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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
3
The 1903 NL schedule lists Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago, and St. Louis teams. It outlines dates, venues, and matchups for the season, reflecting the era’s early baseball structure and regional rivalries.
Manager Buckenberger finds most Nationals in good condition as Washington hosts a roll call next Saturday. Players stay sharp through light training, with many pursuing side work or studies, including Tenney coaching Tufts candidates and Carney finishing Georgetown medical courses.
Milwaukee March 4 claim filed by manager Cantillon for first baseman George LaChance last season with the Boston Americans and for outfielder Tommy Dowd formerly of the Boston American Association team and manager of a Connecticut league club last season.
In New York the delayed meeting of the American league will be held as Ban Johnson announces the league's New York location. Fans nationwide await the pivotal decision and its impact on baseball.
Brighton High School track candidates train at Cambridgeport gymnasium and plan to use Holmes Field weather permitting. Captain Jordan leads a strong squad with McDonald a fast quarter miler and McDevitt a sprint specialist. Timmins anchors the relay and sprints while Featherstone Hickey Paul and Woodcock fill the rest of the team before four star seniors graduate for college next fall.
London reports the hollow steel mast for Shamrock III as the most remarkable yacht construction feat in Britain. Workers say the new spar weighs 1500 pounds less than Shamrock II and the full spar is 1800 pounds lighter than Shamrock I s lower mast. They doubt the shell’s wind endurance but the designer is confident with no emergency spar planned.
New York report says Terry McGovern and his trainer left for San Francisco to face Young Corbett on March 31. McGovern declared confidence in winning and spoke ahead of the fight.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology defeats Tufts College 45 to 21 in a Tech gymnasium dual. Events include 40 yard dash high jump low hurdles pole vault and potato race won by Ovington Tech. Curtis Mackie Tech tie for pole vault first on coin toss.
The National League sets a 140 game schedule from April 15 to September 27 with Boston playing Sunday games in St. Louis Cincinnati and Chicago. Boston opens April 15 in Philadelphia and the first local game is Patriots Day April 20. The season plan has East versus East and West versus West blocks before crossovers.
The sloop Constitution from New London arrives in Bristol to be rigged and fitted for racing in the 20 foot class. Captain Arias Rhodes leads the crew while Herreshoff and the syndicate plan finish work on the hull and sails. The Columbia boat may launch early if possible.
The Highland Social and Athletic Club in Chelsea hosted four six round bouts with 75 members watching. Langford stopped Pocahontas in three rounds, Nadeau and McCoy drew after a fast six. Clougherty defeated Hayes in one. Adams defeated Duffy in six with hard blows. License commissioners and an Alderman witnessed a well conducted exhibition.
Boston Latin concentrates on raw track talent for the season led by Captain Charles Weber. Freeman returns for sprints and shows strong pace while O'Donnell focuses on the shot put as a potential point winner. The relay hopes feature Norton Callahan Corbett Cowan Fisher Ford Fitzgerald Breen and other hopefuls with Breen also competing as high jumper.
Lanky sophomore Frankie Schoenfuss, mentored by trainer John Graham, has emerged as Harvard’s top shot put prospect. After a season start weaker than his Tuesday record, he now sits just shy of Beck’s Intercollegiate mark, and Harvard expects him to break the record before year’s end.
The Triangular Interscholastic League hosts its first indoor meet at 7:45 p.m. in the Cambridgeport gymnasium Massachusetts Avenue. Competitors include Cambridge Manual Training Cambridge Latin and Cambridge High schools with 61 entries across six events. The team earning the most points receives a silver cup and the top individual a trophy.
Five Harvard crews turned out in balmy weather for a 4 to 6 pm practice on the Charles. Weld Club upperclass, Weld freshman, Newell seniors and two other outfits competed with Stevens at stroke in the absence of Captain McGrew. Coaches Bullard Higginson Wray and Filley guided the crews through early season work and promising lineups emerged for the 1906 boat.
At the Criterion Athletic Club last night, Kid Goodman defeated Patsy Haley in the third round when referee Captain Bill Daly stopped the fight after one minute of the period. Earlier, George Witzgerald beat Joe Carroll, Noah Perry narrowly defeated Hugh Glancy, and Stonewall Allen returned to outpoint Joe Handler in six rounds with Handler weighing 12 pounds more.
Diners faintly recall napkins at chins as they fled Tomfohrde's Court street restaurant at nine last night. An automatic fire alarm and Box 36 alerted crews to soot in the chimney starting a kitchen blaze. Damage totaled about $25 and patrons recovered their wraps after a half hour.
A Boston area Republican Institute gathering at Youngs Hotel drew 32 members for its annual meeting and banquet. Officers elected include William E. Cummings as president and Josiah F. Dunham, William A. French, B. Heber Richardson, and Merrill A. Smith as vice presidents.
Hyde Park, March 4. Daniel O Connell resigns as chief of police after 33 years on the force and 3 years as chief. The Selectmen’s board, elected Monday, did not reappoint him at its first meeting last night.
A well attended Sarsfield A C meeting featured four official bouts with Young Murray defeating Young Fitz, Jimmy McManus beating Joker Magee, Mattie Baldwin prevailing over Harry Gilman, and Young Allen drawing with Eddie Collins. An exhibition by the Twins Sullivan also occurred.
Springfield businessman F. Lohnes commends Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root kidney and bladder remedy after trying a free sample. He notes relief from torpid liver and digestive issues and urges others to try the product, with editorial notes urging readers to request a sample and learn more about Swamp-Root.
Score update indicates results of recent games are listed on page ten with team names and match outcomes. Readers are advised to turn to page ten for the full scoreboard and detailed standings.
Boston liquor dealers work seventeen hours daily under the Police Commission crackdown led by Sergeant Hugh Lee. The effort targets a long‑charged policy game run by Joseph Burke alias Joseph Conry, who faced a $100 fine before Judge Forsaith. A secret police meeting followed as dealers report an impersonator officer with a distinctive scar and dark clothing.
Dr Mary Lowell of Boston yesterday took the bar and entered the legal profession becoming the first woman in the state to hold both medical and legal qualifications. She planned to delay practice for a year or two to pursue further degrees in law before beginning any active legal work.
John Week, a young American and son of A. R. Week of Stevens Point Wisconsin, was murdered today at the Guanajuato Power Company works near Samora Mexico. Week had just graduated from Armour Institute and had been named by Senator Spooner for a cadetship at the Naval Academy.
In Lynn a follow up to the Boston arrest of Edward C Davies alias Everett Davis and Devereaux unfolded as the 60 Pitkin Street home was stripped of furniture. The three Walsh children, from Mrs Everett's first marriage to William Walsh, are left homeless while authorities consider committing Mrs Everett and relatives may care for the youngsters. A Salem furniture dealer recovered items previously owned by the firm.
William B. Leavitt of Hampton was elected manager of the Phillips Exeter Academy baseball team, succeeding George H. Weiss who resigned. The afternoon feature was W H McVicker’s 1000 yard run in 2 21 2 5, breaking the academy record by eight seconds.
President Palma hosted J Pierpont Morgan and his party at a Havana palace dinner this evening featuring cabinet members General Maximo Gomez and leading Cuban officials including presiding officers of the Senate and House.
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