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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1914
Page
15
The B A A agreed to support the Irish American A A initial games at Mechanics Building on January 31. The Back Bay club vows aid to promote more local meets and back the new Irish American club, calling it a great thing for the sport.
St Paul boxer Mike Gibbons defeats Bob McAllister in New York to rise in the middleweight ranks. The piece notes rival claims for a shot at George Chip and cites Bald Eagles and other boxers as potential contenders.
The Back Bay organization will provide athletic paraphernalia and seating for a local meet, aiming to make the games a leader. It may not field the full Unicorn team due to a prior promise to the Buffalo committee, but the Buffalo trip will be canceled and the local event given first preference.
Eddie Caples former Powder Point star joined the Boston College track team strengthening its relay options Caples expected to anchor the relay quartet and may join fellow Powder Point man Murphy in BCs sprint lineup Also contending for spots are last seasons regulars Walsh Bowen and Duffy intensifying the battle for two or three relay positions.
Pitcher Dick Rudolph, the Braves star, becomes the first Boston club member to sign for the 1914 season and also commits to 1915. He submitted his contract despite others delaying and despite lack of Fraternity approval.
Rudolph praises President Gaffney and Manager Stallings and pledges a stronger pitching season for Boston. He likes the city and its fans, hoping his example spurs fellow locals. Dick, New York resident and club employee, stays busy as president builds a Long Island railway project.
Milton Academy outplayed Dorchester High School at Cunningham rink and won 6 1. Delano scored twice with Trainor McBlaine Cabot Burr and Wilberton adding goals as Reynolds and Felton held Dorchester at bay through 15 minute periods.
St Louis manager Huggins announced terms with pitcher Lefty Robinson who was traded from Pittsburg in the deal sending Kenetchy Mowrey and Harmon to the Pittsburg Nationals. The announcement notes the recent exchange between Pittsburg and St Louis.
Exeter New Hampshire January 13. Failure to win scholarships may deprive Exeter of at least a dozen of her best athletes and cause anxiety for suspended athletes amid financial difficulties. Sam Bradish former Medford High football track and baseball star has resigned and Peterson former Irish American quarter miler may follow soon.
Exeter highlights a spike in suspensions as key players Campbell Kempton Bradish Peterson and Tyler face faculty bans amid scholarship shortages and declining morale. The setback endangers next season with track and football losses while other athletes await decisions and student aid efforts rise.
Tonight at the B A A trials in the amateur boxing tournament showcase a large entry and strong bouts. Finals Saturday feature Boston versus New York clashes. George Alger lauded by Al Delmont for Augusta club quality under E W Hanks. Friday in North Abington presents Hayward Briggs versus Young Jasper with Byers versus Reardon as semifinal.
First division survivors from the first round of match play in the Winter Golf league include L A Hamilton Englewood N J and R R Mamlock Voxaills L L R M Purves Woodland Mass J J Hazen Oakland W J MacDonald Calumet Club Chicago T A Ashley Woodland Mass Z T Miller Dunwoodie N Y and Harold Slater Fox Hills L I Mrs Herbert Jillson Bethlehem Country Club New Hampshire and Mrs M M Ormsbee Brooklyn remain in the first division of the women's event.
A fragmented OCR list names Franklin Field and multiple playgrounds and streets including Savin Hill, Gibson Street, Wood Island Park, Neponset, Orient Heights, Ashmont, Commonwealth Park, Cottage Street, First Street, Kalr North Brighton, Randolph Street, Scarboro Pond, and Abbott Wood. The quality and statuses vary with entries reading Good or Fair amid partial garbled text.
After one week of practice Harvard has selected ten top relay candidates for training. They face Yale in the 78 yard event and Cornell in the 390 yard race at the B A A games two weeks later. The training table incumbents are W A Barron Jr A Biddle William J Bingham Francis W Capper Henry G Maclure Edward W Mahan John C Rock Wingate Rollins Eric P Stone and Roderick Tower.
Marlboro High School hockey team begins its season this afternoon with a matchup against Hudson. The game marks the season debut for Marlboro as they host the visitors at home.
Olympic middle distance champ Ted Meredith and Don Lippincott the Quaker spinner will run at the big February 7 event. A letter from Coach George Orton confirms both Meredith and Lippincott will be present to compete.
Meredith, famed as an Olympic 800 metre standout, will run the 600 yard event from the honor post and anchor the final relay for the Red and Blue. He holds the American indoor 600 yard record and is predicted to lower it this year. Don Lippincott, another Olympic sprinter, will compete in the 40 yard invitation and relay, part of Unicorns push for a record twenty twenty games.
Princeton's Board of Athletic Control announced that future Princeton players on the football team will likely be prohibited from writing expert game stories under their own names. The board aims to remove professionalism taint from athletes and athletics and will seek a formal rule at the next meeting.
New York reports two members joining the American league club. Outfielder James Eschen, recalled from Jersey City, posted a fine IL record last season. First baseman Owen Quinn, purchased from Kingston, spent the season after in Galveston Texas league assignment.
Reeves, former Harvard varsity catcher in 1911 and 1912, is appointed coach of the Harvard freshman baseball team for the coming season with sanction from the Crimson athletic committee. He previously coached the Cambridge freshman team last season and earned reappointment this year due to his success.
The group of baseball tourists, led by John J. McGraw, arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia, for a few hours of sightseeing before a 5 PM sail. Seasickness plagued many on the voyage from Adelaide, Mike Donlin recovered enough to walk with a cane, no game was played due to a scheduling misstep, and the trip continues to Colombo, then Cairo after about ten days at sea.
Schuyler Britton was re-elected president of the St Louis National league baseball club and Mrs Helene Hathaway Robinson Britton was re-elected vice-president today in St Louis.
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