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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1899
Page
3
Harvard fans arrived in Boston after a victory over Pennsylvania, with plans to rest and resume practice ahead of the Yale game. Coach Dibblee and trainer MacMasters reported careful handling of players to prevent overtraining and maintain sharpness for Soldiers Field showdown with Dartmouth and the Yale contest.
Princeton football players rested after the Brown game. Reiter sustained a severe rib injury at the start of the second half. Richardson tackled him. Reiter will miss the Carlisle game but could return for the Yale contest pending Dr. Wright’s assessment.
Yale defeated West Point by ten points more than Harvard did, aided by extra development time. Dartmouth will play Harvard in Cambridge Saturday. With Jennings out, Hanover players may not match their Yale performance. At Dorchester Town Field Saturday H P Martins second team beat Central A C 6 to 0. Boston Latin lost to Somerville High due to footing issues on a slippery field and poor shoes.
The Brookline Country Club caps a prosperous year as the 18 hole course draws top players, including many women, with an enthusiastic golf committee led by H. Windeler. Open matches and women’s cup events highlight a busy week amid rising golf interest in Boston and Chicago regions.
Willie Smith of Midlothian Country Club showcases the finest golf on challenging American links. The Carnoustie native and Shinnecock Hills hireling proves himself premier in the United States with steady play before and after the Open Championship. Cronin and Nichols contest a professional best-ball match at Franklin Park.
Boston promoters eye Charles River Park as likely home for a prospective baseball league. The site on the Charles near Massachusetts Avenue offers easy trolley access and a 12 000-seat bleacher area with a 2 500-seat stand, though a new stand may be built to place the diamond properly.
Renee New York expert says Jeffries fouled Sharkey repeatedly. The piece critiques Referee Siler's late decision and defends Sharkey's performance while condemning the boxing sport's spectacle at Coney Island. It cites medical and public reactions and calls for accountability.
The Reverend George L. Perin Rate the recent Newark boxing match as brutal and ghastly and condemned it from the pulpit of the Every Day Church in Shawmut avenue Boston. He urged ministers to denounce the brutality seen in the sport and spoke of supporting wholesome athletics.
On Saturday evening November 25 an amateur sparring tournament will be held in the B A A Gymnasium with open classes at 115 125 and 185 pounds. Weigh in is 12 to 1 on the day of the event. Entries close November 20 with John Graham. If only one entry is received in a weight no prize will be awarded. Preliminary trials may be held November 22 at 8 p m if warranted and contestants will be notified.
Boston citizens including William A. Miller Don Keefe George Dixon Frank Downs and others offer views on the Sharkey Jeffries bout with most declaring Sharkey the rightful winner and criticizing the decision as a robbery or unfair while a few defend the verdict and point to rounds favoring Jeffries.
The Riverside Cycle Club officers meet at 20 Camden Street Cambridge Saturday evening at 8. Officers listed include Gray, Hamilton, Anderson, Taylor, Conover, Bowser, Barnard. Century Road Club members from New York and Massachusetts plan meetings and nominations amid weather and travel conditions.
At a Rough Riders Century Club meeting last night members signed a letter to Secretary-Treasurer Austin W Pease protesting a division meeting planned for Nov 6. They allege no official notice, lack of authority, improper nominations, and constitutional violation by the proposed meeting.
The first motor carriage run in America, held in New York by the Automobile Club of America, drew about fifty carriages and large spectator turnout. A Rochester firm markets a high pressure steam boiler with plane wire winding, while foreign makers employ a flash steam system. Consular data show motor trucking costs far lower than horse-drawn trucks, and the January New York cycle show will feature a large motor division. The Birmingham kerosene engine yields three horsepower per cylinder, and The Motor Age predicts 1900 as a pivotal year for automobilism.
At the Gaelic School session yesterday afternoon five new names were added to the roll after classes. Superintendent P. J. O Daly, with Thomas R. Howard and William King, spoke in Irish and English on preserving the Irish language. A Gaelic League button designed in New York was shown, bearing the Irish inscription Connradh Na Gaedheal Tir is Teanga. A requiem high mass for Rev. Eugene O Growney was announced for November 20 at St James Church, with the Philo Celtic Society. The meeting ended with Gaelic and English songs and readings by participants.
Sudbury defeats Boylston to take a one point lead in the City League standings as Candle Pin action tightens. Ferris of Boylston holds early individual advantage while McLaverty drops to second in his Carruth club. St James tops Mégers in candle pin standings and Carruth Murray Irwin Central chase second place.
The Amateur Bowling League of Boston and Vicinity has completed its season schedule from November 13 to February 22. Matches list dates and pairings such as Boston Athletic at Charlestown on November 18 and Arlington Boat versus Newtowne on November 20.
The Trade League in this city features fairly matched teams this season with three new members, Faneuil, Fruit and re Works. The league includes a mix of seasoned bowlers and competitive squads.
The Jewellers' League published an upcoming schedule though not fully completed. Arranged games include Patterson vs Stowell on Nov 6, Bigelow vs Patterson on Nov 15, Stowell vs Percival on Nov 16, Crosby vs Shreve on Nov 17, Stowell vs Shreve on Nov 20, Percival vs Pattesson on Nov 30, and Crosby vs Higetuy on Dec 1.
Bowling week schedule shows matches in Trade League, Jewelry League Interclub and City Candle Pin Teague Jefferson, plus Interclub at Melrose Glendon and Kernwood Reading Newtowne Fanculls Fruit. The list includes Patterson Stowell Meyer Sudbu Boylston Broadway Carruth Roxbury Murray Irwin and other venues.
Twenty six riders joined W B Handy on a run to Acton and return under clear skies but a strong outbound wind. P A McKay of Roslindale suffered a severe crash on Massachusetts avenue near Harvard bridge, losing control as his front forks failed. he was briefly unconscious but finished on foot. The Lowell trio led by Emery Soule rode twenty nine miles to Boston to Acton and back, totaling a century.
Jacob Schaefer and Ora Morningstas, famed billiards players, will headline exhibitions at the Hub Bill Palace on Court Street Monday. Morningstas, regarded as a rising world champion, is billed as Schaefer's opponent in both afternoon and evening shows.
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