Lipton Asks for Reconsideration Over Yacht Challenge
Lipton asks the New York Yacht Club to reconsider its refusal of Lipton's America's Cup challenge. Sir Thomas Lipton argues the deed of gift fixes yacht dimensions and denies any need for variation, urging a 75 foot cutter as the standard. The Royal Ulster Yacht Club backs Lipton and hopes for better relations and a new race series.
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Belfast
Ireland
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas Lipton
Thomas Lipton
America
Thomas J. Lipton
Lipton Challenged Lipton's Challenge Refusal Angers British Yachtsmen
Yachting World denounces the New York Yacht Club for refusing Lipton's challenge after 10 years. The journal says the decision shows a lack of sportsmanship and will provoke disappointment and indignation among British yachtsmen.
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London
Yachting World
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Journal
Atlantic
Dual Meet Opens Brookline and Columbia Clash Tonight
Brookline Swimming Club faces Columbia University in a dual meet at Ocean Pier Baths in Revere tonight. Intercollegiate fencing finals in New York and wrestling championships in Ithaca begin, with bowling matches across multiple cities including Suburban Cambridge and Everett venues.
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New York
Cambridge
Broadway
Everett
Auditorium
Malden
Chelsea
Noddle
Prospect
Square
Boston
Knights of Pythias
St. Omer
University
Prospect Hill
Cambridge Company
America
King Hiram
Bankers and Brokers
Smith Refuses Offer for Boat Bout With Willard
Gunboat Smith tried to arrange a April 8 title fight with Jess Willard through Billy Gibson and Charley Cutler but was turned down. Cutler said the Fairmont A C NY club is too small for the bout and the Garden is booked for two months with a circus.
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Chicago
Smith
Jess Willard
Fairmont A. C
New York
Billy Gibson
Charley Cutler
Willard
Cutler
Fairmont Club
Garden
Dorchester Club Seeks Games for Coming Season
The Dorchester Club baseball team plans its schedule and invites fast amateur clubs in Boston and nearby areas to arrange matches. Most games to be at Franklin Field with club facilities for visiting players and first class diamond conditions. Contact Charles F. Graham Dorchester Club Talbot Avenue Dorchester.
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Dorchester Club
Boston
Franklin Field
Charles F. Graham
Talbot Avenue
Dorchester
Britton Wins Bout at Atlantic Garden Bowery
Chicago lightweight Jack Britton defeated Young Brown of New York over nine of ten rounds in the opening Atlantic Garden program on the Bowery in New York.
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New York
Jack Britton
Chicago
Atlantic Garden
Bowery
Young Brown
New England Championships Planned at Mechanics Building
The coming New England championships will be held in the Mechanics building under the auspices of the B A A. Officials expect record performances, especially in lighter classes, with the event billed as the best ever.
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New England
Mechanics’ Building
Columbia to Clash with Brookline at Ocean Pier Baths
Columbia University swimming team, famed for speed, meets Brookline Swimming Club in a dual at Ocean Pier Baths in Revere. After losses to Yale and Princeton, Columbia aims to rebound against a swift Brookline squad.
New Yorkers Meet Culman in 50 Yard Dash Edge
Culman credited with 26 seconds in the 50 yards and in the 100 yards leads New Yorker entries. Osgood, a longer-distance specialist, to run 220 yards. Barrett enters diving to challenge Arthur McAleenan, national diving champion. Kotteck, Columbia, leads in plunge with 74 feet as Brookline shows strength in several events.
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Barrett
Arthur McAleenan
Eliott Church
New England
Kotteck
Columbia
Brookline
Brookline Gymnasium Association
McGill University of Montreal
Can
Culman
James
Church
O’hearn
Holm
Hitchcock
Fullerton
Gilman
Starbuck
McDonough
Harvard
McCarthy
McKinnon
Nason
Duffy
A. A
Page
Rindge Technical School
Dean
Mechanic Arts High
Cross
Cambridge Y. M. C. A
Kelly
Wagener
Gordon
Carter
Owen
Brookline Swimming Club
Morris
East Boston Swimming Club
Waltham High Eyes Second Baseball Team
Harry Dame, Wal tham High School baseball coach, plans a second team with a regular schedule alongside the first nine. The spring slate includes McLean Hospital, Lexington High, High School of Commerce second, Lyman School, Fenway clash, Lynn Classical, Newton High second, and Newell venues. Abe Attell reportedly has one more bout.
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Harry Dame
Waltham
Waltham High School
McLean Hospital
Waverley
Lexington High
Lexington
High School of Commerce
Lyman School
Fenway
Lynn Classical
Lynn
Newton High
Newton
Relievers who can save a sinking game at Giants and White Sox
Baseball writer discusses the psychology of star pitchers and the impact of relief specialists. Ed Walsh of Chicago and Otis Crandall of the Giants are highlighted for their clutch presence, slow balls, and ability to calm or unsettle batters as games hinge on relief appearances.
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Giants
Ed” Walsh
Chicago White Sox
Jimmie’ Callahan
Otis Crandall
Crandall
Murphy Offered 35000 For Roger Bresnahan
Charles Murphy of the Chicago Nationals said he received a 35000 offer plus two first class players for Roger Bresnahan from a National League club. He would not disclose the club’s name and refused to part with Bresnahan.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charles Murphy
Chicago Nationals
Roger Bresnahan
St. Louis
Trophy for Soccer Games
The American Amateur Football Association announced a plan to offer a trophy for an international series of soccer matches at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Commissioner James F. Sullivan agreed after A A F A officials assured him that teams from New York and other American cities would be joined by squads from Australia Canada and possibly England.
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New York
American Amateur Football Association
G. R. Manning
James F. Sullivan
Sullivan
San Francisco
Australia
Canada
Englad
John Paul Jones Breaks His Mile Record Again
Ithaca N Y March 20 John Paul Jones of Cornell lowers his own indoor mile record to 4 21 1 5 from 4 22 in practice. The full Cornell track team departs tomorrow to face Michigan at Ann Arbor in the last indoor meet of the season.
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Ithaca
N. Y
John Paul Jones
Cornell
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Pitcher Grover Lowdermilk hires private catcher Jasper Weaver
Grover Lowdermilk has persuaded Louisville to employ his personal catcher Jasper Weaver a coal miner from Odin Illinois in a bid to regain control. Weaver joins the club at the pitcher’s insistence as the team seeks desperate measures to stabilize its pitching staff.
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Grover Lowdermilk
Louisville
Jasper Weaver
Lowdermilk
Odin, Til
Kilbane Plans New System for Dundee Title Fight
Champion Johnny Kilbane leaves Cleveland for Los Angeles to train for a April 15 title bout with Jonny Dundee in Venice. He will use a new short range system and heavy bag workouts to improve rough exchanges and punch output. Kilbane praises Dundee as a tough foe and emphasizes strict preparation and peak fitness for the 20 round bout.
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Cleveland
Johnny Kilbane
Los Angeles
Cal
Jonny Dundee
Venice
Kilbane
New York
Charley White
Eddie O'Keefe
Dundee
Jimmy Dunn
Cal Delaney
Frankie Conley
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Abe Attell
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John J. M’graw
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Roger
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