This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1919
Page
10
Interest runs high as Harvard hosts Boston College in a 3 pm football clash at the Stadium. Harvard supporters flood the east stand, while BC prepares a military band to rival Harvard’s harmonists in a lively pregame atmosphere.
Harvard coach Bob Fisher fine tunes his lineup after Bates game. Injured players linger while subs such as Jack Desmond Bainbridge Frothingham and A L O Hamilton vie for starting roles. Frothingham, a Groton alumnus and former baseball slugger, is poised to bolster the backfield.
Harvard and Boston College lineups listed for a 3 p m game at Place Stadium. Players include Phinney Comerford Sedgwick Mullen Clark Doyle Heaphy Morrissey Frothingham Sheehan Urban Corrigan Fitzpatrick Halloran Horween Scanlon with referees Murphy Bankhart Heebe Pendleton.
Harvard coaches view 1917 freshman year as proof of a rattling good backfield man. Philbin at center challenges Heaphy while Morris Phinney tackles left end. Captain Billie Murray directs the backs with Eddie Casey and Ralph Horween nearby. Cav may switch to open game as Fitzpatrick and Corrigan pass to Urban and Comerford.
In North Lexington the Lexington Golf Club may host a members event this afternoon if weather stays fair. The annual turkey tournament is set for October 11 and 13 with handicap medal and best nine holes, half handicap. The season's trophy tie between Robert Whitney and I S Hannum will be played off today.
The Chicago White Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds 3 to 0 in a tight game reducing Reds batting to .253 while Sox team batting held at .260. Jackson led Chicago with two hits, as Weaver Risberg and Schalk boosted averages. Kop's one Red improved slightly.
Boston fans watched the world series game on an electro scoreboard at Mechanics Building. Thousands stood and cheered for the Reds even when the White Sox led briefly. The game will be called at 3 o clock this afternoon with doors opening before 2.
Forty two golfers from New England began the fourth annual Concord Open by the Massachusetts Golf Association at Concord Country Club. Scores were withheld by many who felt their totals would not win prizes. Notable players included Lake of Hartford, Butters of Bellevue, Purves of Woodland, and Snelling of the Concord club.
Chicago notes Dick Kerr delivered a masterful pitching display limiting Cincinnati to three weak hits. Offensively the Sox squandered key chances but Gandil Risberg and Schalk produced runs while Groh’s defense stood out. The Reds still lead two games to one as Chicago eyes a comeback in the series.
Twelve alleged ticket scalpers were arrested in Chicago in hotel lobbies and at Comiskey Park for selling World Series seats at excessive profits. One man turned $49.50 tickets into $389. Many sold box seats above face value of 16.50, while some sold at a loss as officials cited tax rules on profits. Crowd was light with 29,126 attendance, 4000 to 5000 below capacity.
The Concord and Maynard town teams meet this afternoon at 3 at John A Crowe Park Maynard. Pitchers Ed die Boyce and Sawyer start for rivals with Mulcahy catching Concords lineup features Loughlin Fallon Cousins Bulger Matt Bulger Moc Gilvary Joe Hayes infield and outfield. Maynard fields Fitzgerald Morgan Marsden OBrien Smith Lent Wilder Ryan Oates with Merrigan Marsden H OBrien Flaherty as substitutes.
Cambridge Latin School beat Dorchester High 12 to 0 at Russell Field Cambridge. McGown kicked two 25 yard field goals and Duffy tallied the touchdown as the Cantabs shut out the visitors in the afternoon contest.
S Davidson Herron national amateur golf champion, on the Pennsylvania squad, lost to Oswald Kirkby metropolitan amateur titleholder by 5 up and 4 to play. Pennsylvania edged New York 9 to 6 in foursomes. Massachusetts swept veterans 12 to 32. Final for the Lesley Cup set for tomorrow.
New Bedford's Billy Carney defeated Chelsea's Johnny Veto by a wide margin in the final bout at the Commercial A C. Carney floored Veto with a hard right in the opening round and dominated the later rounds. The scrap topped a night of strong showmanship including a 19 round draw between Tony Veria and Johnny Sullivan.
Commerce dominated Hyde Park 34 to 0 with Fay Porter Lundell and Shaw starring. Schaefer left with a broken ankle as Hyde Park struggled despite Hussy and Horan’s attempts. Fay led scoring with two touchdowns and two goals from the kick. A Fenway A A boxing card and Jake Ahearn versus Georges Carpentier set for Monday night headlines follow.
Lexington racing featured the two year old stake with four starters. Voltage the favorite by Peter Volo lineage won both heats easily, earning the top honors for the day.
Miss Zolo Zombro clinched the finish after prior warnings to drivers. Directum J. led the free-for-all pacers with a 28 3-4 last quarter, while Walter Cox steered the brown stallion to Princeton for a 2:01 mile with splits 30 59 1:30. The program lists multiple 2:0x pace times and a $1500 free-for-all pacing with Directum and other starters, noting four and two year olds in the Lexington Stakes context.
The shoeless wonder Joe Jackson finally gets in the limelight as he starts a run rally in the second inning. Other entries include Peter Elliott and Homer D among a list of horse or track names while racing talk dominates. After the Commercial A. C. tourney, upcoming mitt fests for Armory A. A. and Fenway A. A. look promising.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.