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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1913
Page
11
Eddie Collins rejects big money from the Federal league while veteran star players consider jumping. The piece argues organized baseball will avoid upheaval for years, noting Collins and other players seek fair pay and continued league stability.
Melrose High hockey unveils a 23 game schedule highlighted by Inter scholastic league clashes with Arlington High and multiple contests at Melrose and Boston Arena. The team, led by manager Robert Paisley, aims for a fast pace this season and repeats as a top contender in New England high school hockey.
Joe Tinker's stance shifts after sale to Brooklyn while a $10,000 payment may temper his resistance to Ebbetts. Players often grumble at releases yet accept moves, and reserve clauses, though disputed, protect clubs as much as players. President Lannin arrives in Boston with Kelley as a potential secretary to boost publicity for the Red Sox, whose press since 1912 lags behind the Braves. Baseball's evolution from Beadle’s 1867 rules to the modern game frames fans' enduring love.
A Boston fight manager as ring announcer warned boxing in Lowell faces collapse after a club’s police clash and postponed welter title bout between Mike Glover and Bill Lemning. Promoters may relocate to Lewiston or Maine clubs. Local cards thin, authorities cracking down on gambling and ticket schemes, urging clean, athletic promoters to take over.
An article notes the New England league lags in publicity during the off season and suggests a promotional push to revive interest. It compares current baseball language to that of the sixties and calls for emergence from obscurity and outreach by advocates or teams.
Fragmentary OCR text references catcher Jimmy Archer of the Cubs and a possible event at Tempa. The readable fragments are too garbled to determine a clear date, location, or outcome.
Harvard varsity hockey players were ordered to Sunday practice for the first time in the school's athletic history after losing 3 to 1 to the B A A combination Saturday night. All Crimson skaters wore skating footwear yesterday between 2 and 6 pm to keep leg muscles toned though no game was played on the Lord's Day.
Yale New Haven announces a radical shift in rowing, abolishing the English stroke and forming a three coach cabinet. Richard Armstrong Edward Giannini and Guy Nickalls will blend styles from Yale coaching, New York Athletic Club, and Leander to craft a new Yale stroke aimed at building winning crews.
Colonel Hedges of the Browns reports extraordinary success in bagging game not players while praising Branch Rickey as a future pennant winner. The team trained at St Petersburg Florida, not Russia, despite some joking about the latter location.
The Ocean Pier Baths at Beachmont host a Brookline Swimming Club open meet tonight with the city championship relay for girls. Manager Leo Johnson announces there is no AAU obstacle to their participation, despite earlier public questions from AAU official James E. Sullivan. Johnson cites the local N E A A U committee and records evidence as support, awaiting national guidance before altering the local stance.
The Donovan Motor Car Company at 889 Boylston Street reports a major display of Studebaker closed cars drawing large crowds. To accommodate demand, a neighboring showroom at 887 Boylston Street will host the seasonable Studebaker lineup for another week. Packard reports 22.6 percent sales gains from Aug 1 to Nov 1 and a 28.6 percent rise in shipments, signaling strong prosperity. The November Goodrich issue highlights growing touring interest with highway officials noting up to 0 to 0 percent increases in long distance tours from 1909 to 1912, as transcontinental trips expand across the country.
United States Naval Academy field coach James A. Reilly selects the all Eastern eleven for 1913. Ends Merrillat of Army and Fritz Cornell. Tackles Ballin Princeton Talbot Yale. Guards Brown Navy Pennock Harvard. Center Ketcham Yale. Quarter Prichard Army. Halfbacks McReavy Navy Mahan Harvard. Fullback Brickley Harvard.
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