League Loses Big as Baseball Clubs Post Losses and Profits
National League clubs report heavy losses after the season, with New York at least forty thousand dollars in the red and overall league losses around two hundred eight thousand. Boston Chicago Cincinnati show profits, others struggle. survey notes weak away attendance, strong home crowds for some teams, and looming optimism for next season amid cost concerns and notable boxing bouts across multiple cities.
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Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Hart
Brooklyn
Louisville
St. Louis
Washington
Wagner
Senators
Messrs
Philadelphia
Tim Hurst
Clevelands
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Nick Young
Hamilton Leads At Bat In Batting Averages
The appended tables show the Boston players’ full season averages. Hamilton leads the team in batting by a wide margin and appears to be second in the league by unofficial figures. Keeler of Baltimore trails Hamilton by about 17 points.
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Boston
Hamilton
Keeler
Baltimore
Elulared Schedules Highlight Eleven Opponents Record
The appended table shows how each team fared against its eleven opponents, revealing the overall standings and key results. The record underscores competitive balance and marks the season’s early progress.
Boxing Gossip Spans Cities From Boston To London Card
Reports from South Boston Louisville Syracuse London Detroit Chicago and Coney Island detail multiple boxing matches with six to twenty six round bouts. Notable pairings include Mauree oenberg versus Crockey Boyle Patsy Sweeney versus Thanny Snyder Jack Daly versus Jem Curran and Dick O'Brien versus Johnny Gorman across venues and dates.
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Boston
Farragut Wt
Shawmut Boat Club
Seaside
Dick O’brien
Johnny Gorman
Coney Island
Billy Smith
Hoboken
Tom Kelly
Detroit
Pelican A. C
Brooklyn
City Point A. C
South Boston
Rosenberg
Crockey” Boyle
Boyle
Manchester
Eng
Harry Dally
Cooper A. C
Tom Heffernan
Somerset A. C
Young D’arcy
North End
A. C
Jerry Callahan
Lynn
Alec Collins
London
Colly Barrett
Walter Collins
Bert McIntyre
Hub A. C
Bob Alen
Jack Hamilton
Troy
N. Y
Eddy Berne
N.Y
Dave Wall
Polo A. C
New York
Tim Kearns
N. H
Frank Connolly
Jim Davenport
Noddle Island
East Boston
Roanoke A. C
Young Corey
Sailor Smith
Columbia R. A
Jack Foley
North Shore A. C
City Point
Charley Lynch
Charlestown A. C
Broadway A. C
Fall River
Angus Reed
Magnolia A. C
Charlestown
Ben de Barry
National A. C
Bob Ringwood
Martin Riley
Danny McMahon
Tuxedo A. C
Philadelphia
Elwood ‘McCloskey
Quaker City A. C
Frank Farley
Arena
Jack Mahoney
Manyunk
Penn
Andy Rambo
Harry Styles
Trenton
N. J
Frank Bradley
Athens
George Hadden
Billy Needham
City Point A. M
Mauree Oenberg
Crockey
Patsy Sweeney
Thanny Snyder
Frank Connelly
Louisville
Tom Lansing
Dick Moore
Monarch A. C
Syracuse
Jack Daly
Wilmington
Jem Curran
Jem Curran, 25 Rounds; Bilupire A.C. At London, Kug
Frank Craig
Billy Edwards
National Sporting Club
Dilly Smith
Hoboken Cyclone
Chicago
MacGurn
Interscholastic league opens with strong River and Salem teams
Fall River High and Salem High arrange senior interscholastic games to compare teams as the season progresses. Next Saturday the Interpreparatory School League opens with Milton Academy versus Roxbury Latin and Noble & Greenough against Vorkman's School. Tech versus Worces Tech and Cambridge Manual Training at Fall River highlight the schedule. Somerville High faces Needham A A at Tufts Oval. they are favored to win but face three required losses to claim the title as the league notes evenly matched strength.
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Fall River High
Salem High
Milton Academy
Roxbury Latin School
Milton
Noble & Greenough’s
Vorkman’s School
South End
Tech
Worces Tech
Boston
Cambridge Manual Training School
Fall River
Fall River High School
Somerville High
Needham A. A
Tufts Oval
Rex McDonald Sold for Five Thousand Nine Dollars
The renowned saddle and show stallion Rex McDonald was sold to Colonel F. W. Brees of Mexico Missouri for 5009 dollars. Kremer of West Point is acclaimed as the top goal kicker this fall. Major Pratt of Carlisle says he will pull the team if Indians use unfair tactics. George H. Brooke, ex Penn full back, is seriously ill with typhoid fever contracted in Porto Rico. Michael Salmon defeated Charles Kirlin in a fifty yard dash at Mahony City Penn for a 3250 purse, clocking 53.5 seconds.
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Kremer
West Point
Major Pratt
Carlisle
Indians
George H. Brooke
University of Pennsylvania
Porto Rico
Michael Salmon
Charles Kirlin
Mahony City
Penn
Salmon
Dr Bull's Coough Syrup for Whooping Cough Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr Bulls cough syrup as a child friendly remedy for whooping cough and croup priced at 26 cents. It markets a simple syrup formula aimed at parents seeking quick relief for young sufferers.
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Bull
Jockey Sloan Receives Illustrious Welcome in London
In London crowds praise American jockey Ted Sloan after his upset Middle Park victory at Newmarket aboard Caiman. Aristocratic ladies led by the Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Randolph Churchill greet him as he leaves the weighing room, while British papers sing his praises and hint at future stays in England.
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London
Ted Sloan
Newmarket
United Kingdom
Sloan
Middle Park
Lord William Beresford
Caiman
Duchess of Devonshire
William Beresford
Hammersley
Sporting Life
Carman
Sportsman
Meddler to be sold again after Forbes death
The famed Boston race horse Meddler is slated for sale following the death of owner William H. Forbes. Previously tied to Squire Abingdon Baird, Meddler’s Derby prospects and turf history are compared with Isinglass, Raeburn, and other horses as he stands eight years old at Neponset Farm in Readville.
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Boston
Meddler
Squire Abingdon Baird
William H. Forbes
Baird
Squire Abingdon
New Orleans
United States
Charley Mitchell
Corbett
Isinglass
Mr. Baird
England
Mr. Forbes
Sandown Park
Newmarket
Busybody
Petrarch
Olympia Theatre deal in New York under question
An interview with A H Chamberlain claims he secured the Olympia Theatre New York through Boston capital and will manage it, but local inquiries find no corroboration. The Olympia, sold to New York Life Insurance Co, has drawn repeated speculative reports amid talk of needed upgrades costing 150000 to 200000 dollars.
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New York
A. H. Chamberlain
Olympia Theatre
Boston Capital
Olympia
New York Life Insurance Company
E. H. Morse
England
Mr. Chamberlain
Shaftsbury Theatre
London
Leibler Bros
Viola Allen
R. H. Allen
Chamberlain
Stolen horse valued at ten thousand dollars
Chicago community reports the theft of Populist, a nationally known steeplechase horse, from Corrigan stables at Hawthorne track. The Kentucky-imported racer was valued at $10,000 and disappeared today.
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Chicago
Corrigan
Hawthorne Track
Kentucky
Parts Factory's Paris Move Boosts American Bicycle Era
Pepe Manu Manufacturing announces a Paris factory to produce motor carriages and bicycles for Europe. Key staff Brown, Berg, and Eames head to set up operations with Clement in Paris. Bardwell, Smith, and Lewis sail Oct. 25 to join leadership. Presence aims to sharpen US competition with European makers.
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America
Pepe Manufacturing Company
Paris
L. P. Sheldon
George H. Day
Hart O. Berg
Iieutenant H. H. Eames
Berg
M. Clement
Sheldon
Perg
Eames
Enterpress
T. Bardwell
Pope Motor Car
Charlies Smith
R. C. Lewis
Bardwell
Pope Manufacturing Company
France
Boston cycle clubs plan winter league and tournaments
A Boston meeting at the Charlestown Cycle Club voted to continue the league through the winter and to stage tournaments in bowling, pool, and whist. Represented clubs included Alter Ego, Chelsea, Powhatan, Em, Suffolk, Berkshire, and Charlestown, with one more to complete the league. A second meeting next Sunday will formalize the permanent organization and set the schedule.
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Boston
Charlestown
Alter Ego Club
Chelsea
Powhatan Cycle Club
Em Cycle Club
Suffolk Ccycle Club
Berkeley Cycle Club
Band Concert for Charity at Boston Theatre
Brooke and the Chicago Marine Band offered a popular program with classic touches including Rienzi and Narcissus. Sibyl Sammis sang repeatedly as the audience demanded encores. Proceeds benefited the Red Cross Bureau.
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Boston
Brooke
Chicago
Nevin
Our Nation’s Guard
Sibyl Sammis
Red Cross Bureau
Harvard graduate doctor dies in Cherryfield Maine
Dr. Charles J. Milliken, a Harvard Medical School graduate of 1866, prominent Cherryfield physician for thirty years, dies of paralysis at age 55. He served on the Cherryfield Academy board of trustees and was active in local educational affairs.
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Cherryfield
Charles J. Milliken
Maine
Harvard Medical School
Cherryfield Academy
D Milliken
Benedicts athletic daughter leads New Jersey coaching trip
Miss Helen R Benedict of Greenwich Conn daughter of Commodore E C Benedict returns from a coaching tour in New Jersey. She rode, sculled, shot, golfed and drove four in hand with a party including Colonel William Jay and Mrs Jay. She sails and races her own knockabout yacht Vaquero Jr winning a fifty dollar cup at Newport while Mrs Jone s Carolina placed close behind.
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Greenwich
Conn
Helen R. Benedict
Commodore E. C. Benedict
New Jersey
William Jay
Jay
Thomas Hastings
Louise Benedict
Kew
Miss Benedict
Pembroke Jones
Newport
Stoot Yachts
Ihs Occision
Vaquero Jrr
Mrs. Jones
Carolina
Long the Water Front News of Gale and Harbor Activity
A northwest gale across the bay dampened towboats and large vessels aiming around Cape Cod. Captain Pierce of C. B. Sanford turned back with two coal barges, others followed, few fishing boats reached port. Lampasas and Lamparas to Galveston port set for new steam service. Lampasas details noted. Yachting anchors drift to winter quarters near Rowe's wharf. vessels America and Dallas observed. Dr Horace F. Bragdon of East Boston dies after typhoid fever. Captain Byron F. Pragdon of Guardian Harbor Master mourned. Naval cadets begin winter term aboard Enterprise at the Massachusetts nautical training ship location.
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Cape Cod
Cape
Pierce
C. B. Sanford
Chatham
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Fairfax
Baltimore
Norfolk
H. M. Whitney
New York
Prince Edward
Long Wharf
Bras d'Or Lakes
Sydney
Mulgrave
St. Peter’s Canal
Hawkesbury
C. B
Halifax
Pye
Lunenburg
N.S
Vera
Galveston
Lampasas
Parstow
Mallory Line
New England
J. Roach & Son
Chester
Penn
John T. Cullinan
George N. Shaw
St. John
Alice
Beardman
Calais
Rowe’s Wharf
America
Dallas
Clark
Horace FE. Braydon
Boston
Byron F. Pragdon
Steamer Guardian
Graydon
Bragdon
Jack Hayden
North End
Atlantic Yacht Club
Ned Dixon
Atlanta
Commercial Wharf
Minnie R
Taylor
Philadelphia
Walier Forge
Portland
bDorge Merriam
Gettysburg
Douglass
Maitland
N. 8
Linwood
Kemp
Juno
Barbadoes
W. I
Mystic Wharf
Puenos Ayres
Naval
Massachusetts Nautical
Enterprise
White Spirits Wharf
North End Park
Harvard Sees Yale Tactics Versus Newton in Scrimmage
Harvard observers report Yale played straight football against Newton, exposing no new tricks. The Crimson face three weeks of heavy prep for Pennsylvania with Chicago and Carlisle tests looming, while coach MacMasters pushes hard training and mass formations to improve line play and speed.
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Harvard
Yale
Newton
Horton
Russell
Tommy Curtis
Pennsylvania
Crimson
Cambridge
Chicago
Carlisle Indians
West Point
Dibblee
West Pointers
West
MacMasters
Runnymede Club Pure Whiskey Under Government Supervision
Distilled stored aged and bottled under the supervision of VU in a government backed label. The entry proclaims Runnymede Club whiskey as pure and compliant with oversight standards.
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VU. 8
Government
Lichtenberg Arrested in Milwaukee for Brookfield Axe Murders
Police at Brookfield receive a Milwaukee dispatch naming William Lichtenberg alias Paul Mueller a Bohemian charged with the January 7 Brookfield murders of Francis D Newton, Sarah Newton, and Elsie Newton. A farm hand supervisor was suspected. two poisons found on the prisoner before he was taken to Chicago.
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Brookfield
Mass
Milwaukee
William Lichtenberg
Paul Mueller
Francis D. Newton
Sarah A. Newton
Elsie
Newtons
Lichtenberg
Chicago
Le likowitz Benefit Concert In Baldwin Place Hall
A charity concert last evening at Baldwin Place Hall honored Professor George Lelikowitch with proceeds aiding him. Simon Alexander presided. Hebrew dramatic company members performed in Yiddish and were praised by a large audience. Abraham Alpert organized the event and gave large aid.
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Baldwin Place Hall
George Lelikowitch
Simon Alexander
Lelikowitch
Hebrew Dramatic Company
Palace Theatre
David Levenson
Lazarus Mitnick
Lizie Minhorn
F. Wisenberg
Linkman
Air
Samuel
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Bob Montgomery
Joe Robinson
Spike Sullivan
Jimmy Dunne
Paterson
Owen Zeigler
Tom Shortell
Jack Waldron
Walter Burgo
Danny Brennan
Andy Daly
Charley Bennett
Johnny Sheehan
Ike McLean
Phil Brennan
Seaside A. C
Frank Scott
Eugene Bezenah
Jack Lewis
Casper Leon
Harry Forbes
Tommy, West
Harry Fisher
Leslian A. C
F.rst
Leacue
Collins
Tenney
Stahl
Lewis
Uo Hergen
Stafford
Nichols
Willis
Bransf'ld
Sasse
Btahl
Stenney
Er Ewes
Je Duffy
Bergen
O Nichols
Klobedanz
P Sete Nee
Duffy
Yeager
Wills
Bransfield
Tee
O Smith
Nichols Stenee
Hickman
Brook
Wasttn
Jack O'Brien
Jack Hoenilton
Manhattan A. C
Lyceum Hall
Farragut
Kid Lavigne
Watsy Sweeney
George McCarthy
Young Curtis
Larry Hayes
Billy Campbell
Walter Long
Dick Mradley
Young McDonald
Spider Foley
Ener Godfrey
EU Ae
World OF Sport
Rex McDonald
Mexico
Abinedon Baird
THE
Pepe Manufacturing
Gomueny
Give
Suffolk
Gossip OF the Wheel World
Ed Austin W. Pease
Castle Square Hotel
Alan Aldrich
C. F. Ames
R. E. Butterfield
J. W. Bragcon
W. B. Brackett
W. B. Chipman, Jr
J. A. Clark
Warner Demond
H. W. Dewey
J. M. Fisher
W. KE. Files
Trinity
Acton
Frank S. Cohen
Massachusetts Bicycle Club
Ellis
BE. P. Jones
A. M. Blades
W. F. Martin
Llow
F. S. Corlew
Bert Corilew
Kitty Knox
J. Harvey Conover
Eddie Reardon
Wonder
Brookline
Mr. Corlew
Washington Street
Eddie McDuffee
Bob Walthour
Bert Repine
Omaha
Stadison Square Garden
Columbia
Hartford
Yom Linton
Bonheurs
Linton
Suffolk Bicycle Club
Wirtes Touqnent
Suffolk League of Grole
Sandinie
Richmond Island
Ele. T
Were
Helens Benedict
Elis
Lelikowtch
Cincinnati, U
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