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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1912
Page
13
President Frazee and manager Jack Barry met last night with mixed signals. Barry showed no hope he can steer the Red Sox to success next season, while Barry indicated Navy Yard enlistees will remain with the club and not seek changes.
Barry describes unrest over Shore duty and daily drafts, with 30 men taken recently. Frazee mulls trades and Chicago talks, while Hoblitzell eyed for manager and Hobby may enter service after surgery. Dick seeks army dental service. Walsh and Gardner uncertain under draft age.
William A Sandison a Middlesex and Boston Street Railway conductor from 117 Bedford Street North Lexington is the town's only hunter to kill a deer this week. He bagged a large buck in Carlisle weighing nearly 200 pounds after taking a day off from work.
The Boston Arena begins the skating season with three daily sessions and a ready surface after 1212 miles of piping for freezing brine. Hockey players are requested to report Monday night. Indications show heavier hockey presence this winter with BAA and Arena involvement and plans for sevens at multiple sites.
Coach Leary led Boston navy yard players through a light scrimmage at Soldiers Field as they polish for the Newport reserves game. All first stringers dressed except Algar who is sidelined by a leg injury. Second stringers matched up against regulars using Newport plays with limited success. Enwright Adams and Horween practiced punting with Skilton and Lally handling kicks.
Harvard freshman hockey attracts 47 candidates for the 1921 season. First practice set for Monday at Randolph handball courts with rink work to follow at the Stadium. Robert B. Gross named coach until a permanent instructor is hired by the athletic committee.
President B B Johnson of the American League will devote most of his time to Red Cross work. He has been named as one of seven on a committee to conduct a new fundraising drive in the near future.
Cudgel, a top three year old and leading money winner, was sold today for $20,000 by owner J. W. Schorr of Memphis to J. K. L. Ross, a Canadian turf man, in Louisville.
New York December 7. In response to August Herrmann’s plea the National League chief John K Tener agreed to a joint meeting with the American League within ten days. The session aims to reconsider plans for a joint Chicago meeting fixed for next Thursday.
President Tener states the club cannot trek to Chicago for a Thursday meeting while finishing business in New York next week. He notes owners would not travel for the start of the annual meeting Tuesday. Herrmann stresses a joint league meeting before year’s start.
Chicago December 7 B B Johnson president of the American League was advised by John K Tener president of the National League that the joint meeting set for next Thursday has been called off Tener proposed delaying until later this month or January Johnson said he was not keen on a joint meeting but consented because the suggestion came from August Herrmann Cincinnati club president and chairman of the National Baseball Commission
August Herrmann said the National and American leagues will hold a joint conference next Thursday in Chicago as planned. He wired all National club owners to attend, hoping for near unanimous representation with a few Eastern owners excused if needed. Herrmann spoke by long distance with Barney Dreyfus, Branch Rickey and Charles Weeghman, all urging an immediate meeting.
Ice hockey is to be introduced at Mitchell Military School in Billerica this winter. Boys are already practicing and next week a captain and manager for the seven will be chosen.
The page outlines upcoming boxing showdowns and promoter plans across New England and beyond. Eddie Shevlin vs Frankie Mack headlines at 145 pounds with $100 bets, Al Shannon promoting Eddie Shannon’s lightweight title claim, and no admission planned for the New York State amateur championship at Manhattan Casino. Other notes include Frankie Britt vs Shaver O Brien, Burns vs Crank at Grand Opera House, Madden eyeing Greb after Milwaukee bout, Madden Coffey talks in Providence, Bagley pairing Jackson with Callahan, and Benny Leonard vs Stanley Yoakum discussed for Denver with Gibson unlikely to consent.
The article credits Harry Frazee as the original magnate influencing public sentiment on baseball. His timely statements to reporters are portrayed as timely, with bold remarks intended to shift perceptions. It ends with a call to be open and engaging when approached by street sellers offering tickets.
The piece notes the Army Navy football game at the Stadium this afternoon to benefit sailors' families. It mentions Rabbit Maranville preparing to take over the Charlestown Navy Yard basketball team after football, with Jack Barry and others in the lineup. Also listed are Newport backfield names and Charlestown Navy Yard stars plus early New England championship action and bike racing updates.
Eddie Mahan, famed Harvard football star, played his likely last game Monday with the League Island Marines against the navy yard eleven at the Stadium. He announced plans to join the Philadelphia Marine Corps for service in France, where football will yield to war duties. A three year varsity player and former captain, Mahan also starred on Harvard’s baseball team and could pursue major league opportunities after the war.
Wesleyan College officials voted to discontinue tennis swimming and track meets with other colleges during the war while keeping intercollegiate contests in football baseball and basketball.
Arlington High School girls field hockey will play Winthrop High School at Ingleside Park in Winthrop. The game was postponed from yesterday and is scheduled for this morning.
Letter requests printing members of Cupid Black's squad—Schlacher Gerrish Black Hite and Barrett—named on Walter Camp All America team. Also asks for first American marathon time and notes Cupid Black Newport vs Charlestown Navy Yard game set for 2 o'clock.
Four scholastic encounters close the season this afternoon with Medford High facing Manchester High in a big game at Braves Field. Revere High and Whitrop High are the other two Greater Boston schools set for postponed contests.
Somerville High travels to Beverly to meet Peabody eleven led by Coach Dickerman who calls his squad strongest in the region. Medford and Manchester also seek wins as Charley Donnellan stars for Medford and Haverhill eyes a North Shore clash with Lynn Classical. The Revere Winthrop postponement adds to a crowded schedule with a potential record crowd.
In a rough Commercial A. C. card last night Harry Carlson was fouled in the eighth round by Freddie Yelle of New Bedford, ending the main bout early after Carlson was twice warned for roughing. The match was even until the foul with Yelle targeting Carlson's mouth and right eye and Carlson punishing the ribs.
The 1917 football season ends with a decisive clash at Harvard Stadium as the Boston Navy Yard team faces the Newport Naval Reserves. A win for the Navy Yard would crown them East service champions, while Newport seeks to upset the title.
The Leary tarroping band meets Newport in a grand charity football finale at the Stadium. Navy stars led by Enwright Casey Cannell and Murray clash with Newport backfield greats Barrett Gerrish Purdy as both crews seek a decisive win for a $100,000 naval fund. Weather and field conditions are fair for the game.
Newport and Navy are set for a stadium clash today as the two teams meet in a key contest. The lineup features players such as Lally Adams Green Horween Callahan and O'Connor among others in a competitive matchup likely to determine standings.
William G. Weart, 45, prominent baseball writer and secretary of the Baseball Writers Association of America, died of typhoid pneumonia at his Philadelphia home. Born in Independence, Iowa, he was among the sport’s best known chroniclers.
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