Schoolboy football action heats up with regional matchups
Walter R. Grannan reports that despite infantile paralysis cancellations, several key high school games proceed. Somerville meets Marlboro with veteran help, Everett faces Colby Academy, and Malden battles Needham as coaches push for offensive sharpness amid Suburban league interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Everett
Somerville High
Marlboro High
Charlie Dickerman
Marlboro
Waltham
Waten City
Colby Academy
Laird
Blair
Peckham
Medford High
Paul Fraser
Malden High
Needham High
Malden
Wellesley
Dwyer
Angell
Rain Delays Phillies Dodgers In National League Race
Brooklyn and Philadelphia games halted after an inning and a half as rain stopped play. Two games scheduled for tomorrow, 10:30 a.m. for the forenoon game and a bigger afternoon crowd expected. Rixey and Pfeffer were the pitchers when play stopped with one hit by Wheat.
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Brooklyn
Phillies
Dodgers
Chelly Ebbetts
Chelly
Cholly Ebbets
Giants
Ebbets
Wheat
Rixey
Philadelphia
Pfeffer
Yale Eleven to Number Players This Season
Yale will number its football players in every game this season. Manager Olsen finalized the plan for immediate use in the Carnegie Tech game. Previously Yale captains opposed numbering. Captain Black objected last winter but has since changed his stance.
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New Haven
Yale
Olsen
Carnegie Tech
Black
Doubles Finals Set In Longwood Open Mixed Doubles
Miss Molla Bjurstedt and Harry C Johnson defeated Mr and Mrs George W Wightman 6 3 6 4 while Eleonora Sears and R Norris Williams 2d beat Edith Rotch and R C Seaver 6 2 6 4 in the open mixed doubles at Longwood. The winning pairs advance to this afternoon’s trophy match.
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Molla Bjurstedt
Harry C. Johnson
George W. Wightman
Eleonora R. Sears
R. Norris Williams 2d
Edith Rotch
R. C. Seaver
Longwood Cricket Club
R. Norris Williams
Miss Rotch
Seaver
Miss Sears
Williams
Evelyn Sears
Alice Cunningham
Barger-Wallach
Marion Fenno
Ina Kissell
Boston
Batger Wallach
New York
Newport
Molla Bfurstedt
Norway
Harry ©. Johnson
Tennis Stars Clash In Mixed Doubles Thriller At New York Event
The match featured Miss Molla Bjurstedt and Miss Johnson against Mr. and Mrs. Wightman with Bjurstedt steering the comeback from a 3-2 deficit and forcing a 8-6 set, Johnson's net kills and Bjurstedt backcourt drives sharpening the rally.
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Miss Bjurstedt
Johnson
Mrs. Wightman
Wightmans
Tufts Varsity Dominates Scrubs in Season Scrimmage
In the first scrimmage of the season at Tufts Oval, the varsity offense moved freely against the scrubs. Coach Whelan sent in the second team late, but they could not stop the regulars as Dinger Doane broke through for several long gains.
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Tufts Varsity
Tufts Oval
Whelan
Dinger
Doane
Varsity
Colleges ushering in football by Charles E Parker
With over 200 college teams from the East South and West the 1916 gridiron season begins in full this afternoon. Last week opened with few teams playing but today most colleges nationwide start play and readers anticipate 100 plus clashes and renewed early season interest.
Early 20th century college football opens with key matchups
Yale faces Carnegie Tech as Harvard tackles Bates in Cambridge while Princeton meets Holy Cross in Worcester and Dartmouth plays Boston College Hanover. Harvard seeks forward improvement after a Colby defeat. Dartmouth hopes to prove strength without poundage edge. Yale evaluates tackle and quarterback readiness ahead of a Yale year boom.
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Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Syracuse
Brown
Williams
Amherst
Harvard
Dartmouth
Georgetown
Washington and
Jefferson
Penn State
New England
Cambridge
Worcester
Holy Cross
Hanover
Boston College
New Haven
Carnegie Tech
Princeton Holy Cross
Cavanaugh
Races Off Again at Columbus Grand Circuit Meet
The Grand Circuit races in Columbus were postponed due to a wet track this afternoon. Some cards will be run tomorrow, the meet's final day.
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Columbus
Ohio
Miracle Man Not After P D s Job
In New York on a rain soaked day the Braves manager rumor mill swirled around Chief Stallings denying plans to push Percy Haughton from Boston and promote Fred Mitchell. Stallings insists he remains a baseball manager with no presidential ambitions while players fault Braves finances and seek more sporting spirit. Two rain delayed innings at the Polo Grounds closed amid darkness with Pol Perritt and Ed Reulbach pitching as Giants and Braves tied up. two games scheduled for tomorrow.
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New York
Braves
Giants
Chief Stallings
Percy Haughton
Boston
Fred Mitchell
Red Sox
Lannin
Fenway Park
Haughton
Stallings
Polo Grounds
Pol Perritt
Ed Reulbach
Herzog
Robertson
Herzy
Brooklyn World Series seat prices tied to national plan
John K. Tener says Brooklyn price levels were fixed by the National Commission after a Sept. 15 Cincinnati meeting to set a tentative schedule. He notes Brooklyn and Detroit got a $5-seat latitude due to limited grandstand capacity and comparable seat quality to regular box reservations.
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New York
Brooklyn
National Commission
John K. Tener
National League
Cincinnati
Tener
Detroit
Waterfront Observations and Fleet Movements Reported
Seacoast page notes September tides and celestial events with full moon dates. It details groundfish landings from seven trawlers and two netters including Maryon and Grace Otis with 28 000 and 18 000 fish, plus 12 000 pounds tilefish and 25 500 pounds scrod. Bay State grounded off Nix's Mate. Stony Beach lifeboat stood by. Nellie towed vessel to deep water. Also reports Little Ruth with 6 000 pounds live lobsters, wholesale fish prices, vessel cargoes and the arrival of Celtic at the navy yard succoring U S war vessels. Amelco molasses shipment en route from Porto Rico via Philadelphia.
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Maryon
Grace Otis
Victor &’ Ethan
Bay State
Haddock
Cod
Hake
Pollock
Surf
Twr
Josie & Phebe
Victor & Ethan
Mt Mary F. Sennett
AU Ae
Edith Silveira
United States
Celtic
Smith
Navy Yard
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Amelco
Porto Rico
Philadelphia
Sugar Products Company
Boston
Landsman
Shipping News: United States Celtic Arrives with Mixed Fleet
Maritime update lists the Celtic under Smith arriving at Port au Prince via Lynnhaven Roads with multiple Br and US steamers and schooners. Numerous vessels including Maskinonge Griffiths Hawes Hawkesbury Nacoochee Dizer and others sail via Newport News Norfolk and Baltimore. tows include barges for Lynn New York Portsmouth Newburyport and Beverly with tugs Ida M. Chase Mercury Wall and more. The report mentions cargo movements, tug-assisted tows, and port calls at Lynn Portland Gloucester and St Johns among others.
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United States
Celtic
Smith
Port Au Prince
Lynnhaven
Maskinonge
Griffiths
Sydney
C. B
Halifax
Hawes
Charlottetown
P. Km. J
Hawkesbury
N. S
Nacoochee
Dizer
Savannah
Gloucester
Hatch
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Quantico
Nickerson
Philadelphia
Jonacy
Olsen
Malden
Quinn
Port Johnson
Newburyport
Boswell
Armstrong
Potomac
Lynn
Harvard
Flora
Sea King
Moon
Ctc
Salem
Beverly
Hattie
Western Johnson
Guttenberg
N. J
Ellenville
Tiberty
Cadossa
Sadie Ross
Ross
Shickshinney
New York
Prince Arthur
Yarmouth
Galvin Austin
St. John
N. B
Portland
Eastport
Powhatan
Bay View
Massachusetts
Cto
Transportation
St. Helena
Pictou
M.B
Orozimbo
Stockton Springs
Mary E. Lynch
Stonington
Albert Baldwin
Rockport
Portsmouth
N. H
P. N. No. 10
Juno
Sandwich
Lenape
Beechwood
Saucon
Thomaston
Prudence
Maurice River
Karl
New London
Varina
Zetes
Bessie J
Covington
Lancaster
New Bedford
Ohio
Newport
Idaho
Massachusetts and New York in Lesley Cup tussle at Brookline
Massachusetts faced New York in the Lesley Cup at Country Club Brookline with a 10 to 5 margin favoring the home team after a day of foursomes and singles. Boston's L B Paton and F J Wright Jr. won in the afternoon while Jesse Guilford lost to E M Byers of Pittsburg. New York's Old Timers suffered substitutions and mixed results.
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Massachusetts
New York
Brookline
Philadelphia
Boston
L. B. Paton
F. J. Wright
Ijr
H. L. Willoughby, Jr
W. H. Reynolds
Tright
Alex Campbell
Wright
Paton
Jesse Guilford
E. M. Byers
Pittsburg
Byers
Juilford
Brown
Herron
Estabrook
Armstrong
Gorton
Willoughby
Whittemore
Caman
O. Kirkby
F. Herreshoff
Marston
R. Lewis
Ecesses
J. Anderson
J. M. Ward
G. White
H. Topping
A. F. Kammer
R. D. Webb
KF. Douglas
B. M. Barnes
KF. Dyer
D. Partridge
T. M. Claflin
P. Gilbert
R. Hornblower
L. Canaan
G. F. Willett
M. C. Burton
Sera
Kirkby
Gilbert
Cccsseene
White
Douglas
Kammer
Hornblower
Webb
L Willett
Crccveses
Topping
Veces O Barnes
Local High School Football Matches List
Marlboro travels to Somerville while Colby Academy visits Everett Needham plays Malden Alumni faces Waltham Lowell meets Woburn Quincy meets Beverly Revere visits Newton Peabody hosts Lynn Beverly at Lynn English travels to Manchester
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Somerville
Colby Academy
Everett
Needham
Malden
Waltham
Lowell
Woburn
Quincy
Beverly
Revere
Newton
Peabody
Lynn
Concord
Westboro
Lynn English
Manchester
Taunton Boxer Yelle KO’s Crowley in Eighth Round
Freddie Yelle of Taunton defeated Mike Crowley of Malden by knockout in the eighth round of a scheduled twelve at the Commercial A. C. Yelle floored Crowley with a left then a hard right after Crowley rose from a nine count. Curley Hume and Johnny Emery drew in an eight round co feature with a close verdict dispute.
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Freddie Yelle
Taunton
Mike Crowley
Malden
Commercial A
Crowley
Yelle
Curley Hume
England
Johnny Emery
Cambridge
Hume
Oakley Golf Draws Large Mixed Foursome Field
A large turnout of men and women golfers competed in Oakley for an open mixed foursome tournament. Several women bound for the Belmont national championship partnered with men for prizes. The Daleys posted an 8 gross tied with Rowley and Dean for best actual score, while Stebbins and Jones posted the low net of 77.
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Oakley
Belmont
E. W. Daley
C. F. Rowley
N. W. Dean
Frances Stebbins
D. Jones
Brae Burn
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