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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1915
Page
6
Federal action against organized baseball commenced with summonses served on representatives of all major league clubs. Secretary Nickerson received the Boston National League summons while U S deputy marshal served President Joseph Lannin of the Red Sox at his office.
A Chicago federal court writ demands the president of each club in the National and American leagues appear in Chicago by January 29 to show cause why an injunction should not restrain them from interfering with Federals under contract. The move, amid errors in the writ, follows players returning to organized baseball and involves figures like Ban Johnson, Lannin, and several players named in the petition.
Boston College School coach Donahue slowly builds a road track squad. Veterans Leo McCarthy Tom Iffy George Crowley Ed Gill are out in sprints and the 3200 yards, while captain Robert Simmons and Chester Brett head the 440 and distance events. Donovan returns in the 100 yards and faces Bowers, with Al MacDonald entering the shot and Walter Whalen the high jump.
Harvard gymnasium team hosts its first meet of the year at the Cambridge YMCA against its namesake organization. The squad has trained weeks in the Hemenway Gymnasium and enters tonight's competition in peak form for this early season matchup.
J J M NAMARA reports from New York that the automobile show in the Grand Central Palace ends tomorrow night and is hailed as the most successful of its kind in the city. The event thrived despite unfavorable market conditions for motor cars.
Industry leaders showcase progress despite uncertainty. J H MacAllan of the Boston Automobile Dealers Association notes optimism and large factory investments, saying the show boosts consumer demand, restores merchant confidence, and signals a strong year for auto sales across price ranges.
Yale tops Williams 4 to 2 in New Haven. Williams struck first with two early goals, then Yale answered with four goals across the game. Sweney and Cutler led scoring, with MacDonald and Murray adding goals for Yale as the teams combined for a fast, physical contest.
Alfred De Oro, three cushion champion, finished his Imperial Room engagement last night without a defeat. He defeated Dr. Hudson 60 to 24 in the evening game, while Charlie Barker scored 83 in the matinee as De Oro edged toward his quota.
Harvard faces Cornell in the main college game at Boston Arena tonight with Melrose High Alumni and Newton High Alumni in the preliminary. The college match begins at 8 o'clock followed by the alumni contest.
Cornell arrives well practiced to the big Arena surface to face Harvard, a Crimson squad that includes former Harvard star Schuyler Adams and features fast forwards like Steve Hopkins Charley Foote and Paul Smart. Queen's University disrupts Crimson ambitions as Queen's nears the Dominion title, while Melrose Newton presents a challenging game with Earl Wanamaker leading Bags Wanamaker in from Hanover.
Harvard may send top track athletes to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco next summer if the Crimson show championship form this season. Standouts include captain Frank W. Capper, William Bingham, Westmore Willcox, J. Oliver Johnstone, Jay B. Camp, and Eddie Teaschner, with strengths in mid‑distance, sprint, high jump, and pole vault.
Captain Roger Twitchell reports Harvard cross country coach Alfy Shrubb will coach next fall. Shrubb urges athletes to begin mid summer training and report for fall conditioning. Harvard seeks to avenge a loss to Cornell after beating Yale this season.
Alfred J. Lill selects 20 club and four college athletes for the 1914 All American team across 25 events. East leads with 15 honorees, Hannes Kolehmainen featured in two events, and colleges like Cornell California and Penn dominate the college selections.
Arthur Duffey laments external committees intruding on local sports, praises Harvard coach Shrubb and cross country, notes Boxing’s Bay Area revival under Back Bay club, and urges unity among hockey leaders as New England registration tests players.
Local skaters seek amateur ice racing events this season and ask Arena management for information on contests. The note mentions St Nicholas hockey player Hobey Baker and a planned clash with Braker next week, plus entry details for the Irish American Athletic Association and Joe Wood’s 1912 baseball record.
Harvard freshman swimmers release a tentative schedule pending athletic committee approval. Planned duals include Rindge Technical School Cambridge Dorchester High School Brookline High School Mechanic Arts High School Boston English High School Huntington School Boston Winthrop High School Cambridge and a possible Yale freshmen meet.
Rindge Tech defeated Medford High 2 to 1 yesterday afternoon at the Boston Arena in the first Interscholastic league game of the year. Shea and White scored for Rindge with Donnellan’s late goal for Medford. Kelly and Laird stood out for their teams. Time: 20-minute periods. Referees Foote and Doody officiated.
Abel Kiviat the New York A. C. miler received a special invitation to compete in the Mayor Curley 1000 yard trophy race at the Irish American A. A. games to be held at Mechanic's Building on January 30. Also invited were Ted Meredith Homer Baker and Tom Halpin. The McAleen 1000 yard race near result spurred the decision to feature the event.
Festus J. Madden of South Boston, winner of the Brockton Fair Marathon, faces Billy Prouty of Hyde Park and Taunton’s John Gracie in a 15 mile Taunton Skating Rink race Monday night. Madden, a pro from Mechanic's Hall meet, is favored over the longer course.
Seventeen men reported to Coach McCarthy for daily practice for the relay team and distance events at Tufts College yesterday afternoon. Loomis, class of 1915, a former Bedford High relay star, appeared for the first time yesterday. Four laps at a stiff pace were run with no cuts on the squad before the relay races.
In Kingston the Arena Hockey Club defeated Queen's University 6 to 1 in a sensational game at the Arena. The headline also notes heavyweight boxing plans with Jack Johnson and Jess Willard set for Juarez Mexico on March 6 after bids from Havana and Tijuana.
Arena H C dominated Queen's University with a 6 to 1 victory as Whitten scored twice early. Gaudette, Sennett, Sequin, and Roach added goals in the second half while Paoli stood out for Queen's before the Canadian squad pulled away.
Roxbury middleweight Dan McDonald beat Kid Anderson of Berlin in two six round bouts in Rumford Maine. McDonald held the edge in eight of the twelve rounds of the two contests.
Canton High School hockey players Nathan and Fuller starred as Canton defeated Norwood High 4 to 1 at Massapong Meadow rink this afternoon.
Johnson holds a $30 000 guarantee and Willard at least $15 000 with additional gains possible through Jack Curley and associates. Offers from Billy Gibson in Havana and Jim Coffroth near Tiajuana competed, but Juarez proposals with El Paso officials looked promising. Johnson sails to Juarez for training after receiving $1000 for expenses, while Willard heads to Excelsior Springs and then El Paso to finalize preparations. The $2000 travel and training funds for Johnson remain separate from his $30 000 guarantee.
The 1915 national amateur championship will be at the Country Club of Detroit the women's national title at Onwentsing Club Lake Forest Illinois and the national open at Baltusrol Golf Club Short Hills New Jersey. Frank N Woodward of Denver Country Club was elected president of the national body. The USGA reports show the association in excellent condition.
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