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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1911

Page

17

Schoolboy Stadium Planned by Boston Mayor

Mayor Fitzgerald outlined an ambitious project to build a great schoolboy stadium in the Back Bay Fens for Boston Latin English High School games. The design promised ample seating for large crowds and to host the major athletic events of the city’s schoolboys.

Back Bay Fens Boston Fitzgerald

Mayor backs stadium plan amid schoolboy cheers

The crowd erupted as the Mayor, briefly wearing both B I S and E H S armbands, unveiled a proposal to relocate big school games. He outlined turning the Pens playground into a grand stadium and suggested a city grade to fill the Fens with dirt from the Boylston subway project.

Boylston Street Transit Commission Boston

Day of Sport at Rockingham Day of Sport at Rockingham

Sporting events at Rockingham Park in Salem New Hampshire featured cross country races a 10 mile inside track win by William Brown of Worcester in 1 05 15 and close pursuers Albert Upham of Dorchester and Patrick Devine of Manchester. Rhode Island beat Tennessee 20 0 in football and Montreal Nationals defeated Montreal A A A 4 1 in lacrosse.

Salem N. H Rockingham Park Lowell Lawrence William Brown Worcester Albert L. Upham Dorchester Patrick Devine Manchester Rhode Island Tennessee Montreal Nationals Montreal A. A. A Arthur Clairmont Professor Bonnette Edwin Stirk Louis Ferry Clarence B. Noyes Luigi Eicoui Arnold Halstead Walter O’brien Nashua Massachusetts Company D

Haverhill Defeats Commerce 6-3 In State Contender Clash

Haverhill High, undefeated this season, edged Boston Commerce High 6 to 3 as Read kicked the deciding onside in the final minutes. Kennedy added a 30 yard drop kick in the first half as Commerce pressed, but Haverhill rallied with strong second half leadership from Coach Broderick.

Haverhill Broderick Haverhill High Boston High School Commerce Read Gardella St. John’s Lowell Kennedy Williams Haverh Reekincakes Touchdown— LO

Vessels at East Boston Harbor Fill and Sail for Journeys

The beam trawler Crest and the schooner Appomattox were the only vessels to reach T wharf yesterday. The Appomattox carried 6,500 pounds of pollock, while the Crest’s catch was not learned. Alice and Mary Edith arrived Wednesday and will sell today as part of a busy waterfront, with many crews away for the holiday. The British schooner Helen Wair arrived from Salem with 79 tons of coal and freight for Newfoundland. A future large gas and whistling buoy is planned off Cape Cod after prior protests halted a buoy move near Peaked Hill Bars, the site of the January disaster that killed 17 men. The Lord Downshire, chartered from Belfast, will sail about two weeks from Rotterdam to Boston, filling in for the Sloterdyk, which broke its shaft. The Lord Roberts is a sister ship to the Downshire. The Cunard steamship Aultonia is set to arrive at East Boston to load grain, apples, flour, lumber and other goods for Liverpool, with some 300 passengers en route. The Norwegian bark Maryetta is loading 1,000,000 feet of white pine for Rosario. Mystic wharf has long served as a loading point for vessels bound to South America. The Norse ship Superior is to load 1,500,000 feet of lumber for Buenos Aires. The Warren line Michigan sails from Hoosac docks to Liverpool with 56,000 bushels of wheat, 250 cattle, 1,000 sheep, lumber, cotton, apples and flour aboard. Passengers from New York on the Metapan include I M Brockbank and others for Kingston and Colombia, as listed.

Crest Appomattox T Wharf Alice Mary Edith Helen Wair Salem Otis Wharf Newfoundland Gloucester Cape Cod Peaked Hill Washington Corbin Pine Forest Trevorton Lord Down Shire Irish Shipowners Company, Limited Belfast Rotterdam Boston Philadelphia Downshire Sloterdyk Lord Roberts Mystic Wharf Lord Downshire Cunard Line Aultonia East Boston New York Liverpool Altonia Massachusetts Maryetta Rosario Oaklands South America Snperior Montevideo Buenos Ayres Warren Line Michigan J. E. Evans Hoosac Docks Halifax Metapan Kingston Canal Zone Santa Marta Colombia I. M. Brockbank Brockbank R. B. Farrington Farrington Evelyn Masury Irving D. Ward Ward Helen Ward G. M. Weed Mrs. Weed

Hatch Yonkers Marathon Winner In NY Race

Sydney Hatch of Chicago won the fifth Yonkers Marathon with a time of 2 35 20 before a crowd of over 5000. William Galvin of Yonkers finished second, J J Reynolds of New York third, and James Cleary of Worcester fourth. Fifty seven entrants competed. the finish was tight among the top four.

New York Sydney Hatch Chicago Yonkers William Galvin J. J. Reynolds Irish-American Athletic Club James Cleary Ottawa Athletic Club Worcester Mass

Wolgast Eager for Welsh Title Fight After Illness

After a comfortable night Ad Wolgast the lightweight champion awoke eager to learn if a replacement bout has been arranged for his title defense against Freddie Welsh at Vernon. His appendectomy recovery apparently does not lessen his interest in the fight.

Los Angeles Ad Wolgast Freddie Welsh Vernon

Shipping News Deo Miniature Almanac Details Tides and Arrivals

Shipping news lists arrivals and voyages from multiple steamers and schooners including Arabic Finch Simms Calvin Austin Pike City of Macon Diehl H F Dimock Hawes Malden Smith Mary 8 Harper McLean Bay State Strout City of Gloucester Linneken tug Chas Gallagher Guilmet and others with tugs towing barges to Baltimore Norfolk and Newport News plus several schooners sailing from Gloucester Philadelphia and Eastport and calls at New Haven Perth Amboy and Port Tampa as they proceed to their destinations.

Finch Liverpool Queenstown Boston Simms Yarmouth Calvin Austin Pike St. John N. B Fastport Portland Chippewa Maguire Jacksonville Charleston City of Macon Diehl Savannah Kershaw Johnson Norfolk H. F. Dimock Hawes New York Malden Smith Mary Harper McLean Bay State Strout Camden Brown Bangor City of Gloucester Linneken Gloucester Chas. T. Gallagher Guilmet Portsmouth Baltimore F. C. Hersey Panker Vineyard Haven Newburgh Mary Arnold Meader Plymouth Mass Helen Vair Marth Salem Mary E. Pennell Guttenberg Eastport Persian Philadelphia Fiverett Sewall’s Point City of Everett Mary E. Harper Lambert’s Point Boswell Emelie New Haven Annie Newport News Cheektowaga Perth Amboy Beckton Banter Brooklyn Qalumet Port Tampa President Roads

Ritchie Sees 20 Rounds With Welsh in Los Angeles

Lightweight Willie Ritchie trained with Packey McFarland stayed 20 rounds with Freddie Welsh at Vernon on short notice. Welsh was to challenge Ad Wolgast for the lightweight title, but Ritchie filled in.

Ritchie Welsh Los Angeles wWillie Ritchie Packey McFarland Freddie Welsh Ad Wolgast Vernon

Fleming Beats Mellody in Six-Round Bangor Bout

Kid Fleming of Oldtown out fought Honey Mellody in a slugging six round match at the Auditorium Annex Bangor. Fleming controlled the bout from the start and opened a cut eye injury on Mellody in the second round. Mellody dodged well but failed to land his favored uppercuts as the action intensified in the final rounds. Kid Goodman and Joy Gram challenged Fleming afterward.

Bangor Kid Fleming Oldtown Honey Mellody Auditorium Annex Mellody Boston Kid Goodman Joy Gram Fleming

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