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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
3
An advertisement touts Dr. Liverpool at 360 Tremont Street offering free diagnosis without examination or questions. It claims extensive cure tallies across numerous diseases, with free medicines and hours daily, urging skeptical readers to verify results in Boston and seek treatment.
Dick O’Brien of Lewiston defeated Black Fitzsimmons of Hartford in under three rounds at the Central Athletic Club. O’Brien dominated from the start with sharp jabs and strong defense, forcing a rapid retirement as Fitzsimmons stayed down longer than rules allow.
President Eliot in the Atlantis Monthly argues that sports remain valuable for training not as livelihood but as cultivators of alertness observation endurance and patience. He likens hunting and fishing to primitive training and says ball games races and dancing likewise forge useful qualities and curb laziness.
Captain Nathaniel G Herreshoff, famed designer and builder of several America's Cup defenders, is seriously ill with pneumonia in Bristol Rhode Island. Reported as not yet critical, this echoes previous pneumonia during the design of the Columbia project.
Sports bettors favor Cornishman Fitzsimmons to beat Lowell pugilist Gardner in a bout set for late next month. Odds of 2 to 1 appear in local resorts. Both fighters train steadily as the public follows the match with much money on Fitzsimmons.
In Kokomo Indiana on October 29 foster parents reveal Ted Sloan once famed jockey now lives in Paris as a chauffeur earning under 1000 dollars yearly. He formerly spent 80000 dollars annually and wore wardrobes rivaling Beau Brummel. Downfall followed being ruled off English tracks.
Boxing notes say Tommy Daly of Brooklyn returns after a layoff in the feature 12 round bout at Lenox A C against Chelsea’s Joe Nelson. Daly trains under Joe Grim and shows top form, with past victories over Tipacos Moran and Goodman. Grim backs Daly’s sharpness amid a crowded Boston scene with preliminaries featuring Billy Ryan versus Young Kelly.
The Mechanic Arts High and Brighton High played to a 6 6 tie at Rogers Park Brighton. Macksey suffered a broken collarbone in the first half while Paul Nichols and Mackey led Mechanic Arts, with Brighton’s Paul the standout for the day. The article also details results from a separate golf match where the Boston Women's Golf Association defeated Philadelphia 45 to 5 at Brookline Country Club.
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