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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1916
Page
13
New York report notes boxer Jess wants more sparring partners to train with Hemple and Monahan. He credits better blocking and body blows for improved wind and lighter weight from road work, and prefers five hours outdoors to indoor sessions for ozone and fitness.
The boxer discusses adding extra trainers, weighing Moran against Monahan and Hemple, and inviting Moran's manager Ike Dorgan to observe training. He plans longer workouts, from four to six or eight rounds, to improve wind and eye while stressing practical open training.
Malden High baseball manager J H Doyle released the 1930 schedule listing games at Malden against Lowell Textile Cambridge Latin Wakefield High Alumni Melrose High Medford High High School of Commerce Everett Tufts 2d Melrose Boston English Somerville Everett St Johns Prep Danvers Woburn Medford Everett Somerville Melrose with opens on April 29 and May 24 and games spread to Somerville Everett Melrose Danvers and Medford through June 17.
New Hampshire State College released dates for four track dual meets. April 29 at Lewiston Maine May 13 against Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Durham May 27 versus Rhode Island State College in Kingston Rhode Island and June 3 hosting the University of Vermont in Durham.
In New Haven on February 29 the boxing card between Billy Nisto of Highwood and Chic Brown ended in a riot. Nisto fouled Brown three times and fans of Brown climbed into the ring attacking Nisto and his supporters, prompting a lid to be placed on boxing bouts in the city.
Dorchester High School defeated Newton High 42 to 40 in a gym meet. A three-event rule limited entries and a relay foul by Corrigan cost Dorchester a win in the relay, keeping the outcome in doubt. Dorchester excelled in track events while Newton led field events.
Entries close tomorrow for the Atlantic Coast Bowling Association Great Boston Chapter Tournament. Candlepin bowlers from across New England will compete as events begin March 6 at North Station Alleys in Boston.
Chicago Feb 2 Roger Bresnahan and Charles Weeghman discussed terms to terminate Bresnahan contract with the Chicago Nationals. Weeghman made an offer Bresnahan would consider by tomorrow, but both sides declined to reveal the proposal.
English High swam to 44 points over Cambridge Latin at the Cambridge YMCA pool. Highlights include a relay win by Rehm McCafferty Eckland Bedell and multiple top finishes for English, with Bedell taking dive and Springer leading the plunge.
Concord High School schedules three games against Boston area schools arranged by Manager Edward F Boyce 16. The Patriots Day contest with Mechanic Arts High School and the May 2 clash with Boston College High School are set at Concord. A Memorial Day contest with Charlestown Evening Centre High School is also planned. Trinity elects Edward J McKay captain of the baseball team succeeding Dennis Gillooly ineligible under the college code.
Readable lines note daily sessions in the US schedule with Thursday afternoon times. The entry mentions three separate items and an exception noted as I, indicating a minor scheduling adjustment.
The piece surveys Tris Speaker’s contract sign question and fan anxieties. It notes Jose Ray’s 4.17 mile time in Chicago and hints at a special race with Dave Caldwell. It covers New England indoor championships aided by Colonel Logan and Curley, and the push for major intercollegiate events.
The steam trawler Surf was the only arrival at the new fish pier with high dealer prices due to scarcity. Haddock 61-2, steak cod 121-4, market cod 8, steak pollock 91-4, shore halibut 20 cents. Weathered by limited orders, rail deliveries and Italian fleet activity, dealers await a larger vessel fleet today.
The queries note Bill Carrigan broke a leg on September 4, 1911 which halted his baseball. Ted Lewis and Charlie White did not meet in Boston. they had a July 21, 1915 ten round no decision bout in New York. Boxing instructors named include Joe Geary at 640 Warren Street Grove Hall and Al Delmont at 514 Tremont Street. Sam Richards did not swim the Panama Canal.
The Harvard freshman hockey seven after a 6 to 1 win over Yale will be banqueted tonight at the Harvard Club. Attending are the seven players, 11 squad members, Coach Paul Smart, Paul Withington, and freshmen managers L. K. Garrison and G. A. Brownwell. The group will attend the theatre following dinner.
Chester Martel of Lowell won the candle pin championship of New England and a $200 purse by defeating Archie Walsh of Boston in a 20-string match. Martel led by 34 pins after the first 10 strings in Boston on Feb 24 and extended that margin to win by 36 pins. Total pinfall: Martel 1050, Walsh 1048.
Harvard freshman wrestlers meet Tufts this afternoon at Tufts College gym in all weight classes except 115 and 135 pounds. The Harvard second team dual with the Boston Y M C A scheduled for this evening has been cancelled.
Shipping notices list arrivals and movements of cutters Androscoggin and Gresham along with steamers Port Fuiter Queen Acadian Kes and others, detailing ports such as Shelburne Providence Town Camden Louisburg Baltimore and Norfolk with captains Fisler Hawes Powell and Noyes among others.
In Ithaca Cornell was beaten by Dartmouth 29 to 24 in an intercollegiate basketball league contest.
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