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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
16
A compact sports note reviews bustling activity among local baseball figures as the season heats up. Mentions several standout players and upcoming games, highlighting their schedules and expected performances.
Walter Camp states he will not seek the Amateur Athletic Union presidency due to business obligations and other duties. He urges continuance of industrial athletics as vital to American life and highlights parallels with leaders like Wilson and Roosevelt.
Buck Herzog, ex Reds manager now with the Boston Braves, plans a Cincinnati return to fill the shortstop vacancy. August Herrmann and Pat Moran expect to solve team problems with Herzog signature though salary terms may block the deal. Herzog carries a $10,000 Boston contract with one year left.
Yale releases 25 game 1919 baseball schedule led by Assistant Manager Weir Sargent. Key early games include Wesleyan, Columbia, Fordham, Trinity, Johns Hopkins, and a Polo Grounds date with the New York Giants. Harvard and Princeton three-game series set, with multiple other opponents across Yale Field and away venues.
New York March 12 Branch Rickey Cardinals president and manager and John McGraw Giants vice president spoke at the Waldorf Astoria amid anticipation of a major reconstruction deal within 24 hours. Dr Al Sharpe poised to become Yale football coach succeeding Tad Jones with contract due in days.
McGraw and Rickey discuss informally amid signals of a major St. Louis Pirates trade. Dreyfuss and Hornsby are key talks. Snyder and Gonzales figures shift as sides weigh prospects. Gardner also in town amid Cardinals sale chatter. Sharpe set to coach Yale. rumors place Arthur C. Brides as assistant for next season.
The Mystic Valley Interscholastic League released the twelve game baseball schedule for the coming season led by league president Charles L. Curtis of Winchester High. Members include Arlington Melrose Watertown and Winchester, with Watertown last season’s champion. Schedule runs May 9 to June 14 with venues at each member school.
Baseball club owners in the International league after an eight hour session deferred adopting a season schedule until arrangements are made for suitable grounds at Newark New Jersey and for disposal of the Syracuse Hamilton franchise.
Tufts varsity tennis candidates trained in Goddard gym with veterans and prep school players. Notable names include Willard F. Crocker of Quincy, Charles K. Mullen of Wollaston, and Edgar F. Telafer of New York. Schedule lists Harvard MIT Dartmouth Columbia Worcester Tech with a planned New York trip against Fordham NYU CCNY and Pratt Institute.
At the Wells Memorial Checker Club last evening P E Miller, a well known local expert, played simultaneous games on two boards. He won 13 games, drew 3, and lost 4 in a display praised for brilliant and original moves.
Samuel Rogers, 20, elected captain of Milton High School football for 1919. He letters as right end in his second year on the eleven. Other lettermen include Captain Walsh, Captain-elect Rogers, Cunningham, Hall, Ross, Joe, Holden, Shurbank, Cody, Olsen, and Stuart.
Boston High School Regimental games begin with trials and first semi final rounds this afternoon at East Newton Street Armory. William Nolan of Past Boston High aims to equal Elmer Smith’s 5 year old 861-5 second 300 yard record and may challenge the mark again in Saturday’s finals.
The Harvard Crimson baseball schedule lists a game with the University of Havana at Soldiers Field on April 19. The season notes a revised slate with changes including a Brown contest shift to June 3 and removal of the Boston Braves from the schedule.
Mike Yokel and Joe Turner meet for the world's middleweight wrestling championship in Boston. Turner aims to reclaim the crown from Yokel as both athletes enter peak form, with Turner's speed and power tested against Yokel's defensive skill. The bout promises high tension and masterful grappling.
President Frazee and Manager Ed Barrow plan a conference with reluctant players to secure signatures on contracts before the season starts. Sport Herman of Chicago joins from Chicago to help resolve playing and business matters. Also, the New England amateur championship is set for March 31 at Mechanic's Building.
Arthur Duffey and sports writers discuss Tad Jones replacement at Yale with Al Sharpe moving to New Haven and Percy Haughton tipped for Cambridge. The piece weighs Cornell’s need to fill Sharpe’s shoes and highlights other athletic tidbits from cycling to boxing and rowing, plus local ring entertainment notes.
Chicago dispatch reports referee Ed Smith ruled Pal Moore the winner of the bout with Frankie Mason in South Bend Indiana after earlier word had Mason winning the decision. Moore plans to sail for England after three more bouts including a match with British champion Jimmy Wilde.
Tufts baseball began outdoor workouts with 40 players under coach Jack Slattery. The Brown and Blue added Bob Carney a veteran southpaw, boosting hopes for a strong pitching staff alongside Colucci and Ballou. Captaincy and coaching plans were unsettled with April southern trip approaching.
Yale defeated Harvard 5 bouts to 4 in New Haven. Beardsley, Yale substitute, won the decisive match against Ordway. Captain Leicester led Yale by beating Ordway and Snow, while Gay starred for Harvard with three victories.
A legislative committee heard strong opposition to bills permitting Sunday baseball. After adjourning for Legislature sessions, many speakers urged against the measure, and the hearing was set to resume next Wednesday.
The funeral for Patrick Connolly heavyweight wrestling champion of Ireland for many years will be held this morning from his sister Mrs Barbara Norton 2 Pratt Street Beachmont. A requiem high mass follows at Immaculate Conception Church. Connolly died recently near Sibley South Dakota while returning from Boston to Butte Montana where he had lived for five years. He won the heavyweight title of Great Britain from Alex Cameron at Glasgow four years ago and wrestled notable heavies including Americans Stecher Lewis Zbyszko and others.
Harvard wrestlers showed a better performance in preliminary matches for the grappling honors at the boxing and wrestling tourney. Finals are set for tomorrow night in the Union. In Randolph Gymnasium yesterday J. F. Stearns and G. W. Smith of the yearling mat men wrestled in the 135-pound class with Smith taking the decision.
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