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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1919
Page
11
The Yale board of control in athletics voted sweeping internal changes in the university sports regime. It marks the first meeting since the armistice and the wartime suspension of regular board sessions due to members in military service.
Readings show undergraduates proposing major reforms to Yale athletics. Changes include Sunday recreation at Yale Field and Bowl, free board for working athletes, pre season football training, permanent coaches for freshmen, dual track meets with Harvard and Princeton, and increased squad sizes with no cuts. A permanent director of athletics is sought and a graduate executive committee would assist in emergencies.
George Nicolai of Kansas City won the international wing shot championship, the closing event of the interstate trapshooting tournament, here today with a score of 88 out of 100 targets. Sk W Renfro of Butte Montana was second with 79, and Riley Thompson Gainesville Missouri J C Hinshaw Spiritlake Jr. and Frank Troeh Vancouver Washington tied for third with 64 each.
Arlington High School manager Fred Ashworth announced the return game with Newton High School, set for Monday March 38, is moved to next Thursday afternoon at Spy Pond Arlington. The Arlington septet faces its toughest test this afternoon against unbeaten Milton Academy at Milton.
Feb 16 report says ex-champion Jack Johnson fights 10 rounders in Spain and earns about 1000 pesetas per bout. Jockey Guy Garner notes Johnson appears seedy, in a shabby fur coat claimed at 5000 dollars, with diamonds from Mrs Johnson often missing.
Johnson, an American boxer nicknamed Bill Flint of Brooklyn, fights an intrenched German U boat sailor in Madrid and later clashes with Blink McCloskey across Spanish cities. He performs with a glass eye in combat and mocks creditors at Barcelona hotels while seeking a France trip and avoiding Ellis Island.
New York reports the National Commission plans a quick change at the top. The four club owners and league committees meet in New York to review candidate names including Christy Mathewson and I I Sanborn. Ban Johnson and Heydler have discussed the matter as the search continues for a chairman acceptable to players and owners. Captain Mathewson was due back from France but did not arrive as planned.
A flexible set of fight announcements covers 12 round and 10 round bouts featuring Charley Parker Howard McRea Sam Bell Joe Rocco and Louis Bogash among others. Promoters arrange clashes in Lawrence Bath Portland Brockton Cambridge and New Bedford with forfeits posted and challengers named.
Yale gains an athletic boost as Carter Galt returns to campus after serving in the artillery. He will skip this season but resumes full eligibility next fall, bringing strength at guard for football and as an intercollegiate wrestling champion. Robert Holden also reenters college and will join the baseball team this spring.
Frank Gaffney notes high interest in track and field among Boston scholastic circles while hockey lags due to poor weather. If cold snaps yield ice this week, a dramatic finish to the schoolboy hockey season is possible as top honors remain undecided.
Dave Caldwell, longtime Byfield farmer, wins the Mayor Curley trophy in a notable comeback with trainer Jack Ryder praised for belief in Caldwell. The piece lauds Caldwell, Ryder, and Harlem era peers, notes Navy District meet results, and previews future East Coast intercollegiate matchups and upcoming B A A games with Yale and Harvard.
An event filled week features dual, triangular and quadrangular meets plus the Greater Boston interscholastics. Over 200 entries, with hopes to near 300, invite top prep talent from schools like Hope Street Providence, St John’s Danvers, Noble & Greenough Boston, East Boston, Lynn English, Medford and more. Drawings Wednesday. Noble & Greenough Roxbury Latin dual meet postponed to Dexter’s Brookline.
The Middlesex Sportsman's Association will hold its annual meeting at Robbins Memorial Town Hall Arlington Centre on Wednesday evening February 26. A short entertainment is planned and the guest speaker will be Dr Charles A Jastman a renowned Sioux Indian lecturer.
Connie Mack confirms five players signed for the 1919 Athletics including John Watson James IecAvoy Larry Gardner Scott Perry and Cy Perkins. Rumors place Bobby Roth of Cleveland as a potential addition if negotiations with Elmer Myers and outfielder Jamieson proceed.
The schedule lists multiple matchups this week with Milton Academy leading the unbeaten seven, Newton High Cambridge Latin Brookline High in contention, and talks of a possible Newton Milton meeting. Weather and late season delay keep hopes alive for a Triangular league title among strong school teams.
The Ailmont Golf Club of Arlington Heights votes to complete the spring season trophy tournament that could not be finished in fall. The trophy will be awarded as soon as play is decided. Club secretary Herbert A. Snow announced the plan last evening.
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