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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
12
Fred Lake is appointed manager of the Boston Doves succeeding Harry Smith. Lake, a former Red Sox leader, accepted after being assured Smith would step down. President Dovey and directors see a strong 1910 season. Lake plans near-term trades and aims to improve South End Park play.
The 1910 plan cuts spring South stays for Boston teams. Red Sox and Doves will shave travel time, returning earlier and facing colder weather at the season’s start. Managers Donovan and Lake seek to avoid earlier year setbacks from abrupt climate changes.
Tex Rickard offered to stage Sam Langford versus Stanley Ketchel sixty days after the Jeffries Johnson bout if Ketchel agreed. Rickard also promised a rich purse, viewing it as a consolation prize after Langford’s earlier loss of earnings. Bronson disputes a draw with Deshler and aims for victory at the Armory Club next Tuesday. He is set to fight Matty Baldwin in New Orleans after Christmas. Deshler is the slicker boxer, but Bronson plans to bulldoze to win. The Martin Sawyer clash will settle tonight in Manchester after a 15 round bout at the Queen City A C. Papke heads to Paris for three fights, first facing Willie Lewis. Rumors swirl that Al Goodale may be Jack O’Brien in disguise for a Calumet fight with Walter Whitehead. Hyland vs Thompson postponed to Dec 17 following Hyland's mother’s death. Conlon vs Brannigan called off at Greensburg due to Brannigan’s self valuation. Fighting Dick Nelson vs Joe Bedell scheduled for Cohoes Monday night.
D M Bomerster of Brooklyn won the title strong man of Yale’s freshman class with 1712 points while 63 members named walking as their favorite sport 46 swam 83 swam and 16 tracked. Football ranked near bottom in the class as a preferred sport.
William C Temple of Winter Park California will attend a baseball banquet in New York hosted by the Pittsburg World’s Champions at the Waldorf. Temple, former president and owner of the Pittsburg club, may be a compromise candidate if Heydler’s forces falter. He was once offered the National League presidency but declined. He is a close friend of Stanley Robison whose vote could decide the election.
The Washington club nears a Jiggs Donahue deal with Minneapolis amid looming minor league doubts. Duffy of the White Sox and Flanagan of Brockton, with Donovan, begin the annual winter session at the American league headquarters as news begins to break. Stem of Boston sold to Sioux City. writers to discuss scoring rules and pitcher averages. Ban Johnson aims for a 140 game American league season. Bob Spade shifts to drums, while Birdie Cree oversees forestry at Penn State College with ash trees to become bats. Duffy Lewis hype raises expectations for Red Sox next season, forcing rivals to rise to the challenge.
Andover reports over 50 men reported for practice led by Captain Eames and Trainer Peet. The squad shows depth in distance events but weaker sprint contingents due to Hopwood and Decker leaving for college. Hahn Parker and Scott lead the sprints as Andover targets B A A meets and inter scholastic relays with Exeter Yale and Harvard participation planned.
Acknowledgments from Treasurer F. L. Higginson show the Museum of Fine Arts maintenance fund growing to 170466 dollars with subscriptions from donors including George D. Latimer and Mrs. Pate totaling additional contributions. The report notes previous totals of 168901 dollars and lists multiple donors with varied amounts.
Tex Rickard and Jack Gleason arrived in Boston for mining business but discussed boxing with the Post sports department. He denied the rumor the Jeffries Johnson bout is a frameup and said discussions are centered on the Utah clash.
Tex claims a $5000 reward for proof of a fake boxing arrangement involving Big Tim Sullivan as final judge. He says the bout could be held in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace with an eight million dollar city impact and predicts most Western interest will favor Salt Lake over California. He asserts the Cleveland/Gleason ties and insists the deal was on the level with Coffroth not a major figure in the lemonade privilege.
Harvard football selects captain for next year in a close vote between Lothrop Withington and W M Minot. Minot is backed by L O Smith Wigglesworth Frothingham Leslie and P D Smith. Withington counts Houston Fisher Paul Withington Rogers and O Flaherty. Corbett McKay and Browne also have blocs with Fish, West, and Dunlop supporting them.
The column notes football agitation spreading from New York public schools to Boston and other districts, with colleges like Columbia and NYU earlier reining in the game. It reflects fears of the sport's elimination as criticism comes from preparatory schools, plus chatter about Tex Rickard boxing plans and local sports figures.
The High School of Commerce held tryouts yesterday as Coach James Crowley welcomed nearly a dozen returnees from last year. Captain Rumpf relies on Chamberlain Prentiss Sallaway Brennan Gaylord Shanan O'Brien Slattery Donnelly and Johnson to lead a fast squad for the February 26 B A A meet at Mechanics Building. Henry Johnson was named manager for the basketball squad, filling James McCarthy’s vacancy. The first team’s lineup includes Norton Armstrong Chamberlain Richards Kennedy Lind, while Frank Brennan captains the second basketball team. An English High School track meeting is planned for this afternoon with early workouts for relay and field competitors. Coach Lawrence McGovern aims to mold a strong St Johns prep unit led by Captain Harrison Smith with Murphy Street McGaffee and McLaughlin. Butler released a busy schedule featuring Waldorf Academy, Somerville High, Lynn English, Wesleyan, Winchester, Boston College Prep, Tufts Second, Reading High, Rock Ridge, and Rindge M T S through February 22.
The Herreshoff Bar Harbor one design class 31 foot sloop Orissa, owned by George Atkinson Jr of the Eastern Yacht Club, was sold by the Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency to a prominent Boston yachtsman.
A reader questions claim to heavyweight supremacy between Jeffries and Johnson, notes Lundin’s origin, cites a Boston address, asks why sprinters favor left starts, and recalls A E Wills riding 661 miles 942 yards in one hour in Munich in 1908.
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