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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1920
Page
16
The report surveys heavyweights and lightweights with notes on Blackburn retiring from active boxing duties and Jack Johnson’s performance. It covers Dempsey Brennan talk, Toledo Willard bout flashbacks, Quincy Boxing Club tourney plans, and Christmas Eve wrestling prospects including Chevalier versus Zbyszko.
New York wrestling impresario Jack Curley, just married, was on a wedding tour and scrambling to finish office duties. He checked a memo list and, after clearing items, suddenly remembered the wedding before noon and paid his secretary ten dollars to keep quiet.
Nat Pendleton draws a steel City contingent to watch his bout as Lewis faces a top trio, while Waldek Zbyszko eyed a win over Stecher and Herman defends the bantam title against Joe Lynch in New York. Vincent Martin, nursing a neck carbuncle, fights Dutch Brandt in a hard 10-rounder and gains fan support for his grit.
Exeter New Hampshire records show coach Clarence Parker plans a fast seven for the season opener on January 8 against Boston English High School. Missing rover Charles O’Hearn now at Yale, the roster includes Frank Handy Mark McIntyre Daniel Deiter Jr Everett C Martin and others from Brookline Clinton and Dorchester.
A Knoxville report says the New York Giants will train in the South and meet the Yankees in Knoxville in April if confirmed. The Giants schedule remains unsettled and the trip is expected to generate considerable interest for its varied training plans and Pullman berth allocations.
A 1928 satirical piece praises Thomas Edison as a prolific inventor beyond Sears and Roebuck, mocking rivals and chronicling Edison’s imagined influence on phonographs movies and other devices while noting his impact on daily life.
University of Pennsylvania boxing schedule lists a March 8 match with Springfield College. Negotiations are pending with Massachusetts Tech and Boston College.
John Bell of the Motor Square Boxing Club says Jack Kearns reports Dempsey will box the Greb Smith winner here on Christmas Day. The club offered 50 000 for a 10 round bout under law.
The league club announced today the appointment of a new manager for next season. He succeeds William McGorry as head of the Albany team in the Western League.
Joseph Birmingham, the Pittsfield Western manager for the past two years, is involved in a staffing note from Albany. Details are incomplete in the fragment.
Charlie Costello of Mast Boston and Freddie Saterelli of Cambridge, two leading 115-pound amateurs, meet next Tuesday at St Joseph's T A Society open tournament to settle supremacy. The last show ended with a disputed decision for Saterelli amid boos. Other bouts and open class boxing 108 114 125 pounds are planned.
The Cornell University cross country team arrives in Southampton from New York to train in Cambridge and Oxford for the first international intercollegiate contest against Oxford and Cambridge. They will run from Queen's Club with Britain hosting events and a New Year dance in London before returning home.
Navy's rowing management outlined next spring's schedule with one away event likely at the Henley in Philadelphia rather than the intercollegiate meet at Poughkeepsie. A race with Syracuse is certain and Harvard appears likely, with Yale Princeton Columbia and Penn possible.
Fragmentary sports chatter says Cincinnati discussed trading a star to acquire a veteran at long odds. The report mentions a Wall Street era line about a wall along the Rhine and notes Reuther staying in self care over the off season.
A Boston sports column covers Ty Cobb eyeing the Detroit Tigers manager job, Tris Speaker’s move with the Indians, Keane Fitzpatrick's return to Natick, and Princeton’s long-distance relay plans. It notes boxing promoter pressures over fighter guarantees and lingering intercollegiate athletic tensions after a disrupted Thanksgiving game.
A fragmented report recounts a boxing dispute involving Hirry Grit ami and mentions a 10-8 bet placed by J. Roper at Mechanics' Building in Oxford Maine. John Y. Aypith is cited for lifting records but no current office or records are on file.
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