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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1895
Page
3
The LA W announces appointments of handicappers for several states including Hartford Connecticut and Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The move aims to ensure fair competition under amateur rules with penalties for violations and transfers of duties, noting a Brooklyn venue on June 15.
Found guilty: McKeever and Fogarty, Leeds men, convicted by Quarter Sessions Court in Hartford, with sentences to follow. Jury had deliberated since this morning. Prosecution notes hiring of fighters and the danger of rewarding crime. Sentences may reach the supreme court on appeal.
The N E B A A U indoor championships at Worcester promise a star filled meet with 55 entries. Bigelow aims to win the 40 yard dash against Harvard A A and Worcester A Co while Clark Roche and Jackson dispute the field. The 600 and 1000 yard events feature Burke Cadman Gallagher and Delaney with wide open competition and strong rivals from B A A Worcester and Harvard A A. Sweeny eyes a running high jump record as Hoyt Johnson Sweeny and Brennan compete in pole vault and related events.
The East Boston Athletic Club starts a bicycle club within the club. Ladies’ sessions at Charlestown Cycle Club draw large attendances. Plans to guard against increasing female participation emerge as pool and bowling records rise. Reports include Mrs. Major Atwell’s 152 pins and a seven-ball pool run, plus bike thefts in Wellington and a large Asbury Park meet setup with $10,000 fundraising and committee organization for the League of American Wheelmen event July 8–15, 1895.
The piece surveys upcoming pacing talents led by Rex Americus offspring and noted speeds from Sidmont and Star Pointer. It notes Patronage siring Alix and Gill Curry’s 4330 earnings, Alma Mater’s 23 years and fifteen foals, and a failing kite track at Columbia Tennessee, plus William Hayward’s Herald and Oakland Baron hopes. John A. Goldsmith’s hospital stay ends with note he must retire from riding.
YACHTING TALK reports Firecutter Infanta owned by John B. Mills of New York will be overhauled in Bristol next month with a new topmast and improvements. A spar arrived in Bristol last Thursday. Skipper Captain Henry Slocum will return. Also under construction at Poillon's yard in South Brooklyn is a 32-foot overall fin keel yacht for Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. The new vessel, 21 feet on the water line, 7 feet beam, 12 inch hull draft, 4 feet keel depth, will feature a Tobin bronze fin keel and rudder and is expected to race in all class events. Johnny Driscoll guides the build. nearby, John H. Hall of Hartford purchased from O. G. Jennings the steam yacht Unquowa, 138 feet overall and 116 feet on the water line.
Andover faculty resolves a scholarship dispute by allowing suspended baseball players to rejoin the team if they complete missed work before spring recess. Harker Holman Greenway Brown are readmitted and plan to play the first game at Cambridge against Harvard varsity.
Managers and captains of New England semi pro baseball teams seek games and share rosters. Lowell’s McPherson heads to a New England League club. Malden’s Wadsworth Howland crew lists positions and contact for games. Charlestowns seek strong opponents. Columbias Cambridgeport seek 16 year olds. Rangers report to Boston mid April with a full roster. Fall River and Fitchburg prep rosters. season tickets, local stadium work, and executive support notes. plus sailing news and a bicycle ad fragment.
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