Match Drawn Up For Kid McCoy Sharkey Bout
New York March 27 The match between Kid McCoy and Tom Sharkey has been negotiated after six weeks of effort Seaside Athletic Club gains prestige and rivals falter Marquis of Queensberry rules govern the 25 round contest on June 25 1900 at the Seaside Sporting Club A $1000 forfeit backs the agreement with 60 percent of gross receipts to be split 65 percent to the winner 5 percent to the loser Referee Johnnie White chosen for a pivotal role Guards and bands to be controlled by the referee and both fighters housed in the club building ready for ringside appearance from 9 to 10 p m. Sharks and McCoy barred from negotiating other bouts until completion under a $500 penalty for breaches.
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New York
Kid McCoy
Tom Sharkey
Seaside Athletic Club
Bob Fitzsimmons
McCoy-Fitz
Johnnie White
Marquis of Queensberry
Seaside Sporting Club
al Smith
Sharkey and McCoy
Boxing Gossip Preview of New York bouts and club plans
The article previews boxing activity in New York before boxing bills shift the scene in September. It highlights the McCoy Sharkey bout as a potential record gate, notes multiple proposed matches, club meetings at the Atlantic Yacht Club, and various boxers preparing for events in Boston Malden Worcester and Chelsea.
Cambridge Y. M. C. A. Wins State Championships Trophy
Cambridge Y. M. C. A. retains the trophy after victory over rivals in the State championships. New marks set include McDonald Melrose’s 36 ft 6 in shot put and 11 ft 2 in in the standing jumps. Boston proved a strong challenger, with a dramatic potato race decision. Final standings detail heats, semi finals, and event winners led by Cambridge club athletes across sprints and field events.
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Boston
F. Corcoran
Cambridge
Wcw
J. Hurley
J. M. Jackson
E. Young
A. Mower
J. A. MacDonald
Mel
A. Collins
I’. Corcoran
H. A. Gidney
Mal
S. G. Ellis
W. Corcoran
R. W. Leach
W. A. Corcoran
G. Alworth
OC. Coz
G. R. Starkey
W.G. Webber
Bouts in East Boston At Lyceum Hall Sparring Shows
The Maverick A. C. of East Boston hosted a well attended program at Lyceum Hall. Harry Boles vs Smoke Connors in a four round 112 and 110 pound bout showcased Boles’ science against Connors’ strength. Joe Robinson fought George McCarthy in six rounds. Billy Hill versus Andy Watson went fifteen rounds with Watson hampered by a sore left hand and the referee calling a draw.
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Maverick
A. C
East Boston
Lyceum Hall
Harry Boles
Smoke Connors
Connors
Boles
Joe Robinson
George McCarthy
Billy Hill
Andy Watson
Watson
Maffitt Flaherty
Mayor Harrison Bans Jeffries Three Opponents In Six Round Limit
Chicago March 27 Mayor Harrison orders James J Jeffries world boxing champion to box a single opponent for six rounds or not fight at all. He claims Jeffries is booked to fight three men in one evening and vows to stop such bouts.
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Harrison
Chicago
James J. Jeffries
Tattersalls
Jeffries
ten men bowl in Charlestown Club match ends with B A A win
The second leg of a ten man team match at Charlestown Club saw B A A defeat Charles Town Club by 107 pins. B A A won both legs and had four players over 800 with another group over 900, while spare play favored B A A.
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Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Fitzsimmons Stops Daly in First Round Spar
Bob Fitzsimmons floored Jim Daly three times in a sparring bout at the First Regiment armory. The referee halted the match in the opening round as the expected six rounds became a rapid finish. Attendance was small.
45 Foot Yawl Designed For Hull Yacht Club
Naval architect Arthur Binney designs a 70 foot overall yawl for Fred T. Clayton of Hull Massachusetts Yacht Club. The cruising boat features 46 feet waterline, 14 foot beam, 8 foot draft, 30,000 pounds ballast, wheel steering, large cockpit, ample cabin space, separate chart room, two toilets, and a forward main cabin with a 11 foot long area. Built with white oak framing, hard pine planking, white pine deck, mahogany finish, white enamel interior, and white exterior. Launch planned for spring.
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Arthur J Binney
Fred T. Clayton
Hull-Massachusetts Yacht Club
Arthur Binney
Hull Massachusetts Yacht Club
Harvard Track Sees Large Candidate Pool for International Games
Harvard’s track program reports 300 candidates with hurdlers advancing. Sprague and freshman J E Haigh emerge as potential fills for Burke Fox and Quinlan. Haigh, a Lawrence High School alumnus, has shown rapid improvement and could reach the 10 second mark with Lathrop’s training. Class games are set for April 6 and varsity meets for April 12.
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Harvard
Burke, Fox
Quinlan
Sprague
J. E. Haigh
St. Paul's Garden
Haigh
Lawrence High
Haverhill
Lathrop
Burned the Mortgage at Union Baptist Church
A large Cambridgeport crowd attended the ceremony to burn the last mortgage on Union Baptist Church on Main Street, the city’s largest colored congregation. Speakers included Pastor and Deacons Parkham and Harris, and several Reverends. Miss Jesse Harrell led the choir with funds raised from the event.
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Union Baptist Church
Main Street
Cambridgeport
R. P. Parkham
T. K. Harris
P. H. Carter
J. H. Dockrey
W. H. Burrell
W. H. Thomas
Peter T. Stanford
W. B. Farris
Charles Morris
RK. T. Temeau
Jes'e Harrell
Cleveland Ball Club Organized in Cleveland
The Cleveland Ball Club of Cleveland was incorporated today with a capital stock of. The club owns a franchise in the American league circuit.
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Cleveland Ball Club
Columbus
Cleveland
Harvard Teams Train Amid Reforms and Upgrades
April 4 marks a stricter regime for Harvard baseball with Captain Reid enforcing businesslike habits. The John Harvard launch faces cylinder head defects. workers aim for quick repair and a New York launch expected soon. Veritas, Harvard’s motto, will name the Morris Heights building. Spring football continues with steady turnout. lacrosse drills on Holmes Field underfoot conditions improve. New Jarvis Field tennis courts will bring 22 singles and eight doubles courts once weather cooperates. The intercollegiate fencing meet is set for March 31 at the Racquet and Tennis Club, featuring Harvard, Columbia, Cornell and the Naval Academy.
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Harvard
Reid
John Harvard
New York
Morris Heights
Jarvis Field
Columbia
Cornell
Naval Academy
Post League Formed By Local Baseball Teams
Six teams with an average age of 19 formed the Post League at the Post sporting department to contest the metropolitan district championship. A schedule meeting for solo clubs will be held next Monday at the Post office. team names and managers with addresses are listed for contact.
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Post Sporting Department
Post League
saRaneere
The
Post
Supples
Hatton
Bunkerill Street
Charlestown
Glendon A. A
Densmore
Vine Street
Everett
Crescent Reviews
John Paul
Ocean Avenue
Revere
Marlboro A. A
Cassidy
Poplar Street
Chelsea
Winter Hills
D. J. Donovan
East Albion Street
Somerville
Crescent A. A
Hartnett
Eighth Street
South Boston
Dog Show Entries Set For Mechanics Building Next Week
The Mechanics Building will host a dog show next week with 859 total entries. Boston terriers lead with 141 entrants, fox terriers 93, beagles 61, and Irish terriers 69. Other breeds include Bloodhounds 6, Mastiffs 6, St Bernards 38, Great Danes 9, Deerhounds 7, Russian wolfhounds 3, Greyhounds 6, Foxhounds 11, Pointers 47, English setters 21, Irish setters 1, Gordon setters 6, Spaniels 63, Collies 47, Old English sheep dogs 8, Poodles 6, Dalmatians 3, Bulldogs 43, Bull terriers 27, Airedale 1, French bulldogs 16, Dachshunds 14, Scottish terriers 26, Black and tan terriers 3, Welsh Bedlington and Dandy Dinmont 2, Whippets 2, Pugs 2, Pomeranians 8, Yorkshire terriers 1, Toy terriers 2, Toy spaniels unknown, Japanese spaniels 9, Ruby spaniels 8, Papillon 6, Blenheim spaniels 6, King Charles spaniels 8.
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Mechanics’ Buildin
Boston
St. Bernards
Merchant and Manufacturers stake draws top trotters at Detroit
Twenty pacers and trotters compete in the $10,000 Merchant and Manufacturers stake at the Detroit grand circuit meeting. Thomas Lawson enters Sagwa and Poindexter in the 2:24 class as the sport prepares for a major opening on Decoration Day with track improvements costing over $10,000 and a 1000 seat grandstand plus new facilities. John Riley, recently at Mystic Park, reportedly plans bold entries with Colonel ae and other rising stock expected to impress.
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Detroit
Thomas Lawson
Sagwa
Poindexter
Hohokus
N. J
John Riley
Mystic Park
Riley
Colonel Ae
Candle Pin Bowling Matches At Carruth Alleys
In candle pins the Boston team defeated Malden five two games to one as Malden started strong but fell behind the pace set by Boston. In the Trade League the Federals easily beat ER P Company. Scores follow.
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Carruth
Candle Pins
Boston
Malden
Maldens
Federals
ER. P. Company
Skinner challenges Marks in motor tricycle race clash
Kenneth A. Skinner replies to Dudley Marks denying weaker motor terms and insisting on De Dion power parity for a high stakes road race. Skinner aims to prove De Dion superiority, with $50 stake still unsettled.
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Dudley Marks
Albert Champion
Kenneth A. Skinner
Champion
Skinner
Paris
Anyerson
United States
Marks
Europe
Linton
Astor
America
Boston Painters Demand Higher Wages in Special Meeting
Boston painters met at Wells Memorial Hall and voted to demand 2.75 dollars per day for eight hours by June 17. A five member committee will seek the increase from master painters while pledging unity if refused. They prefer amicable action and hope to avoid a strike.
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Boston
Wells Memorial Hall
Man Claims Robbery by Girl Then Recants
Philip Cheek told police a girl had robbed him and named Rose Martin of 10 Osborne Place. He later admitted he had not been robbed, recalling his own watch glasses and umbrella as the misplaced items.
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Rose Martin
Osborne Place
Philip
Cheek
Alrtty
Miss Martin
Machinists Seek Nine Hour Day in Boston Area
Boston machinists from shops around the city held a mass meeting at 987 Washington Street under Lodge 264 to press for a nine hour work day. They plan to push the demand locally and prepare a strike if not granted, as workers currently toil ten hours daily.
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Boston
Washington Street
Lodge 264
International Machinists’ Association
Labor unions plan Labor Day event and organize in Boston
The Building Trades Council and Central Labor Union joint committee will meet tomorrow night at 49 Bennet Street to arrange the Labor Day celebration. The Retail Boot and Shoe Clerks Union elected officers led by E. M. Weston as president and Nellie H. Murphy as recording secretary. A Grocery Clerks union committee will discuss setting a sixty hour work week with the Grocery Dealers Association in the Grocers Exchange rooms in Boston.
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Building Trades Council
Central Labor Union
Bennet Street
E. M. Weston
H. Brandt
M. J. Conley
Nellie H. Murphy
Alexander W. Anderson
Aug. Wellenauer
Grocery, Provision and Fish Clerks’ Union
Grocery Dealers’ Association
Batchelder Arrives in Boston to Discuss Cycle Racing Sanctions
Chairman Amos G. Batchelder of the N C A board of control met in Boston with track owners and racing figures including Tom McCarthy William Sullivan W F Saunders James McKay and city wheelmen to review racing dates and the southeastern Massachusetts circuit. Officials expect a lively season with renewed support from bicycle makers and riders though Saunders is not in good standing with the N C A and some amateurs face status questions.
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Amos G. Batchelder
N. C. A. Board of Control
Boston
Thorndike
Mr. Batchelder
Tom McCarthy
William Sullivan
Charles River Park
W. F. Saunders
Brockton
James M.cKay
Spindle
Lowell
Batchelder
R. F. Kelsey
Massachusetts
Saunders
Wheelmen Masquerade in Paine Memorial Hall
The Metropolitan Wheelmen held their fifth annual masquerade in Paine Memorial Hall with about seventy five couples present. Towne's Orchestra provided music and George W. Newton ran the floor, assisted by S Jocke Farnham Lincoln Fitzpatricks Brown Young. Attendees included M F Moore J H Wallace Dr J P Farley and many others with Mrs Newton and Miss Fitzgerald among the guests.
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Metropolitan Wheelmen
Paine Memorial Hall
Towne
George W. Newton
S. Jocke
J. H. Farnham
H. C. Lincoln
BH. H. Fitzpatricks
A. K. Brown
C. 8. Young
M. F. Moore
J. H. Wallace
J. P. Farley
W. 8
Ellis
K. H. McInnis
W. A. Woods
J. A. Sampson
J. Whiting
Harry Jenner
George Weston
Cliff Wallace
G Newton
Miss Fitzgerald
Lizzie Daly
Miss Lynch
Mrs. Drake
Lottie Rodgers
Ida Dillaway
L. M. Kenton
J. B. Stone
Miss Pri
Lillian Erickson
Bertha Hudlin
Grace Hudlin
Elsie McKay
Bessie Abraham
Eva Green
Jessie Wilson
Marguerite Gaylord
Alice Walsh
Mabel Stevens
Lucy Gray
Julia Cohen
Sadie Cohen
Rabbi Fleischer Speaks on Hebrew History at Universalist Dinner
Rabbi Charles Fleischer addressed the Universalist Social Club at Hotel Thorndike. He outlined Hebrew history and achievements while Rabbi Wieischer noted hotel exclusion of Hebrews and urged religious democracy. The discussion touched on whether Jews should return to abstinence and was chaired by J. B. Horton with thirty-seven members present.
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Charles Fleischer
Universalist Social Club
Thorndike
Rabbi Wieischer
J. B. Horton
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Mayor Van Wyck Faces Largest City Hall Disorder
In New York on March 27 a crowd of about two thousand teachers packed City Hall to protest the Davis school bill. Mayor Van Wyck and President Little of the Board of Education were loudly hissed and cheered, amid cries of shame. The mayor warned he would clear the hall, and he is certain to veto the bill.
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New York
van Wyck
Little
Board of Education
Davis
Record Fu turity entries set massive mare nominations
The Kentucky Futurity for foals of 1900 draws a record 1487 nominated mares with Massachusetts posting 97 entries from 35 states. Allen Farm Pittsfield and J Malcolm Forbes breeding programs supply multiple mares sired by Kremlin Peter the Great and Arion, while Hartford Futurity entries also break records due to generous stake conditions.
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Kentucky
J. Malcolm Forbes
Allen Farm
Pittsfield
Mass
Kremlin
Aide de Claire
Allene
Amorita
Enanthe
Lyric
Helianthe
Malcolm Forbes
Boston
Peter the Great
Arion
Maggie Sultan
Nancy Hanks
Javette
Vina Belle
Genesta
Olla
Hartford Futurity
Massachusetts
William Russell Allen
J. E. Thayer
Lookout Farm
Muster Hill Farm
C. H. Kerner
Melrose Minstrel Show Highlights City Hall Event
In Melrose City Hall the sixteenth annual minstrel show of the Melrose Athletic Club was held. End men B R Somes and E L Cragin led the fun with strong support from J la Martin C T Abbott and BE J Lord. Miss Florence E Lovejoy and Lottie A Gemmel sang and danced, with final skit The Mayors Kindergarten. Notables in the circle included J C Reid A H Glines E W Owen W F Picket and others.
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Melrose
Melrose City Hall
Melrose Athletic Club
B. R. Somes
E. L. Cragin
J. la Martin
C. T. Abbott
BE. J. Lord
Florence E. Lovejoy
Lottie A. Gemmel
Gould
J. C. Reid
A. H. Glines
E. W. Owen
W. F. Picket
C. H. Stebbins
C. H. Rockwood
H. V. Fuller
A. Hill
R. 8. Oliver
J. W. Hyson
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Crow Club Holds Twenty Fifth Anniversary Banquet
The Crow Club celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary banquet at Youngs Hotel last night with test master J W Hoffman presiding. Attendees included Edward S Pilsbury of the Boston Board of Health Hon George H Gammons W P Pierce Joseph H Gleason Isaac Newton H A Chandler A W Stover E G Park and L F Cutter. The Boston merchants outing club began forty one members ago and has lost only four by death in twenty five years. Thirty four of the remaining thirty seven members attended.
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Crow Club
Young's Hotel
J. W. Hoffman
Edward S. Pilsbury
Boston Board of Health
George H. Gammons
W. P. Pierce
Joseph H. Gleason
Isaac Newton
H. A. Chandler
A. W. Stover
Charlestown
E. G. Park
Somerville
L. F. Cutter
Brookline
Boston
Pittsburg Manager Rejects O’Brien Exit Demand
Pittsburg reports President Freedman failed to free Tom O’Brien from the club after Manager Clark issued a firm ultimatum. Clark declares O’Brien will not be permitted to leave Pittsburg under any circumstances.
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Pittsburg
Freedman
Tom O
Clark
O'Brien
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