Harvard Football Opens Year With Brisk Practice and Wrightington 75 Yard TD
Harvard opened its college year with a brisk practice held before a large crowd. Captain Wrightington featured with a 75 yard touchdown run after Weld fumbled the ball, while Brown and EF H Davis also starred in the session. Freshman candidates numbered ninety four, split into six squads under Joshua Crane with Eliot Spaulding and Herbert Fisk named managers.
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Harvard
Wrightington
Weld
Brown
EF. H. Davis
FE. H. Davis
Eeseeeesee Heute R. E
Irwin
F. Davis
Esa Eres R
Martin Coleman
Lee
Warren
Sargent
R. G
Burden Hennen
Hoague
O'Connor
Hennen
Shaw
L. G
Jaffray Swain
Tuckerman
R. T
Mills
Merriman Moulton
Lewis, R
Richardson
Pitts Beale
Gs Des Eevee
Q. B
Cochrane
R. S. Davis
Wadsworth Livermore
der Bullivan Warren
Diese
Cecesseels
Duff
Edmunds
Worcester
Cottrell
Holy Cross
Worcester Athletic Association
Joshua Crane
Forbes
Murchie
Eliot Spaulding
Herbert Fisk
Penn rugby Yale football challenge clarified by Penn official
John Neill of the Pennsylvania Association corrects reports that Penn revealed the challenge to Yale before Yale received it. He states Aug. 17 letter inviting a game was answered by Yale captain Murphy and that Penn did not share the information with newspapers. The source questions how details leaked from unknown association staff.
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Philadelphia
Yale
Pennsylvania
John Neill
University of Pennsylvania Association
New Haven
Neill
Yale Football Association
Athletic Association of Pennsylvania
Captain Murphy
Belmont boys seek football games amid poor field
Belmont boys team shows promise but is hampered by a poor field. Multiple clubs seek matchups with specific schools and weights. Addresses and contact names provided for arranging games. The B A A Harvard game is scheduled for November 14. The Fresh Air football team of Fall River is organized and open to challenges via J Murphy in Fall River.
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Belmont Boys
Emanuél
Bernard A. A
Concord
E. Barrington
Waltham Street
Boston
Charlesgates
Brookline H
Everett H. S
Malden_H. S
Waltham H_ S&S
Winthrops
Charlestown
City
South Boston
George C. Brown
South Russell Street
Cornwalls
Orient Heights
Dean Academy
S. H. Webster
East Boston
Harvard
Fresh Air
Fall River
J. Murphy
Tremont Street
Coming Billiard Match Schaefer to Face Spinks This Week
A coming champion, Schaefer, meets Spinks in a week long billiard run at Murphy's Hub on Court Street. Games start Monday after noon with daily afternoon and evening play, amphitheatre seating ready for spectators. Spinks has defeated all second class championship players.
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Schaefer
Spinks
Murphy’s Hub
Court Street
Gould to Hear Inquiry on Niagara Yacht Exam
The Yacht Racing Association will meet on October 9 to consider Howard Goulds letter about the examination of his yacht Niagara conducted without his knowledge or consent.
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London
The
Yacht Racing Association
Howard Gould
Niagara
Boston Keeps South End Win Over Providence at Everett
Klobedanz baffled Providence with only two hits allowed as Boston tops the Grays. Rudderham pitched solidly but support failed in a four run first inning. Selee debuted Slagle in right field, showing speed but weak bat. Key plays came from Tucker Tenn ey Hamilton and Billy Murray. Klobedanz also belted a notable home run. Stahl joined Boston from Buffalo amid ongoing club interest. Both teams set to meet again at Everett.
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Klobedanz
Providence
South Ind Grounds
Rudderham
Bostons
Grays
Selee
Slagle
Tucker
Tenney
Hamilton
Billy Murray
Stahl
Buffalo
Boston
Everett
Boston PO. A. B
AB RB
Duffy
Collins Sd
Hergen
Psees
al Providence AB
Canavan
Dolan Rt
If Tere Ewes
Tdrauby
Baan
Cooney Lyons
Sete
Murray
Ft Weer
Dixon
Dolan
Lyons
Murrray
Knight
Cranby
Long
Collins
Bergen
Hunt
Red Silk Shines In Brockton Breeders Meet At Readville
Oct 1 Brockton program features Red Silk winning the 2:10 class by a length and taking a $2000 purse as Star Pointer dominates the free-for-all pace. Proceedings include multiple trotting and pacing heats, track wind and 8000 plus crowd as 2:27 and 2:35 divisions tally wins for Castelon and others. Readville event notes cover milestones, records and next day racing slated for 9:30 start.
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Readville
Red Silk
Paron Wilkes
Kelvyn
Beresford
New England
Star Pointer
Kings of Pacedom
Pacers
Pointer
Frank Agan
Patchen
Robert J
Geers
Robert
Yeers
McClary
Venture W
Katie Mack
Copeland
Walker
Seddie L
Mina McGregor
Perrot
Lucy Carr
Bellisant
Celaya
B'rd
Early Bird
Golden
Pote
Nemoline
Castelon
Pastoral
Bernard J. Weters
Harry Hutchins
Edinburgh
Kennington
Dedham High School
B. m
Robert McGregor
Sela
Sealskin Wilkes
S. Walker
Ceee
Eeees Steg Copeland
del Mar
Miss Copeland
Almont Bald- Mone
Jubilee
Ch. m
Carmichael
Way
Ch. G
Crazy
Daieecke
Wheeldon
B. F
Empire Wilkes
Uncle Gip
Wilson
Ch. F
Trout
Dorothea S
Wh. F
Sinclair
Julia
Pinkham
Sereese
Leddie L
Hayden
Seeeeevs
Pierrot
Hyerson
Cellebene FC
Nina McGregor
Blue
B. H
Brown Hal
Snow Heels
B. G
McCarthy
Joe Patchen
Bik. H
Curry
Azmon
Dam Alwaga
General Benton
Powers
Cetesee Doko
Marion Wilkes
Bingen
B. c
Allendorf
Wilkes
George Wilkes
Payne
Ro. H
Jay Bird
Beulah
Harold (Cheney
Nemeline
Jersey Wilkes
Nemesis
Nutwood
Wtility
Bouncer
Andrews
Castelton
Domone
Pose Veeeeeseca LY Pastoral
Kelley
Beban
Fernwood
Carpenter
Miss Dainty
Rathbbun
Olga
McDonald
Ee Dikes
Narcissus
Torendo
Baron Wilkes
Bellwood
Tysor
Nordica
Brockton
Brockton Agricultural Society
Loscow
Berle
J. T. Kelliher
Springfield
J. Urquhart
T. F. Snell
George H. Morrill
Harvard
Dorris Wilkes
Jefferson Wilkes
Guinette
Gambetta Wilkes
Barney
Hal
Vida Simmons
Rymster
Bard
Boston Wheelmen Pace Fifty Mile Race For Nervy Riders
Boston Wheelmen announce a 50 mile paced ride on October 11 for riders averse to century runs. Roxbury Wheelmen push back their century to Oct 11. City notes include bicycle fare changes on multiple rail lines and a new tandem record in London. The piece also covers Ten Eyck's amateur rowing title and related events in Worcester.
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Boston
Sandpaper
Boston Wheelmen
W. B. Handy
Tremont Street
Roxbury
Ike’’ Potter
New York
Consul Potter
Boston & Maine
Bangor & Aroostook
Maine Central
N. Y
N. H. & H. System
Fall River Line
Portland S. S. Company
Boston & Albany
Central
Vermont
Fitchburg
N. YY
N. E
Olf Colony
Providence & Stonington S. 8S
Crystal Palace
London
McGregor
Nelson
Rovers C. C
Bolton
Wayland
Century Run
Chebacco Lake
Hingham
Myrtle Wheelmen
Worcester
Edward H. Ten Eyck
United States
Joseph Whitehead
Saratoga
Ten Wyck
New England
Eugene Buckley
Ten Eyck
Whitehead
Shrewsbury
Regatta Point
Causeway
M. P. Higgins
J. J. Corrigan
Dan Holmes
D. J. Sullivan
Peter Dean
J. F. Facey
J. F. Ormond
James S. Aborn
H. Hurley
J. F. Moakley
Boston Sporting Men
Ten Eyek
Debaters Set for Free Silver Panel at Music Hall
The Boston Post will host a joint debate at Music Hall in early October on how free silver affects the workingman. Five first class speakers on each side will each have twenty minutes. The event aims to educate and present top arguments from both sides with more details to follow in the Post.
Opening and inspection of organs by New England Conservatory
The New England Conservatory of Mus ic in Boston housed about 500 leading organists and teachers for an opening and inspection of organs. Instruments included four pipe organs and twelve two manual organs with two new electric organs of 2200 and 1600 pipes. Sleeper Hall hosted the recital with soloists Allen W. Swan Nathan Goodrich John O Shea and Everett C Truett among the performers.
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New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Sleeper Hall
Allen W
Woman Golf Championship Entries Announced for Morristown
New York Oct 1 Entries for the women’s golf championships at Morristown Golf Club were announced by USGA secretary Talmadge. The tournament begins Tuesday with entrants including Brookline Country Club Mrs. I. E. Zerrahn Newport Golf Club Miss Anna Sands Essex County Country Club Orange New Jersey Miss Anabel Green.
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New York
Moristown Golf Club
Talmadge
United States Golf Association
Country Club
Brookline
Mass
I. E. Zerrahn
Newport Golf Club
Anna Sands
Essex County Country Club
Orange
N. J
Anabel Green
Boxing Gossip from New York athletic club opening gains and injuries
Boston boxing crowd notes Tom O Rourke opened club in New York and promoters count about three thousand dollars in receipts. Cunningham suffers four broken ribs and a dislocated finger after a recent New York bout with Dave Sullivan. Young Sullivan eyes another match while Tim Hagerty sails from Australia to pursue heavyweight aspirants. The lightweight world championship bout, with a 3900 dollar purse, pits George Lavigne and Jack Everhardt on October 27 at the Bohemian Club in New York.
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Boston
Tom O’rourke
New Athletic Club
New York
Parson Davies
O’rourke
Cunningham
Dave Sullivan
Gotham
Sullivan
Tim Hagerty
Australia
Dixon
Bohemian Sporting Club
George Lavigne
Saginaw
Mich
Jack Everhardt
New Orleans
Genslinger
Bohemian Club
San Francisco
Lavigne
Oceanic
N. J
Sam Fitzatrick
Everardt
College Point
L. I
Jack Black
Javigne
Nenvos Dick Burge
London
Eng
Professor Codfrey Boxing Teacher of Boston
Professor Codfrey, boxing instructor, based at 14 Hanover Street Room 6 in Boston, announced his coaching services and schedule locally. He offers training for beginners and advanced fighters with focus on technique and fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceo. Codfrey
Hanover St
Boston
Turkey cage promotion at Dock Square furniture shop
H. Robinson & Co. of Dock Square staged a turkey promotion by housing a live flock in a Washington Street window. The birds arrived from Vermont and drew curious onlookers as shoppers who buy a range before Thanksgiving receive a turkey as a gift.
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H. Robinson & Co
Dock Square
Washington Street
Vermont
Powers Reach Pacific Eastern Settlement Acknowledging Armenians
London report from the Daily Mail correspondent says the powers have agreed on a pacific settlement of the eastern question. The accord is described as honorable to all parties and guarantees future Armenian security.
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London
Vienna
Daily Mail
Gifford Named Democrats Third Middlesex Senate Candidate
Frederick K. Gifford, Democratic nominee for Senator from the third Middlesex district, has long been active with prominent local Democrats though never holding office. Born in Kent New York in 186, he moved to Cambridge and trained privately, with a Revolutionary lineage and kinship to Rev Franklin K. Gifford and Dr Ralph Waldo Gifford.
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Frederick K. Gifford
Third Middlesex
Gifford
Kent
Putnam County
New York State
Massachusetts
Elisha Gifford
Sandwich
Mass
England
Cambridge
Franklin K. Gifford
Melrose
Ralph Waldo Gifford
Howard Seminary
Bridgewater
Somerville
City
Rep Shaw Vindicated At Charlestown Rally
A crowded Ward 3 Charlestown hall heard Sen Corbett defend Rep Iba B Shaw amid Bakers Union tensions. Corbett cited House proceedings on the Bakers Union charges to back Shaw, who spoke with W T Fitzgerald and Connolly. most attendees were Bakers Union members.
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Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Iba B. Shaw
Corbett
Shaw
Bakers’ Union
Journal of the House
Mr. Shaw
W. T. Fitzgerald
The
Young Men’s Congress of
Baston
Mr. Connolly
Canadian Pacific Trouble Amid Strike Rumors
District Passenger Agent Colvin declares all passenger trains run and reports of stoppages are schemes by strikers. Montreal notes no trains beyond Toronto on Canadian Pacific, with talk of compromise and sympathy strikes. Grain shipments from Manitoba remain very heavy.
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Colvin
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Manitoba
Ancient and Honorable ArtilleryPUNCTUATED by Baltimore Indignation Meeting
In Baltimore on October 1 the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company faced sharp derision at City Hall over a $6000 entertainment appropriation for Welsh guests. Delegates from Anti-Small Schooner and Free Lunch groups mocked politicians as excessive, while telegrams from Boston signaled the banquet would proceed despite objections.
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Baltimore
Boston
Artilery Company
City Hall
Athens
Treasury
Friends of Wales
Anti-Small Schooner Association
Free Lunch Society
James Smith
Jones
Smith
Mr. Jones
Hedges
Caulker
Johann Kost
James Fadden McDougall
19St Royal Scotch Artillery
Maryland
Jonas Browning
Walker, Hedges
S. Partington Billings
Colonel Hedges Honored With Diamond Pin by Ancient and Honorable Artillery
About 150 members gathered at the American House for a banquet honoring Colonel Sidney M. Hedges for his role in coordinating an overseas tour. Captain Thomas J. Olys presided and presented Hedges with a diamond pin, while Rev. A. A. Berle and other dignitaries spoke of his sterling character and friendship within the company.
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Sidney M. Hedges
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston
Thomas J. Olys
Captain Olys
Olvs
A. A. Berle
London
Mr. Berle
Colonel Hedges
Hedges
Colonel KE
Frank Lewis
Colter
Cushing
Savage
Duchesney
E. A. Horton
A. A. Folsom
Davidson
Wolcott
Henry A. Walker
Lathrop Coleman Wedding in Boston at Clarendon Street Church
Miss Grace Mabel Coleman and Mr Hiram Newton Lathrop married at Clarendon Street Baptist Church in Boston with Rev John A McElwain officiating. The couple will live at 177 West Brookline Street after a reception at the bride’s home 19 Dwight Street.
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Grace Mabel Coleman
Boston
Hiram Newton Lathrop
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
John A. McElwain
Emma O. Nichols
Lexington
L. Maud Carvill
Somerville
Edna L. Bourne
Minnie M. Pickering
Roxbury
Mabel L. Towle
Edward L. Prescott
George Coleman
Abby Clark Bertholf
Dwight Street
W. Harry Thompson
Lewis B. Jackson
Henry FE. Washburn
F. E. H. Gary
Frank C. Fellows
Malden
Albert Carvill
West Brookline Street
Island First as Charles Littlefield and Susie Clifford Marry
Mr Charles E Littlefield a manual training instructor and Miss Susie H Clifford assistant matron of Farm School on Thompson's Island wed Wednesday in the island s first marriage ceremony The event drew 100 plus boys who enjoyed a holiday The Rev James Huckstable of Hawes Unitarian Church South Boston officiated The couple walked amid flowers and congratulations with the school band playing Mamie Come Kiss Your Honey Boy and the Honeymoon March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Littlefield
Susie H. Clifford
Thompson’s Island
Bryan Travels West Virginia Campaign Stops Rally Big Crowds
William J. Bryan spoke from hotel balconies in Clarksburg and Wheeling drawing large crowds across Parkersburg and Sisterville. He attacked the Republican platform on money and silver while praising his own stance, urging continued effort until election day.
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Wheeling
W. Va
William J. Bryan
Grafton
J. T. McGraw
Clarksburg
Fair Grounds
Parkersburg
Mr. Bryan
Stephens’s Grove
McClure
Court of Common Pleas
Bryan
Nebraska
Sisterville
New Martinsville
McCorkle
McGraw
Charleston
Clarksburg Fair Grounds
Congress
United States
Grover
Chicago
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Baron “Wilkes
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Boston Post
Turkey
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Everett Street
Harvard Square
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Edward Hayes
Diamond
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