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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1906
Page
3
The air cooled Franklin car topped Parker Hill yesterday, beating two water cooled cars of twice the power. One heat from a 40 h p water cooled car nearly matched the Franklin's time, and West Virginia recorded the second best time of the day. Ask the man who was there.
A planned dealer challenge at Parker Hill Roxbury grew into a major hill climb with 100 plus enthusiasts. Rambler H E Wilson and Franklin A R Bangs vied in three heats, the Rambler posting 1m 26s 25s for the best time and Bangs 1m 28s second best.
Spectators watched a 1000 mile tour trend on Tremont street as cars faced steep grades and snow drifts. Blake and Kelsey challenged with Jackson and Maxwell cars, Lee’s Jackson stalled but Kelsey won with 1 minute 30 2 5 seconds in the best two of three. The Maxwell Gentlemen's Speedster also impressed by driving five aboard without chains up the hill.
Ellery H. Clark a delegate to the Athens Olympics spoke at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union about American track and field. He shared stereopticon views of athletes and scenes from the 1896 Games, naming Keane Schick Burke Hollister Shutt Kernan Prinstein McLanahan Sheldon Flanagan Converse and Bird.
New York report notes that ten clubs in the metropolitan district will spend about 150000 dollars on spring improvements. Separate from these upgrades, annual course upkeep ranges from 3000 to 5000 dollars for nine hole courses and 8000 to 10000 dollars for eighteen hole courses.
March 18 report states manager McDermott of the Fall River club has secured the signed contract of Benjamin Bowcock, a local artist, despite rumors about where he would play this season.
Edwin Lt Burnham of Malden, class of 1907, was elected captain of the Harvard basketball team for next year. Also listed are R. A. Quigley, H. V. Amberg 1908, I. S. Brown 1908, J. J. McCarty 1907, P. Moore 3L, E. C. Burnahan 1907, R. F. Griffiths 1906, and P. Brooks 1909, who received their Hs for the season.
Entries for the Boston Horse Show must be filed with secretary Colonel Samuel D. Parker in Room 229 Tremont Building by next Saturday. The rules, definitions of amateur status, and hunter and jumper regulations govern the competitions with weight limits of 140 pounds for most classes and 125 pounds for ponies, fences set four feet high, and enforcement by judges.
East Boston Evening High School and Dorchester A. A. both schedule two games this week. One contest is at Lyceum Hall tomorrow night and the other at the D. H. S. Gym on Thursday.
The Institutes of the West End invites a 16 to 17 year old team for games. Open dates requested include April 19 or any time in June July August and September. Contact D. J. Cronin at 99 Cambridge street.
A Memphis report claims three men, each worth over a million, are attempting to bribe Gilbert Bresnahan and Bowerman to jump to the outlaw Tri-State league. Big Ed Ruelbach joins the Cubs after coaching Washington University. White Sox arrive in New Orleans with 18 players as Fielder Jones hopes bad luck is over. John Kling misses Cubs debut due to his baby daughter’s illness, while Harry Steinfeldt laments the theft of his bird dog. Clark Griffith’s Highlanders show weak batting as dependable hitters struggle to find the ball.
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