Charlestown Wins Three Games With Pins to Spare
Kenney and Pray duel in a lively tilt for honors as Charlestown secures three wins with pins to spare totaling 2569. The win streak highlights strong team performance and individual scoring.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
3
Kenney and Pray duel in a lively tilt for honors as Charlestown secures three wins with pins to spare totaling 2569. The win streak highlights strong team performance and individual scoring.
Charlestown led the Boston Amateur League clash at Charlestown Club, winning all three games to total 2069 pins while Newton totaled 2410. Kenney of Charlestown was top scorer with 665, Pray of Newton close behind at 664. Southwell also added a 3 bagger as Newton showed spare finishers in the late frames.
Reading A C split wins with Jeffries Club at East Boston last evening. Reading won billiards and both pool games and the whist while Jeffries took bowling and one billiards game. Final scores show a draw between JEFFRIES and READING.
In a City League clash Boylston and Meyers battled to tie for first as Boylston set records by rolling 2618 and 926 in a season best string. Small of Meyers hit 565 with no misses, while Crockett of Boylston followed by one pin behind. Fred Williams placed third with 6551 for three strings.
Burge Hayes team defeated D W Kee Gan in a close Insurance League series bowing them in a key match at the lanes. The win boosts Burge Hayes position and tightens insurance league standings.
Jameson of Somerville meets Meyers ay team Wednesday at Meyers alleys in a candlepin contest. A 10 men tourney proceeds at McCarthy alleys with a roll-off planned for next Monday. Newtowne battled B A A in the snowgame but fought hard.
In Parlor F. Quincy House last evening the River side Gun Club held its first annual meeting. O Dennison of Waltham presided and H F Robertson recorded. Officers elected include L Dennison as president and R A Jones as vice president.
At the annual election Mr Hogan (Naiad) faced independent T Edes (Scotia) for commodore. Fifty five ballots were cast with 27 each and one illegal. The club adjourned to Wednesday. A collation was served. The meeting voted to sustain the Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association action.
Dartmouth College selects its relay quartet H C Collar G McDavitt T W Egbert W Haskell and captain T Chase with substitutes D B Trude H H Sears for the B A A Games in Boston next month. ExCaptain Belzer debuts in the 880 yard run and Salinger in the 40 yard dash.
Jake Schaefer dazzled with masse shots in a Caterday display at the Hub Billiard Parlors. He ran 9% in the afternoon against New England Champion Eames and 320 in the evening while Fred scored 66. Today Schaefer faces California champion Saylor in the afternoon, followed by Saylor versus Eames in the evening.
Sixth annual Old Colony Yacht Ball scheduled at Orienta Hall Roxbury on Feb 3. Yale football alumni banquet in New York at the Yale Club Feb 12. Jack Brewer seeks a $2000 shooting match with Fred Gilbert likely in Chicago.
At Taunton Taunton 7 Ceoildas 6 and at Salem Salem 8 Pawtucket 5. Portland 4 Rockland 4 in a fragmented note with unclear final details.
The Boston Athletic Association indoor track meet set for Saturday February 5 at 5 30 pm at Mechanics Building aims to feature a grand sequence of team races with Harvard Yale Penn Holy Cross and others in events such as the scratch 40 yard dash the one mile race and the 440 yard special race. A large field from multiple states and Uncle Sam’s soldiers are expected to attend.
NY telegraphed report debunks a 128‑pound bid between George Dixon and George Lavigne, noting neither champion would bend weight rules. The column lists upcoming bouts across cities, including Dobbs vs McDonough in Nanticoke and McAuliffe’s illness, with multiple matchups and local boxing news.
The American Cycle Racing Association moves to control next year mid distance events drawing protests from clubs and riders. Top riders like Jimmy Michael Tom Linton and Constant Huret are signed for a circuit including Buffalo to Montreal. The L A W is urged to intervene though it only sets rules, while track owners and clubs clash over fees and gate percentages.
President McKinley speaks to the New York Merchants Association on industrial growth. He argues government aids trade but cannot create it, urges citizen enterprise, and cites Senator Frye on merchant marine, Hawaiian Islands, and canal strategy amid post depression recovery. After midnight he attends a Windsor reception.
The Bostonian cle Club hosted its annual ball at the Fensmere Oil hall with sixty five couples. President Miss E F Pitt directed the floor assisted by Miss Marie Gahm and others while a long list of attendees from cycling and boating clubs and Boston society filled the room in festive attire.
Eddie Cannon Bald nearly completed a quarter mile dash on a 12 lap track but fell in the last turn of the first lap. He quickly remounted and finished the quarter in 36 15 seconds. The meeting logged 48 hour race updates with Waller leading scores at midnight and 1 a m as records fell by 61 miles.
In New Haven the Elm City Nutmeg Athletic Club staged a boxing exhibition at Hyperion Theatre before about 2000. The main bout ended in an eighth-round stoppage with Higgins and Reynolds declared a draw after repeated fouls. Buzz Smith was KO’d in the fourth by Lew Webster.
The Lyceum Hall event in East Hoston attracted about 600 people. Joe Horn impressed with imitations and a novel musical act. Tom Curtin, Billy O'Donnell, and Jimmy Coveney sang and danced, with many local acts including Barry Ryan, Luke Davidson, Wallie Brown, Billy Hansen, and others delivering performances.
A special Harvard committee led by Professor Ira N. Hollis Burgess and Fred Moore will present Harvard’s stance for pure athletics at the upcoming meeting of the colleges in Providence. The gathering responds to invitations from Brown to major eastern athletic colleges.
An OCR fragment advertises the New England School of Boxing at 74 Boylston Street in Harvard, with garbled contact lines likely signaling a call to reach the organization.
Nat Butler trains hard at Bellaire track aiming for a two minute twenty mile pace as middle distance work. A Lyceum Hall event honors Spiers and McNabb with dancing and a cake walk on February 10. International cycling talks loom in Liverpool and New York with track rule changes under discussion. Swiss champion Kaser faces Eaton in St. Louis February races for 500 dollars per side.
Tom Davis of San Francisco and Herman Fifel of Meadville Pennsylvania fought a very even fifteen round draw tonight before the Dunkirk Athletic Club.
The piece argues that profitable trade is hindered by limited transport facilities and lack of knowledge about other nations. It urges understanding foreign needs, reducing costs to reach buyers, and promoting American enterprise as a respected global partner. It calls for proactive measures to reach customers abroad.
The speaker asserts the national government must coin money to maintain high standards of honesty and honor. They reject any legal technicality to reduce debt, pledge payment in trusted currency, and demand decisive financial legislation supported by seven million voters. This frames currency stability as the nation’s commission from the people.
The piece argues citizens must give vitality to public law beyond favoring sound money. It urges honest effort and thorough trial despite many difficulties, contending progress comes from fair discussion. It promotes sincere purpose, free debate, and intelligent discussion to strengthen support for a stable financial system.
A political declamation argues that steadfast adherence to the St Louis platform and sound money is essential. It notes the tariff plank has become statute and insists Republicans must maintain specie‑backed policy, linking current leadership to past reform aims.
The tenth annual concert and ball of Division 17 AOH Roxbury was held at Union Park Hall with 800 attendees. Lyceum Orchestra played as President Hasson led as floor marshal and John Lonergan and Miss Mary Lockney led the grand march among 150 couples. Notables in attendance included D J Fitzpatrick Joseph Riordan and wives, M J McEtrick, G Norton, T L Connolly, C I Quirk, J F Dever, B T Daly, W L McCarthy, and many others.
Captain Payne Whitney and Coach Robert J. Cook led 24 varsity hopefuls in their first group session at Yale New Haven. No freshmen joined the session as they must prove proficiency in their class boat before varsity selection.
The friends of Messrs. Smith and Kerrissey attended the Hayward opening yesterday. Toasts celebrated prosperity and longevity of the new venture as guests praised the elegance and lavish furnishing of the establishment’s rooms.
Washington January 27 Representative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts introduced in the House a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the presidential term to six years and to bar Presidents from seeking re election afterward.
An informal Senate dinner honoring the street railway committee was hosted by Chairman Irwin and House Chairmen Hoyt and Clerk Anthony at Youngs. After dining the guests attended a performance at the Boston Museum.
Christian Lein, a leading pioneer citizen and resident of the Cincinnati Flour and Seed Company, was shot twice and fatally wounded at his mill in Cincinnati. Burglars secured nothing and escaped.
A Parker House gathering hosted by the committee chaired by J. C. Abel featured a varied programme of solos songs and recitations plus a colored quartet and instrumental selections. The British Charite Society contributed a smoke social element to the evening.
Snow packed on Boston streets brings heavy sleigh traffic with many family sleighs and a large Beacons Street crowd. Waldo Pierce's Alcidalia tops speed, while a nip and tuck on the St Paul to St Marys stretch features Mying Dutchman and Churchbell.
Repairs to the Back Bay bridge near the O'Reilly statue alter the Boston A A cross country route. Start 3 20 p m from the club house to Commonwealth Avenue then to the reservoir and back to Exeter street. Competitors use Tech gymnasium as dressing room per the secretary of the Mions. Entries and handicaps listed.
John Nilsson of Minneapolis dominated the rink at Locust Street defeating New England champion Bob Warner in a one mile handicap race by a lap. He then performed backward skating and chair-jumping, delivering a long display followed by a ten minute challenge where three skaters tried and failed to hold him above the waist.
Police warn the public about a crying colored newsboy followed by two white boys in Scollay Square and nearby streets. The boys allegedly force readers to buy papers by staging robberies of the lad, a noted ruse netting them a harvest.
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