Danny Maher to Retire From English Racing at Season End
Racing circles report that jockey Danny Maher will retire from flat racing this season after earning over a million dollars. His weight of 126 pounds limits his competitiveness as a leading jockey in England, though he plans to train and possibly settle in Ireland after leaving the turf. Maher has 112 wins this season, trailing Australia’s Wooton by one point. the Sportsman notes the decline of home bred jockeys and Maher remains unmatched by contemporaries in his day.
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Danny Maher
Maher
England
Land
Tipperary
Wooton
Lynch
National League
Owen Moran
Bat Nelson
Bat
Hegewisch
Cecil Lietch
Great Britain
Lietch-Hilton
Miss Lietch
Hackenschmidt Seeks Gotch Challenge In Wrestler Showdown
In a plan to challenge Frank Gotch’s retirement claim, George Hackenschmidt the Lion aims to face all rivals with a three way elimination featuring Zbyszko Mahmout and himself. The winner would meet Gotch or be declared world ruler if Gotch remains retired, with further bouts expected to prove Hackenschmidt’s claim.
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Frank Gotch
Iowan
George “Hackenschiidt
Humboldt
Chicago
Hack
Gotch
Zbyszko
Ahmout
Hackenschmidt
Mahmout
Western university athletes struggle for prominence in football
Socker football has not yet gained a strangle hold on western university athletes. Zbyszko made three unknowns lay down in short order the other night at Rochester. A magazine writer declares the game of football the greatest inspiration for poetry of any sport in America. Tom Longboat has challenged Alfred Shrubb to another 15 mile race.
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Western University
Zbyszko
Rochester
America
Tom Longboat
Alfred Shrubb
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
Harvard Football Costs Highlight High Expenditures
Harvard’s athletics spending comes under scrutiny after reporting $127,945.99 for 1909 1910. The Harvard Bulletin explains the total reflects a large outlay for a squad of about 35 players with nine to ten dollars per player weekly, and notes costs have risen over prior years as the program schedules many games.
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Harvard
Harvard Bulletin
Coata
Got His Start in Chicago
Baseball player Johnny Kane recounts his early life in Chicago and Hyde Park High School, noting how crowd faith and perseverance shaped his rise. He describes trials in Pittsburg and Cincinnati, a Chance trade, and his belief that baseball is hard but rewarding.
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Chicago
Johnny Kane
Champion
Cubs
Joseph B. Bowles
Hyde Park High School
Pittsburg
Kan
Colts
Anson
Cincinnati
Chance
Gardner Wins Yale Golf Championship Title
Robert A. Gardner of Hinsdale Golf Club Chicago defeated Hugh Lee Michigan champion by 1 up in a 36 hole final to win Yale's golf title for the second year. Gardner, a prominent Yale athlete, was elected Yale golf team captain again and was last year’s U S golf champion.
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Hugh Lee
Detroit
Yale
Robert A. Gardner
Hinsdale Golf Club
Chicago
Michigan
Gardner
United States
H. Chandler Egan
Exmoor
Chicago Golf Club
Brookline
Walter Travis
Glen
Beaurepaire Breaks 500 M World Record In England
Australian swimmer Frank Beaurepaire completed a dominant tour in England by lowering the world 500 meters mark. He clocked seven minutes 2 1 5 seconds, beating Otto Scheff of Austria who set the previous record in 1906 by 4 1 5 seconds. The feat occurred at a 44 yard long pool requiring 12 lengths and 18 yards to finish.
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Beaurepaire
Frank Beaurepaire
England
Otto Scheff
Austria
The Frost Library New Books
A list of new library titles including The Corsican diary of Napoleon's life The Wall-back Open Water and Six Girls and Bob The Guillotine Club and Other Stories The Wide Awake Girls at College The Lilac Fairy Book plus Hygiene for Mother and Child Ethics for Children and Open Water by James B Connolly and S Weir Mitchell by various authors and Dewey call numbers.
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Napoleon
Emma E. Walker
M. D
Ella Lyman Cabot
S. Weir Mitchell
Katharine R. Filis
Andrew Lang
Vaudeville Schedule Promises Dives and Delights
A diver named Odiva, a Sa moan pearl diver, headlines B F Keith's next week with a glass tank act showing underwater feats like waltzing and disrobing. Also feature Eliza Proctor Otis in a top comedy, plus Stuart Barnes, Ed Reynard, Fay and Coleys, Leonard duo, and more in Boston debuts and travesties.
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B. F. Keith
Odiva
Eliza Proctor Otis
Stuart Barnes
Ed Reynard
Fay
Two Coleys
Boston
James
Sadie Leonard
Richard Anderson
Gaiety Theatre Sets Boston Standard For Modern Playhouses
The New Gaiety Theatre at Washington and Horton streets in Boston, completed in 1908, showcases advanced features like ventilating system, automatic heat control and superior illumination. Management emphasizes constant high standards and careful operations, keeping it a leader among new city theatres.
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Boston
Wasington
Hortston-streets
Kind Word Guides Gentle Entrance to Mourning Rooms
A reflective note urges offering a kind word when entering a mournful space, likening it to a small, bright firefly whose presence may ease the troubled mind. The passage underscores the power of kindness in somber moments.
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Arthur
Mortgagees' Sale of Winthrop Property in Suffolk County
Public auction announced for a Winthrop parcel tied to Julius and Isadore Miller mortgages to Isaac Frank and Edward B. Lunn. The plan by Joseph R. Carr & Sons shows Lot C with Lot B and other subdivisions, totaling about 4225 square feet. Sale set for December 19, 1910, at 3:10 PM, with buyer paying 300 dollars and assuming taxes and assessments.
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Julius Miller
Isadore Miller
Isaac Frank
Edward B. Lunn
Suffolk
Mar Ge
Winthrop
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth
Joseph R. Carr & Sons
Revere Street
Joseph R. Carr &Sons
Frank
Edward B. Lutin
Acquittal for Mrs. Smith in Wyoming Slaying Case
Sundance Wyoming jurors freed Mrs. C D Smith of murder after judge's direction to convict or acquit. Foreman said they could not bear to send a sobbing wife to the gallows. The defendant was alleged to have shot her husband while he slept.
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Sundance
Wyo
Boy Hunter Kills Companion in Forestport
In Utica New York Charles Mulchy fifteen was shot and killed by companion Charles Jones fifteen while returning from a hunt near their home in Forestport. Jones reportedly pointed a shotgun at Muldy and fired after telling him to halt. the blast struck Mulchy in the head and caused instant death. Coroner Sparks heard the testimony as the case proceeded.
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Utica
N. Y
Charles Mulchy
Charles Jones
Forestport
Sparks
Jones
Muldy
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