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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1916
Page
13
The Holy Cross Club of Boston hosts a round-up and smoke talk at Hotel Bellevue tonight to finalize plans for the Boston College game at Fenway Park on Thursday afternoon. Alumni from nearby towns will attend, aiming to rally Holy Cross activity in Boston.
Al Shrubb will oversee Harvard cross country next fall after sua term extension at Cambridge. Dick Moblitzell returns confident he will recover baseball savings. Yale may name Captain Black to lead two Yale teams. Tex Rickard pursues Wilard Fulton heavyweight title. Yale coaching staff expected to stay in place for fall.
In Charlestown a 7-0 Yale victory is noted with a Yale advantage in a basketball style contest and a draw claim in a Levinsky Carleeris bout in Kansas City. It lists Lewis and Glover as boxing figures with three prior meetings and a substitution on short notice. Harvard football is mentioned for a 1875 New Haven game at Hamilton Park.
New York Nov 27 plan to curtail entries at future national lawn tennis championships will be discussed at the coming meeting of the executive committee of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association, announced here today.
A proposed set of qualifying conditions limits entry to players in good standing with national associations and meeting criteria. Requirements include prior top twenty rankings, semi final appearances, three sanctioned events this season, or executive approval based on residence or other merit. The committee may assess a player’s record value.
The article notes the Cossack’s strong nationwide work and busy schedule on the mat. It mentions Lennie finishing his work for tomorrow’s match against Johnson and Tofalos, the Greek, aiming to prove his class by beating Leavitt. It also describes loyalty between smokers and dealers in a local shop.
Vancouver reporters note two American champions G M Church and Throckmorton depart for Manila to join the Empress of Russia in upcoming Manila tennis tournament. They sail from Vancouver on November 1 aboard the steamship Empress of Russia.
Charles Henshaw of Henshaw Motor Company invites motorists to a second anniversary observance of the Dodge Brothers car at 915 Boylston Street Boston. The showroom will host Dodge models, artistic decorations, moving pictures and music for attendees. Amanda Pruess shines as lead in the automobile show at Oldsmobile salesrooms. Johnnie Aitken withdraws from Ascot Park Thanksgiving race due to insufficient purse. Dario Resta leads season standings with a $13,500 prize from B F Goodrich. Edward S Swift elected director of Willys Overland. Paige Detroit plans capital rise to 3.5 million with 1.5 million preferred stock.
The Middlesex School ice hockey seven at Concord will play St. Mark's School of Southboro at Bateman's Pond rink in North Concord on February 7. It will be St. Mark's only away game.
Tufts sophomore class defeated the freshmen 4 to 2 in the annual bag rush on the Tufts Oval. Sixty five freshmen and sixty five sophomores collided around five central bags as judges ruled the two bags near the field center after ten minutes. The five sophomore teams were led by Beacham, Strohman, Lincoln, Jeffrey, and Haworth.
In a tight afternoon game at Concord playground the Concord High School eleven defeated Alpha Sigma Mu of Concord by a 7 to 3 score.
Billy Mills of Manchester presents a two six round boxing card at the academy with Patsey Greene meeting Joe Carroll and Joe Eagan facing Al Nelson in catchweights. Nelson weighs about 156 and seeks a stronger showing after a lighter weight cost him a Boston loss. Gunboat Conroy meets Arthur Boris in a curtain raiser with Boris having previously knocked Conroy out.
Boston College alumni meet at the City Club tonight to finalize plans for the Thanksgiving Day game against Holy Cross at Fenway Park. The team will attend briefly and alumni anticipate a BC victory amid an enthusiastic reunion.
The Tin Whistles held their November medal tournament at Pinehurst North Carolina with 26 players in two classes. C F Lancaster won Class A with gross 8 net 71, Tom Kelley runner up 82-72, and J G Nicholson R H Hunter and Dr J S Brown tied for third at 74. Class B winner J R Bowker 74 with H S Houston and John Goodall tied for second at 7 and Myron Marr placing third at 7b.
Harvard will meet with candidates at the Varsity Club to hear Coach Alfred Winsor outline plans for the ice season. Winsor’s system is potent and Harvard’s prospects for ice supremacy look bright as practice begins December 4 at the Arena, skipping Hem enway gymnasium.
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