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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1913
Page
11
Prolonged and sensational rallies highlighted the first round at the B A A courts in the annual tournament for the Massachusetts Squash Racquet Association individual state title.
Connie Hutchins of the B A A easily defeated W P Coues of Union Boat Club in three straight games as Rhodes wins a pair of close sets against Hallowell. Townsend tops Porter, Plimpton beats Powers, Bray defeats Reed by default in the same program.
Plans for reorganizing the Knox Automobile Company of Springfield Mass into the Knox Motor Car Company are advancing with appraisers determining the old firm’s value as the purchase price. Receivers B E Sutton H G Fisk and C C Lewis will manage the transition. Detroit Buffalo Montreal Providence and Scranton shows are ongoing with Chicago Boston next. John North Willys CEO of Overland has donated 159000 dollars for a coast to coast national highway fund to be paid in three installments through 1915.
Poem criticizes rules governing amateur status in sports and paying for access to baseball. Calls out perceived hypocrisy of restricting players like James Thorpe who played summer baseball before Carlisle fame. Questions fairness to the poor and demands a clean game like professional baseball.
In a slow game at the Boston Arena Harvard defeated Amherst 9 to 3. The Crimson broke up the Aggies teamwork with strong team play and, without Brewer's standout work, would have scored many more goals.
Harvard defeated Amherst 9 to 3 as Philips and Sortwell led the Crimson with multiple goals. Jones scored for Amherst, while Hutchinson Goodale Hopkins and Hanson added Amherst and Harvard players starred, with referee Tingley overseeing a 20 minute half.
Walter Camp told Worcester Harvard Club that football stands as the greatest of American sports and should grow in importance in college life. He shared anecdotes from Harvard Yale athletic matches, drawing praise from Harvard alumni including Professor Frederick Fish and Leo Leary.
Clark Griffith of the Nationals has been bedridden with grippe for several days but expects to return to work soon after the furor he helped create in the American League last season.
Stone's School earned a 3 to 1 victory over Lexington High School in a rough Arena afternoon game. Both teams used numerous penalties and physical plays, though Back Bay players started cleanly before the endgame flare.
Stone’s School outreached Lexington with stronger individual plays while teamwork faltered. Shepard scored twice and Knight added another as Preston held the goal for Stone, Watts scored for Lexington, with Mills and Briggs notable on defense and goaltending respectively. Attendance was about 400.
Yesterday's entries for the B A A mid winter carnival swelled with folds from Cornell Syracuse MIT and Maine. Notables like Jack Moakley Tom Keane Norman Taber Harry Atwater Harvard Yale and Tufts added strength in relays distance and field events.
Ellis Johnson a right handed pitcher from the Illinois Wisconsin league was signed by the Chicago American League club today. Manager Callahan said Johnson will be in the rotation at the start of the season for a thorough test.
Heywood of Williams College releases a 16 game schedule for 1913 adding Springfield Training School West Point and the Chinese University of Hawaii as new opponents. Key players unavailable due to graduation and a tough pitching situation loom as coach Coakley and captain Lewis prepare a potential championship run despite losses. Practice to begin after February 8 with games listed from April 26 through June 23 across multiple venues.
Entry blanks for the annual indoor meet of the Boston Athletic Association were sent out by George W. Brown who will manage the event. All events are scratch including sprints middle and long runs hurdles high jump and shot. School team entries list many Boston area institutions and nearby colleges with entries closing February 22.
Drummond Brown catcher secured by the Braves from Vernon club of the Pacific Coast league says he has fully recovered from appendicitis operation in 1912. He plans to report to Atlanta in February and join the Athens Ga squad for spring drills in Boston hopes to be retained. Brown, 23, 5 feet 11 inches, 175 pounds, hit .255 and fielded .964 in 1912.
Carl Weilman is the latest Brownie to sign his contract. The tall southpaw sent his signed pospers to Colonel Hedges on Saturday. Weilman showed potential in few games with Stovall's club last season and is expected to prosper in the big ring this season. His pitching helped keep the Cardinals from runaway in the fall series.
The article suggests John Evers will gain 10 pounds by next summer and appear a different player, with improved chances to perform at a higher level in basketball.
Jem Driscol the British featherweight champion and Owen Moran of Cardiff fought twenty rounds at the National Sporting Club in London. the bout ended in a draw before a large crowd after a fast, hard contest for the featherweight title.
New York Jan 27 Two adjourned playoff games ended in draws Tenenwurzel versus Kupenchik and Marshall versus Stapfer. Capablanca leads with six wins no losses Jaffe five wins one loss Chajes and Janowski tied for third. Havana prize offer sparks talk of a post championship event with Capablanca Marshall Janowski Chajes and Jaffe likely to participate.
Yale defeated McGill University 39 to 14 at Carnegie Pool in New Haven on January 27. Four intercollegiate records fell as Yale set marks in the 600-foot relay and Hoadley led with a 50-yard win. Hodgson of McGill lowered two records, winning the 220-yard and posting a 100-yard time eclipsing the previous best.
Nat Cartmell of Louisville and Will Martin of Seattle prepare a global circuits of match races. They will start in England this summer racing up to 150 and 400 yards before heading to South Africa and then Australia and the Philippines, aiming for lucrative purses if they win consistently.
The Berlin 1916 Olympic pool will sit mid hollow of Grunewald race track. Each length will be 100 metres with a two metre undercut at ends to prevent kicks on turns. The bath will be just over 72 feet wide.
Tom Halpin anchored the Unicorn relay with 50 3 5 seconds for a quarter mile last Saturday in New York. Analysts predict a strong Harvard showing as Coach Pooch Donovan readies Crimson sprinters for the Unicorn games. Notable rivals Abel Kiviat and Oscar Hedlund loom in mile and sprint events amid a star-studded indoor meet.
The article notes Freddie Welsh of Polypridd Wales as a claimed lightweight champion whose claim may fail abroad while Willie Ritche is acknowledged as the world lightweight champion after beating Ad Wolgast. It also mentions no public sale of B A A tickets and details on Donaldson's attempt to break Harry Hutchins’ 300 yard record.
The Williams College baseball schedule announces two new teams, West Point and the Chinese University of Hawaii, replacing Springfield Training School for Syracuse. The list includes games from April 26 against Massachusetts Agricultural College to June 23 hosting the University of Vermont, with key dates at Princeton, Hanover, Amherst, and Williamstown.
Earl Mack, son of Connie Mack, signed to lead the Raleigh team in the North Carolina league. It marks his first managerial post and ties the Mack family to another baseball organization.
Jimmy Callahan has adapted a modified squash like rackets drill for White Sox training. He used a high sign board to bat balls last spring and plans to build a fence on a Pas Robles tennis court to continue the training this spring.
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