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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1917
Page
8
Kauft offers to beat Ty Cobb by posting a $1500 forfeit in the Oriental Hotel lobby. He declares he will fight Cobb under rough and tumble rules and is ready to clean up anything in sight.
Tensions flare as Cobb and Herzog clash after a spiking incident in Fort Worth. Cobb refuses further play against the Giants while Serzog prepares for tomorrow’s Wichita Falls game. Managers McGraw and Jennings seek to settle differences as exhibition games proceed.
The first and second boats will face tryouts this afternoon on the Charles River with many aspirants from each school. Tlantington School will row tomorrow. Pat Manning leads the Inter scholastic oarsmen and Jim Smith coaches the private school boys.
Weather conditions halt Red Sox exhibition in Kansas City as sleet and cold disrupt the touring teams led by Frazee and Ebbetts. The planned treasury windfall from the trip is dampened by the unseasonable storm.
With both teams tied in the series and heavy bets on the line, the Dodges and Red Sox postponed the game due to sleet and cold winds. Shore and Ruth would have started for Boston while Pfeffer and Coombs were set for Brooklyn. Managers Barry and Frazee Ebbetts refused passes for nonofficial players, delaying any rescheduled action.
Houston College baseball aspirants meet in a scrub game at University Heights this afternoon to gauge new recruits. The 32 man squad will feature veteran pitcher Joe Curry against a fresh lineup with Fitzgerald or Fitzpatrick on the mound.
Colonel Logan's staff of mounted orderlies including ex-collegians and Boston prep school men who originally fielded a strong football team near the Mexican border are considering forming a baseball team to play other military organizations if conditions permit.
Rain halted the Washington Cincinnati game on April 1 causing the contest to be called off for the day.
Massachusetts to mobilize its industrial base under the Committee on Public Safety. Director Charles F. Gettemy of the Bureau of Statistics will conduct a statewide census listing about 5000 establishments producing $50,000 or more in equipment and munitions annually.
More than 20 000 prospective trail hitters flocked to the dedication of the wooden tabernacle at One Hundred and Sixth Street and Broadway where Billy Sunday will campaign in April May and June against the devil that is in New York. The turnout surpassed expectations and was seen as a hopeful sign that New York will welcome the Sunday gospel like other cities.
The plan seeks a confidential inventory of Massachusetts factories including shoe, textile, munition, chemical, and machine shops. It collects data on employment, nationality, hours, and whether plants can quickly produce munitions, explosives, or meet large orders. It proposes an Industrial Reserve with government recognition for skilled workers and a national defense catalog for emergencies.
Carleton P. Foss son of Granville Foss owner of Brightwood mills in North Andover married actress Marie Warren after a Matinee in Lawrence. The ceremony at Methuen Universalist Church was conducted by Rev A Gertrude Sarle. Bride from Philadelphia. ages 37 and 35. Foss listed as salesman. family among Essex county’s wealthiest.
Members of the Germantown Civic Association in West Roxbury met in Gallivan Hall and unanimously resolved to support President Wilson in any action during the crisis. Principal speaker Charles Zeigler, born in Germany and president of the West Roxbury Liederkranz Society, spoke as John W. Dillon presided.
Democrats expect at least 214 votes with independents and some Republicans likely to back Clark. Several Republicans are ill or absent, reducing Mann’s first ballot support to about 208 at most. Rumors say independents may gain committee seats, and Meyer London is offered a chair for a key Labor Department spendments panel if he votes with the bloc.
The Tabernacle, built for 18 000 but now crowded near its limit with thousands outside, drew huge crowds for a Sunday event though Billy Sunday was miles away in Indiana. Ushers, a semi military corps, and 4000 choir participants filled the day with patriotic remarks and a cash short campaign fund. After services the YWCA cafeteria annex was dedicated and 2000 attended a talk by Joan D. Rockefeller Jr.
The article notes shifts in House committee memberships with Republicans increasing their numbers and rules and ways and means maintaining size. Tague of Massachusetts is listed for Ways and Means. Gallivan opposes major chairmanships going to Southern members and expects several Democrats to join. The independent organization appears dissolved as Randall reports little activity aside from Fuller, who plans to back Lenroot of Wisconsin for Speaker.
Frances Cowell of San Francisco shattered three American marks in a 440 yard race in a 25 yard pool in Oakland California. She broke her own 440 yard record with 6 44 4 5 and set new 300 yard and 200 yard marks while breaking a previously held best time by Claire Gallaghan in New York. The event was sanctioned by the AL un UO.
Arlington High School students start a fundraising campaign to pay off the Arlington High School Athletic Association debt. Pupils will collect and return old paper and magazines to be bundled and sold as junk at the school.
March proves strong for Boston auto trade with Autocar's largest month since branch start. Bay State Automobile Association board meeting set at Lenox tonight. Velie cars arrive in trainloads boosting New England sales. Gramm Bernstein truck unit appoints Mears as Boston branch manager succeeding Twyman in top roles.
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