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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1922
Page
6
A satirical roundup reports on baseball training camps with jokes about umpires, Babe Ruth endorsements, and celebrity paydays. It notes various lighthearted claims, from high salaries to travel plans, and parodies sports headlines reflecting 1922 era chatter.
English High edges Latin 1512 3 to 681 3 in a strenuous East Armory track dual. Jacobs leads Latin with 1m 243-5s in the intermediate 600 yards as McCafferty of English stays close. Haggerty wins senior 600 while Martin and Sullivan contest the sprint finish for second.
More than 60 entries have been received for the New England A A A wrestling championships to be held tonight at the Cambridge Y M C A. Spectators will witness three matches going on at once at times during the program as a big crowd gathers.
Large preliminaries with three mats, two for semis, one for finals across classes set to start at 6 30 and finish by 11 30. Contenders include Thomas W Tuttle MIT in 118 pounds A I Naponen Hurja Quincy in 126 pounds Joseph Israelite Harvard unattached and Charles Pappas Boston Y in 125 pounds George Butler MIT in 145 pounds L R Green Haverhill Y M C A and Victor Kinsela Minnish A C in 160 pounds B I Shurtlett Boston and B F Mooney Springfield College in 175 pounds W W Cummin Dartmouth now with Boston Y M C A and John Spellman Brown in 192 pounds Samuel Korbett Boston Y and Carl Wheeler over 225 pounds likely the night's star bout.
Word reached Pinehurst that Joseph Kirkwood the Australian Open champion has landed at a Pacific coast port and is traveling to Pinehurst to train for the North and South amateur championship.
Pat Doyle of St. Louis shot a 148 to lead a field of about 50 players after the first day at the Florida Open Championship held at the Florida Country Club in Jacksonville. Cyril Walker of Englewood, N. J., posted 70 to reach 146, the next best total.
In New York Tom Gibbons is an 8-5 favorite to beat Harry Greb in a Madison Square Garden bout. The piece notes Dempsey and Kearns eye future clashes, while college meetups and six day bicycle races draw interest and talk of looming indoor intercollegiates led by Cornell and California.
In Hanover on March 10 the Bird Brothers, Roger of Dartmouth and Courtney of Brookline Swimming Club, will face off as Dartmouth hosts Brookline. Roger is noted for frequent 75 foot hits and Courtney recently won the national junior title surpassing 73 in his home rank.
Tommy Gibbons needs a decisive win over Harry Greb in their 15 round charity bout to earn a world title shot against Jack Dempsey. Gibbons is favored due to knockout record and a weight advantage of about 12 pounds, with Dempsey ringside.
Readers inquire about the New England outdoor championships location and track, noting no announcement has been made. Boston Marathon entries are out via Manager T J Kanaly of the B A on Exeter Street, with same conditions as before. Questions arise about current title holders including Wilde Buff Britton Shevlin and their weights and divisions.
West Roxbury High School won 68 to 14 over Cambridge High and Latin in a Curtis Hall dual meet. Meall led the 20 yard dash and Curry topped the 800 and broad jumps, while McDermott and McCall delivered key wins for West Roxbury in multiple events. Cambridge runners placed second in several distances with Murphy and Zaltman among top finishers.
Massachusetts golf clubs weigh where to hold the state championship with Springfield discussed as a strong possibility. Brae Burn Winchester Worcester and Guilford are mentioned as potential venues, while distance from Boston remains a consideration for officials.
Brighton clinched a clean victory posting 100 total points as field events tipped the balance against South Boston and West Roxbury at the Brighton gym. Olson and Walsh tied 6 ft 8 in high jump, while Lydon and Cannon led in shot put and broad jump for B. scores. Paddy Minnehan sends Johnny Sheppard to rest after a heavy boxing schedule.
Cornell is favored to win the first annual indoor intercollegiate meeting at the 22nd Regiment Armory tonight. The Ithacans are strong in sprinting hurdling middle and long distance events and should gain points in field events as well. Penn Harvard Princeton Dartmouth and others will challenge with new indoor marks possibly set in feats like the eight lap banked track and various field events.
Matchmaker Brophy set the weekly Carlyle Club card after a volatile planning session. Tony Palazola staged eight bouts featuring Hambone Kelly vs Bife Clancy and other matchups including Johnny Donovan against Jimmy Sacco and Eddie Mahoney versus Sammy Terrin at the New Home of Action.
The Technology advisory council on athletics will award loving cups to ten Tech athletes who hold Cambridge Institute track records. Recipients include T. J Guething 440 yard dash 1914 Garvin Bawden half mile 1921 R. G. Brown mile 15 A. B. Curtiss high hurdle 1915 C. G. Dandrow hammer throw 1920 Tred Cook two mile 1915 J. W. Keller discus 1920 Ww. D. Pinkham discus 1921 C. B. Reed broad jump 1916 J. D. Nagle pole vault 1919.
Huntington School meets Dartmouth freshmen in Hanover with four Green stars missing from the lineup. V F. N. Blodgett K. B. Hill D. Jerman and B. B. Weisiger won the 440 880 mile 6 yard dash and 220 yard dash in the recent dual meet with Andover. With these four gone a victory for the preparatory school team is possible.
Visiting auto dealers plan to attend the Montreal Denny Edwards bout at Boston Arena next Wednesday night. Arena A. C. reports strong dealer ticket blocks as Montreal and Edwards draw buyers from nearby Mechanics Hill and the auto show crowds. Rhode Island fans back their heroes, while Edwards aims to prove himself with new techniques in the main event among three eight rounders.
India again competes in the Davis Cup after the Lawn Tennis Association of India sent a cable challenge to the United States Lawn Tennis Association. The entry follows a prior journey to England and the United States in 1921, with India previously losing to Japan in Chicago after a match against France last year.
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