World's Champion Indians Set Another World Record at Boston Mile
Ray favored to win the Boston Mile in the American Legion games at East Newton street armory tomorrow afternoon. Josef Guillemot does not enter, but the event, plus the Colonel Gaston 600 yard trophy, is expected to draw a record crowd for the athletic meet in this area.
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Josef Guillemot
American Legion
East Newton Street Armory
Boston
Colonel Gaston
Jose Ray
East Armory
Boston mile crowd eyes crack field as Guillemot stays away
Manager Johnny Lane fails to lure French ace Guillemot to Boston as furlough ends and he must return to France for military training. Joie Ray, fresh from a win and favored for the Boston mile, leads a star-studded lineup including Dave Caldwell, Eddie Meehan, Jimmy O'Brien, Frank Loomis, Mike Devaney, and Sid Leslie, with Cutbill, Connolly, and others challenging in a week of top open events and the Colonel Gaston 60-yard trophy race prospects in doubt due to Jake Driscoll’s recent accident.
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Johnny Lane
New York
Boston
France
Guillemot
Jose Ray
Walter Higgins
Columbia
Frank Loomis
Chicago
Loren Murchison
Bernie Weters, Jr
Hal Cutbill
Joie Ray
Ray
Cutbill
Jimmy Connolly
Georgetown
Mike Devaney
Sid Leslie
Colonel Gaston
Jake Driscoll
Floes
Eddie Meehan
Jimmy O’brien
Jack Sellers
Dave Caldwell
Babe Ruth Heads to Hot Springs for Spring Training
New York outfielder Babe Ruth leaves snow covered New York for Flat Springs Ark to begin two weeks of conditioning before joining Carl Mays Wale Hoyt and Harry Harper in preparation for the Yankee training camp in Shreveport Illinois The trip marks another bid to chase his home run record with the team’s pitchers accompanying him.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Flat Springs
Ark
New York American
Carl Mays
Wale Hoyt
Harry Harper
Shreveport
Ilc
Yankee
Orient Heights Yacht Club Dinner Tonight with Exhibition Bouts
The Orient Heights Yacht Club on Bays water street hosts a members and friends dinner and entertainment in its clubhouse hall tonight. East Boston leading professional boxers such as Nixie Searles and Young Muggay will perform exhibition bouts for attendees.
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Orient Heights Yacht Club
Bayswater Street
Boston
Nixie Searles
Young Muggay
Greb Eyes Carpentier After Smith Bout at Mechanics
Harry Greb stakes a run at Georges Carpentier if he defeats Jeff Smith in a Mechanics Building bout next Friday night. Smith has been offered the match but Carpentier has not yet accepted. Smith previously defeated Carpentier in France, raising doubt about his willingness to risk a Dempsey fight.
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Harry Greb
Georges Carpentier
Jeff Smith
Mechanics’ Building
Jeff
Carpentier
France
Dempsey
Smith vs Greb in Boston Headlines Historic Heavyweight Duel
Al Lippe, manager of Smith to the Faneuil Club, predicts one of the greatest heavyweight battles in Boston. The Faneuil Club will pay $7500 to each fighter while keeping popular ticket prices. Tickets go on sale today at 39 Court Street as Greb and Smith prepare to arrive midweek for the bout.
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Boston
al Lippe
Smith
Faneuil Club
Greb
Pittsburg
Mechanics
Court Street
Faneuil A. C
Death of John E. Gilman From Pneumonia
Obituary recounts John E. Gilman’s Civil War service from Bull Run to Gettysburg. He served in the Army of the Potomac, lost an arm, later led Grand Army of the Republic as commander in chief in 1910, held several state and city posts, and was a noted poet. Funeral set for Wednesday at Hyde Park with burial at Calvary Cemetery.survived by widow and two sons William J F and John E Jr
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Army of the
Grand Army of the Republic
Atlantic City
State House
Andrew
Boston
Institutions Registration Department
Hart
Soldiers’ Relief Department
Grand Army
John A. Andrew
Gilman
Hyde Park
Calvary Cemetery
Tie
William J. F
John E., Jr
Winthrop
Navy Featherweight Title Won by Sutton
The featherweight boxing championship of the American navy went to the Atlantic fleet tonight as Sutton from the flagship Pennsylvania defeated Etchell of the Arkansas in six rounds after a previous Wednesday draw. the decisive bout was ordered for tonight in Panama.
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Panama
Sutton
Pennsylvania
Etchell
Arkansas
Cleveland Team All Signed Up For 1921 Season
Cleveland club president J C Dunn says the Indians have 85 players under contract for 1921 with no holdouts or unreasonable salary demands. Pitchers and catchers ordered to report to manager Tris Speaker in Dallas on Feb 28, others a week later. Also notes the Greb Smith boxing match to be staged by Faneuil A C with Johnny Mahoney praised for securing the bout. St Josephs T A Society to host an amateur boxing tournament Friday night.
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The
Indians
Cleveland
Dunn
Tris Speaker
Long Island
Speaker
Dallas
Tex
Harry Greb
Pittsburg
Jeff Smith
Bayonne
N. J
Faneuil A. C
Johnny Mahoney
St. Joseph's T. A. Society
Boxing entries close for New England amateur championships
The piece notes open boxing classes 108 1115 125 and 185 pounds closing Feb 24 with John W Manning at 95 Cambridge Street and William H Cuddy at 9 Cambridge Street Boston. It mentions a Dorchester Mike O Dowd loss to Joe Eagan at the Grand Opera House and the March 2 Mechanics Building event to boost amateur boxing with entries open to all registered amateurs from bantams to heavyweights.
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Green Street
John W. Manning
Cambridge Street
Dorchester
Mike O'Dowd
Joe Eagan
Grand Opera House
Magan
O'Dowd
Mechanics
William H. Cuddy
Boston
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