Braves Start Southern Tour With Postings and Prospects
President George Washington Grant returns to Braves Field as Boston lines up a Southern itinerary from April 3 to 10 including Charleston Columbia Greensboro Lynchburg Washington and Baltimore. Fr an k McNamee a 22 year old Brookline native joins tryout talks while Joe Harris regains Red Sox outfield status boosting Duffy's expected lineup for next season.
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Middlesex League May Add Two Teams to Six Club Lineup
The Middlesex Interscholastic Baseball League may expand to six teams as Winchester and Wilmington high schools consider joining after invitations. If accepted the four existing members Belmont Lexington Reading Stoneham would join. Lexington last year’s league champion. Stoneham High principal Charles J Emer son serves as league president with Belmont’s S B Comery as secretary-treasurer.
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Innovations Aimed at Back Bay Unions Next February Meet
The Back Bay A A club plans changes for the Unicorn games including limiting entry to reduce floor viewing, scrapping some handicap events, and avoiding the 660 yard handicap and mile open. Nat Butler eyes Ray’s four minute mile behind motor pace, while boxing and billiards talk touch on McLean and Chapple exhibitions.
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Coach decisions and boxing legends questioned in Anguat inquiry
A reader questions coach authority over player positions and recalls claims about Tom Gibbons and Jack Dempsey, asking if they ever boxed and about a world high jump record in Anguat in 1917, noting a possible misspelling and a Baltic City reference.
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Dartmouth Beats Yale on Ice 2-1
Dartmouth edged Yale 2 to 1 in New Haven as Osborne scored the final winner after a close game marked by tight defense and brutal scrums. Yale led 1 0 after Chisholm netted early in the third. Foster tied for Dartmouth before Osborne sealed the victory.
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Williams Athletics Aided By New College Director
Herbert Lehman the New York alumnus has funded Gordon H. Messer to be Williams College athletic director for two years. Messer, head of athletics at R P I, will start next fall earning 5400 annually. He will oversee intramural programs and act as general supervisor, with possible coaching duties.
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Doubleheader Hockey Matches Planned for Local Schools
Interscholastic League officials weigh Cambridge Latin versus Malden and Arlington versus Rindge Tech for Friday night games at the arena. Melrose and Rindge were on the schedule, but a pairing remains undecided with Brookline-Somerville rumored and Arlington-Malden favored as the season progresses.
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Indians Seek Waivers on Doc Johnston
Cleveland baseball club asks for waivers on veteran left handed first baseman Wheeler Doc Johnston. negotiations opened for his release to the Salt Lake City club of the Pacific Coast in case pay is not claimed by a major league club.
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Jenkins Busy Spring for Harvard Athlete Percy Jenkins
Percy Jenkins of Quincy leads a hectic spring at Harvard balancing studies with varsity baseball on the Crimson nine and track competition with the Harvard track team. He is described as a versatile athlete taking on multiple sports this season.
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Percy Jenkins Sets Broad Jump And Track Goals For Harvard Year
Percy Jenkins is listed for second base, 100 yard dash, and broad jump in the late college season. Bill Bingham and Jack Slattery aim to add him to their teams as he shifts between baseball and track duties. He will join Georgia Tech games on April 19 and compete in a triangular meet at Annapolis before playing Colby, then faces schedule conflicts with track meets. Jenkins will skip some games including Mass Aggies, Catholic University, and Amherst to attend Tech track events and Yale clash, with Harvard Princeton in late May potentially deciding his baseball path. He may score in the I C A A preliminaries and big meet, while maintaining varsity level in baseball and track.
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What Sport Means in Jenkins Young Life
Jenkins begins a spring sports schedule with a trip to Atlanta on April 15 and includes a baseball nine. The slate lists games vs Georgia Tech in Atlanta April 19–20, a track meet with the Navy and Virginia at Annapolis April 22, a Cambridge baseball double on April 24 and 26, a Penn relay carnival in Philadelphia April 28, and Cambridge baseballs May 1–3 plus Tech and Yale track events.
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Siegel to Box Jock Malone in Mechanics Building bout
Nate Siegel earned another fight by defeating Tommy Robson and will meet Jovi Malonn of St Paul in Boston on Feb 17 at the Mechanics Building. The Commercial A C matchmaker arranged the bout with plans to pit winners from Feb 17 and Feb 24 against top contenders as the club eyes a world title bid. Dan Morgan discussed Britton’s potential Boston appearance with club officials.
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Judge Landis to visit minor league clubs next season
Commissioner Landis at Buffalo said he plans to spend considerable time visiting minor league teams next season. He has accepted several invitations for pennant raisings and flag ceremonies, making his presence a notable part of the events.
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Brookline Wins Title Ice Combat
Brookline High defeated Arlington High 1 to 0 in an Interscholastic Hockey League game at the Arena yesterday afternoon.
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Brookline Stuns Arlington In High-Scoring League Game
Brookline and Arlington produced a fast paced winter league contest with Brookline taking a one goal lead in the first period and pressing for more in the second and third. Walsh starred on offense for Brookline while Hammond of Arlington faced a busy night in goal and Scanlon stood out on defense. Score Brookline 1 Arlington 0 after a sequence from Stover to Walsh.
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B U Seeking Track Laurels As Three Meets Approach
Boston University track coach Hedlund announces three major meets this month after a Tufts victory. The Red and White plan to enter 30 in the American Legion meet February 22 at East Armory, with a subset aiming for the New England Indoor Championships February 25 at Mechanics Hall and the Knights of Columbus meet March 4 in Mechanics Hall. The squad held practice daily in South Armory, and star J W Merriam cannot compete this year due to Dartmouth transfer status.
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Watertown Girls to Clash With Winchester Five
The Watertown High School girls meet Winchester High School in a Suburban Girls Basketball league game at Winchester High School gym. Winchester aims to seize the lead as Arlington remains in sight.
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Scams and solicitations foiled in a dated street scene
A collage of 1922 era cons exposes schemes from smuggling Havana cigars to Armenian lace sales and counterfeit gold stocks. The scenes feature swaggering hustlers, a boat bound chain of half‑baked promises, and a quip about legality.
New York A C Races BAA In Upcoming Legion Games
The New York A C relay team, top finishers over the BAA in the Unicorn games, will face the Massachusetts American Legion squad at the East Newton Street Armory on Washington’s Birthday afternoon. The medley relay features 220 yards 440 yards 60 and a half mile. New York runners include Andy Kelly Bernie Weters Jr Sid Leslie Jack Sellers and possibly Joe Higgins. Boston Legion riders are Walter Downey Jake Driscoll Earl Dudley and Hal Cutbill. The event is one of many staged by Manager John Kane for the Legion meet.
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Shaw Goes From Majors as Washington Trades Shaw to Seattle
The Washington club transfers pitcher Jim Shaw to Seattle ending nine years under Clark Griffith. Shaw had mixed outcomes with one neck injury and a leg injury that sidelined him last season before a loan to New Haven. The move completes Washington's trade with Seattle for pitcher Ray Francis. Eddie Goebel and Clarence Fisher also move in the deal.
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Crimson Yale basketball clash set for New Haven
Harvard and Yale meet on the New Haven court for the first time since the indoor game resumed at Harvard. Yale has won only a few of many games but faced tougher rivals, while Harvard’s season includes a win over Worcester Tech as they brace for a fast travel to greet a large Junior Prom crowd.
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Johnson Boxing Exhibition Forbidden in Kingston
Albany Feb 6 a boxing exhibition featuring Jack Johnson former heavyweight champion scheduled at a Kingston theatre tonight was forbidden by Attorney General Newton because Johnson lacked a boxing license from the State Athletic Commission.
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