Harvard Eleven Hops to Face Yale After Quick Switch
In Cambridge, week of Harvard Yale game brings feverish interest and mixed sentiment. Coach Forbes and players stay confident while fears shift from Philadelphia to New Haven as they plan two hard practice days, then lighter sessions and signaling focus before the big showdown.
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Yale
Cambridge
Harvard
Chicago
Crimson
Forbes
Dibblee
Newton
Doucette
Moulton
Dibbiee
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Haven
Yale Confidence High as Harvard Clash Near
Yale backers report growing confidence after a strong showing against the Chicago A A team. Coachers plan sharp three days of practice and two light sessions to rehearse new plays before the Harvard game and Princeton meeting next week. Hall has arm treated and is expected to return to practice. hospital list dwindles with few serious injuries. Cadwalder reportedly fully recovered from a shoulder injury.
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Conn
Yale
Eli
Harvard
Princeton
Chicago A. A
Hall
Josh
Hartwell
Cadwalader
Yale Improves as Chicago Game Highlights Punting
McBride’s punting steadies Yale amid danger from Chicago. Yale’s new interference works well and Draper of Chicago A A earns praise for brilliant play. Bicknell and Harrison charged with suspension for intoxication at the Andover game. Westépan-Trinity ends 6 to 4 shocking Wesleyan. Knickerbocker A C and Montclair A A clash in Montclair, K A C winning 16 to 0. Frank Hinkey declines Yale coaching citing business ties.
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McBride
Yale
Chicago
Draper
Chicago A. A
Williams
Harrison
Bicknell
Worcester Academy
Andover
Westépan-Trinity
Wesleyan
North Tonawanda
N. Y
Tonawandas
Knickerbocker A. C
Montclair A. A
Electric Hight
Montclair
N. J
Gloucester A. A
Emmanuel A. A
Gloucester
M. F. Clark
Wuarren On
Boston
Frank Hinkey
Pew
Hinkey Hardware
Tonatabler Common Council
Triangular League game ends in protest tied Amherst Williams
Amherst and Williams each score in a protest tied finish after a referee's late decision. The deciding call occurred in the final minutes, played under moonlight, shaping the outcome of the match.
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Iness
Yale
Amherst-Williams
Amherst
Choynski Arrives Ready to Fight Jeffries in San Francisco
California heavyweight Joe Choynski has arrived in San Francisco and says he is in perfect condition and ready to fight Jefferies at any time. He anticipates a November 15 meeting and expresses willingness to face Jackson after his current engagement. Sporting men also think he eyes another match with Goddard before leaving.
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San Francisco
Cal
Joe Choynski
California
Jefferies
Jackson
Choynski
Goddard
Boxing Gossip and Bouts for the Week
Boxers and bouts listed for Newcastle London and American cities with 20 and 10 round matches. Highlights include Patsy Haley versus Willie Curley and Caspar Leon versus Johnny Glynn with notes on Hopkins and Becker.
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Patsy Haley
Willie Curley
Newcastle
Eng
Pat Daly
Albury Clifford
Australia
Excelsior Baths
London
Casper Leon
Johnny Glynn
Mike Martin
Tom Butler
Max Kane
Jack Collier
Greengone A. C
Brooklyn
N. Y
Larry Becker
Ce Hopkins
Pat Nagle
Frank Bariley
Olympic A. C
Buffalo
Ed Rucker
Ed Sweeney
Louis Mage Ky
Rienzi A. C
Rochester
George Lablanche
The
Marine
Jack Ekilingsworth
Marinsburg
Young Chase
Paddy Kelly
Benny Leon
West Howard
Mohawk A. C
Schenectady
Owen Ze
Baltimore
George Haynes
Jack Fogarty
Circleville
Charley McKeever
Matt Matthews
Waldorf A. C
New York
Hiram Goldstein
Joe Craig
Johnny van Heest
Jack O’keefe
Zanesville
O. Sharkey
England
Dixon
Ireland
Belfast
Ire
Joe Bernstein
Fred Wright
Kid McCoy
Billy Smith
Tut Ryan
Frank Childs
Chicago
Spreckels to Sell Entire Stable of Thoroughbreds
In San Francisco on Wednesday evening November 17 A. B. Spreckels will auction his entire horse stables without reserve. The herd includes Marcel a standout with 66 wins 22 seconds and 22 thirds and $11 000 in earnings from races already programmed at local tracks.
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San Francisco
Cal
A. B. Spreckels
Marcel
City bowling leaders set pace in Mercantile League action
The battle pin bowlers lead the City League after three weeks with Boylston at 7558 total pins and 2619 average, while Meyers and Murray & Irwin follow. Carruth's top the wins list. Fred Williams heads individual averages with 188. Candle pin totals favor Division B. Kirby of South Boston tops weekly totals with 1999. Upcoming tournaments run November 15 with entry details at McCarthy's alleys.
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Boylston
Meyers
Murray & Irwin
Fred Marden
O’bryan
Kirby
South Boston
Sudbury
Kirbys
Charlie Lavis
Jack Sheaf
Brookline Street
John B. Murray
Albany Street
City
Boston
Knowles
Carruth’s
Tommy McCarthy
Tommy’ Boles
St. James
Tommy
Herman Long
Lavis
Kalen
E. Klucken
Kennedy
Berlo
John McDonough
McCarthy
A. O. HL
Mac
Red
Fred Williams
Marden
MccCarthy
Thomas F. McCarthy
Washington Street
W. W. Go
Brown, Durrell & Co
Dennison Mfg
Couss
Wilson, Lorraibee & Co
Clapp & Tilton
New England News Co
John P. Squires & Co
Boston Dry Goods
Winch Bros
John P. Lovell Co
Ioad Pins
Catyush ccc
Boylston Snecersereseeerees Sé Tass Meyers
Eveeeneseeesers
Murray & Saps
Probmed
Noble
Williams, Boylston
Ewes Opeenea
Norton
Sherman
Brown
Mey
Millay
Whelen, Murray & Irwin
Ccceseneeeeetar
Lis Kineman
Carruth
Teeeene
Sheehan
Prospect
Watts Carruth
Pere
Mercantile bowlers lead as pin totals rise in early league
The American Waltham Watch Company team tops the early standings with the highest pin count for week one. Brown-Durrell trails by about 200 pins, while American W. W. team, Brown-Durrell, Dennison Manufacturing, and Wilson-Larrabee remain unbeaten over two weeks of play. Standings show the current total pin fall and team ranks.
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American Waltham Watch Company
Brown-Durrell
W. W
Dennison Manufacturing
Wilson-Larrabee
All American stars debut as crowd packs Recreation Park
The All Americans defeat Baltimore 16 to 7 in a rough field and crowded scene at Recreation Park. Lange Reitz Clark Nash homered and Lange doubled. Donahue slow behind the plate. Pond pitched for Baltimore, Corbett unavailable. Umpires McDonald and O Neil.
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San Francisco
Mnde
Recreation Park
Baltimore
Dr. Pond
Baltimores
National League
Joe Corbett
Lange
Reitz
Clark
Nash
All Americans
Jennings
Donahue
Pond
Rhines
Smith
McDonald
O’ Neil
Park Department Initiates Fifteen New Members in City Meeting
The Park Department 1L A 7576 held a monthly meeting in Wells Memorial Hall and admitted fifteen new members. Michael C. O'Hare of the executive board led labor principles instruction. They supported the eight hour law for towns and cities and opposed contract labor. Ten new member propositions were referred to the committee.
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Park Department
Well’s Memorial Hall
Michael C. O’hare
Executive Board
Maine League hopes and New England sports stars shine this season
John Smith eyed as a star for a minor league club. McGilvray from Woburn will rush for Bath again. Furbush left Boston and Waltham for Maine. Campbell Maynard and O'Malley remain at Rockland. Providence manager Murray notes Infantry Hall crowded. Eliot Gay praised in Maine League. Ed Smart in Augusta aims to strengthen the race. Maine capital seeks a winner. Hohe Whiting Canavan Bone and Cunningham in form from last summer. Polo players from Loston area tied to Woburn Stoneham Malden Chelsea. Billy Heffernan famed Salem goalie crafts his own shin guards. Cape and Tom Cotter shed weight with a bike. Bath polo town drew 1000 nightly crowds. Tipson, a Hartford drummer, weighs in less. Hippy is quick in rushes. Top polo sticks came from Attle Thomaston Maine. Salem visitors praised for fine equipment.
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Patsy Haley
Buffalo Bantam
Willie Curley
Newcastle
Eny
Curley
England
Casper Leon
Johnny Glynn
Greenwood A. C
Glynn
Laic
America
Larry Becker
Buffalo
N. Y
Ike Weir
Dixon
Walcott
Hopkins
Joseph
Weir
Joe Walcott
Martin Flaherty
Erne
Becker
George Lablanche
Marine
Jack Ellingsworth
Ohio
George Green
Owen Zeigler
San Francisco
Green
George Byers
Boston
Dan Murphy
Hartford
Graney
Lavigne
Mullin & Winters
Peninsular
Stanley Gordon
Ben de Barry
Devine
Kelly
Lob Montgomery
C. MacDermott
Jack Rogers
Joe Horn
Jenkins
Robinson
Crawford
Doc” Lane
Martin Welch
Jimmy Dooley
Tom Noonan
George Smith
Joe Mullins
Jim Davenport
New Bedford
Tom Jenkins
Cleveland
Farmer Burns
Indianapolis
McGraw
Doyle
Baltimore
Moreau
Brooklyn Chess Club
Kings County
Chicago
Woburn
999Th Artillery
Ted Sloan
Ted
John Flanagan
Montreal
Montreal A. A
Charley Sweeney
Cambridgeport
Gloucester
Billy Magee
South Boston
Louisville
Colonels
M. J. Murphy
William O’brien
John Smith
McGilvray
Bath
Dick Furbush
Boston and
Waltham Friends
Maine
Campbell
Maynard
O'Malley
Rockland
Murray
Providence
Infantry Hall
Eliot Gay
Ed Smart
Augusta
Hohe
Whiting
Jimmy Canavan
George Bone
Cunningham
Loston
Stoneham
Malden
Chelsea
Billy Heffernan
Salems
Cape
Tom Cotter
Tipson
Attle Thomaston
Salem Boys
Boston Century Ride Surviving Cyclists Return Evidence
The second annual Boston Century saw eighteen riders depart Castle Square at 7 40 AM for Newburyport, reach Boston at 6 37 PM, with ten survivors finishing the trip. A rider was briefly knocked unconscious after a pole collision. another rider slipped on a wet track and a tandem wheel ran over a rider’s neck.
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Castle Square
Newburyport
Rowley
Hamilton
Lynn
Boston
W. B. Handy
W. E. Newell
F. H. Follen
Frank Meers
W. C. Story
Gilford R. Brown
J. B. Smith
E. W. Pearson
North Cambridge
G. C. Cooper
C. F. Gilman
Wakefield
Peck Announces Candidacy for Ward 12 Common Council
Arth K Peck a prominent Ward 12 resident and Republican leader announces his bid for the Ward 12 Common Council nomination. He has long chaired party efforts and led cycling groups including the League of American Wheelmen, serving on its national board and as secretary treasurer of the party.
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Arth. K. Peck
Common Council
League of American Wheelmen
Peck
National Assembly of the
Boston
Vicinity
Massachusetts Club
United States
Bicycle notes point to big indoor season and new factory moves
Jimmy Michael travels to Atlanta to train for the indoor season while Ed Die McDuffee prepares for a Chicago bout with him. A 12 hour race is planned in Atlanta for Thanksgiving night with six day riders entering. Kehoe resigns to manage a Providence store as Keating Wheel Company expands in Middle town. Racing forces eye two circuits, league rules eyed, and Wolff American catalogs to five languages. Tom Eck calls the season successful with tire firms fielding big teams next year.
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Jimmy Michael
Atlanta
Eddie McDuffee
Philadelphia
Michael
Chicago
Co. M. Earle
Kings County Wheelmen
George F. Kehew
Pope Manufacturing Company
Providence
Columbia
Keating Wheel Company
Middletown
Conn
A. G. Spalding & Bro
New York
Albert Mott
The
Racing Board
Mott
Tom Eck
Earl Kiser
A. C. Mertens
Mertens
Gougolz
Choir Struck By Boycott Over Mayor Vote in New York
About forty singers from the People's Church chorus led by Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr refused to sing in sympathy with Professor Agramonte who led a protest after the pastor backed Seth Low for mayor. Agramonte, Cuban and New York junta member, has a son jailed in Cuba. Cubans say Low opposed intervention and Cuba liberty since the last war. The sermon noted Dixon supported Low as the strongest rival to Tamany Hall.
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Thomas Dixon
Citizens’ Union
Agramonte
Junta
Seth Low
Tammany
Professor Agramonte
Mr. Low
New York
People’s Church
Thomas Dixon, Jr
New York Junta
Cuba
Dixon
Tam
Chinese Miners to Replace Americans in Illinois District
The Times-Herald reports 800 Chinese coal miners will work in northern Illinois to break a local strike. They will be armed and housed in a gatling gun stocked stockade, guarded by 100 former Chicago policemen. A contract was signed with the General Wilmington Coal Company to supply 800 men to Wilmington Birdwood mines, first 200 arriving next Tuesday, with 1000 more contemplated if the venture succeeds.
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Chicago
The
Times-Herald
Illinois
General Wilmington Coal Company
Wilmington- Birdwood
Ward 9 Dems File Delegates for Mayor Caucus
The Democratic committee of Ward 9 voted to file a delegates list pledged to Mayor Quincy. Republican nomination papers open tomorrow at 6 oclock at 406 Washington Street and close Thursday same time. Walter F. Pitts Ward 6 seeks Common Council with Senator-elect D D Rourke backing. Michael J Donovan also backed by Rourke. Ward 6 council hopefuls include Samuel B Brofsky and Michael J McColgan with support from Congressman Fitzgerald for some candidates. others are William J Lambert Frederick Corcoran Joseph Battos Patrick F. Bradley and Samuel B. Cohen. Cohen has backing from Councilman James H. Shannon. Ward 10’s William A. McDevitt Jr. is a Democratic candidate for the Board of Aldermen.
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Ward 9
Quincy
City Committee
Washington Street
Walter F. Pitts
Ward 6
Common Council
Daniel D. Rourke
Michael J. Donovan
Rourke
Congressman Fitzgerald
Samuel B. Brofsky
Michael J. McColgan
William J. Lambert
Frederick Corcoran
Joseph Battos
Patrick F. Bradley
Samuel B. Cohen
James H. Shannon
William A. McDevitt, Jr
Board of Aldermen
Mr. McDevitt
Curtis
Alpheus Sanford
Dorchester
Sanford
Curtis Club
Upham’s Corner
Mr. Sanford
Charles E. Folsom
John K. Berry
Barrows
Atwood-Barrows
William F. Terhune
Lott
Codman
Atwood
Folsom
South Boston
William F. Sears
Ward 1
Ward 13
Ward 14
Boston
Jessie Gove
Joe’’ Maccabe
Gove
Hart
George A. Hibbard
Boston Letter Carriers Band to Aid Roxbury Mission Church
The Boston Letter Carriers Band of fifty pieces will perform at a Park Theatre concert next Sunday November 14 to raise funds for Roxbury Mission Church building. The group gained praise after its June street debut at Charlestown, earning engagements and steady improvement. Officers and members listed include Frank L Collins director Thomas H Lyons president J F McGrath vice president William H Gould secretary and treasurer John H Brennan manager and numerous named players.
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Boston Letter Carriers
Roxbury
Park Theatre
Charlestown
Frank L. Collins
Thomas H. Lyons
J. F. McGrath
William H. Gould
John H. Brennan
I. P. Horton
T. L. Mitchell
J. R. Cuddy
W. J. Fitzpatrick
T. J. Hurley
T. Brannelly
J. C. Miller
N. E. Rollins
Joseph Baker
W. P. Barry Joseph Ryan
W. N. McNeil
George Clark
J. P. Plunkett
S. E. Campbell
Henry Hackett
J. EF. McC
Gaelic School Exercises At Erigena Hall
At Erigena Hall 45 Eliot street the Gaelic School held an afternoon session with P J O Daly John Doran and Michael A Hurley teaching old language. The superintendent covered the verb to be with pronouns in singular and plural. Six new names were added to the roll. An entertainment followed with songs readings and recitations in Gaelic English and German led by Jeremiah Sullivan Doran Thomas J Hurley Mick Cronin Michael A Hurley and others. After adjournment Barry of North Cambridge played national airs on the piano.
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Erigena Hall
Eliot Street
P. J. O'Daly
John Doran
Michael A. Hurley
Jeremiah Sullivan
J Doran
Thomas J.hurley
Mick Cronin
Thes Murray
Barry
North Cambridge
Ex-Mayor Curtis Faces Sanford For Dorchester GOP Nomination
The fight for the Republican mayoralty nomination between ex Mayor Curtis and ex AlderMan Alpheus Sanford intensifies with campaigns forming in Dorchester and East Boston. Curtis claims machine backing and seven aldermen while Sanford builds ward clubs across 16 wards seeking delegates for a decisive convention vote.
Dean A Candidate for renomination in South Boston
Alderman Josiah Dean of South Boston announces his bid for renomination after a first term on the board. He has backed bicycle paths on Broad Street, gaining broad support as South Boston residents appreciate the improvements. Dean, son of the late ex Congressman Dean, is senior partner at Dean & Slattery and active in bicycle business and the L A W.
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South Boston
City Hall
Peninsular
Broadway
Dean
Russell
Dean & Slattery
Alderman Dean
Bicycle
Boston
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