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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1913
Page
10
In a wide survey across the majors the push is on for faster players and baserunning. McGraw and Cleveland leaders urge speed while Boston and Pittsburgh adjust rosters to inject velocity. Critics debate Lajoie’s pace and Engle’s role, with Marquard and Thorpe stirring camp chatter.
Louis Forte George Sterling Philip Bowen Warren Goddu Clarence Cochrane captain George Lowe Dave Buttrick Charles Crawford selected for the squad amid other notes and letters.
The Post reveals its All-Scholastic hockey team as the season nears completion. The article names outstanding players from regional high schools and highlights their standout talents and contributions to their teams.
Arlington High and Melrose High dominate the selections with three players each. Newton High and Winchester High each place once. Standouts include Philip Bower and George Sterling as centers, Clarence Cochran as coverpoint captain, George Lowe at point, and Dave Buttrick as goalie.
The Rev. H A Gaynor will coach Boston College High again this season and lead an 18 game slate. Home games at Locust street include South Boston High Dorchester High St Johns Prep English High and Gloucester High with several pending dates and away games at Melrose Medford Danvers Duxbury and Concord.
New Haven March 2 The clear likelihood Yale will join Harvard to face the English universities this year on the track has prompted a sweeping reorganization of Yale athletics on par with changes seen in football and rowing.
Yale announces a new alumni advisory committee expanding the former two member panel with captains Kilpatrick and Thomas joining. The group aims to finance and prepare the track team for the English meet and secures John Mack as coach for seven years.
The Boston Athletic Association hockey squad, idle last week, faces Ottawa’s Stewartons in a pair of Canadian warmups at the Boston Arena. Tonight’s 8 15 start features the unicorns versus Stewartons with a slated lineup including Gilmour Nevin Smith Preece Dion Hornblower and Kerr Foster among others.
Clarence Smith a Birmingham pop battle pitcher spent winter in Cuba where he rose to fame alongside Nick Cullop and Chief Bender. His highlight was a 116 inning duel against Almeida's Havana Reds in which he won with a timely hit and the crowd carried him off the field.
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis appears as an aviator as well as a fighter and is listed for a bout with George Brown of Chicago in Gary Indiana on Wednesday night and then scheduled to fight Jack McCarron in New York on Thursday.
John J. M Graw argues newspapers and fans hurt players by constant criticism. He cites Hans Lobert Harry Lord Zeider and others as examples of worsened form due to public scrutiny. He says leaders ignore press and focus on team plans and says few players like Mathewson Meyers Doyle and Merkle stay unfazed.
The Exeter squad dominated the New England schoolboy games with superior all round play and a 12 2-5 second relay record by Caldwell, Marceau, Hedlund and Halpin. Critics question judging fairness and Exeter’s advantage in selection and heat placements, while officials defend procedures and emphasize square dealing.
Norwich reader notes Jim Thorpe dominated the all round championship except for a third place in the 40 yard dash. The article also mentions boxing matchups in Portsmouth next Thursday and a regimental schoolboy meet set for March 15 at the Irvinton Street Armory with classification details via the Mason Street secretary.
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