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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1922
Page
22
A column analyzes Harvard Yale and Navy football style previews and boxing matchups. Mentions Reggie Brown, Ed Robinson, Jose, Bill Cuddy, Cleo O’Donnell, and Jack Britton as part of sports gossip and upcoming contests.
Florida may spring a surprise with a punter averaging 60 yards per punt. The team’s backfield features New ton Case and Cox, all lettermen. Case, from St. Augustine, won the 100 yard dash in the 1919 Southern Collegiate meet.
Narration praises Knute Rockne for turning Notre Dame into a competitive squad after losing star players. The team beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, demonstrating resilience. Harvard aims to mirror a famous proverb as it faces Florida on Saturday.
The note states that all home games will start at 2 o'clock. It asks for last year’s Harvard Brown and Yale Brown results, citing Harvard 7 Brown and Yale 15 7 Brown. It discusses writers and boxing champions with unclear names and asks if Britton and Lewis fought in England. It also notes Harvard Princeton tickets are limited to graduates and requests predicting the Harvard Dartmouth outcome.
The 110th Cavalry Massachusetts National Guard presented a four hour program at the Commonwealth Armory Lis ton featuring society horses clowns music hippodrome acts and riding displays.
Society and military leaders joined thousands of horse lovers at a grand event highlighted by the An ticient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. Rhode Island National Guard officers rode in from Providence to compete with six mounts, led by Lt. John Jones aboard Chase. Vendetta, Watson Webb’s famed thoroughbred, won top endurance honors, drawing a blue ribbon as fans cheered from premium boxes and the armory arena. Major General Clarice R Edwards attended Military Night as Harry S. Orr directed the gala spectacle.
The Hay State Automobile Association hosts a turkey tournament on November 1 at Wollaston to close the season with prizes for guests and members in classes A and B. Turkeys donated by the association fund prizes plus smaller items for the November feast in A B and novices. The fourth mixed foursome of the season is set for today at Vesper Country Club.
Winchester High School defeated Dedham High School 1 to 0 yesterday at Stone Park Dedham in the first field hockey contest staged there. The match counted in the Greater Boston Interscholastic League series as the sport was introduced locally.
Incomplete OCR text mentions a victory at Thanksgiving with St Timers at Haverhill and a clock reference. Further readable details are needed to craft a factual summary and proper headline.
Boston University football held practice by electric light outside Commonwealth Armory as players balance classes and late sessions. Coach Whelan plans long drills this week before facing Dartmouth in Hanover next Saturday. Cochrane and Williamson back on field but shoulder and back injuries limit full scrimmage. Captain Tenry sidelined with a strained back while George Carlson shines in backfield and defense.
Boxing gossip covers Sweeney-Diggins scrutiny in Nashua, Dempsey-Gibbons talks in December, and Gotham reform debates. It notes Siki versus Norfolk plans, Pendleton’s brag of beating champions, and upcoming wrestling shows at Mechanics and Grand Opera House.
Dan McKerrick, acting for Dempsey during Jack Kearns's absence, announced two offers from London promoters for Dempsey to fight Battling Siki and Harry Wills. Each bid includes covering all expenses and taxes. Dempsey’s contract runs to December 24, with plans for a San Diego tour to finish the theatrical engagement.
Amateur division action at St. Joseph's A. 5. semi monthly tournament in Commercial Hall Bowdoin Square features six heavyweights in season debut plus two novice classes and two open weights. A Boston team for the Intercity tournament against New York at the Boston Arena on Nov 8 will be selected tonight.
Lexington High School girls hockey tied Watertown 6 to 9 in the first game played on Victory Field in Watertown yesterday afternoon. Key players Louise Moakte and Marion Wilson each scored once as the Lexing ton squad kept the top ranking tied.
Capt. Buell faces a novelty gift as South erners announce a four-foot alligator for Captain Buell and the Florida Gators. Team manager Boyd notes a quirky change in the animal's diet from grits and gravy to beans and cod.
Providence reports a chance of continued Arena A C shows through winter at the Boston Arena despite a past ice quality problem. The club had considered postponing tourneys but now plans to proceed with winter events.
Wells Bennett of Portland completes Los Angeles to New York run in 6 days 15 hours 18 minutes to beat Erwin Sreemair’s prior mark by 7 hours 99 minutes, marking Bennett’s second bid and his 60th cross country crossing. The record run began in Los Angeles late Tuesday night and finished in New York at 6 24.
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