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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
3
The World of Sport weighs whether Rube Waddell joins Collins in Boston amid Buffalo and New York moves. Talks on Delehanty trade, Tenney's stance, and Harvard football reform fill the page with trades, salaries, and managerial philosophies.
Cincinnati, Jan. 2. Will Cincinnati have Sunday baseball next season driven by political shifts? Cox Herrmann and Julius and Max Fleischmann, owners of the Cincinnati club, worry as Democrats gain mayoral and county offices. The club reportedly bought land for a ball park in Covington, Kentucky as a precaution.
Tom McCarthy the former Boston star will coach the Dartmouth baseball nine in the spring. He will begin at an early date and remain with the squad through the college season. McCarthy is believed to be the best man for the post and under him Dartmouth should field a strong team.
Weather permitting, the first outdoor carnival postponed from last Saturday will be held by the Country Club next Saturday evening on Brookline grounds. A large attendance is expected and the committee plans to carry out the programme as originally intended.
A Boston era boxing column urges strict adherence to clean breaks over the modern straight rule. It cites Monday’s Chelsea bout Goodman versus Deshler, praising refereeing and predicting rematch under strict breaks to educate fans on safe, fair boxing. It notes prominent locals like Goodwin, Deshler, O'Brien, Grady, Golden, and Williams, with events at Chelsea, Unity Club, and the B A A sparring tourney upcoming in January.
The allied debating societies of four BU departments held a preliminary contest in Isaac Rich Hall to form a university team of eight for winter intercollegiate debates. Judge panel included Dr. Richardson and Professors Gardner and Warren. the team features Clapp, Volpe, Wood, Miller, Whalen, Ellsworth, and Crocker.
In New York, Battling Nelson and Terry McGovern met, exchanged smiles and bets on a March 16 Philadelphia bout. They traded friendly jibes on height and past crowds, recalling a Chicago theatre curtain moment and a near photo with the other fighter.
Hartford, Conn. January 2. Danny Maher famed jockey orders a mile a minute Thomas touring car and plans summer stunts. He says I am going to win the next Derby and then quit the track and will take his touring car to England.
Nelson asserts his mindset while Terry taunts with a bold boast about earning more points on the 16th, hinting at a forthcoming clash and rival banter. The exchange underscores competitive tension between the two figures.
San Francisco faces a twin spotlight as Mike and Jack Sullivan dominate the scene. Jack O Brien left for the East to chase easy money, while Mike eyes a Jan. 20 bout with Joe Gans. Gans’s reception in the coast remains cool after a prior controversial match. The welterweight prospect needs more wins to gain top status.
Bristol R I Jan 2 An order for an ocean racing schooner eligible for the 90 foot class has been placed with the Herreshoffs. Preliminary work of laying down the boat on the scrving board has begun. The yacht will be 87 feet water line about 126 feet overall and steel built. It is believed to be designed for a foreign owner.
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