Braves Fortify Infield With Dick Conway Acquisition
Dick Conway, purchased from Worcester of the Eastern Association, strengthens the Braves infield. Conway, right handed, hit .309 in 110 games for Worcester, and had drawn Red Sox interest previously. He joins a Braves infield mix that includes Rawlings, Jimmy Smith, and others as the club plans West Coast exhibitions and potential shifts in roster amid salary talks.
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Dick Conway
Worcester Club
Braves
Conway
Worcester
Red Sox
Jack Barry
Mike Kahoe
Hughey Duffy
Schreiber
Lawrence
Maranville
Giants Intensify Drive To Sign Holdout Players
New York National League club launches a campaign to sign holdout players before training. George Burns signed after a two hour talk in New York. Manager McGraw plans visits to Norfolk Louisville Collinsville and Shreveport to secure Robertson Schupp Fletcher and Perritt signatures. Sallee also expected to sign after talks.
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New York
George Burns
Hempstead
McGraw
Giants
Norfolk
Louisville
Collinsville
Ill
Shreveport
Robertson
Schupp
Fletcher
Perritt
Sallee
White Defeats Elmslie In National Amateur Billiards
Charles White of Brooklyn defeated Alex Elmslie of Milwaukee 800 to 288 in Detroit on February 26 in the Class A national amateur billiard tournament. The match lasted 42 innings with high runs by White at 83 86 and 25 and a 7.14 average. Elmslie posted high runs of 49 22 and 21 with a 7.67 average.
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Detroit
Charles White
Brooklyn
Alex Elmslie
Milwaukee
White
Mimslie’'ahigh
Boxing Gossip Promoter Eyes Fulton Dempsey Bout in Boston
Boxing circles discuss a possible Fulton versus Dempsey clash in Boston as promoters seek a match to challenge Willard. Dempsey’s win over Brennan heightens interest in Levinsky meeting the coast star in a decision bout. The Chelsea A C cards, with Britt-Defoe and Treyball-Demers, draw local fans as boxers like Bert Jones and Leo Downey seek bouts.
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Boston
Dempsey
Brennan
Levinsky
The
Coast Star
Douglas A. C
Chelsea
Frankie Britt
New Bedford
Billy DeFoe
Providence
Charley Treyball
Paul Demers
Leo Downey
Roxbury
Billy Carney
Murphy Reelected Dartmouth Junior Class President
John H. Murphy of Malden Mass was reelected president of the Dartmouth junior class at the second semester election. He recently became captain of the baseball team and finished the season as captain and coach of the hockey seven. John Ross of Melrose was elected vice president with H C Avery as secretary and R A Clark as treasurer. The article notes upcoming tryouts for Green baseball candidates and names several players under Coaches Walker and Ranney. Infield candidates will be called out March 11.
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Attery
Alumni Gymnasium
Walker
Ranney
Jack Ross
Melrose
Naval Reserve Nine
Newport
Bradley
Dartmouth
Carr
Frank Ross
Melrose High School
George Harris
Allston
Murphy
Melrose High Joins Mystic Valley League
Melrose High School accepts invitation to join the Mystic Valley Interscholastic Baseball and Football league and withdraws from the Suburban Baseball league. A league meeting will be held tomorrow to arrange baseball and football schedules.
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Melrose High School
Arena Hockey Club Meets Navy Yard Sevens In Key Clash
The Arena Hockey Club and the Navy Yard sevens meet at the Boston Arena to decide second place in the National Amateur Hockey League standings. A Navy win would give the sailors sole possession of second, breaking a tie with the Wanderers of New York.
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Arena Hockey Club
Navy Yard Sevens
Boston Arena
Navy
Wanderers of
New York
Arena Eyes Tie With Wanderers If They Win Tonight
The Arena trails but a victory would lift them into a tie for second with the Wanderers, while the Navy led by Captain Skilton would drop to last. Changes overhaul Navy forward line. Geran benched, Shaughnessey moved, Downing and Hutchinson to center, Skilton and Howard defense. Arena features Wanamaker Rice and Murphy center, with Synnott Murphy and Hutchinson in the net? Not sure.
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Arena
Wanderers
Skilton
Navy
Winsor
Jerry Geran
Joe Shaughnessey
Frankie Downing
Jack Hutchinson
Tom Howard
Percy Wanamaker
Willard Rice
Synnott
Johnny Murphy
Burt Nowell
Spencer Martin
Rank Story
Geran McNeill
O'Sullivan
I.s
Downing Sinnott
Murphy
Tlacroix
George W. Tingley
Hatherley H. Foster, Jr
Fulton offers $100000 purse for Willard bout
The Louisiana Auditorium Athletic Club in New Orleans sent a telegram offering a $100,000 purse for a 20 round fight between Jess Willard the heavyweight champion and Wren Fulton of Rochester, Minnesota. Fulton said he is ready and waiting to meet the champion in Jacksonville, Florida.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Auditorium Athletic Club
Fulton
Rochester
Minn
Moran
Pittsburg
Jess Willard
Jacksonville
Fla
Willard
BR C H and Medford in Dual Meet Today
Boston College High heads to Hast Armory for a key indoor dual against Medford High in the season opener. BC High trails Lowell in a recent 45 1 2 to 51 2 loss, while Medford faces a strong opponent in a meet that could go either way.
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BR. C. H. and
Medford
Hast Armory
Boston College High
Medford Hgh
Tom McCabe
Lowell High
Lowell
Whitten
Hopkins Wins Gold in Florida Golf Qualifiers
L. J. Hopkins of Chicago captured the gold medal on the second day of the annual tournament in St. Augustine Florida. His 36 hole total stood at 169 as the qualifying rounds concluded.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
L. J. Hopkins
Chicago
Hopkins
Downey Suspended by Wisconsin Boxing Commission
Chicago middleweight Bryan Downey has been suspended for 60 days by the Wisconsin Athletic Commission for wrestling and stalling and ignoring referee warnings during his bout with Joe Kagan of Boston in Milwaukee on February 26.
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Milwaukee
Bryan Downey
Chicago
Wisconsin Athletic Commission
Joe Kagan
Boston
Ren
Sports chatter and boxing talk from old era headlines
The column surveys baseball figures like Larry Doyle and two Jimmy Smiths on the Braves, Lewiston Bill Carrigan’s comeback rumor with the Red Sox, and Stuffy McInnis possibly leaving Boston. It covers boxing bouts Fulton Moran and Dempsey Brennan, Willard title talk, Will Hoppe challenging Kid Cochran, and camp rumors from Wadsworth with Moran.
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New York
Lewiston
Bill Carrigan
Sox
Frazee
Ed Barrow
Dempsey Brennan Rivalry Weighs Against Willard Race Notes
Mirror Athletic Association schedules a 20 mile Marathon in Manchester New Hampshire on May 30 open to all New England amateurs with no entrance fee. Entries go to the sporting editor of the Mirror and Fred Dyer via Boston Herald correspondence.
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Jack Dempsey
Brennan
Fulton
Moran
New Orleans
Willard
Mirror Athletic Association
Manchester
N. H
New England
Sporting Aig
The
Mirror
R—l'red Dyer
Eure
Boston Herald
Midge Shay to Get Tryout With Pirates
Dorchester boy Walter Midge Shay, age 19, prepares for a Pirates tryout in Jacksonville after signing a contract. A clever hard hitting third baseman, he has brief major league experience with the New York Yankees last year and could fill the regular third base job opened by Tony Boeckel’s war service. He will report to manager Bezdek in Jacksonville, leaving Boston March 12.
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Boston
Dorchester
Walter “Midge
Shay
Pittsburg Pirates
Pittsburgers
New York Yankees
Pittsburg
Tony Boeckel
Pirates
Bezdek
Jacksonville
Harvard Baseball Squad Out Today
Harvard coach Hugh Duffy hosts a reception for fielding candidates this afternoon as varsity and freshman hopefuls report to the cage for the first time. The battery squad is in trim and drills begin as weather allows outdoor practice for the Crimson.
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Hugh Duffy
Harvard
Battery
Duffy
Crimson
Boston High School Track Meet Entries Close Notice
Entries for the Boston High School track meet dated March 7 8 and 9 close this afternoon at oclock in the office of Nathaniel Young director of athletics for the Boston schools. Drawings for the meet will follow immediately after entries close in the same office.
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Nathaniel Young
Boston
Boxers Duel For New England Lightweight Title Claim
Boxing columns note a dispute over the New England lightweight championship. Harry Carlson and Freddie Yelle contest the claim while others such as Chick Brown New Haven Young Blades Woonsocket Finney Boyle Lowell Eddie Shannon California and Eddie Fitzsimmons Newport are intermittently mentioned in connection with the posses sion.
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New England
Harry Carlson
Freddie Yelle
Chick Brown
New Haven
Young Blades
Woonsocket
Finney Boyle
Lowell
Eddie Shannon
California
Eddie Fitzsimmons
Newport
Coogan Shifts Moral Title In New England Boxing
The essay argues that while Matty Baldwin and Kid Goodman once defined the title, Mel Coogan now holds the moral claim after beating Pete Hartley in Woonsocket. A New England club offered $100 forfeit to face Coogan, but difficulties finding a suitable opponent led to delays and friction among promoters and fans.
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Matty Baldwin
Kid Goodman
Boston
New England
East
Baldwin
Goodman
Mel Coogan
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Newport Naval Station
Woonsocket
R. I
Coogan
Pete Hartley
Flynn
Mel
Newport
Battery candidates report for Boston College practice
Battery candidates for Boston College will report next Monday to Bob Wowler at the Cambridgeport gym. It is likely Bill Sweeney will not coach the team again this year with supervision resting on Trainer Fowler who expects many veterans and recruits to join the initial practice.
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Boston College
Bob Wowler
Cambrigeport
Bill Sweeney
Maroon and Gold
Fowler
Middlesex School Baseball Squad Training Reported
About two dozen candidates reported to Faculty Coach Wendell Phillips Raymond for the Middlesex School baseball team. Nine veteran letter players are listed, including Captain Duncan F Thayer in left field and pitchers Theodore Romaine and Jackson Bright.
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Wendell Phillips Raymond
Middlesex School
Duncan F Thayer
Theodore Romaine
Jackson Bright
Leonard Larrabee
Charles Lee
Charles Brown
Thomas Carnegie
Gale
Joseph
Automobile Show Nears in Boston Area
Dealers and accessory men in and around Boston anticipate a record Automobile Show at Mechanics' Building three days away. They expect the event to surpass Chicago and New York displays and to be the best ever seen in this region.
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Mechanics’ Building
Boston
Chicago
New York
Auto Industry Boom Sets Record With 40 Models In Space
Dealers in Boston say the auto industry is shifting from caution to expansion. Over 40 passenger car models have secured space for the upcoming show, with more tire and accessory exhibitors than ever. The sector employs about 830,000 people and pays roughly $747 million in annual wages, surpassing post office revenue and rail mail payments, and even rivaling prewar gold in circulation.
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Boston
Sir. W. Campbell
National Association of Automobile Managers
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Baltimore & Ohio
Boston & Maine
Canadian Pacific
Atlantic
Standard Oi Group
American Express Company
Adams Express
Wells Largo Express
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable Company
Wer
United States Post Office
United States
Few Harvard Men Hit By New Rule
A small number of Harvard athletes are affected by a rule requiring ROTC membership for representing the university against Yale. Practically all spring baseball track and crew athletes are already ROTC members, with the remaining few to join within two weeks to continue spring training.
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Harvard
Yale
Lobert Takes Over Army Baseball With Cadet Squad
Hans Lobert, the Army's new baseball coach, arrived from Cuba to join the cadets and immediately began working with a selected squad in the cage. Oliphant, an all round athlete, will captain the nine at West Point New York.
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West Point
N. Y
Hans Lobert
Army
Cuba
Oliphant
Dyer Beats Butler in 12-Round Grand Opera Bout
Welsh boxer Fred Dyer defeated Walter Butler in a 12 round match at the Grand Opera House last night winning the bout by a comfortable margin.
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Fred Dyer
Wales
Walter Butler
Revere
Grand Opera House
Butler Dominates Local Boxer in Lopsided Bout
The report notes Butler's aggressive moments and the local boxer's mostly defensive, uneven performance. Dyer shows brief flashes of success in the second round, but Walter falters, failing to mount a comeback. Frankie Brown beats Paddy Owens, and Joe Demaries stops Jimmy Kerr in the first round.
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Butler
Dyer
Revere
Walter
Fintler
Jie
Frankie Brown
New York
Lippe
Paddy Owens
Cambridge
Ife
Paddy
Joe Demaries
Woonsocket
Jimmy Kerr
Rhode Island
Women golfers split tight results in Bellair match
In Bellair Florida on February 26 the first round of the women’s championship featured numerous close scores. Key results include Schell defeating Shepard 3 and 1 Morrison beating Neff 7 and 5 Jones over Welles 4 and 2 Dugan over Mershon 6 and 1 Morrow by default over Alford Allen by default over Ford Alexander defeated Breckner 2 up Woodward over Bradley 3 and 1.
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Bellair
Florida
C. EE. Schell
Cincinnati
Clarriette Shepard
Hartford
Helen Morrison
Pittsburg
Neff
Cleveland
N. G. Jones
Memphis
Channing Welles
Southbridge
Mass
Indians Buy Players in Cleveland Leadoff Move
The Cleveland team announces the purchase of Roy Wilkinson a right hand pitcher and Gustave Getz an infielder from the Newark International league club.
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Cleveland
Cleveland American League Baseball
Newark International League Club
Roy Wilkinson
Gustave Getz
Cardinals Sign Michigan Catcher Benton
St Louis Feb 2 Rickey announces Larry Benton catcher for the University of Michigan has signed with the St Louis Nationals.
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ST. Louis
Larry Benton
University of Michigan
St. Louis Nationals
Rickey
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Jimmy Smith
Stallings
Jess Barnes
Larry Doyle
Maryland
Rawlings
Eddie Witzpatrick
Miller
Fitz
Johnny Rawlings
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Patsy Tronovan
Buffalo International Leaguers
Emslie
George Perry
Bert Jones
Paul Doyle
Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien
Slowtown
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Mike McTigue
Moose Club
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Dick Curley
Jack McGuigan
National A. C
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Curley
Arena I0
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Walter Camp
Uncle Sam
Fosdick
Government Aviation
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Keystone
Jimmy Smiths
J. Carlisle Smith
Red
Joe Fagan
West
Intercollegiate Association
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Bill Brennan
Jimmy Neary
Jimmy
Willie Hoppe
Kid Cochran
Fulton-Moran
Dempsey-Brennan
George Whitted
Billy Kellifer
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Whitted
Weeghman Machine
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