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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
14
The article notes Weeks defeat and Walsh’s victory due to war support for President Wilson and additional contributing conditions. It argues national wartime sentiment outweighed the junior senator while acknowledging other factors shaping the result.
Massachusetts voters repudiated Senator Weeks and the standpat Republicans as Walsh's pro human, issue oriented campaign prevailed. Weeks was labeled anti progress and pro big business while Walsh framed humane legislation and price fixes for soldiers benefits as key electoral factors.
Statewide totals confirm Walsh as Democratic U S Senator, Weeks as Republican, with Lawson an Independent at 22 000. Governor Coolidge leads with 196 960 votes. Initiative referendum passes, biennial amendment passes, senate tilts 30 Republicans 10 Democrats, House 181 Republicans 59 Democrats, Socialist seat lost.
Rome reports Francesco Nitti names a parliamentary mission to the United States to express gratitude for American aid. Senator Marconi Ruffini Dallolio and Prince Leaza di Scalea travel with rare codices of Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci and Giovanni Verrazzano. The codices recount Verrazzano's 1624 North American voyage and New York Bay discovery.
A revision of the Rhode Island vote confirms Senator LeBaron Colt the Republican winner over Democratic challenger George F. O'Shaunessy by more than 4200. All three Congressmen also remain Republicans.
New Haven Conn November 6 Yale will have no intercollegiate athletics this fall an official statement issued today by Lieutenant H L Hoehler athletic officer for the Students Army Training Corps the artillery body to which most Yale undergraduates belong The statement adds that Lieutenant Hoehler speaks authoritatively for the Yale naval unit and the Yale Laboratories Unit the other military bodies in which all Yale members who are capable of military service are enrolled.
Jack Dempsey world champion claimant defeated Battling Levinsky by knockout in a sensational wind up at the Olympia Athletic Club in Philadelphia on November 6. The victory settles doubt about his right to challenge Jess Willard for the heavyweight title.
Jack Dempsey offense overwhelms formerly dominant Leo Levinsky in two and a half rounds. Dempsey drives to the head and body with ferocious combos, culminating in a decisive left hook that sends Levinsky crashing from the ring and unconscious for ten minutes.
Lieutenant Hoehler states the time allotted for athletic activities under Students' Training Corps rules cannot support intercollegiate competition. Football is specifically affected and winter sports may organize, though intercollegiate play is uncertain until military orders change. Yale may play one or two practice games this month.
The annual Columbus Day gridiron match at Fenway Park features Dorchester High and English High School. Delayed this fall due to an influenza epidemic, the game pits Boston city champions against each other this afternoon.
English High and Dorchester High prepare for a Fenway Park showdown with pride and championship hopes on the line. Dorchester, led by Prendergast, aims to prove its strength by toppling South Boston, while English under Green faces lineup changes and a two letter man veteran core as both schools rally mass support.
Gunner McMahon athletic director and Coach Louis Tripician depart with a squad of two for Newport to face the Naval Training Station eleven Saturday. They practice Friday at Frebody Field in prep. A Harvard delegation travels to root for the Radio boys, who arrive with five wins and no losses this season and aim to defeat the Newport crowd.
Harvard football held a joint scrimmage yesterday with two elevens practicing against each other to help Coach Pooch Donovan select the lineup for the Tufts game Saturday. Captain Daley will play backfield tackle and Stan Coleman, Fiske Brown, Bert Crudup, Frank Russo, Dennis, Levine, and Sandler showed potential in various line positions as Donovan evaluates the final roster.
Boston College football practice limited by guard duty as Captain Morrissey Collins and Con O'Brien sat out. Young the end returns from hospital. Cusick back in lineup. Possible Holy Cross rival in the annual game with lingering talks of a March departure for officers training schools discussed. Cardinal O Connell visits and attends guard mount as A T C band plays. An illustrated Hawaii lecture by Prof Barton precedes the event.
The Dean Academy set to play Boston University's S A T C and Naval Reserve eleven Saturday at Waltham High Athletic Field. Dean's all star lineup has yet to lose this season, while BU under Coach Jack McDonald has improved recently and will be at peak form for the matchup.
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