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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
13
Harvard and Yale edge toward the big game with nerves tested the night before. Yale has gameness, Harvard is rising as strong as the Blue, while Hillman’s retirement marks a shift in amateur sprinting prominence. Duffey will answer sports questions through the Post.
In a season of turnover Bert Waters watches from the sidelines as a veteran lineup reshapes and a new star moves into the spotlight. Fish appears likely to start the game but may not endure the full contest.
The letter page discusses race and class in Harvard team selection and asserts any good athlete should have a fair chance at Cambridge. It notes Battery A and First Corps Cadets at Stadium Thanksgiving Day, mentions Dartmouth Yale games, and clarifies football end duties. It also covers inquiries about Sterrett's origins and attendance at New York grounds.
Dartmouth closes its season with a freshman sophomores game won by the freshmen 6 to 0. Barends and Morey starred for the freshmen while Morrill and Smith led the sophomores. Time 20 minute halves.
In Havana on November 18 the Almendares nine won an extra inning contest against the Detroit Tigers. The game featured tight pitching and late scoring, with Almendares slighting the visitors to secure the victory.
Offers for the Jeffries Johnson fight are mostly publicity ploys as serious bidders like Jim Coffroth Jack Gleason and Tom Mc Carey emerge. Historic purses show the scale of past bouts with Gans Nelson 1906 gate 69715 and Jeffries Sharkey 1899 gate 66800. pundits doubt a 100000 bid will materialize. Joe Jeanette Sam McVey Paris bout December 11 is noted along with Chester Walcott entering the ring in Boston preliminaries and Ralph Calloway’s rising profile.
Medford High School defeated Natick High on Fulton street grounds by 35 to 6. Medford led with a heavier, faster team and scored on five Twombly touchdowns plus others from Mahan Ford and Blakeley, with Mather as field judge and Dwyer linesman.
Tom Sawyer of Rockland and Terry Martin of Philadelphia staged a rapid, highly scientific twelve round bout in Lenexh. The decision went to Martin drawing mixed reactions from the Unity Cycle and Athletic Club crowd. Sawyer faced cheers as he exited.
At Mechanics Building Boston on the second judging day Sister Carrie owned the cream of classes sweeping all eligible ribbons. Attendance surged with many stylish attendees as Mrs. Francis P. Kendall's Yankee Doodle Pride took three firsts in open bitches winners and members classes.
Pittsburg reports the Pirates want Fred Tenney at first base next season to boost chances of another pennant. Clarke, once in a fist fight with Tenney, has reportedly reconciled and favors adding Tenney. Tenney could be in line if the New York club agrees. Alstein will not be with the Pirates next season.
At Bowdoin Square alleys teams posted scores with Bicknell and Fuller leading totals at 2.889. 886 pins and 417 by 1192 S. M. Howes Team tallied 2.882. 409 and 895 by 1186. Boston Confectionery Co. 404 400 418-1222 Neapolitan Ice Cream Co. 864 403 874-1141.
Hanover Nov. 18 at a meeting of the varsity football squad Dartmouth elected John Marks a 1911 graduate as captain for 1910. Marks, 22, from Minneapolis, was a varsity fullback in his freshman year and has been noted as a strong back on both offense and defense.
Visiting teams arrive as Cornell and MIT are favored to battle for top honors. Pennsylvanias Captain Paull, Watkins of Tech, and May of Michigan loom as potential front runners. Princeton Yale and Michigan mixups add uncertainty while Harvard is expected to weakly show.
Providence 11 Brockton 6 Worcester 6 New Bedford 5 Pawtucket 11 Taunton 4 Waterbury 4 Fall River 1. Action shows multiple city games with Providence leading Pawtucket and close showings in the others.
Tom Keady of Dartmouth athletics leadership helps the Rindge eleven prepare for their Thanksgiving Day clash with Somerville High. He coached three hours with the squad at Norton's field in Cambridge amid secret practice sessions.
Jones reports Yale players Logan Vaughan and Daly recovering well after Princeton game. He says the cold weather has aided the team and predicts good chances for Daly and Logan to see action, but cannot confirm lineup for Saturday.
More than 150 Imperial Pig Club Diners attended the annual dinner at the Imperial Hotel in Brighton last evening. The informal gathering featured speeches storytelling and musical numbers with notable attendees including M J Coyle toast master and a Brighton Wayland delegation among others.
George Gallagher aged 11 of 56 Haverhill Street Charlestown died at Relief Hospital from multiple injuries after being struck by a train on Rutherford Avenue a few days earlier.
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