Bowlers Roll Tonight in Boston Practice for New York
Three local teams the Boston Post, Faneuil Club and Ebonite line up in a practice match at New Boston alleys to simulate New York conditions for the National Bowling Association championships. A Yannigan team may be formed to give five players each side full practice on the Brunswick Balke pins now in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bowling Association
New York
New Boston
Boston
Boston Post
James P. Puffer
E. L. C. Hales
George B. Harris
Leonard W. Marston
John H. Kenney
Frank J. Kiernan
Faneuil Club
Charles M. Goulding
John G. Holland
L. L. Faulkner
J. M. Thomas
J. K. Simson
R. N. Southwell
Ebonite
Fred Williams
William Beatty
J. P. Kinsman
E. J. Gumpbright
J. H. Kinsman
Faneuil
Yannigan
Madison Square
Big Garden
Ave St
Simson Wee Enee
Simeon Eeene Nee
Marston Et
Ann Puffer
Holland Ae
Tee
Faulkner
Kenney Thomas
Goulding
Wales
Harris Eich
al Post
Kiernan
Newtowne
Southwell
The
Ebonites
Kinsman Ee
Williams
Real Tryout Cards Build Week of Boxing Action
Local boxing week features Billy Rolfe versus Mickey McDonough in Salem with other tryouts and preliminaries across cities including Baltimore Philadelphia and Boston. Notable bouts include Bill McKinnon versus Jimmy Gardner and Tom Sawyer versus Jack Mahan as managers promote strong Friday and Saturday shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Rolfe
Wickey McDonough
Salem
Jack Farrell
Jack Robinson
Baltimore
Mike Memsic
Ray Bronson
Memphis
Johnny Daly
Joe Coster
Brooklyn
Phil McGovern
Young Draycott
Watervliet
N. Y
Jack Fitzgerald
Joe Butler
Philadelphia
Bill McKinnon
Jimmy Gardner
Jos Murphy
Eddie Shevlin
Charlie McDonald
Angus McDougall
Peck Lafavour
South Boston
Mickey McDonough
Rolfe
McDonough
Faneuil Hall
A. C
Lowell
Jimmy
Bill
Faneuil Hall A. C
McCarthy
Caley
Portland
Tom Sawyer
Jack Mahan
Sam Felton Sparks Milton Academy Pitching Heroic Strikeout Feat
The piece highlights Sam Felton of Milton Academy striking out 25 in 18 innings against Concord School, part of a weekend review of top scholastic baseball. It notes Waltham High School’s 10th straight win and Rindge Dorchester Interscholastic league clashes, plus emerging players at Volkmann and new ideas for a national scholastic athletic association led by James A. Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Felton
Milton Academy
Waltham High School
Malden High
Medford
Newton High
Watch City
Concord School
Rindge
Somerville
Cantabrigians
Pike
Dorchester High
Dorchester
Cambridge
Volkmann
Reggie Kennard
Ted Lacroix
Groton
Stone
Roxbury Latin
Noble & Greenough
Mechanic Arts
Dave Henry
Back Bay
Waltham
James A. Sullivan
Amateur Athletic Association
Greater
Boston
Ifor
Princeton
Providence Tech
Harvard
Sullivan
Hillman Beats Mel Sheppard at Monmouth Games
At Celtic Park Long Island Hillman of New York A C defeated Melvin Sheppard of Irish American A C by about three feet in a 600 yard match race amid a strong headwind. Other results include Eckman beating Cloughen for second in the 120 yard dash final with Archer close behind and Lee winning a 15 mile semi marathon by over 200 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Monument Athletic Club
Celtic Park
L. I
Harry Hillman
A. C
Melvin W. Sheppard
Hillman
Lawson Roberts
George Eckman
Acorn
A. A
Brooklyn
Robert Cloughen
J. J. Archer
Bernie Weters
Travers Island
James J. Lee
Boston
The
Mercury
Yonkers
Charles Muller
A. G
J. Crowley
Harry Jensen
James Clarke
Xavier A. A
Yale Harvard Dual Meet Promises Bitter Track Clash
Yale and Harvard stage a tense New Haven Cambridge dual meet with tight scoring projections. Contenders include Jaques and Spitzer for mile and half mile, Foster for Harvard sprints, and Williams Kilpatrick plus Barr from Yale in field events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Yale
Seymour
Elis
New Haven
Jaques
Spitzer
Dartmouth
Hanover
Labor Sunday Observed Across Greater Boston
Labor Sunday was observed statewide with sermons focusing on the wage earner and the church’s role in bridging the gap between rich and poor. Notable talks by Rev. Francis H. Rowley, Rev. W. H. van Allen, and Rev. Winfred Chesley Rhoades urged action to reform taxation and wages toward economic justice and city improvement by 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Francis H. Rowley
D. D
First Baptist Church
W. H. van Allen
Church of the Advent
Winfred Chesley Rhoades
Eliot
Rowley
MUST ALTER TAX SYSTEM Boston Vision of 1915 sermon
Rev D Roy Freeman preached at the Third Religious Society of Dorchester praising Boston as a future city. He said the town had moved from past dates to focus on building better tenements and a modern crusade to improve conditions for its citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
D. Roy Freeman
Third Religious Society of
Dorchester
Convention of Station Employees Opens in Boston Hall
The Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employees holds its second general convention at Locomotive Engineers Hall 164 Canal Street. About 70 delegates from Boston & Maine and Maine Central are expected, meeting through Saturday noon. HQs set at the Quincy House. Portland's B B Small is general secretary treasurer. President P J Coyle calls the sessions vital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Station Imployees
Locomotive Engineers’ Hall
Canal Street
Boston & Maine
Maine Central Railroad
Quincy House
B. B. Small
Portland
P. J. Coyle
Boston
Labor Notes: Boston unions address wages and meetings
Boston labor news reports a morning union meeting at 164 Canal Street to end a recent wage strike. The piece covers wage-scale demands from freight handlers, opposition to wooden block pay, plans for a 35 member local conference board, and upcoming meetings of various Boston unions, including the Newsboys’ Protective Union and the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Hebrew Bakers’ Union 45
Canal Street
John J. O'Connell
Market and Commission House Teamsters’ Union
O’connell
Boston
P. J. Mplanery
Chicago
A. F
Union 25
Boston Ladies’ Tailors and Dressmakers
Union 86
Washington Street
Charles Frasca
Boston Newsboys’ Protective Union
Newsboys’ Union
Hartford
Hanover Street
Boston & Maine Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Thomas FF. Pardy
Old Colony Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Readville
South Braintree
Quincy
Hyde Park
Portland
Union 68
United States land and immigration figures show vast unappropriated lands
Bureau of Statistics figures for 1908 detail 754,895,000 acres of unappropriated land many in Alaska Nevada and other western states. Immigrant arrivals since 1820 exceed 26 million. Postal receipts rose from 1820 to 1908 and mail volume reached 6.466 trillion letters and postcards in 1907.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Alaska
Nevada
Montana
New Mexico
Arizona
Florida
Louisiana
Post Office Department
United Kingdom
Princeton Star Bobby Vaughn Joins Highlanders
Bobby Vaughn former Princeton second baseman and 1909 captain signs with the New York Highlanders. He joins June 15 under a contract reported at 80 dollars a month, 4800 dollars a season, making him one of the top college-player earners. Vaughn, 25, a left-handed hitter, hit over .400 in college and was celebrated as a premier fielder and hitter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Bobby Vaughn
Stallings
Vaughn
Jersey City Quakers Beat Philadelphia Nationals 3 to 1
Jersey City defeated the Philadelphia Nationals 3 to 1 in an exhibition game. Ohl, released from Philadelphia, held his former teammates to four hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
May
Jersey City Today
Philadelphia Nationals
Ohl
Philadelphia
Harvard Stone Crew Race Off Before Cascadilla Date
The Stone School eight and the Harvard sophomore eight called off their race by mutual consent as neither crew wished to race. Scrub races with Brookline High and B A A boathouse crews may proceed to sharpen for upcoming regattas and the May 21 Ithaca showdown with Cascadilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone School
Harvard
Jowatt
Keays
Stone
Brookline High
B. A. A. Boathouse
Lindsay
Cascadilla
Ithaca
Nickerson
Haynes
W. Whearty
W. Bradley
Parmenter
Newton
Plimpton
Noble & Greenough
Middlesex School
Henri St Yves masters second Derby Marathon at Polo Grounds
Arthur Duffeys notes Henri St Yves success in the second Derby Marathon at the Polo Grounds New York on Saturday afternoon. The French champion is praised for a low action and small strides as an ideal marathon style. Duffeys recalls Al Shrubb’s remark two years ago that American runners knew little about long distance running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney
Yale
Wentworth
Jaques
Weeks
Dale
Harvard
Captain Howe
Rand
Long
Gardner
Howe
Little
Coy
Kilpatrick
Cooney
Goebel
Andrus
Peabody
Crimson
Ruch
Henri St. Yves
Polo Grounds
New York
al Shrubb
Shrubb
St. Yves
H. Siret
Siret
Farewell to Father Murphy as Missionary Heads East
More than 2000 attendees at Immaculate Conception Church heard Rev. Antonius Murphy bid farewell before departing for interior China as a missionary. He recalled Canton birthplace, scholarly path, and urged support for missionaries, praising Boston College president Rev. Father Thomas I. Gasson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception Church
Antonius Murphy
Interior of
China
Father Murphy
Canton
Paterson
N. J
Thomas I. Gasson
Boston College
Boxing the compass and 1908 baseball standings notes
The article explains boxing the compass as naming the 32 compass points around the circle from north to south. It cites Bender as the pitcher with a shutout in the world series. It discusses attendance figures for Boston games and lists 1908 American League second division clubs with standings and percentages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bender
Boston
Washington
New York
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Interscholastic League
P. O. English High
M.T. Sennee
Somerville High
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Maiden High
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Edward J. O'Brien
Volkmann A
Mel Sheppard
Howard G. Reynolds
Tigers
la Montagne
Butler
Wbhks
R. C. Foster
Pooch Donovan
Carey Nor
Foster
Blumer
Eli
Montagne
Merrihew
de Selding
Kelley
Vilas
Warren
Mann
Tak
Nelson
Campbell
Barr
Dick Herwood
Riley
Harwood
Canfield
Davis
Baird
Rev
LABOR
Uncle Sam
Highlanders
Quakers
Harvard-Stone
Bateman's Pond
Concord
O'Leary
Roxbury
Everett Nice
Hadley
Arthur Duffeys
Duffey
Crimson and Blue
Sherman
England
Mike Murphy
Mike
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