Thomas Sings In His Contract With Boston Red Sox
President Joe Lannin announced the signed contract of Chester D. Thomas, noting his excellent health and readiness for spring. Lannin may attend the American league spring meeting in New York to watch for trades while Manager Carrigan accompanies him.
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American League
New York
Lannin
Joe Lannin
Red Sox
Chester D. Thomas
Thomas
Bill Carrigan
Carrigan
Garden City
Boxing schedule in doubt as Feb six show nears
A disagreement over terms delays the Gloucester A C show to be staged Feb 6 at North Abington. George Freeman, new matchmaker, aims to pit the best men, with Joe White of South Boston and Joe Chick of Gloucester scheduled for a 10 round bout tonight in Gloucester.
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A. C
North Abington
George Freeman
Freeman
Gloucester A. C
Gloucester
Joe White
South Boston
Joe Chick
Nate Lewis
Charley White
Chicago
White
Joe Shugrue
Tom Andrews
Dream City
Gunboat Smith
Battling Levinsky
New Orleans
Jim Buckley
Carl Morris
Joplin
Billy Hoeckler
The
Bronx
George Rodel
Morris
Billy McCarney
Pa Van Loon's Latest Ex En in the Next Sunday Post
The note references Pa Van Loon and an upcoming feature in the Sunday Post. It hints at public sympathy or support for him and mentions an ex relation or event to be covered in the issue. The message is brief and focuses on anticipation of coverage.
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Pa van Loon
Exen
Burnham and Cabot Win in State Squash Tourney
F. M. Burnham of the Tennis and Racquet Club beat E. A. Lyon of the Harvard Club in a five game match at Unicorn courts. Norman Cabot of the Tennis and Racquet Club defeated R. A. Powers of the B. A. A in straight sets to reach the semi finals. Burnham and Cabot advanced with strong performances in yesterday’s round.
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F. M. Burnham
E. A. Lyon
Harvard Club
Norman Cabot
R. A. Powers
Unicorn Courts
Burnham
Cabot
Lyon
HE. A. Lyon
Harvard
Newton High School hockey selects new captain
Carley Newton was elected captain at a team meeting yesterday morning. William Wellman resigned after a school suspension last week. Both Wellman and Stafford Brown, team members, are alleged to have broken a school rule. Carley plays right wing and point.
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Harry Carley
Newton High School
William Wellman
Stafford Brown
Carley
Rindge and Melrose Star in Cambridge Hockey Showdown
Rindge Technical School of Cambridge aims to clinch the interscholastic title with a key game tonight at the Boston Arena against Melrose High. Captain D Kelley leads Rindge while Melrose adds Bert Nowell to boost power. Ralph Winsor and Charley Foote officiate the match timed for 8 pm with 20 minute periods.
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Boston Arena
Melrose High
Arlington High
Dan Kelley
Melrose
Rindge
Ralph Winsor
Harvard
Charley Foote
Bert Nowell
Melrose &H
T. Leavitt
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Cusrons
Triangular Meet Set For Harvard Outdoor Track
The annual triangular track meet among Noble and Greenough Volkmann and Roxbury Latin will be held on Harvard outdoor track Feb 15 or 16. Faculty now sets the arrangements after student wrangling and Coach Ralph Little aided securing the venue. On Feb 17 managers will draft strict rules for future meets among the three schools.
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Volkmann
Roxbury Latin
Harvard
Ralph Little
Noble
Harvard Hockey's Morgan Hurt In Practice Scrimmage
Harvard varsity star J. E. P. Morgan sustains a cut above the eye during a scrimmage with freshmen at the Arena. He hopes to play in tomorrow night’s Yale game, along with Morgan’s teammate Morgan Phillips who has missed practice since the Princeton game last Saturday. Freshmen name George A. Percy captain for the remainder of the year. Percy, Arlington High and Exeter standout, leads a rejuvenated freshman squad.
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Harvard
J. E. P. Morgan
Morgan
Yale
Phillips
Princeton
New York
George A. Percy
Arlington
Percy
Arlington High
Exeter
Academy
Redding Named West Roxbury High Coach
Joseph Redding was yesterday appointed faculty coach of West Roxbury High School athletic teams. Formerly an instructor in Boston public high schools, he led athletics at South Boston High for years and was highly regarded in the hygiene department. He begins duties immediately.
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Joseph Redding
West Roxbury
Redding
Boston Public
South Boston High
Ones
Dartmouth and Brown End Eight Year Rift With Relay Meet
Hanover N H January 28 After eight years the Dartmouth and Brown athletic teams will renew relations with a February 20 dual relay at the Providence Athletic Association armory. The two colleges once rivaled Harvard and Yale in all sports with their football game a season highlight. They last met in football in 1906 at Springfield Brown winning 23 to 0.
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Hanover
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Dartmouth
Brown
Providence Athletic Association
Providence
New Hampshire College
Harvard
Yale
Springfield
Dartmouth and Brown to renew athletic relations in relay meet
Dartmouth Graduate Manager Ingersoll announced acceptance of Brown’s invitation for a dual relay race at the Providence Armory on February 20 1915. He said relations across sports would resume with satisfactory scheduling, following a break tied to a 1897 Providence baseball protest and Brown’s formal severance.
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Rhode Island University
Brown
Providence
Ingersoll
Dartmouth Athletic Association
Providence Athletic Association
C. T. Skillen
Dartmouth Nine
Brown and Dartmouth Resume Athletic Relations
Dr. F. W. Marvel of Brown University confirmed the Hanover story that Brown and Dartmouth have resumed athletic relations. Invitations to compete were sent for a February 22 relay meet at the Armory and a possible baseball meeting this spring remains uncertain.
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Providence
F. W. Marvel
Brown University
Hanover
Brown
Dartmouth
Brunonians
Armory
Brown Athletic Association
Marvel
Princeton Hopes Face Tough Intercollegiate Hockey and Track News
The piece notes Harvard’s two defeats of Princeton in hockey and Yale’s win over Princeton. It discusses a New York marathon plan to shorten the course on windy days and near freezing temperatures. It also mentions Gordon of Yonkers aiming for the Baxter mile and Unicorn and Hunter mile races, with many athletes named including Abel Kiviat and Jack Moakley.
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Harvard
Yale
New York
Sea Gate
Washington
Willie Gordon
Gordon
Yonkers
N. Y
Jimmy Lee
Abel Kiviat
Jimmy Power
Kiviar
Braves Open April Fourteen Versus Phillies
Opening date for the Atlanta Braves is set for April 14 with the opponent being the Philadelphia Phillies. Other items note boxing shows under Melrose A C pending, Halpin versus Meredith indoor season race result, and football rules meeting in New York on February 5 inviting attendees.
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Phillies
Melrose A. C
Halpin
Meredith
Buffalo Armory
Mechanics’ Building
Homer Baker
Bill James
New York
Solons
Holy Cross Favored Over MIT in Feature Relay Race
Holy Cross is a slight favorite to beat the MIT relay team in the feature relay at the Irish American A A games in Mechanics' building tomorrow night. Worcester players plan strong support for Coach Kanaly's quartet led by Barney Lee Goose Reilly Kelly and Joe Higgins.
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Holy Cross
Tech
Bart Sullivan
Worcester
Kelly
Goose Reilly
Barney Lee
Joe Higgins
Mechanics’ Building
Worcester Collegians
Kanaly
Goose
Reilly
Power of Draft Is Given Up
Chicago January 28 The American Association has taken a big step toward major league status noting that the National Commission promised to surrender its draft powers over the minor leagues. President Chivington says this marks the largest advance so far in the organization’s ascent.
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Chicago
American Association
Chivington
National Commission
Commission grants association major league status on draft terms
The commission will allow entry into cities now in the American or National leagues and transfer of players, making the association a major league on draft terms. Representation on the National Commission and participation in the world series are not yet set, with details to be decided after an antitrust suit ruling. Territory and player transfer details will be withheld for now.
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Chivington
McGill
Indianapolis
New Car Shows and Signage Mark Boston Auto Week
New signs on Boylston street announce Grant and Regal cars moving to 801 and 893. Scripps Booth debuts in Boston at Mechanics’ Building. J Walter Drake joins Na tional Automobile Chamber of Commerce committee. other members named. Over 200 passenger cars and trucks listed in the NACCs twelfth handbook. Boston Auto Show week features electric vehicle manufacturers convention at Boston City Club on March 10.
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Grant Car
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Scripps-Booth
Boston
Mechanics’ Building
Charles Clifton
J. Walter Drake
Hupp Motor Car Company
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
H. H. Rice
Waverley
J. I. Farley
Auburn
New York
New Boston City Club
New England
National Electric Light Association
Record Broken in Latin Class Indoor Meet at BLS
Boston Latin School held its annual indoor interclass track meet yesterday in the high school drill wall. Anderson seventeenth class broke Ed Webber's standing broad jump record with a leap of 81 inches two inches, while the senior class won with 27 points and the juniors followed with 20.
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Boston Latin School
Ed Webber
Anderson
Hockey Players Menace Referee in Rough Match
Irish American A C of New York players threatened violence toward Referee Hatherly Foster during a brutal contest. The B A A led by defeating the hyphenated New Yorkers 4 to 2 at the local rink.
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A. C
New York
Hatherly Foster
Rough hockey clash ends with B A A victory over Irish American
In a rough Arena match the B A A beat Irish American 5 4 after a tense second half. Smart, Hutchinson, and Cree starred for the winners while McGrath and Klemmer drew penalties for the visitors as referees and officials struggled to control the costly crosschecking and crowded runway scene after the final whistle.
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Freddy Huntington
McGrath
Jim Cree
Ollie Chadwick
Hutchinson
Cage
Cree
Chadwick
Kelmmer
Hopkins
Osgood
Klemmer
Foster
Alt Hopkins
McGrathiggood
Klemmer Hutchinson
Srer
Kelly
Lim
H. Foster
J. von Bermuth
Carnahan
Carlton
George Brown
B. J. Wood
Schools to Honor Work of Athletes
Every schoolboy athlete who makes his school team will receive a point toward his school marks for the year, under a ruling announced yesterday by Dr Dyer, the superintendent of schools.
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Dyer
Boston Schools Award Physical Training Points to Athletes
Dr Harrington and Dr Dyer announce a policy giving a physical training point to all school team members and athletic squad members who work faithfully, even if they do not qualify in field and track events. Only swimming is exempt, with Boston as the sole city recognizing such work.
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Thomas F. Harrington
Dyer
Boston
New York and Philadelphia Teams Win Early in National Doubles Racquet Championship
In Philadelphia on January 28 Jay Gould New York and Wilson Potter Philadelphia defeated George H Brooke and R K Cassatt Philadelphia in straight sets for the first round win. Other results show defending champions Davis and Wear of St. Louis beating Scot and Fearing of Boston 4 3, with Waterbury Heckscher New York taking a win by default over Stockton and inner club of Boston and Pell Mortimer of Julio club defeating Cabot and partner by default.
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Jay Gould
New York
Wilson Potter
George H. Brooke
R. K. Cassatt
Dwight F. Davis
J. W. Wear
Racque Club
St. Louis
Hugh Scot
G. R. Fearing
Boston
J. O. Waterbury
G. M. Heckscher
P. Stockton
Judge Signs with Grays in Lewiston Deal
Lewiston January 28 Joe Judge a Red Sox recruit and first baseman of the 1914 Lewiston New England league team signed a contract today with a Providence club of the International league.
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Lewiston
Joe Judg
Red Sox
Lewiston New England
Providence
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