Babe Ruth's weight sparks talk on coming league race
In Hot Springs reports Babe Ruth shows weight gain, raising questions about his form for the American League season. The piece weighs athletic caution, noting past champions who ate themselves out of titles and recalling wrestling and track rivalries, while touching on other sports news and college meets.
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Northeastern College
Boston
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Northeastern
Tech Wrestlers Edge Harvard in Close Meet at Tech
The Tech wrestling team beat Harvard 14 to 9 at Walker Memorial Gym. All bouts were tight with several overtimes. Briggs of Tech defeated Rouillard of Harvard by fall in six minutes. Captain Buttler, 145 pounds, beat Barker in overtime. Watts Humphrey beat Eastman in overtime but fell to Fiske Brown in heavyweight.
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Dennis Wins Lynn Bout At the Casino A C
Tommy Dennis of Milwaukee defeats Georgie Brown of New York in a fast paced 19 round bout at the Casino A C Lynn. Dennis earns a close decision in a crowded house. Semifinal saw Johnny McGovern beat Paul DeSalvo, Bilis Sweeney edged Lenny Gautro, and Al Cole stopped Young Powers in one round.
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Woburn
Paul DeSalvo
Quincy
Bilis Sweeney
West Lynn
Lenny Gautro
al Cole
Waltham Kayoed
Young Powers
North
Yale names football staff and new committee chair
Yale announces its football executive staff led by Major Louis E Stoddard as chairman and Captain Malcolm Aldrich with two new committee members Dr Frederick Towsley Murphy and John E Owsley. The staff includes Dr William T Bull and Charles Taft 2d with plan to recruit former players for coaching support at New Haven and New York, while outlining a series of meetings at the Yale Club to rebuild the program amid war limits.
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Foster Rockwell
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H. Ray Paige
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Greb and Bartfield Identities Questioned in NGS Note
The fragment states Greb claims Irish and German heritage while describing Greb and Bartfield as Polanders or Russian Jews, suggesting contested ethnic identities noted by NGS. This terse line signals debate over ancestry and national origins in the source text.
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Greb
Bartfield
B A A Beats Lac Tuque 5 4 in tight arena showdown
The B A A sextet edged Lac Tuque 5 to 4 at the Arena last night as Frankie Downing and Jack Hutchinson starred for the locals. Downing scored twice and Hutchinson added two more as Bayours built a 3 2 lead after two periods, only to see Quebec’s Lac Tuque narrow the gap with a late rally. George MacNaughton and Desbeins also contributed goals while referees Rocque and Thompson presided.
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Fewster Leads Off for Yanks
New York plans a batting order with Fewster in the leadoff spot Peckinpaugh next Babe Ruth third and Frank Baker fourth Baker to third Aaron Ward moves to second Peckinpaugh at short Pipp at first Meusel likely to alternate with Pipp Schang to handle catching Fenster groomed for left field Bobby Roth slated for right and Babe Ruth in center Jack McGraw to join the Nationals camp in San Antonio as rain slows workouts at ShreveportTraining Camp.
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Babe
Jack McGraw
San Antonio
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Landis Says No Comment on Impeachment Move
Chicago March 3 Judge Kene said M Landis would not comment on threatened impeachment proceedings until he received official word of what the House committee had been told.
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Kenesaw M. Landis
House Committee
Judge weighs fate of baseball post amid partial disclosures
The speaker requests the committee provide charges evidence and report before commenting further. He reaffirmed no change in stance on the national baseball commissioner controversy since a December St Louis speech to the Missouri Bar Association. He warned impeachment is cumbersome and would resign to Washington if Congress passes a hostile resolution.
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U S Hockey Title Dates Set for Final Matches
William S Haddock president of the United States Amateur Hockey Association announced the playoff dates to determine the national champion. Group winners Boston A A Cleveland Eveleth Minn. first series in Boston and Cleveland March 15 16 18 19 with a second series Eveleth vs winner of the first. American champions meet Canadian champions April 8 9 likely in Boston. Lou Marsh Toronto named referee.
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Nova Scotia hurler to report to Red Sox
Amherst Nova Scotia pitcher Hal Brownall was instructed by the Red Sox to report for a try out at training camp in Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Amherst
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Strange Baseball Triple Play Described in Old Rulebook
The account outlines a peculiar inning where with runners on second and third and two out the fourth ball wild pitch scores two runners while the batsman reaches second and fails to touch first. After plays at first, the umpire calls an out on the runner on second, raising questions about the two runs. It also details a three-out sequence ending in a rare triple play involving multiple forced and touched bases.
Crimson oars dip in Charles River season preview
Harvard oarsmen trained on the Charles River with freshman eights taking the water for the first splash under the Crimson system. Coaches Bert Haines and Heber Howe praised the prospects as yearlings logged an hour of practice, weather permitting varsity crews to join Monday.
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Pirates Sign Collegian Butte in Nationals Tryout
Neil McKain of Butte, former University of Montana second baseman, is ordered to report next week at Hot Springs Arkansas to try for a position with the Pittsburgh Nationals.
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Ross 100-Yard Champ “Fish” Ross Dominates Natl Title
Norman Ross representing the Illinois Athletic Club won the national 100-yard title at Brookline Swimming Club posting 68.15 seconds. Davy Jones of Illinois A C trailed, Gordon Smith of Brookline finished third, Leo Handy placed last. A. E. Church of Brookline won the New England fancy diving, with Ferdinand second and C. H. Lawton third. Don Richardson of Brookline Gymnasium won the 80-yard handicap as Brookline F C members Took the relay.
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Williams Wins Florida State Championship Final
R Norris Williams of Longwood Cricket Club defeated Japan’s Ichiya Kumagae 3 6 4 6 1 6 in the men’s singles final at the Palm Beach Tennis Club Florida state championship on clay courts.
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Longwood Cricket Club
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