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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1917
Page
7
Pitcher Pat Ragon has forwarded his contract to the Braves while Nehf has asked Boston to return an unsigned contract sent to the Braves Field office. Nehf now agrees to sign at the figures first offered him.
Ragan heads from Omaha to the South for a few days at Stallings plantation in Georgia while Braves holdouts surround Tom Hughes salary dispute. Magee may miss Miami gathering as Neary leads moving party to Florida. Silent Jones joins from Boston next Friday. Exhibition games set for June 24 at Jersey City and July 1 at Atlantic City. Stallings pursues Powell from Providence amid outfield options.
Albany, N Y Feb 23 Governor Whitman favors repealing the current bout governing law effective next year rather than an immediate shutdown of all professional boxing. He would like a law banning legalized boxing but recognizes conflicts with summer and fall engagements under the present statute.
Vice President McRoy of the Cleveland club and President Frazee of the Red Sox argued for two hours in Boston over Joe Wood’s price as Cleveland pressed to acquire the pitcher.
Frazee and McRoy push to acquire Wood from Cleveland as reports say the Indians may pay around 15000 for his services with potential extra 5000 if the pitcher stalls. Wood’s return to form and a possible deal through New York are in focus as Frazee travels to meet him and plan next steps.
Delegates of Massachusetts Yacht Racing Union meet at Young s Hotel and elect Dr F E Dawes Wollaston Yacht Club as president. Lincoln Coffin Lynn YC becomes vice president Howard Gannett South Boston YC secretary J J Dyer Hingham YC treasurer. Executive committee includes A A Swallow Savin Hill YC John Burke South Boston YC and Joshua Holbrook Quincy YC. Retiring president Ralph C Goudey Winthrop YC is named honorary member and donates three cups to the organization.
Bob Fowler, former Harvard star marathon runner and longtime assistant trainer, who also serves as athletic director at Boston College, resigned yesterday from his trainer position with the Arena Hockey Club team.
Bob Fowler, longtime trainer for the Arena, said he advised that Burt Nowell and Paul O'Sullivan were unfit to travel for the Brooklyn game against Crescent A. C. after Nowell's throat gash required six stitches and O'Sullivan's worsened shoulder. He resigned to protect players, noting his BC football squad avoided serious injuries under his care and he plans to continue that record.
The Harvard fencing team defeated Springfield Y M C A 7 to 2 as regulars won all bouts and three playoff ties went to Harvard. Russell, Crimmins, and Gay led with multiple wins over Springfield opponents Hammerstein Rowley Todd Hamilton Hodges.
The Milton Academy baseball schedule lists all games at Milton except Groton and St. George's. Key dates include April 11 Boston Latin at Milton and May 30 Harvard ’20 at Milton, with Groton at Groton and St. George's at Newport Rhode Island.
Amid Ninth Regiment Washington's Birthday meet chatter Dave Caldwell's 1000 yard time of 2 minutes 15 seconds prompts debate over the indoor record. Jack Ryder cites Tom Halpin's 1914 2 15 clocking, while others credit Yale's Johnny Overton or Abel Kiviat, leaving AAU record authority to decide. Caldwell seeks the event title in schoolboy contests today.
The account notes JafFeys Durfee trimmed by Joe Higgins or Mike Devanney. Halpin misses practice due to a severe cold, making his starting status unlikely. Joe Eagan battles Jimmy Gardner in a real bout while Bob McRoy’s visit hints Smoky Joe Wood may return to a Cleveland lineup next season.
Jeffries was not quite 35 and Johnson not quite 32 at their July 4 1910s bout. The cost of a large battleship is not provided. Wolfgang with the Chicago Americans had a 1910 contract with the Boston National League club. Lowell Fan-Drop at 1160 Washington St Boston will furnish the desired info. Heinie Zimmerman of the Cubs led the NL with a .372 average in 1912. George Foster did not sign a 1917 Red Sox contract and had retired from baseball earlier.
Mike Donley, once of Newark now with Al Delmont's stable, has two bouts lined up this week in Woonsocket against Young Blades and on March 8 against Finney Boyle in Lawrence. The card also features Young Britt vs George Chaney at the Grand Opera House, with other bouts including Cosmos vs Lee and White vs Palmer. George Robinson of Cambridge meets George Ashe in a Commercial A C. roundup notes Darcey potential match with Gibbons and praise for Joe Connolly's performance against Willie Beecher.
The New York National League club’s first squad, 41 people strong, left for Marlin Texas to begin training. Manager McGraw stayed behind to travel via Norfolk to meet outfielder David Robertson over contract issues. Training begins on Monday.
Frank Cronin starred as Boston Latin School defeated English High 2 to 0 to win the city hockey championship. Cronin scored both goals, delivering precise angle shots in the first half while Latin’s defense stifled English High’s forwards.
Harvard varsity faces Brown in a Providence meet this evening. Captain Hunt Wentworth returns to swim the relay and the 1 yard event as Harvard seeks its first win of the season.
The Harvard short distance relay squad will clash with Princeton at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore tonight. Captain Eddie Teschner along with A K E Rowse Henry Minot and Westmore Willcox form Harvard's relay quartet and are the only Harvard representatives at the meet.
The Boston Arena hockey team, leading the Boston division of the Amateur Hockey League, defeated the Crescent Athletic Club of New York 5 to 3 in a brisk Brooklyn Ice Palace game tonight.
The Boston Athletic Association stages its 28th annual schoolboy track and field meet at Mechanics' building today with over 300 entries. The feature is the 1000 yard special featuring Dave Caldwell and Tom Halpin of the B A A and Joe Higgins of the New York Irish American A C.
The visiting team showed superior first half play with accurate passes and fast breaks to pressure Crescent. Arena held the lead with Small shining, while Crescent struggled to support the puck carrier. Arena executed sharper passing and goal shooting as Crescent failed to pass to a forward. Scorers included McLean Roach Small Synnott with goals in both halves and penalties assessed to Shaughnessy Healy. Time 20-minute halves.
Johnny Wilson of Boston defeated Al Nelson in Manchester New Hampshire in a double six round boxing match at the Arena A A. Wilson dropped Nelson in the first second third and twice in the fifth rounds. Nelson never had a chance and Wilson appeared ready to finish him at any moment.
Caldwell wowed fans at the Ninth Regiment Armory on Washington's Birthday by setting a new world record for the 10-yard dash. Higgins reportedly injured his knee in that race, risking Halpin stepping in for the team. Exeter leads in entries but individual performances may contest the meet title, with Wakefield, Colby Academy, Needham High, and Dean Academy among contenders for top honors.
The defeat of former Lowell middleweight Jimmy Gardner at Commercial A C was followed by the death of his wife Alice M. Gardner at City Hospital. She had fallen gravely ill two weeks earlier and underwent an operation while Gardner refused to cancel the Feb 22 bout with Joe Eagan, insisting on keeping his word to the club. Gardner, a Lowell champion now living in Beachmont, leaves three children.
Bill McKinnon of Roxbury knocked out Joe Rivers of Gloucester in nine rounds in Augusta Maine in a 12 round planned bout. The early rounds were close with Rivers trading punches, but McKinnon's aggressive style dominated, sending Rivers to the canvas in rounds seven and eight before finishing in the ninth with a body punch.
Interscholastic league game Newton High and Brookline High played to a 1 1 tie after 50 minutes of action. The draw keeps Newton seven in first place.
In Houston Texas on February 23 Louis Jacoby of the Audubon Club New Orleans defeated Jerome D Travers of Upper Montclair New Jersey by one hole in the mid winter invitation at the Houston Country Club. Travers was hampered by a rheumatic shoulder and faded in the late stages.
A garbled OCR fragment lists Harvard and Princeton among scattered names and initials. The text contains multiple misspellings and unreadable segments surrounding potential people or entities with no clear context or date.
Harvard seeks the international intercollegiate crown by winning three games. A fixed matchup with Princeton, a scheduled Yale game, and a potential second Yale contest stand between the Crimson and the top honor in college hockey.
The first of three games at the local rink tonight pits Harvard against Princeton with the series tied at one win each. A second game will follow at the Boston rink next week, and a potential third at the St Nicholas Rink in New York the week after if Harvard wins. Harvard is favored on the big rink but needs its best hockey to prevail as Princeton has improved after a slow start.
Brown's swimmers defeated Harvard 28 to 25 in a tight meet at Providence. Brown's victory highlighted strong performances by local athletes and set a confident tone for the season.
Nowata Swinley Tilien a Pekinese sold for 2000 dollars in New York, a record for the breed, after being named the best toy dog at the Westminster Kennel Club show.
They announce the new Delano Spring soft tops on March 1. The hats are praised as the finest collection in years, with conservative fashion and standout class. Imported and domestic examples offered from three to five dollars.
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