Matthewson dies by own action in Scranton
Nicholas Matthewson eighteen year old brother of Christy Matthewson star pitcher, died in Scranton from a self inflicted bullet wound to the head. A Lafayette College student and promising ball player, it is believed his mind was affected leading to death by his own action.
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Scranton
Nicholas Matthewson
Christy Matthewson
New York National League Baseball Club
Matthewson
Lafayette College
State League Tonight Brings Middletown A C A Rivalry
The State League game tonight features Middletown A C A visiting the local First Team in a fast contest. Middletown lineup includes Matthias, Morgan Jones, Geer, Hurlburt, and Doe vener T 4, while Bridgeport fields Downing, Hogg, Hron, Curtiss, Dewning, Lane, Barnsley, Cone. Referee is Daniel Ahearn of Middletown. Game starts at 8 15 p m to accommodate Middletown’s travel. both teams chase top honors with New Britain Y M C A in the mix.
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Bridgeport
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Hogg
Hron
Curtiss
H. Dewning
Lane
Barnsley
Cone
Daniel Ahearn
Othe New Britain Y. M. C. A
Attell Keeps Title As Weeks Falls In Goldfield Bout
Abe Attell retained his championship with a tenth round knockout of Freddie Weeks in Goldfield. Weeks fought bravely, but Attell battered him into insensibility after a hard 206 round scheduled bout. The defeat marked Weeks as one of the toughest foes faced by the Californian champion.
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Freddie Weeks
Foxy Abe
Weeks
Scrapper
Gill for Minneap olis Pittsburg deal lands Gill with Minneapolis
Pittsburgs baseball club completed a cash deal with Manager Mike Cantillion moving Warren Gill from Oklahoma City to Minneapolis. Gill proved solid in 25 league games with no errors, while Pittsburg plans to start Alstein at first base next season.
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Pittsburgh Baseball Club
Mike Cantillion
Mneapolis
Warren Gill
Oklahoma City
Minneapolis
Fred Clarke
Dreyfuss
Gill
Grand Kids
Pirates
Alstein
Nelson Meets Roosevelt Lightweight Champion Praises Ride
Washington January 15 Battling Nelson lightweight world champion visited the White House for two hours and left with an autograph photograph of the President. He praised Roosevelt's ride of Wednesday and spoke of his own cow puncher background while Secretary Loeb facilitated most of the visit.
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Battling” Neljson
White House
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Nelson
Montana
Roosevelt
Bresnahan Heads to New York in Search of Giants Surplus
Toledo report says Roger Bresnahan, manager of the St. Louis Nationals, departed for New York to seek surplus players for his club. He would like Joe McGinnity, the famed pitcher, whose services New York had placed on waivers.
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Ohio
Roger Bresnahan
St. Louis Nationals
New York
Giants
Bresnahan
Joe McGinnity
NITCHER PITTINGER DIES IN CARLISLE PA
Charles R. Pittinger a longtime pitcher in the National and Eastern Leagues died in Carlisle Pennsylvania. Born in the city he drew notice while pitching for local teams. Known as The King he played in the National League for Ston and Philadelphia. Reached Orioles in 1907 and finished that year in Baltimore. He had been in poor health for some time.
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Carlisle
Charles R. Pittinger
Pittinger
Iton
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Orioles
POLO RESULTS AND LECTURE TONIGHT AT HIGH SCHOOL
Polo results last night show Fall River 9 Lynn 4, Brockton 4 Worcester, Providence 5 New Bedford 6. In the evening Prof. William Lyon Phelps of Yale University lectures on Robert Browning before the English Club, the first of four talks to close the half season. The lecture begins at 8 15 in the high school hall.
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Brockton
Worcester
Phelps
Browning
Robert Browning
Wm. Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Dope About the Amateurs Polo Team Commentary
Dick Barrett writes about Prospect Polo and Rosebuds with Jack Gallagher and Tam Gallagher sharing goal and halfback duties. Pete Brown from North End is not a polo player. Cold Water seeks first win. Lungy may be out this season. Sheriff Walters rumored to return as Yannigans face West Ends and Newfields.
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Jack Gallagher
Tam” Gallagher
The
Rosebuds
Tam
Pete Brown
North End Boiler
Great Basketball Game Scheduled
The High School Girls Basket Ball team faces Sigma Tau of New York, reputed Empire State champions. Bridgeport recently defeated them in overtime and adds Rose from Prospect to boost chances. A T. U. 5S. vs All-Armory preliminary precedes the main game with Cotter's orchestra playing between bouts tomorrow afternoon at the armory.
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Bridgeport
Miss Rose
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Corcoran Seeks Own Baseball Franchise and Captaincy
Tommy Corcoran brother of Phil Corcoran has offered to buy into the New Britain team and may pass on his Waterbury offer to own a franchise. He aims to become owner while Warner awaits the New Britain market, with a league directors meeting in New Haven to review the constitution and schedule. Meanwhile a batch of 200 to 300 Hungarian partridges is en route to the state for release next week.
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Phil
New Havens
Hanna
New Britain
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Waterbury
Sir Thomas
Cuba
Almeida
League
New Haven
O’rourke
Springfield
Sid
Fish and Game
Atlantic
Board of Trade Re elects Enos at annual meeting
The Board of Trade held its annual meeting in Taylor Building rooms. New members were elected, officers named including President Fred Enos, and the treasurer reported year receipts of 2927 72 with a balance of 59 22 after expenses. A report was postponed due to missing figures.
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Taylor Building
N. E. Wordin
Charles A. Nicholl
Merchant's Association of New York
Board For Postal Savings Banks
Railroad Business Men’s Association
Congr
Committee On Communications
William T. Hincks
Robert S. Hincks
W. P. Kirk
W. B. Allen
James A. Morris
Thomas A. Kirkham
Royal B. Curtis
Fred Enos
Wallace A. Smith
Frank T. Staples
I. W. Birdseye
Henry A. Bishop
N. H. Heft
Zalman Goodsell
David F. Read
D.N. Morgan
W. H. Marigold
George C. Edwards
George E. Somers
I. DeVer Warner
John G. Howland
8. T. Davis, Jr
Morris B. Beardsley
Henry Atwater
Henry Setzer
Dr. G. L. Porter
W. A. Grippin
D. E. Marsh
Enos
Col. Heft
George J.M. Eames
George W. Roberts
F. T. Staples
Mother as Four Children Burned to Death in Camp
Ashland Wisconsin January 15 Mrs Nathan Sheppard and four children perished in a fire at Hchlin s Camp south of town this morning Nat Sheppard the father attempted to rescue his family Columbus Ohio January 15 a new Imperial Window Glass Company will launch soon formed by leading glass manufacturers from across the country after meetings since Wednesday Washington January 15 naval experts appointed by Secretary Newberry to address What is the Matter With the Navy met at ten this morning in the secretary s office for one hour
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Hchlin’s
Here
Nat Sheppard
Columbus
Combina~ Tion
Imperial Window Glass Company
Representa~tives
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Newberry
Navy
Ships, economy in focus as conference meets president
The general subject of military and business situations of the country were discussed. Admiral Evans was kept away by illness. Later the conferees met with the President at the White House.
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White House
Death of Joel Rockwell Ridgefield Merchant and Brother-in-law
Joel Rockwell a retired Ridgefield merchant and brother-in-law of ex governors Phineas C. and George E. Lounsbury died at his home in Ridgefield Conn. He was a former merchant tailor in New Haven and later with Lounsbury Brothers and Rockwell shoe dealers in South Norwalk. He was a Mason and leaves two daughters and two sons. Funeral will be held Monday.
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Conn
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Phineas C
George E. Lounsbury
New Haven
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Norwalk
King of the Tramps Arrested in San Francisco
San Francisco January 15 Ben L Reitman, self-styled King of the Tramps and Socialist agitator, is jailed on eight counts of conspiracy tending to incite a riot. Bail set at 1000 dollars per charge, ill able to raise funds. He was arrested while en route to the Victoria Theatre for a planned Social 3 meeting.
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Ben L. Reitman
Reitman
Victoria Theatre
Social 3
Weather Indications In New Haven On Jan Fifteenth
Forecast calls for fair and colder weather tonight and Saturday. A storm centered in the Lake region yesterday moved through the St. Lawrence valley last night, leaving the area on its southern edge. It is followed by high pressure and much lower temperatures, with subzero readings expected in the upper Mississippi valley and northwest regions.
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Lake Region
St. Lawrence Valley
Mississippi Valley
Seaside Club Announces January Entertainment Night
The Seaside club entertainment committee schedules a Thursday evening event on January 21 with acts from the Lyceum Novelty Company the Metropolitan Glee club and Hendrickson the magician. Supper will be served after the program and Bentley's orchestra will provide music for informal dancing.
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Metropolitan Glee Club
Hendrickson
Magician
Bentley
Local Unionists Protest Wright Decision at Union Meeting
Central Labor Union members voted to protest Judge Wright's Supreme Court ruling in the Gompers Mitchell Morrison cases. They plan a mass meeting to analyze the opinion and will send resolutions to the president, other central labor bodies, and the press. The three labor men were sentenced to the penitentiary for contempt in the suit brought against the AF of L by Bucks Stowe & Range Co.
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Wright
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Messrs. Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Bucks Stoye & Range Co
Bridgeport Poultry Show Ends With Strong Demand
The first annual Bridgeport Poultry Pigeon and Pet Stock exhibition closed last night, drawing large crowds and high quality exhibits. The event showed strong city demand, yielded a profit to fund next year’s cages, and awarded silver medals to Al Schneider for a Dark Brahma cockerel and Dr M A Warriner for a Single Comb White Leghorn Bullet, with Willis Bros. among other winners.
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al. Schneider
Bridgeport
Best Birds Award Recipients in American and English Classes
The event honors White Wyandotte cockerel named bury as best bird in the American class and Sin gle Comb Black Orpington cockerel owned by Emil B. Doeher of Wallingford as best bird in the English class.
Cottages Burned at New Haven Fire Destroys Garage
West Haven saw two cottages and a garage destroyed by fire early today with a barn damaged but saved. Howard B. Welch’s cottage, George F. Hayden’s, and P. J. Kelly’s garage were involved. Estimated loss about $5,000. authorities suspect tramp refuge as the cause.
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New Haven
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West Haven
W. HL Jaques
Howard B. Welch
George F. Hayden
P. J. Kelly
Wall Street Today Early Trading and Relief Fund Note
In the first hour active interests stayed on closely held issues easy to move at 111 a m. By noon specialties dominated trading with many issues reacting vigorously. Contributions to the Italian Relief Fund via the Bank of Porto Trust Company and related accounts are noted, with references to Vincen William and a Post Office report.
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Vincen William
Modernly Equipped Offices Cure Men At Day Hours
Physicians and specialists invite men to seek treatment at modern offices. Office hours are 2 to 8 p m daily except Fridays and Sundays.
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