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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1916
Page
10
PARKER'S GLEN Penn Feb 13 Smokey Joe Wood once a Red Sox pitching hero is snugly housed for the winter in this rural community and gives little thought to the preparations by major league managers for the southward start next month.
Parker's Glen a quiet spot near Port Jervis gained fame as the home of Boston speed pitcher Joe. Since October he rests from baseball, tending to chores on his hillside tract as fans visit the magnet Jos Wood's house with a pool billiard setup inviting local youth.
Joe returns to Smoky Joe’s after October, catching 700 pickerel and enjoying billiards and pinochle with Woodie the entertainer. He avoids baseball talk, awaits spring to test his arm, and plans a New York theatre trip with Mrs. Wood before returning to the mountains. Wood praises Boston as the only ball town in the United States.
After the Arlington High and Medford High interscholastic hockey game, students urge shortening the Boston Arena ice to ease workload on players. The arena manager cites cost of back boards, while boys want nets pulled closer. A coach criticizes the scheduling as an outrage.
A Harvard student is noted as matching the weight measurements and carriage desired by U.S. merchant tailors, described as a near perfect match to the tailor defined ideal. Wellesley College papers are referenced in the clipping.
Bradford M. Fullerton, captain of the Harvard swimming team, is identified as the closest match to the composite American ideal figure in a national tailors convention. At 5 feet 8 inches, 148 pounds, with a 33.5 inch waist and 14.5 inch neck, his measurements nearly meet all specifications, while his chest and head ratios align with the model. Fullerton, a Spokane, Washington native and senior, exemplifies the physique favored by the 1916 standards and enjoys a substantial wardrobe to match.
Cleveland February 18 Paul Kink wel Ball Young of Kwangtung China is the athlete Case School relies on to win the pole vault and possibly the broad jump at the Ohio Conference meet next May. Young is among eight Chinamen educated at Case and was the second highest point scorer at Manila’s Oriental Olympic meet two years ago with 11 feet 8 inches.
Demarest Lloyd of New York orders a 56 foot waterline schooner to be built by George Lawley & Son in Neponset. The vessel will be 83 feet overall, 17 feet beam, and 19 feet six inches draught, with delivery around July 1. Samuel Hopkins of Rye orders an Indian Harbor one design boat.
Captain Clinton Black of Yale football has been declared eligible by the faculty after semi annual scholarship exams. He had been handicapped by prior disqualifications but was cleared last week restoring his eligibility for football and other Yale sports.
The piece extols trapshooting as a healthful sport that builds courage, vigor, and nerve, noting growing female participation across North America. It cites Ada Schilling among top shooters, references Mrs. Ada Topperwein and Annie Oakley, and highlights records such as Schilling shooting over 3000 targets in 1935 with an average above eight.
Jon Tinker long sought Cubs management. He clashed with Evers for the post after C W Murphy chose the second baseman. Feeling snubbed, Tinker left for Cincinnati then jumped to the Federal league, bitter but convinced he could have led a reorganized Cubs to success.
Johnny Byers and umpire Bill Klein argued over golf with Byers winning the dispute. John McGraw criticized Klein saying he had something on 390, leading Klein to assert authority and end the encounter with a thunderous exclamation.
The New York World argues that interest in major league baseball has waned but magnates can reverse the trend by seizing broad opportunities and acting with an open mind to growth and reform.
Indianapolis February 13 The National Amateur Baseball Association may hold a special Indianapolis meeting February 22 if Ralston Goss who was chosen president pro tempore cannot continue. If the Indianapolis group withdraws from the national body Goss would resign and call a special election for a new leader.
In forty years of the National League there have been 40 no hit games pitched. The first came in the league's first year by Bradley of St. Louis against Hartford. Noted pitchers such as Richmond Worcester Club 1879 1880 and stars like Mathewson and Maddox are listed among those who held opponents without a safe hit.
Harvard prepares to open the baseball season with a squad meeting led by Captain Henry Nash and Dr. ER Nichols. Coach Mitchell will discuss plans as most of the infield and batteries stay intact with Mahan Willcox Whitney Garritt ready to start pitching and Dick Harte back behind the plate.
In New Haven on February 13, Yale's navy crew program is gifted a handsome coaching launch by several boating alumni. Some 170 candidates have registered with Captain Seth Low and will begin practice tomorrow. The team also receives two new shells. Coach Guy Nickalls is expected to arrive in New York City early next week.
UC Berkeley captain D. EF. Falck said California would accept an invitation to the intercollegiate regatta if the eight rowers show well in coast contests. He believed California has a real chance to win this year and did not comment on any distance change.
Eddie Mahan of Harvard weighs a move to California to coach next fall and to buy a grape vineyard to start a juice business. It remains uncertain whether his future product will become Harvard’s popular drink.
Dorchester officials at 218 Adams Street voted 10 to 2 to maintain the Dorchester Catholic League name for the 1916 season after debate about allowing teams from Quincy Canton South Boston Roxbury and Stoughton to join.
The big private school game of the week features Milton Academy hosting St. Mark's on Saturday. Charlie Foote, ex Stone School and BAA hockey player, strengthens the seven while Milton Academy shows a fast, cohesive unit highlighted by a recent win over Brookline High.
Feb 13 report states Jimmy Austin was placed on the market by Manager Fielder Jones of the Browns. Jones favors Deal, a former Federal League player, as the longer term valuable asset for the club.
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