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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1922
Page
15
Harvard football prepares to elect a captain for next season after a four week wait. Charlie Hubbard of Milton leads as candidate with Charlie Stastman of Nebraska and Percy Jenkins of Quincy also contending. The Crimson captains since the war have included Billy Murray and Arnold.
Horween Keith Kane and Charlie Buell powered their teams to wins over Yale. Each squad boasted a first All-American: Casey in 1919 Woods in 1920 Grown in 1921 and Owen in 1922.
Hambone Kelly announces his return to boxing and will face challenger Jack Savage in a bout set to test the South Boston middleweight. Savage seeks a win to make a statement in the division.
Tonight at the Grand Opera House Dorchester featherweights Red Chapman and Freddie Williams headline a card staged by Armory A. A. The event also features Henry Ford versus Freddy Madden in a 10 round semi final and two eight round bouts including Johnny Fox versus Frank Zirrill and Joe Dunn against Battling McLeod.
Willie Hoppe world billiards champion defeated Charley Peterson at the State Theatre Club. Afternoon 300 to 155 and evening 300 to 81. Hoppe produced a 95 point run and a 91 run in the day session, and a 204 run in the evening. Peterson varied his fancy shot display and plans to continue through Friday with both matinee and night shows.
Rochester at night Frazee, owner of the Boston Red Sox, says he will sell no more players and aims to rebuild for the 1923 pennant race He hints at radical changes and says Frank Chance or Tris Speaker Bill Carrigan will manage next year with a decision after the major league meeting.
Tech boxing loses one veteran known as the knockout king Bob Smith and freshman captain Ross Chatelain will not return. The squad gains Al Lindsay Lew Phillips and captain Ed Moll moving up weight classes. A demanding midseason schedule includes Tufts Colgate Penn Yale and the Naval Academy with Tech hosting Tufts and Colgate and visiting Penn Yale and Annapolis.
Boston College coaches staged a secret indoor scrimmage to test the Eagles against a mock Holy Cross lineup. Assistant coach Joy drilled subs to expose BC defensive gaps while regulars worked on offense, aiming to sharpen line and backfield readiness ahead of next Saturday’s Braves Field test.
The Cornell University football squad of 38 left Ithaca for Philadelphia to face the University of Pennsylvania in the annual Thanksgiving game. All varsity regulars are reported in good condition, with the same eleven as against Dartmouth except guard Rollo who returns from a leg infection to reclaim his right guard spot.
Sailor Byron, claimant of the New England lightweight title, defeats Johnny Leonard of Allentown in a newspaper decision in Portland. Byron floors Leonard three times early, while Leonard rallies near the end and nearly ties the score.
Jack Bernstein of Yonkers defeated Babe Herman of California in a 12 round bout at the Pioneer Sporting Club before a capacity crowd. Bernstein was awarded the decision and earned it.
The piece praises Pancho Villa's boxing skills in a bout against Young Montreal at the Arena, comparing him to Jimmy Wilde and forecasting a potential mega bout. It also notes Syracuse's intercollegiate success under coach Tommy Keane and Harvard appointing Bill Martin as trainer, with mixed views on Villa and other boxing and college sports figures.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, 70, longtime Chicago mentor, plans to coach football amid questions from admirers and critics. He says critics who doubt him will be proven wrong as he continues on the job.
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