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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1922
Page
9
Boston Post announces the Old Timers baseball game at Braves Field on Sept 11 featuring veteran stars from both leagues. Letters from Mayor Curley and Boston figures praise the event and urge public support, with gate proceeds aiding child relief efforts.
Letters praise an Old Timers exhibition at Braves Field on Sept 11 in Boston. Fans urge honoring past stars Lajoie Collins Wagner and Young with Buck Freeman Nap Lajoie appearances welcomed by editors and readers alike.
Boston Post plans a charity old timers game at Braves Field featuring veteran stars from the American and National Leagues. Tickets go on sale with box seats 1.65, reserved 1.25, grand stand 1, bleachers 0.75 and 0.50, proceeds to Children's Hospital. orgs like George Washington Grant and Jack Slattery drive the effort.
The Boston Post champions an exhibition game on September 11 featuring famed stars from a bygone era. Proceeds will benefit the Children’s Hospital as fans in Boston, a city hungry for revival, can witness former idols back in uniform.
Fall River reader George Flynn voices support for an exhibition game in Boston featuring two teams of legendary players. He praises the event as timely amid criticism of Harry Frazee and says the plan honors the game and its fans.
A reader asks to reserve six seats in a box for the Boston Post's Old Timers' baseball game on September 11. The note praises the feature and rushes to place the order before sales close.
The Boston Red Sox may nominate Derrill Pratt and Joe Dugan for the Hall of Fame. Dugan stands as a top fielding third baseman with sure hands, a strong arm, and a batting average near .300. Pratt, a veteran, remains steady in the field and among the hardest hitters in the game.
The Boston Post plans a gala greeting for legendary players who will be present to delight New England baseball fans. The event at 626 Commonwealth Avenue promises a royal reception for these timeless stars, securing a place in local fans’ memories.
In praise of the Boston Post for arranging a game featuring former American and National League stars. Players such as Larry Lajoie Charney Nichols Bill Carrigan Cy Young Bill Bradley and Honus Wagner appeared. Senator Thomas Green endorses the event as a historic baseball spectacle and the talk of the town.
Boston Post readers express excitement for an old timers game at Braves Field on September 11. Fans anticipate seeing Cy Young Jimmy Collins Candy Lachance Honus Wagner Kid Nichols and other baseball legends back on the field.
The article recalls the first noted tennis grudge in Wimbledon history between Suzanne Lenglen and Molla Mallory. It notes mutual unkind remarks and underlying rancor, with Lenglen accused of tarnished reputation after a prior default to Mallory at Forest Hills.
The piece surveys rivalries and grudges shaping matches in boxing billiards tennis and sprinting. Notable feuds include Corbett vs Fitzsimmons Burns vs Johnson Greb vs Gibbons and Hoppe vs Horemans with renewed motives from Hendersons and Mlle Lenglen versus Mrs Mallory at Wimbledon.
St Bridget's Boys' Club of Lexington prepares for what may be the hardest game of the season against St Anne's of Readville on Lexington Athletic Field next Saturday afternoon. Readville's team has not been beaten this summer, with their only near-miss a 4 to 3 19-inning loss to Lexington earlier. Business manager James F. O'Halloran is booking August games.
Two Old Colony League matches are planned for the coming weekend. On Saturday the Piety Corner Club of Waltham visits Brookline on Brookline’s courts for four singles and three doubles. Sunday sees the Lexington Club host the Concord Club at the Concord Centre playground for the return, also featuring four singles and three doubles.
Revere track to host a full card of amateur and pro sprint races on Wednesday night. The program includes qualifying heats for the New England professional sprint championship and the postponed Race of Nations. Six heats will advance to the final on Saturday amid lingering rivalry between Linart Seres and Chapman.
Syracuse defeated Jersey City 10 to 3 in the first game and Jersey City won 2 to 0 in the second. Newark beat Rochester 7 to 5 while Toronto led Reading and Baltimore. Buffalo posted a 4 tally.
President Ban Johnson called a meeting of the American league club owners to be held in Chicago on August 27. Topics include the draft the nature of the most valuable player trophy and likely discussion of legislation prohibiting midseason trades.
President George W. Grant discloses the Braves purchase and release of pitcher Yeargin from the Greenville Club in the South Atlantic Association. The 20 year old right hander, 6 foot 11 and 170 pounds, will stay with Greenville through the close of the 1922 season.
Walter Paterson of Bridgeport plans to swim the English Channel in late August. He will travel to England Saturday and begin training immediately upon arrival.
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