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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1913
Page
8
President James McAleer of the Boston Red Sox may miss his planned world tour with an all star baseball cast if players do not sign season contracts for 1914. He had been preparing for the trip but delays in signatures threaten his travel.
The Boston club sees few contracts signed as McAleer negotiates after a season with a near world title. Players like Foster Wood Carrigan and Wagner show willingness, while others resist demands. The owner contemplates a tighter pay scale after 1912 profits and anticipates weeks of negotiation before settlement.
The North Dorchester A A Juniors organized last evening for the coming indoor season. They plan an indoor relay team and aim to compete in open meets. Thomas I. Fitzgerald was elected president and Alvin G. Kenney athletic manager. Arthur F. Ball, a local coach, volunteered his services. Those wishing to arrange competition write to Alvin G. Killen, 336 Harvard street, Dorchester, Mass.
Williams freshmen battled Williams High School in a rainy afternoon scrimmage. Neither side scored. Brodgette starred for the freshmen while Reuther contributed solid plays for the high school.
Brown's second team meets Harvard seconds on Soldiers Field this afternoon in the annual series. Owing to previous scrubs by Brown’s varsity, the Brown squad is weaker than usual, making a Harvard triumph likely.
In Norwich Conn local celebrations honored Captain Danns Murphy of the champion Philadelphia Athletics. The Elks lodge presented him a life membership card and Mayor T C Murphy gave a speech. A large reception and speeches concluded the event.
Harvard's fall handicap track meet was slowed by rain yet yielded fast times. Winners include J J Foley in the 100 yard dash and A Biddle in the 296 yard dash, with team captain Bobby Boyd leading the three mile. Others win across sprints, hurdles, jumps and throws, reflecting a strong effort despite drizzle.
President F. C. Farr of the Spokane baseball club visited Boston offices yesterday. He praised Douglass, the pitcher drafted by Cincinnati, noting the big right-hander had a strong strikeout record last season. The Northwest has produced many top players, including Strand Noyes Whaling and James.
Harvard's Crimson meet Penn State in a Stadium game this afternoon. The matchup tests Harvard's eleven and gives fans a direct line on the team's current development.
Harvard and Penn State college squads drill in drizzle as Penn State arrives with 22 players plus staff. Penn State emphasizes speed and the forward pass while Harvard notes key lineup changes and the wheel shift to test legality.
At Harvard Stadium Coach Haughton staged his Harvard team against Penn State in a public demonstration of a wheel shift play critics call illegal. Hollenbach saw no fault in the maneuver while Penn State prepared for 3 PM kickoff amid detailed lineups and officials listed for the game.
The article lists Harvard and Penn State players with positions and notes key stars such as Barrett at quarterback practicing drop kicks. It mentions officials from Brown and West Point and cites Empire and Annapolis officials, with Pittsburgh arriving for the game and Cornell optimism for a tough match.
Penn State coach Hollenbach assesses the Harvard game noting a thinner lineup, six losses from last year, and injuries to Tobin. He cites end pair Weston and Cornog as key potential turners, praises Captain Ed Miller and Bob Craig, and stresses a dry field would favor his team in New Haven.
Cornell rested today in Ithaca after practice for tomorrow's matchup with Pittsburgh. A brief signal drill preceded a team lecture at night. Most injured players are expected to be available, with possibly two sidelined. O Hearn leads the star players.
New York Oct 24 A split among A A U officers over allowing contests between amateurs and professionals was voiced by secretary James E Sullivan who opposed the idea. Gustavus I Kirby had proposed a change, Sullivan noted Kirby backed a stricter amateur definition at a Berlin Congress last August and urged strengthening it at the Nov 17 annual meeting.
The Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Giants 9 to 5 in Blue Rapids Kansas. Wiltse was hammered for four home runs as Benz and Daley led Chicago with strong hitting. Final score shows Chicago 9 New York 5 with Wiltse and Wingo on the mound for New York.
Quincy High School dominates South Boston High in a one sided game at Merrymount Park. Larkin scores two touchdowns and Jefferson adds a third, with Hamlin converting two and Page kicking a field goal. Referee Woodcock oversees ten minute periods.
Sixteen Princeton oarsmen rest before the Princeton Yale race on Lake Carnegie. The Tigers and Yale crews trained lightly with brief spins. Hartford Harriman led Yale through two pre race sessions in rain and remains confident both crews will do their best.
Jerome D. Travers national amateur champion loses to Dr. L L Harbin former Middle Atlantic title holder in the second round at Columbia Country Club the match lasting 20 holes a 12 yard putt deciding. Davidson Follett and Tuckerman advance to the semifinals with Davidson to meet Follett and Tuckerman facing Harbin.
Rindge and Salem meet at Salem with Salem slightly favored due to home advantage. Everett High faces English High at Everett as Coach O'Brien presses players after a Salem defeat. Malden meets Lowell, Medford hosts Powder Point, Commerce meets New Bedford, and Latin School plays St Mark's at Southboro. Brookline lacks Captain O’Connor and adjusts positions. St Anselm’s second team visits St John's in Danvers as Dorchester battles Milton at Dunbar Avenue Park.
Tufts freshmen and sophomores will clash this afternoon on Tufts Oval in the first interclass track meet of the year. The contest determines one of the five flags for possession and both teams have trained for a month to win.
Wellesley students excel in hockey tennis basketball archery golf and other sports despite weather. Several senior team members are prominent in other college activities, illustrating the all round girl archetype Wellesley produces.
The list announces hockey basketball golf and archery squads for 1914 with captains and substitutes led by Margaret Elliott Ida Appenzeller Kathryn Schmidt and Dorothea Havens. Players hail from Lowell Mass Denver Col New Haven Conn New Brighton N Y Philadelphia Penn Lancaster Penn and other towns.
The itinerary lists a globetrotting baseball tour from Vancouver in November through February next year. It covers ports and cities including Hong Kong Manila Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Wellington Rome Monte Carlo Paris London Edinburgh Glasgow Queenstown with dates across December February and March.
Chicago reports the Bulgarian wrestler Yussiff Mahmout who had faced Frank Gotch among others was killed by a band of Bulgarian bandits near Silistria. Mahmout, a petty officer in the Bulgarian army, was ambushed while returning with money orders, not gold, three weeks ago.
Salem High and Rindge Tech settle officials for Saturday's game at Salem. Referee John J Hali lahan umpire George Brown of the B A A and head linesman Dan Hur ley, ex Harvard captain. Game to be 15 minute periods with a large crowd anticipated at Bertram Field.
Starts in South Atlanta on October 24 as Southern colleges prepare to swing into full stride with key games featuring top universities and elevens ready to clash on the gridiron.
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