Comiskey backs Frazee in American League dispute
Chicago December 18 President Comiskey of the White Sox openly opposes Ban Johnson s bid to oust Harry Frazee from the American League and the Boston club. He denounces the league head as acting without authority and trampling charges against Boston in a blunt public rebuke.
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Whit Sox
Ban Johnson
Harry Frazee
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Sox
Ty Cobb
Huntington School Opens Season With Inter Class Meets
Huntington School athletes will hold the first track and swimming meets of the season this afternoon at the Y M C A gymnasium and pool. The annual inter class event aims to uncover promising athletic talent within the student body.
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Huntington School
Comis challenges Johnson on Frazee and gambling at Fenway
Comis defends Frazee noting he attended all meetings since Frazee joined baseball and claims Johnson uses gambling allegations to force Frazee out. He asserts Frazee has taken steps with magnates to shut Wen way Park gates to gamblers and questions past actions against Red Sox under different owners.
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Frazee
Comiskey
Johnson
Wenway Park
Red Sox
Fenway Park
Irazee
Iie
All-Star Card At Commercial A C Boxing Show
Matchmaker McKirdy of the Commercial A C has arranged an all-star boxing lineup for CA C members tomorrow night. Three 10 round bouts and one six rounder lead to a night of rivalries including Dave Powers versus Walter Butler and Joe Rocco versus Joe Melanson. Jackie Williams meets Willie Jones in the curtain-raiser.
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A. C
Dave Powers
Maldem
Walter Butler
Revere Battler
Danny Kramer
West End
Harry Lyons
England
Kramer
Joe Rocco
Camp Devens
Joe Melanson
East Boston
Jackie Williams
Lawrence
Willie Jones
South End
Lexington High Leaves Mystic Valley Interscholastic League
Lexington High School withdrew from the Mystic Valley Interscholastic Baseball and Football League due to waning student interest. The move was announced at a Winchester High School meeting. Wakefield and Melrose principals were absent due to illness, and no new member applications or schedules were decided.
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Lexington High School
Mystic Valley
St Marys Midgets Defeat Cooper A C Jr In North End Game
St Marys Midgets defeated the Cooper A C Jr 19 to 17 last night at St Marys Hall in the North End.
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St. Mary’s
Cooper A. C., Jr
St. Mary’s Hall
North End
A Suggestion on Christmas Shopping for Quincys Cigars
A Christmas shopping tip recommends gifting Quincy cigars to wives and sisters as a welcome choice for holiday smoking and guidance on good smokes. Quincys come in a single size and grade, with boxes of 50 and 100 and packs of 10 available.
Baseball, track, and hockey news from Harvard era
The piece surveys postwar sports outlook with Ty Cobb doubts and AL presidency chatter. It notes war impact on baseball, potential Swedish indoor track tour, Yale Princeton hockey prospects, and Harvard ice rink construction with names like Bigelow Stillman Sessions and coach Bernie Weters.
Prospects for Hockey Excellent at Harvard This Year
With last year's freshmen returning, Harvard envisions a strong hockey season. Fourteen freshmen intend to join at opening, two of seven informal players already registered for term two. Bobby Gross of Newton will coach and captain the early season effort.
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Harvard Athletic Office
Charlesbank
Id Bigelow
Yale
Roger Buntin
Newton
Harvard
Bobby Gross
Crimson
Red Sox trade with Yankees shakes baseball world
The long awaited swap is completed as Boston ships Duffy Lewis Dutch Leonard and Jarmest Shore to New York for Cald well Love Gilhooley and Walters. The deal stirs debate among Boston fans over who gains the better side as New York strengthens a club that once edged Boston from pennants.
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Southpaw
Dutch Leonard
Big Jarnest Shore
Caldwell
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Shore
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al Walters
Walter Mayer
Ray Caldwell
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Babe Ruth
Ken Egan
Jack Dunn
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Veach
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Owens
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Dempsey Earns 4000 in Exhibition Session
In a one minute session with Carl Morris Dempsey received 4000 as his ham fighter degree hung in doubt for the heavyweight contest. Next he is lined up for a six round bout with Tom Cowler in Philadelphia for another 4000 potential. If not careful he will be rich some day.
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Dempsey
Tom Cowler
Philadelphia
Gardner and Jordan to Grapple Tonight at Grand Opera House
Pinky Gardner seeks to extend his undefeated run in the middleweight elimination as Farmer Jordan claims a breakthrough in their best two of three clash at the Grand Opera House tonight. Both athletes are in top form and the curtain-raiser features Al Ventres of Berlin, Conn., versus Young Monday of Brooklyn in a one fall event without time limit.
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Farmer Jordan
AL Ventre
Young Monday
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Gardner
al Ventres
Berlin
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Huntington Trials Set for Track and Swim Meet Day
About 590 invitations issued for parents and students. Track events start at 2 pm with around 10 entries from 59 individuals and roughly half that number in swimming. Speare cup honors top track scorer. Bates cup for top swimmer. Coach Chester Jenkins oversees a strong team. Fred Steadman unavailable due to Royal Flying Corps service. Events include a range of sprints, hurdles, distance runs, field events, and swimming races with entry limits per athlete.
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Speare
Greater Boston
John H. Beebe, Jr
Charlie Ziegler
Arthur Rice
Wentworth Marling
Nelson Talmadge
Roscoe Fitts
Elmer Harper
Robert Crawford
Clarence Russell
Chester Jenkins
Dartmouth
Fred Steadman
Huntington
Royal Flying Corps
Toronto
Alex Sutherland
William Cowan
Carlson in Hard Training for Reddy Bout in Brockton
Reports from Brockton say Harry Carlson is in hard training there for his boxing match with Reddy in that city the night of December 27.
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Rhode Island City
Brockton
Harry Carlson
Reddy
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