Old Dorchester Fails Before Calumet on B A A Alleys
Calumet defeats Old Dorchester three games to none in a neutral alley contest for Amateur Bowling League of Boston and Vicinity honors. Calumet stars Twombly and Richardson shine, with high scores in challenging matches and plans for a regional league emerge.
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Calumet
Old Dorchester
Boston
Winchester
Dorchester
Calumets
Traiser
Twombly
Richardson
Littlefield
B A A Wins Three From Arlington In Amateur League
In an Amateur League neutral alley match at the Old Dorchester Club the B A A. rolled three straight over Arlington Boat Club. Wood topped scoring with 579 for three strings, including 222 in the final round. Hill had 519 for Arlington, Durgin and Rankin contributed well for the Boat Club. The score:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Old Dorchester
Arlington Boat Club
A. A. Rollers
Wood
Durgin
Rankin
Hill
Schedule set for Florida winter games draws praise
President Nick Young receives bouquets for a winter schedule arranged in Florida. The big league presidents had the plan a month before a historic meeting. Uncle Nick will examine dates and move them, but the schedule will largely follow the inside word from last week as New England League prepares to meet next week in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Young
Florida
Nick
Mapers
Old Guard
New England
Brookline High Indoor Meet Draws 100 Entries
Brookline High School Athletic Association hosts its annual indoor meet this evening in the upper Town Hall Brookline. Over one hundred entries compete in eight events with silver cups for first and second places. The class scoring most points wins a cup inscribed with its numeral, donated by the alumni.
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Brookline High School Athletic Association
Upper Town Hall
Brookline
Roxbury Latin Selects Team for Interscholastic Meet
Roxbury Latin School held trials on Holmes Field track Cambridge to choose competitors for the B A A interscholastic meet. Winners named: Maynard in 40 and 300 yard dashes plus Gardiner and Mann. Ayer in 60 yard. Wiggin in 1000 yard. Tomlinson and Vose pole vault. Faden and Mull running high jump. Schoenfus 16 pound shot put. Relay team: Maynard Ayer Ticknor Gardiner. Hurdlers: Abbott Robinson Ticknor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury
Holmes Vield
Cambridge
Maynard
Tuckerman
Wendell
Mann
Gardiner
Ayer
Wiggin
Tomlinson
Vose
Faden
Mull
Schoenfus
Ticknor
Abbott
Robinson
East Weymouth Polo Beats Plymouth 6 to 2 in Local Match
East Weymouth defeated Plymouth 6 to 2 in a lively local polo game. Savery starred for Plymouth while Schofield Day and Devlin led East Weymouth. Referee Moran oversaw the match with 800 in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Weymouth
Plymouth
Savery
Schofield
Day
Devlin
Nicholson
Mullen
Boxing Controversy Hits Montana Bills and Fights
Governor Smith of Montana vetoed the boxing bill amid clashes over legalizing contests. If lawmakers do not override, the Fitzsimmons-Jeffries bout cannot be staged in Montana, with Nevada or another Western state as alternative venues discussed. Promoters and fighters face delays, bids, and potential match changes as industry figures weigh next moves.
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Smith
Montana
Taylor
San Francisco
Nevada
Dan Suart
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Brady
Julian
New York
Jake
Erne Hawkins
Erne
Dick Burge
Lavigne
Burge
Ruhlin
Goddard
Rublin
Madden
Maher
McCoy
Billy Murphy
Johnny van Heest
Murphy
Australia
Joe Choynski
Young Corbett
Tommy Ryan
Syracuse
Tom Broderick
McPartland
Connecticut
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kil“rin
Hawkins
Corbett
Jeffries
Eddie Connolly
Downey
Jack O'Brien
Popp
Steve Mahoney
Jimmy Briggs
Joyce
Portland
Briggs
Murray
Lynn
Paddy Fenton
Winnisimmer
Sixth Street
Chelsea
Matty Matthews
Charley Burns
Cincinnati
Crockey Boyle
Joe Hopkins
Waverly A. C
Yonkers
Hopkins
Toronto
Teddy McGovern
Jack Ritchie
Eddie Tenney
J. G. Harris
D. G
Boston Boxer Knocks Out Hennessey in Portland Show
Morris Rosenburg of Boston defeated Patsey Hennessey of Lawrence by knockout in the seventh round at the Auditorium in Portland. The event drew 600 spectators and opened with Walter Lang of Boston and Dick Bradley of Providence fighting to a five round draw. Eddie Joyce of Portland versus Kid Lavigne of Boston followed, with Lavigne winning the exchange until Joyce secured the decision after fouling on the break.
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Portland
Morris Rosenburg
Boston
Patsey Hennessey
Lawrence
Walter Lang
Dick Bradley
Providence
Eddie Joyce
Kid Lavigne
Lavigne
Joyce
GYM FOR CLARKS SCHOOL ANNOUNCED AT TRUSTEE MEETING
At a Clark School for Deaf Mutes meeting in Northampton on March 8 trustees announced a gift of 1000 dollars from KK DD Gilmore of North Masten to erect a two story gymnasium and provide the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Clark School For Deaf Mutes
Gilmore
North Masten
Gilbore
Harvard Wins Chess Championship Clash With Boston Club
Harvard Chess Club defeats Boston Chess Club 4 to 2 in a decisive tie breaking match securing local supremacy. Walcott Arensberg won for Boston while Harvard responses secured four wins including two by default. John Barry leaves for Brooklyn to face British opposition in a cable match.
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Boston
Harvard Chess Club
Boston Chess Club
Southard
Harvard
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Chess Club
Arensberg
Walcott
John Barry
W. T. Miller
Suesman
Sargent
Gage
Gannett Wees
Rice
Weston
Hopkins
Moses Toler
Okra Ae Ad
Walcott-Arensberg
Sussman-Thayer
Ray Lopez
Sargent-Catchings
George Gage
King's
Gannett-Rice
French
Weston-Hopkins
First Socialist Selectman Elected in Amesbury
Amesbury Massachusetts on March 8 reports the town meeting elected its Social Democrats candidate as selectman making the town unique in the United States for this political distinction.
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Amesbury
Mass
United States
Massachusetts L A W Holds Spring Meet at Parker House
The Massachusetts division L A W held its quarterly meeting at the Parker House with wide attendance from 131 cities and towns. Secretary-Treasurer Aaron Wolfson praised future league prospects, sparred with Arthur K. Peck over a printed secretary report, and officers discussed finance, local consulates, and the Tremont Street car tracks protest before the Legislature. An all day Boston April 19 session was authorized to set local consulate rules, with up to 500 dollars appropriated for the spring meet arrangements.
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Massachusetts
Parker House
Arthur K. Peck
Elliott
Aaron Wolfson
League
Peck
Nickerson
Seward
Highway Committee
Frothingham
Rules and
Boston
Ellis Howland
New Bedford
Douglas Morine
Tremont Street
George B. Upham
Intercollegiate and international sports line up for spring events
Yale pole vaulter R G Clapp aims to break his intercollegiate mark next Friday at a joint gymnastic show with Princeton and Columbia at Columbia gymnasium. Highlights include Ives in billiards, an international 24 hour go as you please contest in New York with over 1000 dollars in prizes, Sam Jones rising as a top NYU high jumper, Maraziti and Gatto in a US pool title match at Tammany Hall for 150 a side, and Big Jerome Handicap cross country entries likely to break records with sixty six prizes. The Columbian crew refines the Peet stroke, and Bowdoin plans a June invitational field meet open to all eligible schools with expenses covered.
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R. G. Clapp
Yale
Rinceton
Columbia
Columbia Gymnasium
Ives
Schaefer
Slosson
America
England
Ireland
France
Scotland
Germany
New York
Sam Jones
New York University
Jones
Mike Sweeney
Louis Maraziti
Charles Gatto
United States
Columbian
Reviously
Bowdoin College Athletic Association
Brunswick
College
McCarthy of Boston College Shines in Relay Despite Illness
McCarthy ran a brilliant college relay for Boston College against Holy Cross after rising from a sick bed. He carried his team to a narrow lead but must retire from school due to his condition to recuperate in the country. Entries for the interscholastic meet close with strong numbers and high quality. The column notes a forthcoming polo abstention and a Roxbury minstrel show amid interscholastic roller polo crowd tensions at Vine Street.
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McCarthy
Boston College
Holy Cross
Vine Street
Roxburgh
Chester Native Jason Spofford Chronology and Vote
Jason Spofford born July 28 1852 in Chester New Hampshire. He moved to Amesbury in 1868 and held positions with Locke and Jewell W E Biddle Briggs Carriage Company and self employment before retiring from the carriage trade. He currently works in the machine department at Biddle Smart Company and votes for the Social Democrat party. He belongs to Knights of Pythias Masons Orphans club.
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Jason Spofford
Chester
N. H
Amesbury
Locke & Jewell
W. E. Biddle
Briggs Carriage Company
Agage
Spofford
Biddle-Smart Company
Social Democrat Party
Knights of Pythies
The
Masons
the Orphans
Robbery at Boarding House on St Botolph Street
Two men hired a room at 31 St Botolph street yesterday afternoon then entered Frank Richardson’s room in the same house and stole a dress suit case a black cut away coat a brown mackintosh from Burton S Clark a black cutaway coat and vest a blue serge coat and vest and a pearl stick pin.
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C. M. Priest
St. Botolyph Street
Frank Richardson
Burton S. Clark
Godowsky Delivers Heavily Packed Steinert Hall Recital
Leopold Godowsky presented a piano recital at Steinert Hall in Boston his second appearance this season. The program featured Grieg variations on Handel Schubert transcriptions Liszt B minor sonata Chopin Henselt If I Were a Bird and Weber Tausig Invitation to the Dance with contrapuntal additions by the artist. Review notes the program was too generous and heavy for most listeners and suggests omitting the Liszt sonata and a couple of numbers for a better balance.
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Leopold Godowsky
Steinert Hall
Boston
Grahms
Liszt
Henselt
Weber-Tausig
Godowsky
Mr. Godowsky
Association Hall
Wingersky Alexander Tie The Knot In Roxbury Home Wedding
At the residence of Mr and Mrs Solomon Wingersky 16 Quincy street Roxbury Miss Nettle Wingersky and Mr Jack H Alexander were wed in a 4 PM ceremony performed by Rabbi Lasker of Temple Chebel Sholom. Best man Herman Woolf maid Bertha Wingersky. reception followed with large gathering and decorations of ferns and palms. They will reside in Roxbury.
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Solomon Wingersky
Quincey Street
Hoxbury
Miss Nettle Wingersky
Jack H. Alexander
Rabbit Raphael Lasker
The
Temple Chebel Sholom
Herman Woolf
Bertha Wingersky
Jose Moses
I. Wingersky
Jack Lyons
Seymour Friedman
H. Wrankin
J. Alexander
Alexander Will
Roxbury
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Cures Children's Colds
An old ad claims Dr Bull's Cough Syrup invariably cures children's colds and is sold for 20 cents.
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Dr. Bull
International cycling scene shifts to Canadian championship
The piece notes that foreign riders may dominate the Canadian and Los Angeles championships this year as top sprinters stay abroad. It reports on Roslindale Cycle Club officers, a troubled cyclist, and various international racing developments including Wood consulate plans, Wood Green 24 hour race, and national LA W racing board reps.
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National Cycling Association
Walter A. Woods
Boston
Counsee
Roslindale
E. A. Carter
Messrs. Fairclough
Newhall
Sessler
Carter
J. N. Meyers
C. J. Wilson
C. C. Cutler
P. J. Meurer
W. S. Kelley
C. J. Maibach
A. CG
W. E. Harding
Mr. Newhall
A. @. Mertens
Atlanta
Wood Green Track
London
England
W. B. Sherer
McDuffee
Charles River Park
B. B. Emery
Committee On Railroads
State House
Peter Prunty
New York
Connecticut
South America
Momo
Buenos Ayres
Daryls
Eae
George L. McCarthy
L. A. W. Racing Board
Major Taylor
Waltham
Dog Show Judges Named for April Event
The list of judges for the upcoming April dog show includes Miss A H Whitney of Lancaster Massachusetts with breeds from St Bernards to greyhounds and beagles to terriers and spaniels. Mr George Raper of Shemfeld mic blood hounds mastiffs hussian wolfhounds deerhounds and many more participates with judges from Boston Providence New York and Toronto among others.
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A. H. Whitney
Lancaster
Mass
St. Bernards
George Raper
Shemfeld
Mic
A. BB
Mé Gregor
Middletown
George Douglas
Woodstock
Ont
Clumber
Field and Cocker Spaniels
J. L. Kernoehan
Hempstead
Can
Singleton van Schaick
New York
H. W. Lacy
Boston
Dwight Baldwin
Magss
Boston Terriers
Parsnip Complexion and Kidney Trouble Claim
A Boston Daily Post reader notice praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder issues including indigestion and rheumatism. It promises blood purification and complexion improvement, with sample bottles by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston ‘Daily Post
Fast Steamer La Grand Duchesse To Sail Between Boston And Yarmouth
Boston readers learn the La Grand Duchesse will join the Boston Yarmouth route with 2006 tons, 18 knot speed, 380 feet length and luxurious fittings. The ship formerly served New York Savannah and Tampa Havana and is a major draw for summer traffic. Competition will intensify as Dominion Atlantic and Plant lines add two fast steamers on the same route, likely boosting service and dairy trade.
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Yarmouth
N. C
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Newport News
Duchesse
Ocean Steamship Company
New York
Savannah
Tampa
Havana
Boston
Plant Line
Halifax
Here
Dominion & Atlantic Railway
Prince George
Prince Albert
Nova Scotia
Canada
Thrown From a Coupe In Washington Street Collision
John Murphy a 34 year old resident of 8 Joy street was knocked from his coupe on Washington street near the cathedral when struck by a Messing House Hill car. He suffered a severe contusion to the right leg and was taken to City Hospital. In the cab were William Hennessey E F Keefe Mr Sears of R H Prays and Mr Quinn.
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John Murphy
Joy Street
Washington Street
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First Socialist Selectman
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World OF Sport
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la Grand Duchesse
Columbia Mfg
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Hardwell, Anderson Company
Columbia Company
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George H. Sullivan
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A. Vornbroeck
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Botkin
Welcome A. Botkin
Cordelia A. Botkin
John P. Dunning
Dover
Del
Wah Hing
Oxford Street
Sani Guaranty
Cook Bremedy CY
Mosaic
Lagathill
Boylston St
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