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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1918
Page
11
The Post presents an all scholastic eleven of Greater Boston schoolboys chosen for their consistent season performance. The writer selected only players he personally witnessed in competition.
The season ended with two post season games allowing the schoolboy football championship to settle. Media High fell to High School of Commerce by three points with a late field goal by Captain Tonting. Marblehead hosted Murseyad High in a nod to Western champions Scott High of Toledo. Marblehead fell 19 to 0.
The article lists players from Medford Malden Everett Watertown and Boston College among the best linemen and backs of the season. Captain Hopkins of Malden and Healey of Medford are highlighted for defense while Healey's charge saved Medford in the Malden game. Injuries and eligibility limited several top prospects, with various players receiving honorable mention.
The final Mys tic alley frier scholistic ierbal league standings show Watertown High School atop with three wins and no losses. Arlington Win chester Tish tied for second, Melrose Ileh in last, with post season games canceled due to bad weather. Coach Clark Macdonald praised Watertown’s season as the strongest in the state.
Boxing news notes a new club near Moonways Park in the city with plans to host a main event featuring a clash between Lonnie Burns and Johnny Bodekos. The card includes six round bouts, with Kid Lee versus Thinhaimer and Bert Jones versus Lee Andrews among other matchups. Promoters discuss weigh ins, promoters and potential cross country bouts with fighters from New York and New Bedford.
Cyclone Burns sharpens for his match with Tom Draak at the Grand Opera House on Thursday night. He adds Farmer Jordan to the training staff at Marion to help Burns reach the edge needed to counter Draak’s moves.
New York December 8 The National League club owners meet in secret to decide on removing Garry Herrmann from the National Commission. John Heydler and John Conway Toole are named as leading candidates for president and would need to vote against Herrmann. Officials emphasize a neutral, non managerial chair, with no financial ties to baseball, as the aim of the restructuring.
Arthur Duffey notes Boston hosts a strenuous sport week opener as Boston College solidifies its standing, Mineola looms as a tough foe, and a large Reuters delegation supports Jimmy Sacco in the arena. Baseball chatter includes league meetings and personnel reshaping ahead of next season.
The article notes Dodgers star pitcher Leon Cadore, now a first lieutenant, served in World War I with the 92nd Division. He fought in the St Die sector from September to November, helped advance three kilometers at Meuse Argonne, and Bois Frehaut saw his unit capture nearly a thousand prisoners before the armistice.
The 1918 American Bowling Congress tournament will be held in Toledo next March with the exact start and exit dates to be set later by venue availability. Secretary A N Langtry said the government has no objection to the event and there was prior talk of delaying because of wartime railroad conditions.
A Kansas City resident claimed a dream syndicate would pay half a million for the St. Louis Cardinals and move them to KK. C. They would need a major league park built on a level site, delaying the plan. The question of who the buyer is yielded a reply about a local newspaper worker earning 0 a week.
The Aero Club of America board announces an annual intercollegiate aviation trophy to be awarded under regatta like rules. A large share of aviators are college men. 56 percent are undergraduates. The prize is funded by a $10,000 bequest from Samuel H. Valentine for aviation development trophies.
Australian boxing is nearly abolished says Reginald I. (Snows) Baker, leading Antipodes promoter. War demands pull focus from sport as arenas convert to war use and recruitment, with few promotional events and venues like Sydney and Adelaide Stadium repurposed.
Arlington High School hockey manager Jed Ashworth aims to field a team this afternoon at Hill Pond but rough weather may delay. A call for candidates will be issued by Ashworth as the season outline emerges. The alumni game is expected on Christmas morning with a former Hib team member coaching.
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