Pitcher Rare Now Hurls 30 Wins in a Season
The article notes 30 win seasons are rare in modern baseball. It cites Jim Bagby achieving 30 wins in 1920 and compares with last season when no pitcher neared the mark. It recalls earlier eras when 50 win seasons were more common and points to the changing pace of the game.
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Rare
Jim Bagby
Jack Cheaboro
Ed. Walsh
Tory
Christy Mathewson
Walter Johnson
Mord Brown
Matty
Walt
Record-breaking pitches of 1880s era hurlers noted
The piece surveys early major league pitching feats led by Charley Radbourne with 57 wins in 72 starts for Providence in 1884 and Clarkson’s 52 wins for Chicago in 1885, with context on other star hurlers and the changing game mechanics reducing modern win totals.
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Charley Radbourne
Providence
Guy Hecker
Louisville
John G. Clarkson
Clarkson
Chicago
Boston
Neal Ball Named Manager and Captain for Augusta Team
Neat Ball, veteran leaguer, leaves the Eastern league to join Augusta Ga as manager and field captain. The New Haven owner George Weiss arranged the contract, with Ty Cobb holding a large stock stake in the New Haven club. Ball, longtime second baseman and field captain, departs after a storied career with Cleveland, New York and Boston.
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New Haven
Neal Ball
George Weiss
Augusta
Steck
Tye Cobb
Cobb
Ball
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Champion Wilson May Fight in Rhode Island
New York United Press reports middleweight champion Johnny Wilson has found Rhode Island open to a bout with Mike McTigue. A discussion with Providence promoters led to agreed terms and an outdoor fight likely to be staged soon.
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Rhode Island
New York
United Press
Johnny Wilson
Chamioh
Mike McTigue
McTigue
Providence
Fight Tickets Shevlin Siegel Fight Tickets
City office prints dance card style fight tickets for Shevlin and Siegel amid a damaged race to issue entries. The note mentions DPNNTED and 43 Street, reflecting garbled OCR from an event listing. This summary captures the readable entities and implied event context.
Melrose High Defeats Somerville in Hockey Tilt
Melrose High showed strong teamwork to beat Somerville High 5 to 2 at the Arena yesterday. The Melrose sextet capitalized on openings as the breaks favored them in a hard fought game.
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Somerville
Melrose High
Somerville High
Sommerville
Melrose
Melrose Boys
Melrose Runs Up Five Goals Past Somerville
Harrington opens scoring for Melrose on a pass from Gardner and beats Roberts. Melrose adds two more in the second and third periods with goals from Harrington Marshall and Gardner. Somerville’s Dresser and O Neil strike, but Melrose answers with a fifth from Harrington. Final score Melrose five Somerville two with Gardner Harrington Marshall Dresser among top players.
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Harrington
Gardner
Roberts
Marshall
Somerville
Dresser
O'Neil
Jeremiah Marshall
Roeder
C.c. O'Neil
Jeremiah
King Gardner
Doncette
Crandall
McKenna
McFayden
Higgins Dale
Marshgil
Frasher
Buckley Russell
Wilbar
Rowe
Frasher Kimball
Gaffney & Mooney
Golf Act on Stage At Local Theatre
Vaudeville style golf act titled A Lesson in Golf performs at a local theatre this week. A California professional and his assistant present a barbecue lesson with motion pictures and trick shots, ending with a fast ball drive blindfolded to music while eliciting laughs.
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California
Ional
Joe Kirkwood
Colt
Track meet to feature 60 events at East Armory
The region’s largest school games set for Saturday at East Armory will run from 10 a.m. to dusk. Public school boys seek title in the fifth annual meet while prep school athletes contest the first annual event.
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East Armory
Massachusetts
New England
State meet schedule pairs preparatory with finals
The program outlines 60 events not counting heats for trials and semi finals of short races. Morning events include field events and trials except the 1000 yard run for seniors. At 2 pm the shot put and high jump open the preparatory meet, followed by semi finals and finals of the State meet, with preparatory events interwoven between State events.
Relays Set for Preparatory and Senior Meet Lineups
Preparatory events pit Worcester Academy against Andover and St Johns Prep against St James of Haverhill with Dum mer facing Powder Points and Allen clashing Moses Brown. Junior meet features Winthrop and Gloucester, Newton and Lynn Classical and Lynn English. Intermediate.Medford hosts Brookline and Lynn English while Lynn Classical faces Winthrop and Fairhaven. Senior One Lap includes Fairhaven Haven hill Brockton and Stoughton Sharon Arlington with Medford, Brookline and Wakefield also contesting. Senior two lap lists Medford Brookline Lynn English Lynn Classical Newton Brookline.
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Andover
Dummer
Powder Points
Allen
Moses Brown
St. John’s Prep
St. James of Haverhill
Winthrop Ve. Gloucester
Fairhaven
Newton
Lynn Classical
Lynn English
Brookline
Medford
Winthrop
Gloucester
Havenhill
Brockton
Stoughton
Sharon
Arlington
Wakefield
Rindge
Malden
Dugan Delays Start as Red Sox Camp Nears
Joe Dugan remains unable to confirm his arrival at Hot Springs for the Red Sox training camp due to an unsettled condition linked to a new home. He expects to begin within three or four days. George Burns and Alex Ferguson have signed with Boston following Frazee's trip to New York. The team rushes to prep for the Ozarks trip as Duffy plans the camp lineup.
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Red Sox
Hot Springs
Dugan
Larry Graver
Frazee
New York
George Burns
Alex Ferguson
Yankees
Graver
Hughie Duffy
Ozarks
Phillies Head to Leesburg for Training Camp
Eleven Philadelphia Nationals led by Manager Irving Willehelm depart for Leesburg Florida for spring camp. Pitchers Meadows Ring Baumgartner Behan Betts Snover Sullivan Smith and Weinert join infielders Wrightstone Parkinson. Additional groups report March 1 and March 8 with Arthur Fletcher to join from St Louis.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Nationals
Irving Wilhelm
Leesburg
Florida
Meadows
Ring
Baumgartner
Behan
Betts
Snover
Sullivan
Smith
Weinert
Wrightstone
Parkinson
Arthur Fletcher
EK. M. Landis
St. Louis
Braves and Red Sox Spring Talk in 1922 News
Column notes Braves training in St Petersburg Fla and Red Sox plans to go to Petrograd with a sardonic look at baseball salaries and holdouts. Mentions Hymie Gold boxing boast and readers of Leesburg Fla. pride as Phillies train nearby.
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Braves
St. Petersburg
Red Sox
Petrograd
Fla
Leesburg, Fla
Phillies
Fastest Track in World for Big College Games
For the first indoor intercollegiate championships to be held here March 11 an eight lap mile track expected to be the fastest in the world is being built at the 82nd Regiment Armory. There will be 500 men from the college squads.
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New York
United Press
82Nd Regiment Armory
Senators Start Practice With 13 Recruits in Tampa
Thirteen Washington American recruits began spring training today in Tampa Florida. Five pitchers are among the newcomers and the players will train for several days under President Griffith. Wan will join later in the season.
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Sprinting Wonder in Hub Games
Loren Murchison, the speedy Illinois runner, joins the Casey games in Mechanics next Saturday night. He arrives from Chicago to meet challengers as part of a fast field. Murchison recently won 60 yards in 6.25 seconds in Kansas City and claimed a quarter mile victory, enhancing his noted season. Other entries include Knights of Columbus chapters from New York and Boston with several top sprinters named from Fordham, Georgetown, Holy Cross, BC, and BAA. The race distance is over 390 yards per runner.
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Bernie Weters, Jr
Harold Cunningham
Andy Kelly
Jimmy O’brien
Joe Higgins
Albert Nelson
Fordham College
Jake Driscoll
Frank Wilson
George Kinnally
Georgetown
Joe Sullivan
Billy Nolan
B. C
Tom Fitzsimmons
Holy Cross
Billy Meanix
Buermeyer
Aright
Lou Meyers
Big Jake
Meyers
Comins
Yale
Bob McAllister
New ‘Metropolitan
Jackson Scholz
Billy Schick
Hyde Park Leads In Triangular Track Meet At East Armory
Hyde Park takes first in the triangular meet against Brighton and Trade at East Armory scoring 601 2 points to 381 2 for Brighton and 82 for Trade. McKenney of Brighton wins the 800 as Hyde Park rivals push him hard. Dead heat for first in senior race between Lydon of Brighton and LeBerge of Hyde Park, with Taylor of Hyde Park and Green of Trade tied for third.
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Cobb Buys Augusta Baseball Club
Marvin Wolfe sold the Augusta club of the South Atlantic league to local investors including Tyrus Cobb of the Detroit Tigers. The price is undisclosed but thought near 10000 dollars. Cobb will advise on management and help secure players for the team.
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Marvin Wolfe
Augusta Baseball Club
Tyrus Cobb
Detroit Americans
Cobb
Cornell Athletes Return From Boston Triangular Meet
Arthur Duffey reports Cornell trainer Jack Moakley satisfied with the Boston invasion as athletes like Smith and Waterman miss events due to issues, while Comins from Yale impresses in sprints. The Triangular games at Mechanics’ Building loom as a climactic indoor finale with several injuries and suspensions shaping the lineup.
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Jack Moakley
Cornell
Ithaca
Boston
R. E. Brown
Bowdoin College
Maine
Moakley
New York
Brown
George W. Brown
Unclear query about early 20th century runners and boxers
The text questions historic bouts between Tommy Gibbons and Harry Greb and mentions runners like Ritola and Zuna. It cites Andy Kelly of New York and references 1915 and 1920 match histories, with uncertain claims about cases in Boston and the New York champion.
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Mietance
Andy Kelly
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Greb
Siahene
Aenget
Jore
McAllister
Boston
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Bill Kennedy
B U Rifle Team Beats Dartmouth in Low Scoring Rivalry
Boston University defeats Dartmouth 498 to 46 in rifle competition and also tops Ohio State 49 to 483. The team pursues a five stage match with Yale for the New England Intercollegiate championship as standings show BU leading Yale after two stages. BU faces Maine March 4 and Georgetown March 11.
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Dartmouth
B. U
Ohio State
Yale
New England
B.U
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Georgetown
Harry Lord Seeks Maine Legislature Nomination
South Portland Maine February 27 Harry D Lord former Chicago Americans captain and seven years retired from major league baseball will run in the June Republican primaries for a representative seat He has operated a local grocery business for three years and enters politics with this candidacy.
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Portland
Harry D. Lord
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