Future Leaguers Busy This Week in 1919 School Baseball
Scholastic baseball opens the 1919 season with over a dozen scheduled games. Poor weather slowed practice, but teams like Browne and Nichols, Middlesex, Melrose, Chelsea, Malden, Everett, Cambridge Latin, Somerville, Medford, Brookline, Rindge Tech, Newton, Commerce, Middlesex, Hirsh, Concord High, Dean Academy, Worcester Classical, Allen School and Fessenden are set to play across Concord, Melrose, Everett, Somerville, Brookline, Cambridge and West Newton this week.
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Malden High
Everett High
Everett High School
Everett
Cambridge Latin
Somerville Ased
Recreation Field
Somerville
Medford High
Brookline High
Old Techfield
Brookline
Rindge Tech
Newton High
Cambridge
High School of Commerce
Middlesex School
Concord
Waltham
Hirsh
Concord High
Dean Academy Va
Worcester Classical
Franklin
Allen School
Fessenden
West Newton
Suburban league baseball opens with busy week across area
Coaches pace toward a strenuous season as Suburban league and other teams begin practice. Four league games highlight opening weekend with Somerville vs Cambridge Latin, Medford vs Brookline, Malden vs Everett, and Newton vs Rindge at Cambridge and Russell Field. Waltham returns vs Concord and Commerce plays Middlesex at Concord.
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Somervillle High
Cambridge Latin
Recreation Field
Somerville
Cleo O'Donnell
Jim Mansfield
Medford High
Greater Boston
Brookline High
Brookline
Medford
Chet Sanford
Jack Gillis
Jim Prior
John Prior
Malden
Everett High
Morey
Glennon
Frank Keaney
Everett
Rindge
Newton
Waltham High School
Waltham
Concord High
Boston
High School of Commerce Nine
Middlesex
Concord
Pirates Test Big Semi Pro Pitcher William Mattingly
The Pirates bring in Buffalo native William Mattingly a right handed semi pro pitcher for evaluation. The trial pits him against current staff to gauge style velocity and control.
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The
Pirates
William Mattingly
Buffalo
Schoolboy Rowing Gains Steam On River
Boston Interscholastic Rowing Association members and local private schools have been on the water daily this past week. Coaches are weeding out the dead wood and subjecting rowers to stiff workouts as the season begins.
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Boston Interscholastic Rowing Association
School rowers train as spring trials begin on the Charles
Coach Pat Manning oversees a large group at the B A A boathouse near Cottage Farm bridge with mornings and afternoons split by school. English High and Cambridge Latin show strong lineups led by John McCafferty and Randolph Heizer while Boston College High, Brookline High, Boston Latin and others prepare for upcoming racing.
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Pat Manning
Cottage Farm Bridge
The
Charles
Manning
High School of Commerce
Rindge Tech
English High
Huntington School
Rowing Association
Cambridge Latin
Boston College High
Brookline High
Boston Latin
John McCafferty
Hardy Colburn
McCafferty
Colburn
Foster
Owen
Charlie Gallager
Crowley
Beardsley
Lent
Goldstein
Larty
Rafferty
Wickson
Higley
Forrest
Graham
Gold
Maroon
Louis Spang
Joe Connor
Spang
Connor
Chisholm
Shea
Fallon
Randolph Heizer
Cambridge
Sayward
Genthner
Estabrook
Joseph Donovan
Wason
Bowers
McGillen
Wilson
McMillen
Norman Stuart
Elis
O'Day
Sibley
Shaperio
Strauss
Yankees to wear single color stockings in 1919
The New York Yankees will keep the same uniform style as 1918 with a change only in stockings. The home kit remains white with pinstripes and gray traveling attire. Players who served in the war will bear a left sleeve chevron. twelve Yankees in Jacksonville last year saw service.
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New York Yankees
New York
Jacksonville
Rutgers Track Prep Under New Coach Ahead of Penn Relays
Rutgers track work begins this week in New Brunswick with preparations for the Penn Relays. Coach Anderson, newly secured to lead the track men, will oversee the squad regularly from now on.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers
Penn
Anderson
Lawson Robertson
George Krogness
Harvard
Pooch Donovan
Eddie Farrell
Exeter
Boston boxing fans anticipate strong national championships
Arthur Duffey notes national boxing championships return easing talk of fixes. Yale and Harvard stars compete with Pat Moran leading Cincinnati Reds and Ed Barrow's Giants drawing attention. Upcoming features include New England wrestling, intercollegiate track rivals, and Marathon plans for Patriots Day.
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Pat Moran
Cincinnati Reds
Matty
Pat
Reds
Giants
When Ball Is Fair
Umpire Billy Evans explains how a ball that first hits foul can still be fair if it settles in fair territory or is touched by a fielder after passing first or third base. He notes that the final position or play determines fairness, and discusses batsmen being hit by a pitch in or near foul territory and the ruling on foul versus fair when a ball contacts the ground near the batsman.
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Billy Evans
Piyans
Boston Post
Notre Dame and Holy Cross Enter Two Mile Relays
Notre Dame and Holy Cross submitted entries for the two mile relay championships yesterday. Notre Dame anchors Eddie Meehan the former Catholic High standout now returning to form after service in the army. Holy Cross shows strength with entries in both the two mile and Class relay championships facing teams from Syracuse Columbia Maine and Boston College.
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Notre Dame
Holy Cross
Eddie Meehan
Meehan
Scudder
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Emoly Cross
Syracuse
Columbia
Maine
Boston College
Behan’s Picked Eight Do Things in Germany
Edldie Behan a sparring partner of Bob Fitzsimmons and Knights of Columbus secretary staged eight men from Pershing’s army at Engers Germany against equal weight opponents in four round bouts. Behan’s selections won all events and one bout ended in a knockout. His ring experience and role as athletic director boost demand at camps.
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Edldie’ Behan
Bob Fitzsimmons
Knights of Columbus
Germany
Pershing’s Army
Engers
Behan
Exhibition Games Schedule Set For Today
The Red Sox face the Giants in Gainesville while the Braves play the Tigers in Columbus. Browns travel to Fort Worth and the Cubs visit San Francisco. The Athletics meet Baltimore in Philadelphia and Cincinnati visits Dallas in Waxahachie.
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Red Sox
Giants
Gainesville
Braves
Tigers
Columbus
Browns
Fort Worth
Cubs
San Francisco
Athletics
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Dallas
Waxahachit
Roundin into Form Mineral Wells Visit by White Sox
Mineral Wells Texas April 6. Even this oil town has paid attention to baseball as the Chicago White Sox led by Kid Gleason come for spring conditioning. It is the fifth visit to the health resort, boosting mineral waters climate and local pocketbooks.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
Chicago White Sox
Kid Gleason
Comiskey
Gleason
Gleagon
Sox
Fred McMullin
Eddie Murphy
White Sox
Gleason drills White Sox rookies while shaping a title run
The White Sox under Gleason push through rain to shape a strong season. Veterans like Buck Weaver and Eddie Collins show form, while Risberg Felsch Jackson and Seibold shine in spring workouts. rookies Sullivan Kerr Slaas Stumpf Mostil eyeing a chance, with Runge McClellan Hargrove awaiting final trial.
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Gleason
Faber
Cicotte
Iron Men
White Sox
Ray Schalk
Byrd Lynn
Joe Jenkins
France
Buck Weaver
Eddie Collins
Tennyson
Brook
Risberg
Happy Felsch
Joe Jackson
Sox
Lefty Sullivan
Dick Kerr
Bruno Slaas
Ed Stumpf
Johnny Mostil
George Runge
Hervey McClellan
Pat Hargrove
Willard Dempsey Bout Sought for London in July
British promoters aim to stage the Willard Dempsey heavyweight title bout in London this July. A purse of 29000 pounds would be shared between Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey if the match occurs there.
Familiar Faces Will Be Missing From Boston Marathon
Many star marathoners will be absent from the Boston Marathon on April 19 due to war service. Veterans Bill Kennedy, Arthur Rothe, Hannes Kolehmainen, and Syd Hatch are among those overseas or sidelined, with others like Hanne's shipbuilding and Rothe's frail style noted as reasons for not competing.
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Jimmy Henigan
Willie Kyronen
Boston
Ashland
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Woods
Verdun
Army of Occupation
Bill W Kennedy
Bill
Horatio Alger
Hod Carrier
Texas
Hun
Engineer Corps
Arthur Rothe
Dorchester Club
Rothe
Arthur
Hannes Kolehmainen
Kolehmainen
Philadelphia
Uncle Sam
Hanne
Syd Hatch
Syd
Bill Kennedy
Hfatch
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Yale
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Joe Eagan
Johnny Mack
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Crimson
Johnny McGraw
Ed Barrow
Joe Conway
Cypress Hall
East Cambridge
Frank Nasman
Massachusetts Avenue
Ted Meredith
Paris
Meredith
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Henigan
Jos Stecher
Ed Lewis
Waldeck Zbyszko
Jack Curley
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