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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
13
Harvard selects Halfback Wendell as captain for the next season praising his all American backfield credentials and human burst. The piece notes expected tests against Yale, plus local Olympic and track chatter and Columbus era references.
In Los Angeles on December 7 1906 Marlboro Abe Attell scored a knockout decision over Jimmy Walsh across eight rounds. Also notes on Harvard Yale game, boxing instructors in Brockton, and inquiries about Russell Ford’s origins before joining the New York Highlanders.
A scheme to build a motordrome on Newark meadows stirring mixed views. Promoters hope for big gains, though success mirrors only Indianapolis so far. Parisian Renault ties shift with Lecroix forming a new firm alongside Kibbbe and Jeldsen to market Clement, Panhard, Italy, English Daimler, Zedel, and Renault lines. Roscoe B. Davis joins Empire Motor Co. in Boston to sell Stutz and Empire cars, recalling his Maxwell days in 1900s Boston. Bay State Club members meet tonight to plan a show. Clifton B. Carberry previews motoring in Rome for the Post. The 1912 Velie calendar earns praise for its black and white design.
The Newton Y M C A defeated Somerville Y M C A 40 to 5 in Newton last night. Newton winners included Forte Burrows Somers Jacquith and Tuelon in multiple events with times and placings listed. a Brookline club exhibition followed.
Ten fishing vessels, five from offshore and five from shore grounds, arrived at vT wharf with 176000 pounds haddock, 54500 cod, 20400 hake, 5400 pollock, 8000 scrod haddock, 14500 lemon sole and 5000 cask. Prices ranged haddock 3.5 to 5.75 cents, cod 5.5 cents, hake 4 to 5.5 cents, pollock 3.5 cents, cask 3 cents. Vessels Crest Spray Metamora Rex F J O Hara Jr Manomet Olive Hutchins Lillian Eva Avina Mary Fallon and others listed with cargoes. The Henry Clay of Reading fleet towed to Chelsea for coal cargo. Sagamore left Hoosac for Liverpool with wheat and other freight. Admiral Dewey sailed for tropics with multiple Boston passengers. Governor Cobb to Knights Key for a Havana trade charter. The LANDSMAN.
The notice lists daily maritime data with sunrise and sunset, high water and tide, followed by a December 21 arrival of steamers including Ontario Bend Persian Thacher and many others bound for New York Boston Philadelphia and Norfolk. Tugboats tow barges in and out of ports with numerous vessel names and routes. Cleared steamers and sailed ships include Sagamore Isleworth and Lamington among others bound for Liverpool Newport News and Baltimore. An anchored schooner Apple Aisle is noted in Nantasket Roads near Sullivan Maine.
The Wood A. C. beat Emerson A. C. Jrs. by a wide margin last night in a basketball game. Wood A. C. dominated the court from the start with a strong defense and sharp passing, securing the 18 to 4 victory.
Carruth beats McCarthy on its alleys with a world record 1623 pin tally. O'Brien led with 365 across three strings and 182 in one. Murray and Irwin won three of four from Boylston, Chauncy went three of four from Adams Square, Elite swept Hayward.
Bowdoin Square Alleys shows team scores for Bicknell and Fuller and S. M. Howes with three-event totals and final totals. Scores listed as 441 449 478 totaling 1365 for Bicknell and Fuller and 404 408 484 totaling 1241 for Howes.
Cincinnati December 20. Garland Jake Stahl was reinstated as Boston American League manager for next season without a fine by the National Baseball Commission. He had failed to report in 1911 while under reservation. Harry Smith of Brooklyn was also restored without a fine after leaving the club last spring to care for his ill wife.
Technology undergraduates held a mass meeting to back the hockey team ahead of a game with Harvard tonight. Captain Vernon G. Sloane of Arlington urged students that louder cheering could boost scoring chances.
Dr J A Rockwell urged alumni to back the institute hockey team in the cheering section. Dean Alfred E Burton spoke for the faculty as the lineup changes announced by Ranney aim to boost strength. Harvard loses most of last year’s lineup except Duncan, but Tech expects a fast, deep team ready for opening action and a rapid start.
New Haven December 20 competition opened for fireproof Yale stadium designs seating about 60 000. A sub committee reviewed tentative plans and invited competitive submissions from architects with completion not before the 1915 season.
Billy Delaney the pugilists trainer is confined to his Oakland home with illness feared to be fatal. He trained Jim Corbett for Sullivan in 1892 and later prepared Jeffries for Fitzsimmons. His last feat was training Jack Johnson for the Reno championship bout against Jeffries.
In Indianapolis, Young Saylor of Indianapolis stopped Jake Barada of St. Joseph Missouri after seven rounds as Barada’s seconds threw in the sponge at the bell ending the seventh, signaling the end before the eighth round.
Brown defeats Leach Cross on points after ten fast rounds at the Empire A. C. ring in New York. Brown led the bout with steady offense and solid defense, earning the decision from observers.
Paris report says American boxer Kid McCoy defeated English challenger Harry Croxon by knockout in the third round delivering a decisive victory in the boxing bout.
Polo results from New Haven and Hartford Taunton show New Haven leading Waterbury 6 to 4 and Hartford defeating Taunton 4 to 2. Providence and Worcester tally 7 with Providence trailing Worcester.
Boston National League president John Ward and engineers study expanding Walpole street grounds to increase seating and depth. The plan shifts the diamond, lengthens left field, removes left centre bleachers, enlarges the grandstand, and may add roof boxes while keeping the game’s best interests first. Ward vows a business motto prioritizing the national game and league, with manager decisions to come after the January meeting.
The Technology varsity basketball team leaves tonight for a holiday trip to New York to play Spring field Training School tomorrow and College of the City of New York Saturday. Lineup includes captain Schar, Schatz, Mowry, Fredman, Hudson, and substitutes McCarthy Reed Morse.
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