BC Hockey Opens Season Versus Commonwealth Pier Team
Boston College fans anticipate a strong ice debut as the Maroon and Old Gold face Commonwealth Pier at Bullock's Field Newtonville this afternoon. Captain Walter Falvey directs a nucleus of skilled players including Corrigan Morrissey Hughes Storey Sullivan Ring Burke and Healey as BC schedules West Point January 28 and a February game with Williams. The squad aims to match the football and baseball programs in early varsity hockey promise.
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Leo Hughes
Storey
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Ring
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Dido’ Falvey
Tribute to Dead Boxer McGovern Sparks Boston Boxing Night
At the Commercial A. C. a tribute to Young Terry McGovern drew over 1000 fans with silent remembrance and fund collections headed by Frankie Britt. The boxing program featured Billy Carney vs Johnny Veto in a 10 round war, plus Tommy Flanagan and Frankie Brindisi, George Proto stopping Charley Mitchell in five rounds, and Young Brennan defeating Jack Bowen in three.
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Quaker City
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New Bedford
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Ray Cass
Tommy Flanagan
New Baedford
Frankie Brindisi
New Haven
Brindisi
George Proto
Charley Mitchell
Braintree
Georgie
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Proto
Young Brennan
East Boston
Jack Bowen
Roxbury
Midwinter Tennis Finals at Pinehurst
In Pinehurst North Carolina on January 10 Miss Caroline Bogart defeated Miss Marjorie Lake in the women's singles finals 6 0 6 2. In the men's singles C F Watson Jr of Westchester Country Club beat Nathan Bundy of Norfolk Country Club 6 4 6 4 2 6 4 6 1.
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Marjorie Lake
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Norfolk Country Club
Eddie Shevlin Signs to Box English Champion
Boston welterweight Eddie Shevlin, United States Navy champion, is matched to fight England’s Johnny Bashan, National Sporting Club welterweight title holder, on January 28 in London.
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Middlesex and Concord Open Season in Local Ice Tilt
Middlesex School faces Concord in its season opener at the Middlesex rink in North Concord. Concord players, led by Captain William Jenks, practice without Archibald V. Galbraith who is sidelined by Spanish influenza.
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William Jenks
Baseball Peace Treaty Foretold by 1919 Magnates
A terse sports note forecasts a 1919 baseball peace conference in New York. It mentions doubleheaders for hockey, a sliding thermometer, and a slogan pledge of safe and sane baseball. It notes Benny Kauff and Pat Moran as the only Giants figures to sign 1919 contracts so far.
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Central Park
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Pat Moran
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B C High Noses Out In Meet And Baseball Banter
Boston College High defeated Medford High 38 to 30 in a tight dual track meet at Medford High School gym. The piece blends sports notes from baseball, hockey and boxing, mentioning Frazee Hooper and Dempsey, plus track coach Bart Sullivan and players Bragill and Seiffert joining Brooklyn in 1919.
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Boston College High Wins Medford Track Meet Victory
Boston College High School triumphed at Medford gym as Captain Tom McIntyre led with a 5 ft 1 in high jump and a strong dash showing. Emmett, Gaffney, and the BC High squad swept events including the 20 yard dash and 600 yard run, while Medford relied on Pearce in the 300 yard dash and a relay victory by Medford High.
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McIntyre
Francis Emmett
Andrew Gaffney
Pearce
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Carroll
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Crane
Dealey
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Thomas
Rogers
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Lin
Kickham
Hurley
O'Connor
McCabe
Mefford
McDoonald
Blair
Lrd
Medford Hi
Begein
Boston College
Boxing Gossip From A Busy Night In Lowell And Beyond
Rumors of a Quincy boxing club abound as Battling Reddy and Chick Hayes line up a Lowell bout. Pete Hartley beat Louis Bogash in an exclusive Lowell tournament. Amateur shows in B A A Tonight feature classes 116 125 and 14 pounds with strong entries for Jan 22 at Commercial A C.
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New York
Chick Hayes
Indianapolis
Lowell
Pete Hartley
Louis Bogash
St. Joseph T. A. Society
Commercial A. C
John W. Manning
Cambridge Street
All-St. Louis infield for Dodgers faces Daubert-Holke deal
If the Daubert-Holke trade goes through, Brooklyn would field a St. Louis infield with Holke at first Schmandt at second Ward at short and O'Mara at third all four raised in St. Louis trained on local grounds of the Mound City.
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Miller Huggins Sets Yankees Spring Training Plan
New York Yankees manager Miller Huggins announced the team will travel to the South for spring training. He said it may suit others to train at home, but the Yankees have no such option because of location grounds and accommodations.
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New York Yankees
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Yankees
Track Meet for Local Sailors Here Feb. 15
Athletes of the First Naval District will hold an indoor track meet on February 15 at the East Armory East Newton Street under B A A auspices. Events include relays among Harvard Boston College and local groups plus 60 yard dash rescue race shoe race three legged relay and chariot relay. Entries close February 8 with George W Brown at the B A A.
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Horse Show Attracts Kitty Reynolds In Red Cross Event
Frank M. Fay reports the Red Cross benefit horse show at Park Riding School crowned Charles B. Wiggins with Kitty Reynolds in both the combination and saddle classes. Mrs. Francis B. Grinnell rode the winning horse, beating Rosamond Adie’s Princess and another top-placed entrant, amid dramatic exhibitor rivalry and local press attention.
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Kitty Reynolds
Francis B. Grinnell
Rosamond Adie
Madison Square Garden
Polo Show Highlights at Cavalry Armory Event
The First Troop of Cavalry polo match at Commonwealth Armory ended Captain Goodin's team the Yellows 8 to 2. A horse lost an eye in the final seconds from a mallet blow. The jumping class drew 10 horses with two riders, Gerald Dempsey and Mrs. George H. Timmins, with Dempsey winning Elmer J. Bliss' Walla Walla over Brantwood. Various saddle, harness, and novice classes followed, and the event supports the Red Cross with eight Shetland ponies auctioned.
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Arthur Newall Bent
Halbrook
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Souther
American Trap Shooting Association formed in New York
After a meeting in New York the Interstate Trap Shooting Association announced it would become the American Trap Shooting Association with jurisdiction over all trap tournaments in the United States and Canada. Canadian events will be aided by the new body, Grand American handicap is set for next August in Chicago, state championships will use 300 targets over two days, and service officer contests will be promoted this year.
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Baseball meeting settled sets time and place at Biltmore
New York January 10 The joint meeting of the National and American Leagues will be held at the Hotel Biltmore at 2 30 PM next Thursday John Heydler NL president and Colonel Jacob Ruppert of the Yankees selected the time and place for the conference Ruppert acted on behalf of Ban Johnson AL president.
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Rickey May Attend Confab in New York Meeting
National League president Heydler conferred with Major Branch Rickey in St. Louis on managerial status. Rickey was discharged from the army at Camp Kendrick, Lakehurst, N J. Heydler said no NL objection to Rickey attending next week's NL meeting and that Rickey remains St Louis president with Jack Hendricks as manager under a one year contract.
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Ex-Fistic Aide George M Bush Wins Suit
George M Bush a former trainer and sparring partner of John Y Sullivan was awarded 3583 by a Suffolk county jury for injuries from a May 23 1917 accident aboard a Boston elevated train near Washington street and Dover He contended the car started suddenly as he alighted.
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