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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1907
Page
11
Yale faces Syracuse next day as Rockwell leads scrimmage with a light session on a wet field. Paige suffers a knee injury and Foster steps in at left tackle while Yale repeats the Wesleyan lineup.
Hanover Oct 4 Dartmouth faces Tufts with uncertainty at left tackle as three contenders try for the spot. The Green’s lineup includes Kennedy Bankart Robbins Chase Thayer Brusse Tobin Baldwin Saxton Glaze Engersoll Greenwood Bankart and Marks at back positions as they prepare for Medford tomorrow.
Harvard plays Maine at Cambridge while Yale meets Syracuse in New Haven. Ithaca drills feature Jack Moakley coaching backs and linemen. Washington and Jefferson suffer illness from bad water as the squad hits training table. Syracuse opens its stadium with a 28 to 0 win over Hobart. Yost expects a strong Michigan season. Regan may quarterback at Penn. California lifts freshmen restrictions. Brown benefits from workouts on McWeaver farm with Seidler Bushnell improving.
Don Creole a 10 to 1 shot wins the feature one mile and a furlong handicap at Brighton Beach on a heavy track. Other winners include Magazine in race one Sister Frances in race two Essex in race three Don Enrique in race four and Preen in race six.
Chicago report from October 4 states the Eastern women golfers defeated a Canadian team 6 to 4 at Midlothian Country Club. The Eastern lineup included Mrs. R. H. Barlow Miss M. B. Adams Miss H. S. Curtis Boston Miss BE. F. Allen Miss Florence Ayers and Miss C. Shreve. A match against the Western women is set for tomorrow.
The program lists Boston at New York Philadelphia at Washington in two games Detroit at St Louis and Cleveland at Chicago with multiple matchups on the slate.
English High School meets Groton in the season opener as squads from Boston prepare for a tough display. Coach Duffy has whipped the Montgomery Street team into shape with O’Reilly, aiming for a decisive early win.
In the Myopia final Travers and Robbins advance from semifinals at Myopia Hunt Club. Travers beat Carnegie 5 up 4 while Robbins toppled Reid 2 up 1 in a tight match amid winds and damp conditions.
In events at Merion Cricket Club Harvard claimed two doubles victories as weather delayed singles. N H Tilden and H B Register of Penn fell to G P Gardner and C Pell of Harvard 3 6 6 1 6 3. Princeton and Yale teams posted wins in other doubles matches.
The Institute basketball team reorganizes for the coming season seeking games with fast away teams across New England. The new quintet centers on last year's quick team that posted 27 wins and 4 losses. John Churchward and Dan Madden headline the forward line with Carey at pivot and A Churchward in the backcourt. Frank Joyce again manages the squad.
American sprinters Kelly Huff Seitz Keating Faton and Parsons loom as challengers at the A A U indoor championships in October. J W Morton the English champion sprinter will likely face these national stars at the games. The National Committee has cabled an invitation and expects a favorable reply. Also to feature is a jumps clash between Ray Ewry and Martin Sheridan with Sheridan having beaten Ewry last year.
Brooklyn visits Boston for a pair, New York plays Philadelphia in two games, Chicago faces St Louis, and Pittsburgh meets Cincinnati in league action.
Enthusiasm runs high for the upcoming bout between Deshler and Rouse O'Brien in Chelsea next Tuesday night with preliminaries likely Monday at the club to ensure top talent. Entries include Shy Fay's Young Crowell of Roslindale, Billy Davis, Kid Gardner, and Billy Ross.
A busy list of college and high school football games is set for this afternoon. Harvard faces Maine in Cambridge while Yale plays Syracuse in New Haven. Other matchups include Princeton at home against Stevens Institute and Brown hosting Norwich.
Rain postponed Brockton Fair harness racing and amateur athletics but horse show champions were crowned. Prizes totaling $1150 were distributed to stables with most ribbons led by Reginald Vanderbilt. An accident at Hancock No. 1 injured Sanderson Carter, who survived. The fair continues Saturday with events moved to that day.
The crack Lynn football team meets Fort Warren at Ocean Park Lynn for a season opener. The squad is described as the fastest independent players in the state with a listed lineup of numerous players and positions. The game is scheduled to start at 3 o'clock.
Harvard announces two freshman teams will be selected Monday as the main squad is reduced. The remaining 34 players will be split into two groups of 17 to play a round robin for a cup incentive. Thursday’s opener vs Groton is expected to start with a large Crimson score.
Roy Norton continues his remarkable war tale between the United States and Japan in a Sunday Post Magazine feature. The second part promises uncanny wonders and echoes H. G. Wells with echoes of The War of the Worlds, a standout from the upcoming issue.
A playful, vivid boxing and baseball tale centers on a Philadelph ia team labeled as the Athletics contending for a championship. Quips and boastful bets spark banter among famed fighters Fitzsimmons and Sharkey as a tattooed ship on a sailor’s chest becomes a dramatic prop in their exchanges.
A crowd of baseball rooters from Willetts PAyne Jones Donovan Cobb Mullin Rossman BE Ubank Con Ghilin Se Haeffer O Leary K Bilian Jennings Oh plan to travel to the West and the world series. They say the trip is less about watching the series than avoiding the two home teams games. A prior Coney Island incident recalls a sailor rushing Fitzsimmons after a fight with Sharkey, delivering a jaw shaking blow.
Freeman won the Wollaston Golf Club invitation event, taking both matches. He defeated Claflin by default in the morning semi final and Farrington 1 up after 21 holes in the final. Farrington beat Sproule 1 up in the other semi final despite heavy morning rain.
Wesleyan freshman Colt sustaining a fractured collar bone after practice will miss the football season. An X ray at a New Haven physician’s office confirmed the injury, discovered after initial examination in Middletown.
In Roxbury District Court two defendants were fined $20 each for speeding on Massachusetts Ave near St Mary Street. William A Bever ly, 26, of Cambridge, and Charles E Put nam, 36, residing at 42 Irwin Street Winthrop, were the violators.
The Harvard second team with Teddy Roosevelt at end faces Andover at Andover. Expected to be a marquee appearance as Roosevelt has starred in practice. Lineup includes Moore Gilbert West Nourse Morris Comstock Roosevelt Gallati Cutting Brennan Gray.
Tufts completed a brisk signal practice ahead of today’s game with Dartmouth. Star halfback Sheehy is likely out due to injury, while Tufts expects to spring a surprise on the Hanover squad. The probable lineup includes Hubbard, Marr, Houston, Ireland, Burtie, Chase, Salives, Greene, Smith, Wallace, Cooper.
The East Boston High call for candidates drew over 20 hopefuls for practice. Four veterans from last year joined Coach Jim Crowley and Instructor Young to drill newcomers in passing dribbling and shooting.
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