Christmas Cheer and Sports News Wrap
A festive note from the Post calls for gifts to Santa Claus and wishes readers a merry Christmas. Eddie Riley and Carl Barrett send tributes to sports friends while Frank Klaus faces hard times and George Chip stakes a claim to middleweight honors. The BAA keeps old relay rules at Mechanics' Building, and Yale football hires Frank Hinkey as coach amid plans against Michigan and Notre Dame. Local wrestling fans are cited in passing.
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Frank Klaus
Pittsburg
Old Armory
A. A
George Chip
Mechanics’ Building
George W. Brown
Brown
Unicorn Committee
International grapplers Aberg and Lurich clash tonight
The article highlights the Greco Roman clash between Aberg and Lurich in the ring this evening, each considered a class unto himself in European wrestling, with the title at stake. It also notes Georgetown declining a relay meet with Holy Cross on Feb 7 and recalls Holy Cross’ prior reluctance.
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Aberg
Lurich
Georgetown
Holy Cross
Worcester Collegians
Inter scholastic relay plan questioned for B A A games
Answers to queries discuss possible interscholastic relay arrangements for the B A A games on February 7. Scholastic relay teams are ineligible for the main B A A meet. Relays limited to school teams. directions suggest writing to Coast Artillery Corps manager B B Osthues for a relay meet at South State Armory on January 24.
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Sileed
B. B. Osthues
Coast Artillery Corps
South State Armory
How Munching Red Apple Won Stanley Yoakum's Goat
An old boxing anecdote recalls Larney Lichtenstein distracting Stanley Yoakum with a red apple during a Denver bout against Steve Ketchel. Yoakum, a fierce Mexican fighter from Las Vegas, fought off the apple distraction but was overwhelmed in the later rounds. The piece compares similar crafty tricks used by Corbett, Attell, Bronson, and others to unsettle opponents, including corner signaling and whistling tunes.
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Denver
Steve Ketchet
Chicago
Stanley Yoakum
Las Vegas
Yoak
Yoakum
Larney
Jim Corbett
Jack Johnson
Reno
Corbett
Johnson
Abe Attell
Kolehmainen Changes Buffalo Race After Tendon Trouble
The New York dispatch reports Hannes Kolehmainen cannot race due to a strained tendon, prompting a program change for the Seventy-fourth Regiment games in Buffalo. The four mile event is replaced by a two mile race featuring Willie Kramer aiming to break George Bonhag’s 9:14.5, with Kramer’s form noted from recent trials.
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New York
Hannes Kolehmainen
Buffalo
Kolehmainen
Willie Kramer
George Bonhag
Kramer
Second Battalion
American Athletes Sweep Invercargill Meet in New Zealand
In Invercargill New Zealand four American athletes visiting the Antipodes swept competition. Templeton of the Olympic Club San Francisco defeated Australia’s champion Keddell in the 120 yard high hurdle posting 16 seconds flat.
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San Francisco
Invercargill
N. Z
Templeton
Olympic Club of
Keddell
Australia
Power of the Boston A A Leads In Mile Heat
James Power of the Boston Amateur Athletic Association ran a dead heat with Forrester, then beat 4 minutes 25 seconds in the mile with a 225 yard handicap. Caughey of Ukiah, a high school lad, shot 42 feet 4.5 inches, besting the New Zealand mark by 8.5 inches. Parker of Olympic Club did not compete. In the prior Wednesday meet Americans swept all events.
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James
Power
Boston A. A
Forrester
Caughey
Ukiah
Cal
New Zealand
Parker
Olympic Club
Gossip for Motorists gossip for motorists
The Motor Cups Holding Company considers approving February races at Santa Monica after a favorable review but pending a reply to a letter from the Western Automobile Association. Post office wagons aid Boston mail traffic amid Christmas rush while Victor J. Ogilvie expands the Massachusetts Automobile Club repair shop with 18 machines to boost service for members.
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Motor Cups Holding Company
Western Automobile Association
Santa Monica
Postoffice Department
Boston
Mansfield
Victor J. Ogilvie
Massachusetts Automobile Club
Mr. Ogilvie
Stuart and
Clarendon Streets
Zimmerman to Be Sentenced Title and Trade Talk
Willie Zimmerman, speedy Newark Indians outfielder, is expected to join Brooklyn. Charles H. Ebbets has almost closed a deal sending Zimmerman to the Superbas in exchange for Leo Callahan and Maurice Kent, recently recalled from Toronto.
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Willie Zimmerman
Newark Indians
Brooklyn
Charles H. Ebbets
Superbas
Zimmerman
Leo Callahan
Maurice Kent
Toronto
Hardeen Escapes From Packing Case at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Hardeen, the man of mystery, escaped a packing case last night at Bowdoin Square Theatre. J. H. Graham John O Keefe and John Mahar of Carter Carter Meigs' shipping department helped secure the box before his 14 minute exit, leaving the case unchanged.
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Hardeen
Man of
Mystery
Bowdoin Square Theatre
J.,h. Graham
John O’keefe
John Mahar
Carter, Carter & Meigs’ Shipping Department
Polo Results From New York Games
At Albany New York Albany 3 Providence 2. At Schenectady New York Schenectady 7 Fall River 2. At Worcester Massachusetts Worcester 6 New Bedford 8.
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Albany
N. Y
Providence
Schenectady
Fall River
Worcester
New Bedford
Title at Stake in Tonight's Bout
Aberg proclaims he will win and may face Zbyszko Gotch or others. Lurich vows victory noting prior European defeat. All principals arrive confident and in peak condition for George Tuohey's wrestling carnival at Mechanics' Building tonight.
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Lurich
Zbyszko, Gotch
Aberg
Europe
George Lurich
George Tuohey
Mechanics’ Building
Alex Aberg
Boston Grapples Aberg Lurich in World Class Wrestling Clash
The card features Aberg vs Lurich in a finish match seen as top Greco Roman bout with no freak bouts and world championship implications. Tom Jenkins makes a comeback bid against Poplavski, Lemle versus Alvarez opens the program, all slated for 8:15 p.m. sharp with two minor matches finishing.
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Aberg
Lurich
Boston
Dioces
Tom Jenkins
Poplavski
Tom
Jenkins
Gotch
Karl Lemle
Paul Alvarez
Middlesex Hunt Club Plans Another Christmas Fox Hunt
A Christmas foxhound meet is planned by the Middlesex Hunt Club this morning in South Lincoln at 10:30 o'clock, in the same location as yesterday’s gathering.
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Middlesex Hunt Club
Lincoln
Sugar Kings No More as Sugar Tariff Drops
Melvin W. Sheppard captain of the Irish American Athletic Club muses on changing times in athletics. He recalls how writers once dubbed top runners "Sugar Kings" and notes tariff cuts removing sugar duties will alter competition.
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New York
Melvin W. Sheppard
Irish American Athletic Club
Times
Mel
President Lannin Elected At Boston Club Meeting
At a meeting of the directors of the Boston American League Club Joseph J Lannin was officially elected president John S Taylor vice president General Charles H Taylor treasurer and Edward Reilly acting secretary Joseph J Lannin General Charles H Taylor and F P Cooke were the directors present John S Taylor and John R Turner were absent.
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Boston American League Club
Joseph J. Lannin
John S. Taylor
Charles H. Taylor
Edward Reilly
F. P. Cooke
John R. Turner
Big Prize Piles for Auto Racing in U S Next Year
Projections place total auto racing purses above 200000 with Indianapolis Speedway contributing about 50000. Other strong purses include Seattle 30000 Sioux City 25000 Los Angeles 16000 and Santa Monica 10000. The sport is deeply entrenched in the United States with Santa Monica seen as the West’s best bet.
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United States
Indianapolis Speedway
Indianapolis
Seattle
Sioux City
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Corona
Tacoma
Santa Monica
Elgin
Phoenix
el Paso
Galveston
San Diego
Europe
Nardini Named Concord High Track Coach in New Season
Mardini, former Colby College sprint star and BaA track member, has been selected to coach the Concord High School boys track team for the coming season. His specialty was the dashes and he ranks among New England’s best sprinters.
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Mardini
Colby College
Concord
N. H
Nardini
New England
Red Letter Day Boxing Card in Lawrence Draws Big Crowd
Unity Cycle A. C. of Lawrence mounts a full boxing program with a main bout and four prelims as fans expect a crowded roof seating at Crilley’s clubhouse. Jasper plans a return from New York for Jan 4 ahead of a Lakeside bout with Terry Martin, while New Bedford and Manchester boxing talk spark hoped rematches and weight talks for 145 pounds.
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Lawrence
Murphy-Kennedy
Crilley
Jasper
New York
Terry Martin
Lakeside A
Webster
Martin
Manchester
N. H
Joe Chick
Young Jasper
Chick
E. W. Hanks
Augusta A. C
Augusta
Pine State
George Alger
Eddie Murphy
Ray Wood
Jack Read
Maine
Hanks
Vanderbilt yacht to gain larger sail area
Bristol R I Dec The Vanderbilt yacht now building here as a candidate for the defense of the America Cup will have a greater sail area than first proposed. The change in plans, announced tonight, adds ballast to the keel and inside the yacht. The exact extent of the sail increase is not announced.
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Bristol
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