Roxbury Latin and Local Teams Lose Players Over Grades
Four Roxbury Latin School athletes lose eligibility for crew and baseball due to low scholarship standings. Stroke and bow oars Meade and Fallon gone from crew. Wendell and Jones out from baseball. Dexter Winslow also ruled out for Waltham High. Other shifts include captain Keays, Parmenter, and S Whearty in crew positions.
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Roxbury Latin School
Meade
Fallon
Bart Connolly
Berenson
Wendell
Jones
Dexter Winslow
Waltham High School
Cobb
Carlton
Jack Barry
Haynes
Stone School
Keays
Parmenter
S. Whearty
English High
Brookline High
Cambridge Latin
Noble
Forfeited Game Goes to Everett in 9 0 Victory
Winchester High School forfeited its game to Everett after an umpire ruling on a home run. With two on in the eighth and Everett ahead 6 3, Brickley cleared the fence for a homer, Winchester protested. no ground rule existed, so the umpire credited a homer and Winchester quit. Final Everett 9 Winchester 0.
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Everett
Winchester High School
Brickley
Winchester
Hill
Everett H
Winchester H
A.E. Bil
Rosenthal
Foley
Vinehise
Tueck
Hh Parpets Harrison
Mathews
Moore
Flaherty
Gardner
Sharon
Brown
Marathon craze debated as modified events rise
Arthur Duffey notes that many athletic groups push a 15 mile modified marathon while the classic 26 mile 385 yard race wanes. He cites Jimmy Lee’s win, calls for more 15 mile races, comments on the New York Giants, sprinters Eckman and Cloughen, and queries on recent track results and baseball rules.
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Martin Sheridan
Sheridan
Jimmy Lee
New York
al Shrubb
Longboat
Canada
Shrubb
Henri Renaud
Evelyn Sears Dominates Brookline Tennis Finals
Evelyn Sears, former national champion, wins singles final 6 2 2 and with W W Niles takes mixed doubles 6 1 14 12 at the Brookline Country Club open tourney. Major society turnout applauds Sears and partners amid Clyde Park court classic.
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Evelyn Sears
Country Club Courts
Brookline
Edith Rotch
W. W. Niles
Clyde Park
Sears
Niles
Marion Fenno
H. I. Foster
N W. Niles
Joseph Warren
Priscilla Stackpole
Helen Williams
R. G. Wadsworth
Newton High Wins After 14 Innings
Newton High defeats its opponent in a 14 inning game on a winning run with 500 in attendance. Key players include Fripp O'Brien Fritz O'Neil Ryan and Metivier Gaw and Murray provided offense with two base hits and hit by pitch. Gaw allowed nine strikeouts and Fitzgerald seventeen.
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Noco Flat
Fripp
O’brien
Fritz
O'Neil
Ryan
Gaw
Metivier
O'Brien
Fitzgerald
Barry
Donahue
Chamberlain
Murphy
Murray
Newton
High
Inninngs
Newton A
Bil
Frip Ce
Sand'son
Hayes
C’b'lin
C'mins
Harvard Bans Basketball After Committee Vote
The Harvard athletic committee voted to abolish the basketball program. Officials cited the sport as exceedingly unpopular and noted undergraduates mainly from private preparatory schools where basketball isn’t played.
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Harvard
Harvard Athletic Committee
Athletic Committee
Whitney Wellesley Clinches Interscholastic Tennis Title
E H Whitney of Wellesley won his second interscholastic tennis title at Jarvis Field Cambridge defeating P MacVeagh of Exeter in straight sets 6 1 6 4 6 2. The pair met in last year’s final with the same outcome earning Whitney a berth in Newport all scholastic tourney next August.
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E. H. Whitney
Wellesley
Jarvis Field
Cambridge
P. MacVeagh
Exeter
Whitney
Newport
Boston Post Team Wins Practice Match at New Boston Alleys
The Boston Post team defeats the Faneuils and Ebonites in a four-team practice event, securing top total pinfall by 7% pins as the Yannigans trail. Whiskey Manufacturing offers a prize ball for the highest average in at least 15 games.
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Boston Post
Faneuils
New Boston
Post
Ebonites
Boston
New York
Leach
Tremont
Danhoffer
Emerson
Boston Honors Eliot With Japanese Order Ceremony
President Eliot receives the Order of Baron Takahira in a Boston ceremony at Charles Hamlin's residence. Baron Takahira, accompanied by Japanese officials, presents the honor to Eliot as Japanese residents and Harvard students look on.
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Back Bay
Charles 8. Hamlin
Wolcott
Boston
Mr. Hamlin
Raleigh Street
Osborne Howes
Midzuno
M. Yoshida
Harvard
Baron Takahira
Eliot
Japan
Tavern Club
Cambridge
Algonquin Club
Matsuhito
Charles M. Baker
Count Kaneko
England
Kaneko
Goro Tomonaga
Tech
Togo
Tomonaga
New Sultan Drives Plow in Coronation Day Rite
Mehmed V ended his Coronation Day by briefly plowing a lawn furrow at Dolma Bagtsche Palace to symbolize bearing imperial burdens. He girded the Osman sword in Ayoub Mosque as diplomats and American officials witnessed the ceremony and a six mile procession through Stamboul ended at the Topkapi Palace with a reception for dignitaries.
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Constantinople
Mehmed V
Dolma Bagtsche Palace
Osman
Ayoub
Leishman
Lewis Einstein
A. Campbell Turner
Frank Slang
Colby M. Chester
Chester
Arthur Chester
New York
Jesse M. Roper
Washington
Ledbetter
Edward H. Ozman
Putnam B. Strong
E. Alexander Powell
Hugh &. Poynter
Charles M. Dickinson
Sultan
Mohammed the Conqueror
Adrianople
Mohammed
Stamboul
Sublime Porte
Steam rollers rented to private parties in city works
City park officials confirm steam rollers are routinely rented when not in use. John Pettigrew says there is no rule forbidding private use and rates are $17.50 daily for the largest unit and $7.75 for smaller rollers, with proceeds going to the city.
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Department
Jamaica Plain
Post
Mr. Pettigrew
Saugus Nanepashemet Club 10 mile handicap race
The Nanepashemet Club of Saugus will run a 10 mile handicap road race on May 31. The course runs from the club house on Central street to the ball park finish with eight prizes. Entries close May 27 with James Rafferty.
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Nanepashemet Club
Saugus
Central Street
Ball Park
James Rafferty
Parishioners plan welcome reunion for Rev Fr Phil O Donnell
The parishioners of St Philip's Church Harrison Avenue voted at a meeting last night to honor Rev Fr Phil ip J O'Donnell on his return from Ireland with a reunion and ball at Inter colonial Hall.
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Philip J. O'Donnell
St. Philip's Church
Harrison Avenue
Ireland
Lawrence Will Open Congress in Tremont Temple
Bishop Lawrence will open the Episcopal church congress at Tremont Temple, presiding at three congresses. Holy Communion at 11 o'clock. Opening address by Rt. Rev. Edward M. P. Parker. Sessions begin tomorrow at 10 30. Canon Hensley Henson of London will be his guest.
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Lawrence
Tremont Temple
Edward M. P. Parker
New Hampshire
H. Hensley Henson
St. Margaret’s Church
London
Eng
House of Commons
English church leaders visit Boston for week of congress
A large gathering of prominent Epis copalians in Boston last night at the Tuileries introduced speakers arriving for the week’s congress. Rev Hensley Henson of Westminster Abbey gave the principal address praising Phillips Brooks. Also speaking were Bishops Lawrence and Edward M Parker and reverends Charlies H Babcock and George R Van De Water.
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Tuileries
H. Hensley Henson
D. D
Westminster Abbey
St. Margaret’s Church
London
Boston
Church of England
Phillips Brooks
Lawrence
Edward M. Parker
New Hampshire
Charlies H. Babcock
George R. van de Water
New York
Ex Judge Dewey Seeks 76 Million in Suit Against Good Government
Former judge Henry S. Dewey filed a civil action in Superior Court seeking an addominium of 76.45 million dollars from the Good Government Association. He previously requested increases to 450 thousand and 6.45 million, with the case heard yesterday in equity sessions before Judge Richardson.
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Dewey
Henry S. Dewey
Good Government Association
Superior Court
Richardson
Burnham Named Over Skeffington In Town Meeting
The town meeting in Revere last night elected Hon. Albert S. Burnham moderator over Henry J. Skeffington by 40 votes. Burnham received 135 votes to Skeffington’s 95, with 250 votes cast. Only registered voters on the platform and voting by written ballot.
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Revere
Albert S. Burnham
Henry J. Skeffington
Gwins School Drill Team Dominates Intershowdown
The Junior Company G of Dorchester led by Captain E Burton Macintosh won first place in the junior drill, scoring highest among Fourth and Fifth regiments at the Mechanics building. Senior company honors went to Company M West Roxbury under Captain J J Pottinger with the Fifth regiment. Individual drill prizes went to Wright, Rogers, Ostergen, Whittemore, Hoerner, Brooks, Fairbanks, Tataran, Cummings, and DeGrasse.
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Dorchester
Mechanics
FE. Burton Macintosh
West Roxbury
J. J. Pottinger
Fourth Regiment
E. Burton Macintosh
R. W. Wright
Brighton
A. F. Rogers
Frederick Ostergen
Roxbury
T. P. Whittemore
W. A. Hoerner
W. C. Brooks
S. H. Fairbanks
C. F. Tataran
W. G. Cummings
Charlestown
J. D. DeGrasse
South End Church Burns Mortgage
Nearly 300 parishioners watched as Calvary Baptist Church on Shawmut avenue and Waltham streets burned the mortgage held since 1900, closing a week of events for the fifth anniversary of Rev. Samuel J. Comfort’s pastorate. Church leaders C. C. Barry, F. W. Padleford, and C. H. Spaulding spoke prior to the ceremony.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Shawmut Avenue
Waltham Streets
Samuel J. Comfort
C. C. Barry
City Mission Society
F. W. Padleford
Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society
C. H. Spaulding
New England
American Baptist Publication
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