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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1905
Page
3
The big games show few unsportsmanlike acts. Harvard Yale and Yale Princeton encounters were clean, with only a disputed incident in the Michigan Chicago Thanksgiving contest where Michigan tackle Curtis shoved Eckersall, drawing crowd and umpire reactions as Eckersall played on through pain.
Exhibition and scheduled bouts sweep through Philadelphia Lancaster and Somerville with card highlights in North Abington and Brockton. Tommy Quill meets Dave Deshler in a 12 round feature while Billy Glover faces Heywood Briggs and Jim Stuart fights Jerry Curley. Harry Lewis versus Danny Duane headlines Philadelphia show. Danny Dougherty looms as a tough test for Tommy O Toole in Lancaster. Amateurs like Willie Cornell gain attention as Featherweight Frankie eyes bantam title with Papa Neil blocking. Letters arrive for Jimmy Walsh and Billy Pierce.
The era's debate ends as the year 1905 All-Animal All-Colored and All-Famous elevens are listed with actual college players and positions. Substitutes span multiple schools including Lehigh Princeton Harvard and Yale. Game notes cite Brown University as site with referees from Michigan Cornell and others.
Sudbury Industrial League standings show Gold Beaters atop the table with the strongest overall record. Other teams follow as the season progresses.
Last evening the Kossuth Hall Association received a beautiful American flag as a gift from Frank Stockinger and Henry Huber. William F. Graf, president, accepted the gift and replied to the presentation speech.
Terrific former featherweight champion Terry McGovern will greet Boston crowds this week at the old Howard theater with afternoon and evening appearances. He will display training methods and spar in a three round exhibition with Johnny Burdick, as manager Joe Humphreys announces his goal to regain the world title.
Hollis Burgess sells the 40 footer Babboon to Willard Welsh of Boston. The Babboon, an auxiliary schooner designed by Edward Burgess and built by Lawley, is well known to yachtsmen.
Boston sportsmen plan a Maine hunt for bob cats amid rising reports of deer depredations in Washington County. Miah Murray leads an expedition after deer season, following a past Maine bounty policy and the lure of challenging, dangerous pursuit.
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