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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1912
Page
9
Football fans anticipate a day of major matchups with Yale facing Brown while Harvard meets Vanderbilt and Princeton faces NYU. Excerpt notes crowd interest in the Harvard Vanderbilt stadium reception and a cross country query from Al Shrubb with potential Crimson wins.
Fifth after the B A A final bouts this evening Forest Hills A A at their clubhouse Jamaica Plain hosts amateur boxing with weights 105 115 and 125 pounds. Entry blanks available from J J Norton 119 Sedgwick Street Jamaica Plain.
Gossip notes Coach Hurry-up Yost of Michigan motoring on campus in a second Chalmers car a Thirty-six. He reports buying and selling used Chalmers models at profit and jokes about becoming a trader. Also reports Backdahl & Co of Stockholm selling 750 tire sets to Nordic taxi services and Habish visiting the Cole factory on a Six cylinder model. J. M. Linscott recovers from appendicitis and stays in touch with his Reo business by phone.
Several matches listed across New England with pairings such as Harvard against Worcester Academy in Worcester Princeton facing Yale at Princeton Dartmouth meeting Dean Academy at Hanover Andover versus Exeter at Andover Boston Latin entertaining Beverly Dorchester High hosting Boston College High South Boston High against Lowell High Revere against Newburyport Medford hosting Somerville Malden welcoming Everett Chelsea at Chelsea Milton Academy versus St George’s Waltham hosting Newton Arlington vs Salem Allen School at West Newton Needham hosting Dedham Wellesley vs Hyde Park Concord vs Lexington Swampscott hosting Winthrop Hudson playing Framingham.
President Comiskey of the White Sox announces the training trip dates for next spring. Special cars carrying the players will depart for Paso Robles, California, on February 2 and they will return about ag.
Mechanic Arts beat Brookline High 14 to 6 at Griggs Field. Morgan, Thielscher, and Moulton scored for Mechanic Arts with Morgan adding two goals after touchdowns. Brookline failed to convert after its early touchdown and missed a field goal. Attendance 700. four 10 minute periods.
Charlie Brickley of Harvard and James Thorpe of Carlisle vie for all round athletic supremacy. Both excel in multiple events and are noted baseball players. Brickley competed in running hop step and jump while Thorpe won pentathlon and decathlon for the Swedish Olympic team.
Everett High meets Malden High at Malden and Medford hosts Somerville as local favorites loom. Worcester Academy faces Harvard freshman at Gaskill Field with losses thinning the home lineup. Boston College High battles Dorchester High on Dunbar Ave while Beverly trips up Boston Latin. Lawrence Academy eyes a tough West Newton test as it seeks a second consecutive win.
Newton High faces its old rival Waltham High in the Watch City game, drawing limited interest after recent defeats. Newton holds a weight edge but the outcome remains unsettled as fans await the showdown.
Carlisle Indians left Carlisle, Penn., to play West Point tomorrow in a major college game. Officials once worried about clashes between natives and future generals in athletics, but that concern has faded. Coach Warner and Captain Thorpe gave no forecast on the outcome.
Yale coaches predict one of the season’s closest games as Brown arrives in New Haven for a 2 o clock clash. Key changes include Sheldon at left end, Carter at the other end, Arnold at guard, and Tommy Cornell at quarterback with a late brace. Brown, arriving after practice in Hartford, is said to be stronger than in Harvard meeting, seeking revenge after past results.
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