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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1920
Page
7
The Red Sox and Giants head to New York after a Reading stop where cold weather hurt ticket sales. Barrow and McGraw expect a return to play tomorrow at the Polo Grounds unless weather cancels the exhibition.
The piece notes Barrow and McGraw eager to finish the series with rugged baseball after travel woes. Alan Russell travels from Raleigh to Baltimore to rest for tomorrow's clash with Bush and Pennock sharing Sunday duties. Douglas and Benton likely start for New York as Barnes and Ryan are Sunday's bets amid a crowd expected for Ryan Frisch and Statz, with trade chatter linking Miller Huggins and a Derrill Pratt possibility gradually fading.
In seven races at Bowie, True as Steel and Courcelles led early finishes while Marmite Hope and Star Realm earned top payouts. Purses ranged from 1000 to 1500 dollars with times around 1:20 to 1:44 for the featured sprints and routes.
The Old Belfry Club of Lexington invites members to its annual gathering in the club hall on Tuesday evening April 13. J Chester Hutchinson is renominated for president with Harry A Wheeler Mrs Albert B Terney and Miss Elizabeth Sherburne named for officers. Robert H Holt is secretary and treasurer with James W Smith and Edward W Kimball as three year executive committee members.
The Post prints a day by day schedule for American and National League teams for the 1920 season. An eight page guide will help fans know where teams play each day and can be cut out and preserved for the year.
Boston Mayor Peters signed the Sunday sports act accepting the measure amid protests from ministers and religious groups. The order allows games only in public spaces with permits and restricts contests near places of worship, with activities limited to afternoons and no admission charges.
Georgetown defeats Fordham 4 to 0 with Hyman pitching a complete game and stout defense. Culleton allowed costly errors by Fordham while Georgetown capitalized with timely hits and sacrifices.
Charley K. O. Miller of this city defeated Young Grady of Pownal Vermont in a 12 round bout at the Commercial A. C. The decision was disputed with many as Grady had knocked Miller down in the second and was fouled in the fourth. Miller closed strong in the final round. In the semi final Nap Lajoie of Whitman beat Frank Gould in eight rounds in a rough bout.
Cambridge High and Latin School meets Somerville High at Russell Field in North Cambridge. Newton High faces Rindge Technical at Claflin Field in Newtonville. Brookline plays Medford at Fulton Street Grounds in Medford. High School of Commerce meets Framingham High in Boston. Waltham hosts Concord High at Waltham.
Wretched weather last week delayed conditioning for several Greater Boston school nines forcing their season openers to occur without adequate testing or fitness.
Somerville and Cambridge Watertown clash at Can tabs field as top Suburban league diamonds open. Lee MacDonald fields a veteran Cambridge lineup led by Captain Cote and Sonny Foley with McGowan in the infield. Sylvie McLaughlin’s Somerville squad features Donaldson Brandhard Kelliher Toulouse Dowd Twigg Sullivan Hagan White Barker. Newton meets Rindge, Brookline plays Medford, Malden Everett game postponed due to field conditions with Malden High favored in title chase.
Yankees and Dodgers close spring tour with a 5 to 2 win by New York in Lynchburg Virginia. O'Doul and McGraw steadied after rough starts as Ruth Meusel and Pratt drove in runs and Ruth had a triple. Dodgers slugged two runs off Pfeffer but could not erase the early deficit.
The column argues that college diplomas once opened doors but now yield lower pay and fewer rewards. It contrasts past prosperity with today’s wages, noting stevedore work and window cleaning as steadier incomes, and mocks the prestige of an A B degree versus practical trades. Pirates of Pittsburgh also loom in the backdrop as a local note.
National heavyweight amateur champion Karl Wieck will be honored by the Thomas J. Roberts Post American Legion at Lithgow Hall Dorchester next Wednesday evening. Commander Hunter will present Wieck who will talk about boxing. Wieck will join the Roberts Post baseball team next week,, strengthening the squad.
Pittsburg Nationals beat Little Rock 1 to 0 in an exhibition game in Little Rock Arkansas. Batteries Adams Meador and Haeffner Lehman and Brottem.
Johnny Wilson of Charlestown, New England middleweight champion, and Mike O'Dowd of St. Paul, world middleweight titleholder, are set for a Boston bout May 6 at Mechanics' Building if Paddy Mullins frees his man. Fenway A. A. backs the series. Roy Green aims to seal the match with O'Dowd's mentor.
Wally Schang the Boston Red Sox catcher demands 800 more salary this year asserting he is worth 12500 after earning 1500 last season. He cites Babe Ruth earnings and threatens to retire to fly airplanes unless Frazee and Barrow meet his price. He lives in Philadelphia and may not play in New York.
Cold weather cancels the Harvard Bowdoin baseball matchup set for this afternoon on Soldiers Field. The Crimson open the season next Wednesday against New Hampshire State on Soldiers Field.
The winner is a Kingswood School teacher in Hartford Connecticut residing at 2 Cardington Street Roxbury born in Boston and Harvard 1917. Consolation prizes go to Grace Flynn A MacGregor Charles Horne James Thompson R Scully Annie Knight James McCarthy Nettie Alden Wellington Eastman J Baker for placing after the top entry.
The prize winning Last Line of Limerick No 83 will be printed in tomorrow's Post with the writer's name and related details.
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