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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1919
Page
15
Over 20 000 fans at Camp Gordon watched a 13 7 Tigers victory over the Braves in a Sunday exhibition. Weary field conditions and wild plays produced a crowd favored farce after early sparks from Eddie King and a notable right field grab by Chick Shorten.
Tufts College oarsmen begin practice on the Charles River awaiting final space allotment at the B A A boathouse with George Moore providing access. Coach Carl Stroehman must build a crew from scratch, trimming lightweights and relying on prep school and high school talent to form a 20 man squad led by cox candidates Jesse Rudy or Stroehman himself.
Benny Leonard the lightweight champion will fight Wille Ritchie former title holder in an eight round match on April 28 at the First Regiment Armory Newark N J The fighters will weigh in at 142 pounds ring side
Two-base hits by Smith Wilson Bush Young Cunningham King Scott Three-base hits by King Wing stead Simith Stolen bases Veach Jones Double plays Schreiber to Holke Bush to Heisman Sacrifice hits Herzog Kallio Sacrifice flies Herzog Flagstead Bases on balls Cunningham Northrop Kallio Fillingim Hits Sin 3 Cunningham 7 in 6 Kallio 2 in 3 McQuillan 1 in 1 Struck out Cunningham 1 Kallio 1 Time Northrop 7 in 4 innings Fillingim 2h Attendance 20000 Umpire Finneran
Runar Oh man, Swedish Marathon champion for three years, lands in New York aboard the Swedish-American line Stockholm. He has beaten the classic distance time set by McArthur in the 1912 Olympic games.
Ohman leads from 19 miles to marathon distance and arrives in the United States to race in the Boston Marathon on April 19. McArthur posted 2 hours 44 minutes while the Swedish champion clocked 2 hours 20 minutes. Ohman plans to stay in the country and compete in long distance events, aiming for a strong showing in Boston after training steadily aboard the voyage.
Professional cyclists anticipate a busy season with a new six lap Philadelphia track offering sprint meets on the new surface and motor paced events. Revere and Tub tracks will host their usual meets while Newark promotes numerous races drawing riders who combine track earnings with shipyard work.
Howard Whitney announces that the US Golf Association executive committee accepted an invitation for an international team match with Canada. W C Fownes Jr named captain for a 19-man team to be decided after the open championship at Hamilton in August. Canada hopes some Americans arrive in time. last three clashes all won by the United States.
Yale crew changes after influenza hits stroke Heminway he will miss the University of Pennsylvania race next Saturday Hoderston moves to stroke Schefflin takes seat two replacing Moulton Maye shifts to second crew Schreiber returns from military service to seat six in the second eight
The annual Arlington Boat Club gathering at the club house on Spy Pond will elect officers and directors for the coming year. Committees and officials will present their annual reports during the meeting.
Yale and Harvard rowing officials met in New London to discuss the Thames regatta in June. They kept January plans, noted housing arrangements at Gales Ferry and Payne Whitney clubhouse, and will spend three weeks there with both crews for the first time.
Ithaca N Y April 6 The Cornell track outlook brightens with the return of Ivan C Dresser two miler John Watt hurdler and F Abreu half mile The 1918 Dresser was the fastest college distance runner winning the intercollegiate two mile at Franklin Field and posting 9 22 25 for two miles in a dual meet His cross country title came in 1917 Coach Moakley hopes Dresser trains quickly and could become the era s fastest two miler
The Red Sox reached the Giants training field late after a hot run from Tampa. Despite the delay the team is in good shape and high spirits and plans to meet the National Leaguers in game three of the series tomorrow.
A large Tampa crowd bids farewell to the Red Sox as Barrow’s team heads to Richmond. The Sox plan two right handers against the Giants in game three with Rush sharing duties on Tuesday and Mays and Pennock facing the McGraws again. Jack Barry may miss time due to a bad leg while Shean’s arm remains weak and McNally could start tomorrow against New York. Del Gainer recovers from illness and aims to play.
Harvard University plans a meeting for all men interested in Crimson football tonight at 7:30 in the Harvard Union trophy room. Head coach Wingate Rollins and speakers including Leo Twary Reggie Brown Gil Brown and Bob Fisher will discuss spring practice and the 1919 season at Cambridge with backfield and line guidance from Bill Snow and J J O Brien. Spring practice starts tomorrow in the Stadium.
In New Haven on April 6 a meeting of Yale officials and athletic leaders led by new athletic director Dr. Alfred Sharpe decided there will be no spring football practice. The decision cites many candidates' involvement in other sports across branches.
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