Mass and New England Checkers Set Grand 1920 Meet
The Bay State and New England checker clubs organize a Patriot's Day gathering at Dexter Hall Boston April 19 under Wells Memorial Club. A state organization may form. a 300-player, 150-board event features masters tourney, free-for-all, handicap, and evening solo play with prizes and a bronze cup for Massachusetts club champions.
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Willard Dempsey Title Fight Likely East of Mississippi
Tex Rickard said the Willard Dempsey world championship bout will be staged east of the Mississippi and probably east of Chicago. He indicated New York appears the likely site and that 12 rounds to a decision should suffice to satisfy all.
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Tex
Rickard
Batttle
Mississippi River
Chicago
New York
Lexington Golfers Seek Open Tournament Field
A large field of golfers is expected at Lexington Golf Club as local members aim to compete in the Massachusetts Golf Association open tournament next weekend. The handicap medal event will be held across Friday and Saturday April 18 and 19 with prizes for the winners. The Lexington course is noted in mid season condition.
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Harvard Grid Star Mose Hadley Returns to Training
Mose Hadley, Harvard tackle and Exeter standout, weighs 213 pounds after wartime service with the 101st Infantry and recovery from injuries. He attends drills at Soldiers Field under Coach Wink Rollins with fellow Crimson recruit Dick Humphrey as the squad prepares for real training next week.
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Snow
Frank O’brien
Harrie Cadman
Boxing Gossip Fielding Fights and Fresh Prospects
The Fenway A A scratches Jerf Smith and signs Marty Cross of New York to box Joe Pagan next Monday night. Wiano Ketonen scored a 45 second fall at the Grand Opera House in a championship bout. Dempsey wins twice in 30 and 40 seconds at Syracuse, and again in Watertown. Tuohey plans a southern tour with Dixie mat talent eyed for local bouts.
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Club
Marty Cross
New York
Joe Pagan
Wiano Ketonen
John Kilonis
Grand Opera House
Frank Gotch
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Phil Logan
Jamestown
N. Y
George Brown
Westfield
Jack Dempsey
Syracuse
Olympia A. A
Watertown
J. Y
Dempsey
Jack Williams
Miller to join St Paul Club in American Association
Ted Miller of the Giants, a famed Great Lakes Naval Training Station middleweight and former first sacker, will transfer to the St Paul Club of the American Association. Frank Noel, coming from Washington, moves to Chattanooga in the Southern Association. Pitcher Lyons remains with the club but left yesterday due to a family illness.
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Giants
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
St. Paul
American Association
Frank Noel
Washington
Chattanooga
Southern Association
Lyons
Suburban league opens with three schoolboy baseball games
This afternoon the lid on the scholastic season will be pried off with three Suburban league games drawing interest. Malden High faces Everett at Everett, Medford High meets Brookline at Brookline, and Cambridge Latin plays Somerville at Somerville in the third league contest.
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Suburban league games delayed as Rindge seeks postponement
In today’s slate several Suburban league matches shift: Rindge Tech and Newton High postponed at Rindge’s request. Malden High faces Everett at Everett High with Malden’s veteran lineup featuring Captain Berube Glennon Boyd Upham and Everett relying on Roy Kelley and a infield trio of Beck Sweetland Brickley. Somerville vs Cambridge Latin tests, Medford vs Brookline, and a pair of city games include High School of Commerce at Middlesex School and Brighton High at Milton with Milton Academy hosting Thayer Academy.
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Dave Morey
Frank Keaney
Everett
Everett High School
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Berube
Glennon
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Upham
Roy Kelley
Billie Beck
Roger
Buck” Sweetland
Arthur Brickley
John McGonagle
Bertwell
Woods
Porter
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Cleo O’donnell
Leander MacDonald
Cambridge
Medford
Greater Boston
English High
Clarence Parker
Brookline
John Prior
Jim Prior
West Roxbury High Opens Schedule in Nonleague Time
Coach Thad Keefe leads West Roxbury High baseball with Pierce Field as home park and practice shifting from Carolina Avenue to Roslindale. Theodore Bliss captains the nine with Francis Carmichael as manager as the schedule lists games against Roxbury Latin Saugus Charlestown La Salle Brighton Trade School Hyde Park Stoughton East Boston Mechanic Arts South Boston Charlestown Brighton Hyde Park East Boston and Saugus before open date, all within the Boston District High School league context.
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Carolina Avenue
Theodore Bliss
Francis Carmichael
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Roxbury
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la Salle High School
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Stoughton
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Mechanic Arts
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Sport Commentator Reacts To Fizzled Joe Ragan Bout And Races
Arthur Duffey notes the Joe Ragan Jeff Smith boxing match has been canceled for the fourth time and rues the hype around it. He praises Jose Ray for a 4 minute 14 5 second indoor mile and cites Runar Ohman Gordon Smith and Jack Sellers as rising stars in distance and swimming events while mentioning events from Boston Marathon to Navy trials and a Paris games plan.
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Jeff Smith
Willard- Dempsey
Smith-Eagan
Jose Ray
Jose
Ray
Norman Taber
W. G. George
Metropolitan Association
Jack Sellers
Ted Meredith
Sellers
Meredith
New York
Caldwell
Dave
Eastern Y. C. Sailing Cruise and Regatta Schedule
Commodore Herbert M. Sears of the Western Yacht Club will lead the Eastern Yacht Club fleet on the annual cruise from Marblehead to Gloucester and Bar Harbor July 5 to July 12 with stops along the Maine coast. The club's regatta is set off Marblehead July 4 for yachts over 30 feet and the Puritan cup goes to the top Eastern Yacht Club boater.
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The
Western Yacht Club
Constellation
Marblehead
Gloucester
Bar Harbor
Maine
Eastern Yacht Club
Corinthian
Boston Yacht Clubs
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