- Mngsworth
Augusta
A. EB. Olshausen
Los Angeles
Cal
George T. Pitkin
Chicago
B. N. Pierce
Indianapolis
Ind
C. H. Wells
Stratford
George G. McCormick
London
Ont
August D. Arnold
Dillsburg
Penn
Theodore Sternberg
Ellsworth
Kan
D.A. Nichols
Monroe
0. T. Albee
Lawrence
Connecticut
George W. Mitchell
Bristol
Georgia
G. M. Downs
Atlanta
Indiana
George Seeger, Jr
Lafayette
Daniel Christian
Roanoke
I. N. Barker
Thornton
Illinois
Frank B. White
F. L. Kinney
Morgan Park
Grant M. Curtis
Quincy
Iowa
F. Shellabarger
West Liberty
W. S. Russell
Ottumwa
Massachusetts
A. R. Sharp
Taunton
H. S. Ball
Shrewsbury
A. S. Hawkins
Lancaster
W. F. Whiting
Holyoke
Kansas
H. Rhodes
Topeka
Maryland
John S. Waggaman
Hyatsville
Missouri
Adam. Thompson
Amir R. E. Kinotley
Kansas City
George Davis
Michigan
Frank and
L. Sewell
New Troy
Alice Mason
Grant
New Hampshire
W. R. Gilman
Nashua
New Jersey
Frank W. Gaylor
Jersey City
T. Farrar Rackham
West Orange
New York
George H. Burgett
Lawton’s Station
F. B. Zimmer
Gloversville
T. F. McGrew
New York City
E. B. Thompson
Armenia
D. Lincoln Orr
Orr's Mills
IE. P. Shephard
Croton Falls
Newton Adams
Utica
J. H. Drevenstedt
Johnstown
J. H. Thompson, Jr
Patterson
C. E. Howell
Elmira
Ohio
Iraq
Keller
Prospect
Charles McClare
New London
Pennsylvania
E. S. Hickman
Cheyney
A. P. Groves
Philadelphia
A. F. Cooper
Homer City
T. E. Orr
Pittsburg
Rhode Island
T. H. Adams
Pawtucket
South Carolina
F. D. Kendall
Columbia
Canada
Alan Bogue
William McNeil
H. V. Crawford
Montclair
N. J
George E. Peer
Rochester
N. Y
F. L. Mattison
South Shaftsbury
Theodore Hewes
Trenton
John L. Cost
Hagerstown
John GC. Crothers
St. Louis
Sharp Butterfield
Windsor
M.B. Blanch
Lebanon
Robert B. Braden
Dayton, O
Henry Hales
Ridgefield
George McCormick
P. Williams
Boxing Gossip Casts Doubt On Kid McCoy And Challengers
The column attacks Kid McCoy as avoiding top fighters like Choynski and Maher while accusing him of shifting weights and chasing easy matches. It notes upcoming bouts and disputes, including Matt Matthews vs Charley Burns and White vs Fairburn, with club politics and licensing anxieties in New York.
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Kid McCoy
Peter Maher
McCoy
Dan Creedon
Joe Choynski
Creedon
Choynski
Joe
Corbett
Fitz
Maher
Charley Goff
Matt Matthews
A. C
Wheeling
W. Va
Charley Burns
Cincinnati
Tommy White
Joe Fairburn
Philadelphia
White
Fairburn
Williams Roberts
Harry Tracy
Eugene Cummings
Tom Dolan
Boston
Roanoke Club
Tim Kearns
Professor Robinson
Jig Stone
New York
New York World
Timothy Sullivan
Tom O’rourke
Tom O'Rourke
Dick O'Brien
Jack Bennett
Quaker City A. C
Bennett
George V. Tuohey
New York boxers headline Waterbury card draws
Charley Kelly knocks out Willie Barrett at the Auditorium in 2 minutes 22 seconds. Jack O'Brien defeats Jack Hannigan in ten rounds. Dan Murphy of Waterbury and Tom My West of New York fight to a twenty round draw with Murphy leading early and West taking over late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
Charley Kelly
Willie Barrett
New York
Kelly
Barrett
Jack O’brien
Jack Hannigan
Pittsburg
O’brien
Danurphy
New England
Tommy West
A Murphy
West
McCoy Deposits 5000 To Fight Heavier Champion
Kid McCoy puts up a 5000 forfeit to Richard K. Fox to secure a heavyweight title bout against either James J. Corbett or Fitzsimmons. The decision on the challenger will shape the world championship clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kid McCoy
Richard K. Fox
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Worcester Cyclist Mrs M S Allen Sets Enduring Bike Feats
Worcester star Mrs. M. S. Allen sets multiple cycling records in 1897 covering 21 026 miles and 117 centuries. She surpassed Denver's Mrs. A K E Rinehart's 1896 marks, rode 266 days of the year, and plans a Boston to Chicago unaccompanied trip despite injuries. Her longest day was 153 miles Worcester to Albany with a later return via Palmer Massachusetts.
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Worcester
M. S&s. Allen
A. KE. Rinehart
Denver
Massachusetts
G. F. Pond
Gracey
Philadelphia
Allen
Albany
N. Y
Springfield
Mass
Palmer
Ariston
Boxing Exhibition at New London Promotes Worcester Talent
The New London Athletic Club hosted its year opening boxing show featuring Worcester entrants. In the six round bout Bolles defeated White for the 1% pound class decision, while Carroll knocked Lawler out in the eleventh round of the 128 pound match after 25 rounds. White sustained three small bones broken in the right hand early in the first bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Carroll
White
Ancient and Honorables Hold Citizen Soldier Discussion
The Quincy House event drew over 200 members and guests for a Citizen Soldier debate. Colonel Bradley opened, followed by General Bancroft and Colonel RAMONDS of the First Corps of Cadets who voiced military sentiment. Captain Milliken of St Louis and Colonel Oakes of the Fifth Regiment also spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy House
Bradley
Bancroft
Ria4monds
Oakes
Fifth Regiment
McClelland Knocks Out Tierney in 13 12 Minutes
Pittsburg lightweights Jack McClelland and Mike Tierney boxed in M'Keesport with McClelland delivering a decisive fourth round right hand and body shot, forcing Tierney to the canvas as the ten round bout ended after 13 12 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M’keesport
Penn
Jack McClelland
Mike Tierney
Pittsburg
McClelland
Tierney
Mike
Groker Buys New York Athletic Club House
Justice Freeman in Supreme Court authorizes the sale of the old New York Athletic Club house to Richard Croker for 190000 dollars for the Democratic Club. The report also mentions unrelated fragments about syrup and health remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Justice Freeaman
Supreme Court Today
South Boston Group Urges Removal of Correc tionary Institution
The South Boston Citizens Association debated the House of Correction now in the Peninsular district last evening. President Martin labeled the facility an eyesore and injury, while others urged its removal and noted plans for new buildings. They also discussed reducing Boston letter carriers and a playground site near Ward 15 and 16. A garbage plant was announced for Spectacle Island with Calf’s Pasture as the site and input promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Board of Management
Boston
Barrows
Hoar
Lodge
S. W. Johnson
Committee On Playgrounds
Quincy
Ward 15
Ward 16
Seventh and Eighth Streets
Martin
Spectacle Island
Loss of John A Lynch Shocks Boston College Class
The Second Grammar class of Boston College held a meeting to mourn John A. Lynch. The class will attend his funeral at St Thomas Catholic Church Jamaica Plain at 9 this morning. Lynch’s father Daniel P. Lynch works as a water department foreman, and the family already lost a daughter within the same week. The student died after falling ill Monday and passing away Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Grammar
Boston College
John A. Lynch
St.Thomas Catholc Church
Jamaica Plain
Daniel P. Lynch
Water Department
Young Lynch
Nineteenth Anniversary of Star Council 214
The Star Council 214 Royal Arcanum celebrated its nineteenth anniversary at the American House with 200 covers. Guests included Supreme Secretary W C Robson Supreme Chaplain Henry Goodwin Grand Regent eS Clark Grand Secretary H A Boynton and Districts Ira M Mosher. Vice Regent est Waitt presided as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Council
Royal Arcanum
W. C. Robson
Henry Goodwin
Es Clark
H. A. Boynton
Distri Eens
Ira M. Mosher
Waitt
Gideon Split Dominates National Assembly Vote Question
Philadelphia advices indicate a split vote in the State's National Assembly delegation on the presidency. About fifteen delegates will back Gideon while the remaining sixty-three honor the State board majority backing Potter and his ticket. Secretary Bassett may cast a blank ballot amid interest from New York interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Board of Officers
National Assembly
Gideon
State Board
Potter
Mr. Elliott
Massachusetts
Elliott
Bassett
New York
Post
Bicycle Gossip and Meetings Stir Local Cycling Scene
L A W Bulletin reports Chief Consul Elliott opposes Sunday racing and calls for a local option vote. National assembly set for February 9 at the Southern Hotel in St Louis with round trip fare on certificate plan. A Roxbury C social event in Berkeley Hall draws crowds while Dick Cronin heads to New Bedford for a 25 mile race with Albert Crossley tomorrow. Public view of E B Taylor’s chainless bicycle at 122 Massachusetts Avenue reveals four gears and a new drive system with exhibitions scheduled next week.
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L. A. W. Bulletin
Elliott
National W
Pétter
National Assembly
Southern
St. Louis
Assembly
Roxbury C
Berkeley Hall
Dick Cronin
Chelsea
New Bedford
Albert Crossley
E. B. Taylor
Massachusetts Avenue
George F. Taylor
Doctor Held After Alleged Assault Case
The Watch and Ward Society of Boston had Dr. William T. Parker of Groveland Massachusetts arrested on a charge of felonious assault against Miss Edith Abigail Pratt of Boston. Parker pleaded not guilty at Haverhill Police Court and was held on $1500 bail posted by his Harvard Law School student son. The alleged assault followed an advertised amanuensis request, with Pratt visiting Parker in Groveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watch and
Harvard Law School
Boston
Parker
Pratt
Groveland
Arch and Ward Society
Bourke Cockran Lecture at Harvard under Catholic Club
In Sanders Theatre Cambridge Hon W Bourke Cockran will speak on Christianity the Light to Economic Truth under Harvard Catholic Club auspices Harvard students and the public filled tickets before 5 pm Wednesday leaving none for sale at the door Cockran arrives in Boston this afternoon and will dine at the Colonial Club before the 8 pm lecture President Logan will introduce Mr Cockran after a student only ticket showing system led to a rush leaving no public tickets available
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Lawrence Scientific School
Charles Eliot Norton
Logan
Eliot
Cochran
Prize Collie Wellington Dies After Season Distemper Loss
Brookside Wellington, best American bred collie shown this year and first prize winner at the Washington beach show in December, died this morning at Brockale Farm. Owned by Samuel H. Stewart of Newburgh, the valued dog at $1000. Stewart has lost ten collies in a month to a mysterious distemper affecting high-bred stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgh
N. Y
Brookside Wellington
Washington
D. C
Samuel IL. Stewart
Brockale Farm
Stewart
Sutton Beats Spinks in Balk-Line Billiards Match
George Sutton defeated Spinks in balk-line billiards at Chicago on January 20. Sutton scored 100 to Spinks 1% in a night match described as a twisty and unsettled event with unclear final tally, reported from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Sutton
Spinks
Gchagfer
Sutton
Seme
Boston Protests Postal Carrier Cutback Across City
Mayor Josiah Quincy urges Boston City Council to protest proposed reductions in postal carriers. Resolutions call for preserving current carrier numbers, potentially securing a deficiency appropriation, and sending copies to Massachusetts Senators and Representatives and the Postmaster General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Washington
Eee
Boston
City of
Congress
City considers 500000 sewer fund and park loan
The mayor urged a $50,000 petition for another park loan and the council passed it. The Art Commission favored placing busts in the Public Library. A street cleaning division was to be created in Brighton. A $500,000 sewerage appropriation, previously defeated, was reconsidered and passed, allowing sewer department workers to continue. An ordinance establishing the City Record and a department of baths were also approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Art Commission
Franklin
Hiram Powers
Wheeler
Brighton
Floods Fear New Ohio River Rise In Indiana Kentucky
Flood fears spread from Louisville as the Ohio River rises. The canal reading reached 49 feet 7 inches while the Reading at the locks stood at 23 feet 2 inches. Reports say substantial damage occurred across the state and two drownings are reported near West Baden Indiana and Jackson County Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Ohio
Thomas Cross
West Baden
Ind
Drury
Cumberland River
Jackson County
Tenn
Philip McKeague Dies Suddenly in Roxbury
Roxbury business man Philip McKeague died at his home on Roxbury Street after a brief indisposition. He fell faint after supper and did not recover despite medical aid. Funeral set for Saturday morning at St. Francis de Sales Church with a solemn high mass. He was a member of the Montgomery Club Division 3 A. O. and other societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip McKeague
Roxbury
Roxbury Street
Tremont Street
St. Francis de Sales
Vernon Street
McKeague
Montgomery Club
Division 3
A. O
George A. Allison Dies Suddenly in North Cambridge
George A. Allison, a prominent North Cambridge citizen and original Paint and Oil Club member, died yesterday after a recent appendicitis operation. He had been ill before the operation, and a relapse after surgery led to his death in the afternoon. He was a longtime member of the Commercial Exchange before it merged into the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Allison
North
Cambridge
Mr. Allison
Dr. Taylor
Paint and Oil Club of Boston
The
Commercial Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Parsons will files for probate of New York estate
Martha Parsons who died in Brooklyn leaves an estate valued at $14 600. She bequeaths to the Boston Art Museum a portrait of her aunt Lydia Maria Child by Alexander, babies shoes made by Mrs Child in 1821, needlework by Susan Child in 1795, plus a vandyké head of Henrietta Maria given by artist William Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martha Parsons
Brooklyn
Boston Art Museum
Lydia Maria Child
Alexander
Boston Wheelmen Defeat Lovell Cycle Club In Polo
Boston Wheelmen defeated Lovell Cycle Club 7 to 2 in East Weymouth. The Moores and Heron starred in Boston's strong all around play with goals securing the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Wheelmen
Lovell Cycle Club
East Weymouth
Moores
Heron
Boston
Lovell
New England Basket Ball League Formed at Parker House Meeting
A new basketball league named the New England Basket Ball League was formed at a meeting under the Athletic Union of the Parker House. The session occurred in the early evening, with attendees including representatives from multiple clubs and local athletic organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Basket Ball League
Athletic Union
Parker House Inc Athletic
OSKOS
Ig Peer “Ee
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Circuit League
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Boylston
Dennison Mfg. Co
Theormer
Negainst
Lowell Arms
Wilson
Larrabee
Bros
Dennison
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Owry
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Eeeve
Channell Eee Erseee
Follen Barron
L. Burgh Hayes
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Shawmut
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Brackett
Thorne
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Baier Tees
Gramer
Danhofer
Seers
Suburban Interclub League
Poultry Association
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M. S. Allen
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Fred White
Groker
House of Correction
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