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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1905
Page
3
Boston Americans star Jimmy Collins arrived for a social visit and plans to meet owner Taylor. He discusses roster changes including Fred O'Brien’s addition and potential departures, emphasizing strength and competition for positions. Collins may stay a week, enjoying time with friends in Buffalo.
Newtowne top bowler Waters totals 556 as Newtowne defeats Brockton Club 2 games to 1 in the Gilt Edge league at home. Chapman of Commercial posts a 202 best single game while Commercial also gains two high scores including 188. Team tallies show Newtowne 2480 and Commercial 2516.
Highland defeated Review in both games at Melrose in a Tri County league night. The home team also won billiards and seized the whist by forfeit while Review won the pool. A E Wyeth led Review with 120 on a 303 total. Carrie of Highland posted 301.
In the Seed league at Carruth’s Breck won two of three from Rawson and Farquhar swept Schlegel and Fottler three straight. Wheaton led Breck scoring with a 120 single and 299 total.
Boston fans may see a Boston battery of Fred L. O’Brien and Arthur McGovern next season after O’Brien signed a 190 contract with the American league. O’Brien, a 22 year old six foot pitcher, starred for Manhattan College and Rutland, with strong showings against Lafayette and Syracuse, and he voiced optimism about joining Collins.
Ben Mulford says Jack Sheridan expects an umpiring berth in the Pacific Coast League, while Yale faces a pro team only in a New York Nationals game. Dennison College hires Jess from the Cleveland organization to coach baseball, and Boston’s Jimmy Collins is greeted by many Royal Rooters. Arthur McGovern may be asked to visit, O’Brien and McGovern as a battery look strong at Huntington Avenue. Indiana cyclone hits Indianapolis, Soden and Taylor cheer western cyclone avoidance. Harry Arndt signs to fill third base for Cincinnati as Pulliam plans a Kentucky respite before returning to Broadway to prepare baseball operations.
Boxer Sandy Ferguson faced a courtroom on a charge of robbery after a North End hotel incident last Wednesday. Ella Veno testified Ferguson grabbed her, punched her, and stole $2.50 from her stocking, while A J Flynn vouched for Ferguson’s character and said he was present but did not witness the theft. The judge adjourned the case.
Charley O Rourke of Cambridge outpointed George Gunther over ten rounds in a decisive victory that drew Cambridge A A attendance records. O Rourke used a sharp left hand and body work to dominate while Gunther struggled with accuracy and defense. Preliminaries also went the distance with Shea defeating Hennessey and Jones beating McDermott.
Charley Neary the local boxer will undergo surgery for a new nose. The article notes his long suffering nose, once Teutonic and later twisted, will be rebuilt to a classical shape by a surgeon.
Baltimore gossip says Joe Gans will not meet Britt or Nelson despite a $20,000 purse and a $5,000 side bet. Promoter Coffroth reports Britt and Nelson refuse the matchup amid coast scrutiny of Herford and Gans.
The Centrals of East Boston organized a team led by captain Frank Barker a noted oarsman and baseball star. McCormick and Marley form a fast wing pair, with Kenefick and Flanagan in the back line. They opened the season by beating Chelsea and Revere High schools and seek 16 or 17 year old opponents. Contact Daniel Barry East Boston. Brighton High Mechanic Arts High at Brighton. Boston Latin West Roxbury High at Boston Latin gym. East Boston High Dorchester High at East Boston. Malden High Newton High at Newton.
Benjamin H. Ridgely, newly appointed U S consul to Barcelona, reports on a French inspired invention by M. Doyen of Brussels. An articulated oar for rowboats lets the rower face forward without changing stroke, using toothed sector joints and linked oarlocks.
Harvard hockey captain Callaway denied reports of varsity games in New York during Christmas recess. He said no matches were played, only practice at St Nicholas rink, and a training table would begin with Callaway Wilder MacLeod Newhall Ivy Townsend and Hutchins.
Academic league action features Brookline High School versus Mechanic Arts at Brookline with Stone School taking on De Merritte School at Franklin Field.
Casper Whitney names his all-American eleven. Yale dominates with Rockwell at quarterback and Tipton at center. peers include Hogan and Speik, Eckersall, Hurley, and Tor ney. Western critics mock the selections for mixing sizes and omitting Heston.
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