Treasury Quint Dominates Departmental League Play
Treasury team earned two wins over Agricultural The in a strong showing last night securing the Departmental League honors. Meyers led scoring with consistent high games while Carrol Rice Gorman and Meld contributed solid totals. Royal Arcanum and Plate Printers leagues featured up to two hundred scores but fell short of top form. Tomorrow the District League Market House faces Baltimore Monarchs, while North Philadelphia seeks South tour games and Harry Davis shifts to Penn coaching duties.
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Treasury Quint
Treasury
Agricultural
Meyers
Carrol
Rice
Gorman
Meld
Royal Arcanum League
Eckstein
Allison
Beckett
Ourays
Voigt
St. Louis
New York
Land
Vmira Agricultural
Igs
Willams
Drake
Ouray
Voizt
Olver
Schmidt
Lenz
Junghans
Sponemeyer
Rosenbaum
Lang
Amd Helmertcke
Ai McCarthy Ee
Cee
Palace
Market House
Monarchs
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Bishop
Luralighter Wins Handicap at Panama and Other Track Results
Race summaries from New Orleans Panama Park and other tracks report heavy going, several favorites winning including Pawtucket Laura Hunter and Merry Acrobat, with Caithness interfered at the start and Metallic jumping the outer fence. Other notes cover Oakland Ascot Park and Hot Springs postponement due to frozen track and bad weather.
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Pawtucket
Laura Hunter
Merry Acrobat
Presentment
Fox Hunting
the Buffoon
Omeala
Julia ML
Ahumada
New Orleans
Crescent City Jockey Club
Caithness
Metallic
Isabella D
Decoration
Baird
Brunswick
W. Robtina
Gracious
EB. Rica
Tod
Frank Rice
the Eye
Hello
Milford
Hershman
Worthington
Kenton
Braskill
J. Hennesay
Santion
J. McIntyre
Time
Revellie
Garret Wilson
Pyrrho
Crimmins
Charlie Dickson
Schilling
Helie of
Portland
Murphy
Dusky
Halcyon Days
Radium
Jim Hale
Calendula
Cherry Boy
Prince Russell
Oli Stone
W. Robbins
Floral Wreath
Lucy Younger
Crimming
Vipecine
Mayor Johnson
Harry New
E. Rice
Hayal Arms
GQ Morris
Southampton
Always Faithful
Presentiment
J. Phillips
Alive Lloyd
Aubuchin
Dixie Andrews
T. Meade
Josie
St. Venice
Clique
Tsuheila D
Nightmare
Luralighter
Panama
Orlean
Jockey Club
Panama Park
Nice
Red Ruler
John Garner
Chaney
Pearl S
Lucius
Mint Smash
Ascot Park
Los Angeles
Cal
Ascot
Esort
Cazador
Jim Bozeman
Grafter
Marylander
Allegiance
Lou Welson
Slauson
Bandilla
Bailey
Nellie May
Lady Nimora
Lady Mirthtul
Maggie Mackey
Lady Rica
Evermore
Dr. Tom
Ethel Decht
Gondolus
Girdiestone
James Corbett
Brooks Course
Ripper
Invictus
Golden Light
Cincinnatus
Iras
Eleven Bells
King Thorpe
Frank Perley
Motlakatla
Boshee
Jon Kelly
Sweet Kitty Bellaires
Cotlilion
Det Coronado
Azetina
Dod Anderson
Mocorite
Cloverton
la Tortla
Dolly Weithoff
Matt Gentry
Revel
Durbar
Tryon
Erteula
Danzil
Flora Bright
Dixelie
Formita
Miss Powell
Hot Springs
Ark
Racing entries from Crescent City and Panama Park shows
A dense list of morning racing entries at Crescent City Panama Park and Oakland with multiple races. Entries include horses and prices like Bountiful 101 Flora Levy 104 and Lady Free Knight 94, plus later cards at Oakland with numerous mounts and odds across six races in each track’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
Bountiful
Baggerly
Flora Levy
Heritage
Nandora
Bean
Anti-trust
Mying Charcoal
Betle Harvard
Brunswick
Senora
Hakim
Hihg. Clique
Bennock Belle
Triumphtress
Truffe Hunter
Josie
Isabella D
Dixie Andrews
Simplicity
Halcyon Days
Presentiment
Algotha
Margery Gaffney
Lady Free Knight
Worthington
Fitzbrillar
Emma A. M
Whorler
Fannette
Lord of the Valley
Barkermore
Rankin
Vertbest
Inspector Girl
Anodyne
Mosaic
Handbag
Ruth W
Bertha E
Gracious
Goldaga
Flautus
Bourke Cochran
Lea King
Lady Patricia
Bride
JuMa Junkin
Tambourine II
Breaker
Metlita
Louis Stapp
Milly Cook
Miss Aubrey
Bonnie Kithe
Lady Belare
Gerda
Sixteen Clubs in League Planned for Mount Pleasant Area
The Sunday-school Athletic Association met at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church to discuss changes to the constitution and a proposed baseball season. A 16 club league would split into two sections with games at Mount Pleasant, Northeast Washington, and White Lot grounds, starting April 24 and totaling about 56 games plus a post season series.
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Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Prevost
Mount Pleasant
Fourteenth Street
Lydecker Avenue
C and D Street
Washington
White House
Royal Arcanum League
East Washington
White Lot
F. W. Bolgiano
Foundry
Fifteenth Street
Jits
G.A. Prevast
Presient
Gunton Presbyterian
T.W. Fowler
Mount Pleasent M. E
A. L. Dietrich
Mount Vernon M
EB. S
J. H. West
Mount Pleasant Congregational
F. W. Bolglano
Founty M. E
M. F. Thompson
M. D
Sixth Presbyterian
H. 3. Doyle
Gurley Presbyterian
E. F. Calladay
Fourth Presbyterian
W. A. Miller
Wilson M
Walter Price
Fifth Baptist
Solomon Carr, Jr
Douglas M. Orl
D. B. Ingalls
First Congregational
William B. Green
St. Stephen’s P
J. @. Kinnear
Calvary
A. O. Clark
Metropolitan Baptist
Fletcher Drives World One Mile Record In Cuba
In Havana on February 14 H W Fletcher set a world one mile auto record in 45 seconds driving an eighty horsepower car, beating existing marks and clocking eighty mph. Joe Tracy nearly matched the middleweight record, while a kilometer trial fell short by seven seconds. Fletcher and Mendoza led five ten and twenty kilometer races, with Fletcher posting 3 41 5 for five k, 8 67 for ten k, and 11 81 5 for twenty k, as Mendoza finished twenty k in 21 13.
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J. W. Fletcher
Havana
H. W. Fletcher
O. F. Thomas
Joe Tracy
J. S. Miller
Hemmery
Ostend
Belgium
Fletcher
Tracy
Augiers
France
Mendoza
Taylor Answers Charges in League Inquiry
National League directors adjourned to decide on charges against St Louis pitcher John Taylor. Taylor defended himself against accusations he threw a game for Pittsburg and violated league rules and his contract. Schedule meetings were set for tomorrow with aims for a post season world series in fall.
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New York
Toduy
National League
John Taylor
St. Louis
Taylor
Marty Pulliam
A. Tt. Sioden
Heston
Garry Herrmann
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
National Commission
Herrmann
Local Wrestler Grabs Tempestive Match With Parker
Washington tonight hosts a fast paced bout between Joe Grant and Harvey Parker. Parker, a Brockton veteran, is described as a master of the sport with decade long experience. Grant seeks a career defining win and plans an extended campaign built on defeating Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Parker
Joe Grant
Washington
Parker
Grant
Brockton
Princeton gymnastic schedule headlines nine home meets
Princeton New Jersey February 14 manager Z Wallower announced the nine school gymnastic meets for the season. The slate centers on the intercollegiate meet at Princeton on March 31 for the first time and a triangular meet with Harvard at Cambridge on March 10. The schedule lists February 17 with the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and ends March 31 with the intercollegiate contest at Princeton.
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Princeton
N. J
Z. Wallower
Harvard
Cambridge
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Washington
Lawrenceville
Newark Academy
Newark
Amherst
Yate
New Haven
New York University
New York
Prize fight in St Louis canceled by police order
In St Louis on February 14 the Monte Atteli versus Jimmy Walsh boxing match was declared off by Chief of Police Kiely after a conference with Prosecuting Attorney Dalton. The issue centered on selling a membership ticket to the club and then reserved seats with the ticket, deemed illegal. The chief ordered officers to enforce the cancellation.
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St. Louis
Monte Atteli
San Francisco
Jimmy Walsh
Boston
Commercial Athletic Club
Kiely
Dalton
Kieley
Brooks Loses in Preliminary Round of National Racquet Title
George H. Brooks of Philadelphia, the current national champion, was defeated in the preliminary rounds by M. S. Barger of the New York Racquet and Tennis Club at the New York Club court. Scores show Barger winning multiple games in a best of five format as the event unfolds on February 14 in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George H. Brooks
Philadelphia
M. S. Barger
G. H. Brooks
Payne Whitney
Ve. R. K. Cagnatt
Jd. Blair
Untitled Verse Query From Louisville Courier Journal
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal asks for a statesman not indicted or a judge not impeached, conveyed as a poetic plea or epigraph about public figures and accountability. The fragment cites an affrighted speaker asking for names to match integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Jo
Alexandria News In Brief On Electric Franchise Vote And Interchangeable Tickets
At a semimonthly city council meeting the sale of the electric light and power franchise dominated debate though the motion was laid on the table after a heated session. A long report covered street work claims against the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company and a $252 state investigation expense. A key vote split on sale, with a subsequent reconsideration attempt. A memo from Maj. Myers confirms a temporary interchange of tickets on steam roads serving Alexandria and Washington.
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Washington Post Bureau
Kings Street
Alexandria
Electric Light
Messrs. Patterson and
Marshall
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon
King, Fairfax, and
Prince Streets
King Street
Fairfax
Prince Street
Committee On Finance and
Alexandria Free Kindergarten
Finance Committee
Peter Aitcheson
Duke Street
Royal and
Pitt Streets
Committee
Strauss
Citizens’ Telephone Company
Cochran
Board of Health
Committee On Finance
General Lawe
Assembly
State Corporation Commission
Electric Railway Company
Hellmuth
C. F. Thompson
Bryan
Snowden
Messrs. Leadbeater
Burke
Risheill
Brill
Baader
Messrs
Wiliams
Harrison
Spinks
Gryan
Mr. Snowden
Maj. Myers
Hume School Building Delayed to February Second
The completion of the Hume school building is postponed to February 2 percent remaining heating efforts show little improvement. Mount Vernon Electric Railway flights are nearly halted with no Washington to city train between 9 50 pm and 12 01 am. The Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway stockholders meeting at Mount Vernon adjourned after two stockholders attended. Several officials traveled to Emond to attend the Grand Lodge of Masonry in Virginia.
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Hume
Mount Vernon
Washington, Alexandria
Fire at Brevoort House in Chicago Causes Heavy Loss
A blaze at the Brevoort House on Madison Street gutted the hotel from basement to third floor, causing about 100000 in damage and forcing 150 guests to flee. Jewel thief claims 10000 missing from a New York salesman’s room as three firemen are injured by ceiling collapse. Fire started from crossed electric wires at 2 20 am. smoke hindered crews and guests evacuated via hotel telephones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Madison Street
Louis W. Weill
New York
Dakota Divorce Denied by Canton Judge
Judge J W Jones refused to grant Frank A Bassett a Bridgeport man a divorce from Florence May Bassett citing illegal relations in Bridgeport and after moving to Canton. He ordered alimony and child support with custody to remain with Mrs Bassett in Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Jones
Canton
J. W. Jones
Frank A. Bassett
Bridgeport
Conn
Florence May Bassett
Bassett
Rassett
Theater Panic Averted by Prompt Stage Management
A smoke odor in the Mahauley’s Theater in Louisville during a Maxine Elliott performance sparked fear among patrons. The second act was underway when the odor caused unease. stage management quickly lowered the curtain and calmed the audience. The source of the smoke was not determined.
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Maxine Elliott
Louisville
Magauley
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