Yale star Chet La Roche seeks return after navy service
Chester La Roche, Yale 1916 quarterback, returns to Boston after over a year with the American fleet. He plans to return to Yale at once to rejoin the Blue squad for the 1919 football season, aiming to play quarterback again and bolster Yale’s chances against Harvard and Princeton.
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Chester la Roche
Yale
Boston
Chet
Old Eli
Uncle Sam
Harvard
Princeton
Arkansas
Navy
North Sea
la Roche
New Haven
Barry Elected B C Captain For Track Team
Henry F. Barry of Roxbury was unanimously elected captain of the Boston College track team to succeed Robert G. Simmons. He recently left the artillery at Camp Zachary Taylor and starred as the quarter mile and relay anchor at BC. Tom Connors from Tufts will coach track candidates with Captain Andy Kelley aiding the relay unit. The squad includes Dempsey, Hannon, Nolan, Cummings, Corrigan, and Driscoll along with Barry to lead a strong season.
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Roxbury
Boston College
Robert G. Simmons
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Camp Zachary Taylor
B. C. High School
New England
Tom Connors
Edward T. Douglas
The
Athletic Association
Andy Kelley
B. C
Tufts
Charlestown
Lehigh
Dempsey
Hannon
Nolan
Cummings
Corrigan
Driscoll
Bag Wild Cat But Not a Fox at New England Fox Hunters Meet
Bedford January 7 No foxes were killed on day two of the 14th mid winter meet of the New England Fox Hunters Club with a bobcat bagged as the day’s main attraction. The big cat was started by dogs Czar and Czarina owned by Leslie B Handy and finished off after a brief fight in Carlisle swamp stirring interest at Bedford Inn.
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Bedford
New England Fox Hunters’ Club
Bedford Inn
Czar
Czarina
Leslie B. Handy
South Wareham
Carlisle
Biddell Elected Tech Freshman President
Sidney Biddell, former English high swimming team captain and interscholastic champion, was elected president of the freshman class at M. L. T. yesterday.
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Biddell
TECH
Sidney Biddell
Hero of World Series Calls From Texas
George Whiteman, famed Red Sox outfielder who helped win last year’s World Series for Boston, sends a message to the Post. Whiteman, now in Texas, awaits details of the Hub team’s plans for a 21 man playing roster.
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Harry Hooper
Red Sox
George Whiteman
Boston
Whiteman
Texas
Whitey
Houston
Paul
O. K
Ed Barrow
Barrow
Sox
Hooper
Scott
Red Cross
California
Florida
Santa Claus
Whiteman shines in 1918 World Series lore and Sox plans
George Whiteman’s heroics in the 1918 World Series are recalled as key to Boston’s title run. The veteran outfielder, praised for a shoestring catch, remains a sought after asset as Red Sox management debates his role and off season moves. The article includes Whiteman’s personal note from Houston and reflections on Boston’s club culture and training plans.
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Hooper
Speaker
Whiteman
Boston
Frazee
Barrow
Power Behind Cubs Secures Million Dollar Life Policy
Chicago January 7 William Wrigley Jr dominant stockholder of the Chicago National League club has taken a life insurance policy for 1 000 000 The annual premium on the ordinary life plan will be 60 000 Eight physicians representing 22 companies conducted the examination He joked about the process noting he kept in good condition by early day activities and not late at night
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Chicago
William Wrigley, Jr
National League Baseball Club
Wrigey
Brother of Connie Mack Dies in Worcester Hotel Owner
Thomas H. Mc Gillicuddy formerly ran the Franklin Hotel in Worcester and for three years the Peninsular Hotel in South Boston died of pneumonia at his home 10 Preston street He was 44 born in North Brookfield He is a brother of Connie Mack owner of the Philadelphia Athletics Survived by his wife a daughter and a son.
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Thomas H. McGillicuddy
Franklin
Peninsular
Boston
Preston Street
Philadelphia Athletics
North Brookfield
All Service Football Team Selected by Walter Camp
Walter Camp names the All Service football team with First Eleven players from Great Lakes Mare Island and other bases including Woodruff Bentz Sutherland Bachman Budd Blacklock Zimmerman Driscoll De Hart Hoban Brickley and more. Second and Third Elevens list Halas Keefe Hamilton Selph Stinchcomb Conway etc.
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Woodruff
Granite State
Bentz
Chio
Sutherland
Camp Greenh
Bachman
Great Lakes
Budd
League Island
Blacklock
Zimmerman
Mare Island
Driscoll
de Hart
Mather
Hoban
Camp Devens
Brickley
Hoboken
Halas
Keefe
Hamilton
Mather Field
Selph
Camp Lewis
Oldham
Armed Guard
Conway
Newport State
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Slocum
Stinchcomb
Cleveland
Strupper
Camp Gorden
Camp evaluates All-Service football team selection
Walter Camp shifts focus from naming an All-America college eleven to evaluating candidates for an All-Service football team in Collier's Weekly. He reviews players from military and service programs and discusses selection criteria and standout performances.
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Collier's Weekly
Walter Camp
Gridiron greats populate first eleven nominees
The famed football authority names his first eleven with familiar names such as Charley Brickley Harvard and Hoban from Dartmouth, plus Camp Devens stars. Westerners dominate the selections and the Great Lakes Chicago squad claims three on the first team as the country’s championship service team.
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Charley Brickley
Harvard
Hoboken
Hoban
Dartmouth
Great Lakes
Chicago
Migratory Bird Law Declared Invalid by Supreme Court
The 1913 federal migratory bird law establishing closed seasons was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The ruling followed the government's motion to dismiss an appeal of an Arkansas federal court decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arkansas Federal District Court
Arlington Seeks Former Star To Coach High Hockey
Arlington High School seeks a former star to coach its seven man ice hockey team. Nelson Jost has left to go into business, leaving the team short. The first game is next Monday against Rochester High School in Arlington. Practice continues on Hill's Pond until Spy Pond freezes solid for skating.
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Fred Ashworth
Arlington High School
Nelson Jost
Arlington
Lorchester
Hill's Pond
Spy Pond
Dartmouth Winter Carnival Promises Huge Events
Dartmouth announces its annual winter carnival set for February 18 to 15 inclusive with indoor and outdoor activities. The ice skating carnival on February 13 leads into outdoor races and ski events, followed by hockey and basketball likely on February 15. The carnival ball will be held in Alumni Gymnasium the night before.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Alumni Gymnasium
Dartmouth College
Athletes and Coaches in Postwar Sports Scene Highlight
The article surveys postwar athletics with notes on Yale Princeton Dartmouth and Columbia meet plans and coaching moves by Bridson Greene at Andover Frank Kanaly at Tech and La Roche's Yale football ties. It recalls Theodore Roosevelt's influence on school sport and comments on scouting versus spying in college athletics.
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Frank Kanaly
Tech
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
Columbia
Boxing Gossip From The Portland Card And Surrounding Shows
The Portland bout between Frankie Britt and Eddie Wallace moved from January 14 to 15 at the Exposition building. Lewiston boxing debuts Billy Carney and Shaver O'Brien on January 17. A packed Boston area card features Goula vs Veto, Bondizie vs Josephs, Pluto vs Mitchell, Bowen vs Brennan, with Forrest A C opening in Manchester NH. Turner vs Norfolk headlines an Armory show at the Grand Opera House. Other notes include Bogash-Adair in doubt, Rose on furlough, Stone defeated in Philadelphia, Salem rink reopening, Burns versus Craak, and the McCarthy Kilonis buzz after past clashes.
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Frankie Britt
Eddie Wallace
New York
Exposition Building
Bob McKirley
A. C
Young Goula
Woonsocket
Young Veto
Chelesa
Frankie Bondizie
New Haven
Bobby Josephs
South End
Young Pluto
Charley Mitchell
Braintree
Jack Bowen
Dorchester
Jimmy Brennan
East Boston
Boston
Clay Turner
Kid Norfolk
Grand Opera House
Turner
Norfolk
Pink
Bell
Flynn
Major League Trades Anticipated at Winter Meeting
New York January 7 a joint meeting of the two major leagues on January 16 is expected to finalize several large winter player trades while primarily addressing baseball legislation at the conclave.
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New York
Clubs push fresh faces to spark fan interest in baseball
Yankees chief Colonel Ruppert and Red Sox president Frazee push for new players to revive fan excitement. Deals and trades loom as Huggins, Comiskey, and Mack pursue stars like Felsch and Cooper, while Rochester and Baltimore weigh offers for Earl Smith.
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Colonel Ruppert
Harry Frazee
Yankees
Red Sox
New York
Yankee
Yale Winter Sports Listed
New Haven Conn Jan 7 Yale organizes all winter sport teams with regis tration under way Basketball squad leads with about 50 players Swimming and wrestling each around 30 Captain Sincks leads swimming Archie MacLeish coaches wrestling Captain Avery and Coach Winters train wrestlers Captain Stradella in military service will join basketball in two weeks James Braden of Washington Penn elected captain of the track team He is a weight thrower and former Yale halfback
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Sincks
Archie MacLeish
Avery
Winters
Stradella
James Braden
Washington
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