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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1914
Page
10
A telegram to Edward L. Hopkins manager confirms Yale's plans to send a strong track squad to the Irish-American A A meet at Mechanics Hall. Entries will be accepted and telegraphed today, with Yale scheduled to compete in several events Saturday night.
Anxious to prepare for the coming B A A meet on February 7, teams set strong lineups with George Brown likely in the handicap mile and other top relay rivals matched for Saturday. Harvard faces the B A A quartet in a featured race as Coast Artillery finds fewer relays to keep interest high.
Boston College is expected to face Tufts relay squad while Filene's department store team and McElwain's will also be competing in the event.
Harvard cruised to a 1 0 win over the B A A Unicorn in a 15 minute Arena session. Morgan scored the lone goal after a scrimmage, with the Crimson showing freshness following a Saturday match against Princeton.
The Crimson offshoots capitalized after the varsity and the B A A scored five goals while the subs added two. Both B A A forwards found the net and Freddy Huntington, Devereux, and Adams also scored for Harvard’s substitutes. Canterbury’s exit from B A A hockey opens a cage spot for M Chadwick, a former Harvard goalie.
A fragmented skating bulletin lists conditions at various playgrounds including Charlestown Columbus Ave Franklin Gibson Jamaica Pond Neponset Randolph St Orient Heights Mystic and Wood Island Park. Conditions range from good fair to rough with several designated no skating zones.
Yale Princeton and Harvard coaches plan a joint meeting to decide if varsity players may play summer baseball under their own names. The goal is to allow semi professional games during vacation, pending athletic authority agreement among the three universities.
Sentiment in Cambridge New Haven and Princeton backs allowing college players to compete in vacation period. Harvard Yale and Princeton face limits to protect amateur status but favor a semi professional approach with safeguards including a one year rule and three year varsity limit to keep college baseball distinct from paid leagues.
In New York on January 27, Johnny Dun dee overwhelmed Sapper O'Neill of Singland in the first bout, 934 pounds to 13 pounds, forcing the pace from the start. Owen Moran of England quit after a punishing seventh round from Young Shugrue of Jersey City, refusing to continue after the bell.
Claude Hendrix, who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates last season, will wear a Kansas City Federals uniform next year after signing with Joe Tinker and being turned over to Kansas City. George Perring, infielder for Columbus last season, also signed to play with Kansas City Federals.
The Polish heavyweight Zbyszko brothers draw expert praise after the Paris tournament ending Jan 15. Stanislaus finished second with Raoul De Roven third and Joe Rogers fourth. The younger Zbyszko, 218 pounds, is praised for skill and aggression as he challenges for the crown. Waldeck trains to face Karl Lemle next Wednesday at Mechanics Building, while Lemle sharpens under Jack Butler at the Bohemian Club in South Boston.
The column reports skepticism about a Brooklyn two mile protest race between Abel Kiviat and Hannes Kolehmainen. It quotes witnesses defending the event as genuine, notes Kiviat’s ill health, and discusses broader athletic plans including Harry Smith, Billy Kramer, and Yale and Harvard representatives.
George Alger of Cambridge pulls out of a Feb 9 opening night bout with Joe Farren of East Boston claiming the latter is too big. Levinsky against Smith is framed as publicity, with defenses by Dan Morgan. Three six round prelims at North Shore A C Salem lead to the Alger Duffy main, plus Burns and Baker ties and other local welter 박.
The era notes John L. Sullivan age 55 years 3 months and an amateur runner turning pro after selling prize winnings. Ritchie won the light weight title on a foul by Wolgast in round 16. Coast Artillery swims set fast times, Harvard and Holy Cross freshmen times listed.
The bout at North Abington on Friday night is expected to attract the largest audience ever for the club according to one director, signaling growing interest and rising prestige for the event and organization.
Frederick W. Vanderbilt and guests were evacuated from the yacht Warrior after it ran aground off the northwest coast of Colombia between Savanilla and Santa Marta. A Kingston tug assists while the crew remains aboard and the vessel proceeds toward New York via Colon aboard the Almirante.
Resolutions of regret at the death of Edwin Ginn were adopted at the Fathers and Mothers Club annual meeting at the Twentieth Century Club. Mr Ginn was a member of the advisory council. Officers elected included Mary Pamela Rice as president Woodman Bradbury as first vice president B F McDaniel as second vice president H O Seavey as secretary and treasurer Clara A Morse as treasurer.
The New England printers two day cost congress began with a banquet and cabaret show at the Hotel Somerset last night. Attendees put business aside to enjoy the social event, and the evening was a success.
The main attraction of the evening was a playlet titled The Revised Proof performed by Philadelphia printers and their associates. The quizzing humor and clever hits drew hearty laughs from the Quaker City audience, with further entertainment including a dancer described as a blonde young woman.
More than 500 printers from across New England gathered for a two day congress. The opening session featured Chairman Albert W Finlay and several speakers including Henry P Porter William C Root and George W Taylor. The afternoon included Porters talk on The Printing Business in New England and a banquet offered relief from the day’s focus. Tonight the congress continues with noted speakers Benjamin F Corday Edwin S Dean Fred D Webster and J Clyde Oswald among others.
Sydney Archibald Holyoke of Milwaukee sues to invalidate Frank H Holyoke's will after his Bangor Maine lumberman father died in October 1911. The document left $100 to Sydney and Harry Holyoke of Boston, and $1000 to widow Cora H Holyoke under a February 1910 separation agreement.
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