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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1918
Page
7
The U S S New Jersey eleven battled Boston section Naval Base to a scoreless tie in the opening game. In the second game Naval Headquarters from the Little Building defeated Hingham Naval Training Station 13 to 0.
Boston Section and New Jersey played a hard opening game with Boston pressing early, Mitchell and Sweetland advancing to the New Jersey 20 yard line before a stiff Jets defense held. New Jersey led by stout line play and Cannell's end runs in a later quarter rally.
Arthur Duffey outlines Sports Week themes as debates on no decision bouts and unlimited limits. The Boston Roller Polo league opens at Place-Arena with Radio School in town and 6000 fans across three cities witnessed the opener.
A fragmentary report lists touchdown by Carney and Lally with a goal from touchdown. Referee J. J. Hallahan Umpire G. W. Brown, time four eight minute periods. Navy Headquarters and Hinghan Naval Training Station noted in the scoring lines amid unreadable OCR.
Arlington High School moved from last to tied for first in the Mystic Valley league after beating Winchester High. The shakeup left Winchester third and Melrose slipping from a first place tie to the bottom, with Watertown and Wakefield also in the standings.
The Middlesex School football eleven of Concord will play two games this fall after earlier plans to abandon the season due to influenza. Manager Charles B. Barnes Junior has arranged a game with the Country Day School of Newton in Concord next Saturday afternoon and a second game with Milton Academy in Milton the following Saturday afternoon.
Roller polo returns to Boston with the Hub’s American league team clashing Lowell’s champions at the Arena. Boston’s lineup features Kid Williams Frank Hardy Bill Blount and rising players Alexander and Carroll. Tonight’s 8:30 start follows a pregame band concert with an amateur league forming as a curtain raiser.
A statistician reports golf ball sales rose from 1916 to Oct 1 1918, with $7.5 million, $8.9 million, then $10.6 million spent respectively. He notes planned 6 percent ball production cut and lists 2002 U S courses including 1618 clubs 297 publics 87 privates, plus 150 courses under construction and 400000 acres devoted to golf.
Lew Moren former Phillies and Reds pitcher who retired years ago has enlisted in the tank service and is sent to Gettysburg for training. His Pittsburg father once gave him a hundred dollars for each winning start, a story told during his baseball days.
With the midpoint of the abbreviated scholastic grid season reached the outlook remains buoyant despite war time constraints. The late season promises sterling attractions for football fans as teams pursue their league goals.
In Saturday action in the Suburban league, Medford, Somerville, Everett, and Cambridge Latin drew large crowds as title contenders clash. Medford seeks to hold off Somerville and Everett while Malden and Rindge Tech challenge for remaining spots. A planned expansion adds Brookline and Newton High to the eight-team circuit next spring.
The American expeditionary forces season closed with champions of the Paris league touring France to meet other league winners. American Soldiers and Sailors' Club in Paris organized games and distributed a French baseball code to explain terms and rules to locals.
Willie Meehan the San Francisco Fat Boy and Jack Dempsey, famed Fulton conqueror, split a coast rivalry. They have met three times in four round bouts with Dempsey winning the first, a draw in the second, and Meehan taking the third. Meehan’s four round background and lax training are noted as factors in the matchups.
All eight round bouts and a 40 round card set for Friday night at the Commercial A C with Larry Conley refereeing. Matches include Young Suggs versus Dan McCormick and Johnny Gray facing Charlie Parker. No war tax on assessments this week.
State Department announced that the armistice was signed at 5 a.m. Paris time and hostilities will cease at 11 a.m. Paris time. Terms include German troop retirement from France and Belgium, demobilization, and Allied occupation of key ports and bases. The White House was alerted but offered no immediate statement.
The open handicap medal play tour at Commonwealth Country Club starts at 10 30 tomorrow morning. In addition to the Foch Victory Golf Medal, prizes totaling 500 will be awarded by public spirited firms and individuals to boost proceeds for the United War Work Fund.
Soldiers from Britain Canada Australia and the United States play indoor baseball on French aerodromes and athletic fields. The large indoor ball and simple rules make it quick to learn, even for cricketers, with faster action and broad appeal boosting morale.
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