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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1921
Page
8
A satirical piece from 1921 contrasts the modern N F G with the old fashioned wrens. It mocks new gadgets electric irons and toasters and the liberated manners of women while praising the charm and affection of the old style. It ends with a playful defense of the new fashioned woman.
Boston College announces Tom Gildea of Roxbury has been chosen to coach the BC team, replacing Tom McCarthy who will depart tomorrow to join the Brooklyn Dodgers as an assistant. Frank Reynolds, Graduate Manager, disclosed the decision last night.
Gildea, a 1918 Heights College graduate who played left field and second base, coached the nine with strong success his last year and was kept in 1919 to lead the ROTC team which went 20 wins and 4 losses. The squad beat Tufts Brown and Dartmouth in series while Holy Cross split three games. He previously played for Syracuse of the Eastern Association last year and begins duties at the Heights today.
President Grant of the Braves arrived in Boston yesterday and, despite weather concerns, remains optimistic about this year. He expects better baseball, more victories for the home club, notes the team is pulling together, and that Mitchell expects them to come through.
Robert F. Herrick Harvard head advisory rowing coach will referee the Yale University versus Pennsylvania boat races on the Housatonic next Saturday in New Haven.
In the American Association matchup, Battery duos Bagby Stryker and Dixon send the Cleveland Americans to battle in Indianapolis.
The Braves depart Cleveland for Boston as 32 players plus wives and kids head to Huntington Avenue station to prep for the National League opener at Braves Field on Wednesday. Dana Fillingim Cy Morgan and Henry Thompson are nursing sore arms but the squad is fit, optimistic, and the youngest in the league with Hank Gowdy and Dick Rudolph as veterans.
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