Promoter eyes 10 round no-decision bout in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee promoter offers Jack Dillon and Frank Moran 70 percent of the house if they fight in a 10 round no-decision bout soon. The piece also notes B A A efforts to stage Caldwell Higgins 1000 yard race and comments on other potential matches and athletes including Benny Leonard Charlie White and Yale coach Jones.
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Milwaukee
Jack Dillon
Frank Moran
Armory A. A
Phil Bloom
Benny Leonard
Charlie White
Matt Wells
Jim Flynn
Leonard
Joe Mandot
Charley White
Tom Cowler
New York
Dillon
Boston Braves Stream of Notables Join Club Board
Prominent figures including Keith of the Boston Athletic Association and Colonel Edward J L Logan join the Braves board as directors. Other names listed include Brigadier-General Charles Pfaff and William F Garcelon with more expected to be elected. Business Manager Hapgood notes large stock purchases as entrance fees. The group marks the strongest local leadership seen in a major league club.
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Hapgood
Braves
Boston National League
Walst
The
Orient
Yale Daily News demands reinstatement of barred Yale players
Yale's student paper urges the athletic committee to reinstate LeGore Milburn Pumpelly Rhett and Easton after they were barred last September on a summer baseball technicality. The Harvard Crimson is cited as voicing the same demand. A Yale hearing report claims LeGore planned an extended summer trip and declined an invitation to join Quogue squad after officials pressed him.
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New. Haven
Yale
Yale Daily News
LeGore
Milburn
Pumpelly
Rhett
Easton
Harvard Crimson
Harvard
Princeton
Harry LeGore
Baseball Association
Quoque
Long Island
Quogue
George B. Cage
Gossip for Motorists in Chicago About Auto Freight and People
J W Bowman claims he learned from J B Marvin that 12 000 freight cars were used by automakers to ship complete cars in the first three weeks of January, versus 8000 for all of January 1915. H O Smith has entered tire and rubber manufacturing after leading Premier Motor Company. Albert Champion notes a calloused right hand from shaking many Chicago acquaintances. The A C man travels widely in automotive circles.
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J. W. Bowman
J. 8. Marvin
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
H. O. Smith
Premier Motor Company
Tire
Premier Company
Mr. Smith
G. and J. Tire Company
Albert Champion
Albert
Flint
Mich
A. C
Folwell Named Penn Football Rules Committee Rep
Robert C. Folwell, coach of the University of Pennsylvania football team, was chosen to succeed Dr. Carl Williams as Pennsylvania's representative on the football rules committee at a meeting of the athletic association board of directors yesterday.
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Piladelphia
Robert C. Folwell
University of Pennsylvania
Carl Williams
Pennsylvania
The
Athletic Association of the University
Poulos to Wrestle Carlson in Woburn Armory Show
Jim Poulos the middleweight world claimant will wrestle John Carlson the Swedish middleweight champion at the Woburn Armory Saturday night February 5. Poulos drew strong interest after returns from his Western campaign where he took part in major battles in that region.
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Jim Poulos
Woburn
John Carlson
Poulos
A Woman's Way For Honey Tells This Tale
A newly married ball player invites his wife to a game. She watches as he comes up with two outs and three on. He hits a third pitch for a triple and the crowd erupts while his wife, from the box, shouts humorously that he should put the bat where it belongs.
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Honey
KO Vadit
Higgins Declines 1000 Yard Match With Caldwell
Joe Higgins of Holy Cross will not race Dave Caldwell of the B A A in a proposed 1000 yard match at Mechanics Hall on Saturday night. Higgins would race Caldwell if fit, but coach Bart Sullivan says Higgins is not in condition to do himself justice against the Unicorn star's famed speed.
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Dave Caldwell
Joe Higgins
Back Bay
Higgins
Caldwell
Farmer Dave
Tom Halpin
Ted Meredith
Meredith
New York
Tom
Millrose
Holy Cross
Mechanics’ Hall
Bart Sullivan
Sullivan
Caldwell Higgins at odds for relays and sprints
Caldwell is in top form while Higgins shows signs of fatigue and will miss the 40 yard dash. Higgins will run the relay against Boston College and may enter the 600 yard or 100 yard handicap. The Ninth Regiment meet on February 22 may host a Caldwell Higgins showdown.
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Caldwell
Higgins
Boston College
Ninth Regiment
Washington
Braves deal blocks Davis return signing delay
Pitcher George Davis Jr. remains unsigned as the Braves wait for his start date. Manager Stallings wants Davis at spring training by March 1 with his brothers and teammates, but Davis who is last year Harvard law student seeks to finish classes and report after school ends in June.
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George Davis
Braves
Red Smith
Boston
Davis
Stallings
Harvard
Lexington Minute Men Rifle Club announces February 22 shoot
The Lexington Minute Men Rifle Club formed last fall plans a holiday shoot at the Howard M. Monroe estate range on Lowell Street Lexington Tuesday morning February 22. The club also aims to hold shoots with nearby town clubs during the coming year.
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Lexington Minute Men Rifle Club
Two Minute Men
Howard M. Monroe
Lowell Street
Lexington
Ban Johnson excludes Stovall and Chase from American league
Ban Johnson, head of the American league, stated that George Stovall and Hal Chase could never return to the American league, in remarks on the Federal league players.
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Excelsior Springs
Ban Johnson
George Stovall
Hal Chase
Baseball Commission set to rule on Plank and reserve status
The National Baseball Commission will decide whether Eddie Plank remains a free agent or is reserved by St Louis after his Federal league contract expired. President Johnson says no blacklist exists but Plank’s case hinges on reserve clauses and club waivers by major leagues. Boston and Cincinnati claim Plank, yet all expired contracts stay under club reserve.
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Stovall
Chase
National Baseball Commission
Johnson
Eddie Plank
Plank
St. Louis Fderals
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Grapplers to Meet Tonight at the Hippodrome Card
Tonight's wrestling program at the Hippodrome features Will Bingham versus Takawich in a jiu jitsu bout. Cossack Ivan Michailoff faces Fritz Weidemann, German challenger, in a hard fought clash after Michailoff's trip West and return from a Kansas City encounter with Stecher lasting 33 minutes.
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Hippodrome
Will Bingham
Takawich
Boston
Ivan Michailoff
Fritz Weidemann
New York
Michailoff
West
Stecher
Kansas City
Pa Van Loon Seeks A Real Day’s Work In Sunday Post
Pa Van Loon attempts a full day’s labor in a feature for the Sunday Post. The piece follows his trials and reactions as he confronts ordinary tasks and the pull of modern life.
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Pa van Loon
Brookline High to Host Meet with Maldweel Mechanics Arts
Brookline High School swimming team prepares for a Princeton interscholastics qualifier after a scheduled meet against Maldweel Mechanical Arts at Brookline on February 9, three days before the event.
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Brookline High School
Princeton
Maldeweel Mechanic Arts Notators
Brookwe Om
Team prompts trip to Princeton after ticket sales
The group aimed to raise over 80 by selling tickets for a Harvard Freshman swim meet and a later athletic board session set a 140 target. If not met by competitive meets the boys would be allowed to travel to Princeton. manager ?ienessey worked to secure the two tickets for the meet.
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Harvard
Athletic Board
Princeton
Iennessey
Yale inter scholastics trip shapes up for city team
The squad seeks sixty dollars more to cover expenses and will travel to Yale inter scholastics on Saturday. Captain Leo Handy is in top form after fast swims, with 220 yard and 50 yard records near or under the marks. Team members include Hennessey, Prendergast, Bird, Richardson, McKinnon, and Darling or Woods, with a relay choice among Handy, Prendergast, McKinnon and the fastest swimmer.
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Yale
Don Richardson
McKinnon
Darling
Woods
Prendergast
Handy
Lexington High Cancels Patriots Day Track Meet
Most boys will march with the Lexington High School Cadets on Patriots Day so Concord High School calls off its proposed dual track meet with Lexington on April 19. Lexington High has not decided whether it will field a track team this spring.
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Lexington High School
Concord High School
Lexington High
Infield Fly Rule Debate Through Diamond Tales
Billy Evans recalls a two bases loaded infield fly dispute between Chicago and St Louis from two years ago. Ping Bodie muffed the catch while Weaver backed off, prompting a discussion on who handles the ball and whether the batter is out.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Sherstop Weaver
Ping Bodie
White Sox
Weaver
Bodie
Ping
Sox
Tris Speaker
Speaker
Secas
Red Sox to Play Harvard in Preseason Matchup
The Red Sox meet Harvard on Monday April 10 at Fenway Park as manager Bill Carrigan brings the world champions back from the South after a three day series with Charlie Ebbets Trolley Dodgers in Brooklyn. Captain Nash and his Crimson teammates square off against the defending champions.
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Red Sox
Harvard
Boston
Bill Carrigan
South
Brooklyn
Charlie Ebbets
Trolley Dodgers
Fenway Park
Nash
Crimson
Red Sox to Meet Harvard in Spring Exhibition Series
The Red Sox will play Harvard for the first time since 118, reviving a Boston Cambridge clash not seen in recent seasons. After early travel and a short exhibition slate, both teams will have time for a closing set with the collegians.
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Red Sox
Harvard
Crimson
Cambridge
Sox
Collegians
Cambridge Friends Honor Dave Deshler At Bow Do
A large Cambridge delegation attends a Bowdoin Square Theatre reception tonight for Dave Deshler who has left the prize ring for vaudeville. Deshler is praised for his rapid progress and poise on stage. Cambridge night features are planned by theater management.
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Dave Deshler
Cambridge
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Vaudevile
Deshler
Huntington offers to run against Newton in dual meet
Huntington School, after initially agreeing to a Worcester relay at the B A A games, changes plans. Headmaster Flinner offers to meet Newton High the next afternoon, proposing Huntington on Newton’s floor for a dual meet tomorrow.
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Huntington
Newton
Worcester Academy
Huntington School
Newton High
Flinner
St Nicks to Meet B A A Again In Schedule Rumor
The query column notes no announced B A A St Nicks game yet but hints at a future meeting. It also lists Dartmouths February 26 date with St Nicks and mentions Benny Leonard's first local boxing appearance against Phil Bloom. It confirms Mike Sweeney linked to Yale as a former world high jump holder.
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St. Nicks
Dartmouth
Benny Leonard
Phil Bloom
Mike Sweeney
Yale
Medford Track Team Seeks Dual Meet Opponent
Medford High School track manager John E. Garrity seeks a replacement dual meet for next week after the Brookline High contest was postponed until Feb 22. Open dates remain in March for scheduling with another school.
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Medford
John E. Garrity
Brookline High
Huntington Y M C A Meet Set With Boston College High
Huntington School of the Boston Y M C A and Boston College High School schedule a dual swimming meet in the Y M C A natatorium on Saturday. Local fans anticipate a competitive clash between rival prep programs at the waterfront facility.
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Huntington School
Boston Y. M. Co. A
Boston College High School
Yale Football Appointment and Committee Details for 1916
Michael Sweeney is named general athletic adviser for 1916 1917 at Hill School Pennsylvania and will assist football matters. A special committee chaired by Vance McCormick selects Jones after interviewing candidates and consulting Yale veterans to ensure a tightly organized coaching and training system. Captain Black’s rumored resignation over scholarship issues is denied as not considered.
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Michael Sweeney
the Hill School
Pennsylvania
Captain Black
Athletic Association
Vance C. McCormick
B. Thorne
John R. Kilpatrick
Joseph R. Swan
Walter Camp
McCormick
Jones
Yale
New Haven
Association
Sweeney
Harvard Coach Tom Campbell Named North Carolina Athletic Director
Tom Campbell, former Harvard assistant and Bowdoin coach, is appointed athletic director at the University of North Carolina. He will direct football and bring Harvard methods to the Tar Heels, who aim to improve after last season’s runner-up finish. salary reported at 3000 dollars.
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University of North Carolina
Harvard
Cambridge
Crimson
Tom Campbell
North Carolina
University of Virginia
N. C
Campbell
Bowdoin
Maine
Yale
Bob Fischer
Embargo Lifted on Cattle Shipments to Massachusetts
The Governor's Council voted to end the year long embargo on cattle imports from Connecticut Rhode Island and New York. The embargo began in November 1914 during the foot and mouth disease outbreak and now shipments may resume.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Commissioner of Animal Industry
Army Navy Game Set Same Day as Harvard Yale Clash
Philadelphia Feb 2 The Army and Navy football game will be played on Franklin Field Saturday Nov. date that Yale and Harvard meet in New Haven per a report released today.
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Arn
Navy
Franklin Field
Yale
Harvard
New Haven
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