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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1918
Page
11
Colonel Joe Miller offers 50000 for the Yale Bowl and may double the sum to land the famous amphitheatre for a world heavyweight bout. The column notes Buck Tierzog near a Braves contract, Al Shrubb in Bowmanville with lung trouble, and Stecher's pneumonia delaying the Stetcher bout.
Johnson is widely regarded as the speediest pitcher. No date yet for the Cathedral A A 19? mile run though May 30 is linked to the St Alphonsus A G P event. The Dundee Jackson bout official result was a draw in New Haven.
In Shreveport Louisiana on March 31 the St Louis Americans faced the Shreveport Texns. Players listed include Rogers Sotheron Nonamaker Bersky Munsel Napier Snyder Wells and others. The incomplete box shows varied score figures 4 8 1 and 7 U. Rogers is noted among the participants.
Detroit tops Dallas 60 to 0 in a Texas league game as Erickson Kallio and Stanage lead, while Cleary Shinney Flowers and Pratt contribute for the Dallas squad in a rough scoreline.
In Jacksonville Florida on March 31 the Braves stopped briefly on their way to Macon arriving before noon and departing at 8 40 pm The Boston party was given a chance to glimpse Connie Mack s new Athletics and the Pittsburgh Pirates faction during the visit.
New England soldiers and several area players challenged the major leaguers in a pair of exhibition games. Jack Harper started for the army in the 6 to 2 loss to the Athletics, with Al Woods and other New Englanders in the lineup. Braves visitors and local youths stayed at the camp nearby as the team prepared to move to Dublin, Ga, for games with the New York Yanks.
Frankie Britt faces West Side Jimmy Duffy in a closely matched bout at the Grand Opera House tomorrow. Duffy, making his local debut, is fast, tough, and likely to test Britt. Bit players Panama Joe Gans versus Kid Green, Sam Bell versus Jack Mansfield, and Ike Kid Henry versus Tommy Elms are scheduled as preliminaries.
Finney Boyle of Lowell faces Billy Defoe in the main event at the Douglas A. C. of Chelsea tonight after two prior Providence bouts where Defoe won. The card includes two 10 rounders, a six rounder, plus several undercard matchups featuring local fighters from Dorchester South Boston and Jersey City.
The scholastic baseball season opens this week as about a dozen Greater Boston nines begin play amid good ground conditions. Middlesex of Concord faces Reading High on Wednesday. Cambridge Latin meets Allen Military Friday. Newton High may add a Friday game. five private schools start Saturday including Noble & Greenough versus Milton Hough and Concord High versus Middlesex School. Swampscott High hosts an alumni game. Inveret High travels to Lynn English.
Boston College announces a spring slate beginning with a April 19 home opener against Brown at the Maroon and Gold camp. Navy Yard meets BC on April 23 at University Heights with southpaw Jimmeitzpatrick on the mound. Captain Gidea leads a week of prep for a season opener against West Point. May 7 brings Beston College to Alumni Field for a BC matchup with Boston University.
Bryon Downey of Columbus will meet Tommy Robson at the Armory A A on a date set one week from Wednesday night. Originally scheduled opponent Karry Civeb of Pittsburg had a date conflict and was scratched. Downey and Robson may appear at the Arena on April 23 as the triple A championships wrap up.
Boston Red Sox rallied with five ninth inning runs to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 7 to 4 before Camp Pike soldiers in Little Rock. The game featured varied pitching, fielding errors, and home runs, with Myers hitting a homer for Boston and a sequence of wild pitches and Sacrifice plays noted throughout the midseason exhibition.
Boston secured a 9 to 5 victory as a late surge overturned a 4 to 2 Dodgers lead. Stuffy MeInnis starred with four clutch plays at third, while Lonley Jaynes faltered early for Brooklyn before settling. Olson, O’Rourke, and O’Mara shone in defense, but MeInnis and Strunk provided decisive offense, including Myers’ fifth inning homer and a seventh inning rally.
Harvard announces spring tennis with Yale, Dartmouth, Tufts and other pending matches. The varsity slate includes Dartmouth May 3, Tufts May 8, Yale June 1 at Cambridge, with prospects for Princeton Williams Technology and Amherst. Freshman dates await, and the Harvard interscholastic tournament may resume May 8 with prep schools contending for the Harvard trophy.
In San Antonio on March 31 the New York Nationals, tallying 7 7 3, faced the local San Antonio club of the Texas League, 1 10 5. Players Sallee Barnes and McCarty joined Rariden Harper Pydorn and Gibson along with Anderson listed in the rosters.
Boxing notes from New Bedford and surrounding areas report JDocA Lilly Carney of New Bedford to meet Young Battling Nelson of New York in Portsmouth Friday night. Plans include Carney versus Young Rector of New York at Pittsfield, April 5, with Billy Meyers to face Rector. Other match possibilities feature Joe McCauley of Schenectady seeking Billy Carney, and George Robinson versus Kid Norfolk at his club Friday night. Frankie Britt welcomes a daughter, and welterweight Johnny Rosner says he will box any welterweight after April 1. Mike Yokel backs himself to beat John Philonitsi in a return match at the Grand Opera House Thursday. Kilenis trains in Norfolk and sails for Boston. Various letters await pickup at 2 pm.
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