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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1918
Page
7
President Frazee will release a final list of Red Sox players for the coming American League season within a week. Navy yard officials have issued an ultimatum, but Boston club owners remain unshaken and unfazed by the developments.
Pitcher Dick Rudolph informed by Business Manager Hapgood of the Braves that he has been placed in Class 4 of the national war draft. Residents of the club on the reserve list were queried to clarify the talent situation. Rudolph, of West Wyck, New York, farms chickens in the off season and is married with two children, which practically exempts him and keeps him eligible to play baseball again this season.
Frazee gears up for a strong squad on March 15 despite players entering military service. He aims a complete roster with a pro tem manager after Barry stays in service. Dick Floblitzell is favored to replace Barry, with Hobby as a potential standout choice.
Harvard freshman relay team will race Yale at the annual indoor track meet of the R M A next Saturday evening. Coach Pooch Donovan has chosen five men D F O Connell C H Page J M B Churchill C H Baldwin and A W Douglass for the relay squad. The informal Harvard track team will also compete against the Tech team at the same meet.
Melrose High defeated Rindge Tech 7 to 1 in a loose game at the Boston Arena yesterday afternoon. Sanford and Monaghan sparked Melrose on offense while Rindge struggled in goal before late in the final period when they finally scored.
James Maybury renowned sprinter is seriously ill in a St Paul hospital. He left the University of Wisconsin where he competed from 1895 to 1898 and has since trained in St Cloud, Minnesota.
The Arlington High and Winchester High hockey teams meet this afternoon at Five Pond, Arlington, with the return game set for Saturday in Winchester. Ice conditions are suitable for the games.
Brooklyn baseball notes highlight a slump in batting across the team. Buck Wheat remains strong despite injury while Charley Ebbets and salary talks pinched Pfeffer and Smith. Stengel and Daubert show declines with aging legs and reduced bunt speed.
Ray Schmandt, secured by Brooklyn from the Lincoln Western League, may succeed Jake Daubert at first base next season but is drafted and to be called before spring opener. The report comes from his St. Louis home.
Johnny Tillman of St Paul advances to a 12 round final against Jimmy Duffy of Buffalo at Grand Opera House on Feb 12. Weinert vs Cowler promises a rugged bout as a straight rules match with strict refkeeping. Joe Rivers returns to seek a clash with George Robinson if Dahl or Johnny Wilson skip Cambridge. Amateurs tighten with New Jersey action and Chelsea club openings. Fulton fights Cowler Feb 1 in Denver while Moran looms in New Orleans. Nack aligns with Joe Jacobs while amateur suspensions hit Speno and Davis in Newark. Loadman refuses to fight Battling Reddy after Lynch illness. Philadelphia clubs stage boxings with Lynch, Williams and Carbone headlining.
R. W. Stratton won the sensational 18,2 balkline Class C match at Littlefield's last night defeating T. H. Barry 180 to 142 after 68 innings. Barry led through 64 innings before Stratton’s 28 in a pivotal stretch secured the comeback. Tonight Stratton meets Eddie Lyons.
Two Greek assailants tried to invade the second story flat of Charley Rigler. Charley knocked one through the door, dislocated his shoulder, chased the other nine blocks, knocked him out, and delivered him to the caboose.
Outfielder Casey Stengel, long with New York and en route home to Kansas City, learned he was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was upset, believing he would stay with the club and receive a better contract.
Tommy Reagan of East Boston defeats Tommy Shea of New Haven in a ten round feature at the Commercial A C. Reagan showed a powerful left and right with his best rounds in the sixth while Shea fought hard but could not match the accuracy and pace.
Francis Ouimet the former amateur golf champion was reinstated by the United States Golf Association at its annual meeting in Philadelphia. F S Wheeler of New York was elected president to succeed H M Perring.
Walter Camp urges a reunion of Yale and Harvard rowers from 1852 to 1862. He notes the 60th anniversary reunion of the Winnipesaukee race survivors in 1912 and believes a large gathering of the early crews could be a success despite aging alumni. The idea follows past alumni notices and Camp's call via the Alumni Weekly.
St John's Prep defeated Danvers Informal 56 0 in an ice hockey game. Dupont and Chandonette led scoring with multiple goals. The game featured a dominant effort by St John's with strong goaltending and defense throughout the 20 minute periods.
The column lists Mike Devanney starting in the Hunter mile at the Unicorn games on Saturday February 2. It notes Jimmy Connolly back after five months at sea. It mentions Red Sox managerial questions, Joe Stecher vs Hussane, Tom Halpin vs Howard Berry, Abel Kiviat and Oscar Hedlund, Fred Fulton amid criticism, and Hobey Baker hopeful Bobby Hall from Erasmus Hall alongside Duluth racing references.
The note states Del Pratt of the New York Yankees has played other positions besides second base in the big leagues. It mentions he split time at shortstop when he debuted with St. Louis in 1912, and references Jack Barry being 31 years old.
Minneapolis Millers manager Joe Cantillon returns from Hickman Kentucky to learn the American Association banned the spitball. He questions enforcement and criticizes previous calls that handicapped pitchers. He cites Ed Walsh and complains rules unfairly curb smart hurlers.
Shortstop John Lavan, recently traded by the St. Louis Browns, passed the Navy Medical Corps exam and awaits his commission. He will not play for Washington this season. The Browns-Washington trade remains intact with St. Louis receiving Gallia and about $15,000 while Washington gains Outfielder Shotton and a possible return bonus if Lavan resumes baseball after the war.
Newton High leads the Inter scholastic Hockey race with Medford High and faces Browne and Nichols Prep School at West Newton. Stone School travels to Andover to meet the prep seven as Corcoran and Landry push attacks. Exeter clashes with Harvard freshmen at Harvard Stadium as St Johns Prep meets Stoneham High in Danvers.
The National Commission rules Jesse H. Altenberg is owed 213.26 by Pittsburg for salary Aug 14 to Sept 19 and Sept 19 to Oct 11, while denying further pay after his Kansas City release. Pittsburg had guaranteed 25 a month. Altenberg claimed 30. The panel found 30 due for the first item and denied post Kansas City pay due to non recall.
Milton defeated Pr nneae High at Cunin Milton 81 yesterday. U sone and summary unclear. Chadwick Macdonald and McLaughlin Farrell among listed players. umpire Macey Holden timed at 20 minutes.
Mickey Roach, former Boston schoolboy hockey star and Hobey Baker rival, makes his 1918 debut on the Boston Arena surface tonight as the Wanderers of New York face the Boston Arena Club team.
The Boston Wanderers led by Roach and McCarthy face the New York Arena Hockey Club in a high stakes league match. Rice and Synnott pace the Wanderers while Mickey Roach and Don McNeill anchor the Arena lineup. The game starts at 8 and aims to finish before 10 as both sides seek key league points.
The War Department rejected the Amateur Athletic Union plan to hold divisional championships in cross country running boxing and wrestling at army cantonments nationwide. Dr Joseph E Raycroft said championships would disrupt current athletic drill and overemphasize a few individuals, harming broad soldier participation.
Harvard informal varsity pack men edged Brookline High 1 to 0 at Charlesbank rink in the fastest game of the season. Eddie Cabot scored late in the game after a Rice pass as Harvard with a weakened lineup due to injuries controlled the pace against a tough Brookline squad.
The Princeton and Yale clubs announce a wartime merger plan. Princeton members will vote February 4 to vacate Gramercy Park and move to Yale Club on Madison Avenue and Forty third Street as a temporary home. A new Princeton clubhouse is planned after the war.
Middlesex School ice hockey coach Archibald Galbraith announced the Milton High School game, postponed from January 12, will be played in Concord on Saturday afternoon February 16.
An measles outbreak at St Mark's School forces the postponement of the St Mark's School Milton Academy hockey game. Medford High will face the Academy team replacing the postponed matchup this afternoon.
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