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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1907
Page
3
With football finished, college and school athletes shift to track, hockey, and basketball. The Park Square Association kicks off winter sports with an indoor handicap meet at Park Square Garden on Wednesday night, events arranged beyond initial expectations by meet organizer George W. Brown.
Prominent East athletes enter a 60-yard dash from scratch and a three mile run from scratch, with W D Eaton J O Connell E F Nelson among noted sprinters. Fred Bellars leads the three mile, facing Roy Welton Daly Lee and Fowler in a heated lineup. several handicap events and field events fill the program plus team relay contests. Louis Leibgold stars in the mile walk as crowds expect close competition.
Tommy Burns, American heavyweight champion, faces Gunner Moir, English champion, in London for the World's heavyweight championship. Purse totals 5500 dollars with 4500 to the winner and 1000 to the loser, plus a 2500 dollar side bet and public betting share. Moir weighs about 200 pounds, Burns about 175.
The London crowd mocks Tommy Burns as a small challenger to Gunner Moir for the world heavyweight title. Burns trains in England amid high bets and paid seats, with English fans debating whether the American can overcome the six foot two inch champion.
London fighter Gunner Moir speaks before a match with American Burns promising a knockout. He notes a prior win over Palmer, claims Burns is lesser, and asserts his improved experience and advantages for the fight tomorrow night.
Tommy Burns states he will knock out Gunner Moir in two rounds and that he feels fitter than ever. He says climate here has not affected him, he is not cocky, and he intends to win quickly.
The column surveys Army Navy lore with mascots and Detroit bears, recalls Bill Squires and Gunner Moir, and hints at Weston in a featured race. It also notes Swedish yacht funding frictions, chatter around baseball players, Jiggs Donahue of the White Sox, Hughey Jennings’ prominence, Joe Kelley’s Boston National debut, and a Toronto Buffalo post-season quip. It closes with a Dorchester Mechanic Arts vs Dorchester High Thanksgiving game mix-up.
Cyclists Joe Fogler and Floyd Krebs leave Boston for potential talks with Pat Powers as New York prepares for the six day event. A 25 mile open race at Park Square drew strong crowds and sprint racing remains the main draw.
A sparse yet varied boxing week features Burns against Moir for the world title at the National Sporting Club in London. Other bouts include Murphy versus Goodman in New Haven, Pantz versus Manning in Woonsocket, and Baker versus Cullen in New York, with Maine and Philadelphia events noted.
Washington December 1 Arizona adds 320000 acres to the Prescott national forest through a presidential proclamation signed yesterday creating two additions to the timber land.
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