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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1918
Page
16
Arthur Duffey notes a busy outdoor sports scene with football on the horizon at Harvard and Annapolis, plus Mohawk A C cross country, naval team ambitions, and renewed interest after influenza bans. He praises the Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan spirit and recalls Strangler Lewis versus Yous Eff in early wrestling lore.
Will open next Saturday after noon if the Spanish influenza ban is lifted by week’s end. Louis Josselyon of Townsend Harbor Mass. elected captain succeeding Hartwell Cragin of Athol who is now military instructor. Joseph Irving Bennett Jr. of Boston chosen team manager. Josselyn plays right tackle.
Boxing gossip notes the Armory A A announces a top bout with Harry Greb vs Clay Turner at the Arena next Tuesday night. Bob Josephs vs Charley Mitchell in an eight round semi final. two sixes on the program.
Middlesex School in Concord opened its football practice under Faculty Coach David A. Baldwin. The squad was thin as many players had not yet returned, with three first-string veterans present Captain Thomas Carnegie Charles Lee and Theodore Romaine. The team schedules its first game against Country Day School of Newton next Saturday in Concord.
Dartmouth College announces two football games with Syracuse at Springfield on Nov. 2 and Brown at Boston on Nov. 23. The Brown game will be played in Boston, with Dartmouth traveling to oppose Brown on the date set.
In a wartime appeal the phrase stiff game and boost the ante appear as calls to rally public finance. Citizens are urged to double up on Liberty Loan subscriptions to strengthen national war effort.
The Winchester Country Club hosted the Bay State Automobile Association event where 60 players competed and every participant purchased Liberty Bonds. Total bonds sold reached 30 160, with prizes totaling close to 2 000 in the open and members divisions. Fred G Thayer won the gross in open. L W Dowling took best gross and J Rich was runner up in medal play.
Wallace E Miller of Reed street North Lexington reported shooting an 11 pound red fox in the Paint Mine district Burling ton. The fox hound Pete owned by Assessor Frederick J Spencer of Lowell street Lexington helped start the chase before Miller killed the fox. it was Miller's first kill.
Paris reports Senator Theodore Girard former minister of justice in the Briand cabinet died from injuries after an automobile accident.
Waterfront calendar lists war progress and astronomical notes with tides and moon phases for October 15. Indicates seven planetary morning and evening star positions and full and new moon dates.
Mean barometer and temperature readings with humidity and limits noted. Maximum temperature 62.00, minimum 51.00, mean values listed. regional weather data compiled by W. J. Smith, meteorologist.
Yesterday at the fish pier Haddock 4 3 4 to 5 cents per pound large cod 10 to 11 cents market cod 5 to 7 cents pollock 5 cents large hake 9 8 4 to 10 cents medium hake 5 cents and mackerel 20 cents were reported. An American sailing ship afloat near a naval lifeboat rescue raises fears of a Cyclops like mystery while underwriters insure over 1 000 000 on cargo and vessel. A sailor John Shagos suffered a scalp wound when a warship’s boom knocked him from a dory. he was saved by John Greeley. A neutral steamship awaiting entry into East Boston drydock finally floated in after a month delays costing its owners thousands.
More than 400 men joined Section A of the Tufts College Students Army Training Corps at opening courses on College Hill Medford. Two hundred were inducted into Section B Vocational Department and 10 into the naval unit. Major Milton S Bowman leads the program with headquarters in Packard Hall and has headed the Tufts Training Detachment since April.
The government calls for a doubled loan as Germany weakens. Officials say increased funds are needed to sustain defense and allied support, signaling intensified postwar reconstruction and security commitments.
The Cambridge school committee yesterday appointed James Dugan temporary assistant superintendent to act while Charles M. Herlihy serves on war duty. Herbert H. Bates resigns from new duties due to health and remains Wellington School master. Epidemic may close Cambridge schools for a month. sub-committee can reopen when ready.
The Ladies Kennel Association of Massachusetts held an afternoon meeting at the Hotel Touraine in Boston to amend and revise the club constitution. President Mrs. Gardner A. Whitney of Brookline presided and a new member was proposed. The next meeting to plan winter work will be Monday afternoon Nov 11.
Six days remain to finalize the loan deal with an immediate push to increase funding. Executives urge doubling efforts today to meet the target and secure the financing.
A series of intercollegiate football games to benefit the War Charities Fund will be staged nationwide next month with Army and Navy Department sanction.
A conference of government and football authorities approved reviving select college games. A committee of former players Herbert Pratt Amherst William Wangford Trinity Park Davis and William Roper Princeton will finalize plans in a city meeting. The scheme teams college student army training corps and uses college stadiums with potential Army Navy Yale Harvard style matchups to boost gate receipts for a charitable purpose.
The Eastern Yacht Club plans to close its clubhouse for the war and reduce dues to sustain the property. At the Union Club on Tuesday evening Oct 22 the council will present recommendations urging members to retain membership and outlining the fee reduction.
A Laurel race on Oct 24 will pit Eternal against Billy Kelly. Owners gamble $10,000 each and Laurel offers a $10,000 purse. The winner keeps $10,900 while the loser contributes $20,000 to Liberty bonds for the Red Cross.
The sixteen year old brother of the late Les Darcy of Australia, known for his likeness and ring style, has caused a stir in Newcastle boxing circles. In his first six contests he has five knockouts.
In a stark wartime appeal the speaker urges continued support for bonds and urges citizens to double their efforts. The rhetoric emphasizes collective effort and steadfast commitment amid ongoing hostilities.
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