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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1911
Page
9
The first week of the new year features a full schedule with top local stars and bouts across Billys to national names. Promoters tout the week as one of the best, with 10 rounders and fights in Buffalo Albany Philadelphia and more across multiple days.
The Armory Club hosts a boxing night led by Sandy Ferguson versus Porky Flynn in a headline bout. Local fans hope to see Flynn upset the favorite, while Ferguson holds height reach and weight advantages. The undercard features Donahue vs Deshler, Wood vs Eagan, Willetts vs Cagille, Klaus vs Loughrey, Alger vs Ahearn, and Smith vs Leonard among others.
The series opens this week as Columbia meets Princeton at St Nicholas Rink in New York on Saturday. Harvard appears strongest after practice games, aiming to win the championship flag.
The Crimson defeated the Boston Hockey Club by a larger margin than St. Michael's, with Harvard showing strong potential for the championship contests. Princeton Yale and Cornell appear evenly matched, Cornell best of the trio, while Columbia and Dartmouth loom as potential surprises in the race. Hanover team posted a fine showing last week, winning all games except the Boston Hockey Club meeting.
Duffey outlines the indoor season ahead with Boston area events and athletes. Eddie Hopkins leads South Boston A C plans for January 21 at Mechanics Building while local stars Fowler Silva and Donavan vie for New England and B A A honors. Jeff Gotch and Hackenschmidt loom as expected challengers. Tom Flanagan teases a new Indian Marathoner for the B A A Marathon next April.
A. F. Sandy Ferguson and Porky Flynn have not met. Ferguson and Sam Langford fought to a 12 round draw at the Armory Club. Langford and Jack Sullivan have never met and likely won’t. Questions arise about R C Craig's 211-5 seconds 220 yard dash record being accepted as American and world record. Indoor athletics championship and Madison Square Garden events are mentioned amid unclear text.
Melrose High lost three of four on foreign courts weakening claim to state title. East Boston High leads divisions with Dorchester Roxbury and South Boston fielding new squads and veterans, while Commerce and Fenway face tough tests as the league championship heats up.
Melrose faced Oliver Ames High of North Easton last Saturday and then toured Springfield Westfield and Chicopee. They split two of three games, losing in Springfield and Westfield but winning a rally close to the finish in Chicopee. Oliver Ames barsier noted as a snappy North Easton squad, rivaling Winthrop High for top form. Winchester, fielding stars, hoped for the title but faced faculty issues with captain pene and sephon.
Daily and Wednesday to Saturday lists of games across multiple towns. Notable matchups include Quincy High facing Taunton and Weymouth, Roxbury, Dorchester, and East Boston schools. The schedule also lists venue cities and participating schools for each pairing.
In 60 days the birds will be flyin and the ball players arrive fittingly for a new season as local teams prepare for upcoming games and drills.
A weather disrupted week forced numerous postponements across the Interparatory league. Medford Roxbury Latin Milton Arlington Wellesley Lexington Cambridge Latin Somerville and other matches were moved or postponed due to icy conditions. Jack O Hearn of Brookline High suffered a finger amputation during a Wellesley game, likely ending his season.
Brookline High, led by Captain Anderson, shows promise with a new rink and facilities but faces tough opposition. Rindge Manual Training School impressed the seven, while Cambridge Latin and Winchester High field strong squads. Melrose and Arlington also field capable teams as the season tests each program.
Rambler will skip New York shows and stage a private exhibition at its Broadway offices under H E Field who becomes president and GM of the local Rambler Co. The line includes landaulet, limousine, town car and five to seven passenger touring bodies with two engine sizes. A United States Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association will meet at the Hotel Manhattan to discuss licensing cars and dealer education.
All-Star Harvard eleven from Harvard Law School, led by Captain Hamilton Fish Jr., arrives in New Orleans weary from travel. They plan rest before Monday's game at Baton Rouge against Louisiana State University.
Harvard’s football squad arrives in Nashville and Memphis for a four game road trip. Captain Fish bears a broken nose from an alleged strike by Smith, varsity member of Michigan. Several players report bruises and sprains as more games loom, with 15 men remaining in the squad after departures. Harvard has an offer to play in Cuba against the University of Havana but will return East after Monday’s game.
Yale football over the 1900 1909 period shows lighter players than Harvard or Princeton averages 171 pounds for Yale vs 175 and 178. Yale averages 6 feet 11 inches in height, younger by about four months, with a heaviest 265 pounds and tallest 6 4. Preps feeding Yale include Andover Hotchkiss Hill Exeter St Paul s Concord Lawrenceville and Groton with notable counts since 1900.
Friends of Joseph Weston honored him with a diamond ring as a New Year gift. The presentation occurred yesterday afternoon at the North Bennet Street gymnasium, with Maurice Dineen delivering the ring.
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