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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1912
Page
10
Rain halts practice for the Boston Braves in Augusta Georgia while heavy showers flood the field. Hank Gowdy defeats manager Kling twice then loses the rubber game, causing Gowdy to claim the championship as Kling retains it.
The column covers mixed reports of historic bouts and current matchups. It notes Lavigne’s confusion over Carney Weir Havelin events, discusses toe holds under amateur rules, upcoming Malden bouts and entry details, Moran’s recent trips, Burns vs McFarland in Kenosha, and Attell denial of fixing with Murphy. It previews Unity Club card in Manchester with Alger vs Brooks and Nelson’s past sparking interest.
The American Olympic committee ruled unanimously that money will not be accepted to pay any athlete’s Olympic-related expenses. Clubs or donors offering to cover costs will not influence selections. The decision followed offers from a Western club and a large Western university to cover expenses for athletes they wished to name.
Germany moves to introduce college sports on American lines with intercollegiate competitions planned by 14 universities 10 technical colleges and other institutions. The first German University Olympics is set for Leipsie in 1913 with events in field track and aquatic sports replacing sabre fighting and beer contests.
The 1912 team defeated the 1914 squad in the final relay at Roxbury Latin School to win the interclass relay meet. Members listed include J. Holden, Morse, McKim, Rollins for 1912 and Wendell, Swain, Mills, Hay for 1914. Time was 3 minutes 10 3-5 seconds.
The St. Louis National baseball team led by Manager Roger Bresnahan arrived in Jackson Mississippi from Jackson Tennessee and will stay for practice ahead of the National season opening.
Six players signed contracts for tryouts ahead of the May 16 season opener. Ernest Viverios, Patrick Duggan, George Morgan, John McPherson, Charles Young, and James Besse bring youth and varied semi pro experience from Medfield to Oak Bluffs.
John T Brush president of the New York National League club will test fan preference on game start times by using two turnstiles marked 3 30 and 4 o'clock during the opener against Eastern clubs. He aims to gauge patron sentiment on earlier starts.
The Swedish Gymnastic Club of Boston will hold its twelfth annual ball and gymnastic exhibition on March 21 at Paul Revere Hall Mechanics' Building. Entries from many local athletes are expected. Dancing from 10 to 2 will follow athletic contests starting soon after 8.
Howard Morrow of Syracuse under Tommy Ryan enters the San Francisco Los Angeles middleweight elimination tournament. He will fight Bert Fagan in a 20 round bout at the Vernon Arena on April 13. Fagan recently drew with Jack Herrick of Chicago.
East Manchester and Roxbury organizers urge 14- to 15-year-old squads and other swift amateurs in New Hampshire to arrange matches with Quincy A A A champions of Greater Boston. Home games would be Thursday evenings. contact William H. Flynn in Quincy for schedules.
Pitcher Fred Toney informed President Murphy of the Chicago club that he will not play this year. He plans to devote his time to developing a system to reduce the switching defect of freight trams.
Joe Fallon of the West End defeats Clancy of the North End in six rounds at the newly opened Central A C in Bowdoin Square. Preliminary bouts offered excitement with police observers and Attorney P H Kelley in attendance.
In San Antonio Texas on March 12 the Chicago Americans may relocate to San Antonio from Waco where they began spring practice as adverse weather delayed training. A Philadelphia team beat the Texas league San Antonio nine ten to nine in an exhibition as Comiskey announced the possible move.
The Louisville Courier Journal hails Tom Madden, ex Red Sox catcher, as one of the league’s most prominent backstops. Fans at the Y M G A declare Madden looks to be the goods and likely to become a regular catcher with the Colonels given his stocky build and firm contract demand.
William Broadhead, Barringer High School Newark instructor, offered assistant physical director at the University of Pennsylvania to help Mike Murphy. Broadhead has trained champion Newark baseball football and track teams and met with success in the job discussions.
A note from the season's end reports Pitcher Slapnicks, previously tried by the Cubs, tagged as an India Bohemian Austrian and French Louisville favorite. Fans remain hopeful he will pitch again.
Harvard announces football schedule with games at Cambridge against Maine Holy Cross Williams Amherst Brown Princeton Vanderbilt Dartmouth and Yale in late September to late October. Track schedule lists interclass handicap and intercollegiate meets through May with Dartmouth Yale and Philadelphia events.
In a 10 to 9 defeat to the San Antonio Bronchos, Stuffy McInnis suffered an ankle tendon strain from a slide at second base. He will miss at least a week, with Trunk moving to first base as a likely arrangement.
The Park Club of Bridgeport Conn won the Eastern Interclub Rifle League championship and the United States indoor rifle team title for 1912. In a shoot-off with New Haven Conn Bridgeport tied for eastern champion and New Haven broke the national indoor record with 996 points while St. Paul Minn scored 994 and took third.
Bob Quinn, famed builder of schedules, recalled Fort Wayne when a club owner worried about home games on pay days after his Central league schedule was adopted. The owner asked why his team wasn’t scheduled at home on pay days, revealing the era’s scheduling pressures.
The Washington club accepts waivers on catcher Nig Clarke from St. Louis after the latter’s appeal. Washington plans to sell or trade Clarke and has no intention of using him.
The official notice in Juarez says racing will end March 24. A Flying footsteps today won the handicap from a field, amid light crowds and steady winds.
England's Owen Moran defeats Pat Moore of Philadelphia in a 10 round clash in New York. Moran presses the action and lands decisive blows, earning a popular victory over a heavier Moore though the bout remains closely contested across rounds three through ten.
Louis Vielstitch of Kansas City set a world single game record with 280 in the doubles with Kid Nichols during the American Bowling Congress tournament in Chicago on March 12. The previous mark 279 was shared by Harry Muggly and William Miner at St Louis last year as the ball required a second cleanup in the second frame.
The Intercolonials beat B A A 2 to 1 at the Boston Arena in the third game of the series to go two games up. The match featured a clean, rough 60 minutes with 14 suspensions and standout goaltending from Gardner and Wiggett. Skilton scored the winning goal in the second period after a solo rush from behind his net, as Intercolonial relied on a Canadian style of play and strong defense from Huntington and Sortwell. Attendance reached about 4,000 despite the injuries to Davenport and the substitutions by Wiggett and Hurlbutt.
Pennsylvania trustees at Philadelphia impose strict restrictions on sale of non transferable Intercollegiate Association membership books and tickets for Franklin Field events. Any person found to have sold these privileges loses admission rights for current and following year and may be barred from Army Navy football games.
Joe Goldberg of Rochester outpointed Kid Lavigne of Pittsburg in all ten rounds here tonight. Lavigne absorbed heavy punishment but stayed the distance.
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