Episcopal High School to Host First Field and Track Meet
Episcopal High School Alexandria announces its first annual interscholastic field and track meet on a May Saturday. Invitations have been sent to many schools, with Washington schools well represented. Prizes include gold silver and bronze medals for top finishers, a banner to the winning school, and silver cups for relay races. Bus lines will shuttle competitors from the railroad and a lunch will follow the events. The meet features three age classes with multiple sprint distance events hurdles jumps and throws.
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Virginia track team begins training at UVA
Virginia’s track applicants started practice under Coach Brown. The schedule is not fixed yet, but includes meets with Johns Hopkins and North Carolina and an Intercollegiate handicap meet in April at Charlottesville. Invited colleges include Sewanee Lane, Tu lane, Virginia Tech, VMI, and Johns Hopkins. Last year’s team members Bass, Shelton, Council, Russell, Holladay, Home, McCabe, and Randolph are returning. newcomers Graham, Grinnell, McNagny, Randolph, Rummel, and Murphy show promise.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Ceach Brown
Johns Howkins
North Carolina
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Tulane
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia Military Institute
Johns Hopkins
PRICE ON JAKE STAHL WOULD GIVE $7000 FOR HIS SERVICES
Clark Griffith of the Highlanders says he would pay $7,000 to obtain Jake Stahl the Senators captain and first baseman. He notes Collins of the world champions would have paid $3,000 for Stahl three months after he left, and he would pay $7,000 now for his services. The item also covers a basketball game between Company E and the Ordway Rifles and a swimming record by Handy. It mentions the Boston doubles racquet championship and Trinity Baseball Club seeking teams for youths.
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Ala
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Catchers and training trip shape Washington club plans
Washington officials map spring workouts in Charlottesville starting mid March. Kittredge and Clarke push for releases or roles with Detroit and independent clubs while Stahl weighs catcher options and signs with minor leaguers. Other clubs face veteran shedding and farm system debates as season readiness looms.
Clippers Join Four-eye League in District Play
The Clippers plan to join the Four-eye League after a strong season. They will elect a manager and captain at an upcoming meeting. Signed players include Mawhinney Downey Mack O Reilly Alison and A Mack. More signings expected as the schedule is drafted and awaiting approval. Catlin Sets New High Hurdle Record at 6.4 seconds in the Mitnois Chicago meet.
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John Merson
Frank Penn
Arthur Fulton
Frank Leizear
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Catlin
Chicago
Marc Catlin
Chicago University
Real Estate Bowling League tight race for first place
Run Real Estate Bowling League makes a splendid showing for its first year. Columbia and Fisher & Co lead closely with fifty seven games each, separated by margins and performances. Miller leads as champion with Roesch near, while individual averages highlight high scores and steady play across clubs and players.
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Alexandria Briefs Report Rail Line Strain and Local Repairs
Washington Post Bureau notes inauguration visitors crowding Alexandria sites while electric rail service causes hardship for women and children. Belle-Pre bottle works resumes soon. fire at South Fayette stable believed incendiary. Mary Downey returns with fostered girl from Richmond. Jersey City-bound ticket. Virginia Glass Company rebuild planned by May 11. Mansfield heads south for a pleasure trip via New Orleans and San Antonio.
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Poison Ends His Troubles in Despondent Act
Clinton M. Hoskinson, 45, a salesman, killed himself at 339 Eleventh Street Southeast by ingesting carbolic acid after business failures. Once a dry goods merchant on M Street, he later worked as a salesman for a Alexandria grocery firm. He died after his wife alerted his son, with coroner attributing death to self-inflicted poisoning. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Nevitt
Veteran Killed by Train at Lanham Station Md
Gustave Gunderson a Seabrook Maryland resident and veteran was struck and killed by a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Lanham Station. Justice of the Peace Benjamin Cross directed a jury which found Gunderson had been drinking and that the death was instantaneous. The railroad company was exonerated. Gunderson, who came from California about 22 years ago, left no known relatives and drew a $40 monthly pension. Cawdor to Succeed Selborne. London March 5 official announcement Earl Cawdor will become first lord of the admiralty.
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Blanche Kearney Ends Her Life by Carbolic Acid
Blanche Kearney, 22, an inmate on Ohio Avenue Northwest, drank carbolic acid after a late night cab ride with a man. Suffering tuberculosis, she became morose and died at Emergency Hospital despite doctors' efforts. her parents live in Philadelphia.
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WANTED TO SEE PRESIDENT Escorted to Detention
Mary Jones a colored woman aged fifty seven who came to Washington for the inauguration was arrested yesterday on White House grounds. After approaching the main entrance she asked to see the President. Police escorted her to the east guard room and she was detained until a House of Detention wagon arrived for examination by police surgeons and Sanitary Officer Frank later today.
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