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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1908
Page
10
Doves plan spring training in Augusta Georgia with the team preparing for upcoming season under coach Paul H. Shannon. Team aims to sharpen fielding and pitching while facing local competition in regional workouts.
Joe Kelley, new Boston Nationals manager, outlines spring training in Augusta Ga starting March 14. He plans 92 players on the trip from Washington and a staged Virginia league tour leading to Baltimore and the season opener in Brooklyn. Kelley targets tryouts for new and remaining roster men and hints at sales of Orendorff Graham and perhaps Randall.
The Boston Athletic Association and New York A C will join Chicago A C in a three club meet at the big B A A event. A/B A A relay teams receive two solid gold medals for fastest times. Entries require proof of prior competition and a set performance standard to prevent uneven efforts.
The Lancet reports six deaths and sixty injuries disabled by association football in Britain this season, challenging the view that football is a safer, non dangerous sport. Rugby injuries are not counted in the tally.
Cincinnati January 13 A formal notice by the National Baseball Commission suggests revising the final reserve list announced October 17 1907. The list contains over 100 players bought or drafted by 16 clubs across the National and American Leagues with substantial sums involved.
Madison Wis Jan 18 the University of Wisconsin expects to secure 4500 this week to insure baseball and track for spring. Director C P Hutchins told the student athletic board that membership ticket sales will be pushed and about 1500 tickets must be sold to fix tentative track and baseball dates.
Yale held a near election for next year’s captain with a tie between Ted Coy fullback and Arthur Brides halfback in a meeting presided by Captain Biglow It was decided by a single ballot and the meeting was dissolved Berger’s absence left the outcome unresolved and possible telegraph or mail vote to resolve it Willie Hoppe defeated Albert Cutler in two billiard matches at Miah Murray’s with scores 300 136 248 and 56 57 highest runs 103 in the matinee and 57 by Cutler in the evening
South Boston rider Pat Logan meets Syracuse midget messenger George Wiley in a high stakes motor-paced event at Park Square track. Logan defeated Eddie Root last week, Wiley brings pace experience, with a Kansas City six day race looming.
Key events include Jack McAuliffe KOing Harry Gilmore in the 28th round at Lawrence Massachusetts in 1887. Captain Brewer’s bird shooting in London aimed at 60 of 81 birds dead. Bob Fitzsimmons defeats Jack Dempsey in New Orleans 1891 for 12000 dollar purse and middleweight title. Frank S Flint dies in Chicago after long baseball career with the Chicago club.
Chicago lightweight Packie McFarland tops the card at Armory A A in a 12 round decision bout against Bert Keyes of Philadelphia. Keyes beat Matty Baldwin and Johnny Summers and fought Tommy Murphy to a no decision, while Henry Myers meets Jimmy Sullivan in an eight round opener.
The Amateur Athletic Union awards the national boxing championships to the Boston Athletic Association for Mechanics Building on March 23 and 24 with entries due March 14 to George W. Brown. Notable items include Nelson versus Sealer in Los Angeles for January 28 with $1000 side bet. Eddie Graney as stakeholder. Fitzgerald’s split from MecCarney for Jack McGuigan. Burns as heavyweight champion after Jeffries’ retirement. Dixon born in Halifax July 20 1870. plans for a new gym at Bowdoin Square led by Steve O Donnell and Jimmy Walsh. Butler disputes a missed match with Peter Sweeney. Charlie Doyle seeking bouts with featherweights including Al Delmont.
Boston owners consider naming the club Red Sox while Doves debate branding. Kelley faces calls to adopt Green Sox with green hosiery as fashion. Robe re-signs with White Sox. six Sox contracts confirmed. Donlin praised by Callahan of Chicago for inside play. McGraw predicts Tenney near top baserunner, aiming for 3 steal pace if freed from burden. Irwin named Montreal manager for next season.
Interest in track sports is rising at Boston College with large daily attendances on the campus track. Captain O'Kane leads an energetic group as gym preparations for the inter-class meet on January 15 intensify hopes for a strong track team. Coach McCarthy and Henry McGuinness assist in coaching the candidates.
English distance great Alfred Shrubb will race a five man two mile relay team totaling ten miles at Park Square Coliseum. Indian star Black Hawk Tail Feather and others Hallen Smallwood Curran or Myers join the challenge as promoter Arthur Duffey works to unseat the champion. The race was moved from Lowell to the upcoming Saturday night due to lodging and arrangements.
Prize lists for the 24th annual New England Kennel Club show detail 289 classes and multiple cash prizes. Breeds emphasized include Pomeranians English toy spaniels Boston terrier Irish fox Scottish terriers and French bulldogs. Where a single class exists it will be split by sex if entries justify the extra prize money.
Sir Thomas Lipton intends to challenge for the 1909 America Cup. Colombo reports say he may secure a designer and proceed under the cup rules, despite previous rejections. The New York Yacht Club could accept a Lipton challenge if compliant, but no race will occur in 1908 due to the notice and season restrictions.
The piece recounts Justice Dowling and Pat Conway from the Greater New York Irish A. C. being stopped for speeding by a burly officer. Conway asserts his club leadership, softening the officer’s stance. The rambling satire touches on sports, weather, and public routines with a wry, period voice.
Police halted a Chelsea boxing event attended by nearly 2000, arresting eight men including principals, seconds, referees, and a Chelsea man, after stopping the Goodman v Baldwin bout and preliminaries amid mayoral orders to end prize fighting. Eight bailed at $200 each.
Police halted a boxing event amid protests as Acting Chief Grover's 30 officers entered the club. Crowds jeered while the Mayor and patrolmen faced criticism. club officials condemn the action as unwarranted and vow to press trespassing cases. Goodman and Baldwin were in ring when arrests occurred and the main bout was called off.
Prokos of Boston dares rivals in welter class with a winner-take-all best two out of three. He seeks a match with Fritz Hanser of Worcester with a $10 to $200 stake. Joe Hartwell of 6 Cobb Street acts as manager.
Mayor Beck says he is carrying out pledges and will stop prizefighting. He claims the majority oppose fights and that preventing them was a key public pledge he made from the platform and will enforce through raids.
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