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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1918
Page
11
The Boston Athletic Association holds all day trap shooting at Riverside tomorrow with 10 birds in the morning and 100 in the afternoon. Prizes awarded for the high handicap and high net score, plus a visitors trophy for the day. John L. Snow returns from the South and will attend.
Ly man M. Stearns, a leading authority on checkers in the United States and organizer of the game, died in Manchester, New Hampshire, on December 30. He was aged years.
The individual led the New Hampshire Checker Club and served as president of the World’s Correspondence Checker Club. He is credited with originating more than 48000 intricate checkers problems and worked with the Union Leader’s circulation department for several years.
A Chicago report claims former Boston mayor James M. Curley and banker Charles Daly bought the Boston National League club. It says veteran Johnny Rivers was chosen as manager to replace George Stallings, with only Stallings’ contract unsettled. Curley denied knowledge of the deal.
Baseball statistics show Zack Wheat of Brooklyn hitting safely in 26 straight games from July 11 to August, with 48 hits in 108 at bats and a .444 average. Leaders include Henry Ctroh Cincinnati in runs with 88 and Max Carey Pittsburgh with 58 stolen bases. Clark Griffith visits Boston seeking trades after Miller Huggins’ deal.
Detroit president Frank Navin declares star Ty Cobb belongs with the Tigers and will not play for another team unless Navin approves. Navin says Cobb has not signed but will be in his accustomed place at season start and that there is no doubt Cobb will continue with Detroit. He rejects talk of any Yankees switch and asserts his decree Cobb stays with Detroit.
John Kilonis likely faces an alternate opponent at the Grand Opera House on Thursday night due to Jean Bruce demanding a larger purse. Promoter Tuohey has until tonight to confirm Bruce, while a high-grade substitute is already secured in case he does not perform.
Grif fith bid to swap Gert Shotten for Hal Janvrin or Jack Barry fails as Frazee rejects the offer while hinting at Milan. Griffith plans to trade for infield talent as demobilization frees Boston players. Cobb’s war-rule stance draws Gr iffith’s scathing rebuke, calling Cobb ungrateful and unpatriotic. Heydler to visit Chicago ahead of joint meetings in January.
Arthur Duffey notes schoolboy hockey and pond skating near Boston as winter winds down. Pooch Donovan jokes about pay and the word professor. Ty Cobb shines without a press agent. Harvard prep games start Thursday as college term opens. BA A trap shooters close a successful year at Riverside. Rumors swirl about Ban Johnson, Versailles, and a political quip on industrial strife between men and women.
Skating bulletin lists Ashmont and other playgrounds as Good. It recalls Hobey Baker and Princeton football legends, noting Baker's 85 yard TD run against Dartmouth in 1912 and key Yale ties. Mentions flu season affecting teams, Baker’s death in France, and other sports figures like Single G, Ed Allen, and Paris bike racing fervor.
The piece lists players across three elevens from various colleges and services. Notable names include Robeson of Rutgers, Hilty and Day of Georgia Tech and Syracuse, with selections spanning Annapolis, Pittsburg, Michigan, Princeton, and more.
Britt arrested at 2 am after stepping from a New Bedford train. McGovern, 21, of Philadelphia, suffered a heavy jaw blow and concussion like symptoms, taken to City Hospital. The bout at Central A C ended abruptly in the sixth round with McGovern unable to rise.
In a bout that started evenly Britt used infighting to wear down McGovern from New Bedford. A brutal right blow in the sixth floored McGovern, who lay unconscious as medical staff tended him. He was later found to have cerebral hemorrhage and was placed on the dangerous list at City Hospital. Prior prelims saw Andrews stop Ross in five and Roberts outlast Marto over six.
Dean Camp's annual All-America selections appear in Collier's Weekly. The 1918 season is praised as epoch making, with many service members and undergraduates sharing the field. Camp notes a fair candidate pool and that players could be prepared efficiently despite wartime demands.
The piece discusses personal responsibility in financial choices and notes unsolicited advice is often resented. It argues a prudent approach is to select reliable values, highlighting cigars as a field with clear superior options and mentioning a 10c price context and abundant testimony for a preferred brand.
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