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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1905
Page
3
Harvard tops practice as new halfback Channing shows speed with two 15 yard end runs and a 50 yard punt. Veterans are sidelined, Starr returns at quarterback, Blagden appears on scrubs, with sparse scoring and injuries noted among candidates.
The Nationals beat the Boston Americans 5 to 2 in the opening post season game. Vic Willis pitched well for the Nationals while Tenney’s crew fought hard. Burkett and Grimshaw had timely hits for the Americans, and Selbach drove in a run in the seventh.
President Roosevelt hosted Dr. D H Nichols W T Reid Arthur T Hillebrand John B Fine Walter Camp and Mr Owsley as athletic advisers from Harvard Princeton and Yale. He aimed to discuss morale and reduce brutality in football, starting movement toward rule modifications with no firm conclusions reached.
Moran sparked a 6 to 2 win with a two base hit and score, while Burkett and Grimshaw drove in runs for the Nationals. Tenney and Dineen battled in a tense game as Selbach and Ferris added key singles. Youngs slated to pitch drew local attention at Huntington Avenue.
At a meeting of the beach show committee in Boston the club finalized arrangements for an event at 60 North Market Street. Entries for the show will close October 18 with details to be announced tonight.
The Berkeley Cycle Club of Beachmont schedules a boxing card at Crescent Gardens on Revere Beach aimed at drawing a large local crowd. Main event features Matty Baldwin of Charlestown against Sammy Myers of New York with undercard bouts including Kid Barrish, Jack Desmond, Gus Ross, Kid Gordon, Young Crhill, Sam Moss, and others. Forfeits from Jack Blackburn and Larry Temple noted for Highland A. C. next Friday.
The Seawanhaka cup is displayed in a Tremont Street jewelry shop window by Manchester V C. This marks the first chance for Boston crowds this season to view the trophy after nine years away in Canada.
The Clinker A A A of South Boston wishes to arrange Saturday games on home grounds in October and November for 130 to 135 pound teams. They will cover full expenses for 12 men. Write to John Barden at 26 Newman Street Boston Mass.
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The column highlights Penn State scoring the Indians first down, Exeter and Andover favored for a top contest, Springfield Training School vs Harvard, and Draper the standout. It notes tensions between Columbia and Wesleyan easing, Harvard at West Point on Oct 21, Yale clashes, Dartmouth and Harvard freshmen plans, and Medford High vs Rindge Manual Training today.
Nate Hall of Malden is listed as a candidate for end on Harvard's football team. He is described as one of the ace men on the Mason squad and one of the three best punters, with his main fault being over aggressiveness. He played Saturday against the University of Maine and made a strong showing for Harvard this year.
In St Louis the Nationals upset the Americans 4 to 1 to seize the interleague postseason opener. The winning runs came in the seventh on two walks an error and three timely singles. Attendance not listed. Batteries Taylor and Grady for St Louis Howell and Spencer for the Americans.
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