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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1900
Page
3
Harvard football men discuss a stilted game with Wesleyan. Substitutes struggled due to late strength tests, leaving backs to improvise for modest gains. Sargent Lee and Barnard shone in the first half, while Yale and Princeton observers note Harvard’s line weaknesses and potential for future improvements.
Big Dick Sheldon costs Yale yards. accidents increase early in the season. Harvard relies on a strong substitute for Dalyas Sherlock. Penn opens with a favorable Lehigh-like score. Arlington Pond, once a Baltimore pitcher, played full back at Fort Preble. Clubs seek matches with lightweights. Dutch Meter debuts as quarterback for Princeton. McCracken, Penn star, dominates campus life. Coaches seek schedules with 110 and 135 pound teams. West Coast football grows in interest as Haughton at Cornell introduces new formations.
The Philo Celtic Society of Boston held its weekly Irish language school meeting at St James Parochial Schoolrooms with Daniel P. O Callaghan as superintendent and Miss M J Donovan assisting. John F P Lane presided and a bilingual program was presented by Martin J Gibbons and others before closing with an Irish prayer.
The photographer captured Stinson and Champion Elkes at forty miles per hour behind motor tandems. Using a 1400th part of a second shutter and highly sensitive plates, the scene shows riders and background with remarkable clarity. The shoot demanded total darkness during handling and a ruby light for progress checks. It marks a triumph of photography.
In Chicago on September 80 both teams split the doubleheader. St Louis won the opener on smart base running and timely hits while the locals struggled in the field. The second game featured hard hitting as Hughes out-pitched Hughes. Kling and Donovan collided at the plate in the first game. Attendance 7200. Scoring notes include Cincinnati 2 Pittsburg 3, two-base hits Sirrett Beaumont Ritchey, three-base Waddell Ely, stolen bases Barrett Steinfeldt, and a double play involving Corcoran Steinfeldt Peitz.
Boston and Brooklyn clash as Pittsburg slumps with weak hitting and Wagner's dip. Hanlon regains confidence as Brooklyn leads with two wins in Boston, while Pittsburg drops chances to suffer through a late season slide. Schedule details and Boston fielding and baserunning records conclude the report.
New York reports the Cunard line steamer Campania arrived after dense fog delayed speeds for 68 hours 17 minutes. James J. Corbett, among saloon passengers, said he would face any charges and that he and his wife may have settled their differences as they dined together and attended events. no divorce pressings expected.
Boston men claim to arrange a boxing club in Saugus after the race meet, seeking a known boxing figure to back the venture. A letter criticizes a recent Fenton Sweeney bout as unfair, noting referee neglect and alleging manipulation by Tom Maguire, with Elm Athletic Club mentioned as backing the story.
Harvard trainer John Graham begins work on Soldiers Field track with Eddie Mills returning as miler and Dick Grant possible addition. Captain Hallowell limited by football duties. Rice high jumper departs. Fall games planned for college and freshmen. Boston excursion on Oct 4 to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and New York noted.
New York reports the United States Golf Association lists pairings for the Chicago Open at Wheaton Illinois with J H Taylor and Harry Vardon among the leading pros. Willie Smith meets Vardon as the draw places Smith alongside Vardon while other noted amateurs and professionals pair off for the two day event.
Sophomores can tackle them in a bunch. And then the innocent Little freshmen will have on good hats, caps and the like, so that the sophomores can get their furnishings for a year. The probable result of the postponement of a week will be seven days of hostility such as Harvard sophomores want, but cannot keep up, the college is too large. But this will tend to foster a week of rushes and hazing.
Yesterday’s rain postponed all but one of the distance runs by local cyclists. The T6 mile triangle from Copley Square drew fifteen riders, mostly from South Framingham, with Stillman and Warburton of Rochester, N. H., among a few outsiders. Finishers included F. F E. Stillins, S. M. Lent, W. A. Clough, Burt Warburton, and others. Next Sunday’s run starts again from Copley Square, while Metropolitan Wheelmen and Columbia Roadsters also plan events, with the Columbias routing to Brockton.
In Vincennes MacFarland won the 25 mile paced bicycle race over Frenchman Furet with a time of 46 minutes 10 seconds. The international scratch 1000 metres race ended unsatisfactorily as Cooper was beaten by Vanoni by a half wheel and protests allege fix. Cooper filed a protest to be heard next Wednesday.
In Syracuse New York President T Powers of the Eastern League released the reserved players lists for Springfield Worcester and Providence for the upcoming season. Springfield names include J Taft Frank Doran A Pappalau W Woods George Bannon J Tucker W J Curley Frank Shannon Charles Cargo George Schoch J M Knill Harry Dolan J J Cahill. Worcester roster features M J Kittredge F Klobedanz Willam Magee J H Sharrott E WH Horton W E Bramsfield H Smoot James Delehanty George Wrigley P Varney Joe Raidy Joseph Rickert A G Inglab Harry Noyes. Providence list lists James Connor Thomas Leahy Edward Dunkle Roy Evans William Braun Frank Corridon Daniel Friend P S Cassidy F Parent Judson Smith H H Davis James Stafford John Walters M Lattimer Hobart Norris.
Harvard students debate the annual rush between sophomores and freshmen during the formal freshman reception. With President Eliot absent, the timing shifts one week, fueling predictions of a fierce, possibly multiple rushes as sophomores threaten action while freshmen stand by near the yard pump.
Races at Hillsgrove were postponed due to weather. Substitutions for absent riders Moran and Ross were planned. St Onge and trick rider Louis Kleh expect a Boston engagement after returning from a Western trip. Johnny Nelson may retire from racing indoors as he battles poor condition. The piece also describes English and Irish bumping handicaps, railroad billing concerns under interstate law, and paving progress on Temple Place and Tremont Street with a new L A W road book forthcoming.
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company, successors to John P. Lovell Arms Company,located at 163 165 Washington Street. The notice identifies this firm as the continuing business entity in the historical arms trade.
Bishop William Lawrence consecrated St James's Episcopal Church in Fall River in a service witnessed by a large congregation.
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