Dixon and Palmer Fight to Six Round Draw at Madison Square Garden
George Dixon the featherweight champion and Pedler Palmer the English bantam battled at Madison Square Garden before about 6000 in a six round draw. Palmer bore weight advantage early but Dixon rallied, with the final rounds favoring Dixon and the referee declaring a draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Dixon
Pedler
Palmer
Billy Plimmer
Madison Square Garden
Dixon
George
Botti
Moore
Skating Schedule Reflects Fair to Good Ice Conditions
Rain and cold have revived ice on Boston ponds per the Boston Athletic Association bulletin. Jamaica Pond Jamaica Plain and other locations report fair ice with some good patches including Spy Ponds Arlington and Pumping Station Newton Highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excellent Bulletin
The
Boston Athletic Association
Jamaica Pond
Jamaica Plain
Chandler’s Pond
Lake and
Kendrick Streets
Oak Square
Strong's Pond
Spy Pond
Arlington
Lower Mystic Lake
West Medford
Waltham
Riverside
Pumping Station
Upper Falls
Newton Highlands
Vine Rock Bridge
Spring Street
Dedham
Readville
Clipper Annual 1896 Highlights Sporting World
The 1896 Clipper Annual appears as a key reference with records across water, turf, baseball, polo, boxing and more. It showcases stage figures with half tone cuts and lists major world events in yachting and amateur rowing, featuring Bergie Wefers Kilpatrick Stephen Chase and Mike Sweeney among pictured athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles’ Kilpatrick
Stephen Chase
Mike Sweeney
Choynski Ill After Hall Fight and Possible Ring Hiatus
Private advices report Joe Choynski seriously ill after his recent defeat of Jim Hall. Manager Parson Davies learns a surgical operation is needed and a return to boxing unlikely for at least four months. Davies plans to travel to El Paso while Choynski, though ill, fought at only 154 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Choynski
Choynski
Jim Hall
Parson Davies
Davies
New York
Peoria
Ill
Sullivan
el Paso
Hall
Fitzsimmons Defeats Stenzler in Fierce El Paso Sparring
In El Paso Bob Fitzsimmons dominated sparring with Stenzler, breaking his nose in the eighth round and leaving the Australian eager for fewer dates and better partners. Maher struggles with boils but stays active, while the boxing world buzzes about Burns Smith, Jackson and Creedon, and the New Manhattan Club flare ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Bob Fitzsimmons
Nero
Stenzler
Burns-Smith
Fitzsimmons
Juarez
Rio Grande
Maher
Fitz
Dan Stuart
Daniel
Boxing notes preview at Music Hall and surrounding events
A columnist describes Jim Betts training for a barrel fight at Music Hall and reports on Joe Mullin, Nick Burley, Ed McGlory, Gallagher, Abbott, Pearce, O'Brien, and other boxing activity. The piece highlights exhibitions, rivalries, and upcoming bouts across Boston area clubs with notes on form and expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Jim Betts
Music Hall
Jim
Virginia
Betts
George Tovey
Sam Johnson
Joe Mullin
Jolly Entertainment
Mullin
Frank Steele
Martin Flaherty
Boston
Holyoke
Nick Burley
Ed McGlory
Ed McDonough
Burley
Gallagher
Leslie Pearce
Abbott
East Downingtown
Penn
Pearce
Jimmy Kelley
al O’brien
Gloucester
N. J
Waltham Athletic Club
Waltham Rink
Johnny Briggs
Box Mahoney
Jimmy Keiley
Ferragut Club
Lynn
Tom Brown
Jack Robinson
Tom Carter
Brooklyn
Farragut
Astonishing Fund Results Shown by Hintaan
Astonishing results in funds have been shown by Hintaan according to the report. The study highlights remarkable gains and notable performance across the period observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hintaan
Britains Quarrel over America’s Cup Inquiry
Lord Dunraven’s fiasco sparks editorials as A H Glennie complains about English fairness in coverage. The Yachtsman replies that foreign rumors and press extracts shape judgment and questions the timing of Glennie’s critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Dunraven
A. H. Glennie
Yachtsman
London
The
Devonshire Street
New York Yacht Club
Times
Glennie
New York
New Bedford Defeats Fall River in Sweep of Scrimmage
New Bedford won decisively against Fall River with three goals in the first inning and four in the second, holding Fall River scoreless until the last inning when the tailenders added four. Roberts Dunning Parsons Wooltke Cotter Conway Everett Curley cited among the players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Fall Rivers
Fall River
Roberts
Baseball notes show signings and ill in baseball circles
Crishen of Lewistons signed by Manager Finn to catch for Newport Rhode Island. Monte Cross signed with St Louis. Buckenberger gains control in Toronto Eastern League. Rusie Van Haltren German Gleason Burns reserve terms with New Yorks. Burkett praises Eastern Park Brooklyn. Phillies pitching staff listed Inks Taylor Orth Carsey Lucid McGill. Ted Sullivan signs two notable pitchers one Indian nicknamed Bean Eating Wolf and a cowboy Bullet proof Ned. Von Der Ahe appeals judgment over Pendleton Park rental case in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crishen
Lewistons
Finn
Newport
R. I
I. S
Billy Hamilton
Boston
Waterbury
Conn
Ki. B. Talcott
New York
West Seventy-second Street
Monte Cross
St. Louis
Buckenberger
Toronto
New Yorks
Rusie
van Haltren
German
Gleason
Burns
Jess Burkett
Eastern Park
Brooklyn
Phillies
Inks
Taylor
Orth
Carsey
Lucid
McGill
Ted Sullivan
New Haven
Chris von der <Ahe
National Baseball Club of Washington
Crescents Polo Team Seeks New England Opponents
The Crescents of Waltham, a top amateur polo squad, seek matches with New England teams. Members include W Bullock manager and first rush, Harry Boyle second rush, Charles Mann centre, W Wellington halfback, R Smith goalie, R Dodge substitute. They have ten winter games with one defeat and favor Chelsea Reviews or Stonehams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescents
Waltham
New England
W. Bullock
Rush
Harry Boyle
Charles Mann
W. Wellington
R. Smith
R. Dodge
Chelsea
Stonehams
Waltham, Mass
Waltham Hosts First Grand Athletic Exhibition Evening
The Waltham Athletic Association held its inaugural exhibition at the skating rink drawing over 1000 spectators. It featured three round bouts including local fighters Tom Mullen George Seavey Don Hardigan and Joe Mullen plus regional contenders Johnny Briggs Jack Fitzpatrick Dave Lahey from Canada and the McArthur brothers from Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Waltham Athletic Association
Tom Mullen
George Seavey
Don Hardigan
Dave Lahey
Canada
Johnny Briggs
Mike
Deed
Boston
Jack Fitzpatrick
Newton
Joe Mullen
McArthur Brothers
Cambridge
Sensational racer Domino retired to stud in Kentucky
Domino, famed for his dramatic races, has been shipped from New York to the Keene thoroughbred farm in Kentucky and will no longer race. The retirement saddens thousands of admirers who followed his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domino
New York
Keene Thoroughbred Farm
Kentucky
Prohibit Rough Sports Bill Sparks Harvard Hearing
Beacon Hill lawmakers consider an act to ban rough sports including public boxing and prize fights. The bill, introduced by Representative Clarke, faces criticism from Harvard professor Beale and others who warn it could criminalize athletics and overstep enforceable limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Hill
Clarke
Wellesley
House of Correction
Judiciary Committee
du Beale
Athletic Committee
Harvard
John Cronan
William H. Baldwin
Young Men's Christian Union
James T. Allen
West Newton
Baldwin
Boston
Beale
Colonel Clarke
Myers
Mr. Beale
John Drohan
Record Run Sparks Ice Cycling Prowess and New Associations
Parsons of Dickson reportedly clocked a 0.25 mile ice ride in 1935 seconds on a Columbia bike with grooved tires, while the sport seeks LA W approval for the mark. Toledo vies for a meet as Louisville shines, and the Cycle Travellers' Association of America forms with over 100 charter members from major firms like Spalding Bidwell, Eclipse, Palmer, and Morgan & Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Parsons
Dickson
Toledo
Louisville
Cycle Travellers’ Association of America
W. Herrick
Morgan & Wright
Edwin Oliver
Edwin Oliver & Co
George R. Bidwell
Spalding- Bidwell Company
W. H. Crosby
W. C. Marion
Indiana Bicycle Company
H. L. Drullard
March
Davis Cycle Company
Frank Weston
Keating Wheel Works
G. W. Houk
Eclipse Bicycle Company
Henry Goodman
John V. B. Metcalf
Frances P. Kintzing
George F. Kehew
C. H. Wood
E. W. Stuyvesant
A. H. Seemuller
W. F. Kegar
Pope Manufacturing Company
W. C. Anderson
C. Roy Ely
H. E. Griffin
Peerless Manufacturing Company
C. A. Benjamin
Barnes Cycle Company
C. Edward Wood
F. H. Bissell
F. A. Very
L. H. Jackson
Wart Wieck Yee Company
Paul Grosch
McKee & Harrington
L. 8. Stillwell
R. W. Silwell
F. A. Rowan
Newton Rubber Works
M. F. Wilkinson
W. H. Kellogg
Ames & Frost Company
Charles J. Iven
Rich & Sager
C. L. Raisch
Newton A Ee Oe
Archibald Willison
Reviews Defeated by Glendons in Everett Bowling Meet
The Reviews of Chelsea were defeated by the Glendons of Everett by 56 pins last evening. Harding of the Everett team rolled an unusual 605. The score:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Glendons
Everett
Harding
Charlestown Club Narrow Win Over Arlington Boat Club
A late bowling match at Charlestown Club alleys ended with the home Charlestown Club defeating Arlington Boat Club by four pins. The score details follow in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown Club
Arlington Boat Club
Ingraham
Willard We Nee Teeee
Marston Pee Weene
Caldwell Ee
Kenny Nee Ewae
Weer Od
Stevens Eee Ene
Whittemore Cae eOt
Carter Ee
Anslem Ee
Lloyd Ee Ey
Steer
Pequots Edge Mt Pleasants In Quiet Bowling Night
At Boylston alleys a sparse crowd saw the Pequots perform strongly against the Mt Pleasants with each bowler showing vigor and aiming to win though play was slower than usual and only one game was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston
Pequots
Mt. Pleasants
Harvard Football Talks Set With Noted Speakers
The Harvard Football Talks begin this evening with J H Sears discussing lessons from the Yale team of 1895. Subsequent topics cover the physical side of football, team development from fall practice to season end, team play, kicking, game strategy, and playing for Harvard featuring notable graduates and presenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
J. H. Sears
Yale
William Blaikie
J. G. Lathrop
Marshall Newell
B. G. Waters
B. W.rafford
W. C. Forbes
W. H. Lews
George
Adena
Correction on Tommy Conneff’s future plans
A correction notes the article on the famed runner Tommy Conneff in the Post. It states he did not intend to enter the priesthood and instead planned to study medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Conneff
Yeee
Conneff
Mr. Connef
Yale crew to race at Henley regatta 1896
President De Sibour of Yale in New Haven announces Yale’s decision to enter a crew in the Henley Royal Regatta of 1896 after unable to set a convenient date for a match with Oxford and Cambridge. The Yale University Boat Club had planned a contest with the Oxford-C Cambridge winner but will vie at Henley instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
de Sibour
Yale Navy
Yale News
Yale
Yale University Boat Club
Yale Crew Shifts National Race to England
Yale officials and advisers decide the annual national race for Yale oarsmen will be held in England instead of the United States. Undergraduates regret the move as they had no voice in the decision. Captain Treadway and Bob Cook returned from New York with the policy for the year. The Yale News will publish an editorial urging united university support for the new policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Yale
New York
Auumni
Treadway
Bob Cook
Yale News
University
Race plans debated as Cambridge meeting weighs boat venue
Dan White of Cornell and professors Beale Ames met in Cambridge to discuss the intercollegiate boat race site. No decision announced. next week will settle. Poughkeepsie and Springfield bid, with the Hudson River course favored over Connecticut venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan White
Cornell
Cambridge
Beale
Harvard Athletic Committee
Ames
Poughkeepsie
Springfield
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Hudson River
Connecticut
Local Scores From Regional Matches
In Clinton Clinton at Waltham the score was 8 to 6. Salem beat Providence 8 to 7. Woburn hosted Malden where Woburn 4 Malden 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Waltham
Salem
Providence
Woburn
Malden
Great Slaughter Reported in Zeitoun Battle
Constantinople dispatch says in Zeitoun fighting Turkish troops and Armenian forces left a very large death toll. Marash received twelve hundred wounded with more en route. Many wounded died, prisoners were mistreated, and Armenians in Zeitoun arrested as reconciliation efforts fail. A Biridjik Armenian message claims Armenians there wish to convert to Islam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
United Press
Marash
Zeitoun
Biridjik
Chauncy Hall School Holds Sixty Eighth Annual Exhibition
The Chauncy Hall School opened its sixty-eighth annual exhibition with Principal M Grant Daniels presiding at 8 p m. Miss Terry Daniels performed piano selections before and during intermissions. Medals awarded include Second gold for mathematical excellence to Ethel Naton Atkins Marion Bartlett Forbes and Charles Irving Potter. First silver to Mary Frances Brooks Elizabeth Porter Daniell. Second silver to Louis Kendall Paul Gertrude Tobey Waterhouse Harold Dennett Waterhouse. Shakspere prizes to Ethel F Fay Minerva C Hall Christine Brooks. Upper Grammar Mary F Brooks Ellen M Huntington. Lower Grammar Walter Everett Joggar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncy Hall School
M. Grant Daniels
Terry Daniels
Ethel Naton Atkins
Marion Bartlett Forbes
Charles Irving Potter
Mena May Woods
Walter Forestas Wyman
Ethan Rogers Underwood
Mary Frances Brooks
Elizabeth Porter Daniell
Louis Kendall Paul
Gertrude Tobey Waterhouse
Harold Dennett Waterhouse
Ethel F. Fay
Minerva C. Hall
Christine Brooks
Upper Grammar
Mary F. Brooks
Ellen M. Huntington
Lower Grammar
Walter Everett Joggar
Entertainment at Chelsea Academy benefits Teachers' Annuity Guild
Pupils from public schools gave a program at Chelsea Academy of Music last evening. The event featured a St. Luke's Episcopal Church choir chorus, readings by May Bearse and Charles McCarthy, violin by Albert E. Wier, and a comedy titled Rosebud's Party performed by Florence Murch and Alta E. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea Academy of Music
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Reading
Death of Joseph B McDonald in Woburn
Joseph B McDonald a longtime Woburn business figure died suddenly this afternoon of apoplexy. He had been involved with finance and was president of Weston Lumber Company and a director of a Boston bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Joseph B. McDonald
Weston Lumber Company
Boston
Rubber Shoe Company to Close Plants Two Weeks
Malden January 30 The officials of the 39ston Rubber Shoe Company decided to close both factories here for two weeks starting February 3 After that they will operate on three quarter time for an indefinite period About 300 to 425 workers are employed with a weekly payroll around $0000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
39Ston Rubber Shoe Company
Christian Endeavor Day Highlights Boston Meeting
Six thousand attendees at Mechanics Hall heard Bishop B. W. Arnett of Ohio speak on the Christian Endeavor movement’s work for youth on its thirteenth anniversary. The day included a 1600-voice chorus and remarks on religious unity amid controversy over prior hotel refusals to accommodate a colored clergyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavorers
Massachusetts
Christian Endeavor
Boston
Mechanics’ Hall
B. W. Arnett
D. D
Ohio
Parker House
Adams House
Young’s Hotel
Christian Endeavor Society
H. E. Washburn
Charles A. Dickinson
Francis FE. Clark
Bishop Arnett
Wayland Hoyt
Philadelphia
State House
Frederick Douglas
Bishops’ Organization
General Board of Education
Force University
Payne Theological Seminary
Noremal Industrial School
State of Ohio
The
Historical and Archeological Society of
American Association For the Education of Colored Youth
Negro Authors’ Association
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Desperate Ruffian Attacks Women in Newton Newton
Two separate incidents reported to police in Newtonville on Wednesday evening involve a lone assailant following women along back streets. A young woman on Walker Street was punched in the stomach after retreating into a doorway. a well known society woman on Cabot Street fled after threats near the Newton Clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton, Jan
Newtonville
Walker Street
Cabot Street
Newton Club
Newton Art Club Sale Draws Large Attendance at Exhibit
Newtonville exhibit closes with heavy turnout and strong sales aiming near 12 000 dollars. About 15 000 visitors toured the Newton Art Club house this week, with numerous pieces sold by artists including C A Walker Marshall Johnson Jr and F S Church among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Art Club
Newton Club
Newtonville
C. A. Walker
St. Bernard
Francis B. Townsend
Swampscott
E. D. Everett
Adelaide Palomer
Marshall Jones
Nantucket-by-the Sea
F. S. Church
Leon Mason
T. W. Wood
Carlton Wiggin
Mr. Walker
Wa Haradawick
Pierce
Widow Elizabeth Sullivan Dies After Stairs Fall in Chicopee
Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan widow of John Sullivan died after falling down stairs at her West Street lodging house in Chicopee about 6 o clock. She leaves three daughters and two sons. The incident occurred in the lodging house affecting the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicopee
Elizabeth Sullivan
John Sullivan
West Street
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Jimmy Nelson
Long Island Athletic Club
Jack
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A. C. M’kenzie
Baseball Notes
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A. C. Morrison
E. A. Mergenthaler
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Elliott
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Illinois
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Potter
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