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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1920
Page
8
The piece confirms Harvard agreed to cancel the Harvard Notre Dame game after Notre Dame requested due to a West Coast league game. It notes Harvard coaches viewed the cancellation as a tuning opportunity and mentions broader sports moves and personalities across boxing baseball and track.
Multiple races for four year olds plus, six furlong sprints with purses from 600 to 800 dollars. Winners include Marty Lou at 4 to 1 in race one, Burlingame in race two, Snow Queen in race three, Presumption in race four, Herron in the preliminary derby, and High Gear in race six. Times range around 1 13 and 1 18 to 1 45.
Weather clear track fast. Entries list for seven races with horses and weights across ages from two to six furlongs and claiming and handicap purses of $600 to $800. Notable names include Katherine Beal Dorothy Roseate Fiction Vic Munos The Trump Gleaner and War Tax. Apprentice allowance claimed.
In New York at the Seventh Regiment armory, Mrs. L. G. Morris and Helene Pollak defeated Boston players Edith Sigourney and Leslie Bancroft in the semifinals of the national indoor championship doubles. The New Yorkers took the match 6 4, 3 6, 2 6.
Massachusetts high school track context sees Brookline High as top pick for senior honors in the third annual M H S A meet at East Armory Boston English and Lynn Classical expected to lead the upper division point totals. A 15 point senior score could secure divisional honors and edge the Amherst trophy contention for Commerce.
All the city and district champions except Pete Walsh of Dorchester will race today along with top New England athletes. Contenders include Ralph Colson East Boston High in the 645 yard dash, Gene Hussey Hyde Park in the 300 and broad jump, Clarence Archibald Brookline in the 600, Paul Herlihy Lynn Classical in the 300, Brock Darling Lowell in the high jump, and Noyes Marblehead with Arthur Kirby English and Bob Cowing Newton in the 1000. Morning field events precede trials in junior and senior races, with 512 athletes from 27 schools competing in the two session program starting at 2:30.
Harvard oarsmen moved boats along the Charles River past the Larz Anderson bridge as ice mingled with thawed water. The varsity and freshman eight avoided the Charles due to ice and rowed in Lynn. The Charles crew included George Batchel der Heinie Faxon John Borland Coxswain Bill Louderback Denny Hull and others.
Yale won the triangular debate among Harvard Yale and Princeton on whether Congress should adopt all measures necessary to suppress propaganda aimed at overthrowing the government. Yale affirmative beat Princeton at Princeton while Harvard defeated Princeton at Cambridge for second place.
A vivid column on vaudeville life contrasts pay scales and schedules from big time to small time acts. It notes performers like acrobats and dancers, the split week, and the loop of tours, while poking fun at actors and managers and comparing entertainment to politics and boxing. It also covers Boston College baseball spring drills with players from local schools, and BC coach White's outfield candidacy as they prepare for a southern trip and key opponents.
Films of Joe Stecher and Earl Caddock's world wrestling title match shown at Franklin Union Hall on Berkeley Street next Monday to Wednesday evenings. Viewers will see Stecher's victory moves from Madison Square Garden, New York, along with Kirby-Shevlin fight films.
A March report from Donna Texas covers exhibition action featuring Rh. St. Louis National and Philadelphia American squads in a battery pairing showcase. Players Reinhart Clemons Naylor Perry and Diothutter noted in the fray.
Boston College coach White fields three squads in practice with each group showing excellent form and harmony. He plans to push for a larger spring trip roster to carry south with the team.
West Point announces a 19 game schedule for the army baseball team all on campus except the Navy contest at Annapolis. The slate features games against Boston College Seton Hall NYU Stevens Harvard Tufts Lehigh Lafayette West Virginia Pennsylvania State Washington and Lee Holy Cross Catholic University Pittsburgh Rutgers Berkeley Hall A C Navy Annapolis Colgate Fordham and more.
Lexington High School announces a spring season under manager Richard Moakley. The opener is likely on Patriots Day, April 19, as part of the town’s holiday program, with John Kelley serving as captain. The squad will not join the Mystic Valley league this spring and the season runs into June.
In HOT SPRINGS Ark March 19 two Red Sox rookie pitchers faced Pirates top arms but the game ended 5 5 after eight innings The rookies Murphy and Leasure battled control issues yet kept the Pirates from a decisive win Boston matched with timely hits and errors by Pittsburg Ca ton and Bigbee contributed costly miscues while Hooper’s early home run and solid doubles by Scott Devine and Hendryx powered the Sox offense Merely two run leads shifted as Leasure and Murphy faded and the game was called with both teams tied
J Meagher of the University of Chicago was announced as holder of a new American record of 1625 seconds for the plunge in a 60 foot tank. He clipped 13 5 seconds from the former record during preliminaries at the tenth annual Western conference meet last night.
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