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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1902
Page
3
The piece rebuts a Lowell rival claim that Lawrence never lost to a wholly Lowell schoolteam, noting three years of defeats and detailing past scores and players. It describes local pride in Lowell athletics and upcoming games versus Waltham and H S Alumni.
The Fairmounts beat Sergt Connors led squad 2270 to 2177 on Les Miserables alleys last night. Officer Breault was high with 624 followed by strong support from Inspector Walsh and other Fairmounts. Lunch by F J Burns concluded the event.
The eighteen year old Lucien Lyne will ride for James R. Keene next season at a salary of 20,000 dollars annually. Once obscure, Lyne has risen through hard work to become America’s premier jockey.
In Memphis at the driving park, Prince Albert beat Sir Albert S. in a special $12,000-a-side half mile match, setting a new world record of 57 2-5 seconds though Sir Albert S. faltered near the turn. Prime rivals included Mazuma and Fanny Dillard in other races, with Ferenc and Lord Derby also securing notable finishes.
Chicago scorable fast six round decision sees Jack Root beat Kid Carter in a brisk city contest. Earlier in Philadelphia Young Erne lasts six rounds with Young Corbett at the Washington Sporting Club despite 24 falls and a mix of rough exchanges.
Lawrence faces Lowell in a polo league clash with Chelsea slated as Thursday’s opener. Key players such as Hart, Higgins, Holderness, Bone, Canavan, Lations, Gavitt, and Coggeshall star, while Rumors surround Hipson’s absence and Parsons coaching influence boosts prospects.
Edward Schmidt, Staunton tackle, died from head injuries sustained in a game with a St. Louis club. After his death the Staunton team, led by the captain, burned the goal posts and set fire to their uniforms, announcing no more football in Staunton.
Attleboro police and Medical Examiner Holden investigate a bizarre case in which a young woman, whose name is unknown, is observed wandering with an infant's body wrapped in newspaper. The child died in Warren Rhode Island early Saturday. burial arranged only after the medical examiner examined the body. The woman disappeared with the body and may have returned to Rhode Island. no trace found by late hour.
New York manager McGraw contests Ban Johnson’s Chicago issued list for next season, saying it misrepresents by including players who have already signed with New York or other National League clubs.
Waterbury board of public safety declined to revoke the license for the fifth Young Corbett Rice bout. The exhibition will proceed November 6 despite local opposition unless the State's attorney steps in.
The child died at nine and Mrs. Golden followed at 9 20 PM after fatal burns. Ella Stone, by marriage Mrs. William L. F., formerly of Lawrence hosiery, leaves husband, one child Margaret, father John Stone, mother Helen Stone of Scotts Town Quebec, sister Jennie Stone, and brother Charles Stone. The husband works at Merrimack mills, formerly at Pilling's shoe shop.
Scranton Pa Oct 27 108 collieries run by five major firms here show 13 idle. Erie 33 faces working five idle. Delaware and Hudson 25 working five idle. DL&W 19 working three idle. Ontario and Western 11 working three idle. Temple Seven working one idle. Butter colliery floods being worked in new levels. About 80 percent of Lacawanna region employees back at work. firms expect 70 percent normal output by Wednesday. Four amanuenses added at District President Nichols HQ to prep material for the strike commission statement by National President Mitchell.
Allard of the P A C in fine form after polo play, manager James Gray bets his team will best the Burkes in the series. Salary cap of five dollars per game observed, though many players exceed it. Ware’s admission and expense coverage impact the road schedule. Urban hall in Lowell will host out of town games, not large enough for P A C Burke matchups but profitable for supporters. All P A C vs Burke will be played in Huntington.
Zion Cricket Club held a tea party last evening at Wyman's Exchange drawing a large crowd. Prizes were awarded for high cricket averages including a bat for Charles Waite and a bat for Robert Birtwistle. Rev N W Matthews spoke on cricket and sports. a varied program followed with readings songs and speeches. A supper was served by club supporters.
In St Louis on October 27 16 former House of Delegates members indicted on bribery charges tied to the suburban franchise bill faced trial in Judge Douglass division. Circuit Attorney Folk said the state was ready for trial and most defendants sought separate trials. Edmund Bersch case moved to disqualify Judge Douglass with a venue change requested. Judge Ryan to hear venue arguments tomorrow morning.
About a thousand students at Michigan Agricultural College struck in Lansing to protest the suspension of 17 peers from a freshman-sophomore rush ten days earlier. No classes were held in the afternoon as mass meetings demanded reinstatement, but the faculty remained firm.
Former President Cleveland tells Trenton reporter he cannot engage in the party fight. He says his Morristown speech was reluctantly agreed to for possible good, but the avalanche of requests to speak or write letters is too much. He notes the Democratic stance on tariff revision is the paramount issue in American politics.
Washington reports that a claim the reciprocity treaty talks with Newfoundland were abandoned due to Senator Todege's opposition is unfounded. Senator Lodge supports a treaty if Gloucester's interests are protected. Negotiations reportedly continue with hope for a favorable result.
Ban Johnson, president of the American Baseball League, speaks in New York about a proposed new team. He says every listed player has contracts with AL clubs and Baltimore will be dropped to make way for New York. Ground leases on Manhattan Island are secured, with location details to come.
Fred Renaud aged 63 of Howard Street lies unconscious at Emergency Hospital after a 12 foot fall from a bridge behind Livingston's coal yard in the early hours yesterday. Doctors fear brain hemorrhages. Philip Greyway at St John’s is reported improving toward recovery this morning.
Paris dispatch says Burns an American horseman expelled after turf scandal investigations has been re extradited to the United States. An interior ministry directive orders immediate expulsion. Burns was arrested this afternoon and will be escorted to the frontier.
Boer commanders Kritzinger Fouche and Joubert spoke at Cambridge tonight and faced an angry crowd. Kritzinger fled the scene and had to run to escape as police escorted the others to their hotels amid the tense episode.
New York October 27 Julia Marlowe is understood to have canceled her engagements for the next two weeks because of illness. She was to perform in Baltimore tonight but fell ill in Providence Sunday night and is now in New York at her apartments under a physician's care.
Shamokin Pennsylvania October 27 Four thousand men and boys reported for duty at the mines but only a third were employed as gangways were blocked by roof falls and water. The tenth regiment was ordered from Second Brigade headquarters to be sent to Paris if disturbances arise by the middle of the current week.
The speech condemns trusts for officers’ gain and political corruption while praising the need to reform them rather than destroy them. It debates tariff revision principles, opposing market imports that harm domestic industries, and supports labor rights tempered by nonviolence and respect for others’ choices.
The passage asserts a republic cannot survive if any group imposes its will on others freedom. It argues elevating labor elevates citizenship and justifies the roles of schools, churches, tariffs, and law as essential to the republic’s life.
Saratoga New York October 27 The union and the company denied rumors that the strike at the Hudson Valley railroad had been called off.
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