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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1916
Page
11
New England A A A indoor championship tonight brings top track athletes to the Ninth Regiment Armory. A standard program features a strong slate of events and a fine list of noted performers competing to settle mooted questions.
A track meet balloting sprint and hurdle events with 60 and 65 yard distances features top sprinters from MIT Boston MCA Holy Cross and Brown including Frank O Hara Irving Howe Andrew Kelley and F T Pollard in the dash. BAA stars Gill Meanix and Jack High lead the hurdles while the 200 includes Tom Halpin Meanix Rose and High with Guething MIT and Andrew Keller Holy Cross. Dave Caldwell and Joe Hiskins contest the thousand and the two mile attracts several New England distance specialists. Arthur Roberts and George Pelletier pace the high jump with John C C Lawlor and Robert E Lucey contesting the shot put.
At Ann Arbor on March 3, University of Michigan football receipts reached 55,852 with disbursements at 40,548 helping the overall athletic funds. Total athletic receipts stood at 90,935 against 90,344 in disbursements while more than 12,000 went to paying stadium indebtedness and improvements.
Outfielder Charles H Shorten of the Providence International League team signed a vowestannual increase over last year with the Red Sox. He played 187 games last season hitting .222 with a fielding average of .05. He will report at Hot Springs with the second squad leaving Boston March 17.
Fac story notes the factory in Manchester New Hampshire ships forty two million cigars yearly. It highlights the scale of production and the brand’s global presence in a brisk economic brief.
The fragment lists Harvard St Nicholas and various names such as Hildea Fox Turrell Sortwell Ellis Phillips Baker Wanamaker Cox Kuhn Willetts Carling Sagar Chadwick and Canadian referees H W Foster and W H Russell. Time is noted as 20 minutes across periods.
The B A A rivalry fades as the Harvard Club hockey seven meets St Nicholas S C at the Arena in the final 1916 Amateur Hockey League game. The match ends the season for both teams with a decisive late showdown.
Boston fans anticipate a Harvard Club victory to shape the league race as St. Nicholas and Boston Athletic Association sit near the top. Coach Winsor rearranges lines to strengthen center defense, with goaltending decisions uncertain between Chadwick and Sagar for tonight's pivotal contest against Hobey Baker's team.
Boston Arena hosts a Monday conference on arranging a series among the three top Canadian pro teams. NHA president T Emmett Quinn and Montreal Wanderers owner Sam Luchtenhein will represent the pros, while Walter M. Lougee and Fred J. Hoey speak for the Boston Arena. If set, games would run the week of April 3 with conditions that the pros play only in Boston. Pro teams are jockeying for the top three spots as five teams remain in contention.
Pinehurst North Carolina March 3 The field of 269 players in the spring golf tournament has narrowed to the finalists in 14 divisions and two consolations. Philip Carter defeated B E Benll 4 up and 3 to play in today’s semi final while HB P Merriman beat T A Kelley 7 and 6. Merriman later defeated Malcolm McGregor and will face Carter in a 36 hole final for the President's trophy.
Chicago reports the National League club needs a catcher after Harvey Russell, who was recently said to have joined an Eastern club, left the team.
The article explains exhibitors have individual numbers and a Back Bay Information desk at the Mechanics Building. It highlights that the regular switchboard cannot connect to exhibitors and that special quick service will be available. The show opens at 2 o'clock with high anticipation for record sales and city prosperity during Boston’s premier automobile week.
The exhibit hall showcases an all encompassing automotive fair featuring runabouts to luxury European cars, with North American experts and factory officials explaining parts and innovations. Show decorations exceed 50,000 in cost, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors as industry growth and prosperity are celebrated.
The article argues the auto industry will grow beyond 1915 output, with 2.5 million registrations to date and 7.5 million cars needed to supply demand. Factories work round the clock and new plants with double capacity rise, as thousands visit the Mechanics Building to view cars and Boston Show attendees hope to own one.
In Chicago on March 3 Frank Taberski of Schenectady defeated James Maturo of Denver 100 to 28 in the national pocket billiardy tournament. Taberski exited in 38 innings. Mike Petrie of Chicago beat J L Chapman 100 to 43, with a high run of 26, in 20 innings.
Chester I Campbell notes that in 1901 fewer than 5000 cars existed in the United States, while recent licensing data show over 2.2 million registered vehicles. He predicts rapid future expansion, suggesting streets may become nearly horseless and public policy adapted as the motor car gains dominance by 1930.
Nine Brookline High School swimmers depart for Worcester to face Worcester Academy in a dual meet. Brookline seeks to cement the East preparatory school swimming title after undefeated dual meets and strong showings in Yale and Princeton interscholastic events. The roster includes Prendergast, McKinnon, Darling, Handy, Woods, Hanay, PD, Richardson, and others competing in sprints, distance, relay, plunge, and diving events.
After a week of hard practice the Boston College battery men are in good shape for the coming season. Coach Bill Sweeney pushed them hard to remove arm soreness and build strength. A new recruit, Frank McCory, shows great potential as a tall, strong pitcher capable of becoming a key twirler before spring.
The Tilgrima of Lynn seeks opponents in Maine New Hampshire and Rhode Island for May 5 July 4 and Labor Day games. Fast uniformed amateur teams welcomed to contact Manager Jed Wheeler 127 Hamilton avenue Lynn Massachusetts.
Arthur Duffey surveys spring training and plans for the Boston Braves and Bill Carrigan. Moran battles Willard in a March 25 bout with charity boxes aiding causes. Harvard athletes Winsor, Baker, Higgins, Caldwell, and Willcox feature in New England indoor and senior national events with focus on conditioning and rivalries.
Entry lists show Joseph V Comerford of Roxbury on Smith Street and other participants for the St Alphonsus Smile road race on March 22. The prompt mentions local track and boxing notes but contains fragmented references to future events and teams.
Coach Haines and Captain Morgan reshuffle Harvard freshman eights with Nichols moved to No 4 and Hill replacing him at No 2 while the varsity lineup stays. The four eights, coaches notes, and wind-building runs at Soldiers Field are highlighted along with Robert Herrick’s return to form in the bow of the second varsity.
The playgrounds department announces the tobogganing season at Franklin Field is closed. Tobogans may be called for between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. including Saturday. Any unclaimed toboggans will be snipped by express at the owner's expense by March 10.
The annual convention of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America meets in New York to award the 41st championship, elect Leland Stanford Jr University to membership, and discuss constitutional amendments. Harvard Yale Syracuse and Johns Hopkins invite hosting next May as indoor track games at Madison Square Garden feature teams from Yale Harvard Brown MIT Princeton Michigan Columbia and more.
Stories and facts about baseball umpires including Billy Evans recalling a Philadelphia Athletics game where a foul call altered a run, plus a New York case with Jack Sheridan overturning an infield fly ruling. The piece discusses when a foul ball can be ruled fair and vice versa.
Four records were broken as district high schools competed in shot put and broad jump events at the Fast Armory. East Boston High led in points with new marks in senior intermediate and junior broad jumps, and Sullivan of East Boston set a senior shot put record. Remaining events will be held at East Armory on East Newton Street.
The Middlesex Rifle Club schedules a weekend shoot this afternoon at the club range on Tower Road in Lincoln. Events likely include targets at 200, 300 and 600 yards as the club prepares for an active season.
The team traveled to face the militia rifle club squads from Waltham and Convoor, aiming to defeat them once more. Strong showings were reported despite not securing a win, highlighting key performances from local shooters.
Dick Sloss of Cleveland did not show for a 1: round bout with Walter Butler of Beachmont at the Triangle A A tonight. The match was postponed to next Friday. Preliminary bouts proceeded with Young George of Lowell defeating Young Crilley of Lawrence. Young Brady of Lowell beat Young Smith of Lowell in the second prelim. Young Mandol of Lawrence quit in the third with Young Belange of Lawrence. In the semi final Tommy Doyle of Lowell won over Billy Edwards of Lawrence in seven rounds.
Somerville High School boys showed sportsmanship by filling in for missing teammates in the dual meet against Boston College High. BC High won the meet 61 to 2.
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