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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
3
Philadelphia boxer Jack O'Brien has declared he will not fight colored challengers as he pursues world champion status. The move mirrors earlier champions who drew the color line after winning the title, highlighting money and stage ambitions as motivators behind the decision.
Yale boasts abundant raw baseball talent with pitchers Jackson Bell Melkay Jones and Erwin among key names. The piece notes plans to challenge Harvard in a bid for regular championship status and highlights calls for honest sport against faking professionals.
In San Francisco on December 26 O Brien argues his win over Fitz gives him the championship. He says Jeffries retired and could not hand the title to any successor, asserting only Bob Fitzsimmons remained in the ring to hold the honors and that his own victory secures the title.
The piece notes American League managers fear Washington's moves under Jake Stahl for 1906. Analyst Harold Quanigan highlights Stahl's signings of boxmen William Sudhoff and Francois Kitson, and the trading of Sudhoff and Jack Townsend for pitcher Jacobson and Wilson.
Candy Lachance and Daniel Kelley plan a spring startup of the Naugatuck Valley league with teams in Winsted Torrington Naugatuck Bristol and likely Derby and Waterbury Lachance will manage and captain the Winsted club Boston fans extend good wishes as he returns to first base for Collins.
Harvard faces a depleted sprint lineup as Lightner and Schick depart. L. P. Dodge cannot compete this year due to health, leaving only Lockwood as a regular short-distance runner. Doyle may move from hurdles to sprints to fill gaps.
Albert Cutler joins the field for Maurice Daly's short stop 18 inch balk line billiard tournament in New York. Gallagher and Edward Mc Laughlin also submitted entries after Daly received three entries so far.
In an Adams Square Billiard Room exhibition George H Sutton handless billiardist defeated Lester W Bigelow 250 to 121 with 46 high run. The 8 p m rematch features Sutton against George Carter at the same venue.
A Wichita game testing the 10 yards to gain on three downs is judged a flat failure. Spectators, players, and fans say the rule cannot work against evenly matched teams, with punts dominating and calls for more open play growing louder. Many old players and the public urge leaving the game as is.
Mechanic Arts High struggles with practice space forcing games across venues including D Street Hall South Boston and Ward 9 Gym Captain Babcock leads a light squad Crump McGann Murphy and Cook fill key roles Manager Bell has set a schedule beginning December 29 at Watertown and ending March 23 with Dorchester Roxbury East Boston and Boston Latin on the docket
In the January Outing Magazine Casper Whitney blacklists several players for unsportsmanlike conduct and selects an all American eleven led by Eckersall at fullback and Hutchinson at quarterback. He lists ends Shelvin and Catlin, tackles Brill and Samson, guards Tripp and Burr, and center Torrey with substitutes from Chicago Yale Harvard Annapolis Carlisle Brown Pennsylvania Princeton and Princeton.
One Avon basketball player died and two were fatally injured when a Pennsylvania freight train struck the coach carrying 12 team members home from a game in Freehold New Jersey. The collision tore the coach apart and scattered players. John Lenneman of Asbury Park was killed, with many others unconscious.
In New Orleans on December 26 Toretta led the handicap field, stamping a decisive 7 to 5 win and controlling the race from start to finish. Other runners trailed as she showcased clear advantage and favored form.
At the fair grounds the racing card listed several winners. Hallowmas won the first race at 3 to 1 in 1:08 8-4, Hannibel Bey captured the second at 7 to 1 in 1:09 2-5, Monaco Maid led the third at 8 to 5 in 1:44 4-5, Bettie Brown won the fifth at 12 to 1 in 1:16 1-6, and Charley Thompson took the sixth at 3 to 1 in 1:50 9-5, with ite reported as a likely top performer.
The Boston Athletic Association issues a bulletin rating ice conditions as good in and around Boston at Trammond's Pond Spy Pond Kendrick's Bridge Cow Island Pond Dedham and Concord indicating safe skating surfaces.
New York reports Bob Fitzsimmons fought Jack OBrien in San Francisco last Thursday night to regain his wife Julia Giffords affection. An insider says he hoped victory would restore her admiration and rekindle the romance that began in Chicago and followed him from Bensonhurst to Paris and back to New York.
Harvard announces earliest varsity callout on January 9 with Coburn serving as coach and possibly pitching if needed. Wee Willie Keeler will coach batters in Cambridge for three weeks. several infielder and pitching spots remain in doubt while Stephenson and Leonard are likeliest to start.
The Douglas A C of Chelsea schedules a 15 round main event Monday with Kid Goodman and Dave Deshler at 180 pounds the bout midpoint in a crowded program. Jerry Gaines vs Tom Golden renews a Chelsea rivalry while Jack Johnson eyeing Sandy Ferguson matchups.
The Lynn Kennel Club scheduled its annual dog show on Thursday and Friday January 18 and 19 at Odd Fellows Hall Lynn. Entries close Monday January 15 at the Thayer building 69 North Market street with multiple breed classes from St Bernard to Pomeranian plus mixed and children's breed classes and prizes beyond regular ribbons. The event billed as the best in New England outside Boston, features specials and two selling classes at 25 and 50 dollars.
At the Sportsmen’s show the Grand Trunk railway displays large bromide enlargements from Algonquin National Park scenes including camp life and canoe trips. Fish specimens such as eight pound speckled trout and six pound small mouth bass, along with moose and red deer heads, are shown in a rustic cedar setting with mutoscope moving pictures. The 1,800,000 acre Ontario district lies 170 miles west of Ottawa and appeals to anglers and outdoor lovers from New England and beyond.
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