Interscholastic League Trophy Protest and Boxing Views
The article notes protests over the Senior Interscholastic League cup standings as C M T S faces challenges from Hoppy, Boston Latin and English High over Merrill’s eligibility. It also includes a lengthy London observer’s praise of American boxing, naming Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons and arguing boxing builds health and protection of the weak.
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Boston
Hopkinson
Cc M. T. S
Hopkinson Tenner
Newton High
SRC Ieee
Brooklin Botgg
New York Boxing Fans Decry Dixon Erne Verdict
Spectators in New York and Boston condemn the decision awarding Frank Erne the win over George Dixon. Referee Sam Austin says Dixon was handled by club owner Joe O Rourke, and Dixon vows another bout to settle matters. Dixon and Elms comment on the outcome as Tom O Rourke seeks a rematch for a big purse.
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New York
George Dixon
Frank Erne
Sam Austin
Erne
Dixon
O’rourke
Austin
Post
Tom Murray
Joe Elms
Boston
Erie
Tom O'Rourke
Lively Bowing Contests Across Leagues Highlight Week
Records of bowing show strong debut of new leagues and high scores. Melrose Athletic Club stays unbeaten in Interclub with five straight wins, while 999th Artillery leads whist but falters in bowling. Commercials of Brockton top the Massachusetts League, Dorchester Centrals rise, and Candle Pin teams surge with Myers of Cambridge six straight wins.
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Melrose Athletic Club
Newtowne Club
999Th Artillery
Glendons
Oxfords
Massachusetts
Commercials
Brockton
Dorchester Centrals
Salem
Highland Melrose
Norfolk
Chelsea
Inman
Boylstons
Clack
South Bostons
Bowling Standings Show Tight Week Five Tie for Lead
The fifth week of the Associated Cy cling Clubs bowling tour ends with two clubs tied atop the division in games won and lost. Somerset Road Club leads first division by one pin over Massachusetts B.C. men while Boston College rises to second division. Waltham tops Winnisimmet in total pins, with Middlesex and Cambridgeport ahead after four games. Spencer of the Rovers leads individual averages, nine pins ahead of Jackson of Massachusetts B.C. The Press Club struggles but remains a veteran contender as teams look to ten more weeks of competition.
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C. H. and
Brookline
Brookline High
Hopkinson
English High
Merrill
FE. H. S
Reilly
C. Mery
New York
England
London
Australia
Brettle
King
Heenan
Sayres
Coburn
Jim Corbett
America
Fitzsimmons
Timaru
New Zealand
Peter Maher
Corbett
Tom King
Tom
Jim
Larry Foley
Somerset Road Club
Massachusetts B. C
Boston College
Waltham
Winnisimmet
Middlesex
Cambridgeport
Spencer
the Rovers
Jackson
Somerset Peewee
Massachusetts
Peewee
Rovers Free
Roxbury
Medford
Mattapan
Mt. Washington
Ewe
Micilese Senee
Metropolitan
OX Roslindale
Paige
Mas
Collins
Mid
Simonds
Perey
Sona
Andrews Bee
McGarrett Press
Wheeler Box
Ewes
Mearland
McCabe
Dow Som
Rehardson
Nayson
Keltie Rox
Crampton
Roy
Lewis
Morrissey
Beanam
Harvard and Yale Near All Sports Peace Pact In 1910
Harvard and Yale move toward a unified athletics league covering football track baseball rowing and more. Harvard officials signal willingness to meet Yale halfway while keeping plans guarded. Harvard crews and spring schedules hinge on possible reunion with Yale and other major rivals in a wide league.
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Yale
Harvard
Harvard Athletic Committee
Norrow
New Haven
Goodrich
Cornell
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Poughkeepsie
Naval Cadets
Cure for Leprosy and Vaccination Voices in Letter
Elliott De Belleville Preston M D and New England Anti Vivisection Society reply to a Post letter critiquing a leprosy cure claim and defending vaccination cautions. The letter contrasts leprosy inoculation with smallpox vaccination and questions presumed vaccination benefits.
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Spacento
Robert Koch
M. Pasteur
Pray
van Winkle Siesta
Elliott DE Belleville Preston
M. D
New England
Boston
Gaelic teams O Connells and Garryowens plan rematch on election day
After a tense rift, O Connell representatives met Garryowens to end disputes. O Day offers a $100 wager to Garryowens $50 and promises pay for players’ wages if they play. Both sides express readiness to resume the Gaelic football clash and settle the rivalry.
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O'Connell
Garryowen
O’connells
Garryowens
Garry Owens
O'Day
Cambridge
Wilson
O’connell
Hayes
Worcester
Shamrocks
Garvey
French navy tests secret rat trap light on cruisers
The French Mediterranean squadron experimented with a new stealth light called the rat trap light. Deployed August 20 from Marseilles, it is a tiny electric beam from the stern used for night signaling with other lights off. Only the ship’s commander and a sworn officer handle it, kept in a secured compartment.
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Marseilles
Faucon
Admiralty
Boxing Gossip Highlights Brooklyn Ban On City Fight
The Brooklyn magnates bar a Corbett Fitzsimmons bout in city limits, urging bids elsewhere before January 4. Dan Stuart’s offer could win both fighters’ endorsement. Empire A C Buffalo stages boxing tonight with Kid McPartland vs Hanley in a key the South Brooklyn A C card features Downey vs Gorman. Amateur entrants list includes Eagan Kennedy Daly Shrower Madde and others.
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Corbett- Fitzsimmons
City of Churches
Empire State
F*tz
Bohemian Athletic Club
Dan Stuart
Empire A. C. of
Buffalo
Kid’’ McPartland
Jack Hanley
Philadelphia
Charley Burns
Jimmy Franey
Cincinnati
South Boston
Bob Rooker
Sally Smith
New York
Fred Johnson
Coney Island
George Dixon
Ben Jordan
National Sporting Club
London
Billy
Smith
Ryan
New Marlboro Club
Joe Vendig
Montecas
W. Eagan
West Lynn
J. J. Kennedy
J. C. Daly
William Shrower
Malden
John Madde Waltham
Young Bradley
Darby Conley
West End
World of Sport Highlights and Rumors In Brief
The Louisvilles plan spring home training while Jimmy Ryans seeks a break from Chicago after eleven seasons. A Homing Pigeon Fanciers meeting convenes at 171 Kneeland Street this evening. Wrestler Farmer Burns issues a national championship challenge for 2500 a side. A new Maryland outlaw track set to open soon. L. Caton buys Vict Wilkes for 2600 and plans a Russia campaign. Nick Burley receives a letter.
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Louisvilles
Jimmy Ryans
Chicago
Kneeland Street
Ham Atchingon
Prince of Race Track Tours
Cincinnati
St. Petersburg
Huussia
Douglass Farm
Indiana
Andy McDowell
Frank van Ness
John Campbell
Maryland
Frank Bray
St. Asaph
Littlefights
Eatontown
M. J
Nick Burley
Boxing lessons offered by Prof Shaw at Tremont Street
Prof Shaw of 181 Tremont Street Room 16 offers boxing lessons with indicated rates via phone or mail inquiry.
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Shaw
Tremont St
Weeklong Bowling Schedule Across Local Leagues
The article lists weekly matches for multiple leagues including Suffolk Suburban Interclub, Interclub, Massachusetts, Candle Pin, City League, Mercantile, and Amateur Bowling in the Boston area. Notable pairings span Charlestown, Chelsea, Roxbury, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, Melrose, Norfork, and Dorchester with dates Tuesday through Friday and several teams such as Old Dorchester, Commercial, and New England News Company featured.
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Suffolk
Charlestown
Chelsea
Roxbury
Berkeley
Alter Ego
Dorchester Wheelmen
Everett
Oxford
Philedian
Somerville
Reading
Melrose
Jeffries
Kernwood
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Lincoln
Bron, Durrell, Dennison Manufacturing Company
Boston Dry Goods Company
North
Fiske Company
Walker, Stetson, Sawyer
Bradford, Thomas & Co
New England News Company
Blodgett, Ordway & Webber
Clapp & Tilton
Boston and Vicinity
999Th Artillery
Arlington
Newton
Old Dorchester
Winter Cyclists Rally At Jamaica Pond And Franklin Park
Parks teem with riders as winter sun fuels long club runs to Jamaica Pond and Franklin Park. Roxbury B C votes Jan 27 at Odd Fellows Hall. New York L A W members demand quarterly financial statements. Chicago Exhibition Corp faces equity suit over finances.
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Jamaica Pond
Franklin Park
Roxbury B. C
Odd Fellows
New York
Buffalo
Co. S. Reed
Chicago Exhibition Company
Chicago
National Cycle Board of Trade
Exhibition Company
Night Clerk Bets On Number 13 Prank Gone Wrong
A hotel clerk tricks a guest by swapping room numbers to 14 and awakens no one. The frightened bellboy climbs through a transom to check Number 14, finds it empty, and learns the victim chose not to sleep in that room after seeing the switch. The rooming mix up reveals a fatal twist as fate looms.
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Ben
Bradford Boat Run Damaged in Docking Accident
A Bradford boat house run was damaged when a tow boat struck it. While attempting repairs yesterday the platform collapsed, throwing ten men into the water. Thomas Sheridan nearly drowned, saved by Daniel Lynch, as others were pulled out by Thomas Maguire.
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Bradford
Thomas Sheridan
Daniel Lynch
Thomas Maguire
Bishop Keane Visits Cardinal Gibbons In Baltimore
Bishop Keane former rector of the Catholic University arrived in Baltimore and called on Cardinal Gibbons. He then planned to go to Washington for Sunday and possibly wait for Mgr. Martinelli to return from New York before proceeding to Rome.
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Baltimore
Keane
Catholic University
Cardinal Gibbons
Washington
Mgr. Martinelli
New York
Rome
Train schedule alteration ends Sunday after Nov 2
After Sunday November 2 the 12 o'clock noon Boston to New York train will be discontinued. The 11 a.m. departure via Springfield will complete the route in five hours and forty minutes arriving at 4:40 p.m. in New York or Boston.
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Boston
New York
Springfield
Words of Gaelic Derivation at the Academy Garden
In this letter P J O Daly argues the word Academy stems from Gaelic acad meaning enclosed field and dam plural learned men. He cites Academeia as a Greek form and mentions Gaelic Halladaur Alpha Hall in Boston where Gaelic taught Sundays.
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Academus
Akademeta
Athens
Europe
Academy
Cadmus
Academia
Plato
Cicero
Old Academy
Alpha Hall
Essex Street
Gaelic League of
Boston
P. J. O'Daly
Electric railways spread from Boston threaten steam lines
A Boston observer notes Whitney's electric system has extended toward fifty miles and invaded steam railway territory. The New York & New Haven network grows dense with lines, with director J P Morgan involved. The West End directory struggle may serve steam road protections.
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Whitney
Boston
West End
New York & New Haven
J. P. Morgan
New Haven
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