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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1912
Page
10
Yale starts winter sports season with busy week across track basketball and hockey. Quincy earns honors as students compete from Monday to Saturday, with track events in full swing and ice plentiful for hockey games.
The United Bicyclists of America plans to send a strong New England team to the 200 mile road race at the Olympic games in Sweden next summer. Fred Perreault of Malden heads the project and raises funds to cover expenses. Key riders include Alvin Leftees of Providence, H E Johnson, Buster Cooke of Boston, and others from the Century Road Club of America. Seven ice boats started on Mystic Lake with Frank Trott of Medford winning but losing top honors after a late push by the Sheridan brothers' boat.
Quincy High School stormed to 115 points against Worcester High as Coach Staff’s squad impressed with its offense and development. Findlay also set a season mark for baskets from the floor while other New England schools posted strong showings in track and basketball during a busy week.
Charley Hemphill shown batting .500 in winter league while managing the Atlanta Crackers. Analysts say only an overflow of pitchers from the New York Highlanders roster stands between his crew and a bloom in the standings.
The 1912 baseball season opened on the Pacific Coast with Berkeley facing a semi pro nine on Saturday.
Yale starts winter training for football candidates to replace departing quarterbacks Captain Jesse Spalding orders a month of indoor drills beginning tomorrow on the gym floor with Joss and others vying for the quarterback position. Coach planning undecided as Arthur Howe awaits word on next season.
A light snowfall caused a lull in city skating with surfaces only usable where wind blew snow away. The park department will clean all surfaces on its list by this afternoon to restore first class conditions, while the Franklin Park toboggan chute remains in good condition with a crowd enjoying the cold yesterday.
Jimmy Neary, long-time Braves trainer, is reengaged by new management to oversee the squad this coming season. Despite past finish, the club credits Neary for the team’s good physical condition and expects no change.
Captain Merritt says no professional coaching for Yale battery candidates this year. Former varsity pitchers will visit, but head coach Frank Quinby leads all training on the gymnasium floor as other candidates report in three weeks.
The International Skating Union lifted the suspension on the New England Association and allowed representation. A circuit for the international amateur championships was arranged with Canadian and U S skaters to compete. The tour opens in Boston on February 15 and 16 with the international meet, followed by the American indoor championship on February 17, with A W Norfolk of Boston elected chairman.
The Roxbury Athletics, a top amateur basketball team with a string of wins this season, have open dates that any 1st amateur five in the State can fill. The squad has used the same five players for four years: Sweeney and Madden forwards, Hendricks center, Murphy and Goode backfield, a fast combination. Managers should contact Thomas F. Murphy at 57 Weston Street, Roxbury.
Quincy A. Shaw and George R. Fearing of Boston were awarded the national racquet doubles championship by default after Milton S. Barger of New York could not play due to an injury from yesterday’s contest.
Sheridan led for most of eight laps but Trott and Gerlach boats closed in. Gerlach hit a flag, forcing a restart around it, then Trott seized the lead by lap seven and pulled ahead to finish over 100 yards clear. Time 44 minutes. Officials: Arthur Mather Medford Boat Club starter, Albert Walkling clerk, judges Percy Goodale Charles Newcomb Arthur Mather Albert Walkling.
Billy Ganley, winner of the Massachusetts professional squash championship by defeating John Reynolds, is regarded as among America's top players. He aims to challenge any national star, with a strong chance of securing national honors, having held Massachusetts titles for two years and partnered Williams in a racquets exhibition at the Tennis and Racquet Club.
Lars Haugen of the North Star Ski Club Chippewa Falls Wisconsin won the professional championship in the national ski tournament at Cary Wisconsin. He posted jumps of 121 and 123 feet and 262 form points. Sigurd Hansen took the professional long standing jump at 119 feet. Carl Solberg amateur champion of America won the long standing jump in his class at 121 feet. The twin jump was won by Schoyen and Benson of Superior Wisconsin and Red Wing Minnesota respectively at 1 feet. Frank L Olsen of the Norge Club won the boys event with a 100 foot leap.
Worcester A. Team announces football and baseball schedules for the coming year. Football adds Morris Heights Brown freshmen Conn Agricul College Pomfret School. games at Worcester except Pomfret and Dartmouth freshmen at Hanover. Baseball lists 13 games with eight at Worcester and new opponents Yale Freshmen Hotchkiss Rindge Manual Lawrence Academy.
Waterbury Connecticut league decision looms this week as ownership gains right to transfer the team to Holyoke. Hard luck last season left owners financially burdened and the squad finished last. History suggests a repeat with a possible move to the Paper City, as happened in 1903 when a last place team found success in its new home.
Worcester Massachusetts January 28 Coach J Fred Powers of Worcester Academy track team will enter Wells Sharpe and Phipps in the forty yard dash and sixty yard run Curran Bosworth in the ten yard and mile runs Bosworth Curran in the mile and Curran in the long runs John Stone in the high jump Powers expects Wells or Phipps to place in sprints unless handicapped Curran should factor in long runs and Stone should clear 6 feet and likely win a place
Dr. Roller declines to assist Burns in training for his match with Mahmout next week at Mechanics' building. Promoter Tuohey, back from New York, has options on two top-notchers for the semi final, but contract papers are not yet settled.
Yale captain William Howe announces resignation in a letter calling for a meeting to appoint his successor. A versatile athlete, Howe starred in football and rowing, and recently left the hockey squad amid scholarship issues. Stoddart expected to succeed him as swimming captain. Howe hails from Brookline.
J E Cunningham and Fred Bradbury completed a Boston to Brattleboro run in a five ton Pierce Arrow, fighting through deep snow and ice without chains. Studebaker names Philip E Hawley to head wholesale sales in New England while Ford Boston moves to 650 Beacon Street. Edward Wells is named assistant sales manager at Ki R Thomas Detroit. Massachusetts Automobile Operators' Association dance invites for Feb 13 at Paul Revere Hall.
The ninth annual motor boat and engine show opens in Mechanics' building for a week. Thousands praised the display of boats engines and accessories with novelties and moderate priced craft drawing interest. Notable exhibits include Sea Bird Niagara and hydroplane June Bug. Lectures by Captain Thomas Fleming on Sea Bird voyage planned Wednesday.
Harvard will not host its scheduled hockey game Wednesday against its own team. St Francis Xavier College of Antigonish Nova Scotia steps in on short notice to face Harvard at home, promising a tough match. The Nova Scotians arrive in good form, seeking to redeem past losses against Harvard and attract local Nova Scotia supporters.
Promoter Jack Curley says preliminary plans for the heavyweight title bout between Jim Flynn and Jack Johnson are under way. No site or date is fixed yet with a potential move to New Mexico if Nevada proposals fail to satisfy.
New York on January 28 reports the death of Alonzo H. Battersby, one of the country’s best known racing men, prompting tributes from peers and racing organizations.
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