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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1917
Page
7
Billy Evans discusses baseball humor from fans and players. He recalls Love and Bill Donovan, Frank Baker's big contract, and a failed pinch hit at the Polo Grounds. A fan quips Baker batted for exercise, not Love or money, highlighting crowd wit in baseball lore.
Baseball manager Pat Moran of the Phillies resists proposed rule changes, insisting the current game is fine. He argues backgrounds and signage, not rules, affect hitting and cites center-field screens as a potential aid to batters.
Grand Rapids Mich Feb 18 Secretary Abe Langley announced the official entry count for the seventh annual American Bowling Congress tournament set to open here in March. A total of 715 five man teams will compete this year, 41 behind Toledo’s record, but with more entrants from outside cities. The event will run 24 days.
At the second annual meeting hosted by Walter F. Robinson at 15 Cliff Street Arlington Heights the club will approve changes to its constitution. The session begins this evening at 8 o clock with Robinson a club director overseeing the proceedings.
A scrapbook from 1875 to 1879 kept by Dr. Benjamin S. Blanchard reveals Harvard and Yale players once cheered the referee after the annual rivalry. A clipping notes the team chanting for the referee and the opponents before returning to quarters. The fall 1875 track meet shows A. L. Lowell winning the mile in 5 02 with Charles Sumner Bird taking the broad jump.
Harvard varsity crews will report tomorrow afternoon to Coach Haines due to Monday athletic curtailment. Oarsmen were to assemble today but will now organize with the new reserve officers training corps before their first organized drive tomorrow afternoon.
Philadelphia date Feb 18 Alma Richards a Cornell all round athlete is expected to star at the indoor intercollegiate meet in Philadelphia March 3 He previously won individual honors in two events and placed second in another last year Richards cleared 6 feet 3 inches in the high jump 22 feet 3 inches in the broad jump and 43 feet 6 3 4 inches in the shot put
Joe Jackson of the Detroit News recalls a baseball wager with Walter Johnson during Detroit vs Washington at Navin Field. Johnson nearly doubled the bet before a long eighth inning homer cleared the left field fence, securing a $20 win for Washington as Jackson refused to halve the stake.
Special preparations are made by the Commercial A C management for the Washington Birthday boxing tournament. Shaver O'Brien of South Boston is paired with Gardner Brooks of Lowell for a semi final bout promised to deliver plenty of action.
The Concord High School seven led by captain Homer Allen will play the Concord High alumni on Washington's Birthday next Thursday. An open date is scheduled for next Saturday.
Major league magnates require one year contracts with option clauses and 10 day release notices, abolishing long term deals. The change follows star players tying up employers for three seasons and aims to boost urgency, energy, and fan enjoyment while aiding managers in enforcing discipline.
A Giants exhibition in Dallas features Arthur Fletcher recalling a stranger who claimed credit for his signing by McGraw. Fletcher jokes that many people will claim responsibility as he departs the city.
Manager John Ganzel recalls Tommy McMillan, former Indian star, playing in Rochester with Kansas City Blues. On Dominion Day in Toronto the 5 0 lead stood as fans grew quiet, then McMillan staged a prank by propping four bats and placing a small American flag on top, inciting a wild, cheering eruption from the crowd.
Tufts University begins an intramural track schedule at Medford to revive interest after the outdoor board track was destroyed by fire this year and the college athletic association failed to rebuild. The first meet is Wednesday with six events including the 22 yard dash potato race shot put running big jump three standing jumps and the bar vault.
In Toledo on February 18 the Ohio State Bowling Association doubles event saw F. Ribshow and O. Nitschke of Cleveland roll a total of 1341 pins, breaking the Americana Bowling Congress record of 1304 set by the Schwoegler brothers of Madison in 1909.
Former National League pitcher Fred Beebe has moved from the Pacific Coast League to Louisville in the American Association.
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