Harvard Despairs Over Football Team Prospects
Harvard men mourn the team’s poor condition ahead of a hard schedule featuring Am herst Columbia Bates West Point and Carlisle. Dependence on Lewis and Waters grows while line play and punting fail. Yale looms as the season’s stern test with Columbia and Penn already challenging Harvard’s hopes.
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Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Penn
Columbia
Wesleyan
Cambridge
Crimson
Lewis
Bert Waters
Waters
Swain
Donald
Lawrence
Knowlton
Blagden
MacMasters
Faton
Whaton
Whitwell
Quakers
Williams
Bowdoin
Amherst
Bates
West Point
Carlisle
Hallowell
Barnard and Riggs
Daly
Dibblee
New Haven
McCracken and Hare
Eaton
Farley
Kernan
Kendall
Ellis
Lawin
Mrs Ellen Lawrence Seeks Son Lost Over Three Years
Mrs Ellen Lawrence of 66 Hudson street appeals for her son Joseph who has not been seen for over three years. She fears he may have enlisted and believes locating him will be difficult. Sept 12 1897 Philadelphia both were living there when last heard from Joseph.
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Ellen Lawrence
Hudson Street
Joseph
Missing Boston Youth Seeks Private Family Employer
Mrs. Lawrence reports her son Seph vanished after saying he would work for a private family. Efforts to locate him have failed. Seph is described as dark complexioned, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and stout. The family has since relocated to Boston.
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Seph
Brooklyn and Pittsburg in pennant race outlook
Brooklyn regains claim as champions as Pittsburg fades to second place with plans for 1913. Hanlon’s Brooklyn squad and Dreyfuss driven Pirates loom for next season. Selee may shuffle Boston lineup while end schedule shows Boston and Chicago clashing with Brooklyn and Pittsburg across key dates.
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Pittsburg
Hanlon
Pirates
Brooklyn
Phillies
Dreyfuss
Leever
Tannehill
Chesbro
Waddell
Pittsburgites
Selee
Boston
Bostonians
Herman Long
Lowe
Collins
First Game Between Chicago and Cincinnati Exhilarating
Chicago wins the first game in the ninth on two gifts a sacrifice and a hit. Cincinnati pounds Hughes in the afternoon game as darkness ends play. Attendance 2800. Chicago 3 Cincinnati 3 final with miscues and base hits noted for both sides.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Hughes
McCormick
Hartzell
Strang
Donahue
McCarthy
Irwin
Steinfeldt
Corcoran
Beckley
Garvin
Breitenstein
O'Day
Bradley
Kahoe
Green
Geler
Newton
O’day
Umpire Emslie Ends Game as Darkness Falls
In St Louis Pittsburg wins 2 to 1 after umpire Emslie calls the game in the seventh due to darkness amid a near-mob scene. Williams and OConnor delivered timely hits for Pittsburg as the sun reappeared hours later. Attendance 3300. Notable plays include a Donlin two-base hit and a Krueger three-base hit.
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ST. Louis
Emslie
Williams
O'Connor
Pittsburg
Donlin
Krueger
O'Vrien
Young
Philipps
Burkett
Ritchey
Roy Young
Philippi
Emille
AB PO
A. E McCreery
Cscs Eeeena Beaumont
Wagner
R. F
O’ Brien
Batsien
Ely
s + Eee
Whilipps
PO McGraw
Criger
Pittsburg Firests Esesass
New Shot-Putting Records At Pastime Club Meet
Dennis Horgan set new world marks at the Pastime Athletic Club benefit games in New York on Oct 7. He hurled the 12-pound shot 65 ft 9.5 in, surpassing all prior efforts by 9.5 in, and added 0.5 in to his own 16-pound shot record of 48 ft 2 in. Several boxing exhibitions were listed, but planned bouts with Joe Knipe were canceled by police rulings.
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New York
Dennis Horgan
Pastime Athletic Club
Horgan
Pond
Bob” Fitzsimmons
Joe’ Knipe
Training Down Harvard's New Giant Zeus Roberts Weight Loss Struggles
Harvard coach Scotty MacMasters faces a slow battle to shed weight from 275 to around 250 pounds for freshman center Zeus Roberts. Roberts, nicknamed Zeus, endures continuous dieting, sweating, and unusual methods including cotton wrap baths and massages as he trains to gain stamina and stay on the field. Bert Waters notes the scales stubbornly cling to a high weight at weigh ins.
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Lens Roberts
MacMasters
Scotty
Harvard
Zeus Roberts
Roberts
Zeus
Crowdis
Princeton
Bert Waters
Eight-Club Winter League Formed By Local Cyclists
At a recent meeting of local cycle club delegates at the Press Cycling Club in Dorchester, the Tiger Roadsters withdrew from the Eight-Club League. Two new clubs, Sowerville Wheelmen and Commonwealth Bicycle Club, applied to join. Existing Intercycle League members Press Cycling Club, Metropolitan Wheelmen, Roslindale Cycle Club, Fulton Wheelmen, and Middlesex Cycle Club will remain, with plans to expand to eight clubs as another local club signals willingness to join.
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House of the Press Cycling Club
Tiger Roadsters
Dorchester
Sowerville Wheelmen
Commonwealth Bicycle Club
Intercycle League
Press Cycling Club
Metropolitan Wheelmen
Roslindale Cycle Club
Fulton Wheelmen
Middlesex Cycle Club
Weather delays ride schedule and boxing debates loom
Weather interruptions postpone long distance bicycle runs and stir debate among New York cyclists as Miss Margaret Gast pursues a 2000 mile record. Boxing talk centers on Sullivan’s world title status, with critiques of Mathison and memories of Goss, Jackson, and McAuliffe amid New England track plans and upcoming amateur bouts.
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Greater New York
Margaret Gast
Valley Stream
Coliseum
New England
Worcester
Springfield
Hartford
Providence
Massachusetts
George A. Perkins
Boxing Gossip Debates Sullivan Title Claim and Rivalries
The column discusses whether John L. Sullivan was ever world champion, criticizing Charley Mathison for bold claims and miscrediting sources. It questions the legitimacy of Goss and Allen as champions, noting the London rules title and prior ring lineages and authors’ authority in boxing history.
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John L. Sullivan
Charley Mathison
New York
Mathison
Morning Telegraph
Sunday Post
Postonian
Sullivan
Ryan
Goss
Tom Allen
Charley
America
Allen
Golf outfits deal from Johnson Sporting Goods Co
The store offers high grade golf outfits at discounts below individual prices. A 6 club set with caddy bag and 3 balls costs $7.00, a 5 club set with bag and balls $10.35, and a 5 McEwan set with bag and balls $12.50. Johnson Sporting Goods Co. operates at 163 165 Washington Street as successors to Lovell Arms Co.
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Aberdeen
McEwan
Fiver Johnson Sporting Goods Co
John P. Lovell Arms CO
Washington Street
Bryan revisits birth city in Salem Illinois
William J. Bryan rested in his birth city of Salem Illinois and spent the day with relatives. He arrived at noon and dined with cousin Mrs Mollie Webster. About thirty relatives gathered at the residence before he visited the former boyhood farm in the afternoon.
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Salem
Ill
William J. Bryan
Mollie Webster
Cycling champions race at Parc Des Princes in Paris
A large crowd attended a three heat match on the Parc Des Princes track featuring Jacquelin Myers and Tom Cooper. Jacquelin won all three heats with Cooper second and Myers third, drawing an ovation for the French rider.
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Paris
Parc Des Princes
Jacquelin
Myers
Tom’’ Cooper
Cooper
Train collision injures eight in Chicago crash
Eight people were injured, one seriously, in a collision between a Calumet electric car and a southbound Lake Shore & Michigan Southern train at Stony Island avenue and Seventy-ninth, Chicago, on October 7. Local authorities reported the scene as chaotic with passengers evacuated and medical teams responding promptly.
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Chicago
Ill
Calumet
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Stony Island Avenue
Seventy-ninth Street
Yacht Racing Changes Likely In Massachusetts Meeting
The Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts expects discussion on measurement rules at its meeting on the first of the month, following the Yacht Racing Union of North America. At the union’s New York meeting, L. M. Clark of Massachusetts and others debated measurement options and the union allowed clubs to choose their preferred rule. Clark and Hingson of Boston were elected to the union council for the coming year.
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Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts
Yacht Racing Union of North America
New York
L. M. Clark
Massachusetts Association
Messrs. Clark and
Higinson
Boston
Razor Attack In Salem Street Row Ends With Arrest
Dominico Tutela was slashed on the wrist by Charles Martinelli during a Salem street scuffle last night. Tutela fled to Station 1 bleeding and shouting murder while Martinelli fled to a 121 Salem Street birthday party and was later captured after a pursuit. Tutela was treated and lodging at 12 Prince Street.
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Dominico Tutela
Salem Street
Charles Martinelli
Tutela
Station 1
Martinelli
Dunn
Prince Street
Hail to the Grid Yet the Rooster Roars in Glee
A vivid football ode celebrates the sport with vivid imagery of players in steel spiked shoes and gory raiment. It compares football to a cyclone and a thrashing machine and lauds its strenuous, unreserved activity despite claims of delicacy.
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Hardegegville
Rich Woman Seeks $200000 From Forgotten Mine
St Paul woman Mrs H E Butterfield gains claim to a $200000 Honduran mining property after a Boston man left a quitclaim deed to her late fiancée Thomas P Harkin. The discovery follows a Milwaukee despatch printing the history of their engagement and the missing heiress’s later identification. Her husband works as a railroad freight clerk.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Milwaukee
Pioneer Press
H. E. Butterfield
Butterfield
Belle Griffin
Minneapolis
Thomas P. Harkin
Boston
Harkin
Honduras
Detroit
Miss Griffin
Canvass Says Bryan Will Win Presidency With 157 Votes
The New York Journal canvass predicts William Jennings Bryan as next U S president. It claims 157 electoral votes are certain from a three group division of 45 states, with 153 votes in the doubtful group and McKinley possibly winning 187. The article emphasizes expert opinions from party officials and leaders.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Bryan
McKinley
Filipinos Adopt Field Tactics Similar to Americans
Four cavalry troops and two infantry companies reinforce General Young in northern Luzon as Filipino insurgents under Agipay intensify maneuvers in Ilocos provinces. Tinio and Villeneuve show renewed activity while Mabini, freed after refusing U S oath, loses some popularity yet remains a dormant revolutionary figure.
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Manila
Young
Luzon
Ilocos
Agipay
Tinio
Villeneuve
Abra
Senor Mabini
United States
Fears of Colonizing Illegal Voters Across NYC Saloons
New York City election official John McCullagh reports an organized attempt to colonize illegal voters from over 200 saloons and other resorts. He sends letters to Chief Devery urging prompt action or state authorities will be asked to intervene.
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New York
John McCullagh
Devery
McCullagh
Death of Matilda Neisen in New York Grand Hotel
The body of Matilda Neisen, a Swedish woman noted for a 1896 suit against Austin Corbin’s estate, was found at the Grand Hotel. Papers and three letters found on her show she committed suicide with acid. A letter to Fraulein Anna Lillie Garison was also found.
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New York
Grand
Matilda Nelsen
Austin Corbin
Valet Jones Named Chief Conspirator in Rice Fortune Plot
Blame valet Jones and lawyer Patrick surface in The World report of a prior conspiracy to seize William Marsh Rice's estate. District attorney ready to prove Jones planned with another person in January before Patrick's alliance with Rice. Police link details to the same scheme as the Patrick plot. Jones took hypnosis lessons shortly before the will favored Patrick.
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New York
the World
William Marsh Rice
Jones
Patrick
Lawyeratrick
Rice
Valet Jones
American School of Hypnosia
Philo Celtic Society Holds Sunday Session
The Philo Celtic Society met yesterday afternoon at the Pierpont Schoolhouse Hudson Street near Oak. Attendance was large and six new members were added to the membership roll.
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Philo- Celtic Society
Pierpont
Hudson Street
Oak
Bryan carries key states to lead in electoral vote count
The article traces multiple electoral scenarios for Bryan, listing state vote totals such as New York 36 Illinois 24 Kentucky 13 Maryland 8 Nebraska 8 Idaho 3 North and South Dakota 32 and others. It shows Bryan could win with 235 to 294 electoral votes depending on wins in Western and Eastern states. It notes many combinations could yield a Democratic majority.
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Bryan
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippe
Missouri
Nevada
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Wisconsin
States
Idaho
Illinois
Indian
Kentucky
Maryland
Nebraska
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
Tf Bryan
North
Indiana
Parnell Day Observed in Dublin Cemetery Procession
On October 7 in Dublin a small procession marked the anniversary of Charles Stewart Parnell’s death. Wreaths were laid on Glasnevin Cemetery grave including one from Parnell’s widow.
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Dublin
Charles Stewart Parnell
Glasnevin Cemetery
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