Nelson and Herrera Meet on Coast May 12
Battling Nelson and Aurelio Herrera are matched for a May 12 bout on the Pacific Coast. The 131 pound limit fight grows from a $16,000 purse with Nelson earning about $9,600 plus a $4,000 bonus. Forfeits posted by both managers and the match marks a potential major lightweight title clash.
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Pacific A. Co
Los Angeles
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Jack O’brien
McCarey
George Dixon
Jack McAuliffe
John L. Sullivan
New Orleans
John L
Jim Corbett
Nelson-Herrera
Billy Nolan
Taft Cup for Power Boats
The regatta committee of the Boston Yacht Club received word from Commodore Taft of the Portland Y. Co. that he will offer a cup for a power boat race from Marblehead to Portland. The Boston club cruises east yearly and stops in Portland. Taft suggests the Boston club arrange details with sailing yachts starting one day and power boats the next afternoon.
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Commodore Taft
Portland Y. Co
Marblehead
Portland
Boston Y. C
Boston Club
No Hub School Crews Entered Regatta Entries Declined
No schoolboy crew from Boston or nearby areas will travel to Philadelphia for the big regatta due to cost. Stewards refuse to accept an entry from the Interscholastic Rowing Association as a body. No single school athletic association seems able to fund its own crew entry.
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Boston
Philadelphia
School Athletic Association
Harvard and Yale Football Sit Down for Fashion War
Puck reports a humorous game where Harvard and Yale appear in sack suits and colored collars amid dress code protests. Yale faces penalties and a postponement plan as fans pay admissions and prize fight ads spark chaos.
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Yale
Harvard
Ladies’ Home Journal
Opera House
Eliot
Chelsea boxing card promises top to bottom action
Chelsea boxing gossip notes a Lincoln Club card with quality preliminaries matching Honey Mellody and Charley McKeever as the stars. Rivalry bets on Jerry Gaines vs George McCarthy and Jig Stone vs George Ashley highlight a crowded, rumor-filled lineup at Chelsea venues.
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Lincoln Club
Honey Mclody
Charley McKeever
Roddy Higgins
Connie Mack
Jerry Gaines
George McCarthy
Gaines
Cambridge
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Jerry
Boston
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McKeever
Philadelphia
Mellody
Larry Hanrahan
South End
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Melkeever
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Marvin Hart
Ferguson
Hart
Jim Jeffries
Sandy
Lem
Jack Johnson
Skidoo
Jig Stone
George Ashley
National A. C
Portland
Jig
New England
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Albany
Joe Tipman
Ashley
Stone
Charlestown
Tom O’rourke
Tom
Essington
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Fred Owen
California
Tommy Ryan
Jack O’brien
Ryan
Charley Garner
Tommy Burns
Joe Walcott
Joe Gans
San Francisco
Lynn Joe Gans
Jimmy Britt
Britt
Nelson
Ww. F. P
Gloucester
Howard
County Limerick Men's Association Meeting Set
A regular meeting of the County Limerick Men's Association will be held tomorrow afternoon at Boyle O'Reilly Hall Dover and Albany streets. All county Limerick men are requested to be present.
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County
Pullman Tourist Sleepers On Sale From Boston To West Coast
Colonist tickets accepted in Pullman tourist sleepers daily through April 6 for 49.90 to 52 from Boston to Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Portland Tacoma Seattle and other Pacific coast points with lower rates to intermediate stations. Daily directly to San Francisco and California via Chicago Northwestern Union Pacific Southern Pacific Bays line or Colorado Scenic Route. Also on the Los Angeles Limited three nights from Chicago via Chicago Northwestern Union Pacific and Salt Lake–San Pedro route. J E Brittain gen agt 300 Washington street Boston.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Pacific Coast
California
Chicago & Northwestern
Union
Southern Pacific
Colorado
New Salt Lake-San Pedro
J. E. Brittain
Gen'l Agt
Washington Street
McLaughlin to referee Slosson Hoppe balkline match
Edward McLaughlin has been chosen to referee the 18.1 balkline match between Slosson and Hoppe in New York next Thursday night. A veteran player in the shortstop class, he is also an experienced referee who has officiated major tournaments.
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Edward McLaughlin
Slosson
Hoppe
New York
McLaughlin
Star Athletic Team To Represent Cuba On Way To Athens
A Cuban sports squad known as the Star Athletic Team heads toward Athens to compete in the Olympic Games as part of a broader national effort. The text discusses public attitudes toward Sunday spending and soda, contrasting leisure with rest.
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Star Athletic
Cuba
Athens
Cuban Olympic team sails for Athens via Naples
The Cuban athletic unit headed to represent Cuba at the Athens Olympics has sailed from New York to Naples aboard La Navarre and will proceed to Athens. Notable members include fencer Ramo Fonst and distance runner Felix Carvajal, with American prospects led by Charles Parsons and Harry Hillman. Delays threaten their Naples to Piraeus transfer, though a Greek warship may assist if needed.
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Athens
Naples
Ramo Fonst
Felix Carvajal
St. Louis Fair
Charles Parsons
California
Amateur Athletic Union
New York
Pireus
Matthew P. Halpin
Is Gans Still The Champion Nelson Must Beat Gans
The piece argues Joe Gans remains a premier fighter but questions his ability to make lightweight at 133 pounds. It says Battling Nelson must defeat Gans to validate the lightweight title and urges for a forfeit and a formal bout to settle the dispute.
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Joe Gans
Mike Twin
Sullivan
Gans
Nelson
Baltimore
Mike Sullivan
Frank Erne
Rafe Turner
Gus Gardner
Willie Fitzgerald
Terry McGovern
Joe
Billy Nolan
Boston Horse Show Adds Hackney Stallions Class 14A
The executive committee of the Boston Horse Show adds Class 14A for hackney stallions suitable for carriage horses. entries close tonight with postmarks accepted until midnight tomorrow.
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Boston
Queen Quality A A and Foxboro A A Battle Tonight in Jamaica Plain
Queen Quality A A hosts Foxboro A A at the former's gymnasium Jamaica Plain for a decisive game. After a recent loss the Queen Quality team remains confident of reversing the result and claiming honors in tonight's matchup.
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Queen Quality A. A
Foxboro A. A
Jamaica Plain
Queen Quality
Foxboro
Sunday Observance bill backed by Prouty opinion
Senator Charles N. Prouty of Spencer reads Senate 134, praising the new Sunday bill as exact for enforcing observance. He notes soda, rides on Sunday, and relaxing the Sabbath, with House postponement to next Tuesday for full debate. Boston Republicans rally behind strict Sunday laws.
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Spencer
Senate
Prouty
New England
House
Representative McManus
Natick
Boston
Entrance Examination for Massachusetts Nautical School
The spring entrance exam for the Massachusetts Nautical Training School will be held Saturday April 7 1896 at 4 pm aboard the training ship Enterprise at North End park Boston. Applicants can obtain papers at the commissioner’s office Room 110 State House Boston.
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Enterprise
North End Park
Boston
Commissioner’s Office
State House
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