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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1922
Page
10
Satiric critique portraits the average man as credulous and pompous, mixing social foibles, misread politics, and pop culture doomsday notions. The piece ribbed readers for trusting posters, fads, and celebrity wisdom while lampooning pretensions in 1922 America.
The 1922 golf year produced many upsets and new champions across divisions led by Walter Hagen who won the open title and Joyce Wethered who seized the women’s crown. Bobby Jones and Eddie Held also claimed major wins as veterans and newcomers reshaped the sport’s top ranks. The piece notes shifting dominance and anticipates further competition in 1923.
The Dartmouth ski team, defending intercollegiate champions, trains for the 1923 season without captain John Carleton who left as a Rhodes scholar. The squad faces Middlebury, McGill, Toronto, Williams, Vermont University, MIT, and New Hampshire State College at the winter carnival, with Captain Bowler, Bishop, and Edson as leading candidates.
Coach Leon Tuck assembles the hockey team for a Christmas training period at Lake Placid. Daily practices precede three exhibition games against local teams before a Buffalo trip to play the Jan 1 and 2 club.
The piece notes Joe Moore as a current world indoor and international outdoor champion with potential to join famous Canadian skaters like Joe Donohue Morris Wood Fred Robson John S Johnson Johnny Nilsson Norval Baptie S D Lee Bobby McLean Ed Lamy and others. It credits Moore with surpassing some of Wood Lamy and Nilsson and suggests time will determine his ultimate standing.
The record showcases Moore’s dominance in skating with wins of indoor and outdoor world titles and the Canadian national. He tallies the highest meet score, six wins in six Milwaukee starts, and multiple firsts in a single meet. He also excelled in ball and bike sports and shared a birthplace with bantam champ Joe Lynch. He trained under Norval Baptie who inspired his rise.
Work on the Yankee Stadium running track is completed. Designed by Frederick W. Rubien and supervised by his son, the track is 120 yards straight, 400 yards per lap, and 36 2 feet wide, sheltered by stands for 15 000 spectators. The surface aligns with the infield sod and allows winter spraying for skating. The Met AAU approved holding national races there next October.
The Howard Theatre presents a top wrestling bill at the Grand Opera House led by Italian champion George Calza versus Greek champion George Kotsonaros with Turkish ace Achmed Noory as helper. Calza must win one fall from Noory in 0 minutes to claim the gate. Also scheduled are Joe Perelli vs Bob Johnson and Stanley Stasiak vs Fritz Vogtemeier.
Arlington High School plans a long basketball season from January to March. The boys team is led by captain William Miller with Richard Burnham as manager who has resigned. Girls captain Grace Ogilvie with Marjorie Lombard as manager. First league game versus Watertown High on January 18 in the Arlington gym.
Newport Johnny Brown overwhelmed Earl Baird over 12 rounds at Pine Tree A. C. Brown dominated with steady right hands while Baird fought gamely in a strong showcase. George Drew edged Rhode Island champion Barney Rivers in a body punishing battle. Bert McLean stopped Young Nadeau in three rounds and Dasher Doran outscored Mose Murphy in four.
The text predicts possible loss of four world boxing titles by Anglo-Saxons within a year. It mentions Villa possibly beating Jimmy Wilde, Eugene Criqui challenging Johnny Kilbane, and references to Dempsey, Firpo, and Siki in future title bouts around Memorial Day.
Gene Sarazen and Jock Hutchison depart New York for a three month exhibition tour. They will play 35 or more exhibitions and enter several tournaments in California and the South before returning.
The pair will start tomorrow in Chicago with an indoor public exhibition and travel through Denver San Francisco Oakland and Los Angeles. The long list includes events in San Francisco Arlington Santa Barbara and Fort Worth with dates from December through March.
L H Davis captured the scratch event at Riverside in the Christmas morning B A A shoot. Four scratch shooters tied at 99 of 100 with Davis winning the shootoff 50 straight. Teammates included J M Houghton G L Osborn and H Elis. Hills led handicap standings, Brackett second, Bollang third.
Loren Murchison known as the flash speedster seeks to claim the 60 yard world mark after the A A U denied a 61 5 second time in St Louis He has run 60 yards in 6 25 seconds on 20 occasions and asks Millrose to stage a 60 yard dash at Madison Square Garden on January 31 1923 special medals are planned to honor the event.
In a L Auto referendum Jean Bouin the distance runner who died in the war leads with 37 783 votes as France's most popular athlete. Georges Carpentier is second with 13 181 votes Mile Lenglen comes 42nd with 42 percent and Battling Giki is just behind.
The column surveys reactions to the new baseball players union and speculates on rifts among Ban Johnson and New York scribes over Ty Cobb. It covers boxing and wrestling scuffles, Eastern vs Western football debates, college coaching doubts, and a preview of indoor athletics with Babe Ruth’s possible return and Floyd Johnson vs Bill Brennan.
Inquiries note D U Frank Kramer has retired from active cycling and serves as referee for a recent ten day race in New York. He asks if any professional hockey teams will play at the Arena this season, but the reply states none are booked.
Rumors swirl of a Reagan Gustin rematch with Billy Lynch open to arranging a clash. Harold Sullivan eyes bouts with Tibby Laurie or Willie Garo while Fred Crowley pledges South Boston fighters for tougher matches. Arena A C may host bouts between Calza Gardini, and wrestling if promoters fail to secure local venues. Minnesota moves toward legal boxing approvals amid varied match talk. Renato Gardini backs a Calza match with a guaranteed purse.
Gotham writers weigh Joe Lynch and Floyd Johnson as threats to bantam and heavyweight champs. Johnson faces Demps and Brennan in Madison Square Garden within three weeks, while Tremaine battles a past potential, now sidelined over family support refusals and Muldoon pushes for reinstatement of the youth.
Pittsburg Panthers arrive in San Francisco after travel from Pittsburg. Coach Glen Warne leads the team as they plan sightseeing and rest before an upcoming game at Stanford University on Saturday.
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