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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
20
Jamaica Plain club Jamaica Plain Lincoln suffered a 8 to 7 setback at Carolina Avenue playground. Star guard Johnny Buster Gaffney sat out with an ankle injury sustained before the game, reducing the victor's scoring fire.
In New Haven Yale beat Harvard 2 to 1 before a record 18 000 crowd at Yale Field. Yale pitching by Clark Selleck held Harvard to four hits while Babe Felton struggled with wild pitches and seven walks. Sawyer and Diamond scored the decisive runs for Yale as the winning run came on a close play at the plate with two outs in the ninth.
Harry B. Cole defeated Robert Coe in the finals for the President's Cup at the Norfolk Golf Club in Dedham yesterday afternoon. Cole won 8 up with 2 to play. Also contested was the Bunker Fill tournament on the same course with 18 hole results listed for players including Handy Sears Gallagher Bishop Prague Coa Witten Capen and others.
Boston waiters union backs drive to unionize staff at one arm restaurants. About 4000 workers said to be employed. meeting set at 1160 Washington Street at 8 tonight with Senator John J. Kearney offering support.
Alan R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America, predicts the day of the dirigible is near and a complete transatlantic air service will soon be available for all. An exclusive interview with Hawley appears in the Boston Sunday Post.
Newton High defeated Everett High 2 to 0 at Claflin Field Newtonville yesterday to win the Suburban League baseball championship and advance to a post season game with Boston College High for the Greater Boston interscholastic diamond title.
Newton High tops Everett High 5 to 4 in a tight Suburban League game. Captain Fred Sawyer leads Newton with two hits and key plays, while Porter hurls a solid six innings for Everett. The win keeps Newton in the race for title honors as Boston College High pursues a three game series, contingent on Newton’s athletic committee.
Medford High beat Somerville 5 to 4 in 15 innings at Medford yesterday forenoon to tighten the Suburban league race with Newton. John Prior started the 15th with a single and Morrissey’s game winning hit followed Gillis’s winning fly, Pr ow, as Medford rallied from a late two run deficit. Attendance reached about 3000 as the crowd witnessed a dramatic late comeback.
George Perry of this city seeks engagements for his four fighters a promising quartet who spar at weights 142 heavyweight 188 and 121 with boxers Ernie Yelle Freddie Yelle Young Corbiey Bert Jones.
The four corner motor paced race at Revere track pits Wiley Madonna Corry and Walthour against the Starter for an hour grind. Early season danger signals a series of special events to follow as all riders show top form and juniors impress pace fans. The card also includes amateur and professional events.
London June 17 Joe Beckett retained the British heavyweight title by knocking out Frank Goddard in the second round of a scheduled 0 round match at the Olympic Club tonight.
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