Giants May Trade for Konetchy
New York February reports a busy trade market with the Giants delaying moves pending Chase trial results. McGraw may trade Walter Holke for a stronger first baseman and Giants eye Konetchy as a Braves option. Rudolph, Kenetchy, and Smith linked to possible moves as first-base reshuffles unfold across the National League.
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Giants
Chase
Hal
New York
Pat Moran
John Treydler
McGraw
Walter Holke
Hol
Konetchy
Brave
Stallings
Grant
Braves
Hd Kenetchy
Red Smith
Dick Rudolph
Rudolph
Bronx
Heinie Zimmerman
Richard
Brooklyn
Jake Daubert
Hal Chase
Cincinnati
Holke
Koneteky
Philadelphia
Fred Luderus
Baker
Phillies
Pitt Offers Explanation of 1918 Football Season
Pittsburgh's 1918 season closes as the shortest on record yet yields a competitive Pitt team under coach Glenn Warner. Eight regulars and six substitutes graduate or leave for service, including captain McLaren and stars Gougler Masterday. Pitt aimed to meet Yale Harvard Princeton but scheduling prevented it.
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Musburg
Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburg
Glenn 8. Warner
Hastern
Pitt
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Panthers
University of Pittsburgh
Starvard
McLaren
Masterday
Gougler
Stahl
Allshouse
Harrington
McCarter
Hilty
Service
Student Army Training Corps
Uncle Sam
Arlington High Faces Busy Ice Hockey Week
The Arlington High School ice hockey team will play four games in a week. They travel to Newton to start a ten game series with Newton High School, then face Rindge Technical School in a postponed game at Ifill's Pond or Spy Pond, then Cambridge Latin School at Russell Field in North Cambridge, and finally Melrose High School in Arlington next Friday.
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Arlington High School
Greater
Boston
Arlington Boys
Newton
Newton High School
Arlington
Rindge Technical School
Ifill
Russell Field
Cambridge
Melrose High School
Ten Braves to Exi... Waivers On 10 Roster Members
Sign of major changes as manager Chic Stallings seeks to purge dead wood under George Washington Grant. Ten Braves players are targeted for waivers as Stallings reshapes the roster amid demobilization and wartime constraints. Joe Kelly plans a return from Newport Naval Station to join spring preparations after discharge.
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Braves
Georgia
George Washington Grant
Stallings
Here
G. W. Grant
Boston Force
Uncle Sam
Joe Kelly
Newport Naval Station
Joe
Scammon
Kan
Steet Springs
Ark
Exeter Nine Grows via Fresh Talent and New Pitchers
Exeter N H February 1 The Exeter baseball candidates improve under coach John J Carney with many new players joining the cage Gill and Moshier from last year may shift to outfield Walker a promising new left hander Finley Seubert Wells Bradley Northrup emerge as catching options Cap tain Powers Handy to join as infielders Outfielders include Andres Sada Captain Luman Jones Everett Martin Red Martin relation Billings Andover game set for June 4 at Exeter and a May 17 matchup with Harvard freshmen
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Exeter
N. H
John J. Carney
Gill
Moshier
Walker
Finley
Seubert
Wells
Bradley
Northrup
Cutler
Hix
Barry
Peck
Powers
Handy
Andres Sada
Middlesex School to Host Two Key Ice Hockey Games
Middlesex School in Concord plays two important home games this week at the Middlesex Rink. On Wednesday afternoon they meet St Mark s School from Southboro, followed by Noble and Greenough School of Boston next Saturday afternoon.
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Middlesex School
Concord
Middlesex
St. Mark's
Southboro
North Concord
Noble and Greenough School
Boston
Active On Ice And Track This Week For Newton Area
Local high school teams feature hockey and track matches across Newtonville Milton Milton Academy St. John's Prep Brookline Arlington Cambridge Danvers Concord Exeter and more. Schedule includes Newton High Arlington High St John s Prep Milton Academy Rindge Tech and noble and Greenough with multiple home and away games through Friday and weekend notes.
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Newton High
Arlington High
Bulloughs Pond
Newtonville
Milton High
English High
Cunningham Rink
Milton
St. John’s Prep
Ipswich High
Danvers
Brookline High
Milton Academy
Rindge Tech
Arlington
Middlesex
St. Mark’s
Concord
Noble and Greenough
Roxbury
Dextersfield
Brookline
Cambridge
Russelfield
Melrose High
St. Mark’s School
Southboro
Cypress Street
Rindge
Wtech
Winchester H C
Russell Field
Browne and Nichols
Exeter Academy
Exeter
N. Hi
Busy scholastic sports week keeps students active
The schedule of events remains lengthy with many games this week. The cold snap benefits boy hockey players who played numerous games late last week. Track sports also engage hundreds of students across multiple events.
Milton Academy Poised To Stay Undefeated In Scholastic Hockey
Milton Academy leads among city and private schools with a fast, cohesive forward line and stellar defense. Brookline High, Browne and Nichols, and Milton face stiff tests this week as Brookline meets Milton and Milton travels to Southboro. Newton High and Cambridge Latin loom as threats to the top standings with captain George Owen and Mamund Garrity driving strong showings.
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Brookline High
Browne and Nichols
Milton Academy
Newton High
Cambridge Latin
Greater Boston
Local schoolboy track schedule features multiple triangular meets
An active week unfolds with triangular meets in East Boston and Fenway districts. High School of Commerce, Brockton, Marblehead and Fenway schools will compete at East Armory while Brighton Hyde Park East Boston and Boston Latin clash at the Mast Boston High gym as English and Newton vie in separate events.
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East Armory—High School
Commerce
Brockton
Marblehead
High School of Commerce
Brockton High
Dorchester Hiigh
Hast Armory
Boston College Arch
Boston Latin
East Armory
Newton
Marblehead High
Fenway School
Boston College High
Fast Armory
English High
Newton High
Mast Boston High
Brighton
Hyde Park
East Boston
Boxing Notes Highlight Amateur Session At B A A
Amateur boxing returns next Saturday at the B A A with classes at 108 125 135 and 145 pounds entries near close with George W Brown Jimmy Johnston faces Harry Greb protege Tommy Robson in Cleveland results show Greb ahead seven of ten rounds Robson downgraded to avoid Battling Ortega at Grand Opera House Fan Prize fights under London rules banned locally Lewiston Me National Sporting Club hosts sixes Feddie Yelle and Bill Carney meet three other contests Joe Welling and Barney Adair set for 12 rounds at Central A C Welling expected to win but unsure Sailor Bell opponent unnamed
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George W. Brown
Jimmy Johnston
Harry Greb
Tommy Robson
Cleveland
Greb
Robson
Lewiston
Feddie Yelle
Bill Carney
New Bedford
National Sporting Club
Carney
Shaver O'Brien
Central A. C
Joe Welling
Chicago
Barney Adair
New York
Welling
Flynn
Sam Bell
Sailor
Boxers Shine on Brockton Card at Farrington A. C. Tourney
The Brockton Farrington A C hosts a Friday night fight card at Canyon Hall featuring Harry Carlson Brockton vs Jimmy Sacco East Boston in a 12 round main bout. Semi finals include Rocco, Willie Coogan vs Tommy Leahy, Webb vs Chaney, and McGrail vs Donivan. The Commercial A C all stars crown a final 10 rounder with Robinson vs Magirl, plus two 10 round bouts and a six round opener. Referee Johnny Lynch from Cambridge officiates.
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Rocco
Willie Coogan
Tommy Leahy
South Boston
George Proto
Kid Lee
Farrington A. C
Brockton
Canyon Hall
Harry Carlson
Jimmy Sacco
Boston
Freddie Webb
Weymouth
Frank Chaney
Beachmont
Johnny McGrail
Dan Donivan
Cambridge
Action
A. C
George Robinson
Art Magirl
Magirl
Sailor Ryan
Joe Rivers
Johnny Gray
Chelsea
Eddie Barcelli
Quincy
Young Strona
New Bedford
Joe Melanson
East Boston
Mickie Travers
Kid Charlie Miller
Young Sacco
Johnny Lynch
M Dowell Reinsman Remembered at Philadelphia Meet
During the Grand Circuit stewards meeting in Philadelphia Andy Mc Dowell from Byberry mingled with the crowd at Belle Vue Stratford. Few late day racing men knew him and even fewer recalled his record breaking performances each season.
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Philadelphia
Andy McDowell
Byberry
Bellevue Stratford
Andy McDowell Pioneered Trotting From Port Hope to World Fame
The article chronicles Andy McDowell’s early moves from Port Hope Ontario to Albion New York and Rochester, his rise as a top driver, and record-setting feats. It notes key horses like Fuller Alix Azote and Expressive, a landmark 1 58 1 4 mile with Jib, and a famous 1901 Charter Oak purse win with Georgena amid stiff competition. It also details a complex tale of Oslund I. being shipped to Russia and later connected to an Orloff—leading to international intrigue.
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Andy McDowell
Port Hope
Ont
Lake Ontario
Albion
N. Y
Rochester
Andy
Fuller
Monroe Salisbury
Azote
Alix
Expressive
Directly
Altao
Ella
T. Alix
McDowell
Galesburg
Ill
Chillicothe
Salisbury
Hast
Hartford
Georgena
Mpaulet
Lord Derby
Alameda
Lady Geraldine
York Boy
Wilkes Heart
Middle West
Oslund L
George W. Sherwood
St. Paul
Minn
Lexington
Imperial Trotting Club of
Russia
Moscow
Oslund I
Hamburg
Orloff
America
Boston sports world braces for busy season and big bids
Arthur Duffey notes Fred Fulton’s grievance over the Dempsey Willard bout while praising Boston’s first season under new Braves owner George Washington Grant. He predicts a rejuvenated Braves club, strong Stallings players, and a wave of athletic ambition across colleges, boxing bills, and track stars as postwar sports surge amid war veteran comebacks.
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McGraw
Holke
New York
Giants
Jay Kirke
Boston Nationals
George W. Grant
Braves
Stallings
Boston
Harry Frazee
Red Sox
George Washington Grant
Tie
Frazee
Harry Wills
Sam Langford
Jack Johnson
Langford
Johnson
Willard
Wills
Jack Dempsey
Fred Fulton
Georges Carpentier
Jess
Cactus Cravath and Liberty Bell Tie in Philadelphia Honor
One of Philadelphia’s enduring symbols Cactus Cravath shares equal honors with the Liberty Bell for age and length of service. The city known as the City of Brotherly Love weighs keeping both in its historic roster.
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Philadelphia
Conservatively Few Clubs to Clinch Title Before Season
On a conservative estimate no more than 16 major league clubs will have a championship clinched before the season opens.
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Chief Stallings
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Frank Gaffney
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Homer Faulkner
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Owen
Tommy
Ortega
Grand Opera House
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al Shubert
Chick Hayes
Navy
Lawrence
Salem
Salem A. A
Battling Reddy
Manchester
Portland
M’dowell
Ay An Elates Kei
Snow’s
Urnine
Arthur Duffey
Sport Comment
Johnny McGraw
Johnny
George Grant
Ted Meredith
Ted
Herb Gidney
Gid
Billy Murray
Crimson
Stalling
Andy Kelly
the Holy Cross
Millrose
Madison Square Garden
Bill Roper
Charley Brickley
Bill
Tex Rickard
T Rickard
Fulton
Dempsey
Tex
Jack Ryder
Dave Caldwell
Farmer Dave
Harry Willman
Aviation Service
Dartmouth
Harry
Karl Thomson
Frank Kramer
John Chapman
Kramer
Antipodes
Floyd Macfarland
Ivor Lawson
Mike O'Dowd
Mike
Ivy Lewis
Armory
Ivy
Slater & Sons, Inc
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Mitchell
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