James Refuses CUI Offer as Braves Holdout
Bill James refuses the $3000 salary in his new contract after a conference with Braves manager Stal lings. He would accept a moderate cut from $6500 but won’t sign for $3000. The Braves announce two more Sunday exhibitions and negotiate an interleague game with the St. Louis Americans in Toronto on May 31.
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Toronto
St Marks Wins Private School Hockey Title
St Mark's defeated Milton Academy 3 to 2 to capture the private school hockey championship in Southboro. Captain Ned Bigelow scored the decisive goal in the last five minutes as Gorham and Carey kept Milton from a bigger lead early, with Gaston adding a second for St Mark's and Hamilton and Hastings replying for Milton. The contest featured fast play, refereed by Walter R. Grannan, with two 20 minute periods.
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Milton Academy
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Carey
Gaston
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Hastings
Stillman
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Tiss
Lincoln Carey
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Johnson
Boris
Humphrey Mouce
Caldwell sets indoor world record in 1000 yards race
Dave Caldwell of the B A A wins the 1000-yard event at the Ninth Regiment indoor meet at East Armory in 2 minutes 13 seconds under new AAU measurement rules, edging Joe Higgins and Mike Devanney. The program features strong military and collegiate athletes with Boston Latin students excelling in multiple events.
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le Page
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Frank Wing
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Special 1000 yard race at Boston schoolboy meet
Boston track followers anticipate a 1000 yard indoors race at Mechanics Hall as a special feature of the annual schoolboy meet under the Boston Athletic Association. Dave Caldwell recently won the Ninth Regiment meet and defeating rivals, with Tom Halpin expected to join the field.
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Ninth Regiment
Joe Higgins
A. A
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Unicorn Club
Tom Halpin
Rivers to Box McKinnon in Augusta Maine
Joe Rivers the Gloucester middleweight, in top form all winter, meets Bill McKinnon of Roxbury in a 12 round feature at Capitol A C Augusta Maine. He sub for injured George Robinson and headlines a card described as the biggest Augusta tournament yet staged with four other bouts.
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Joe Rivers
Gloucester
Bill McKinnon
Roxbury
Capitol A. C
Augusta
Pine Tree City
Rivers
George Robinson
Cambridge
Jack Savage
Armory
Stecher Defeats Ad Santel in Two Falls at San Francisco
Joe Stecher of Nebraska defeated Ad Santel Pacific coast wrestling champion in two straight falls. The heavyweights match ended with Stecher securing the second fall in 1 minute 54 seconds using a double wrist lock after an 83 minute 17 second first fall won by body scissors and double wrist lock.
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Joe Stecher
Nebraska
Ad Santel
Stecher
Frankie Burns Stops Young Zulu Kid in New York Bout
Frankie Burns of Jersey City defeats Young Zulu Kid of Brooklyn in the fourth round of a 10 round match. Referee stops the fight after the Zulu Kid is knocked down several times. Burns weighed 11714 pounds and the opponent 115. The Zulu Kid recently lost to Jimmy Wilde in London.
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Frankie Burns
Jersey City
Young Zulu Kid
Brooklyn
Zulu Kid
Burns
Jimmy Wilde
London
Shubert and Loadman Battle to Draw in Bedford
Al Shubert of New Bedford and Dick Loadman of Lockport N Y fought a fast 12 over 12 round draw here today Loadman weighed in over the 120 pound limit and the bout ended in a draw reflecting a tight bout between the two lightweight contenders
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AL Shubert
Dick Loadman
New Bedford
Lockport
N. Y
Loadman
R A A Schoolboy Championships Held at Mechanics Building
Special event 600 yard scratch race to be run Saturday February 24 1917 at 2 00 PM with runners Tom Halpin Joe Higgins and Dave Caldwell tickets on sale at A and Ditson s and B A.
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Tom Halpin
Joe Higgins
Dave Caldwell
A. & Ditson
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Eagan Defeats Gardner In New England Middleweight Bout
Joe Eagan of South Boston defeated Jimmy Gardner of Lowell in ten rounds at the Commercial A. C. yesterday afternoon. The bout was generally understood to be for the New England middleweight championship.
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Joe Eagan
South Boston
Jimmy Gardner
Lowell
Commercial A. C
New England
Eagan Stops Gardner After Referee Intervention in Cleveland Bout
In a boxing match halted by the referee with Gardner bleeding and weakened, Eagan earned a technical knockout. Gardner had fought valiantly to the sixth round, but Eagan dominated afterwards with sharp lefts and a few rights. Preliminary bouts featured a six round draw between Sammy White and Nat Boutlier, Buckley defeating Mann, and O Brien defeating Gardner Brooks in a strong earlier card.
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