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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1909
Page
8
Boston National League shortstop Bill Dahlen asks President Dovey to fund a Hot Springs conditioning trip at the club’s expense. Dahlen’s late season decline, Dovey’s cautious stance, and the need to replace him if useful, shape the outlook. Jake Bouktes signed his contract yesterday.
From Paoli Ohio Cy Young writes Boston fans that he remains in shape to pitch for the Red Sox next season. He notes farm life keeps him fit and promises to deliver if needed while hoping to join Hot Springs workouts and meet the Cincinnati crowd.
The National Baseball Commission released a list of players now owned by major league clubs who also appear on the final reserve list from October 28, 1908. The Boston clubs hold Essick Coles Hohnhornst Lavender Aiken Inman Thomasson Whitman Arrellanes Boucher and W A James, with various drafting and purchasing notes and reserve positions. The list shows players moved to major league clubs and subject to removal from the reserve list.
Eighteen men reported for the first Harvard baseball battery practice in the cage yesterday afternoon. Candidates included McKay Hicks Hartford and other pitchers. Coach Pieper and Captain Currier led a light workout to limber arms, signaling a strong-looking freshman battery and a potentially solid spring for the team.
In Chicago on February 1, President Murphy receives a letter from Manager Chance signaling peace at Cub headquarters. Chance approves the proposed benefit game for Captain Anson and confirms he will return this year.
New York Feb 1 Dummy Taylor the picturesque ball player is to pass out of major league company Manager McGraw has asked for waivers on the deaf mute
Iscoll faces McKinnon while Walsh meets Furey and Smith clashes with Flynn. Freddie Welsh boxes George Memsic in Los Angeles.
Abe Attell agrees to a ten round bout with Jem Driscoll at 126 pounds at the National A C of New York within two weeks. Driscoll sails for England on the 20th, with Attell hinting a later decisive bout at 122 pounds or higher. Attell seeks a Western arena rematch for a decision.
Kansas City six day bicycle race began in Convention Hall at 2:30 PM with Mayor Crittenden firing the start. The pace quick 26 miles and eight laps in the first hour set a track record for 12 lap heats. Moran narrowly beat Root at the end of the first lap, while pairs Moran WEAmel and Root Fogler led the standings with 5 laps and 100 miles.
The Chicago Americans pursue Cox of Georgia for 1909 while Tinker says the Phillies must be beaten in the National League. Hofman controversy with Brooklyn flares, Murphy defends Hofman, and Connie Mack reportedly lands Carney from Holy Cross. St Paul alongside Minneapolis forms new league, trainer applications flood for the New York Americans.
Ice conditions improve as near zero weather arrives in New England. Snow previously covered surfaces, roughening some spots, but enthusiasts can still find satisfactory places to skate on streams ponds and rinks in the vicinity.
B A A and Winthrop Y C rolled three great strings in the Exeter street clubhouse league last night, finishing even as totals reached 1510 for B A A and 1612 for W Y C. Rooney starred amid numerous 100 plus strings. Bray led the Central Club with a late string win.
Brockton manager Ferris of Crescent Alleys says he will accept C M Good of the Wildey team challenge and tax Poehler with Clark and Luckman. He proposes a $100 a side 10-string match in Brockton, confident his team can win.
Senator Wills introduced a sweeping bill in Sacramento that prohibits all pugilistic contests in places where admission is charged and makes violations felonies. The penal code would set punishment at not more than five years in state prison.
Bindge M. T. S. plays Somerville High in Somerville. East Boston High meets Boston Latin in Boston. St. Josephs hosts Fenno Five at St. Josephs Hall West End. North End Union faces West End House at North End. St. Francis meets St. Josephs of Somerville at Monument Hall Charlestown. Auburn Academy vs YM LSA plays on Blossom Street West End.
English High defeated Mechanic Arts High 30 to 22 at Montgomery Street School. English led 21 to 7 at halftime as Mechanic Arts rallied in the second half. Culprits on fouling second teams were Culhane Lee and Phillips. Attendance was about 300.
Revere High defeated Reading High 54 to 21 at home. E Smith led with 9 points, followed by Cleaces 4, Baker 12, Proctor, Trenholm 2, Eames 5, Nichols 3. Time halves were 15 and 20 minutes. Referee Redding. Empire Redding. Scorer Spenbridge. Timer Flint.
Norwood High School girls basketball team won at Everett Hall this afternoon defeating North Easton by a final score of 11 to an unspecified number. The game details are incomplete in the clipping.
Jem Driscoll of England defeated Tommy Langdon of Philadelphia in a six round crowd pleasing bout at the Washington Sporting Club. Langdon used a sharp left jab and right uppercut while Driscoll rallied in the second round and attacked with swift left stabs. Both fighters showed damage with Driscoll carrying lumps under the eyes and Langdon a cut around the nose and mouth.
The Young Men's A. C. held an all-star show in Salem with five bouts. Morrissette beat Morrissette? Tenor aside.
Harvard undergraduates anticipate a victory by the Crimson eight at New London against Yale and discuss a possible international varsity race in England this summer. They aim to avenge the 1906 defeat under Captain Filley’s leadership abroad.
The Mechanic Arts High and Commercial High track meet is canceled due to unavailable gym floor space. The meet will be rescheduled for a date in March.
Report of an accident during a hockey match between Columbia and Yale at St Nicholas rink in New York, with additional note of a separate Somerville High versus Dorchester game on the schedule.
Melrose High blanked Medford High 2 to 0 this afternoon in a hockey game. Melrose, led by strong defense, controlled the pace and held Medford to no scoring opportunities.
Alfred De Oro world champion three cushion billiards opened a series at Miah Murray's yesterday facing Ned Splaine of Hub Billiard Palace. He made an 11 point run and won 60 to 13. Later he defeated Charley Campbell 50 to 35. A title match with Jesse Lean is set for February 10 to 12 in Johnny McGraw's New York rooms.
Robert Cook of Tyvnn postponed due to illness. Samuel Levine of Wakefield, Middlesex champion, swept 19 games simultaneously, finishing with seven wins four losses and eight draws.
Yussif Mahtmout defeated Raoul de Rouen at the Seventh Regiment Armory in Chicago. The Turk won the first fall on a foul after 87 minutes 6 seconds of rough work. The second fall came in 20 minutes 54.5 seconds with a scissors and headlock.
Readable lines show Brockton 7, Worcester 5. Fall River 10, New Bedford 5. Providence 6, Pawtucket 4. No context or dates provided.
The Boston Athletic Association plans 500 extra seats in the first balcony for the Mechanics Building event. Captain Hartranft of Pennsylvania competes in the 45 yard hurdle, challenging Dartmouth champ A B Shaw. Joe Ballard of Providence enters the five mile, with W H Barker making his mile handicap debut. The BA A faces a roster shakeup as Lee departs, leaving four top men to lead the team.
Harry Lee, renowned Volkmann School middle distance star and New England 1000 yard indoor record holder, will leave for a long southern trip today. His withdrawal weakens the Unicorn as they face the Pastime Club of New York in Mechanics Building Saturday night.
W W Coe Jr of the Boston Athletic Association and W F Kreuger of Swarthmore College are slated for a major shot put clash at the upcoming meet Saturday night. Kreuger holds the intercollegiate record of 46 feet 5 1/2 inches set at the 1907 intercollegiate games. Coe defeated Kreuger by beating 45 feet 11 1/2 inches during the Eastern Olympic trials week later at Franklin Field Philadelphia.
Yale will bring its freshman four Chisolm Boyd Sarrar and Mullin to Boston for a relay with Harvard freshmen at the B A A games Saturday night. Yale varsity crew will not compete, making this the meet's lone Harvard Yale clash.
Brown University's star end Johnny Mayhew will run in the 49 yard dash and the hurdles at the Boston A A meet Saturday night. Mayhew, with Hartigan Young and a third teammate yet unnamed, will form the relay team against Amherst.
Arthur Duffey notes strong interest in the B A A meet at Mechanics Hall on Saturday night with 500 extra floor seats available. Shrubb Longboat wagering in New York draws Canadian bettors to the Marathon showdown while Boston players sign on, and the Giants remain slow to settle pay.
Questions on amateur registration for BA A Marathon and contact details for George Brown and J Frank Facey at Cambridgeport Mass. Ticketing via BA A clubhouse. Shipping for bicycling shoes from sporting goods stores. Cribbage counts and boxing lore include Marvin Hart vs Jack Johnson and Bill McKinnon birthplace Prince Edward Island. Gans Nelson purse noted.
Tommy Riley secured a decisive decision over Jeff Davis in a ten round contest at the Olympic Athletic Club. The win came with a strong final five rounds as Riley dominated to the end.
In Baltimore, Wagner of New York quickly defeated Jimmy Farren of the local gym in the Monumen tal Athletic Club bout. A short right hook in the second round’s early moments dropped Farren, who was carried to his corner by seconds.
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