Road race referee declines and cycling notes in Boston
Boston March 24 J T Mitchell of the Essex County Wheelmen declines to referee the Gloucester road race citing public highways must remain open. The piece also reports prizes for Columbia A A May 1 races Dorchester entries with Arthur W Lincoln and notes cyclists switch to track racing and new gear like sleeveless sweater vests.
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J. T. Mitchell
Essex County Wheelmen
Salem
Mass
Essex County
Gloucester
Associated Cycling Clubs of
George W. Dorntee
L. A. W. Racing Board
Mr. Dorntee
M. C
Billy” Young
Michael
Starbuck
Titus
Campella B. C
Roxbury B. C
Dorntee Named to Racing Board Post
George W. Dorntee of Boston has been appointed by President Potter to the racing board and assigned to oversee Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut according to the weekly bulletin from Chairman Mott of the L A W.
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Baltimore
Mott
Racing Board of the
George W. Dorntee
Blackstone Street
Boston
Potter
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Spectacular Society Horse Show Set at Mechanics Building
Preparations for the Mechanics Building horse show week run two months as entries surge toward a record New England event. Boxes go on sale Monday with 81 boxes at $100 upset, seating six, yielding last year nearly $17 000 in sales.
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Mechanics’ Building
New England
Music Hall
Butler
Potter
Worcester Boys
New York
Baker
Mills
Worcester
G.worcester
Mechanics
Eddie Mills
Chauncy Hall
D. T. Sullivan
Sullivan
E. Mills
Garden
New England Athletes Vying for Madison Square Events
Captain Potter of Worcester High leads hurdles but bungled a semi final exit. Charlie Howe may win the high jump aided by a rough track. W W Coe from Noble and Greenough tops in the shot, while Shorey from Cush ing Academy eyes the pole vault. O'Brien’s lighter shot once tripped him. Coe plans to exceed.
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Captain Potter
Worcester
Charlie Howe
New York
New England
W. W. Coe
Noble and Greenough
Coe
O’brien
Shorey
Cushing Academy
Mechanics
Captain Brewer's Worldwide Challenge Amid Grand American Handicap
At Blekewood Park New Jersey the fifth annual Grand American Handicap began with 144 entries. Notable events included Conny Ferguson, 15, shooting clean through six rounds, and E. Leroy dropping out after multiple misses. Several shooters forfeited for missing three birds, while Captain Brewer issued a global challenge to shoot 250 birds for $1000 a side, raising stakes for any challenger.
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N. J
Rollo Heikes
Dayton
Messner
Leroy
F. W. Cooper
Tom Farmer
T. D. Hooper
J. R. Wert
J. H. Shafer
Chicago
M. M. McMillan
Sam Glover
W. S. Herman
A.S. Hunter
Hoss
Conny Ferguson
Cornelius Ferguson
Brooklyn
B. Leroy
Campelia
Mass
Frank E. Hyer
Charles Matzen
R. L. Packard
F. Lawrence
J. S. Fanning
San Francisco
Fanning
Brewer
Boxing Gossip From The Big Fight Roundup
Boxing gossip notes arrivals from the big fight offer no clear news. Patsy Haley and Dave Sullivan set for April 14 at the Polo Club in New York with a 50 percent split of gross gate receipts. Joe Mullins leaves for Bangor to face Young Simpson in six rounds.
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Carson
Sullivan
Fitz
Dave Sullivan
Patsy Haley
Polo Athletic Club
New York City
Haley
Boxing Department of the Post
Joe Mullins
Bangor
Young Simpson
Hall
Philadelphia
Paddy Fenton
Bostonian
Fenton
Dan Creedon
Charley Strong
Choynski
Maher
Armstrong
Dr Landis again attacks medical establishment
Simon M. Landis, M. D., denounces Harvard professors and the medical system, praising old remedies and calling for reforms. He condemns surgeons, drugs, and hospitals, claims blood poisoning cures with wheat bran soaks, and rails against regular physicians as nerve killers and life endangers.
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Harvard
Ashley Cooper
Mr. Markle
Mr. Kellar
Old Markle
Kellar
Nature
Devil
Boards of Health
Newton Athletic Meet at Y M C A Gym
Newton hosts the second in a series of athletic contests at the Y M C A gym. Winners include Randall in the 15 yard dash, Norman Ogden with 18 dips and the slow bicycle race, Clifford Mason setting jumps and vault marks, P Dewey in standing high jump, George Bailey in hop skip and jump, Arthur Porter in the professional one mile bicycle race, and E P Burnham in the amateur one mile event.
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Newton
Newton Y. M. C. A
Randall
Norman Ogden
Clifford Mason
P. Dewey
George Bailey
Arthur Porter
E. P. Burnham
Yale-Chicago Hockey Challenge Accepted For New York
Yale has challenged Columbia to a hockey game accepted to be played at St Nicholas rink in New York City on Saturday night. It will be Yale’s last contest of the year. Harvard Yacht Club has not yet challenged Yale and disagreement over venue may arise between Newport and New London.
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Sally Smith
Palmer
National Sporting Club
Smith
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Mike Sears
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Lavigne
Walcott
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John L. Sullivan
W. S
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Maher
Dempsey
Corbett
Sharkey
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Elston
Cornwall
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England
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Tremont Street
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Bright
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Conn
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Columbia
St. Nicholas Rink
New York City
Harvard Yacht Club
Harvard
Newport
New London
World of Sport notes gymnastic exhibition and rowing plans
Letters to E A Durgin outline events across New England including a Boston Physical Education Society gymnastic show at the High School drill hall on Montgomery street, a Lorimer Hall athletes’ entertainment by John Graham, and a Holmes slide show from Athens. Springfield oarsmen meet at Chandler Hotel to form the Connecticut Valley Rowing Association.
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Montgomery Street
John Graham
Lorimer Hall
E. Burton Holmes
Chicago
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Chandler Hotel
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Mills
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Woodbury
English High
Coe
Noble
Greenough
Shorey
Cushing Academy
McClelland
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Eddie Marks
Penn
St. Josephs of
Malden
Wilfred Maillet
Pearl Street
Sweeney signs with Dubuque State League team
Dan Sweeney former Louisville right fielder signed a 1897 contract with the Dubuque State League club. W. H. Murphy, ex New York shortstop, left New Haven after failing to reach terms with the proposed New Haven team, leaving the city unlikely to be represented in the league. For other sporting news see page 2.
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Conn
Dan Sweeney
Louisville Nine
Dubuque
W. H. Murphy
New York
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