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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
3
Canadian runners arrive in town ahead of the Marathon on April 19. They are described as fit and capable of long distances, with Dick Grant of Harvard noting the Ashland to Boston course as tougher. Local favorites appear unlikely to be defeated by the visiting Canadians.
Captain Bascom Johnson of Yale track says negotiations for an international Yale Harvard and Oxford Cambridge meet have practically failed and there may be no American contest this year. He notes Harvard pressed for games on college grounds, likely Harvard grounds.
English motor expert Wridgway is courted for a tricycle race after a counter challenge from Kenneth Skinner of the city. Skinner plans to force Wridgway to Berkeley Oval or retreat, offering a large stake with G. Batcher of the N C A board to ensure a race with equal power motors.
More than thirty entries have been received for the Meld road race on the 19th and a large crowd is expected. Road department work started yesterday to assure a fast course. Prizes ninth to eleventh were reduced and higher value prizes substituted. Clarence B. Lee joined the selling force of Shattuck & Son of Columbus Avenue. New Bedford track will host races on April 19 with a five mile handicap a mile open and a quarter mile novice all amateur and a Swift versus Tinkham match race.
In Scarsdale New York April 10 Harry Vardon English open champion defeated Willie Dunn American open champion 16 up in 18 holes of play. Vardon showed machine like driving accuracy and strong iron play while Dunn failed to match pace, with Vardon clinching victory by 16 up and 19 to play in the afternoon round.
The notice warns customers against imitations and cheap kalsomines branded as Alabastine. It stresses Alabastine’s purity, health safety, and easy cold water mix, and urges buyers to insist on genuine packaged product with proper labeling from the Alabastine Co. Grand Island.
Harvard baseball meets Tufts today at 4 in a tune up before the southern trip. Lineup may shift with Milne catching if d cannot play, and Jaynes shifting to left field while Wendell moves to right. Reid Milne Clark George Clark Coolidge Wendell Loughlin Jaynes comprise the batting order with others in flexible roles.
Harvard will send a team to meet Oxford in New York on April 18 and a British side in London. The Harvard squad, minus Perry, plans to add J. B. Hunt of Princeton for the American team. The cricketists practice at Holmes Field as seven-game schedule unfolds including Brockton C May 6 and Philadelphia May 25.
University of Pennsylvania coach Woodruff opposes altering football rules to allow the forward pass and doubts abolition of sideline coaching will curb outside instruction. Kraenzlein and others will join Penn’s indoor track team for the American Athletic Union meet in New York on April 17. Newton Boat Club names officers, and Penn shows spring form in field events with Kraenzlein clearing 2 feet 6 inches in broad jump and McCracken tossing hammer 154 feet. Chicago faculty votes to back athletics as run by leading colleges.
Jan Smith, longtime world champion lifter, starts training with dumbbells to push toward a 216 pound lift. Reports describe his developed physique and ongoing plans, noting he is heavier than last year and aims to break records with focused preparation.
Tar Heel pitcher keeps hits scattered and quick on the mound as Greensboro hosts a double bill. Chambers’s path blocked but Seles directs both squads with steady control.
Greensboro April 10 A lively game at the ball grounds features the Regulars with Rome Chambers on the mound and strong hitting from Nichols and Bailey while Dineen’s misthrow costs a run. Pittinger starts for the Yannigans as Sagwa trotting horse rumors swirl around Thomas W. Lawson and Sagwa’s breeding is traced by W. R. Carter of Mexico Missouri.
In Philadelphia the Worcester and Philadelphia game was halted at 8 due to darkness. Errors credited to Worcester and Philadelphia include multiple mishaps and battery issues with players Platt Bernhard McFarlan Litsch Douglass noted among those involved.
Brooklyn routed Georgetown notches and errors fueled the win as home field advantage and wild play produced a lopsided score in a frenzied April game.
Multiple teams pursue outfielder Billy Hoy as he eyes a shot at the major leagues. St Louis releases Sugden Cauliflower and Duncan from Cleveland, while Loftus faces a delayed captaincy decision between Childs or Citan. Yale sails to its southern tour with games against Fordham Georgetown and Virginia, and other college clashes dot the schedule.
Baltimore April 10 Miss Lizzie Freeman is recovering after a delirium tremens attack described as violent but non fatal. The incident involved a fall and injuries reportedly from a violent frenzy impacting several people in the vicinity.
Izpah accompanies Frank Reagan’s stable as a Carter Handicap candidate. Imp in ten days shows rapid improvement and a mile work in 1:43 flat. The mare is favored for big events this season. two-year-olds show strong form with colt Fake, winner at Washington, pegged as top among juveniles. Riley Grannan’s Bennings appearance stirs talk though rumors of a break persist.
In East Boston at Lyceum Hall the Col umbian Rowing Association hosted a boxing program. McKenna defeated Hayes in three rounds and White beat O'Brien in one round. Tyson downed Donovan in five rounds and Bryson defeated Sheehan. Coyne and Boles drew, while O'Rourke beat Callahan in three rounds.
Frank H. Cushing longtime Bureau of Ethnology figure died in Washington from a hemorrhage. The Cornell graduate known for Zuni studies led the Smithsonian ethnological exhibit at the 1876 Centennial and spent years in New Mexico with the Zuni. He was born in 1857.
Christian Croass aged 44 of 64 Broadway Chelsea employed by James Donovan at 6 Batterymarch Street severely wounded his right forearm with a pair of shears yesterday. A severed vein left him in danger of bleeding to death until surgeons from Emergency Hospital removed him and staunched the wound.
Designer Fred D. Lawley plans a 15 foot waterline racing yacht with 500 square feet of sail, no ballast, hollow mast, and cedar canvas covered hull. The Tattoo features a 25 foot overall length, 7 foot 10 inch beam, 4 foot draft with board down, weighted centerboard, oak keel and spars, and sails of Wilson & Silsby cloth to test its performance in summer regattas.
Boxing column reports Tommy Ryan courting rematch with Kid McCoy or Joe Walcott after years of delays. Mentions weight talks, purse rumors, and proposals at Lenox Club and Atlantic Yacht Club. Notes potential bouts with Hanrahan, McWinters, and others and cites Patsey Carey seeking 145-pound match.
In London on April 10 the Masters and Amateurs event saw Black Burne beat Passmore, Gunsberg defeat Van Vliet, Teichmann over Tietjen, Ward best Lawrence, while Leman vs Lee and Jones vs Physick adjourned.
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