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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
9
A lesson in hockey was delivered by the Arena Hockey Club to the Harvard Club squad last night as Arena dominated play. The final score was 11 to 2 in favor of Arena.
Patsey Seguin and Mickey Roach spark Arena victory with lightning first-period goal sequence. Seguin scores four times while Roach contributes four goals and assists as Synnott, Small, and Conley support offense. Harvard Club faces tough defense from Small and McKay and endures rough play with injuries and penalties.
Norman Cabot of the Tennis and Racquet Club defeated Mathew Bartlett to win the state championship at the Harvard Club. The five game match scores were 13 18, 15 3, 11 15, 17 16, 15 11 with Cabot denying Bartlett a late ace bid in the decisive fourth game.
Bartlett dominates Cabot in a hard fought match to claim the title. Cabot shows steadiness early and strong serves but Bart lett storms with a flawless service game and a decisive 11-3 second set. Final match score notes Cabot 71 Bartlett 63 with a late 15-3 second set and 15-11 final set.
George B. Magrath of Union Boat Club was elected president at the annual meeting. Eleven clubs attended as plans were laid for three regattas on July 4, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. James P. Fox was re-elected secretary. W. C. Donovan and John C. Corrigan were named vice-president and treasurer. Officers reported the association in prosperous condition.
The Lexington High School baseball team will remain in the Mystic Valley Interscholastic Baseball league for the upcoming season. The league also features Arlington Reading Stoneham and Winchester high schools.
Hugh Jennings says a strong pitching staff is key and recalls passing on Nap Rucker for about $50,000 and declining Walter Johnson. He notes Cobb urged acquisitions and admits misjudgments affecting prospects for a World Series title.
James Mello alias James Morris of Bristol Rhode Island, suspected in the Kingston railroad station triple murder Saturday night, was arrested in Olneyville tonight by police inspectors.
Detective headquarters heard a confession from Morris Mello after a long interrogation by Chief Inspector O Neill. He claims William Rhodes killed Gustave Olsen and Oscar Olsen before Rhodes was shot. All three men were section hands for the New Haven road living near the Kingston rail station. Rhodes was a local stone mason.
Carl Herz and Johnny O’Rourke split on management and will pursue separate paths. Herz fights Johnny Mello in Roxbury tomorrow and Joe Eagan in Pittsfield Monday, then Walter Butler in Rumford next Thursday. George Kid Cotton returns in Lawrence against John Lester Johnson while Eddie Campi vs Mickey Brown headlines Hibernian Hall. Promoters shift dates for Young Britt Al Delmont to Feb 14 to avoid local celebrations as Gardner readies a 10 round tournament with Powers vs Briggs and a Delucca rematch in next events.
Tom Jones, manager of heavyweight champion Jess Willard, denies a New York report that Willard and Jack Dillon were matched for a April fight. Jones says a meeting will be held tomorrow to arrange a Willard bout with Frank Moran, with Milwaukee’s Tom Andrews ready to bid, likely in New York.
Jess Willard and Jack Dillon were reportedly matched for a 10 round bout in New York between April 10 and 22. Willard would earn 82 500 and Dillon 10 000 with 15 percent of the gate to promoters, and Dillon replaces Frank Moran after the Moran terms broke down.
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