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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1912
Page
8
Hyde Park High travels to Brockton to meet Brockton High in a key local football clash. Brockton, led by Thompson, Buckey, McGlinchey and Dunham, seeks another win as Hyde Park aims to upset the Shoe City eleven.
Newton High meets Tech Freshmen at Newtonville while Browne and Nichols plays Watertown High in Cambridge. Brockton High clashes with Hyde Park High in Brockton. Norwood High hosts Brighton High in Norwood.
Jim Flynn and Luther McCarthy were matched for a 20 round bout at Vernon Arena on December 10 in the first of promoter McCarey’s White Hope elimination contests in the heavyweight division. The winner earns a shot at Al Palzer.
The East Boston library trustees vote to use a site at the southeast corner of Havre and Brooks streets containing 11.85 square feet and six dwelling houses. The cost is estimated between 26000 and 28000 dollars.
The Swan family was away yesterday when a burglar entered 17 Green Street Somerville through a cellar window. A lady's gold watch was taken and a suitcase found outside the window as the thieves departed.
Washington officials announce an allowance of one dollar weekly to Treasury Department clerks to ensure trousers are creased when reporting to work. The measure aims to standardize neat attire among staff.
Princeton, N J Oct 28 The Tigers opened the week's work behind closed gates at Osborne Field for Harvard preparation. The first string men showed no ill effects from the Dartmouth game. Andrews did not dress but attended practice as a day off. the team worked over two hours with light scrimmage against the second eleven.
Linemen worked the dummy with Coach Wilson leading tackling tricks below the knees. Dunlap Streit and Penfield received coaching while Ed Trenkham returned to drill as Ralph Davis joined the Jungle camp tutors aiding Tiger ends Kafer and McClare.
Boston witnessed the showing of moving pictures of the Olympic winners from Stockholm last summer at Tremont Temple. The program split into three parts with soprano Mme. Wilhelmina Wright Calvert and baritone Gustave Holmquist performing between reels. Speakers John J. Hallahan, Thomas Halpin, J. O. Johnstone, and Oscar Hedlund introduced the American team members who competed in Stockholm.
Yale remains the sole team with a TD defensive streak intact after Brown scored on Harvard and Carlisle put Georgetown on the list of teams yet to be crossed.
The only unbeaten teams in the big elevens are Yale Harvard Princeton Penn State Swarthmore and Carlisle. The Indians were tied by Washington and Jefferson.
Promoter Hugh McIntosh declares Jack Johnson no longer heavyweight champion accusing his two year non defense after repeated challenges from McVey Langford Jeanette and others.
The plan includes five elimination bouts with Jeanette as a principal. A Hoboken fighter, if he accepts, would be paid 20 000 for five fights in the Antipodes, two of which must be against Langford and McVey. Palzer returns to O Rourke and is touted as England's champion ready to fight Sandy Ferguson. Gallant versus Robideau for the French championship at Colonial A C Fall River, with a potential match against Louis De Ponthieu after the result.
During Private Walter Roehler’s funeral parade a battery gun carriage ran away drawing by green horses. Jeremiah Walsh 2388 Methuen street is in General Hospital in critical condition and Sarah McVey 271 Common street has multiple bruises.
Albert Berube a pianist at the Island Pond dance hall fell from a boat into swamp mud near Haverhill October 28 and was nearly suffocated before rescue. He escaped serious injury and was treated afterward by local authorities and bystanders.
Secretary MacVeagh states cutting treasury notes by one third will save the government about 1 million dollars annually. The program requires a year to engrave 1000 new plates for the redesign.
Yale Field hosts a coach gathering with Foster Sanford, Pudge Heffelfinger, Howard Jones, Bo Olcott, Dr Bill Bull and Dewitt Cochrane joining players Howe Scully McDevitt Vaughan. Heffelfinger travels 1600 miles to aid Yale with wing shifts and attack setup.
The Very Rev Fr Henry superior general of St Josephs Foreign Missionary Society arrived in Boston aboard the Bohemian en route to New York Chicago and San Francisco where he will sail for New Zealand. He traveled to meet Cardinal OConnell to report on missions and shared a synopsis of work approved by Cardinals Merry del Val and Gotti. OConnell expressed strong interest in the mission figures.
Three men posing as telephone workers gained entry to the Prudential Life Insurance branch at 248 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn this afternoon. They bound and gagged cashier Miss Alice Brenners and escaped with loot estimated between $300 and $400.
Miss Brenneis was seized by three men posing as telephone workers, her mouth bound and wrists tied as a fourth man urged speed. The robbers rifled the cash drawer, leaving 90 cents, and escaped. Police estimate the loss under $400. Mrs. Holly alerted authorities after witnessing the scene.
Williams faced a patched up lineup at Weston Field as the first practice of the week began. Garfield and Eells were dropped for the season while Mason, the left guard, is out after an auto accident in Troy last night and will miss several days of action.
On October 28 in Attleboro Republican gubernatorial candidate Joseph Walker accused Governor Foss of politicizing the railroad question. He charged Foss borrowed Byrnes language to frame regulation of public service and urged consolidation of the Gas and Electric and Railroad Commissions, delaying electrification and tunnel development.
Arlington High beat Belmont High 13 to 0 in a short scrimmage at Spy Pond Field yesterday. Arlington dominated the contest with a sharp defense and strong running game.
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