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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1897
Page
3
Harvard's 1897 squad faced a soggy after noon as conditions hindered progress with three weeks to Yale. Bouve and Donald returned to starting roles, Mills emerged as a strong challenger for right tackle, while a persistent fullback problem and fumbling limited scoring opportunities during practice.
Nov. 1 Princeton New Jersey reports heavy rain disrupted football practice. Many players hurt, with Suter the only varsity man remaining at half, and Crowdis Armstrong Cochran Kelly Barnard Oglesby and Edwards still on the hospital list. Tomorrow’s session aims to ready players against the scrub squad.
Cornell coaches ordered a limited practice as rain soaked the field. Schoch was injured and left for bandages while Wilson Faville Tangeman and Dempsey practiced. Captain McKeever watched the session as students urged support for the final three games against Penn State Williams and Pennsylvania.
Injuries are assessed by X rays at Cambridge Manual. Dedham High meets Roxbury Latin at Brookline this afternoon in a key junior interscholastic championship game. Yale and Harvard connections appear as coaches and players shift roles in prep and college football.
A Boston notice advertises Dr. Liverpool at 233 Tremont Street offering a free week long consultation and diagnostic service for chronic and obscure diseases. It lists sensational cure tallies across numerous conditions and claims free medicines under treatment with extensive office hours.
Sullivan earned praise for his superior execution and stamina as Palmer bruised but unable to claim the purse after twenty rounds. Reports from Mirror of Life and Sporting Life note Sullivan's shock impact and Palmer's fatigue, with postfight moves detailing bouts and matchups across the circuit.
J J McCafferty plans to leave for England as owner trainer and jockey. Free baths open at Charlesbank gym. Guinette reportedly ran a mile in 2 03 with 1 00 last half. Courtney signs a three year Cornell navy contract. All American and Baltimore coast trip may be financially successful. At Topeka $600 netted and Kansas City $400. Jack Omy defeated in Heywood England by Mellor for 50 a side. Yale shows promising sprinter I Richards Jr by tying 100 and winning 220 from six yard mark. Stevenson and Wolstencroft one eyed in trap shoot at Holmesburg Junction. Wolstencroft killed eight and missed twenty one. Indoor tennis at B A A starts next month with Pettitt Latham Standing and Boakes. Latham aims to world championship. Bowdoin’s Edward R Godfr en Dom breaks shot put records at Worcester meets. N E B L A A U A U president Babb appoints committees for the year including Morse Beals Moree Kilburn Adams and others.
The Boston Bowling Association adopts a revised schedule reducing candle pin league play to one game weekly and expands to twenty clubs. Divisions A and B will play separate schedules starting tomorrow, with a playoff for division champions after the regular season ends.
Two Mercantile League games were bowled at Boylston alleys. Clapp and Tilton fell to American Watch Company by more than 150 pins. Brown Durrell beat John P Squires by 268 pins as Dolan led with 518 for the best three strings.
The Massachusetts Interclub tournament began last night with four teams: Oxford Club of Lynn, 900th Artillery of Lynn, Philedian Club of Walham, and Melrose Athletic. Melrose won billiards and pool while Philedians took whist. Philedians forfeited in billiards. Gilman defeated Church of the Philedians 47 points. Melrose won pool 118 to 96. three winning teams posted totals over 600.
In Lynn on November 1 the Oxford Club hosted the Interclub League opening night. The home team defeated the 999th Artillery across billiards whist and pool. The bowling summary follows.
The Suburban Interclub League met at the Mercantile Library Association rooms on Tremont street. J S Gage presided. Nov 28 opening date chosen. Nov 22 dropped. A $60 prize was approved for the club with the best general average. Benjamin F Lamb elected vice president. a league schedule was approved for release later in the week.
North Abington figures list multiple area codes and numbers for metropolitan regions. The entries 678 771 720 and 635 731 645 appear without further context. This brief item compiles raw digits tied to place designations for potential routing or zoning references.
The Insurance League begins its game schedule on November 9 as bowling pace promises new records in the first half. An individual candle pin tournament opens at Cambridgeport gym Thursday night November 4 and runs through November 6 with entries closing that evening. Billy Barry of the C J Lavis team vies for top string in the slender pin league while leading the St James team. Two local games are set for tonight with Boston Dry Goods Company versus New England News at Boylston alleys and Edward Everett Club against Sawyer Club at Old Dorchester Central alleys in the North Dorchester Interclub League.
The New England Sportsmen Association plans a March exhibition in Mechanics Building with realistic camps from Maine and New Brunswick clubs. Antonio Apache will tour the West to secure features, an expansive lake for aquatic sports, and a grand Indian camp with guides, hunters, and primitive life scenes. The event will include a game park, animal and bird displays, an art gallery for amateur photography, and rifle and revolver competitions with trophies.
Souvenir week at B F Larrabee & Co in Boston drew crowds despite bad weather. Store clerks struggled to handle the rush as patrons received superb art supplement photographs and other exclusive bargains. The souvenirs pleased buyers and promise strong sales, with Monday seen as a benchmark for success.
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union began its class week with crowded rooms and diverse classes for both sexes. Over the week four or five classes start each evening, continuing the season’s program.
Mass division election underway with about 12 000 ballots mailed to members. Ballots must be mailed by November 10 to count, with postmark times noted. Widespread accusations of political machine influence surround the race, including claims about Isaac B Potter and Spencer T Williams and references to Albany and Massachusetts baggage laws. Elliott criticizes campaign circulars and asserts limited control over Bulletin election coverage.
The Post reveals a prepared list of twenty nine representatives for the division board of officers. The scheme aims to concentrate votes on favored candidates, excluding others. Names include Leo Abraham N C Bassett W B E Brigham G L Cain I N Chayze H J Collins J B Dean W C Dillingham W S Deane Warren Dow J J Fecitt F I Gorton J S Gray T P Hall A R Keltie F W Kirk A M Lloyd F S S McCausland C C Payson A D Peck C G Percival G A Perkins G Fred Pond Jr N W Starbird A W Swan J Emory Sl ae Co P Tucker E O Winsor and H B Wood.
League membership tops 100 000 with a weekly gain of 3899. Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Ohio and Maryland show gains. J J H McLaughlin of Lynn rivals Butler in talks of a middle distance field. Ted James Linton Michael and Pat Powers appear in international cycling notes and a peculiar bicycle ownership law case concludes in town. Pop McCune reports shotgun quarantine impacts. Massachusetts Bicycle Club plans a summer cottage near the shore for Boston riders with shared living and cooking facilities.
George Fred Williams closed his gubernatorial campaign in Lynn drawing 1600 to hear him and another 500 at Salem. He argued for taxing intangible property, endorsed initiative and referendum, and criticized Supreme Court rulings on income tax while defending Republican control and court appointments.
Mr Williams spoke to a Salem audience amid cold weather, praising Democratic doctrine and criticizing Republican silence. He argued state questions include public control of utilities and tax reform, urging public ownership of gas and electric firms and water systems to reduce rates and broaden access.
Candidate Franz Krebs Jr closes his campaign for Representative at Wells Memorial Hall after an earlier speech at Faneuil Hall. Speakers include Senator Towle praising Krebs, Innis denouncing rivals, and Baker Union ally Ward urging support. Krebs pledges anti lobby bias, predicts a 200 vote victory, and offers a $100 reward for ward fraud evidence. Ex-Representative Horan closed the rally with a spirited address.
Mr W. Brick chairman of the Ward 8 Independent Democratic Committee explains to the Post that a reported sharp attack against Mayor Quincy was misreported. He says he denied anti mayor sentiments and reaffirmed trust in Quincy, urging publication of the clarification. He distances himself from guerrilla tactics and any aim to defeat the Deevers’ nest.
In Melrose on November 1 a technical ballot error omits Democratic candidate J. J. Skelding for Representative. The omission gives the gold Democrats a slight edge in the race.
Colonel Thomas F. Doh will address Roxbury residents at Germania Hall on Pynchon Street Wednesday evening. He discusses Municipal Ownership in response to a large public request from that section.
Three hundred delegates representing nearly every Golden Cross commandery in east Massachusetts gathered at the Ward Avenue Congregational Church in Medford last evening to honor Grand Treasurer Bert N. Ackerman of Massachusetts, commander of Brooks Commandery Nesey, Medford.
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