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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1897
Page
3
The City League title race remains tight with Carruths leading by two games and three matches left. Boylston and Sherman chase, Meyers and Prospect close behind, while records show strong Boston leagues performances and notable individual marks in the Amateur Bowling League of Boston and Vicinity.
Secretary Andrew J. Lonergan reports the season’s work in the Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League. Dorchester Central leads home and overall averages, with Commercial and Salem close behind. Tower of Commercial tops individual averages and the season’s marks include team totals and string records across multiple clubs.
McCarthys top the candlepin league with Meyers second and St James third. They have three games left and a two game lead. A championship hinges on two more wins. Five men tie for first in the individual trophy race with an 89 average.
The Thornton team holds a large lead over rivals with three games ahead of two following teams. Marden leads individual averages at 163 and has a 572 three-string total. Dannenhofer posts the top single string at 224 while nine players surpass 500 in a three-string week.
Employers A C lead the Insurance League in games won and pin total. Tre collectors are tied for second. John C Paige and OBrion Russell hold third. Symondy and Veazie lead individual averages, with Veazie two pins behind. Team standings and averages listed with highest three-string total and highest single string noted.
City League games include Jameson at Rex ford Prospect at Meyers Boyls ton at Carruth Granite at Shawmut Murray and Irwins at Columbia Sherman at Quincy South Boston at McCarthys Candle Pin League features Meyers at Prospect Carruths at Jefferson St James at Lenox Columbia at Murray and Wins Quincy at McCarthys Hub at South Boston Central at Jameson Roxbury League has Thorn Tons at Columbus Germania at Roxbury Scotia at Chester Insurance League shows Employers vs Travelers Holden vs Mercantile and N A Wednesday John C Paige vs OBrion and Russell Boston Marine v New England Mutual.
An individual candlepin tournament begins Thursday at Kirby's Alleys Broadway South Boston with preliminaries in the afternoon and evening and finals on April 12. Prizes total 45 dollars with awards for top single string and top four string totals in preliminaries and finals.
John Reilly will captain the English High School baseball team with a rich mix of veterans and new players. Old standouts include Billie Murphy and Lew Walsh while candidates like Sullivan, Mohan, Mansfield, Woodbury, and Eaton compete for key positions. Leigh George leads as manager and several players seek infield and pitching roles for the coming season.
Somerville High plans a strong baseball season with most of last year’s players returning. Captained by George Hafford, the squad includes Pike at catcher, Lyman in left field, Sheridan and Gordon competing for second base, Baldwin shifted to center field, and Cuddy at shortstop. Rich and Dalton vie for pitcher while Hafford may pitch. Palmer McRae Almeida Stone contend for third base with varied prior positions and athletic roles.
Boston Latin announces F Bolster from Dorchester will captain the nine for the coming season. At age about 19 and a halfback Tom Maguire’s eleven of 9% included Bolster, with several alumni coaching. Remaining players include Fotch Murphy Robinson and Bolster. O Malley has left.
Jaynes, born 19 years ago in Dorchester, leads Hopkinson High’s nine after being chosen captain. Returning players include Hallowell Stillman Bartlet Wood Huntress Cole Frothingham Ladd Appleton Rotch Keene Parker Dowese Bowen Tucker White Hales Ames Quincey and Dickson’s former shortstop role.
Brookline High players train on the Common under Captain F Hutchins. Hutchins, an 18 year old Brookline native and former Pierce Grammar School graduate, captains the team. Five players return: Manning Kernan Lancey Skilton and Hutchins. New candidates include Wilbur Hovey Perkins Ritchie James Dearborn Wilcox Kellogg Lewis and Cushing.
Roxbury Latin School builds a strong baseball nine led by captain E. Putnam, a 17 year old catcher who starred behind the plate last season and played last fall independent of high school play.
Cambridge High and Latin School players train in the Cary building on Holmes Field and will perform on Cambridge Common. Saul was to be captain but graduates’ advisory committee appoints Andy Downing as temporary captain. Saul captained football in 1935 and led the ice polo team last winter. Candidates for the out field include Adams Cox Brown Goodridge Usher and Sullivan. Lewis played left halfback last fall.
Dick O'Brien defeated Paddy Purtell in a strong showing that surprised Gotham boxing fans who predicted a Purtell win. The Lewiston fighter was never in danger as Purtell relied on a round-arm left swing that failed against the two-handed O'Brien. The piece also notes future matches, training plans for Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey, concerns about Sullivan’s conditioning, and calls for stronger boxing legislation in the state.
Letters discuss the fate of clubs after a new law and boxing rule differences. Mentions D H South Boston Dave Sullivan Patsy Haley slated to box April 14 at Polo A C New York. References to Athens and Queensberry rules and old quarrels about seconds and weights.
Dozens of clubs and thousands of riders crowded Back Bay and Franklin Park as yesterday’s park runs drew cyclists from Roslindale, Dorchester, Cambridgeport, and more. Several riders and teams planned races at Dedham Gloucester Nantasket and Nantasket while a new second‑hand wheel exchange scheme launches through the Boston Cycle Board of Trade.
Captain Norman W. Cabot announces spring football practice starts tomorrow at Soldiers Field. Some veterans train indoors this winter under his supervision. Harvard schedules a November 20 clash with the University of Pennsylvania at Cambridge.
Dr Landis criticizes high government salaries and heavy taxation in a Boston letter to the editor. He urges cutting national expenses, taxing luxuries, and using retired thrifty citizens to legislate, arguing current government actions amount to a money monarchy out of step with good governance.
Messrs Golden and Conant show enterprise in the spring horse sale at Mechanics building Boston buyers will have chances Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday to purchase fine stock. Catalogue upon request. Auct. J E Conant of Lowell and Mr Golding of Medford will officiate ensuring fair treatment.
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