Readville Track Prepares For Fast Auto Racing
Readville track will host a major Bay State A A event this afternoon with 100 mile touring car and 50 mile runabout races plus a 60 mile event featuring 122 starters and eight in touring cars. Moon car driver W A Neilson and others clocked near one minute per mile during workouts as Dragon and Stearns entries arrive.
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Readville
Bay State A. A
Lluis
W. A. Neilson
Moon
A. E. Morrison
Big Stearns
E. P. Blake
Jackson
George Lewis
Frayer Miller
Brown Wins With One Run
Brown scores the game's only run to edge Harvard 1 to 0 in a windy Providence contest. Brennan dominates on the mound while Harvard strand runners, and Hamilton delivers the decisive hit after a walk and a sacrifice.
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Brown
Providence
R. I
Harvard
Hamilton
Raymond
Brennan
Stowe
Tift
Mehnie
Nourse
Harvey
Tolen
Briggs
Dexter
Kemble
Smith
Star Cyclists Race Today on New Revere Oval
On a practically new track and under new management the first bicycle race meet of the season will be held on the Revere oval this afternoon. Hugh MacLean James Moran and Elmer Collins headline a 25 mile motor assisted race. The trio believes they can win and trains hard for the event. Two major amateur races also expected to attract strong fields as a new crop of cyclists joins the prize ranks.
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Stearns
Express
Philadelphia
John Haynes
New York
Long Island Motor Club
John Ek. Mills
The
Dragon Company
Edward O'Donnell
John Linneker
Lot
Revere Oval
Hugh MacLean
Revere
James Moran
Chelsea
Elmer Collins
Lynn
Motors
Two Important School Games On For Today
Two major schoolboy baseball battles set for today with English High vs South Boston High at Dunbar Avenue in the forenoon and Dorchester High against Somerville High at Broadway field in the afternoon. The Dorchester Somerville clash could settle Interscholastic League supremacy with both teams determined to win.
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English High
South Boston High
Dunbar Avenue
Broadway Field
Dorchester High
Somerville High
Bill on non resident drivers advances to third reading
The measure aims to authorize arrest of violators of automobile laws, focusing on non residents. It requires possession of a license from the Massachusetts commission to avoid arrest. The bill was advanced to a third reading in the House yesterday.
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Bill
Massachusetts Commission
Exeter Pitcher Was a Cinch
Exeter pitchers Hazelton and Schoppelry held Dartmouth to two hits and eight to one victory after White struggled and early errors by Dartmouth. White allowed the decisive runs in the early innings while Exeter strengthened after the fourth. Time of game forty minutes. Umpire J F Ryan of Haverhill.
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Exeter
N. H
White
Dartmouth
Academy
Hazelton
R. A
Hartemouth Ss
Hazelton and Schoppelry
S. W. White
Cooney
J. FE. Ryan
Haverhill
Many Speedy Horses Race Today at Medford
A record field of horses gathers at Combination Park Medford for a day of racing with dancing and vaudeville on the program. Entries include Griff Byron Kimball Haverhill Bunker Hill Colbath Phoebon W Checkers Wilkeswood Billie Wilkes Dick K Aley M Roanoak Kingma Helvetia Kimberletta Helgamite Miss Manager May Sidney Conundrum Warren F Domestic Peter Edith R Lizzie W Independence and more.
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Combination Park
Medford
Griff
B. G
Byron Kimball
Haverhill
Bunker Hill
R. G. Crosby
Dorchester
Colbath
W. J. Furbush
West Newton
Phoebon W
O. Bailey
Checkers
Sally Wolfson
Boston
Major P
D. J. Nelligan
Cambridge
Wilkeswood
Br. G
T. H. Hubbard
Billie Wilkes
B. F. Delano
Charlestown
Dick K
N. H. Maker
Concord
Aley M
B. m
M. A. Nevens
Roanoak
Helvetia
Br. m
Milton Earl
Kimberletta
John Trout
Brighton
Helgamite
F. H. Bellows
Miss Manager
Gr. m
Domestic
Frank Fox
Peter
R. E. Kingman
Everett
Edith R
Ch. m
W. E. Newbert
Lizzie W
C. m
J. FE. Anderson
Waltham
Independence
FF. P. Brown
Somerville
Neponset Dorchesters Open Season At Nightingale Field
The Neponset Dorchesters start their regular season this afternoon at 8 on Nightingale Field. St Alphonsus of Roxbury is the featured opponent with Driscoll and Finn for Neponset Dorchesters and Sullivan and Hatton for St Alphonsus. Congressman Joseph F O Connell will throw out the first ball.
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Neponset-Dorchesters
Nightingale Field
St. Alphonsus
Roxbury
Driscoll and
Finn
Battery
Sullivan and Hatton
Joseph F. O’connell
Princeton Beats Penn State College 2-1 in Tight Game
Princeton won a close game from Penn State College in Princeton New Jersey by a score of 2 to 1. Each team had three hits and three errors in the contest.
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Princeton
N. J
Penn
State College Today
Wolverines Arrive in Boston for Intercollegiate Meet
Keene Fitzpatrick heads the Michigan track squad which reached Boston after a long trip from Ann Arbor. Coach says the team is in good condition and eyeing a pennant, with Captain Garrels confident. Stewart has recovered and aims to score, while light training planned at Newton Centre before preliminaries.
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Keene Fitzpatrick
University of Michigan
Boston
Woodlawn Park
Auburndale
Ann Arbor
Fitzpatrick
Garrels
Wolverines
Ramey
W. Schultz
Stewart
Quakers
Michigan
Newton Centre
Holy Cross Edges Tufts In Close 6-5 Ball Game
Holy Cross defeated Tufts 6 to 5 in a tightly played contest. Double plays by Holy Cross players Barry Cashen and Carney highlighted the game, while Tufts’ Roper Knight and Freeze turned a double play for the visitors. Umpire Burleigh officiated. Dowd Sweeney and Atwood Boyd were credited with the batteries.
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Medford
Holy Cross
Tufts
Barry
Cashen
Carney
Roper
Knight
Freeze
R.H.E
Acre
Dowd
Sweeney
Atwood
Boyd
Burleigh
Milton Edges Winchester In Ten Inning Close Contest
Milton Academy defeated Winchester High 4 to 3 in ten innings after a bases loaded hit by Caulfield forced in the decisive run. Milton led 2 0 after two innings, Winchester rallied to tie in the ninth, then Caulfield again brought in the winning run in the tenth as Felton Ewing Caulfield and Thompson supplied the batteries for the pitchers.
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Milton
Milton Academy
Winchester
Caulfield
Pope
Thompson
Winchester High
Felton
Ewing
Weather hamstrings Boston National pitchers in baseball race
Boston National pitchers have been hampered by bad weather but strong play when healthy could lift them near the lead behind New York and Chicago. Johnstone left the game after a seventh inning collision but recovered. Mahoney and Rit ter are highlighted as fast baserunners and outfielders, while Flaherty and Young Cy are expected to help secure wins. Malden White Sox seek Saturday games with Reading and Somerville, and Neponset Dorchester opens season versus St Alphonsus with Con gressman O Connell to throw out the first ball. The Jamaica Plain Juniors host a 2 30 game at South Huntington Avenue with Charlestown visiting earlier in the day.
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Boston National
New York
Chicago
Boston Americans
Johnstone
Rucker
Mahoney
Brooklyns
Boston
Ritter
Brooklyn
Lewis
Flaherty
Driscoll
Finn
Neponset-Dorchester
Sullivan and Hatton
St. Alphonsus
Congressman O'Connell
Queen Quality
Jamaica Plain
Huntington Avenue
Charlestown
Whimsical Baseball Banter From a Frigid May
A column blends playful notes on baseball feats with satire and scattered asides. It ribbingly references an outfielder’s glove snagging a 12 foot high liner, cartoonish bets on the New York Nationals, and quips about Edison, Roosevelt, and Napoleon.
Hartford Dodgers Bridgeport In 12 6 Victory
Hartford defeats Bridgeport 12 to 6 in a heavy hitting game played in Bridgeport. O'Connor Cunningham and Karsch joined by Waller and Beaumont powered Hartford, while Cornell and Beaumont contributed offensively for Bridgeport. Umpire Kennedy officiated in a two hour game.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Hartford
R.H.E. Hartford
O’connor
Cunningham
Karsch
Cornell
Waller
Beaumont
Kennedy
Fair Golfers Set for Clyde Park Final at Brookline
Miss Margaret Curtis and Miss Fannie C. Osgood reach the women's championship final at Clyde Park Links, Country Club, Brookline. Curtis beat Miss Mollie Adams 8 up and Osgood defeated Miss Mary Dutton 2 up 1. In the Scotch foursome, Miss Adams and Miss Shreve won net 96 to 97 over Mrs. Mullen and Miss Morrill.
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Margaret Curtis
Fannie C. Osgood
Clyde Park Links
Brookline
Clyde Park
Miss Curtis
Mollie B. Adams
Miss Osgood
Mary C. Dutton
M. B. Adams
Miss Shreve
Mrs. Mullen
Miss Morrill
Zambesi Equalls Belmont Mile and a Sixteen Record
Zambesi won the Pocantico Stakes at Belmont Park matching the 1:45 mile and a sixteenth track record. The Keene colt went off at 6 to 1 as Diana Ken led early before Miller pressed Zambesi to the front by the quarter. Other winners included Adoration Colin Beggar Maid Ontario and Lady Alicia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Belmont Park
Zambesi
Keene
Diana Ken
Gravesend
Miller
Adoration
Colin
Beggar Maid
Ontario
Lady Alicia
O'Brien-Connelly Fight Ends In Even Six Round Bout
In Lewiston on May 29 at City Hall Dick O'Brien and Bartley Connolly fought six rounds with honors divided. O'Brien pressed early and late, Connolly led in the fourth, and both finished strong with solid punches. Allie Brown of Lewiston refereed.
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Lewiston
City Hall
Dick O'Brien
Bartley Connolly
Portland
O'Brien
Connolly
O’brien
Allie Brown
Nation's heroes to be honored in city memorial events
A morning program features Mayor Fitzgerald and Congress member O'Connell among many veterans groups. Posts will visit Mount Auburn and Forest Hills cemeteries, plus Cambridge and Boston sites, with services at Harvard, Sanders Theatre, and various memorials across the city.
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Mayor Fitzgerald
Benjamin Stone, Jr
Dorchester
Congressman O'Connell
John Drum
Conry
Joseph Hooker
Frederic Hamilton
Young’s Hotel
Charles Russell Lowell
Mt. Auburn
Mt. Hope
John A. Andrew
Forest Hills
Edward W. Kinsley
Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument
Young's Hotel
Kearsarge Naval Veterans
Boston Common
Harvard University
Sanders Theatre
Arthur D. Hill
Boston
Cambridge S
Charles Breck Post
Regular
Army and Navy Union
City Square
Naval Cemetery
Chelsea
City Point
Shaw
Shaw Monument
Robert A. Bell
Peter Salem Garrison
Warren Monument
Eustis Street
Thomas G. Stevenson
Dahlgren
South Boston
Cedar Grove
Calvary
Old Dorchester
Brookline
St. Augustine
Emerson Street
Washington Post
Watertown
Old Calvary
New Calvary
Quincy
Post
Francis Washburn
Brighton
Evergreen
Newton Highlands
Holyhood
John A. Hawes
Woodlawn
Holyhood Cemetery
M. J. O'Connor
Legion of Spanish War Veterans
St. Vincent's Church
E Street
Calvary Cemetery
P. J. Grady
Holy Cross Cemetery
Roger Walcott
United Spanish War Veterans
George J. Whitten
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Jamaica Plain
Soldiers’ Monument
Woodlawn Cemetery
Everett
Curtis Hall
James A. Perkins
Glenwood Cemetery
G. A. R. Hall
Melrose
Wyoming
Waltham
Charles Ward
Newton
West Newton
Newton Lower Falls
Willard C. Kinsley
Somerville
Post P. Stearns Davis
Cambridge
North Cambridge
Gettysburg
Boylston Place
Forestdale
Malden
Theodore Winthrop
Garden Cemetery
Arlington
Francis Gould
Mt. Pleasant
St. Paul
Pleasant Street
C. L. Chandler
Walnut Hill
Dwyer Eulogizes Moore in Newton Lecture
Assistant District Attorney Michael F. Dwyer of Boston spoke at the Church of the Sacred Heart Newton Centre on "An Evening With Thomas Moore" to a large audience. The talk praised the Irish poet, with Father Wholey and Father Haney assisting in the event.
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Michael F. Dwyer
Boston
Church of the Sacred Heart
Newton Centre
Thomas Moore
Father Wholey
Father Haney
Norumbega Park Opens Today With Fine Programme
Norumbega Park at Auburndale on the Charles opens for its fifth year with concerts in the music court by Lafricain's Band of 24 musicians and vaudeville bills in the oven-air theatre. Acts include the S.ee brothers, the Gayety Quartet, Eckhoss and Corden, Irving Jones, Marginette and Sylvester, plus new moving pictures and a refreshed restaurant offering first class food at moderate prices.
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Norumbega Park
Auburndale-on-the- Charles
Lafricain
S.ee Brothers
Gayety
Eckhoss
Corden
Irving Jones
Marginette
Sylvester
Earthquake remark shocks Boston minister meeting
In North Attleboro on May 29, the Rev George A Gutterson of Boston urged an earthquake near Boston City Hall to clean out graft after praising the San Francisco quake for purging corruption. He suggested the City Hall might tumble to earth and be cleaned out.
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Gutterson
Boston
North Attleboro
George A. Gutterson
San Francisco
City Hall
Boston City Hall
Critics Back Roberts Lynx Tale Amid Roosevelt Debate
The piece defends Charles G. D. Roberts against Theodore Roosevelt’s criticism of his wildlife stories. It notes Roberts blends fact and fiction from bush life in New Brunswick and cites an actual lynx incident recounted by a guide, while praising Roberts as a naturalist and professor at the University of New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Roberts
New Brunswick
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Roberts
University of New Brunswick
Knights of St. Finbar Field Day Planned in South Boston
An immense crowd is expected for the Knights of St. Finbar field day at Locust street grounds in South Boston. Prizes total 1500 in cash with top athletes from across the United States. Gaelic football features Garryowens and Galways of Boston versus O Briens of Norwood. hurling sees Wolf Tones of South Boston against Young Irelands of Cambridge. Dancing contests with old country flavor offer cash prizes. John C. Collins chairs the arrangements. John J. Shine is secretary.
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Knights of St. Finbar
Locust Street Grounds
South Boston
United States
Garryowens
Galways
Boston
O'Briens
Norwood
Wolf Tones
Young Irelands
Cambridge
John C. Collins
John J. Shine
Xavier Club May Party At Catholic Union Hall
The Xavier Club a South Boston Roxbury Dorchester group held a May party at Catholic Union Hall last evening. Guests were well dressed and the party committee oversaw guest needs throughout the event. Dancing was led by Miss Anna O'Brien and Miss Anna Magee with matrons Mrs J J Butler and others guiding the festivities.
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Xavier Club
Boston
Roxbury
Dorchester
Catholic Union Hall
Anna O'Brien
Anna Magee
J. J. Butler
M. J. Glavin
R. Brown
Mae Norton
Sadie Howard
Catherine Norton
Helen Welch
Margaret McNulty
Julia Norton
Elizabeth Martin
Ethel Ross
George Fleming
David Collins
John Dunne
Edward Graham
Albert Howard
George Cuddy
Hugh Maguire
William Cunniff
John Chandler
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Santos Dumont
Fred Tenney
Confederacy
New York Nationals
Unglaub
Paris
France
Napoleon Lafroie
Tom Edison
Ted Roosevelt
Larry
Iron Mask
Bob Enslie
Theodore
New York Association
Methuselah
Weeps
J. McGraw
Bob Fitzsimmons
Dick O’brien
Grand Army Programme
Dwyer
Moore
Charles G. D. Roberts
Mr. Page
Woodsman
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