Dodgers Edge Red Sox in 12 Inning Slugfest
In Peoria fans saw Brooklyn beat Boston 13 to 6 after a long 12 inning battle. Mays faltered, yielding 13 hits and three of his own as Brooklyn rallied late behind Chenery Smith and Coombs, with Walker and Hoblitzell delivering homers for Boston.
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Harry Frazee
Red Sox
Barrs
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Brooklyn
Ernie Shore
Cheney
Mays
Shore
Dodgers
Maya
Jack Barry
Gill
Larry Cheney
Coombs
Sherrod Smith
Sox
Smith
Robinson
Stengel
Culshaw
Janvrin
Mach
Walker
Cutshaw
Getz
Meyers
Beaner
Gainer
Fabrique
Daubert
Myers
Wheat
Frazee
Lafayette
St. Brooklyn
Kopp
Galner
Lewis
Runse
Gets
Hoblitzell
Henriksen
Gardner
Miller
Agnew
Thomas
O Coombs
Cady
Coase
At Home to His Friends From Booth Tarkington
The upcoming Sunday Post features a Booth Tarkington tale titled At Home to His Friends. A classic author crafts a domestic vignette exploring social circles and intimate encounters within a polite society.
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Booth Tarkington
Next Sunday Post
Harvard Oarsmen Quit Work Amid War Hover
Harvard crews from varsity to freshman show a wartime break in training as many rowers are ordered to report to naval patrol and reserve units. Class races are hurriedly arranged for this afternoon while varsity plans drift toward possible cancellation of the 1917 season.
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Harvard
Princeton
Columbia
Yale
Naval Coast Patrol
Naval Reserve
Powers Downey set for 12 round feature at Capitol City
Dave Powers of Malden meets Leo Downey of Dorchester now in Bangor for a 12 round main event at the Capitol City A C in Augusta Maine tomorrow night. Downey has impressed at Maine clubs and Powers travels to Maine in top shape. Danny Loraine of Augusta battles Young Pooler in the semi final, their second duel in weeks, with two other bouts on the card.
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Dave Powers
Malden
Leo Downey
Dorchester
Bangor
Capitol City
A. C
Augusta
Downey
Maine
Powers
Danny Loraine
Young Pooler
All Athletics at Cornell Dropped as War Starts
Ithaca N Y April 3 All forms of Cornell athletic competition will automatically cease with a declaration of war announced by Ervin Kent graduate manager of athletics The order affects crew baseball lacrosse tennis and track with more than 400 athletes in active training Cornell has over 1700 students in the regular military drill of the university.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Ervin Kent
Penn Manager Opposes Dropping Athletics
Major M. J. Pickering, graduate manager of athletics at the University of Pennsylvania, asked athletic officials from Yale Harvard Cornell Princeton and Columbia to meet in New York next Thursday morning to confer on college schedules. He opposed discontinuing college sports despite the international situation.
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Philadelphia
M. J. Pickering
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
Harvard
Cornell
Princeton
Columbia
New York City
Major Pickering
Jacksonville Beats Philadelphia Nationals in SA League Tilt
In Jacksonville today the South Atlantic league team edged the Philadelphia Nationals 3 to 2. The battery for Jacksonville was B Craig Carmichael and Burns with Adams Schatsman Berne and Baker behind them.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Philadelphia Nationals
B. Craig
Carmichael
Burns
Adams
Schatsman
Berne
Baker
Cobb to Reds Spring Training After Giants Standoff
Ty Cobb ends his stalemate with the Giants and joins the Reds for spring training. Ad Wolgast, a famed lightweight, exits the ring after years of battles. Rumors swirl on Nelson’s comeback while trainers fear war-time cancelations of athletic meets. Myron Mitchell draws attention at nationals for his pace but lacks his brother’s star power.
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Ty Cobb
Giants
The
Reds
Matty
Tyrus
Myron Mitchell
Ritchie
Myron
Morgan Meets Britt Tonight In Featherweight Bout
Frankie Young Britt of New Bedford faces Joe Morgan of Manchester in a 1%title featherweight clash at the Grand Opera House. The bout follows Morgan and Britt draws and includes Steve Phillips vs Gardner Brooks in the 10 round semifinal with strong fan interest seen in the amateur to pro transition. Prelims precede the main event.
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Frankie Young Britt
New Bedford
Joe Morgan
Manchester
Grand Opera House
Morgan
Britt
Battling Reddy
Steve Phillips
Gardner Brooks
Lowell
New England
Revere
Disputed 115-Pound Title: Vat-san vs Volger Scrutiny
In last year's national 115-pound class dispute Tony Vatsan contends he should have been champion while Volger of New York is said to have won by judges. Ben Volger is the award recipient.
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Tony Vatsan
Volger
New York
Ben Volger
Clff Horne
Henigan
Harvard
Yale
Bill Sweeney
Motor Vehicle Drive Boosts Navy Enlistments and Registrations
The Nebraska recruiting drive uses motor cars to recruit for the navy with Charlestown contact 21599. Boston GM Truck Co manager Brackett to Pontiac factory. Sullivan becomes NE rep for F W G. Lowd to Lansing for eight cylinder Oldsmobile allotment. Massachusetts announces 1917 motor registrations at 95,798 with 17,359 trucks, plus 3393 motorcycles and 2055 dealer sets, total over 100,000 and receipts at 1,058,674.14.
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Nebraska
Navy
The
Charlestown
Charles L. Lowd
Oldsmobile Company of
New England
Lansing
Oldsmobile
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Flag Parade at Revere bike track opens Patriots Day program
A patriotic programme opens the Revere cycle track races on Patriots Day with a flag raising band concert saluting the colors and a flag parade by riders and fans. Governor McCall and Mayor Curtis attend as guests. Butler received a flag from the President of France after his past motor-paced title. Smart the Belgian filer hired for the opener with Carman and Wiley in the three cornered event behind the motors.
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Revere
Butler
McCall
Mayor Curtis
France
Smart
Carman
Wiley
Les Darcy Plans Naturalization After Arrival in Chicago
Australian prize fighter Les Darcy arrived in Chicago on April 3 and announced he would apply for first papers of naturalization in a few days. He had previously been barred in New York from fighting on grounds he was a slacker.
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Chicago
Les Darcy
New York
Harvard Will Not Drop All Contests
Dean LeBaron Briggs of Harvard stated the committee on athletic sports will not cancel all intercollegiate contests automatically with the war declaration. The committee will convene after Congress passes the war resolution and decide on continuing sports at the university.
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Dean LeBaron R. Briggs
Harvard
Harvard Officials Await War Decision On Intercollegiate Sports
Dean Briggs says he cannot state Harvard will cancel spring intercollegiate events. He notes the committee may act if war begins and will meet again to decide policy. Harvard Athletic Association officials defer to Briggs as the committee’s spokesman.
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Harvard
Dean Briggs
Harvard Athletic Association
River rowing opens for Cambridge Latin Huntington and Boston Latin
Cambridge Latin, Huntington, and Boston Latin opened their practice on the Charles River with Cambridge Latin racing three crews and Boston Latin forming two shells in the afternoon. Captain John Blackman led the first shell and Cambridge crews then swam two lengths to qualify at the Cambridge Y M C A. Huntington fielded two crews during a vacation week as many cadets are away. Coach Manning tutored Boston Latin on balance and sweep usage.
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Cambridge Latin
Huntington School
Boston Latin
Charles River
John Blackman
Cambridge
Cambridge Y. M. C. A
Cambridge School Board
Huntington
Manning
McRea and Wilson loom in two 10 round bouts at New Bedford
Howard McRea of Cambridge and Red Cap Wilson of New York headline two 10 round features at the Mercury Athletic Club New Bedford show. Also scheduled are two six rounders, totaling 82 rounds if all go the distance, with Packy McFarland Lew Cardell among the other entrants.
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Howard McRea
Cambridge
Red Cap Wilson
New York
Packy McFarland
Lew Cardell
Newark
N. J
Mercury A. C
New Bedford
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