Harvard Names Clarence Cook Little Track Captain
Clarence Cook Little of Brookline was elected Harvard track captain for the coming year. A three year Harvard veteran, Little previously starred at Noble and Greenough School as a top shot putter and broad jumper. He excelled at Yale meets, won the intercollegiate shot put title with 46 ft 2 in, and was close to the college record.
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Clarence Cook Little
Brookline
Harvard
Little
Noble & Greenough School
Yale
Allen to Head Technol ogy’s Track Team
Raynor H. Allen of Cincinnati, elected to lead Technology’s track team for next year. A three year veteran and top high jumper, Allen is expected to develop hurdling to become a point winner at the NEIAA games.
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Raynor H. Allen
Cincinnati
Technology
Allen
Kanaly
Palmer Elected Dartmouth Track Captain for 1910 Season
Earl Russell Palmer of Paducah Kentucky is named captain of next year’s Dartmouth track team. Palmer, holder of the college and New England intercollegiate high jump records, earned his D against the Green and has been a top point scorer this season alongside Sherman.
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Hanover
N. H
Earl Russell Palmer
Paducah
Palmer
New England
Sherman
Cooke Elected Cornell Track Captain Without Opposition
Edward Tifflin Cooke was today elected captain of the Cornell track team with no opposition. A member of the Olympic team last summer, Cooke also cleared 12 ft 2 in in the pole vault, the highest mark achieved.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Edward Tifflin Cooke
Cornell
Cooke
Country Club Steeplechase at Clyde Park June Meeting
The Country Club will host a two day steeplechase meeting at Clyde Park on June 17 and 19 marking 28 years of uninterrupted races. The Brookline spring meeting is favored as the season’s sole event for over two decades. A revival of gentleman riders brings renewed interest with the Middlesex steeplechase open to American and Canadian hunters and nominations from notable riders and stables including Frederic Bull J Davis Edward H Carle Henry W Bull Charles Pfizer Chetland Herbert B Shaw A J Antelo Developer Hayden Channing P A Clark J W Colt and the Pontiac stables.
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Country Club
Clyde Park
Brookline
Middlesex
Frederic Bull
J. ©. Davis
Edward H. Carle
Henry W. Bull
Charles Pfizer
Mr. Chetland
Herbert B. Shaw
A. J. Antelo Devereaux
Hayden Channing
P. A. Clark
J. W. Colt
Pontiac Stables
Holy Cross Defeats Massachusetts Agricultural College 3 0
Holy Cross shut out the Massachusetts Agricultural College 3 to 0 in Worcester. Jones and Whalen starred for Holy Cross with sensational catches. Scoring details and lineups noted with era style scoring notations.
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Worcester
Holy Cross
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Jones
Whalen
R.H.E. Fiery Cross
Mage
A. C
J. Mahoney
Sweeney
Hubbard
French
Murphy
Cops Halt Town Boxing Bout in Rockaway Debut
Police halted the Dry Dock A. C. card in Rockaway as the crowd watched Mike Glover and Johnny Cohan fight ten rounds. The evening began with Eddie O'Donnell versus Charley Pearson, but officers stopped proceedings in the third round of the preliminaries.
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New York
Gotham Sports
Rockaway
Mike Glover
Johnny Cohan
A. C
Eddie O'Donnell
Charley Pearson
Bluecoats
Busy Day for Boston Schoolboy Athletes
A busy day ahead features the first handicap outdoor meet for Boston high schools at Wood Island Park East Boston and the Dorchester English High baseball clash that could decide the interscholastic league pennant. Other locales host Latin West Roxbury Somerville Medford Malden and Westminster with Brookline Gym meet including sprint jumping and relay events for both high and grammar students.
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Boston
Dorchester
Wood Island Park
Inglish
Frank O'Hara
John O'Brien
Commercial
Gallagher
Rumpf
Chamberlain
Flint
Sallaway
Barry
Waltham High
Berry
Everett
Locust Street
Somerville High
New Bedford High
New Bedford
Medford
Malden
Andover Favored In Big Game With Exeter
Andover enters the Plymouth field clash as the betting favorite against Exeter. Exeter, 3-9 this season, battles 8-6 Andover with Murray and Bond back, Frye on the mound for Exeter, Brown to pitch for Andover, Snell catching. Lewis leads Exeter in captaincy as Andover seeks win number 21 against Exeter in series history.
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Andover
Exeter
Plympton Field
Baines
Murray
Bond
Frye and
Dunn
Bug Brown
Snell
Brockton High
Lewis
Exeter Nine
Bennett
E. Burdett
S.s
I. Burdett
Wright
Thompson
Reilly
Reynolds
Brown
P. Exeter
Wingate
Frye
Borchardt
Curtis
Walsh
J. F
Litchfield
R. F
C. F
Prospect of strong prep sports today at multiple venues
Arthur Duffey notes a busy afternoon of athletics with B A A events at Tech Field Nat Young's schoolboy trials at Wood Island Park and Brookline School games on Brookline Common Andover poised for a strong year with recent wins in football relay and dual meet Nelson to run against Foster and other champions A A U tensions over professionalism and upcoming Western intercollegiate contests loom Paull touted for 4 10 mile pace though likely unattainable while Paull’s 4 10 goal conflicts with historic records and debates over hammer discus and weight events
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Tech Field
Nat Young
Wood Island Park
Boston
Brookline
Brookline Common
Tech
Nelson
Foster
Baseball ruling and Marathon results from early 1900s sports notes
The article surveys umpire calls on forced plays with runners on base and touches at home plate, cites Cambridge Longboat and Shrubb Marathon matchups with times at Madison Square Garden, Toronto, and related questions on Olympic and New England championships. It notes Hackenschmidt versus Gotch and a tagging play on a returning runner.
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Cambridge
Longboat
Shrubb
Madison Square Garden
Toronto
Hayes
A. H
New England
Tech Field
Chicago
St. Yves
Svanberg
Hackenschmidt
Gotch
New York to Bermuda Ocean Race Opens Tomorrow
The Atlantic Yacht Club will host the New York to Bermuda race beginning tomorrow with six sail vessels leaving Sea Gate at 10 am and four power boats at 4 pm. The course spans about 670 miles.
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New York
Bermuda
The
Atlantic Yacht Club
Sea Gate
Seniors Beat Sophs In Harvard Interclass Series
The seniors won 4 to 7 over the sophomores in a ragged game. Bush pitched well for the seniors as hits were scattered and scoring mostly came from errors by the sophomores.
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Harvard
Lasker and Janowski Tie In Paris Chess Matches
New York cables report four games in Paris between champion Emanuel Lasker and challenger D. Janowski each ended with a two games apiece.
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New York
Paris Tonight
Paris
Emanuel Lasker
D. Janowski
Jeffries Offer Shows Colma Promoter’s Plans
Jim Coffroth, Colma promoter, offers Jeffries ten thousand dollars to fight a rugged unknown in Pittsburg for a condition test. The plan aims at making pictures money, not a real match, drawing doubt about Jeffries sincerity.
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Jim Coffroth
Colma
Cal
Jim Jeffries
Coffroth
Jeffries
Pittsburg
Jeff Coffroth
Jeff
Leaders Displaced At Madison Square Garden Bowling Tourney
In New York on June 4, weather could not stop a strong day for the national tournament. Shuman and Dalton of Yonkers claimed third in the two man event with 1218. Highie and Stone of Waterbury tied for fifth with 1211, while Charles A. Richards of Buffalo took fourth in the individual event with 654.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Shuman
Dalton
Yonkers
N. Y
Highie
Stone
Waterbury
Waterbury, Conn
Charles A. Richards
Buffalo
Corbett and Smith Put Up a Fast Draw
Young Corbett and Sammy Smith of Philadelphia fought a fast ten round match at the Fairmont A C in New York with even honors. Corbett pressed the action, landing kidney and stomach punches while Smith used defensive tactics to dodge many of the blows.
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New York
Young Corbett
Sammy Smith
Philadelphia
Fairmont A. C
Smith
Corbett
Harvard to Meet Dartmouth Today on Soldiers Field
Dartmouth faces Harvard this afternoon in the lone this season, set for 8 30 at Soldiers Field. Hartford starts on the mound for the Green as MacLaughlin and Briggs remain sidelined weakening the Crimson lineup. Brown and Crocker handle first and second but lack the established infield chemistry of the injured duo.
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Dartmouth
Harvard
Soldiers Field
Hartford
MacLaughlin
Briggs
Crimson
Brown
Matinee Racing Carded at Two Tracks in Dorchester
Matinee racing is scheduled this afternoon at Combination Park and Franklin Field speedway. Fellsway Driving Club members perform at Combination Park while Dorchester horsemen race at Franklin Field. Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club hosts open house to mark Dorchester settlement’s 279th anniversary tomorrow.
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Combination Park
Franklin Field
Fellsway Driving Club
Dorchester Horsemen
Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club
Dorchester
Yale '12 vs Harvard '12 Freshmen Play at Soldiers Field
Harvard and Yale freshmen meet in the second and final 1912 base ball game on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 1 39 o clock. The matchup is moved up to precede the varsity game.
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YALE
Harvard
Soldiers Field
Conn League Results Summary
Holyoke defeated New Britain 13 to 3 while Northampton beat New Haven 9 to 4. Springfield won 4 to 3 over Martford in a set of league results.
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Holyoke
New Britain
Northampton
New Haven
Springfield
Martford
Buffalo nosed Montreal for Eastern League win
Buffalo defeated Montreal 1 to 0 in an Eastern League matchup. Toronto rolled past Rochester 3 to 0. Baltimore Providence and Jersey City Newark games were postponed by rain.
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Buffalo
Montreal
Toronto
Rochester
Baltimore
Rain Delays Sence Game Across Multiple Cities
A rain postponement affects a sequence of games in Minneapolis Loursville Columbus St. Paul Indianapolis Kansas City with scores listed as 6 4 4 2 4 1. Event status unclear due to fragmentary OCR text.
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Minneapolis
Loursville
Columbus
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Onan Sence
Annual B A A Track Meet At Technology Field
A large list of entries for today’s B A A track meet at Technology field. Notable competitors include Nelson Mayhew Leavitt Young Mason in the 100 yard dash and Prout Rand Ottinger Barth in the 220. Prout Lee Heald E K Merrihew in the 440. Field events feature Harwood Gidney Stuart high jump with Harwood Lawrence Mayhew pole vault and Pevear Kennard brothers Barth in weight events. Hoyt Rand Lawrence Watson Leavitt Mayhew enter the broad jump.
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Technology Field
Nelson
Mayhew
Leavitt
Young
Mason
Prout
Rand
Ottinger
Barth
Lee
Heald
E. K. Merrihew
F. G
W. L. Bradley
Ballard and Sullivan
Harwood
Gidney
Stuart
Lawrence
Pevear
Kennard Brothers
Hoyt
Watson
Quincy High School Tops Plymouth in Eight Inning Rally
Quincy High School defeated Plymouth High School 6 to 3 at Merry Mount Park after an eight inning rally. McCarthy and Clark had two base hits for Plymouth while Howland Bennett and Bates contributed stolen bases and pitching statistics show Bennett with 16 strikeouts and Bates with 7. Umpires were Curtis and Payne.
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Quincy
Plymouth
Merry Mount Park
Plymouth H. S
Quincy H. S
Rarned Ruuns
McCarthy
Clark
Howland
Bennett
Martin
Carleton
Manning
R. Bates
Bates
Hy Bates
Chapman
Howe
Briggs
Curtis and
Payne
Plymouth Bh.po.a.e
Bil.po. Oe
RS Bates
Clark Ib
Galvin
Tae
St.George
Briges
Parker
Brookes Rei
Douglas Pe
Dedham Falls to Hyde Park in 8-2 Baseball Defeat
Dedham High saw a nine game winning streak end as Hyde Park High defeated them 8 to 2 at Stone Park. Mulhern twirled effectively for Hyde Park while Margeson and Hannon led the offense with home runs. Attendance reached 700 as the rivals split the series.
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Dedham
Dedham High
Hyde Park High
Stone Park
Mulhern
Dedham Haigh
Curtis
Stevens
R.f
Daly
C.f
OlMayn'd
R-F
Williams
Brown
Tigilo Park
Anns
Margeson
McKegan
Wetherbee
Burtis
Hurley
Hannon
Houston
McKenna
Maynard
Harris
Elliott and
Mulcahy
Gatcomb Seeks Semi Pro Club Engagement This Summer
Fred Gatcomb, former Lawrence pitcher, seeks a strong semi professional club for the summer. Last year he played for Southboro, posting 22 wins in 36 decisions with a 16 game win streak. Reach him at 1 Leonard Street Malden.
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Fred Gatcomb
Lawrence
Gatcomb
Southboro
Leonard Street
Malden
Chelsea High Edges Stoneham In Narrow 15 to 7 Victory
Chelsea High defeated Stoneham 15 to 7 on the grounds of the former. Batteries Bounner and Brown starred for Chelsea while Steel and Ross played for Stoneham in a closely contested game.
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Chelsea High
Stoneham
Coibor
Rindge Manual Triumphs Over Watertown in Baseball
Rindge Manual Training School beat Watertown High 7 to 2 at Watertown. Hartford pitched well for Watertown but received weak support as Fritz shut them down. Key players included Wilson and Fairbanks for Rindge Manual, with Hart ford taking the mound for Watertown.
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Watertown
Rindge Manual Training School
Watertown High
Fritz
Hartford
Hi. S
A.E
Cummings
Robinson
R. F
Fairbanks
McArthur
Metiver
Butler
Murphy
Davis
Achison
Hayes
Wilson
O’brien
Walsh
Weller
Walch
O'Brien
Stevenson
Stevford
Hart
Eason
Cuzzy
Revere High Tops West Roxbury In Fast Grounder At Revere Beach
Revere High defeated West Roxbury 6 to 3 yesterday afternoon at Revere Beach playground. Hudson starred at bat and in the field with multiple hits and runs batted in.
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Revere High
West Roxbury High
Revere Beach
Hudson
Revere
West Roxbury
Po.a.e
Eyee
Russell
Bowker
Cay
Cleaves
North
Allen D.a
OfAy
Haynes
Mahoney
Simonton
R.f
McD
Revere H
Rene
ODO
W. Bexbury
Gallagher
Wright
MccDermott
Allen
McDermott
Fay
A’ Hearn
College Games Today Across Six Campuses
Harvard meets Dartmouth in Cambridge while Yale faces Princeton in New Haven. Pennsylvania plays Brown in Providence and West Point hosts Amherst. Holy Cross meets Williams in Worcester and Tufts plays Manhattan in Medford. Boston College hosts St Anselm’s in Manchester New Hampshire.
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Harvard
Dartmouth
Cambridge
Yale
Princeton
New Haven
Pennsylvania
Brown
Providence
West Point
Amherst
Holy Cross
Williams
Worces
Ter
Tufts
Manhattan
Medford
Boston College
St. Anselm's
Manchester
N. H
Faneuil Five Tops Final Practice for N B A Tourney
The Faneuil Five won the final practice match with 2813 pinfall as the Ebonites and Post trailed. John Holland of the Faneuils won the Ebonite prize for best average over the last eight practice matches with 4632 total pins in 24 games. Hales of the Post team and Sims on the Faneuils placed second and third in the averages.
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Boston
New York
Iraneuil
Ebonites
Faneuils
John Holland
Faneuil
Hales
Post Tam
Simson
Waltham High Falls To Lowell In Spalding Park Shutout
Lowell High pitcher Mahoney blanked Waltham High, allowing no hits as Lowell hammered the visitors 8 to 0 at Spalding Park. Score by innings shows Lowell scoring 10 in the opening frame.
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Lowell
Waltham High
Lowell High
Spalding Park
Mahoney
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