Crimson Triumphs Over Yale in Major College Sports
Harvard and Yale split major titles with Harvard winning football and baseball while Yale claimed track and rowing honors. Harvard narrowly trails in overall points but wins key events on the Thames and at New Haven, and Harvard dominates minor sports like hockey and swimming in a close year of competition.
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Rear Admiral Schroeder Visits Jamestown Family
Newport Rhode Island July 4 Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet is visiting his family in Jamestown for the holiday period.
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Seaton Schroeder
Atlantic Fleet
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Rutherford Stuyersant Dies Suddenly in Paris
Paris July 4 Rutherford Stuyersant, brother of Mrs. Henry White wife of the American ambassador, died suddenly this afternoon.
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Paris
Boston Dope Shows Stronger Team Fielding for Red Sox
The Red Sox team fielding rose and opponents batting dipped while the overall team batting held steady. Wagner boosted his average by 16 points, with others like Thoney Hooper and Word posting gains. The Doves saw batting gains led by Stemn and Coffey, while Bates stumbled. A separate Elks party left for Los Angeles with 50 exalted grand rulers aboard and a large female attendance at the station.
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Rousing Send Off for Elks Bound for Convention
Nearly 3000 friends bid farewell at Boston South station as about to depart for Los Angeles for the Elks convention. A morning North station send off accompanied Exalted Ruler procession. Train with five Pullman cars and diner carries hundreds of escorts with purple insignia. Stops planned at Niagara Falls Chicago Pike’s Peak Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs and Denver before Seattle for the Alaska Yukon Exposition and Milwaukee then Boston.
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Hot Race Expected In American League Pennant Chase
New York July 4. President Ban Johnson predicted a hot race for the pennant. Detroit leads but the Athletics are closing in as Mack says only Detroit may stand in the way of the world series in Philadelphia. St Louis veterans thawing out McAleer can contend for first division while Lajoie injuries delay Cleveland. Johnson notes four AL teams have chances.
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Chinese Laundry Raid Seizes 70 Quarts Liquor
July 4 police raid on a Haverhill laundry disrupted a gambling den with 20 Chinese men found playing fantan and drinking. Proprietor Sing Lee among those arrested. fantan setup opium and 70 quarts of liquor seized and taken to the station.
Lynn Man Sets Maine Salmon Record At Lake Kezar
E W Bartlett better known as Puss from Lynn Mass hooked and landed five landlocked salmon weighing 89 1 2, 111 2, 13, and 143 4 for a total of 563 4 pounds in June at Lake Kezar. He caught all fish solo in a boat, a likely Maine record for one four week period. Guests at Brown's Camps near Centre Lovell on Lake Kezar enjoyed a Fourth of July feast featuring salmon as the main dish.
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Kesar Lake
Boston
New York
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E. W. Bartlett
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Mass
Puss
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Maine
Holiday sports on a busy municipal program
A wide schedule lists baseball Allston to Everett games, golf outings, field days, and amateur events across Boston suburbs. The crowded program includes old colony leagues, driving clubs, yachting, tennis, and track events with many clubs staging Independence or holiday cups and regattas.
Yale Triumphs in Baseball Title Duel with Harvard
The final baseball game renewed Yale’s edge over Harvard and left the college championship in doubt. Pennsylvanians claim the title after beating Yale once, while Van Wieck starred in Yale’s finale with two runs four hits including a homer. Walker and Cartmell top sprint showings in Britain as American sprinters face handicap debates.
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Harvard
Pennsylvania
Quakers
van Wieck
van Vieck
Foster Turned Broad Jumper at Harvard Intercollegiate Meet
Harvard sprinter Reggie Foster, last season champion in the hundred and two twenty, is testing broad jump as a future addition. Trainer Pooch Donovan backs the idea if deemed advisable. Foster's first jump neared 22 feet and Harvard hopes for 23 with practice.
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Mike Murphy
Answers to Queries From a Old Sports Column
The notes discuss Mullins pitching losses against Cleveland, Ferguson beating Jeannette at the Armory, and whether Boston Americans wore Red Sox insignia last year. Cribbage dispute addressed with hole counting rules. Radbourn’s Providence record notes 19 of 20 August–Sept 1884, plus a subsequent loss and eight straight wins. Ira Thomas not with Boston Americans previously.
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Cleveland
Sandy Ferguson
Joe Jeannette
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Grand Circuit Season Opens with Top Horses Readied
Trainers nationwide prepare for the Grand Circuit opener one month away in Detroit. Millard Sanders eyes two fast entries Wiggetta and Martha Dillon as Lou Dillon's team future rivals, while reinsman Lou McDonald may bring multiple contenders to Readville and Detroit races. Margin reportedly goes lame, affecting plans for the M. and M. purse.
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Peoria
Terre Haute
Windsor
Lou Dillon
Millard Sanders
Wiggetta
Martha Dillon
Lou McDonald
Allen Winter
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