23 Jan 1922
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1922
Page
1
New York via Boston provides a modern route for premier ball players as Carlyle Club resumes Monday meetings. Tonight’s card offers forty six rounds of fighting including five eight rounders and a six round preliminary, expected to draw a crowded house of boxing fans.
Carlyle Club bout lineup features North End versus South Boston clashes with Italian contenders and debuts by St Hillaire of Somersworth. Key fights include McFarland Gustin grudge match and Parker versus Williams as Boston fans expect knockouts and a pathway to New England heavyweight title.
Williams Maryland Williams swimming team hires Bob Fowler as coach. Fowler formerly served in Harvard training corps and looked after Williams football players last fall replacing Doc Barrett. He will arrive early this week to take charge of the Purple duck men.
Privileges for guest play at higher class golf clubs in Greater Boston are fading. Clubs cite crowded courses and revenue loss from guests. some clubs cap guest access or eliminate it. Fees rise, guest play restricted on weekends and holidays, and some courses require a member escort.
The Boston high school track stars head to East Armory for a packed week of meets. Wednesday brings a triangular clash of West Roxbury Hyde Park and Trade, Thursday features English versus Worcester, and Friday hosts Mechanic Arts against Commerce. A key Saturday event pits Brookline against Medford at Brookline High gym. Medford beat B C High 46 to 22, Brookline 39 to 6, with relays tipped as the likely decisive race. English High and Boston Latin join Harvard freshmen on outdoor track at Stadium Saturday.
Yale center Fergie Heid suffers a fractured rib and may miss the season rest of the season while Yale faced Harvard in the final match. Charley O Hearn, sidelined by injuries, will resume studies but unlikely to play hockey again this year.
A satirical list of many proposed holidays from January to December 1922 mocks legal and illegal observances. It suggests more holidays to reduce unemployment while noting peculiar events, figures like Kid McCoy, and places, with biting commentary on Prohibition and American culture.
Arlington High School ice hockey, cap tain Ross Lynch, meets Rindge Technical School in a single Greater Boston Interscholastic Hockey League game at the Boston Arena.
The new Suburban Girls basketball league starts this week with Lexington High School facing Winchester High School in the season opener at Lexington Town Hall next Friday afternoon.
The schoolboy hockey season heats up with Melrose, Malden, Cambridge Latin, and Newton among teams contesting top spots. Arlington and Rindge Tech face off as coaches report improved play. Harvard and Tech discussions for a Friday night Arena game continue amid plans for a joint session with collegians.
The amateur show at the Quincy Coliseum is canceled due to building inspection delays and paperwork. Tonight at the Grand Opera House, St Hillaire meets Young Jimmy Gardner, while Medford A C features Woods versus Duffy. a Carlyle A C bout may pit tonight’s winner against Tuesday’s winner.
New Haven manager Bill Donovan signs Junkin Joe Harrick from West Virginia and M. T. Riggs from Maryland as outfielders for the coming season. Harrick and Riggs were two sport stars in the southern zone, with Harrick an All-America end by Walter Camp two years ago and Riggs captaining Maryland last year.
Harvard’s hockey squad shows improved form after a shaky start this season. Indications point to another Crimson title unless upcoming signs are disrupted.
The Crimson beat Princeton confirming a tightened college hockey race. Yale fell 7 0 to Boston College while Mass Aggies edged Yale 3 2, Harvard’s win over Princeton tightens the Crimson outlook. Local action at the Arena features Westminster Pere Marquette and MIT as key matches this week with Stinson’s return boosting Philly lineup.
The Lexington High School basketball five will travel to Salem on Wednesday to face Salem Normal School quintet and then meet Maynard High in Lexington Town Hall on Friday evening.
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