Pomfret School blanked Wakefield High in hockey clash
Pomfret School defeated Wakefield High 8 to 0 in a fast clean hockey game. Dumain scored twice and Mallory added goals with Hoffman and Kerr shining as Pomfret dominated. Also noted, Harvard grid star Edward Casey retires from football after quitting the Crimson.
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Pomfret, Conn
Wakefield High
Pomfret
Dumain
Hoffman
Pomfret School
Wakefield
Ron
Ginan Hoffman
Gia Betel
Hill Dumain
Cummings Henderson
Avery
Riley Mallory
New Home Run King Looms Up
Champion home runs hitter Otto Besse of 306 North Third Street McAlester Oklahoma holds the record set in 1915. The feat is described as remarkable and perhaps unsurpassed in baseball history. The text also notes Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard, referencing the era and the charged atmosphere around the heavyweight championship.
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Otto Besse
North Hird Street
McAlester
Olahoma
Besse
Bar Caddock
Jack Dempsey
Joe Stecher
RACING RESULTS AND SPORTS COMMENTARY
Race results from New Orleans show Mammy O Mine winning the first race for two-year-olds, with Whip pet and Archie Alexander placing. Second to seventh races feature various claimers and handicaps with runtimes and gaps. Broad sports notes discuss boxing promoters, college football shifts, and upcoming indoor athletic events amid wartime context.
Unicorn Beaten on Ice Opens Boston League Play
The Harvard Club sextet opened the Boston Amateur Hockey League championship series by edging the Boston Athletic Association 4 to 3 at the Ice Pavilion in Cambridge. A taut, fast paced game in which the late surge kept the outcome in doubt.
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Harvard
Boston
Boston Athletic Association
Ice Pavilion
Cambridge
Krogness Leads Indoor Track Trials As Warmups Hint at Potential
C George Krogness clears six feet one inch in a little handicap indoor meet and nearly adds another inch. Bob Harwood vaults 11 feet 9 inches in pole vault while Ieith Clark hurls the 16 pound weight over 40 feet amid a slippery, windy track. Coach Donovan directs the indoor field events as Joan Keane oversees the rest. New York sport writers doubt a Dempsey Moran or Dempsey Fulton bout will justify itself.
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C. George Krogness
Bob Harwood
France
Uncle Sam
Ieith Clark
Bob Higgins
Donovan
Joan Keane
Eddie Casey bows out as Harvard stars ride wave of change
Harvard football history notes Eddie Casey’s final season at Harvard and the impact on teammates Joe Ryan Phil Kilbin and Eddie’s choice to retire for life after football. Casey’s dramatic Oregon game run caps a career spanning Exeter Navy and Harvard, shaping the Crimson’s legacy.
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Casey
Harvard
Joe Ryan
Dorchester
Phil Kilbin
Eddie
Oregon
Terry
Crimson
Ana
Exeter
Yale
Ns Elis
Navy
Navy Yard
Tom Enwright
Jack Cannell
Cambridge
Bob Fisher
Princeton
Tigers
Palmer Stadium
Babe Felton
Fiddle
Princetonians
Selton
New Orleans Entries and Race Card Details
New Orleans entries list for seven races with purses from 700 to 1000 dollars. Entries include two-year-olds in race one, four-year-olds and up in six races, with various horses and weights. Also eligible horses named. weather noted as cloudy and track heavy.
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Runimic
MacKelawaine
Repeat
Joe Tag
Diesel
Margaret Wood
Doctor Zab
Fire Place
Kultur
James Foster
Mack Garner
Sherman A
Mab
Frances Star
Arch T’rotter
Lloyd George
Plaviada
Little Maudie
Jim Saidley
Silvey Shapiro
Irish Maid
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al Pierce
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Little String
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Blue Thistle
Almin
Sentimental
Soldat de Verdun
Paul Connelly
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Jack Teves
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Astraea
Mather
Speedster
Azetic
Jerlu
Bertodano
Athena
Charlestonian
Marauder
Early Sight
Doily
Trentino
Goldcrest Boy
Havana Entries Race Card Skims Through Multiple Claiming Turf Races
The Havana entries list six races featuring three and four year olds and higher. Readouts include weights and names such as Daisy L Shiro Jack Daw Naomi Walton Sayona Eddie Tranter and other horses with purses ranging from 000 to 800 dollars across six furlong to one mile distances. Details note claiming and handicap conditions and apprentice allowances as listed.
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Shiro
Jack Dawsom
Naomi Walton
Bagdadine
Sayona
Eddie Tranter
Sophie Kee
Miss Sweep
Seabatch
Sayeth
Ambassador
Applejack
Lillian G
Keymar
Headfort
Old Bylers
Litherick
Kernan
Fhe Snob
Peasant
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Thornbloom
al Ward
Zole
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Little Ed
Allah
Goldstone
Cafeteria
Byrne
Rod Upward
Dazie
Messkit
Diversion
Buford
Warzone
Belle of
Kilkenny
Jack Healy
Regresso
Ellisop
Fountain Fay
Remarkable home run record of Besse in 1915
The St. Louis Republic on February 27 1916 and Chicago Examiner on April 9 1916 highlight Champion Besse’s career. He played for Meridian Miss in 1912–14 and McAlester in 1915–16. Reports credit 34 homers in 128 games and 64 extra-base hits, including 24 homers in 128 games.
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Besse
Meridian, Miss
McAlester
Baseball
St. Louis Republic
Cravath
Chicago Examiner
Havana Race Day Holds Close Finishes Across Six Races
At Havana the program features six races for maidens and allowances. Wastep wins the first at 1:08 with Sherry second and Donatello third. Little Nephew takes the 54 furlong claiming race, with Skyman and Yorkville close. Alvords edges High Gear in the six furlong third. Kiku leads the Bolivia handicap over Don Thrush and Berlin. Lariat flags the mile claiming, followed by Miss Ivan and others. Circulate wins the one mile plus race ahead of Solid Rock Buck Nail.
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Wastep
Dawson
Sherry
Crump
Donatello
A. Collins
Tod
Miss K
May Craig
Lucie May
Seaprince
Murray
Betterton
Himiltrude
Nepe
Major Domo
Bolivia
Kiku
Merrimee
Don Thrush
Weiner
Berlin
McCrann
Freemantle
Hank O'Day
Lariat
Lackrose
Hofflcer
Miss Ivan
Stelliff
Ena Herrman
Yrauby
Robert L. Owen
Lux
Solid Rock
Mangan
Buck Nail
Bauer
Dr. Rae
Tokalon March
Timothy J. Hogan
Dimitry
Baby Cal
Peninsular Yacht Club Elects Officers for Current Year
The Peninsular Yacht Club of South Boston has elected officers for the present year with Commodore Oscar Kosteeis, vice Commodore John Goddard, fleet captain M. J. Connelly, recording secretary Edward Norris, financial secretary R. F. Graves, and house committee Edward Norris, P. Mulcahy and J. A. Traverse.
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Peninsular Yacht Club of
South Boston
Oscar Kosteeis
John Goddard
M. J. Connelly
Edward Norris
R. F. Graves
P. Mulcahy
J. A. Traverse
Harvard Club Triumphs Over Back Bay A A in Tight Hockey
An exciting Harvard Club versus Back Bay A A hockey clash ended 4 to 2 in favor of Harvard. Hutchinson and Downing traded goals early, Doty dazzled with a solo rush, and Bright added key scores. Wilde guarded the Harvard net well as Butterick faced heavy second-half pressure, with referee Watson penalizing trips and keeping play fair through a rough but thrilling contest.
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Harvard
Jack Hutchinson
Frankie Prowning
Jack Wilde
Crimson
Butterick
LaCroix
Doty
Watson
Traff Hicks
Bright
Baldwin
Geran
Downing
Clifford
Wylde
Percy
Hutchinson
Harvard Club
Morton Ficks
Coc
Pewiddo
Downing Ce
O'Sullivan Percy
Wendall
Geran Clifford
Ee Ceveveraene Wylde
Eseereees
la Croix
Hicks
T. Wilbur
Shorty
Codman and Edwards
Dr. Murphy
Middlesex and Arlington Play to 1-1 Hockey Tie
Middlesex School and Arlington High School battled to a 1 to 1 tie at Middlesex rink in North Concord. Otis scored for Middlesex and captain Samuel Bower for Arlington. After two 16-minute periods a five-minute overtime failed to decide the game in the Inter scholastic league matchup. Captain Norris starred, with both teams using limited substitutes.
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Concord
Middlesex School
Arlington High School
Middlesex
North Concord
Otis
Rover
Samuel Bower
Arlington
Thomas Norris
Arlington High
Lockwood
Tobin
Lynch Norris
Bower
Pollard
Davis
Bateman
Hadley Rogers
Bancroft
Sheehan
Haley Wing Oo
Cs Ca
Murphy
Feon
Brown
Hopkins
Barry
Baldwin
TAD JONES WILL RETURN TO YALE
T. A. D. Jones, former Yale football star and coach, telegraphed Yale that he would return as a coach next season. He is general manager of a shipbuilding yard and plans a leave of absence to begin coaching September 1, 1920, serving without compensation. He previously returned to Yale in 1916 to whip the team into shape.
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Pennsy
Quakers
Smithereens
Bob Folwell
Holy Cross
Eddie Niles
Colby
Worcester Collegians
Niles
Pennsylvania
A. D. Jones
Yale
Jones
White Sox sign right hander Milton Steemgrafe
The White Sox signed RHP phenom Milton Steemgrafe who has pitched independence ball around Oakland California.
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White Sox
Phenom Waret
Milton Steemgrafe
Oakland
Cal
Wilde to Box Mason for Flyweight Title in Milwaukee
Milwaukee dispatch reports Jimmy Wilde will box Frankie Mason for the world flyweight championship. The bout is set for January 29 before a Milwaukee club, with both fighters agreeing to a 108 pound weight limit at 3 o clock.
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Wilde
Milwaukee
Jimmy Wilde
Frankie Mason
Mason
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