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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1921
Page
9
If determination and boundless faith in his ability count, Tommie Reagan may become New England champion at the Carlyle Club show in the Grand Opera House. Robbie Josephs stands to lose his hard won honors in this big feature bout.
The card features Reagan versus Josephs in a test of speed and power with Josephs pressing a nonstop attack. Nixie Searles faces Buck O'Brien in a televised East Boston clash while two six round bouts add local color. The heavyweight elimination starts tonight with four big men hoping to emulate John L. Sullivan. Reservations run to 5 p.m. at 268 Washington Street.
Raymie Skilton and his Shoe Trades Club are out of the United States Amateur Hockey Association. With St Alphon sus withdrawing there will be one Boston team in the league, the Unicorn of the B A A. Brown said Skilton’s admission was too expensive for the Arena. Only B A A seven players may practice on the new indoor rink.
A committee of notable Massachusetts athletes will lead a drive to promote wholesome sport for ex service men. Members include John J. Lane Frank Cavanaugh Huntington Tack Hardwick Joseph F Conway Larry Bankart Lawrence Leonard and John Herbert. State legion teams will be organized and Indiana will stage a basketball tournament with other states to join in winter and spring athletics.
New York Jan 2 The United States Golf Association forms a greens committee to improve turf nationwide. Advisors from the U S Department of Agriculture G W Piper and R A Oakley assist the panel as it lists members from major cities including Denver Atlanta St Louis Chicago New Orleans Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston Toledo Newark Washington Southampton and Manchester.
The local indoor hockey season begins this week at the Boston Arena with King's College Windsor facing MIT and Harvard meeting the Canadians. Boston Arena officials anticipate perfect ice as a new motor is installed and practice plans are set. Harvard coach Bill Claflin and MIT coach George Gaw prepare their lineups for Friday and Saturday clashes amid strong Canadian player Davidson and fast man Norman MacNeil.
Roy Moore of St. Paul Minn will meet Bobby Dyson of New Bedford in Boston in a 118 pound bantamweight bout at 3 PM Saturday. Moore recently scored a technical knockout over Jack Sharkey in Madison Square Garden and is paired by manager Joe Sullivan of the Commonwealth A. C. for the Scenic Temple clash.
In Concord on January 2 the Middlesex School begins ice hockey practice Tuesday afternoon under Faculty Coach Howell with assistant Charles Foote, ex B A A star. A rink is built near the school in North Concord and the first game will be next Saturday against West Newton’s Country Day School team.
A party planned for next Friday evening in the school assembly hall by the Lexington High School Athletic Association awards letters to the girls field hockey team led by captain Dorothy Butters and the boys football team led by captain William Cosgrove. Other features will be provided during the evening.
The article describes an AL inning with runners on first and second, nine out, a wind affected infield fly hit toward third, misplayed by the third baseman, ball into dugout, runners advancing per rule, and the umpire's ruling questioned as potential batter interference.
Griffith remains confident facing the Indians and rivals after positive reports from Coffeyville Kansas as other managers push for trades and pitching help for the 1921 season.
News from Walter Johnson confirms his pitching wing is nearly back to peak. If true, Washington gains top talent with Griff and a strong rotation, following Johnson’s injury plagued season and a surprising no hit game against the Red Sox in Boston.
A group of Lexington High School boys eager to skate plan a meeting this week to form a seven player hockey squad for the coming winter season. They aim to organize and secure interest for the team.
Strangler Lewis the new world wrestling champion will wrestle Renato Gardini in a big finish bout at Mechanics Building next Thursday night. Gardini, training hard, aims to upset the Kentuckian who just won the title from Joe Stecher in New York. Local promoter Lou Daro stacks a strong undercard with Salvador Chevalier vs George Kotsonaros and Joe Petrelli vs Charley Metro.
Freezing spell signals start of schoolboy ice Sevens play this week. Tomorrow three Greater Boston Inter scholastic Hockey League games open a season expected to be one of the best in years.
Alumni hockey on New Year’s Day saw Melrose High shine with a strong seven as the schoolboys defeated grads in the morning and edged Melrose Legion in the afternoon. Newton High opened its league schedule after a tough loss to alumni greats led by George Owen and Allan Davidson. Cambridge High and Brookline meet at RuSagell Field, while Cantab with Izzy Zarakov and Sonny Foley dominates Brookline. Art Norton and Koplow starred for the English High alumni in a tight win over E H S.
Abe Friedman faces Young Montreal in a bantamweight ten round bout at Mechanics Building. Montreal seeks to defend his title after beating Terry Martin last fall while Friedman aims for a decisive victory. A second 10 round bout matches Johnny Clinton of New York with Frankie Schoell of Buffalo on the same event card.
Boxing card at Bow features Bob McKirdy in a top draw on New Year’s Eve. Main bout pairs Harry Silva of West End with Frank Tillo of North End over 10 rounds. Eight rounds see Johnny Ford of East Boston vs Johnny McCarthy of Woburn. Sixes match Charley Flanagan Dorchester with Buddy Ryan Brockton and Babe Cross Lynn vs Tom Nee South Boston.
A 1921 spoof laments US diplomacy, contrasting smooth talking with bland policy. It parodies Bud Sniffle, a St. Louis beer baron’s son, and Ching Ling Foo in a comic tale of consulates, treaties, and cipher funds gone awry.
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