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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1902
Page
3
Tufts College sophomores defeated freshmen 15 to 0 in a historic football game deciding Joe the mascot’s fate. The 141 players formed a 55 by 15 yard rectangle for a flag rush, with Joe released to roam the sophomore stands as the battle raged.
Onfield pig antics trigger a melee as guards with two small dogs corral the creature near the freshmen lines. A cage escape leads to a mass pileup of about 50 players and referees struggle to separate rivals amid wild slugging and confusion.
Tufts College held a big season event with a fierce class rivalry. Freshmen won the flag rush 15 to 0 as sophomores lost control of the field. injuries were reported but no serious harm. Fred M. Mackenzie of Saugus seized the prize bundle, winning the rush for the freshmen.
Harvard announces which athletes earn the right to wear the university H. Football players Kernan Bowditch Knowlton Barnard Marshall Shea Wright Marshall etc receive eligibility. Baseball Clarkson Kernan MacDonald Frantz Murphy Randall Daly Carr Matthews Wendell Kernan Coolidge. Crew Brownell Derby Ivy McGrew Shuebruk Ayer Ladd Marvin Perkins. Track Lightner Rust Behr Bird Scheuer Shick Kernan Tingley Robinson etc. Rights depend on scoring in specific Harvard Yale Penn dual meets and intercollegiate events.
The Boston Bicycle Club will stage the annual Thanksgiving Day appetite chase tomorrow morning starting at River bridge in Mattapan and looping around Blue Hill. Veterans led by Captain W. G. Kendall will begin at 10 o'clock. The club plans its 25th annual meeting on January 14, 1908.
Harvard crosses to Morris Park for intercollegiate cross country with W A Colwell and teammates leading a squad making its first entry. Yale remains the favorite after last year's team and individual honors while Penn Columbia and Cornell rally to challenge Yale's lead.
Towanda and Charlestown played two games with low scores dominated by a 557 best three-string total. Charlestown’s victory broke a tie for third place in the league standings between Charlestown and Towanda.
On Boylston alleys last evening six games were rolled. A. B. Turner & Bro took two of three from Tucker, Anthony & Co, while E. R. Morse & Bro won the same from Hornblower Weeks. Cousens of the Turner team rolled the best single and three-string total, 116 89 and 78 for 283, a high water mark.
Newtowne defeated 999th A. A. last night to sweep three straight in Mystic Valley league play. Charlestown managed two wins in three games but fell short of the sweep.
At the weekly rolloff held at the Sudbury alleys last evening Gary won first with 277 Chase took second with 272 McHarrie finished third with 267 and Washburn fourth with 266 points.
Chauncy alleys hosted Mercantile league games last night with Brown Durrell securing a three straight victory over F A Foster Company. Jet game tight early, then Brown Durrell pulled away in second and third games. Ison of the winning team totaled 272 pins as the squad reached 1300. Details: the score.
Last night in the Suburban league Meyers won two of three from Newton Tre mont took two of three from Central Inman won two of three from Allston Watertown swept Brighton three straight and Prospect swept Terminal three straight Burns of Newton posted the high single with 90 91 and 101 for a total 282 points.
G Herbert Windeler honorary secretary of the golf committee calls a meeting of Boston district golf clubs to form a new golf association. The session will be at the Exchange Club on Thursday December 11 at 3 pm. Each club may send two delegates if officers decide.
State Street swept Old Colony three games, Boston Safe took two of three from American Town, and Redemption won three straight over Fourth National. Bowker of Old Colony posted the high series with 284 on games of 108 88 and 93. North Packing Company outbowled Morris, taking two of three and tying the third to win the roll off.
In Puritan Days a local store touts clothing bargains as superior to street turkey prices. Suits from 10 to 25 dollars and overcoats from 10 to 35 dollars are pitched as better, lasting values to attract steady trade.
The Criterion Club plans a strong Thanksgiving night program with Kid Goodman vs Chester Goodwin at 120 pounds, plus Haley vs Ryan at 124 and Jennings vs Elliott at 126. Lenox Club hosts top prelims with Hanlon Schindler Harrington Dwyer Walsh McKenna, while Atlantic Yacht Club matinee features Daly as referee and Dinny Murphy as timekeeper.
Samuel Broszski known as the gold brick man received four to six years in state prison by Judge Bond in the Superior Criminal Court. The 66 year old swindler, with a history of gold dust swindles including a 6000 dollar fraud in 1894, previously served five years in Sing Sing.
Promising football weather for tomorrow as pools on the Harvard Yale score are settled. Winners are decided by closeness to the actual score with tie rules, and All American selections including Charley Daly and other contenders are discussed. Columbia may hire J C McCracken for next year at 3500 dollars.
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