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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
21
The column savagely debates postwar boxing economics with Jack Dempsey demanding a quarter of a million in a clash that could trump European deals. It notes Carpentier’s Paris prominence, Morgan and Rockefeller promoters, and the looming return of Willard as battles shift from war to sport. Joie Ray gears for winter campaigns as pay and cups loom.
Harvard announces a 1920 baseball schedule of 27 games with potential 2 more in case of ties. The plan features home and away duels with Yale Princeton Boston College Holy Cross Brown Penn and the University of Virginia and single games against West Point Annapolis Cornell Fordham Columbia New Hampshire State and the Boston Red Sox.
Harvard begins its season April 10 with Bowdoin at Soldiers Field. The slate includes games against New Hampshire State, the Red Sox at Fenway, plus a Dixie spring migration facing West Point, Virginia, Annapolis, Penn, and Columbia. Sixteen games on campus, two possibly in New York.
Two 10 round headliners headline a card at Bowdoin Square tonight. Art Magirl faces Al Nelson in one 10 rounder while Pat McCarthy meets Charlie Slyverio in another. An 8 round bout pits Freddie Madden against Teddy Murphy with two 6 round bouts closing the program featuring Harry Ginsberg versus Joe Collins and Johnny Marto versus Young Bruno.
Harvard prepares an all service squad for a coast game with 22 players who served in khaki blue or forest green. Captain 200 pound left end Jack Desmond joined the Tank Corps and once rushed the Hindenburg line, now stars at Harvard as the team faces Oregon.
Jacob Shankman a Harvard prodigy may join the California football team as mascot. The Harvard Athletic Association has the matter under consideration and friends of Shankman believe his chances to make the trip are strong. Charlies Francis Adams the Harvard College treasurer has spoken in his favor to Major Moore.
A local ice league series features Rindge out of school competition. Players from the Rindge program participate in a multi game event highlighting youth ice hockey action and community involvement in the region.
The Park and Recreation Department released a bulletin detailing skating conditions across Boston areas including Ashmont Playground Billings Field Boston Common Charlesbank Charlestown Playground Columbus Avenue Cottawe Street Dorchester Park Franklin Field Gibson Playground Jamaica Pond Neponset Playground North Brighton Playground Randolph Street Playground Columbus Park Wood Island Park Orient Heights Pierce Field Smith Field and more locations.
The article lists many players from Harvard and other teams who served in the navy or other armed services. It recounts their roles, ranks, and actions from enlistment to battles, including pilots, lieutenants, ensigns, and ambulances units with varied postings from Brest to the Black Sea and Palestine.
The passage lists Freddie Church Wynant Hubbard A D Hamilton Bubbles Havemeyer Frank Johnson and others serving in the navy air service marines and army units. It notes Harvard Hospital Base coach Paul Withington Ned Mahan Pooch Donovan and Fred W Moore in intelligence and S A T C roles with the Harvard party during the war.
The American amateur boxers Ashton Donze Frank Cassidy John Burke and manager Benjamin Levine returned from Scandinavia where they won 13 of 17 bouts Donze won the Sweden featherweight and Copenhagen city titles Burke took Sweden heavyweight and Copenhagen city crown Cassidy claimed Copenhagen lightweight title while losing the Swedish Stockholm bout
Harold A. Dudgeon of New Bedford Mass a Bowdoin guard this season was elected captain for next year by Bowdoin College officials in Brunswick Maine.
Harvard athletic committee disapproves the proposed air race by the Harvard Aeronautical Association for an intercollegiate tilt from Cambridge to New Haven and New York and return.
At yesterday's meeting the league agreed to seven man hockey for the season. A 15 game outdoor schedule was drawn up. Rindge Technical School has temporarily dropped out of the league.
Rindge withdraws from the league due to lack of players and interest. Six teams Melrose Newton Cambridge Latin Arlington Somerville and Brookline form the I H league. Outdoor games run Jan 7 to Feb 6 with indoor playoffs in mid February at the Pavilion rink. Brookline absent at the meeting may request schedule changes.
Harvard athletic committee authorizes the Harvard Cornell dual meet for the third Saturday before the intercollegiate championships. The track advisory committee now must renew the agreement with the Moakley boys.
Harvard boxers will not face the University of Pennsylvania at this year’s proposed contest. The Cambridge athletic committee blocked the match during yesterday’s regular meeting.
The life story of William J. Honey Mellody, a top New England boxer, told by Mellody himself. Mrs Mellody completed the first instalment after his death, with more installments planned in the Boston Post daily and Sunday.
The narrator recounts dining at Lakeside Hotel and King's Cafe in Chicago where a waitress named Bessie notices a resemblance to a story about him. He describes bouts with Dick Fitzpatrick and Buddie Ryan, a disputed foul, and a return to happy nights with Bessie before heading to Boston, recalling days in Honey Mellody's era.
The narrator recalls boxing rounds with Patsie Sweeney in Portland and Jack O Keefe in Chicago, detailing defeats, lingering memory of a West City, and plans to rebound against Martin Duffy after a nine week layoff. The piece notes sentiment, travel, and press reaction while promising continuation in tomorrow's Post.
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