Kling Could Join Boston National As Trade Winds Rise
Johnny Kling, longtime Cubs catcher and holdout, may move to Boston after New York reports that the Red Sox will trade Bates Graham and 5000 dollars for Kling. Brooklyn also presses Chicago with Bergen and Lumley for Kling, who would become Dodgers manager if dealt. Kling favors any club except Chicago, citing a breach of faith by Murphy over a Cincinnati release promise.
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Graham
Chicago Cubs
Peerless
Johnny Kling
New York
Cubs
Murphy
Kling
Boston
Brookyn
Chicago
Johnny Bates
Frank Chance
Peaches
Brooklyn
Bergen
Lumley
Johnny
Trolley Dodgers
Hbbetts
John
Cub
Cincinnati
Will Play For The Golf Title At Commonwealth Club
The schoolboy golf tournament at Commonwealth Country Club enters the week as the interscholastic champion contest with top players list and first tee times. Notable absences include last year’s champion now a pro at Vesper Country Club and runner up in Lake Placid. The qualifying round begins with a 9:00 start and features many Boston area schools including Steinert Hall Melrose Newton Roxbury Latin Exeter Brookline English High and Milton among others.
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Commonwealth Country Club
J. H. T. Brown
Vesper Country Club
Lowell
New York
Lake Placid
John Sullivan, Jr
Steinert Hall
Ralph Estes
Melrose High
R. Reid
Milton High
Robert Barry
Newton High
R. W. Gleason
Lowell High
John Donnelson
W. C. Connors
Bennett School
Dana Lyons
Roxbury
David Mason
Exeter
Arthur Lyons
James Eagan
Brookline High
Stanley Hunt
Winthrop High
A. C. Colombo
English High
J. Grady
Brighton High
L. Maloney
Loring Coes
Worcester
J. W. King
T. Mahan
E. W. Fuller, Jr
R. Waitt
F. Ouiimer
A. D. Knight
F. Ainsworth
R. W. Pullen
Dana Wingate
F. L. Gill
Globe Circler Reaches Boston
Joseph Milulec of Austria is walking 25 000 miles in five years and arrived in Boston after midnight yesterday. He traveled from Providence in 812 hours and left for Augusta Maine last night. Beginning Feb 5 1506 in Austria he aims for 26 000 miles in five years and has 19 months left to complete the 7 000 mile remainder. Milulec expects 310 000 from a publishing house upon completion and earns via selling his self printed postcards but could not sell them in Boston due to citizenship status.
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Joseph Milulec
Austria
Boston
Augusta
Providence
Boston Official Faces Irregularity Charge in City Games
Joseph J. McNamara athletic instructor for Boston is charged with irregularity for the D street gymnasium meet on March 17. The New England Amateur Athletic Union investigation, led by EH Babb Al McCormick and M F Winston, questioned $25 paid for officials and unpaid South Boston A C members.
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Valentine Street
Roxbury
Boston
D Street Municipal Gymnasium
Edward L. Hopkins
South Boston Athletic Club
New England Amateur Athletic Union
Boston Athletic Association
Frank McGrath
EH. EB. Babb
al McCormick
Brookline Swimming Club
M. F. Winston
St. Joseph's Athletic Club
Lynn
Hopkins
McNamara
D Street
South Boston A. C
South Boston A
M. O'Connor
Patrick Maley
Hill
First Meets on Saturday for Boston Boys Athletics
The Boston 1915 committee starts 21 athletic meets for boys with elimination rounds this Saturday at Sullivan Square and Franklin Field. Entrants can join Charlestown and Dorchester events. finals set for September 4 at Wood Island Park. Prizes total 2500 with multiple awards per event and special recognitions for top records and district participation.
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Boston
Sullivan Square
Franklin Field
Ani
Wood Island Park
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Wood Street
Dorchester
Municipal
Kaufman to Meet Johnson in Colma Match Next Fall
Al Kaufman is lined up to face Jack Johnson in Colma next fall not Stanley Ketchel. Cot froth presses Ketchel claims while Johnson hints at continuing toward a title bout with Ketchel, risking public unpopularity if he ignores Kaufman.
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al Kaufman
Stanley Ketchel
Jack Johnson
Colma
Jim Coffroth
Ketchel
Papke
Michigan
Cotfroth
Johnson
Kaufman
Ketchel-Papke
Jonnson
American Association Scores Card for Louisville Toledo
Louisville led Toledo 6 to 5 in five innings in the first game. Toledo won the second 2 to 0. Indianapolis defeated Columbus 2 to 0. St Paul beat Milwaukee 6 to 1. Minneapolis routed Kansas City 12 to 0.
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Louisville
Toledo
Indianapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Concord Schoolboy Frank Nardini Leads Promising New Hampshire Athlete
Frank Nardini of Brewster Academy emerges as a rising star in Concord New Hampshire sports. At 20, the Concord High School alumnus captained Brewster at the recent interscholastic meet, scoring 25 points and placing strongly in the 100 yard dash 220 yard event and field events. He plans to compete in open meets in the state and around Boston this summer while excelling in football baseball basketball.
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Concord
N. H
Frank Nardini
Brewster Academy
Nardini
Concord High School
New Hampshire
Boston
Eastern Yacht Club Regatta On Friday With Multiple Divisions
The Eastern Yacht Club sails its annual regatta Friday starting 11 a m off Half Way Rock open to yachts from any club. Entries by 8 am must show rig and ownership under EYC rules with two schooner divisions and three for sloops and yawls. Prizes awarded per division with minimum starters. Puritan cup to best corrected time over the course. The club also outlines an extensive cruise itinerary from Marblehead to Bar Harbor July 10–17 with racing on select legs.
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Half Way Rock
Marblehead
Peak’s Island
Portland
New Meadows River
Mark
Small Point
Pemaquid
New Bush Channel
Rockland
Kent’s Cove
Fox Islands
Kent's Cove
Saddleback Light
Isle and Haut
Swan Island
Bartlett’s Narrows
R Bartlett’s Narrows
Bar Harbor
Commodore Thomas
Clark
Commodore Emmons
Frederick L. Gay
Local athletic notes spark interest in upcoming meets
Arthur Duffeys reflects on Sheridan and local all around talent shaping plans for an August competition led by George Brown. Harvard’s Vic Kennard, South Boston’s Eddie Farrell, and Cambridge’s Pevear are named contenders with Ellery Clapke possibly entering. Jack Moakley advertises July 24 Locust Street carnival. Oscar Hedlund disputes Joe Ballard for A A U Seattle berth, with a proposed special match race. Cy Young and Charlie Check are contrasted as fans follow pitching form. School boys games entries open July 10 Sullivan Square Charlestown. Stafford of Revere shines in Brookline swimming trials, signaling brighter days ahead.
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Martin Sheridan
New York
Sheridan
New England
George Brown
Vic Kennard
Harvard
Eddie Farrell
South Boston
Pevear
Cambridge
Ellery Claypk
Oscar Hedlund
Brookline
Seattle
Joe Ballard
Hedlund
Ballard
Providence
Debate over round count and pitching credit in a tied game
A reader discusses boxing bout disputes and pitching credit. Questions include how to handle a 20th round claim in a sweepstake, Jeffries and Berger weights, and if a pitcher reenters a game. The discussion clarifies standings in local championships and credit rules for late-inning appearances.
Notable baseball doubleheader results recorded
Toronto defeated Rochester 10 to 1. Providence led Baltimore 9 to 2 before the game ended in the sixth. The second game ended Newark 2 all with Jersey City 2 at the end of the first inning.
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Toronto
Rochester
Providence
Baltimore
Newark
Jersey City
Charlestown Swimmer Fails in Boston Light Attempt
John Everett of Charlestown failed in an attempt to swim from the Charlestown bridge to Boston Light amid extreme cold. He reached a point off Long Island Head after four hours and 15 minutes, about nine miles, before being pulled out by attendants. He plans another try under better conditions.
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John Everett
Charlestown
Boston
Charlestown Bridge
Long Island Head
Soldiers Called as Cape Breton Riot Spreads
Rioting miners threaten no. 2 and no. 3 collieries in Glace Bay as strikers clash with special constables. Dominion coal traffic halted. troops reportedly ready to move from Halifax. Mayor refuses troop call. 500 strikers sworn in as guards amid fears of further violence.
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Duggan
Glace Bay
Cape Breton
Royal Canadian Regiment
Halifax
Douglas
Firemen Rally To Defeat Police In Somerville Game
The Somerville firemen beat the police 16 to 15 at Broadway Field yesterday morning. Police led early with heavy baserunning, but the firemen's late batting in the sixth and eighth innings turned the tide. Percy Lowell relieved Crosby and struck out the side in the sixth. Fitzpatrick, Crossman, and a Ward-Lowell double play anchored the defense.
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Somerville
Broadway Field
Percy Lowell
Crosby
Fitzpatrick
Crossman
Ward
Lowell
Magrath Calls For Inquest Into Charles River Regatta
Dr. Burgess Magrath, acting referee, plans an inquiry into the regatta on the Charles where six shells overturned and Edward Norley of St. Alphonsus drowned. He says no man should enter a shell who cannot swim and urges oarsmen to hold onto oars and shells. He denies warnings from Boston Athletic Association coach John Graney and says rescuers from the Oriole and the Alert aided in the effort.
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Burgess Magrath
Charles
Edward Norley
St. Alphonsus
Dr. Magrath
Magrath
John Graney
Boston Athletic Association
Graney
National Incorporation for Trusts Suggested
Suggested national incorporation for trusts advocates foreign corporations be regulated within borders. It proposed vacating the license of any foreign company if 50 percent of its stock was owned by a domestic or foreign entity or later became so owned.
Wickersham on Foreign Corporations and State Power
Mr. Wickersham defends a national law allowing interstate corporations, arguing it follows tariff logic and helps states control foreign firms. He cites states' rights, due process, and Arkansas v Hammond, recommending license rules based on 50 percent ownership to curb trusts and holding companies.
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Wickersham
United States
Supreme Court
Security Mutual Life Insurance Company
Prewitt
Kentucky
State of
Arkansas
Hammond Packing Company
Agreed to Test New Auto Law For Street Rule Challenge
Police Commissioner O Meara and Corporation Counsel Babson will seek a test case to challenge the new automobile law. An official opinion questions whether street commissioners regulations remain valid, noting doubt about general vehicle rules and the abolishment of auto specific provisions.
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O’meara
Babson
Malone
Traffic Regulation Opinion Limits City Speed Ordinances
Attorney general outlines that local traffic rules adopted under statute may not be subject to highway commission confirmation and cautions that such rules governing vehicle speed may not be considered ordinances. A test case is planned against violations in one way streets, with the attorney general supporting the view.
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Babson
Highway Commissioners
Highway Commission
Hst
O'Meara
Five Mile Race Added to Scotch Picnic Program
The Scotch picnic games committee on Saturday Aug 8 approved a five mile race replacing the traditional three mile event. Chief J L Williamson aims to surpass last year's attendance record and raise the event’s profile.
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J. L. Williamson
Harris Sent From Providence to Lowell in Release
Harris, former Boston American and recent Providence player in the Eastern League, has been released to Lowell and will report immediately. The move shifts him to the Lowell club for the coming season.
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Lowell
Joe Harris
Boston Americans
Providence
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