Indoor A A A Meet at Mechanics Hall Draws Big Crowd
Holander of Knickerbocker A C and Jere Delaney of Worcester lead the fast field in the first annual Boston College Athletic Association indoor meet held at Mechanics Hall. Winners set records in distance and sprint events while Harvard Amherst and Worcester clubs contest multiple relays and handicaps.
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Boston College Athletic Association
Mechanics’ Hall
Weters
Grosvenor
Roche
Delaney Tops 88 Yard Run In Large Handicap Race
Jere Delaney delivered a controlled mid race surge to win the 88 yard handicap, finishing five yards ahead as Bacon of English High School led early. The event drew a very large field with a 45 yard limit and saw a dramatic late move on the penultimate lap.
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Jere Delaney
Delaney
Bacon
English High School
Wefers
40 Yard Dash Trials Hit Fast Times at Harvard Meet
The event lists multiple heats with winners from MIT, Harvard, and BCA A A, led by J C Dwyer and A Boyden in 5s and 44-5s in the various 40 yard dash and handicap rounds. Team and invitation races feature Boston College and Harvard squads with top times around 3m 19s to 3m 24s.
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J. C. Dwyer
W. T. Curry
E. J. Green
H. A. Boyden
W. O'Hara
J. Dek. Towner
A. Boyden
J. Dek
Towner
J. W. O'Hara
A. W. Grosvenor
W. J. Holland
B. J. Wefers
G. U
A. L. Jackson
H. C
J. S. Quinn
F. H. Bigelow
J.S. Quinn
PB. A. A
J. E. Nolte
B. J. Grainger
J. T. Harrington
J. I. Dunston
B. J. Weters
H. L. W. Williams
G. 8. Hubbard
W. W. McNeil
P. Blake
A. G. Mason
H. J. Kane
G. M
H. W. Smith
C. M. Callahan
A. A. Boyden
EB. H. S
J. S. Dunston
G. S. Hubbard
B. M
J.S. Dunsten
J. S. Dunsten
B. U
G. G. Hollander
Knickerbocker A. C
Jere Delaney
Eddie Mills
Chauncy-Hall
Boston College
P. Dorr
Quinn
A. McDonald
A. M. Grosvenor
R. VP. Priest
F. H
J. Kiley
F. Haskell
E. J. Grainger
M. M. Marks
Dorchester
C. H. Wilden
Ow. A. A
G. N. Leuff
IF. Haskell
C. J. Kiley
K. J. Granger
P. N. Richardson
A. Ferguson
R.A. Ganson
H. A A
B. C
E. J. Barrett
William Shultz
J. KR. Hooper
W. J. Bascott
D. Hall
J. H. Webber
EF. H. Weill
J. M. Jackson
First Regiment
D. M. Eaton, Jr
J. Boardman, Jr
D. Fullerton
W. R. Mansfield
Emett Guards
C. O’connor
J. McGrath
J. J. McLaughlin
J. J. Moynihan
Emmet Guards
J. D. Delaney
Worcester City Guards
W. R
Newtowne Club
C. P. Eee
J. W. Sever
C. P. Woodbury
F. Sweeney
Cambridge M. T
G. A. Swain
J. Whittaker
C. Donahue
C. W. Thompson
Cambridge
W. W. Garrett
H. Winston
T. A. Tafft
W. A. Applegate
Cambridge High
Harvard
W. G. Morse
W. F. Dill
H. W. Shire
A. W. Blakemore
Williams
S. A. Baillie
P. H. Russell
J. E. Bray
W. J. Denholm
H. L. Williams
C. H. Williams
L. B. Canterbury
Amherst
E. L. Morgan
R. Billings
Fletcher
R. T. Elliott
L. D. Gould
D. W. Harris
W. F. Porter
N. B. Adsit
Exeter
H. E. Jones
G. G. Whitcomb
W. S. Little
H. W. Drury
W. H. Vincent
H. H. Fish
E. Hollister
Georgetown
A. Devereaux
T. McGeir
P. Fleming
L. Prince
Bicycles Tax Bill Dies in Senate Action
Concord March 11 The Senate killed the House bill taxing bicycles. A new ballot measure from the House was amended to require a square under each candidate’s name and to erase a name for split ticket voting. The bill was specially assigned for Tuesday afternoon.
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Concord
Senate
House
Teutonic Sails for New York with Notables on Board
The White Star liner Teutonic sailed from Liverpool for New York yesterday. Among the passengers were Mrs. Annie Besant Sir Donald A Smith Canadian high commissioner in London and R C Enmee TM who is to coach the Harvard varsity crew.
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Liverpool
White Star Line
Teutonic
New York
Annie Besant
Donald A. Smith
London
R. Cenmee
Salem Club Wins Thrilling Bowl At Brockton Showdown
In a Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League clash at the Commercial Club alleys, Salem defeats Commercial by five pins to seize the lead. Salem pulled ahead late after Commercial led early with high spares by Perkins and Tower, while Salem holders like Thatcher and Crocker boosted the rally. The Boston club’s schedule note follows with Yale, Virginia, Taunton, and Baltimore dates tied to a South End grounds trip.
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Brockton
Commercial Club
Salem Club
Massachusetts
Salem
Commercial
Thatcher
Witch City
Crocker
Perkins
Brophy
Salems
Tower
Marshall
Hayes
Frank Selee
Boston
Yale
Collegians
South End
University of Virginia
Lynchburg
Taunton
Baltimore
Orioles
Stahl
Fort Wayne
Ind
Bobby Lowe
Lowe
Savannah
Selee
Nichols
Lewis
Hamilton
Collins
Kansas City
Buffalo
Clinton
South
Cretians Killed and Seizures During Naval Action
Report describes killings of Cretians as ships opened fire on Selino during operations. Dispatch notes Turkey preparing for conflict and seizing horses belonging to Christians amid rising tensions.
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Turkey
Albert Mott Named Racing Board Chairman
Albert Mott of Baltimore received an offer to head the racing board of the League of American Wheelmen from President Potter. A longtime racing mainstay, he will bring familiarity from his role as chief clerk in the fourth division rivers and harbors office and his guidance on racing rules.
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Baltimore
Albert Mott
Potter
League of American Wheelmen
Raymond
Gideon
League
George D. Gideon
L. A. W. Racing Board
Opera Committee
P. Co. C
Bay State Wheelmen
Metropolitan Wheelmen
Otis
Henry L. Goodman
United States
Batchelder Lincoln Closes Season as Tie Sets Rematch
Batchelder Lincoln Co defeats Walker Stetson Sawyer in the final game. If Brown Durrell Co wins tomorrow night the teams will must roll off for the championship due to a tie. Score at Casino alley not fully provided.
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Batchelder & Lincoln Co
Walker-Stetson-Sawyer
Batchelder-Lincoln
Brown, Durrell & Co
Casino Alley
Everhardt Seeks Annulment In New York Marital Suit
Jack Everhardt, preparing for a fight with Tom Tracey at Coney Island, asks Supreme Court for an annulment of his marriage to Saidee E. Everhart. Saidee had claimed she never married and later said she was once married to a man named Hardick. Evidence from prior divorce case and a photo identification were presented as to whether the same woman is involved. Justice Beekman reserved judgment.
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New York
Jack Everhardt
Coney Island
Tom Tracey
Supreme Court
Justice Beekman
Frederick House
Saidee E. Everhart
Everhardt
Saidee
Hardick
Charles E. Howell
Saidee Howell
Cowper
Harry Black
Lawyer House
Jeffries Club sweeps interclub tournament in East Boston
The Central Club of Somerville and Jeffries Club of East Boston closed the Massachusetts interclub tournament at the Jeffries Club house last evening with a 4–0 sweep in all departments. Bowling score details not provided.
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Central Club
Somerville
Jeffries Club
East Boston
Massachusetts
Jeffries
Bicycle car exhibit shows compact bike storage at station
Boston and Albany officials display a baggage car adapted for bicycles with roof racks loops and floor supports. Twenty wheels fit in a ten by seven foot space at forty five degrees with no contact, and a trial visit draws officials from several railroads. The Roxbury B C annual meeting is set for March 25 and other club activities follow.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Kneeland Street
Messrs
A. C. Kendall
E. F. Wetherell
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
D. J. M Planders
G. W. Storr
Boston & Maine Railroad
George E. Byram
J. R. Watson
Fitchburg Railroad
W. R. Babcock
New York & New England Railroad
Roxbury B. C
Boxing Gossip Sparks Big Match Offers in New York
Broadway AC matchmaker Tom O Rourke bids 3000 for Charley McKeever to fight George Lavigne who declines to honor a pledge to Eddie Connolly. Bohemian AC offers 10000 for Maher vs Sharkey. Madden vs Sullivan may collapse. Smith seeks Casper Leon or Patsy Haley. Doyle to box Reid. Sammy Kelly beats Billy Plimmer and eyeing Pedlar Palmer for England bantam title. London clubs and Birmingham Olympian AC set purses.
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Tom O’rourke
Broadway Athletic Club
New York City
Charley McKeever
George Lavigne
Eddie Connolly
Peter Maher
Tom Sharkey
Bohemian Athletic Club
Billy Plimmer
Kelly
America
Palmer
England
National Sporting Club of London
Olympic Athletic Club of
Birmingham
New England School of Boxing Ad
boxing teacher Prof Shaw offers lessons at Hotel Pelham and 127 Tremont St Room 23. special rates for six lessons with open parlor for ladies gentlemen and children. contact by call or write for new students in Boston area.
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Fitz
Eng
Tremont St
Salvation Oil Promised to Heal Burnt Arm
An item notes Salvation Oil offered at 25 cents claiming to heal a burnt arm without scar.
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Salvation Oil
Refugees in Canæa report deaths and injuries amid Selino fighting
Refugees claim during warship fire on Christians at Selino four were killed and sixteen wounded while boarding the Trinacria. Sir Alfred Bilotti, British consul, faces hostility as his role is questioned but is praised for aiding Muslims and urging safe passage for refugees to a port. Reports suggest Christians may reject autonomy.
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Canea
Selino
Trinacria
Sir Alfred Biliotti
Kandamos
Alferd Bilotti
Alfred
Sir Alfred Bilotti
Sir Alfred
King George Comments on European Aid and Crete
King George states he does not seek advice or aid from European royalty, relying on Greece’s cause instead. He had hoped the Prince of Wales would influence recall of Sir A. Billotti, though Billotti’s ties and alleged lies tainted Crete troubles. He also notes Greek fleet mobilization provoked power jealousy as the government secures debt coupon payments.
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Athens
George
United Associated Presses
Europe
Greece
Prince of Wales
A. Billotti
Canea
Billotti
Crete
Greece reports outline of plan for Crete settlement
Athens scheme calls for immediate Turkish troop withdrawal from Crete, joint European fleet help to restore order under a Greek officer, insurrectionists to submit to the powers, a plebiscite after three months on autonomy or annexation, and partial troop withdrawals on the frontier with proportional Greek withdrawals.
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London
Athens
The
Times
Greece
Vassos
Turkey
Greek move on Crete autonomy under Sultan suzerainty
In the House of Commons Sir William Vernon Harcourt questioned if Greece would recognize Crete's autonomy under Ottoman suzerainty. Mr Curzon said Greece made a communication to the government and it would be laid tomorrow, adding that the question did not reflect Greece's actual position.
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London
House of Commons
William Vernon Harcourt
Greece
Crete
Curzon
Foreign Office
Sir William
Greeks in New York accuse Botassi of misusing funds
At a New York meeting of Greeks resolutions charge Consul General Botassi with neglecting to arrange returns for Greek reserves and with failing to account for money raised for patriotic purposes. Botassi says he did not receive the funds and that money was for Cretan refugees. A cable expresses colony confidence in Botassi and a petition denouncing the meeting's editor circulates with about five hundred signatures.
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New York
Botassi
Gener Botassi
Greece
Delyannis
Athens
Greeks Not Sailed on Sarnia Despite Delays
The steamship Sarnia sailed today without any Greek passengers. Agents Richards & Co said inquiries for steerage to Naples and Genoa were made, and the ship was held twenty four hours for 509 Greeks to pay. None could pay in time, so the Sarnia departed on schedule.
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New York
Richards & Co
Naples
Genoa
Greece Faces Powers Over Crete Motion Adopted
The chamber discussed Crete on Monday with a motion adopted. M Hanotaux said Greece’s reply to the powers’ demands prompted renewed active negotiations on the situation.
No hitch among powers over Greece accord delays due to Greece reply
London March 11. Foreign Office says there is no objection among powers to their action under the ultimatum to Greece. Delay arises as Greece’s compromise requires an exchange of views before agreement can be reached.
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London
Foreign Office
Greece
Skouzos Thanks Senate on Greece Sympathy Resolution
M. Skouzos minister of foreign affairs sent a message to Washington thanking the Senate for its sympathy resolution with Greece. The local publication of the Senate's action caused much satisfaction among readers.
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Athens
M. Skouzos
Washington
Senate
Greece
Deeley Dead After Subway Blast Injuries
Fred W. Deeley of 198 Harrison Avenue died at City Hospital at 1:50 this morning as the tenth subway explosion victim. He sang after his injury, and his wife Mrs Deeley and cousin Harry Harnden were with him at the end. Grief-stricken, Mrs Deeley paced and cried, scarcely eating or sleeping since his hospitalization.
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Fred W. Deeley
Harrison Avenue
City Hospital
G A R Dinner Marks 30th Anniversary in Lowell
Lowell Post No 1 G A R celebrated its thirtieth anniversary with a banquet at United States Hotel attended by the Governor's staff led by John D Billings and Mayor Quincy. Invited guests included John M Dean department commander J E Gilman V commander and forty Butler Post members from Providence Rhode Island.
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Lowell Post No. 1
United States
John D. Billings
Quincy
John M. Dean
J. E. Gilman
Butler Post
Providence
R. I
Alderman Barry
Boston
Our City
Cradle of Independence
David S. Ray
Rhode Islanders
Commodore Cherry
Sampson
Massachusetts Sixth
J. A. Brackett
Mt. Hope Cemetery
J. C. Gilman
Harvard Crew Launch Ready for Season Training
The Harvard crew launch John Harvard was prepped for the season with the first outing yesterday. Captain Goodrich coached in Mumford's absence, directing the crew of Bull, Moulton, Thompson, Perkins, Sprague, Hollister, Perkins, Bow, Boardman, and Marvin as the new stroke. Before the eight hit the water Bull and Wrightington worked in a pair-car.
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Harvard
John Harvard
Mumford
Goodrich
Oe Bull
Moulton
Thompson
J. H. Perkins
Sprague
Hollister
Boardman
Marvin
Bull
Wrightington
Harvard Baseball Opens Outdoor Practice at Soldiers Field
Harvard's baseball nine completed indoor cage work and held first real practice on Soldiers Field. Poor conditions with soft ground and high wind yielded ragged drills as Captain Dean led the first squad and W. H. Rand coached the second. Two nines per squad rotated batting and fielding.
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Harvard Baseball
Soldiers Field
Dean
W. H. Rand
Indoor sporting notes from Melrose to Elmira headlines
Letters at the office for Eddie Connolly and others as Melrose High opens indoor games. The Southern Athletic Association holds its indoor meet in New Orleans today and Cornell meets Elmira A C at Elmira tonight. Star Pointer arrives from New York to be conditioned at Mystic Park. The Essex County buryport meet is tomorrow. Polo season opens May 20 at Brookline Country Club. Tom Burke to compete at the Chicago military carnival for a possible new 440 indoor record. Harvard relay team favored to win the intercollegiate meet with Bigelow, Vincent, Fish and Hollister among four fast men. The Boston flyer faces a strong chance. Will Millmont Baseball Club send its address to the Post.
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Eddie Connolly
William Daly
Frank McCuma
Joe Williams
Melrose High School
Southern Athletic Association
New Orleans
Cornell University
Elmira A. C
Elmira
N. Y
Star Pointer
Pacer
Mystic Park
New York
Mystic
Dave McClary
Essex County Athletic Association
Newburyport
England
Country Club
Brookline
Stevenson
Hanover Street
Tom Burke
Chicago
Boston Flyer
John V. Crum
Harvard
Bigelow
Vincent
Fish
Hollister
Millmont
Senate Bans Sunday Baseball in Albany
In Albany on March 11 the Senate approved a bill prohibiting Sunday baseball games. The vote established a law restricting the activity to curb weekend play.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate Today
Boston and Portland bowlers clash in candle pins match
A picked Boston team and an all Portland squad faced off in Portland tonight, tallying five strings of candle pins. Boston won 2246 to 2147, taking the match by a narrow margin.
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Portland
Boston
Captain Jack Crawford Delights Boston Audience With Verse and Tales
Captain Jack Crawford the poet-scout and former U S army chief of scouts drew a packed Boston audience at the Y M C A Hall last evening. He mixed Western frontier humor and moving verse, recalling a bicycle episode with Colonel A A Pope and a poem about Broncho versus Bicycle. He shared a 300 mile 1876 ride despatches tale and a Hay City gambling house incident, ending with praise from the Boston Art Club secretary Francis R Stoddard.
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Jack Crawford
United States Army
Boston
Jack
Captain Jack
West
A. A. Pope
Pope
Stevens
Pecos
Sante Fe
Tom Stevens
Captain Crawford
New York Herald
Wyoming
Hay City
Kansas
Post
Art Club
Boston Art Club
Francis R. Stoddard
Per. M
Circuit Bowling League Elects Officers At Boston Meeting
The Circuit Bowling League met at the Boston Athletic Association to organize. Dr. G. C. Ainsworth was named president with F. H. Williams and H. L. Wilson as vice presidents and Walter C. Prescott as secretary. A two ball game was informally approved.
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Circuit Bowling League
Boston Athletic Association
G. C. Ainsworth
F. H. Williams
Chestnut Hill Club
H. L. Wilson
Riverdale Casino
Walter C. Prescott
Newton Highland Club
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Boyden
O’hara
Callahan
Hollander
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Kilpatrick
Burke
Robinson
Worcester Flyer
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J. W. Bean
P. J. Finneran
T. F. Riley
F. M. Wood
J. G Lathrop
John Graham
J. Frank Facey
R. Bl.c
F. J. Brick
J. C. Drum
B. BE. Osthues
Lechmere C. C
J. Kernan
T. F. Vahey
al Dowling
Flynn
Phillips Andover Academy
Haskell
Chauncy Hall
Jerry Delaney
Mills
Dick Grant
A. B. George
Manhattan A.C
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Franklin Falls
O. N. Richardson
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Gamson
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