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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1919
Page
7
Harvard athletes coming back from Europe plan to resume competition against Yale Princeton and other East colleges. The war veterans include stars from gridiron diamond track skating and water sports who achieved fame before enlisting and now pursue collegiate rivals in Cambridge.
Harvard hopes to form a regular varsity hockey team and decide on eligibility for returning soldiers among unclassified students as the athletic committee plans the future. With several returning players and an active freshman squad, the college readies for a decisive meeting on team status and policy.
Boston College High plans a strong winter showing in basketball track and hockey with standout players Jennings Kamp Sullivan Morley Caséfell leading the basketball squad. The schedule includes home and away games against Reading Worcester Trade Gloucester Norwood Rockland Wellesley Woonsocket Rogers High and Stoughton with dates through March 4.
The Massachusetts High School Athletic Association meets at 11 in Nat Young’s Mason Street office to plan the All Massachusetts track and field indoor meet at West Armory in March. Organizers expect the monster schoolboy meet to eclipse all previous regional events.
Arthur L. Walker Jr. of the Richmond Country Club captured medalist honors and defeated W D B Truesdell of Garden City 2 and 1 in the final round of the mid winter Pinehurst tournament held in Pinehurst N C on January 3.
Billerica January 3 Basketball practice will resume at Mitchell Military School next Monday after winter term reopening. Ten or a dozen games are planned this season. Manager Benjamin K. Fessenden Jr. works on arranging the schedule to be announced soon.
Boston College restarts athletics with star returnees after the war and eyes a record track season. Lieutenant Bob Fowler remains in service while Bowler may coach again. new talent from Medford and Dorchester strengthens a burgeoning McNamara era.
Dorchester Ind 1919 baseball schedule talks paused as Barney Dreyfuss of the Pirates arrives late. With Ban Johnson and John Heydler present, the committee plans to finish tomorrow for a January 16 New York joint meeting. Dorchester High coach Bill Prendergast forecasts a strong indoor track season. McDonald named captain.
Harvard University will start daily gymnastics classes at Randolph Gymnasium connected to the Gold Coast dormitory. The facility includes a swimming pool, basketball floors, boxing and wrestling rooms, and will be open from 9 to 6 50. The 5 o clock daily class will be led by C L Schrader and run before April recess. After recess Hem enway Gymnasium may host sessions as the Naval Radio School departs in April.
The Spanish influenza ban halts all Arlington High School sports activities until next Monday when schools reopen. Basketball and likely hockey practice are suspended for the week, with the ban starting Thursday morning.
President Lowell will appoint an athletic committee at Harvard today. It will meet next Monday to decide Crimson athletics for the year and select a new dean. Dean Yeomans likely replaces Dean Briggs. boxing and wrestling may have a big year while fencing is dropped. Coach Sam Anderson will lead grapplers and Coach Foley the boxers.
Bill Stewart, 21, of Boston, a right hand pitcher with a 16 1 record and a .388 batting average in 17 games for Barry’s navy team last season, signed tonight by the Chicago Americans. He played as a standout pitcher and batter.
The column notes sports chatter across Harvard baseball, Yale football, and Boston coaching moves. It mentions Cap Huston of the Yankees returning from war, Earl Smith being lassoed by McGraw, and Red Meehan aiming for a regular Harvard football role.
Doubts arise over Dan V. O Flaherty Harvard football star and Boston English High School athletic director now in the army aviation corps. He is con valescing from influenza in Miami and speculation swirls about a possible switch to the oil business and whether he will resume coaching at English. His past work developed track football and baseball, making him a valued athletic asset.
Chief Yeoman Bob Shawkey of the Arkansas recounts joining the American fleet in the North Sea after pitching two Yankee games last summer. He credits a transfer for saving his career and witnessed the German fleet’s surrender as a remarkable moment. Huston and Sparrow discuss postwar plans and training camp hunts across Florida.
Hartford January 3 The Eastern league will play in 1919 despite past three years of weaker showings. President Daniel O Neill announced after a directors meeting noting renewed confidence among club owners. Directors present included Benjamin Moulton Providence C P Lane Bridgeport Edward Dugan New Haven Edward Smith M J McMahon Worcester James H Clarkin Hartford and secretary Thomas E O Brien. Springfield Waterbury and New London did not attend.
Boston National League club expects pitcher Dana Fillingim to be active next season after naval discharge. He returns in prime condition, discharged from the Navy, and will receive a contract with the Braves alongside other players. He starred with the Newport Naval Reserves last summer, winning 20 games without a loss.
The Amateur Athletic Union invited five countries to send teams to an East Coast track and field meet in spring. Hosts include the University of Pennsylvania Athletic Association. Sweden stars A Bolin and J Zander are targeted, with tours across Travers Island New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago and possibly San Francisco before March 1.
Georges Carpentier European heavyweight champion will be demobilized from the French army with his class, likely in April or May. He aims to return to boxing with two planned bouts, one in Strasbourg in July and another in London in October, with Bombardier Wells a likely opponent in one bout.
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