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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
17
Sport Comment reviews local boxing hearings and Boston Marathon entrants including Forty seven hopefuls and star runners like Henigan and Shrubb. It notes Ohman selecting American athletes for Sweden and mentions Willard Dempsey plans, Rudolph with Stallings, Curley and Prestina wrestling, plus Henigan's marathon uncertainties.
J Dana Hutchinson, 19, wins the two mile and helps secure a place on the long distance relay for the Penn Relay Carnival on April 25 26 at Harvard Stadium. D Hi OConnell captain of the freshman cross country team last year wins the quarter mile as weather slows times. Runners Nally Wason and Lewis follow Hutchinson, while Chute Goodwin and Wharton place behind OConnell.
Second in importance to the Boston Marathon the Queen Quality 10 mile handicap on the Jamaica Central course tomorrow at 10 am draws 30 entrants from New England clubs. Dorchester’s Clif Horne leads a strong field while Starr brothers of St. Alphonsus Club, veterans of many 10 mile runs, are favored to claim top honors.
Forty seven runners, the cream of American long distance racing, prepare to start in the Boston Marathon from Ashland to Boston tomorrow afternoon. The entry list, closed yesterday, shows fewer runners than past years but greater quality with names like William J. Dixon, Henry G. Dobler, Hans C. Schuster, Eddie Sandberg, Eddie Lyons, Anastas K. Sturgis, and Harry Thorne among the field.
Runners from New York Chicago Washington and other regions arrive for the event. Notable entrants include Ohman from Sweden and Jimmy Henigan, with many more competitors listed from clubs in Dorchester Quincy Brooklyn and Malden. The field gathers under speculation on who will win as Ohman and Henigan draw attention.
The Arlmont Golf Club of Arlington Heights starts its season tomorrow with a handicap medal play. Improvements planned include lengthening several holes and a green keeper has been engaged for the season.
Arlington High School baseball coach Bradford B. Swift invites any state high school team to a holiday game, morning or afternoon, with telegraph contact before 2 p m today. The Arlington nine has shown strong form in three games so far.
In Norfolk on April 17 the Giants edged the Senators by a single run to claim a tight victory as the game came down to the final innings.
The American crew for the Seine regatta on April 27 is an all college lineup with Yale Cornell Harvard and the University of Washington represented. Captain C D Wiman Yale 1915 coaches the crew which mixes Yale Harvard strokes and features ex pilot coxswain. The English crew withdrew citing dissatisfaction with French boats heavier than theirs.
In Milford at Wells Memorial, the checker match between Hanson and Morrall ended with Hanson taking three wins and 13 draws after Morrall resigned following the 16th game of a planned 20 game series.
K. O. Chick Miller of this city and Chick West of Holyoke are to meet in the final bout of 12 rounds at the Farrington A. C. in Brockton on Saturday night.
A Philadelphia manager named William Edwards disputes ringer rumors and offers a Boston bout for Eddie Morgan if 130 pounds ringside. The Fenway A A cards a April 28 bout between Al Delmont and Bob Josephs, with several local matchups and pending decisions at the Commercial A C and Olympia A A T in Marlboro.
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