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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1904
Page
3
In a brutal exchange at center ring, Corbett and ex-champion Nelson slugged from outset to bell. Nelson pressed with shoving, blasting rights and lefts to Corbett’s face and body, while Corbett answered with vicious rights and tight infighting as blood flowed from Corbett’s nose and mouth. The round ended with Nelson in control and Corbett visibly weakened.
Nelson presses Corbett through a brutal exchange as Corbett’s seconds throw in the sponge and blood streams from his nose mouth and ears. Analysts note Nelson's self conscious style limits his punchout potential while Bald win and Sidney remain possible rivals. Pinky Evans postpones England trip as Frankie Neil Reagan McGovern or others chase vacant 116 pound prospects. Local notices urge Burns to report and request letters for Barrish O Rourke and Leahy.
Harvard football may elect a captain Friday night but quorum issues and player absence threaten the vote. Captain Hurley may refuse the captaincy again, with candidates including Montgomery Squires Nichols Parkinson and Sperry. If elected Squires would be Harvard s first non US citizen captain, having come on a Canadian government fellowship. Mills and Squires were the season s regulars.
Great Barrington Nov 29 The Hotel Barrington a summer hostelry valued at 35000 and owned by Clarence D Rowe was destroyed by fire late tonight suspected incendiary origin The hotel stood on a high ground half a mile from the village It had closed for the season Oct 1 Rowe carried 25000 insurance
Dennis H McGann a Louisville liquor salesman living at 398 Massachusetts avenue collapsed and died of heart disease in the Frederick R Pratt drug store at 575 Columbus avenue. He formerly owned a Court street saloon and later ran a wholesale house. He was 53 and planned to marry. He leaves brothers in Portland and South Portland.
George H. Brown, the man arrested in Woburn on a larceny charge and suspected of attacking Cambridge restaurant keeper George Murray on November 15, had the case continued until Saturday. Murray, slowly recovering, will identify the suspect at the hospital. Cambridge officers who traced Brown through several towns are praised for their work.
Mayor Daly charged McNamee with politicizing labor in Cambridge at a Rhodes Hall rally. He claimed McNamee aided unemployed workers to gain votes and pledged to build a pipeline and secure a water loan to employ 500 men if elected.
Boxing notes from Chicago and Boston sketch Willie Fitzgerald beating Charley Neary in a multi city pattern. Plans for Briggs vs Fitzgerald at Salem, Ashley versus McCloskey in Gloucester, and Kenney versus Sidney at Cambridge are outlined with local boxing context and predictions. An advertorial insert promotes Graves Grain Alcohol by Chester H. Graves & Sons of Boston.
Nat Butler the veteran Cambridge cyclist enters the annual six day race at Madison Square Garden New York. After the race he travels to Middletown Connecticut to join a food experimentation calorimeter under Prof W O Atwater of Wesleyan University riding eight hours daily to assess nutritive values under strenuous effort. Butler and partner Jimmy Moran of Chelsea expect to win cash, while other Boston riders like Patsy Logan and Patsy Keegan train at River Park and Revere ahead of the motor paced race between Hugh MacLean and Bobby Walthour in New York.
Dudley won two of three games against 899th A A in a Massachusetts Interclub clash on home alleys. Newell led Dudley with a 289 high total as individual scores for both teams are listed across rounds, with Morrison and Bracy among top scorers and team totals showing 444 480 442 for one side and 426 448 452 for the other.
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