Harvard Nine Starts Spring Practice Under Wee Willie Keeler
Harvard opens practice on Tuesday with Wee Willie Keeler expected to coach the batsmen. Coach Coburn and Captain Stephenson push early work while concerns grow that indoor cage sessions may curb enthusiasm and arm strength ahead of outdoor play on Soldiers Field. Amid reports of potential ownership changes and hockey rink troubles, Boston clubs brace for a stronger South End season as public opinion shifts toward Walpole Street.
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Harvard
Willie Keeler
Paul Coburn
Stephenson
Yale
Taylor
New York Sun
Collins
Boston Nationals
Frank V. Dunn
Dunn
South End
Walpole Street
Secrets of traded men spark Chicago baseball chatter
Chicago news hints at hidden details of players traded by Charley Murphy. Briggs, a warm weather pitcher, Pffeffer, sluggish, and Maloney, slow to think. Hub Hart will catch for the White Sox, gains 15 pounds to 185, praising Comiskey and Jones as a strong manager. Arlie Latham to manage and play first base for Jacksonville. Lajoie promotes white stockings amid illness fears from colored stockings. Lafayette N. Cross, born 1867, recalled, Townsend backed as star, Billy Smith leaves Macon for Atlanta, praised as manager.
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Chicago
Charley Murphy
Briggs
Pffeffer
Maloney
Hub Hart
Everett
White Sox
Hart
Tfe
Jones
Comiskey
Reusbach
Vermont
Arlie Latham
Jacksonville
Lajoie
Lave Cross
Lafayette N. Cross
Tom McBarron
Roxbury
Cross
McBarron
Townsend
Larry Lajoie
Boston Americans
Macon
Billy Smith
Smith
Atlanta
Boston
World of Sport as Townsend Sees It column notes boxing color line bold threats
Myron W Townsend discusses Jack Johnson and calls for black boxers to unionize refuse white opposition, predicts champions across weight classes. He rants about color lines, insists on colored rivals, referees, and audiences, and imagines exclusive venues with lavish décor and elitism.
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Townsend
Jack Johnson
Jack
Joe Walcott
Joe Gang
Joe Jeannette
Fred Sidney
Sam Langford
Jack Blackburn
Jack O’brien
Peter Jackson
O’brien
Gossip on the boxing rules and upcoming Chelsea bout
The column explains straight rules and clean breaks, clarifying holding versus striking. It previews the Goodman Deshler bout at Chelsea with Dan Connolly refereeing, notes Middlesex A. A. presence, and mentions supporting matches and boxers like Hanlon Schindler Flynn Grady Sidney Pantz and Aurelio Herrera.
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Dan Connolly
Goodman-Deshler
Chelsea
Goodman
Deshler
Cambridge
Middlesex A. A
Dave
Jimmy Hanlon
Young Schindler
Tim Flynn
Mike Grady
Tred Sidney
New York
Sidney
Portland
Kid Pantz
Arthur Cote
Pantz
Rod Edgren
Fastern Sports
Aurelio Herrera
Young Erne
Harry Lewis
Philadelphia
Boston
Terrera
Kid Goodman
Eaton Gardner
Marvin Hart
Gus Rublin
Billy Madden
Jack O’brien
Blue Island A. C
Chicago
George Decker
Andy Bezenah
Kid Rogers
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Tremont
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Gardner
Tremont St
Harrison Ave
Washington St
Eaton
Friend St
Knight's, Court and
Hanover Sts
Sawyer
Hollis Sts
Los Angeles
Summer St
Wolf
Moise
Oxford Grays
Oxford
Madras
Cheviot
Percale
Adler
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Myron.w. Townsend
Uncle Sam
Siam
Jericho
Duke of Orleans
France
Italy
Germany
Ted Sloan
Muggsy’ McGraw
Forty-second Street
Broadway
Kings and Princes
McGraw & Sloan
Nichols
Professor White
Walter Camp
University Club
Arthur Irwin
Outlaw King
Irwin
Arthur
Delehantys
Big Bill Dineen
Australia
John S. Taylor
Sun
James Collins
West Indies
Marquis of Queensberry
Post
Id Goodman
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