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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1911
Page
11
English High and Somerville High meet this afternoon at the new Somerville High School athletic field in the annual rivalry once for Interscholastic League supremacy. The interest has waned as the league no longer exists.
Rival teams endure crippling injuries as English High and Somerville High brace with substitutes. OPherson joins Roxbury alum at right half with Barnard Pendleton and Dolan backing. A league meeting will review suspensions and possibly redefine improper playing to curb rough conduct.
Harvard football faces a bleak stretch with three looming games vs Carlisle Dartmouth and Yale. Gardiner Felton and Wigglesworth are out or hobbled, Potter sidelined, while coaches seek a reliable quarterback and stronger line to support a new defense for the Cambridge clash.
Sam White and Bob Vaughan were the only varsity football men in town as Princeton plans light practice at Osborne Field tomorrow with heavy work returning Wednesday. Two scrimmages remain before the Dartmouth game focusing on offense while Princeton’s forward speed and backfield cohesion remain the main concerns. If Vaughan is kept at tackle DeWitt moves to fullback with Pendleton Baker and Sawyer at halves. Pendleton recovering from a bruise.
A fleet of 32 fishing vessels reached T wharf bringing in a vast mixed catch totaling 796,100 pounds led by haddock cod hake pollock cusk and scrod. Swordfish were also delivered by the Joseph H Cromwell as markets held varied prices for haddock cod hake pollock and other species. The day featured several notable ship movements including the four masted Samuel W Hathaway tying up at Tybee and the Melrose setting a new coal discharge record in Everett before sailing back to port.
Grover Hughes won the Latonia Kentucky handicap on a sloppy track defeating the favorite Raleigh P. D. by three lengths with Little Father third.
Shipping news lists sunrise and sunset times and day length. It notes high water and tide rise figures. Arrived vessels include steamers and barges from multiple ports and destinations with towing assignments and schooners in transit.
The current season’s homestretch shows Harvard’s Wendell as the top touchdown scorer with nine, followed by Sprackling at seven. Princeton and Brown place multiple players in the top eight, while Yale and Dartmouth spread scoring across many athletes. Ashbaugh of Brown leads converts with 22, and Howe of Yale along with Sprackling of Brown top the field goal list.
A dense roster details ships and schooners cleared or sailed with routes including Reuben Eastman, Grace A. Martin, City of Memphis, Domain, and Ves ta. tugs, barges, and houseboats named with destinations from Bangor to Portland and Salem. multiple entries note schooners and steamers proceeding to or from Liverpool New York and Boston with accompanying towages and cargos.
Harvard sophomores dominated the match tally, taking five of six completed courts. E H Whitney defeated Q A McKean in three sets, O Williams beat H D Smith, B H Hastings Jr defeated R Tunts, H B McKee won by default over G B Keyser, E H Woods defeated A H Tomes, and J C Devereux beat A J Lowrey.
Sports notices from Boston area clubs invite 90 to 160 pound football teams and 135 to 100 pound squads for November and Thanksgiving dates. Contacts include W Konikow Malden Cathedral Y M A A Terence D Gordon and others offering travel or half fare. The Lenox Five seeks 100 105 pound teams and Rover Juniors seek 15 16 year old teams for state championship play.
A fragmentary OCR list shows multiple college and university names including Ashbaugh Brown Pendleton Princeton Francis Yele Exgelhorn Dartmouth Baker Princeton Barends Dartmouth McDevitt Yale Minds Penn Fisher Harvard Crawford Penn Gardiner Harvard iSmith Harvard Hollister Harvard Penfield Princeton Kratz Brown Hogsett Dartmouth Perry Yale arr Princeton Marble Brown Paul Yale Howe Yale Barends Dartmouth Sprackling Brown Potter Harvard Milholland Harvard Barr Penn Baker Princeton Mercer Penn Penfield Princeton
Elis Providence reports Brown begins final week of prep for Yale with strong optimism for a clash on Saturday. Tufts win helped by strengthened line and new players, while coaches refine formations and polish individuals ahead of the Hartford practice and New Haven kickoff.
Local bantamweight Al Delmont will meet Philadelphia fighter Young Henry at Adams Mase on Thursday night for a scheduled boxing bout. The event features two skilled opponents in a key early-season matchup.
Secret practice under steady rain at Carlisle Indian athletic field kept guards busy but spectators scarce. The Redskins reported only minor bruises from Saturday's game with Pennsylvania, save captain Sampson Burd nursing strained tendons in bed.
Captain Burd may miss the Harvard game but the team relies on multiple leaders. Thorpe is expected to play, with Lone Star Arcasa and Newashe in good shape. Practice focused on punting, kick returns, and ball handling as Warner and O’Brien emphasize back and line coaching.
Dartmouth's football team eased into a light drill with new formations as Princeton week looms. Coach Bill Randall arrives to aid Cavanaugh, Hogsett returns to practice, and captain Bennetts injury worsens the outlook for Saturday while practice remains closed to nonessential spectators.
Tufts finishes the season with a Saturday game at Springfield Training School after failing to arrange November 17 contests with Bowdoin Harvard Law School or a Dartmouth Alumni team. Springfield has defeated Syracuse Williams and Holy Cross, while Tufts works on adjustments including Field moving to end after a weak Brown game.
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