Moran Arrives in Baltimore for Key Featherweight Bout
Will meet Tony Moran in Baltimore after his planned star bout with Young Mack from Chester Pa was scrapped due to Mack’s hand injury. Moran was matched to face Tommy Lowe of Washington for fifteen rounds at catchweights, as Lowe gains several pounds. Moran is regarded as one of the best featherweights with an elite record.
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Tony Moran
New Era Athletic Club
Baltimore
Speeial
Washington Post
New York
Metropolis
Moran
Young Mack
Chester
New Dra Athletic Club
West Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Ed Crowley
Mike Sullivan
New Yorker
Tommy Lowe
Washington
Lowe
William and Mary Games Schedule Set for Upcoming Season
William and Mary manager Robert E Henley released a strong schedule for the season listing Dickinson College Fredericksburg College Richmond College Purman University North Carolina Trinity College Randolph Macon College and Hampden Sydney as opponents. The Hampden Sydney date is pending. Practice starts in ten days and optimism runs high about fielding a winning team.
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Wwestington
Williamshoro
Robert E Henley
Wiliam and Mary
Dickinson College Pa
Williamsburg
Fredericksburg College
Hichmond College
Purman University (Sc
Newburg
N C
Uniersity of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Trinity College, NC
Durham
Randolph-Mecon College
Henley
William and Mary
Lots of good jockeys boy develops in a season
Walter Miller rises from stable boy to top jockey as big stables seek his services. Other riders like Redfern Lyne McDaniel ONeill Knapp and Shaw face shifting contracts amid a talent surge. Industry figures speculate on salaries, transfers, and the rising cost of top talent in a crowded market.
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Walter Miller
Miller
W .A Stanton
Ms Services
Stanton
Whitney
Keene
Belmont
Redfern
Lauien Lyne
Little McDaniel
Mr Keene
McDaniel
Jockey Club
Jayne
New Orleans
Parker-Bridget Tailoring Offers Made-to-Order Garments in NYC
Our custom department ranks with New York City’s finest, featuring top foreign and American woollens. Expert cutters and skilled tailors craft made-to-order garments. Spring wootens patterns are refined and exclusive. Prices are fair for intrinsic value.
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New York City
Jockey prospects loom as winter wins lift Jamaican riders
The piece surveys notable jockeys returning from Western tracks and New Orleans winter success. Perrie, Nicol, and Micco show improved handling of top horses including Sysonby, while Burns, Fuller, and Crimmons plan fresh campaigns at Benning, Jamaica, and Aqueduct. Fuller's marriage and discipline noted as turning points.
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Jamaica
Perrie
New Orleans
Nicol
Sysonby
Micco
Fred Cook
George C. Henriett
Tommy Burns
Burns
Benedict
Benning
Grover Cleveland Fuller
Waller
Fuller
Mickey Crimmons
Gashouse
Aqueduct
New Racing Rules Adopted By American Turf Association
Louisville Ky Feb 25 New rules for governing racing on the tracks of the American Turf Association were adopted yesterday and announced today The changes include apprentice allowances only when jockeys ride for contract employers a three pound handicap for apprentices and a prohibition on races at unusual distances with no mile and forty yard races and no races exceeding one mile and a sixteenth The weight scale rises from eighty five to eighty seven pounds for three year olds and upward
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Louisville
American Turf Association
Naval Academy loses top pitcher A H Douglass
The Washington Post reports Annapolis Md Feb 25 that Naval Academy baseball star A H Douglass cannot join the team this season due to a lingering leg injury from a past football injury. Douglass, one of the academy's top two pitchers, will not participate in spring athletics. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad follows.
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Middies
Washington Post
Annapolis
Naval Academy
A. H Douglass
Douglass
Needham Douglass
Turf And Track Notes Detail New Orleans Meetings
Redfern visits New Orleans and mounts detailed notes on horses and owners. Wallace, ill in New Orleans, once owned The Winner and The Commoner. Yarmouth England races have netted 99500 over four years, with 2500 earmarked for the rate fund. Italian imports rise as English thoroughbreds and Arabs grow, while Burlew and O Neil return to prepare Newton Bennington's two year olds at Gravesend. Hermis and Stalwart face uncertain training futures. Capt and Mrs Beatty live at Svonsby Lodge, as Keene’s Sysonby lineage is traced. A full brother to Pretty Potty foals in Ireland, with Derby danger hinted for Admirable Crichton line. St Tous Fair Grounds faces sale amid racing law talk in Missouri. Singlestick’s hurdle ride ends second after a disturbance at Manchester. Gideon returns from Hot Springs skeptical about anti-racing bills, noting opposition from agricultural, labor, and saloon factions.
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Redfern
New Orleans
M' Wallace
Yarmouth
England
Italy
Fred” Burlew
Frank O Neil
New York
Newton Bennington
Gravesend
Burlew
Bennington
Hermis
Brighton
Stalwart
Capt
David Beatty
Marshall Field
Svsonsby Lodge
Melton
Mr Field
James R Keene
Sysonby Foxhall
Keene
Melton Mowbray
Ireland
Pretty Potty
Crichton
Pretty Polly
Admiration
Mooshen
Gallinule
St Tous Fair Grounds
Miss Woolford
Missouri
Manchester
Singlestick
Lod Marcus Beresford
Featherstonbaugh
Mat Gordon
Prompt
National Hunt
David Gideon
Hot Springs
Gideon
National Racquet Championship Final Set Between Waterbury and Whitney
Haughton and Whitney won their semi finals to advance to the national racquet championship final in Boston. Haughton defeated Waterbury after a four game match while Whitney beat Scott in straight sets. Also reported are doubles results and a feature on Morton's sprinting guide in Spalding's Library.
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Haughton
Payne Whitney
Boston
Lawrence Waterbury
New York
Percy D Haughton
Boston Athletic Association
Whitney
Scott
George Standing
George C Clark
Thomas Pettit
George Brooke
Philadelphia
P D Houghton
H D Scott
Auction notice for 250 horses at Bull's Head Bazaar
A sale on Wednesday February 28 1906 at 10 o'clock offers 250 head of horses including trotters pacers and mated pairs. consignors Mr L Gormen and Mr Charles Chick present top performers Wilson J S A JE HEIR APPARENT and Fluvanna mare. Exhibits on view until sale with business and work horses from Lancaster and Allentown Pa.
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Twentieth Street
L. Gormen
Warlungton
Allerton Prince
Waterloo
Chappie
Charles Chick
Witty ‘Wells
Balimen
Lancaster County
Con
J Mr Bush
Allentown
Magnates of Baseball Built Modern Major Leagues
The piece profiles baseball power brokers led by Bancroft Johnson and Henry Pulliam, tracing how former newspaper men shaped the American and National Leagues. It details expansion efforts from Boston to New York, the rise of owners like Comiskey and Taylor, and the financial forces behind the game’s growth and governance.
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Comiskey and Mack
Bancroft Byron Johnson
Henry Clay Pulliam
Johnson
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
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Lomsville
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Donovan
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Avetal
I Sheriff
Boston 1
Soden
W H Conant
Sadan U Conant
Sadan
Ste Ho
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National League
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Notes of the Diamond and spring baseball moves
Baseball notes describe managers and players changing teams and spring plans. Ghar Shodan may tie with an ump, Johnny Burke joins Kansas City area, Philadelphia and New York clubs prepare in the South, Duffey McGuire oversees Highlanders pitchers, and spring train dates in Birmingham Atlanta and Macon are set plus a Tyneburn and American League Park exhibition.
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St Louis
Ransis Ft Leahy
Deacon McGuire
Highlanders
Frank Fiahn
Jdahn
Cincinnati
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Avanta, Ga
Apuld
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American Learmue Park
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Américan League Park
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