Boston Stars In Indoor AAU Championships Showdown
Crack athletes from across the United States gather in New York for the Amateur Athletic Union indoor championships at Madison Square Garden. Boston sends 10 men including Lee Gram Prout and O’Hara to contest sprints middle distances and jumps. Bonhag Scott Collins Monument headline the five and two mile races, with many top sprinters and distance runners entered for a packed two night meet.
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New York
Amateur Athletic Union
Boston
Madison Square Garden
Wollack
Uni Cort
Harry Lee
Young
Amherst Filer
Carl Gram
Fernstrom
Bill Prout
Joe Silva
Francis O’hara
S. C. Lawrence
Herbert Gidney
E. N. Farrell
George Bonhag
Bonhag
Louis Scott
Billy Kramer
Fred Bellars
Louis Tewanina
Carlisle Indian School
George Obermeyer
A. C
Brooklyn
Harry Smith
Bellars
Kramer
Technima
Smith
Obermeyer
McNamara
Helawell
Jack Monument
Scott
Collins
Baldy
G. P. Kimball
J. Silva
Boston A. A
Monument
Mike Driscoll
Smithereens
Sparrow Robertson
Alvah Meyer
Metropolitan
Jim Rosenberger
Bobby Cloughen
Baltimore Bullet
D. B. Young
Amherst
Jim O'Connell
Villa Nova
E. P. O'Hara
Harvard
P. Holcombe
University of Virginia Flyer
Jimmy Rector
Harold Heiland
C. B. Clark
Cherry X Cyclones
W. E. Corrigan
Bob Eller
Georgetown University
Jim Archer
Roy Dorland
Arthur Lauer
C. W. Burkhardt
Sixty-Fifth Regiment
Buffalo
McNally, Packard and Wood
New York A. C
Harry Gissing
Abel Kiviat
Jimmy Sullivan
Dick Hyan
Carl Walther
Ward and McAleer in Hub Today
Manager John M Ward of the Boston Braves returns to the action hub to push for enlarged South End grounds and betterment of the Boston National team. President James McAleer of the Red Sox and possibly Secretary McRoy may also visit the Hub to organize next season.
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John M. Ward
Boston “Braves
South End
Boston
James McAleer
Red Sox
McRoy
Boston Red Sox prospects loom as 1912 plans take shape
Boston fans glimpse a busy off season as Jake Stahl shapes the 1912 lineup. Bradley may shift to first base, Duffy Lewis may stay in Boston, and trades or purchases loom with Cicotte possibly joining a busy winter agenda.Ward's ground improvements and Hamilton scouting accelerate changes.
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Boston
Red Sox
Braves
Fred Tenney
Johnnie Kling
Nationals
Ward
New York Star
Billy Hamilton
Jake Stahl
Chicago
Jake
Hugh Bradley
Bradley
Stahl
Thomases
Worcester
Duffy Lewis
Hendericksen
Speaker
Hendricksen
Lewis
Duffy
Wicotte
Killilay
McHale
Johnson seizes $30,000 price for boxing return
In Chicago on December 25 Jack Johnson declares he will fight any man for $30,000, challenging promoters Jimmy Coffroth Tom McCarey or Hugh McIntosh to meet his price and prove he is not finished. He vows to battle John Conlon if offered.
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Chicago
John Conlon
Jack Johnson
Jimmy Coffroth
Tom McCarey
Hugh McIntosh
Champion Johnson Eyes Flynn Bout After Europe Return
Jack Johnson declares willingness to fight Jim Flynn in a winner take all bout if the money is right. He plans a 10 three minute round workout at Bill O Connell's gym to prove speed and conditioning while John son teases Curley and enjoys holiday celebrations and costly gifts.
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Europe
Jim Flynn
al Kaufman
Carl Morris
Flynn
Jack Johnson
Jack
Johnson
Bill O’connell
State Street
Jack Curley
Curley
Wabash Avenue
Custom House
No Ice For Hockey Club Game At Dorchester
Weather ruined a planned hockey event at Franklin Field and the Samee club improvised a baseball game. At 11 o clock the regulars faced the Yannigans and won 10 to 7 in a scramble of makeshift play yesterday.
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Dorchester
Samee
Franklin Field
Yannigans
Mercier Forced to Quit in Bout with Moriarty
In Lawrence, Jimmy Moriarty of Lowell outboxed Kid Mercier during a scheduled 12 round main event at Unity Cycle Club. Mercier's corner, led by Jim Crilley, stopped the fight after Mercier sustained severe facial damage from Moriarty's blows, with Moriarty clearly ahead in the seventh and final round.
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Lawrence
Mass
Jimmy Moriarty
Lowell
Kid Mercier
Unity
Jim Crilley
Mercier
Moriiarty
Sam McVey Beats Langford In Sydney Boxing Bout
In Sydney Nova Scotia on December 26 Sam McVey defeated Sam Langford on points to win the bout between the American fighters.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Sam McVey
Sam Langford
McVey
Langford vs McVey Fails to Halt McVey on Points
The 20 round bout under a broiling sun ended with McVey winning on points after a grueling showing from both fighters. Langford sustained a swollen right eye while McVey bled from the mouth and nose. eighteen thousand spectators witnessed the open air fight with heavy betting on Langford at 4 to 5.
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Langford
McVey
Mellody Narrowly Avoids Knockout in Philadelphia Fight
Honey Mellody of Boston, former welterweight champion, was near a knockout in the bout with Joe Heffernan. Heffernan hurt Mellody in the first round, sent him to the floor twice in the second, and repeatedly staggered him. Mellody survived to later rounds and regained some control, though both wore down and had a bloody cut.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Honey Mellody
Boston
Joe Heffernan
Heffernan
Mellody
Local Athletes Preview Big A. U. Indoor Meet at Madison Square Garden
George Brown leads a Boston area contingent including Billy Prout D B Young Amherst flier Gram Fernstrom Joe Silva Farrell and Herb Sidney to contest in New York with aims for Olympic trials. Carey faces Alvah Meyer while Jones Berna Bonhag and others miss distance events. meeting postponed till spring.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
New England
George Brown
Billy’’ Prout
D. B. Young
Amherst Flier
Gram, Fernstrom
Joe Silva
Farrell
Herb Sidney
Joe Finneran
Carey
Annapolis
Joe
Alvah Meyer
Gotham
Jack Moakley
John Paul Jones
Tel Berna
Jones
Berna
George Bonhag
Louis Scott
Gossip on Missouri toll roads and Pullman cars in 1923
Doc Percival travels in an Abbott Detroit aiming for 100000 miles while noting Missouri toll roads in Boone Lincoln and Pike counties costing about 4000 dollars per mile to build and four cents a mile for autos. W H Vinal joins Boston Motor Company to manage Pullman and De Dion lines as Horseless Age predicts racing will persist with new cars and contests.
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Doc Percival
Abbott Detroit
Boone
Lincoln
Pixe
B. C
Rio de Janeiro
Regista de Automoveis
New York
London
W. H. Vinal
Pullman Car Company
York
Penn
Massachusetts
Pullman Cars
Vinal
Pullman
Boston Motor Company
Olympic 100 Metres Records and Local Queries
The text notes Olympic 100 metres records held by R Walker and J W Jarvis with remarks on venues 1900 Paris grass and 1908 London cinder. It also declines a six day race inquiry at Boston Arena and mentions upcoming Yale Princeton football games and a playful offer for boxing followers to visit the office.
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R. Walker
South Africa
J. W. Jarvis
Princeton
Jarvis
Reggie Walker
Boston Arena
Grove Hall
New Haven
Cambridge
Honey Mellody
Mike
Hogan to go to San Francisco for pleasure trip
One Round Hogan leaves Jan 2 with manager Gil Boag for a coast trip. He will not fight while away and plans to return to New York about Feb 1. Upon return he will be matched to fight K. O. Brown for 10 rounds.
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Hogan
San Francisco
Gil Boag
New York
K. O. Brown
Zbyszko Wins After Messy Madison Square Garden Bout
At Madison Square Garden in New York a chaotic wrestling match ended with referee Tom Jenkins awarding the win to Zbyszko over Raicevich after a disputed first fall. Fans left thinking Raicevich had won as the Italian briefly faced disqualification before the decision. Gotch was slated to meet the winner next.
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New York
Zbyszko
Raicevich
Madison Square Garden
Tom Jenkins
Rakevitch
Rahevich
Jenkins
Rakcevich
Gotch
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