Commercial Club and 999th clash in Brockton league bowing
In the 99th alley Amateur League, Brockton Commercial Club surpassed Newton in early play and set a 970 single string mark while Tower led with a 610 three-string total. Ashworth and Harris starred for 999th, posting a 589 overall and 212 best string as 999th won the second contest by 23 pins.
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Commercial Club
Brockton
Newton
Shoe City
Ashworth
Harris
Tower
Scully
Brastow
Caldwell
Saunders
Swift
Perkins
T'd. Towet
Coeseseas
Thatcheracon
Cess
A.A
Ld - Bowler
Sow
Bae the Ashworth
S.sccesseues
Newtowne Tops Dudley Three Straight In Alley Games
Amateur League action last night saw Newtowne defeat Dudley three straight on Dudley alleys with low scoring and Crockett posting a 568 two or three string total. In Commercial League play St James led the night with 247, the best mark, as the newspaper team swept the Federals and Chamber of Commerce defeated the Milliners.
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Newtowne
Dudley
Dudleys
Crockett
St. James
Federals
Chamber of Commerce
Bowler
Arthur
Greeley
Smith
Sturgis Weneees
Seesse Evens
T'd
Glynn
Scully
Horner
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Iman
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Stanley
Horse Show Receipts in New York Event
Directors of last weeks horse show toast the outcome with receipts around 90000 and prizes near 30000. F C Stevens of Attica led winnings with seventeen prizes totaling 1785 while Thomas W Lawson of Boston followed with 1410. Estimated attendance ran about 50000.
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New York
F. C. Stevens
Attica
N. Y
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson Buys Lady Algy for 4200 at New York Show
Lady Algy the black mare that beat Burlingham for the championship was sold to T. W. Lawson of Boston for 4200 dollars. Jack Spratley of Dendron, Virginia brought her to New York, after purchasing her at an Indianapolis auction, and she was bred near Union City Michigan by Tom Hal Jr.
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New York
Lady Algy
F. J. Gould
Burlingham
T. W. Lawson
Boston
the Garden
Jack’’ Spratley
Dendron
Indianapolis
Union City
Mich
Tom Hal, Jr
Six Day Race Plans and Gasoline Freight Controversy
John West praises foreign riders for the six day team race at Madison Square Garden beginning Dec 10 in New York. A Treasury rule forbids carrying gasoline on ferries, prompting the Automobile Club of America to seek a test case to narrow the definition of freight. Frank Starbuck receives a benefit tonight in Philadelphia. Starbuck, badly injured, faces lifelong disability. Minnie Davis accuses Miss Marguerite Gast of a fake in Valley Stream ride and says she can supply supporting affidavits.
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John West
Chicago
Charley Miller
Maddison Square Garden
West
Treasury Department
Washington
Automobile Club of America
The
Treasury
Automobile Club
Philadelphia
Frank Starbuck
Sersieny
A. Batchelder
National Cycling Association
Laws
League of American Wheelmen
Starbuck
Minnie Davis
Marguerite Gast
Century Road Club
Valley Stream
Knickerbocker Club Drops Athletic Team Representation
The Knickerbocker Athletic Club joins B A A and Chicago A A in ceasing to field teams. Training table support proved costly and game patronage weak. Mercury foot athletes will no longer compete for the club. Ted Sloan expands into a new field after impressing English sporting circles as a wing shot and challenging Phil Daly Jr. to a live pigeons match.
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Knickerbocker Athletic Club
New York
Chicago
Phil Daly, Jr
America
Allen Named Yale Crew Coach in Official Notice
Captain Augustus Blagden announced that Frederick Winthrop Allen of Yale, class of 1900, has consented to coach the Yale University crew. The official statement confirms Allen's role and links him to the forthcoming season at New Haven.
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New
Haven
Augustus §. Blagden
Yale University
Frederick Winthrop Allen
Yale
Allen to Head Yale Crew Coach After Recovery
Yale University announces appointing Mr. Allen as head coach for the upcoming training season. A former captain of the 1899 and 1900 crews, he rowed in Yale’s boat all four years and has just recovered from appendix operation. Home base is Walpole, Massachusetts.
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Yale University
Allen
Yale
Walpole
Mass
Interscholastic Football Finals Set Across City
The season ends Thursday with two gripping games. Boston Latin meets English High at South End in a tight yearly clash. Somerville High faces Cambridge Manual Training School at Charles River Park for the league championship, renewing a fierce rivalry.
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Boston Latin
English High
South End
Charles River Park
Somerville High
Cambridge Manual Training School
Somerville
Camere
Mechanic Arts High routs West Roxbury High 18–0 at Charles River Park
In the southern division Mechanics Arts High defeated West Roxbury High 18 to 0. Mechanic Arts used line plays to gain five yards each jump and held weight advantage. Touchdowns credited to O Brien with three and Young kicked five goals after touchdowns. Referee Chapman. Time ten minutes halves.
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Mechanic Arts High
West Roxbury High
Charles River Park
Mechanics Art High
Mechanic Arts West Roxbury High
Ory Donahue Weeeek
Provan Fox
Holy Cross Tufts game set for Cedar Street grounds Boston
Tomorrow features the only college game in Boston area at Cedar Street grounds with Holy Cross and Tufts. Tickets round trip to Newton Centre via Boston & Albany on 9:25 am. Norumbega electric line will pass the grounds as West Quincy A A faces Quincy A A for city championship. East Boston Catholic Association to play South Boston Catholic Association on the South End grounds. both squads mix college and interscholastic players. Pp D Long of Nationalist Gaelic team seeks Thanksgiving or next week contest.
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Holy Cross-Tufts
Cedar Street
Boston
Boston & Albany
Newton Centre
Norumbega
West Quincy A. A
Quincy A. A
East Boston Catholic Association
Feist Catholic Association of South Boston
South Nd
Pp. D. Long
Chelsea Clubs Open Tourney With Mixed Scores
Chelsea Cycle Club hosted the opening round of the Club Tournament Association last night with Chelsea F C facing the Metropolitan Wheelmen of Boston. In pool play Babcock 56 and Doane 60 gave Chelsea 116 to Metropolitans Locke 60 and Enholm 52 for 112. Whist scores showed Chelsea Team No 1 minus 7 and Team No 2 minus 2 for minus 9 while Metropolitans mirrored with plus 7 and plus 2 for plus 9.
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Chelsea
Metropolitan Wheelmen
Boston
Chelsea F. C
Babcock
Doane
Locke
Enholm
Marksman Cigar by McGreenery Bros and Manning
McGreenery Bros and Manning of Hanover Street buy the Boston Cigar and Tobacco stock and plan a famous new cigar named The Marksman. It will be sold at five cents each.
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Marksman
McGreenery Bros. & Manning
Hanover Street
Boston Cigar and Tobacco Company
Polo Games Last Night At Brockton Prockton
Polo results show Brockton Prockton beating Lawrence seven to six and Eas Weymouth Clinton defeating East Weymouth one to three in last night play.
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Brockton
Prockton
Lawrence
Eas Weymouth
Clinton
East Weymouth
O'Rourke and Sullivan Fight Draw in Pawtucket
In Pawtucket on November 2, Boston boxers Charles O'Rourke and Twin Sullivan fought a 16 round bout at 145 pounds that ended in a draw under a no-decision rule. The event, staged by the Pawtucket Athletic Association at the Opera House, featured several preliminaries including a catch-as-cCatch-can wrestling match and lightweight boxing.
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Pawtucket
R. IL
Pawtucket Athletic Association
Pawtucket _Opera House
Charles O'Rourke
Boston
Condit
O’rourke
Sullivan
O'Rourke
Neys
Jim Marrow
Brockton
Joe Mullens
Marrow
Mullens
Patsy Sweeney
Manchester
N. H
Twin Sullivan
John Sheehan
Ryan Beats Carter in Six Rounds at Tattersall's
Tommy Ryan, now based in Chicago, defeats Kid Carter of Brooklyn in six rounds before a 3000 strong crowd at Tattersall's. Carter scatters Ryan with right swings in two rounds but Ryan dominates with superior cleverness. George Siler awards the purse to Ryan. Announced next bout Joe Gans versus Terry McGovern at Tattersall's on Dec 13 under Queensberry rules.
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Chicago
Tommy Ryan
Kid Carter
Brooklyn
Tattersall’s
Ryan
Carter
George Siler
Joe Gans
Terry McGovern
Tattergall
Queensberry
Gans
McGovern
O Rourke Arrested After Hotel Hallway Fight
Tom O Rourke owner of the Delavan House in New York was arrested after he struck Frederick and Gilbert Hamilton of 234 West Thirty-seventh Street. The incident began when O Rourke accused the brothers of insulting a woman in the hotel. The Hamiltons suffered injuries and were later attended. O Rourke was briefly jailed before being bailed by Eugene Comiskey deputy auditor at the comptroller's office.
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New York
Frederick Hamilton
Gilbert
West Thirty-seventh Street
Fortieth Street
Broadway
Tom O'Rourke
Gilbert Hamilton
Frederick
O’rourke
O'Rourke
Hamiltons
Eugene Comiskey
West Eighty-fifth Street
Comptroller’s Office
Kid McCoy Divorce Confirmed in New York Court
Justice Leventine confirmed referee’s report granting a divorce to Mrs Julia A Selby from Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy. Divorce granted on statutory grounds in Supreme Court.
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New York
Justice Leventinett
Supreme Court Today
Julia A. Selby
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Ruhlin Maher Bout Set For Dec 17 At Penn Art Club
Philadelphia reports Gus Ruhlin and Peter Maher agreed to a six round bout on December 17 at the Penn Art Athletic Club with a purse of percent of the gross receipts and a guarantee.
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Philadelphia
Gus Ruhlin
Peter Maher
Penn Art Athletic Club
Prominent Australian Hall to Receive Chicago Benefit
Chicago sports figures met to plan a benefit for the eminent Australian physician Hall who has been stricken with tuberculosis. The meeting convened tonight to organize support and event details.
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Chicago
Boxing Gossip Doubt Casts Pawtucket Bout
The Pawtucket boxing show faces doubts as Twin Sullivan, Fatal Sweeney, and Charley O Rourke links unravel. A Manchester letter reveals Sweeney not signed to fight Sullivan, with Sweeney set for Joe Flaherty instead, while O Rourke was planned as Sullivan’s opponent, prompting public deception allegations.
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Pawtucket
Twin Sullivan
Fatal Sweeney
Pawtuet
Outley
Charley O'Rourke
Sullivan
Sweeney
Manchester
N. H
B. H. Benton
Patsey Sweeney
Patsey
Joe Flaherty
Thamy Kearns
George McFadden
Morgan J. Cronin
You Sweeney
Boston
Cambridge
O'Rourke
Boullivan
Sullivans
Tom Brode
Mpron
Ancient Order of Fishes Ball Held in Curtis Hall
The Division 29 unit of the Ancient Order of Fishes held its sixth annual ball in Curtis Hall Jamaica Plain last evening. The affair was one of the most successful events ever given by the division.
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Og Ae Division
Ancient
Order of Fishes Nee
Curtis Hall
Jamaica Plain
Inaugural Division Ball Entices 400 Attendance
The division hosted a dance with over 400 attendees from 8 to 9 o clock. Grand march led by Captain James Long and his daughter Norah Long. A 25-number program followed including two breakdances. An elaborate collation was served. James Dempsey presided as president and ball committee chair. Captain James Loserv directed the floor with J H O Neil E F Ward and aides.
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James Long
Norag Long
James Dempsey
James Loserv
J. H. O'Neil
E. F. Ward
Marriage of Miss Atlee to Viscount de Bourcia in Philadelphia
Miss Caroline Atlee daughter of Dr Walter F Atlee wed Louis Victomte de Bras de Bourcia in a quiet 1 am ceremony at St John s Church Philadelphia. They met in Europe three years ago and became engaged during the exposition. The vicomte has abandoned his title and the couple travel under the names Mr and Mrs de Bourcia.
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Penn
Caroline Atlee
Walter F. Atlee
Louis, Victomte de Bras de
Paris
Viscomte
Vicomte
Province of
Pennsylvania
Cape Town alarm over anti British feeling grows
The Daily Mail reports Cape Colony faces dangerous anti British sentiment fueled by false stories of British brutality in the Orange River colony and the Transvaal. Loyalists fear a Dutch congress next week could trigger a rise and push for martial law nationwide. The crisis is described as graver than at any prior wartime moment.
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London
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Orange River Colony
Transvaal
Kruger Is Honored In Paris With Official Welcome
In Paris on November 27 President Kruger received an official Paris welcome after meeting with premier Waldeck-Rousseau and the municipal and general councils. He spoke firmly on independence and justice as crowds cheered. A sword of honor was presented by Henri Rochefort as students sang anti-English songs outside the Hotel Scribe.
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Kruger
France
Pound
M. Waldeck-Rousséau
Leyds
van Hammel
Fischer
M. Ulrich
Municipal Council of
General Council
the Seine
Peme
Ger
Bsoudier
Rance
Henri Rochefort
Millevoye
Daitlin-Mery
Provost Delaunay
MM. Coppee
Lemaitre
Gronie
St. Helena
Dr. Leyds
Foreign Office
Irish Greetings to Kruger in Paris Meeting
Ex-President Kruger hosted an Irish deputation at his Paris hotel on a November afternoon. Miss Maude Gonne delivered addresses from Irish societies and spoke briefly. Mr Leary, Fenian veteran, presented a tri-lingual illuminated address and spoke in French. Major McBryide introduced Kruger, who thanked the presenters for their remarks.
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Kruger
Maude Gonne
Mr.Leary
Transvaal
Ireland
Major McBryide
Mr. Kruger
Miss Gonne
Mr. O'Leary
Major McBride
British Public Dazed Over South Africa and China Crisis
The London scene unsettled as Parliament delays its return while South Africa and China stir confusion. Waging a war billed at 7.5 million dollars weekly, policy criticism mounts against Lord Roberts and General Kitchener. Liberal journals echo remonstrances over farm burnings as the Boer republics are deemed rebels, not belligerents, by France and others.
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New York
the Tribune
London
South Africa
China
Nee
Lord Roberts
Kitchener
Lord Salisbury
France
Roberts Plot Reported in London News File
The news office reports a thwarted plot linked to Roberts dated Johannes pre. Five Italians four Greeks and one Frenchman were arrested on November 16 and await trial. Their plan aimed to explode a mine under St Marys Church during the 11 oclock morning service on November 18.
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London
Wew
Ford Roberts
Johannes Pre
St. Mary’s Church
Fights With Boers Reported by Lord Roberts
London dispatch reports a series of clashes with Boers at distant locations. British forces captured some cattle and a few prisoners while suffering casualties. The most serious action involved about 1000 Boers and Delarey as General Clement moved toward Reitfontein, with the enemy dispersed.
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London
Joe
Hannesburg
Lord Roberts
Delarey
Wit
Clement March
Reitfontein
OToole Withdraws from Independent Alderman Nomination
Former Aldermanic candidate Frank J. OToole withdraws his independent nomination papers for Alderman in wards 12 and 18. He cites support for the Democratic party and unity ahead of next year’s mayoral election, praising General P A et al and his five years as Democratic ward committee chairman.
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Frank J. O'Toole
Alde
James H. Doyle
Democratic Party
Boley
Nes
P. A. Et
Frank
J. O'Toole
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