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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1916
Page
11
A golf committee outlines a full season of tournaments starting mid May featuring the Kickers Handicap, four ball matches, par competition, and Memorial Day medal play. It covers classes A to C, handicap rules, and additional events like tombstone and flag day formats, with entries closing at 1 PM and emphasis on fair play and simple scoring.
Red Smith third baseman for the Braves has signed his contract for the coming season.George Davis Jr the Harvard pitcher who uses the spitter will likely be signed soon with a clause for services after college.Contracts are expected to be finalized before the Braves depart for Miami.
Three games fill the Arena hockey week. Harvard Club clashes with the Hockey Club of New York in Amateur league action tomorrow. Friday the Arena Hockey Club faces Aberdeens of Ottawa, who beat them twice last season. Saturday Hobey Baker and St Nicholas meet Dartmouth varsity.
Fred Ayers hosts a party of Chicopee Falls factory men as Massachusetts reports 89 183 registered autos, about one car per 41 residents. J W Bowman touts Velie and Daniels cars in a stylish showroom while Connell & Mckone highlight an Overland display with a colonial couple and boy. Joseph Donovan and George Critten enjoy cross country runs in North Carolina.
The writer urges golf committees to change handicaps only monthly at month end and notes possible pro am events by clubs for members. They advise scheduling such matches on weekdays at 18 holes, arguing 86 holes is excessive for the pro and spectators when no championship is on the line.
Brookline High meets Medford High in a winter dual at Brookline Gym tomorrow. Both squads feature sprint and distance runners with close competition expected on a foreign floor and relays likely to decide the meet. Dorchester High meets Newton High is also scheduled for Thursday.
Billy Evans explains the infield fly rule as a judgment call not bound by fixed distance or height limits. He describes a ninth inning bunt scenario where the infielders leave their positions to field a potential sacrifice, creating a groundable bunt that becomes an infield fly dispute.
Waldek Zbyszko finishes training in New York today and will reach Boston tomorrow to rest before a Wednesday night bout at Mechanics Building with Hassane. Karl Lemle, the Bohemian heavyweight, will be ringside to challenge the winner.
Boston baseball fans will gather at the Quincy House tonight for the Winter League annual banquet. Captain Johnny Evers of the Braves has promised to attend with Rabbitt Maranville, traveling from Troy via Springfield to Boston.
New rules from the State Athletic Commission set weight scales from 108 pounds for paperweight to over 175 for heavy and require guarantor financial responsibility or upfront guarantees. Ticket control procedures will be introduced to protect the 7 12 percent state tax on receipts. Rings must be 16 to 24 feet square and built to commission standards.
The column surveys fans patience for Braves star George Stallings crew in the southern circuit, debates rough play in hockey featuring Raymie Skilton, Charley Deal and Hobey Baker, plus salary cuts and amateur eligibility in baseball. It notes Jim Drew indoors, Yale Princeton Cornell suspensions, and Longboat joining the Canadian battalion with details on upcoming indoor and suburban track meets.
The column argues Moran would be the world heavyweight champion if he KO's Jess Willard in Madison Square Garden on March 25, regardless of decision. It notes knockout clears championship talks and contrasts opinions about boxing legitimacy.
Harvard freshmen earned numerals for playing in last Saturday's game against Yale freshmen. Notable players include Robert Roberts Bishop of Newton Centre Charles Arthur Clark Jr of Milton Washington Allston Flagg of New York Rudolph Shermann Kissel Jr of Morristown Rudolph Waldo Marshall of New York John Lee Merrill of Manchester Morris Phinney of West Medford William Platt of New York Henry Kent White Jr of Milton and manager Lloyd Kirkman Garrison of New York.
Allen Potter of Harvard varsity crew sprained his ankle while leaving the Newell boathouse after slipping on ice. The injury will sideline Potter for at least three weeks. he rowed at number four and is regarded as one of the Crimson’s top oarsmen.
Middlesex School closes today and tomorrow for a holiday. After the break, midweek athletic activities will resume with baseball and rowing starting indoors in the gym. Battery candidates will practice in the cage and crew hopefuls will use rowing machines.
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