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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
11
Tufts vs. Massachusetts Aggies scheduled for this afternoon promises the season’s fiercest game on the Tufts oval. Doane and Sanborn out, Nellis hurt. Drumme y shifts to fullback, Jochim Debut at end as Tufts unveils new formations under a driven coach.
English lightweight Matt Wells earned a newspaper decision over Charley White of Chicago in a ten round fight here. Wells outboxed White with repeated blows to the face though Wells was docked a point for holding. Wells won in the third, sixth, eighth and ninth rounds with White taking the fourth seventh and tenth. remaining rounds were even.
At 11 o'clock Harvard and Cornell clash in a six mile Belmont cross country race with Cornell favored by veteran runners led by Potter Hoffmire and Windnagle. Harvard counters with an untried squad including King Twitchell Bechtel and Davison. Cornell hosts lunch at the varsity club and will attend the Penn State game in the afternoon.
Harvard football returns from a hard loss and aims to rebound against Penn State today at 3 p m on Soldiers Field. The Crimson seek clear form before facing Princeton next week, testing readiness and mindset.
Harvard Coach Mahan leads a strengthened lineup as Enwright King and Mahan button up the backfield while Wallace centers and Gilman is out with an ankle injury. The Crimson boast heavier line and weight advantage to face Penn State with a large crowd expected and strong kicking from Mahan. Penn State arrived at Cambridge staying at Woodlawn Park Hotel Auburndale and practiced in the Stadium evaluating air currents for kicks.
Penn State lists Soucy Ll e Seeseeser at guard forward Cabbage Bigelow and center Wallace with Painter Cadmon and Miller in the early lineup. Game called at 3 o clock with 15 minute quarters officials Morice Fultz Land and Evans.
Hartford Oct 29 The Trinity College advisory athletic council says George Brickley formerly of Connie Mack's Athletics is eligible to play and will join the team for the November 2 meeting with New York University after replying to NYU's protest.
The council says it does not subscribe to the summer baseball rule, arguing it discriminates between lawful student support methods and invites evasion. Regarding Brickley, the council states he has met intellectual and moral fitness conditions and may play if he wishes, provided he is not financially or otherwise obligated to do so.
The article lists leading football games in the East from last year showing the scores of the 1914 contests where the same institutions met on the gridiron. details include rival pairings and outcomes from the cited matches.
Charles E. Parker reports Harvard risks another Stadium loss if they overlook Princeton in today’s game. Rumors say Gilman and Watson may scout Princeton, while Captain Eddie Mahan is expected to play only brief early minutes in the matchup.
The article compares Harvard and Penn State in football, noting Penn State claims advantage in seven of eleven positions and on punt returns, while Harvard backs Miller McDowell Higgins and Ewing spar with Penn State’s backfield. It also previews other major college games across the Northeast and Midwest with emphasis on Cambridge and Urbana showdowns.
The State of Maine will see the deciding game of the Maine championships as Colby and the University of Maine meet in Orono after defeating Bates and Bowdoin. Philadelphia hosts Pennsy versus Lafayette while Greater Boston Amherst and New Haven face lighter opponents ahead of next Saturday’s key matchups.
Today s schedule features Amherst at Dartmouth Army meets Villanova Bates hosts Bowdoin Boston College plays Holy Cross Brown hosts Vermont Bucknell welcomes Muhlenberg Cornell hosts Virginia Polytechnic Institute F and M faces Susquehanna Harvard meets Penn State Haverford hosts Dickinson Johns Hopkins vs Swarthmore Lehigh vs Gettysburg Navy meets North Carolina Aggies New Hampshire faces Norwich Princeton plays Williams Rensselaer Polytechnic at Middlebury Tufts vs Mass Aggies Union hosts Rhode Island State Maine at Colby Michigan meets Syracuse University of Pennsylvania hosts Lafayette Pittsburgh plays Allegheny Rochester hosts St Stephen s Ursinus vs Lebanon Valley Washington and Jefferson meet Muskingum Wesleyan hosts Worcester Polytech Yale faces Colgate
Local promoters announce Kid Williams of Baltimore will fight Kid Herman of New Orleans for the world bantamweight title in New Orleans on November 29, in a bout scheduled for ten rounds.
The annual tennis tournament between Lexington High School champions and teachers began Wednesday afternoon and will continue today with several matches scheduled on the Lexington Athletic Field courts.
Crocker 19 defeated McKensie 18 in the preliminary rounds of Tufts annual fall tennis tournament yesterday. The win puts Crocker in the semi finals and likely to face O Mara 18 next week.
New Haven Conn Oct 29 Yale will not use at present its five disqualified athletes. The Yale Carnegie athletic association says it will work with Harvard and Princeton to amend the governing code for intercollegiate sports. The decision follows a review of a rule on summer baseball and the desire to uphold ideals while protecting athletes from unfair competition.
Dean MacClanahan of Princeton urges Yale to reinstate five Yale athletes and seeks Yale’s view through Professor Corwin to Dean Briggs of Harvard. Yale maintains its current rule bars the players from intercollegiate teams while noting possible future discussions with Harvard and Princeton.
Michael J. Meagher of Woburn defeated Harry W. Stratton of Lexington 2 and 1 in the executive committee trophy semi final at Lexington Golf Club. Meagher earns a finals shot against Edward N. Lacey of Arlington for the trophy.
Harvard freshmen football team meets Dean Academy of Franklin on the freshman field outside the Stadium this afternoon. Dean tied Harvard’s second team recently at Franklin, but the freshmen have shown speed and Coach Saltonstall seeks a victory from the squad today.
John Prentiss Poe Jr a Princeton halfback and soldier known as Johnny Poe was killed Sept 25 near northern France while serving as a private with the Black Watch. His last letter dated Sept 22 offered little on his whereabouts as news reached Baltimore via his brother S Johnson Poe.
From London war bureau a card informs Private John P Poe of Baltimore U S Army was killed in action on Sept 25 1915. Poe came from the Maryland Poe family with a long line of lawyers and jurists and had a storied life from Princeton football to mining and military service in Spain Central America and the Philippines before enlisting with the English army on the front.
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