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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1896
Page
3
Cambridge preview for Harvard versus Princeton with Princeton favored at two to one. Harvard's line faces strong Princeton tackles though key players are injured or uncertain. Crowd expected over twenty thousand as teams prepare for a first Cambridge meeting since 1849, while lineup doubts persist.
Hopkinson defeats Boston Latin 14 to 6 on a rain ruined South En game. Teevens and Jaynes score for Hopkinson with Daly and Stillman contributing kicks. injuries and fumbles punctuate the rugged contest as darkness ends play with Hopkinson ahead 14 to 6.
Umpire Morton of Harvard and linesmen Brewer and Hoppy officiate the game with Curtis of Bb A A scoring and Boston Lab tallying 6 while Daly Stillman nets goals and Curtis contributes.
The final Harvard class series game between the seniors and juniors was played yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field, Ineage. The seniors won decisively, 9 to 0, marking their victory in the series.
Fall River report says James Hamilton, worker at Marshall's hat factory, was playing football today when he fell and broke both kneepans.
Harvard meets Princeton at 2 p.m. with Halligan inviting the Boston eleven to back the second eleven at the academy. Somerville faces Medford High at Tufts Oval at 10 a.m. Umpire Paul Dashiel backs the Tigers mass play as allowable. Princeton aims to rely on Baird’s field goals this season while wagers favor the Tigers at 5 to 2. C. H. & Latin may forfeit to E. H. S. and may withdraw from the Senior Interscholastic League.
Sterling Elliott, president of the League of American Wheelmen, announced his candidacy for re election. He emphasizes highway improvement as the league’s main mission and outlines plans for a highway improvement committee and a press bureau to publicize road work. He notes partial neglect of Massachusetts division but cites its large membership and funds. He expects L A W membership to reach 150000 by January 1, 1908 and seeks continued office to realize this goal.
A brisk bicycle column reports on events across Boston and environs. Mentions a direct route to Providence, operations of Remington branch officials, and plans for inter club league joining meetings in Chelsea. Highlights a 3600 mile season by Albert M Bers, a large bicycle order tied to McKinley politics, and a 15 mile road race at Haverhill with detailed handicap marks. Also notes Rexford alleys results, Medfords over Mt Washingtons, and a ban on Eck Johnson Michael records for missed Old Orchard attendance.
O B Hachenberger of Denver defeated Monte Scott in a 25 mile unpaced race at the Denver Wheel Club park. Time 1 10 02. This marks the second victory over Scott for Hachenberger despite cold conditions and track difficulties.
The Washington Road Club held a twenty mile handicap road race on the conduit road course. 108 entrants with handicaps up to nine minutes. Charles McLaughlin won with a 7 1 2 minute handicap in 62 26 1-2. Howard Matchett placed second in 52 27 and L. B. Dannemiller third in 52 27 1-2. John L. Turner of Boston won the first time prize in 64:03.
A Princeton eleven led by Garrett Cochran captain and right end faces Cambridge today. The roster lists Cochran, Hildebrand, Armstrong, Gailey, Crowdis, Church, Brokaw, Smith, Rosenzarten, Barnard, Kelly, Reiter, Baird, Poe, and Wheeler with positions from end to fullback and ages from 19 to 26. Details cover prior schools, home towns, and 1900 class status.
Boxing gossip notes Dave Sullivan and Joe Elms tipped for a Sullivan rematch while Elms, aiding Dixon, eyes a 110 or 112 bout. If no terms with Sullivan, Elms may challenge Potsey Haley for a 20 round affair with a Buffalo purse. Other items include Sharkey’s Fitzsimmons train, McAuliffe’s Navy bout, and Palmer and Burge possible English engagements.
The Boston polo team meets the Salems tonight at the Gettysburg building on Tremont Street near Dover. Captain McPeek leads the local team and predicts victory as the Salems boast a strong roster this season.
Hyde Park hosts Mt Washington Bicycle Club of South Boston for opening A C C tournament games. In pool Mt Washington totals 80 with H M Creig and A H Bernhard. Hyde Park totals 41 and 50. In whist Mt Washington teams score 154 and 159 for 313. Hyde Park 158 and 163 for 311. Mt Washington leads by one point.
In Portsmouth Supreme Court the jury found for Limerick National Bank of Maine against about forty Exeter area business men for face value, interest, and costs of an $838 note. The action stems from a $2500 stallion sale split into three payments, with payment refused after the first note was protested claiming misrepresentation of the horse.
The Press Cycling Club visited Malden and lost in billiards pool and whist. Billiards totals were Malden 250 to Press 200 with Dillingham 125 and Splaine 125 for Malden and Little 122 Roberts 78 for Press. Pool totals were Malden 90 to Press 53 with Parks 40 Berry 50 for Malden and Traves 50 Demand 8 for Press. Whist ended Malden 326 to Press 298.
London reporters say Colliver and Chinn rode a tandem at Catford, covering a quarter mile in 29.15 seconds. The start was a standing one, and the pair beat the existing record.
Professor CEO Codfrey, boxing teacher at 14 Hanover Street, Room 6, Boston, offers reasonable terms with special rates. No slugging. Call or write for details dated November 16.
At Riding Park Barney won the free-for-all in 2:13 1/4, half a second under the track record, with Bumps and Roan Wilkes also racing in the heat. The meet featured several trots and heats, including the 2:18 and 2:24 events, with Oxford and Bovox among the winners as darkness fell and the program extended into Saturday.
The piece records varied reactions from Ward 11 residents and local leaders about Isaac B. Allen's election to city council. Supporters praise his persistence and reform, while critics question his fitness and past, with figures like Dr. S. J. Fewell and lawyer James Moran defending him and opponents forecasting trouble.
A vintage ad describes Poliovar products to treat catarrh and colds in 19 to 60 minutes with a breath through a provided blower. It promises instant and permanent relief from catarrh hay fever colds headaches sore throat tonsillitis and deafness. Sold by C E Woodward Co and Jaynes Co at multiple street addresses.
Judge Henry Keeler says the new Santa Fe company is weaker than the old, with capital and bonds higher and earnings unlikely to cover interest. He notes the 1885 sale at 60 million and claims waterfilling by manipulators, mostly aliens, delaying public disclosure. The suit aims to force payment of a $20,000 Illinois injury claim against the old company.
Brussels dispatch says revelations pending to prove Captain Dreyfus the victim of a plot. Dreyfus, degraded and sentenced for betraying military secrets, is confined on the Ile du Diable off French Guiana.
William Robinson, a fireman on the English steamer St Ronans, drowned at 11 30 last night at Pier 4 Hoosac Tunnel docks. Charlestown Robinson, ashore earlier, returned and mis boarded a ship, slipped from a gangplank and fell to his death. He was 34 years old, unmarried, of London.
Washington Nov 6 The case of S Wight general freight agent Baltimore and Ohio railroad was argued in the Supreme Court today by Hugh L Bond for Wight and Edward L Whitney for the United States Wight was convicted by a jury for unlawful discrimination It was the first criminal conviction of a railroad official for such an act and the result will be watched by shippers and railroad men nationwide
Paris reports Emile Arton once linked to the Panama canal scandal was retried at the Versailles assizes for failing to repay embezzled canal company funds. He received an eight year sentence after the retrial, following a prior six year hard labor sentence quashed by the Court of Appeals.
Newburyport on November 6 reports Lewis Top pan hats and gents furnishings assigned to George W. Spaulding hat jobber of Boston. Liabilities about 2500 dollars with assets small.
Waterbury Connecticut Seeley Upham builders and cabinet makers today started a large brick factory on South Willow street after a pause. The West Brass Mill of Waterbury Brass Company will resume full time Monday morning following the election outcome.
Canonsburg Pennsylvania reports a revival in industrial activity as the McKinley election moves forward. Iron and steel mill workers, who had been on half-time, returned to full-time shifts as the political climate influences labor demand.
Kittanning Pennsylvania Nov 6 The Kittanning Iron and Steel Company's mill here which had been idle for months will start up in a week as a consequence of the election.
Pittsburg November 6 The Carnegie Steel Company announced immediate plans for extensive plant upgrades totaling about half a million dollars. The program includes finishing two blast furnaces halted three months ago and completing the Butler and Pittsburg railway to the lakes, with contracts totaling about 250000 dollars awarded.
ST LOUIS November 6 gold was paid out on demand yesterday at all the city banks Presidents Thompson of the National Bank of Commerce and Parsons of the State Bank said they ordered paying so gold would go to those who feared the silver movement would exhaust supplies They expected $60 000 000 to $70 000 000 of hoarded gold to enter circulation or be deposited aiding manufacturers and merchants.
Clinton proves optimistic as McKinley’s election sparks orders from firms long silent. A local maker received a Fall River order marked American flag with “McKinley and prosperity,” while another reported three sizable orders after two years of silence.
MISSOURI READS OPER. ST JOSEPH MO NOV 6 The St Joseph & Grand Island Railroad Company ordered two of eleven sections closed for lizutz business to be reopened Others will follow The wholesale houses have started out their men many have not visited the territory for months President Sillwell of the Kansas City Pittsburg Gulf railroad said he would immediately employ 1500 men to build a road segment to connect with the Gulf of Mexico work delayed for a long time.
In Galveston Texas the rope and twine factory will reopen next Monday with 100 workers back on the job. An executive credits McKinley victory for the restart, while the Galveston Wharf Company plans a 6 03 000 bushel grain elevator and expects funds now that Bryan’s defeat is decided. Other businesses show revival as results set the plan in motion.
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