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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1899
Page
3
Harvard football coachs Dibblee and Lewis expelled four men found peeking at a secret practice. The incident occurs as Harvard prepares to meet Dartmouth in a key game and comes with threats of trespass prosecution.
Yale's eleven to play Pennsylvania State College tomorrow. today the squad endured four fifteen minute halves of hard scrimmage. Trainer Robinson criticized the heavy scrub session and may demand a lighter pace next week. McBride reported steady improvement with few serious fumbles.
English High defeated Brookline High 22 to 6 as Harrigan H Ball and Quigley starred. Wilcox superbly punted and Ball and Harrison produced key runs with singles by Halligan and Marshall adding to the score and goals from touchdowns by H Ball. Time: two 20 minute halves.
Cambridge High and Latin defeated Newton High 40 yards ahead for a shutout in the interscholastic series at the Newton Athletic Club grounds. Barnes returned a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown as the day’s longest run. The feature was Cambridge’s smooth team play.
A crowded slate lists Harvard against Dartmouth in Cambridge, Yale at Penn in New Haven, Princeton versus Carlisle in Princeton, Cornell versus Lafayette in Ithaca, M I T against Crowns in Providence, Williams at Amherst, Columbia versus West Point, and many more matchups across New England campuses including Exeter, Andover, and Orange A C in regional pairings.
The Post refutes a telegraphic claim that the National Carriage Builders Association barred auto makers, stating they won admission on equal terms. Leach Motor Carriage Co plans steam powered two seater mail phaeton with automatic water and fuel control, 100 mile gasolene range, and a five part control scheme. A Grand Rapids firm promotes Porto Rico rail competition, while Philadelphia forms a motor vehicle club with 60 members. Boston society members enroll in a motor handling class on Warren avenue with a dedicated school for those affected by motorene.
At Braeburn Golf Club West Newton the Founder's cup final ended with C. S. Travelli defeating Fred H. Hovey 2 up after 36 holes. The women's club championship final between Mrs. Leonard Fowle and Miss Marjorie Phelps is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Thieves entered the 490 Tremont street apartments of Fred S. Whipp through an open window yesterday afternoon or evening. A cheviot coat and overcoat with dark linings and a brown Irish frieze overcoat with brown lining were reported stolen.
Boston gains an indoor cycling venue after Joseph T. Mitchell leases the former New Haven freight shed on Columbus Avenue near Park Square for ninety days with renewal option. A ten lap pine track 20 to 24 feet wide will host professional and amateur motor paced racing including six day and 24 hour events.
A letter from L A W President Keenan to Aaron Wolfson Boston indicates the next national assembly and officers will not meet in Jacksonville Florida despite February vote. Keenan favors Detroit or Boston as easier access places and notes reduced railroad rates failed to be secured.
Ex champion John L Sullivan’s handwritten views on the sport appear in a forthcoming Sunday Post letter. Also teased are letters from Jeffries McKay Maher Brady Smith and others plus notes on Jeffries versus Lavigne and Erne versus O’Brien matches in New York and Coney Island.
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