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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1906
Page
8
Yale's faculty asserts control over athletics with undergraduates now curbing access to the Yale field. The approach limits participation of disapproved players and tightens rule enforcement, while praising the new football rules and warning of future scrutiny of athletic expenditures.
Gossip lists bouts this week across Peoria Haverhill Baltimore Lawrence and Lowell with Kenney facing Donahue Briggs and other pairings. Chelsea promoters face backlash while Bartley Connolly Cote clash is rescheduled Rumford Falls Lowell Webster and Lakeside clubs prep year end events.
President Charles Murphy announces players will wear numbers with scores listingNames on score cards. The piece recalls colored caps used by Cincinnati and notes mixed reactions while mixing in vintage anecdotes about players and managers. It mentions Connie Mack and Vollendorf, and Henry Flagler in a side note. It closes with racing and baseball tidbits including trotters and state representations in the 2:10 list.
Pietro aims to reverse last week's loss under familiar rules in a mixed styles contest in Worcester tomorrow night. Ticket prices range from 1 to 7 dollars for reserved seating and 20 to 25 dollars for box seats. A Chicago crowd will ride a special train to the event and heavily back Herman if odds move to 2 to 1.
East Boston Highs McGovern tops floor scoring for the second week in a row as league play resumes January 4 after holidays. Roxbury and Charlestown players vie for goals from fouls as tensions rise in several games. Season standouts include Milton Highs under Bennett with Captain Flynn leading a quicker, lighter squad. Ice hockey notes announce resignations and new captains with upcoming games for Medford Melrose Somerville and Dartmouth versus Rindge Newton and Arlington High.
Wellesley High School forms an ice hockey squad with Beeman Sibley as captain and T. B. Parker as manager. The team will play at Wellesley College on Lake Waban.
The famed Kremlin, cousin of Maud S and noted sire at Allen Farm, turns twenty. Bred by A J Alexander of Spring Station Ky, Kremlin sired 36 trotters with 2:07 to 2:30 records and 12 pacers. dam line traces to Hambletonian and Venus. In 1892 he raced across Lexington Mystic Hartford and Nashville meets, posting top times including 2:11% and 2:07 4-4, boosting Allen stock reputation.
Newton Club in the Newton league records last week’s high three string total of 570 at Big Pins. The Roll of Honor highlights top scores and recognizes standout bowlers from the league.
A petition circulating among Columbia University alumni asks to restore football. It will be presented to President Butler and the athletics committee, arguing that rule changes reduce roughness and time devoted will not interfere with the university’s primary aims.
Newton leads team totals with 570 and Newton top duo Tempe and Teague for highest team single. Hutchinson from Newton Maugus tops individual total with 570 and Edmunds from Newton league has 225 for best single.
Carruth and Oty lead WEABUC with the highest team total. Medford tops the Knights of Columbus league for team single. Donnel ly of Valladolid leads Knights of Columbus with highest individual total. Beatty of Somerset tops City league with 137 points.
Madison A C seeks 105 pound games. All Star team open for after noon and evening games. Knights of King Arthur seeks 115 pound opposition. New Dorchester and Malden A C look for 105 pound games. Lincoln A A Somerville and Saratoga A A challenge teams. Cheney Bigelow Springfield seeks fast teams in Hub area.
A whimsical roundup of Christmas letters to Santa from boxers, managers, and sports figures requesting gifts or favors. Names include Jack O’Brien, Jim Jeffries, Fred Tenney, C. Comiskey, Hugh MacLean, Ban Johnson, and Battling Nelson, among others, with wishes ranging from fighters and bicycles to weather and umpire help.
Snow on Saturday night promises ideal sloughing on the Charles River course. Superintendent Gilman was at work yesterday rolling the snow down on both roads to prepare the track.
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