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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1903
Page
3
The cup defender Reliance completed rigging preparation at Bristol Rhode Island. Paint to dry on gaff and boom before the builder’s trial planned for Saturday. Crew worked on main sheet gear, cork deck covering, and preparing sails and spars on the tender Sunbeam.
Jack Caffrey of Hamilton Ontario twice led Mellor before collapsing and withdrawing from Monday's B A A Marathon race. He has not recovered from the exertion and remains ill at a relative's home.
Mr and Mrs D O Connor of Everett report his condition after Monday's race is not serious. He endured exertions but is expected to be about in a few days and then return to his Canadian home.
Goodman and Hughey present a Saturday evening program featuring Rob Roy at Benton venue. The event showcases performance pieces and audience engagement in a classic theatre setting.
London April 21 Sir Thomas Lipton says the Shamrock I and Shamrock III will depart for the United States for trial races, with an earlier-than-expected departure date. Both yachts were drydocked. Shamrock III has a reinforced mast and enlarged sail area to about 16 000 square feet. A second steamer will escort each yacht to New York.
The 25 foot Sally VI designed by Fred Lawley for L. F. Percival was loaded onto the steamer Louisiana at Mystic Wharf Charlestown for shipment to Riga Russia via Copenhagen. Purchased by Dr. Augsburg of Riga through Hollis Burgess she is expected to race in Kiel regattas. The yacht will be carried across the ocean on a freighter deck after being towed from Marblehead by Starling Burgess and the cutter Edith.
Coach R C Lehmann, in Pall Mall Magazine via a Tribune despatch, says American boys have surpassed English in ready made sports with fierce passion and beat English rivals in education. He criticizes English public schoolboys as profoundly ignorant in geography, literature, and history, noting poor spelling and letter writing.
The United States Golf Association faces a revolt as clubs protest the decision to hold all match play for the amateur championship. A special meeting will decide whether to overrule the committee with nine clubs likely backing change and eleven supporting it while five are doubtful.
Charles Schmitt, holder of the New England amateur championship emblem and last year’s Class A amateur billiard champion, will face Charles Threshie tomorrow evening at the Hub billiard rooms. The match, 14 inch balkline at 400 points, crowns the New England amateur champion.
J S Hyde of New York has bought the composite racing cutter Khama designed by W Fife Jr and built by W Fife and Son at Fairlie in 1900. The boat now lies in the Clyde and Hyde plans to race her in the United States after her success in English waters.
At Chelsea tonight the Chelsea A C meeting draws a large audience as Chester Goodwin the New England champion faces Eddie Lenny from Philadelphia. The card includes Lenox A C bouts and a staged program for Friday lightweights.
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