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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1912
Page
10
At midnight the 15 teams in the annual six day bicycle race are all on even terms with one-sixth of the event completed. Early lap stealing attempts proved of little effect as the field moved past the halfway mark.
Riders trek ten miles ahead of world record as Brocco and pacemakers push a 25 mph clip. Walthour Fogler and Grassy Ryan attempt jumps, sparking a mid race spill near dead man's curve. Moran and Kramer misfire as pacing protests grow over foreign riders' grinding tempo and lack of sprints. Five teams face a shake-up as racing continues.
JK Kramer-Moran Hill Clarke Rod Hever Fogler Butt and Ryan Thomas combos push to break free in a long endurance race. Riders exchange rests less often, riding two hours at a stretch while a jam forms. At 1 o clock the 25th hour passed with nine laps gained. Swiss Suter brother leads as 552 miles and 4 laps are recorded versus 541 miles 5 laps in 1910.
Harvard and Yale will play a three game hockey series this season. Two games will be in Boston at the Boston Arena on February 1 and February 22, with the third game set for New York City at the St. Nicholas rink between the Boston dates. Last season Harvard won the series two games to one.
At a Somerville High School Athletic Association meeting yesterday eighteen players received sweaters and letters. Captain Doane Hunnewell Hirshon West Wiswall Robertson Dardis Dillon Ellis Palmer Sedarland Leland Merrill Baxter H Anderson A Anderson Cushing Bradley and Wiley were honored for their athletic achievements.
East Side lightweight Knockout Brown defeats Young Reilly in a ten round bout in New York. Reilly showed his best in rounds seven and eight, but Brown controlled the other sessions and won clearly.
The will of John Tomlinson Brush, owner and president of the New York Giants, probated in Indianapolis. His property, aside from small bequests to grandsons Gordon and John Brush Hempstead and to relatives, is divided equally between his widow Mrs Elsie Lombard Brush Natalie Brush and Mrs Harry N Hempstead, an Indianapolis daughter by his first wife.
Harry N Hempstead and N Ashley Lloyd of Cincinnati named executors in Brush will to manage stock in National Exhibition Company of New Jersey known as The Giants. They may vote, sell stock, and handle corporate acts for beneficiaries Mrs Brush Natalie Lombard Brush Eleanor Brush Hampstead and Elsie Lombard Brush with two thirds of stock held by Mrs Brush and Natalie.
Tonight’s 20 round heavyweight bout pairs Jim Flynn and Luther McCarthy in Vernon California. Writers doubt the matchup’s calibre and predict limited public interest unless Luther delivers the famed power, which could push him into heavyweight title talk.
Tom McCarey promotes the affair praising the value of the combat ants services. The purse is 5000 dollars, far below the usual 10000 or more. Billy Nixon of Cambridge faces Joe Phillips at the Marieville A C Providence over 15 rounds. Nixon resumes after months away. G W Brown reports a large amateur sparring tournament entry list for Dec 14 with preliminaries tomorrow in the B A A gym. Bill McKinnon Roxbury meets Tommy Bergin Lewiston in a 10 round bout in Albany Thursday night.
At a meeting of the Athletic Council, 20 members of this year's football team were awarded letters and sweaters. An election of a captain for next year will be held today. Recipients include Captain John Hartigan and players from Boston, Roxbury, Cambridge, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and other local areas.
Split OCR shows player scores for Dalson Hatchson Noyes Ken'ton Rooney Williams Hersey Hatch Legate Berry Petals totals and Colonial Club Wheeler Bean Dykeman A Bean Brooks Stevenson Smith I Bean Britt. final totals column lists team scores 505 580 519 and 492 538 520 across two lines.
In a Highland Club game at 1401 Kimball Wellman 83 of 102 Brown 105 87 696 Orr 5 Ay 98 England 92 81103 Stevens 87 79 Blois 96 96 82 McDonald 80 89 105 LeFavor 94 108 102 McRae 105 102 91 Totals 491 475 472 Totals 446 480 475
A compact, opinionated line about the enduring appeal of classic and modern informal baseball leagues. It reflects nostalgia for past eras and hints at the ongoing relevance of rugged, independent play in the sport.
New York on December 9. Vice President Harry N Hempstead Treasurer R H McCutcheon and Director N Ashley Lloyd discussed the Giants affairs. Hempstead arrived from Indianapolis and said the time had come to place the club on a new business basis.
Ex Congress man Samuel L Powers told the Massachusetts Reform Club at the Parker House that there is no necessity for a third party. He credited Roosevelt with the party split and argued Reformers should follow conscience. The discussion covered tariff reform currency reform and anti monopoly themes with other speakers weighing in on progressives and Democrats.
A meeting of Brush estate officers and executives is planned in Jersey City tomorrow or Wednesday. Mr Hempstead may be elected president with John J McGraw as vice president if he accepts. McGraw might be made president instead, while Hempstead keeps his title, and McGraw is slated for vice presidency if not higher.
Boston High School football players have been asked to refrain from all athletics until after the Christmas holidays. The department of hygiene recommends three weeks to a month of rest for any boy who endured a hard football season.
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