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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1901
Page
3
A Boston notice promotes Dr. Liverpool at 360 Tremont Street offering free examinations. It lists extraordinary cure tallies for numerous ailments from rheumatism to neuralgia and claims failures by other doctors, urging visits with hours 10 am to 4 pm and evenings for gentlemen.
Letters reveal fierce rivalries among New England wrestlers led by John J. Little of Brockton and James Gilligan. Proposals include three falls in an hour, mixed style matches with Charles D. Jackson, and Parker challenges. Reports note Parker’s strong New York reception, and Harvard football drills as team morale dips with injuries.
Ithaca Oct 7 Captain D B Bellinger of Tonawanda N Y resigned the captaincy of the Cornell track team leaving Cornell without a strong candidate in the quarter mile event.
A historical note announces boxing lessons offered by Professor J J Kennedy located at 1160 Washington Street. Details on schedule or fees are not provided in the fragment.
The note column lists teams seeking games next Saturday with weight limits from 95 to 130 pounds and mentions parities like the D. L. M. A. A. A briefing on Fort Banks first game against ae A. C. Winthrop scored early while Fort Banks improved. Stearns and Ola highlighted. It also notes Kansas University practice, Amherst Yale and Columbia results, Notre Dame prospects, Charlie Riley coaching at Franklin and Latin School prep at Irvington oval ahead of championship games.
Dorchester High School second elevers defeated Roxbury Latin second team 41 to 5 on Franke Field. Fish starred for Dorchester while Wallace led Roxbury with a dropped goal, earning honors for The Tee School team.
Port commissioners announced Charlestown playground now has electric lights and is ready for evening football games. Ads available from Mr. Kelly foreman of the gow at Charlestown Neck residence.
In the Hub Billiard Palace yesterday Barutet the renowned French player defeated Howison 260 to 247 in a close evening match after a 200-point afternoon win for Barutet. Barutet impressed spectators with sharp cue work while Howison showed improvements in the late session.
Beatrix Hoyt of Shinnecock Hills Golf Club withdraws from this year’s women’s championship at Baltusrol Club near Short Hills New Jersey citing health and form concerns. The event opens with an 18 hole qualifying round at 8:40 AM with the top 16 advancing to match play for main prizes.
Boralma is reported too sick with lung congestion to face The Abbot in a $30,000 race set for Wednesday. Cresceus substitution offered, Geers willing, Ketcham objects. The Abbot may race against Scannell’s partner as directors seek a workaround. Great crowds attend the 10 days of racing opening with a $16,000 Futurity for 2 year olds tomorrow.
Philadelphia's cricket team defeated Bosanquet's English eleven by 220 runs in a final international contest. After lunch, the English side collapsed in 75 minutes. scores show Philadelphia 312 in first innings and 186 in second, English 166 and 103 in their innings.
J B Herreshoff III, president of the Columbia shipbuilder, has been seriously ill at Bristol with cholera morbus after attending yacht races on his steam yacht Eugenia. He was brought there Wednesday night. a physician was summoned and he is proclaimed out of danger though still ill. He is a brother of Captain Nat Herreshoff.
A letter to the Herald urged a Metropolitan Opera House gathering to celebrate Sir Thomas Lipton. The writer proposed a public welcome with a loving cup and shared cash receipts for Lipton, the Shamrock, and the Columbia’s skippers and sailors, inviting attendees to donate modest sums.
F. S. R.-F. defeats Shamrock in the bet dispute to confirm the Shamrock’s ownership by Sir Thomas Lipton rather than the Royal Ulster Yacht Club.
London reports Lipton likely to again challenge for the cup while Emperor William may enter next year. German yachtsmen see the Kaiser as Europe’s top sportsman, with England deemed unable to capture the trophy. Lipton aims to improve Shamrock III against Columbia, and Sir Thomas ILppton plans to keep Shamrock in America for next season.
Commodore Ledyard of the New York Yacht Club said the races are over and Columbia will be laid up for winter. He noted Shamrock II cannot compete for the cup again for two years unless another vessel challenges in the meantime.
William Clarence Matthews of Andover, a 144 pound freshman, rapidly earns praise as a quarterback contender for Harvard. His speed from track, aggressive play, and sharp tackling impress coaches and peers as he competes with Baldwin for the Crimson’s gridiron role.
The convention shows Paul defeating Hall on the third Ward 21 ballot after Ward 21 broke from Richardson to back Paul. Hall leads early, Richardson slips, and Paul finishes with a strong jump in votes. County officials influence and large attendance mark the scene as delegates vote on sheriffs and county posts.
A bustling party convention filled with sharp remarks and votes. Delegates backed by Ward lines debated clerk of the Superior Court and district attorney posts amid lively jibes and procedural twists.
An old Boston Daily Post ad touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a universal kidney and bladder remedy. It claims to cure back pain kidney trouble and urinary issues while offering free sample bottles and an informational book by mail from Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
John J. Richardson led 37 delegates from Wards 17 and 21 as Hall and Paul factions battled through three ballots. Paul secured the nomination after Ward 21 split from Richardson, with Hall defeated. Sheriff Seavey hosted the post convention banquet at Young's for the delegates.
John Richardson orients to the result and wishes rivals well. Isaac P. Hutchinson notes dissension in ward outcomes. Isaac F. Paul thanks supporters and predicts cross support, citing vote shifts from Richardson in Wards 17 and 21.
The Republican convention in Malden renominated Hon. George R. Jones for Senator and Alfred E. Cox for State committee by acclamation. Resolutions upheld tough action on crime including attempted assassination of the President or Vice-President as a capital offense and banned cartoons of those officials.
Mr George Franklin Cobb and Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Susc hier of James Humphry Roxbury united in marriage at Dudley Street Baptist Church with Rev W W Bustard officiating Best man H Stanley Cushing. Bridesmaids Ruthphry Ida Upham Hartshorn Nellie Loutsery and Florence Bartlett. After a two week wedding trip the couple will reside in Dorchester.
A large crowd gathered at Conant Hall for the Pfaelzer Verein annual Kirchweih Fest in Pfalz Bavaria. The procession started with Jaco Hoering bearing a giant bouquet, followed by Misses Louis Enrich Emilia Schwoerer and Gertrud Latsch in white with flags, then the band and participants. The Pfaelzer Verein is a prosperous German American benefit society.
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