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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
10
The President writes a personal letter congratulating Percy D. Haughton for developing a strong Crimson football team this season. Roosevelt praises Haughton and the Harvard squad for bringing out top football talent at Cambridge.
Coach Haughton guards the exact text as private correspondence while acknowledging receipt of a White House letter. The message echoes praise similar to Ver Wiebe’s note about Kennard’s decisive ground gaining and a victorious team effort. Officials press for public release of the epistle.
Saturday night at Park Square Coliseum, Hugh MacLean and Elmer Collins will race 20 miles on a 10 lap track in a grueling motor paced event. Collins aims to avenge a prior defeat by Menus Bedell while MacLean trains hard to maintain top form. Also on the card are two amateur races and a motor contest where Turville hopes to regain laurels from Ruden.
A compiled notice listing multiple New England basketball clubs seeking games. Entries include team names such as Evans A C Norfolk A C Saracen A C Crescent Five and Ward 9 Juniors, with target weights from 75 to 185 pounds and contact names and addresses in Boston areas for arranging away or home games during November December and Saturdays evenings.
Rob Fowler of Cambridgeport gymnasium, recently reinstated by the A A U, will compete in the Yonkers Marathon New Year’s Day under Mercury A C of Yonkers. The 26 14 mile race also features James Cromley, Sidney Hatch of Chicago, and Sammy Mellor.
New London report says the schooner A. T. Miner from Nova Scotia to Cottage City loaded with lumber ran aground on rocks off Black Ledge. Rescue efforts planned for tomorrow to pull her free.
Harvard honors its football champions at a banquet with strong talk of a revived era in Cambridge. The column recalls J. B. Taylor of the University of Pennsylvania as a stellar sprinter and notes his death. It also previews English and American athletic events, including swimming, cycling and oxygen use in boxing, and quotes Duffey's future column plans.
In the Marlboro Hudson game a protest over the referee’s ruling led to a decision that C Marlboro should win after J. L. G. delivered stakes misinterpreting the protest. For the Army Navy game, B’s claim of navy 6 Army 5 defeats A and C who had navy higher scores. Access to the association events is restricted to members seeking permission via a member.
In the army navy game matchup the picks favored Army with A 6 0 B 4 0 C 12 6 D 11 0 all signaling Army as winner.
Alvin FE Bliss of Malden, president of the Massachusetts State Automobile Association, will referee the Worcester Automobile Club 200 mile reliability and endurance contest on Worcester county roads Saturday December 12. The technical committee is headed by Charles M Allen Worcester Tech and Frank B Hower of Buffalo. The A A A sanctioned the event and a manufacturer has already indicated entry of two cars. Route officials expect about 15 entries with a 20 mph average target. entries close December 9.
President Ban Johnson of the American baseball league proposes a special Chicago meeting of the National Baseball Commission to examine ticket scalping allegations against the Chicago Baseball Club. If held, the session would likely occur around December 14.
Captain Frank Close of Cambridge Latin School scored the only touchdown against Waltham High on Thanksgiving Day. He had not made a TD in two seasons, though he had long been one of Latin’s top ground gainers.
Jerome Scheuer, 1910, named champion tennis player of Technology after defeating 384 qualifiers. He previously captained the club and earned a class cup, with solid doubles play alongside Covill who defaulted due to eye strain. Sweet upset Wentworth in round one, and Covill beat Parker before losing to Scheuer in semi finals.
Faculty alumni push to abolish school basketball amid rough play. Students will vote at a mass meeting on whether to field interclass teams with four games per class or a limited ten outside matches, aiming to adopt a cleaner code for the sport.
Farrington and Nickerson advanced to the semi finals with Farrington winning 6-4 6-0. Scheuer won the finals 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-2, overpowering Farrington late as the finalist tired. Scheuer, a heavily built contender, remained fresh to the end. He has prior athletic experience including tug-of-war participation.
A general convocation this afternoon will decide if Technology Institute restarts a varsity baseball team next spring. Classes have had only ad hoc teams, but renewed interest and a petition signed by several hundred students support reestablishment led by senior W. J. Kelly. Practicing time is the main hurdle, yet many skilled players exist at the institute.
Malden High prepares a banquet to honor the team captain for next year and to elect the new captain. The event signals transition in leadership as players and coaches gather for recognition and selection.
A Roxbury meeting at Commercial High School gathered captains and athletic instructors to discuss winter changes in city school basketball. Instructors will officiate and call fouls, aiming to run the game as nearly as possible to the official rules, aligning with Western standards.
The Tech fencing team begins its season with a meet against the YMCA squad as part of a series leading to the intercollegiate finals next April. Captain Y C Grubman and EB Lor ing return with two new fencers, while P Chinchilla serves as a substitute.
The ice hockey teams Newton High Cambridge Latin and Brookline High formed the Preparatory league and will run its affairs independently of the New England Skating Association. Harold C. Durrill calls a meeting for Saturday evening Dec 12 at his Cambridge home to decide on continuing with the N E S A leagues.
The article reports that Bill Papke joined Sam Berger's Frisco camp after strife with Tom Jones over receipts from Ketchel fight, following a pattern of coast managers pressuring fighters. It notes other coast moves, Griffin versus Driscoll in London, and BA A decorum notices as boxing life on the move across cities and plans for Owen Moran and Jim Driscoll, with Papke facing repercussions as the Colma decision looms.
John D. O Reilly will coach the Boston Latin School basketball team this winter. Captain Vincent Allison has asked the school committee for his services and he will probably start in world next week.
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