Postseason Rules Split American and Minor Leagues
The American League voted unanimously to accept Garry Herrmann's post season framework with the national commission directing games and sharing receipts. Minor League leaders rejected Johnson's compromise over drafting, insisting on higher protections. the two leagues will remain at odds as plans proceed for a seven game series if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Garry Herrmann
National Commission
Howard Griffiths
Johnson
Griffiths
John T. Brush
Geerms
Mr. Johnson
Boston Team Honors Schedule From Owner Taylor
Owner John I. Taylor praises the schedule for his club and notes Boston opens in Philadelphia. The plan includes four Sunday games in the West, two with Chicago and two with St. Louis, plus ten Saturday games at Huntington Avenue. Decoration Day and Labor Day games are set in Washington and New York, ending the season in Boston against New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John I. Taylor
Boston
Philadelphia
Taylor
Chicago
St. Louis
Huntington Avenue
Collins
Washington
Harvard Yale Hockey Showdown For Intercollegiate Title
Harvard meets Yale tonight at St Nicholas rink in the deciding game for the intercollegiate championship. The Crimson hope to win three straight years and claim the Ceballos cup with Jack Manning back in goal to bolster defense. Yale blanked Brown 10 to 0 while Harvard defeated Providence 15 to 1, signaling a contrast in Yale’s defense and Harvard’s bright forwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Yale
St. Nicholas
Jack Manning
Manning
New York
Brown
Providence Boys
Douglas and Sullivan Draw In Six-Round Marlboro Fight
Fred Douglas of Savannah and Tommy Sullivan of Lawrence fought a six round bout at Highland A C Marlboro with Jimmy Gardner of Lowell as referee. The match was cut from 15 rounds due to small attendance and ended in a draw to the crowd’s displeasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
Fred Douglas
Savannah
Tommy Sullivan
Lawrence
Highland A. C
Jimmy Gardner
Lowell
Douglas
Philadelphia
Sullivan
Johnny Ahearn
South Boston
Kid Williams
Boston
Ahearn
Gus Dumont
Tom Carpenter
Woburn
Post Man Traverses Treacherous Ice to Apple Island
A Post reporter walked from Jeffries Point East Boston to Apple Island and back, braving thin ice and near misses. He found several camps looted on Apple Island while police investigated. A Winthrop Centre girl Miss Mary E Bennett, 18, also crossed to Apple Island and back safely.
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Apple Island
A. Post
Jeffries Point
Boston
Wood Island
Shirley Gut
Station 7
Winthrop Centre
Mary E. Bennett
Winthrop
Miss Bennett
Tennis Champion Dewhurst Easily Wins Match
In New York at the national indoor tennis championship, F. B. Dewhurst of the University of Pennsylvania defeated Manning Goldman. An unfinished first-set clash between Wylie Co. Grant and F. Allen ended 11-9 for Allen, to be completed tomorrow.
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New York
Seventh Regiment Armory
F. B. Dewhurst
University of Pennsylvania
Manning Goldman
Wylie Co. Grant
F. Allen
Allen
France Praises One Legged Cyclist Tour of Europe
A French tribute highlights a cyclist with one leg who rode 2700 miles in 89 days across Europe. The article lists riders including J Frank Galway, Bennie Munroe, John Bedell, Gussie Lawson, Floyd Krebs, Louis Mettling, Charley Turville, E F Root, Oliver Dorlin, Jed Newkirk, Otto Maya, Jimmy Bowler, and Fred Ernst. Jack Prince to race six days in Philadelphia starting February 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Jack Prince
Philadelphia
J. Frank GalWhn
Bennie Munroe
John Bedell
Gussie Lawson
Floyd Krebs
Louis Mettling
Charley Turville
E. F. Root
Oliver Dorlin
Jed Newkirk
Otto Maya
Jimmy Bowler
Fred Ernst
Mackinac Clears Ice again at Nantucket
Nantucket reports the revenue cutter Mackinac completed a second ice patrol passage today landing passengers and supplies at Quidnet. A next trip is planned for Wednesday unless Nantucket resumes service sooner, with islanders facing no serious privations due to periodic Mackinac runs.
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Nantucket
Mackinac
Quidnet
Yost Opens Bid for Big Rival Showdowns
Fielding H. Yost before Michigan alumni at Young's Hotel offers to lineup teams against Yale Harvard Princeton or the University of Pennsylvania anytime. He defends athletics, praises college fairness, and notes a New England alumni organization forming with officers and a Civil War memorial fund committee.
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Fielding H. Yost
Yost
Michigan University
Young
Eliot
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
University of Pennsylvania
Michigan
Alleghanies
Cambridge
New Haven
New England
Portland
Jasper P. Newton
Rutland
Daniel M. Edwards
Woonsocket
R. I
G. A. Kleene
Hartford
Conn
Ice Conditions Deteriorate At Newport Rhode Island
Newport Harbor and Narragansett Bay grow more dangerous as ice thickens to 30 inches. A southwest wind shift and a six degree temperature drop follow a late snowstorm. Lightship 66 reaches Nantucket shoals, while tug Hughes fails to tow a coal laden barge to New Bedford and returns to harbor.
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Newport
R. I
Newport Harbor
Narragansett Bay
Lightship 66
Nantucket Shoals
Hughes
New Bedford
Roxbury Dorchester Senior League Game Forfeited
The Roxbury High and Dorchester High senior league contest scheduled for yesterday at the Roxbury gymnasium was forfeited by the former.
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Dorchester
Roxbury
New Louise C Cabral Makes Maiden Trip At T Wharf
Six fishing schooners arrive at T wharf bearing 152,800 pounds of haddock cod hake pollock and cask with prices 2 to 5 percent. The highlight is the Louise C Cabral on its maiden voyage, carrying 13,000 pounds of haddock cod and hake.
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T Wharf
Haddock
Louise C. Cabral
Mystery
Illinois
Mooanam
Jennie
Agnes
Rapidan
James & Tarr
Essex
Frank Gaspee
Provincetown
Sea Fox
Cabral
Portugal
Thomas McManus
Knights of Honor Hall
Washington Street
James P. Hubbard
Henry Thomas
John H. Montgomery
Frank R. Neal
Shipping News Miniature Almanac for February 18
The report lists sunrise sunset and navigational data for February 18, and details arrivals and departures of multiple steamers and schooners. Arrived vessels include Canadian Trant from Liverpool, Martello Gresham from Hull, and numerous others with passengers and cargo. Also notes a corrected report denying the reported sailing of the six masted schooner Addie M. Lawrence.
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Port Yestern
Europe
Leyland Hner
Boston
Liverpool
Salt Lake City
A. W. W. Trant
W. W. Trant
Leyland Line
Martello
W. H. Gresham
Hull
England
Gresham
Bingham
Canadian
Trant
Frederick Leyland & Co
Eng
Calvin Austin
Pike
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Portland
Catalone
Glover
Louisburg
Mohican
Devereux
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Charleston
S. C
Gloucester
Dizer
Baltimore
Norfolk
Grecian
Briggs
Philadelphia
James S. Whitney
Grove
Seaboard
Holmes
New York
Bay State
Oliver
City of Gloucester
Godfrey
Plymouth
Hansen
Port Johnson
Boxer
Walls
Bear Ridge
Maple Hill
Teaser
Calhoun
Logan
Kimberton
Lykens
Hughes
Corbin
Oak Hill
Phenix
Paoli
Kelley
Woodbury
South Amboy
Wind Southwest
Amerigo Vespucci
London
Yarmouth
Nantucket
Mayfield
Astral
S. O. Co
Bala
Braddock
C. W. Morse
J. H. Rutter
Thomas I. Parker
Salem
Addie M. Lawrence
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Brush
Hedges
Jack Sheridan
O’day
Gettmann
McAllister
Cleveland
Moran
Ee Beville
Detroit
Kerwin
Cincinnati
Jack Taylor
National Committee
Ban Johnson
Green
Burnham
Newark
LOS Angeles CO
Summer St
Eed
Beher
Fee
Wilder Marcus
Eerree Gale
Cene
Callaway
Cornell
Eeueerneeees F
Townsend Shepard
Pell Flinn
Newhall
Sord Fellner
Diave
Boston Harbor
Dewhurst
Newport, R. I
Greater Boston
Allston
Malden
Carruths
Murray & Irwin
Rexford
Hall
Noddle
Harvard Square
Columbia Road
Central
Pythian
Terminal Crosby
Sudbury
Urray & Irwin
Seeeene
Ntra
Grove Hall
Philadelia
A. One Newseat
Nae Dal
Philadel’a
Ne Geneseapihnatabeesia Hai Gennaenngina Apneemith
Pemeerereattenstnat Ihteceee ‘Iepmentaiieneisi Ees
Post Detroit
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas Ee
George Alfred Gray
Tremont Building
G.C
E. Ell
Corona Colt
Brockton
Mass
Washington Stat
Summer Street
Hanover Street
Wood
Hoosac Tunnel
Thomas B. Jago
South Chelsea Drawbridge
Mystic Pier
South America
Charles A. Bartlett
Charlestown
Ottawa
Azores
Mediterranean Sea
Sir Charles Tupper
Ashby
Kerwood
Spaulding
Nash, Spaulding & Co
Mr. Spaulding
Isis
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Elvira
Sue Leveronl
North End
Emma S. Howe
United States Revenue
Algonquin
Driscoll’s Landing
Shipping News
Canopic
Iberian
Manchester
Wormland
Chattahoochee
Edward E. Barry
California
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Echo, Weber
Ogden Canons
Lucia
Great Salt Lake
Humboldt Valley
Sierra Nevadas
Willard Massey
Washington St
Boston, Mass
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