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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
11
Harvard statistics show 1137 men participated in athletics this fall, a rise of 144 from last year. Football leads with 212 participants, rowing 157, track 142, and tennis 112. many men joined multiple squads and some sports had shorter seasons.
In Everett a well dressed man found in a dazed, mute state yesterday is thought to be Joseph St. Lawrence an iron moulder of Newburyport who vanished from home a month ago. A Boston Post description matches, and relatives note the muttered phrase to St. Lawrence.
Eighteen Harvard players contend for the varsity captaincy as Brickley and Trumbull emerge as main contenders. Nine votes will decide the winner with the defeated candidate pledging to vote for the winner afterwards.
Harvard players from the 1913 title team gather at the Harvard Club of Boston for a banquet at the new clubhouse at Commonwealth Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue. Brickley and Trumbull emerge as top captain contenders while Hardwick, Pennock, Logan, and Bradlee vie for future leadership roles. A group photo precedes the players voting, with Brickley and Trumbull abstaining.
Dr. Ben Roller the physician wrestler faces George LaGrange in a finish match tonight at the Grand Opera House. If they repeat their Springfield bout the contest may rank as one of the season’s hardest staged at the theatre. LaGrange, a notably improved grappler, scored a fall on Roller at Springfield and kept pressing him, signaling strong progress.
Positive proof that college sports do not hinder scholastic attainment was shown by Harvard’s 1913 14 scholarship awards. Nearly a score of winners were men prominently engaged in university athletics.
Football's share of Harvard's need aid topped the list with prize outlays while crew and hockey stars followed. Notable awardees include Brickley Mahan Cowan Gilman Trumbull Curtis Coolidge Wanamaker Cutler MacLure and others across football crew and track. Total scholarships reach 265 yearly with funds from the Price Greenleaf and 52 Harvard clubs.
The Harvard athletic committee released fencing dates: Feb 6 vs Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Feb 7 vs Navy in Annapolis, Feb 13 vs Yale in Cambridge, Feb 20 vs Bowdoin in Cambridge, Feb 27 vs Columbia in New York. Freshman numerals awarded for Yale game participants and for junior-team players in the class football series, with several named recipients. hockey schedules remain unannounced.
A discussion argues for government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines as constitutional postal utilities. Burleson reports a post office surplus and outlines reforms to standardize service, expand parcel post, create a flexible staff system, and extend facilities from public buildings to postal needs.
Mayor Fitzgerald withdraws from the mayoralty campaign citing need for long rest due to overwork after efforts to improve lodging house conditions and Arcadia fire fallout. He backs reform candidate Thomas Kenny while aides and ward chairs react with surprise as power shifts ripple through Democratic ranks.
Candidate Kenny comments on Mayor Fitzgerald withdrawal citing surprise and regret over the mayor’s impaired health. He recalls cordial relations and honest differences during four years of administration and notes ongoing shared goals despite disagreements.
Herbert M. Blackford of Winthrop was struck on Rutherford avenue by a car owned by John M. O Connell and driven by his son. Blackford, 35, suffered a brain concussion and multiple injuries and remains on the dangerous list at Haymarket relief station. O Connell was arrested on assault and battery and later released on bail.
Neil Stark, arrested in Washington for allegedly defrauding the Copley Plaza Hotel of 98.20, reportedly stayed at the Pack Bay on Oct. 30 and left without payment. The inspector’s office notified, Chief McGarr issued arrest circulars, and Detective Egan travels to bring Stark back.
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