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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1905
Page
3
Harvard's faculty tightens standards after rising probation rates, banning printed notes and resumes by George Blakney the veteran tutor. The move aims to end snap-courses and loopholes, turning Harvard into a college for brains and energy rather than wealth, as Blakney withdraws support.
The 19th annual New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association meet will be held in Worcester this Friday and Saturday with ten to eleven colleges competing Amherst Bowdoin Brown Dartmouth MIT Trinity Tufts Maine Vermont Wesleyan and Williams. The event opens Friday at 2 pm with track and field trials and promises close contests amid growing college athletic interest.
The piece notes a tight AL battle with five teams tied for third and Boston and Cleveland close in games. Washington challenges near the top after a Cleveland win, while gaps from Collins’s absence and Unglaub’s two hits affect team dynamics. Trade debates and ownership ties color national sentiment. Cincinnati heads south end, Tenney’s squad earns support, and batters Collins and Selbach lead with 316.
Charley Farrell leads the team in chances accepted but Raymer still tops with a 286 percent. Tenney shines at first base with 285 chances handled without an error and the squad shows a general rise in batting averages despite Raymer.
Eddie Lenny drops out of a Marlboro 15 round bout with Kid Goodman over cold feet. Jimmy Burke steps in to face Goodman while Young Mack Pinkey Turner Ike McLean Young Duffy collide in prelims. Blink McCloskey meets Guy Ashley in Brockton in a 12 round feature. Herrera trains for Goodman while Nelson hails him as hardest hitter faced.
Gambling at two local parks continues with a South End event where a player nicknamed little Johnny won about $500. Police show little awareness of multiple handbooks about baseball results circulating daily. analysts say gambling is not necessary in baseball.
Fog and rain hinder local crews as Shawmut Club buys a June-delivered eight oared shell from Harvard. Arlington and Cambridge attention focuses on Lloyd and Johnson of Arlington Boat Club, with strong showings at St Louis and St Catherine's. Vespers of Philadelphia eye foreign wins, while Yale freshman crew heads to the American Henley.
In New Haven a tie game, 8 to 8, sees Yale's O'Brien reach third after Carrigan’s throw to second is disrupted by a batter who swung at the ball, colliding with the catcher. The umpire allowed the play to stand as the winning run scored on a passed ball, prompting letters asking if this was fair baseball and what the umpire should have done.
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