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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1899
Page
3
Boxing sidelights report postponed Shawkey-Jefferies plans and slated October dates in Pittsburg Chicago and St Louis. Finnegan Maher Gans McFadden O Brien clashes loom. several sparring bets and purses announced. Brooks clubs consider matchups Fist expert notes lingering rivalries and possible cancellations in coming weeks.
World champion Jim Jeffries faces a possible postponement of his October 27 bout with Sailor Sharkey due to a left arm injury from a medicine ball drill. X rays in New York and a doctor’s verdict on Tuesday will determine if he can box as scheduled or need a delay, with manager Brady and O’Rourke at odds over timing. Sharkey, training steadily, awaits a decision and would accept a short postponement to face a healthy Jeffries.
A packed schedule then loomed across multiple cities with bouts listed for Monday through Friday. Notable matchups include Eddy Gardner versus Johnny Van Heest and George Kerwin against Billy Paul among others, plus regional B A A trials and trials in Boston with Terrence McGovern in town.
Bantamweight champion Terry McGovern arrives in Boston with manager Sam Harris and family en route to a February title defense against George Dixon. The visit follows Admiral Dewey and includes a tour of historic sites. Local ring clubs welcome the Brooklyn boxer as he plans his next bout.
All roads lead to the old Saugus track next Thursday for a benefit race for Jock Bowen. Manager Hitchens conceded the proceeds to Jock with a strong local turnout expected, Bowen famed for his honesty and long career driving record times and horses across the circuit.
Chicago closes season with a doubleheader loss and Garvin’s pitching helps St. Louis. Calls by Callahan falter late, allowing the Colonels to win and drop Chicago to seventh. Attendance 6200. Cleveland finishes with a world record for defeats while Brooklyn lags Philadelphia in the final standings.
McGovern is booked to open at the Lyceum this week with an olio and speaking bit. He will display ring skill, spar and punch the bag, and be seen at matinee and evening shows. Harris says the Dixon bout at Lenox A C will draw, and McGovern believes he can beat Dixon though the Philadelphia result favored the colored challenger. Harris also eyes a return match involving past champion Jack Root and Chicago Jack Daly as potential future bouts with Harlem contenders.
Cincinnati capped its season with two decisive wins against Cleveland. Holb, a local amateur, was tried in the second game but failed to prove himself. The scores were not fully listed in the available text.
Gloucester A C plans a hard season with about thirty local lads competing for spots under coach James Connolly. The lineup includes games against Boston Latin School Harvard Graduates Mangus A A Ayer A A Emmanuel A A and Newtowne A Co all in Gloucester with dates from Oct through Nov.
The Worcester Homing Pigeon Association plans a Pittsfield to Worcester match, claiming it will be the most successful in association history with the largest entry list yet seen nearby. Also: denial of rumors Ed Geers will drive for J Forbes next year and Billy Andrews may not return as head driver for Village Farm. University of Pennsylvania tracks elects Benjamin W. Frazier Jr. manager. cross country team to be entered for national championship at Morris Park on Nov 20. Hub Hart of Boston College shines in recent football games with notable sprinting and touchdown plays.
The Boston area cycling event drew riders from Boston Providence Worcester and Lowell. Knights and Whiton set the pace on a 150 mile triangle with finishers including Rogers Dodge Emerson Hill Potter Skinner Kimball Main Cleary Vose Kingsley Gove Soule and many others. Soule Barton Genereaux Harmon Fearing Garcelon and Miss Fay completed long rides and the Metropolitan Wheelmen hosted a large half century with routes to Brockton and Acton.
Northern riders shift to warm weather events with W F Stafford and Jay Eaton chasing indoor glory at Madison Square Garden. In Nashville they placed second in a five mile motor race and Stafford finished third in the mile handicap. A Brazil invasion plan forms with Albert Schock and others aboard for Buenos Aires Rio Janeiro and other cycling venues.
J Frank Quinlan, winner of the 1 yard dash in the interuniversity games in London, leaves Harvard to study law. He was the Crimson’s fastest sprinter and hoped to win two events against Yale. rivals include A M Bullet and Sprague of St Pauls while Lathrop seeks a successor to defeat Bloyne and Dupee at Yale.
The Allston fall cup qualifiers and preliminaries concluded with semi finals to be decided today. Next Saturday features a mixed foursomes medal handicap at Lexington Golf Club, plus a Tri day and Friday program. The ladies’ banquet ship tournament posts Oct 7 and should produce close matches. Grafton CupDirs Worcester Club holds its club championship today as Medford Club begins its championship with eighteen holes and semi finals next Saturday.
City Council weighs forcing tobacconists to pull wooden Indians from shop fronts amid sentiment for the University of Pennsylvania team. Interscholastic League prelim tomorrow features Dorchester High versus Boston Latin at South End grounds in a blood heated contest.
A regular Boston Cab Drivers' Union meeting at 53 Hanover Street reported twenty five new members enrolled and important business transacted. Another meeting is planned for next Sunday at the same location.
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