Braves Win Exhibition Opener in Florida Heat 7–0
Stallings leads Braves to a one sided win over Fort Lauderdale as Ragan, Snodgrass, and Konetchy drive early runs. Knetzer wins on mound with solid support while Reulbach signing rumors stir camp and attendance reaches 659.
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Fla
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Fort Lauderdale
Pat Ragan
Elmer Knetzer
Jess Barnes
Eddie
Ollins
Stallings
Pat
Knetzer
Bostonians
Rabbit
Sprinzg
Fiell
Hank Gowdy
Snodgrass
Orth Collins
R. Buase
A. E. Snodgrass
Evers
Espines
Liveccede
Maranville
Collins
P Lewis
Geel
Kouetehy
Smith
Fr. Lauderdale
AB. R. B
A. F
Wilitite
SAAC
Williams
Delaviey
Giecess
Iodeeaevead
Ragan
Bucaves
E. Collins
Konetchy
Wilhoit
Gowdy
Raxan
Horton
Barnes
Hy Itlorton
Swink
L. William
Ol Kuetzer
Merton
Lewis
Foursomes at Pinehurst Feature Long Drives and Close Wins
At Pinehurst N Carolina on March 14 two foursome matches drew interest. Mason H. Phelps and Charles Skehens won one up over E C Beall and Philin Carter while Carter and Mrs Vanderbeck defeated Phelps and Mrs R H Barlow one up. Phelps shot 79 and Carter 74 80 respectively. Carter holed a 1296 foot par five 14th from a trap and Phelps drove 1000 feet into a trap on the 12th.user
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Phelps
R. H. Barlow
Philadelphia
Carter
Pinehurst
Local business leaders visit for auto show conference
R E Taylor president and J P McAnulty among visitors and speakers. Garford trucks eastern distributor EH F Twyman Jr hosts conference. Chester Campbell candidly recalls campaign efforts. Melsone confirms another Overland trainload from Toledo to Boston. Goodyear executive plans return vacation visit.
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Rh. &. Taylor
R. E. Taylor Corporation
Garford Trucks
EH. F., Twyman, Jr
J. Ll. Melsone
Connell-Melsone Company
Toledo
Boston
Milton Academy Tennis Schedule Announced by Student Manager
Frederick Lawrence announces Milton Academy tennis schedule with six matches. The season ends on graduates day with a match against St George's School of Newport. Games include English High at Milton, Huntington School at Milton, St Mark's at Southboro, Middlesex at Concord, Harvard Second at Milton, and St George's at Milton.
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Milton Academy
Frederick Lawrence
Milton
St. Georges School
Newport
Tuntington School
St. Mark's School
Southboro
Middlesex Schoool
Concord
Shtarvard
St. George's School
International League to Hold Special Meeting in New York
New York March 14 President Edward Barrow announced a special meeting of the International league would be held in New York on March ?. The major items are adoption of a new playing schedule signing of Federal league players who jumped contracts and a rule limiting salary to 250 dollars a month per player.
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New York
Edward Barrow
International League
Brown to Hold Interscholastic Swim Meet in Providence
Brown University athletic association announces an interscholastic swimming meet open to all prep and high schools in Rhode Island at the Colgate Hoyt pool Brown gymnasium Tuesday night March 21. Invitations have been sent to 27 schools.
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Providence
Brown University Athletic Association
Rhode Islad
Colgate Hoyt
Brown Gymnasium
Brookline High Swimmers Triumph Over Greater Boston
Brookline High School's national scholastic champions closed their season with a 48 to 14 victory over Greater Boston rivals. Captain Leo Handy swept three events, and Mike Prendergast won both his races, leading the champions to a dominant finish.
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Brookline High School
Greater Boston
Leo Handy
Mike Prendergast
Brookline High Dominates All Scholastics In Aquatics Meet
Captain Handy leads in 100 and 220 yard swims and wins the plunge with a 41 foot final effort beating Harper of Huntington. Prendergast tops 25 and 50 yard swims as Brookline collects most events and victory with 48 points to All Scholastics 14.
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Harper
Kluntington School
Prendergast
Fermoyle
Revere
McGwinnon
Brookline
Stewart
Chauncey Hall
Brookline High
Phil Richardson
Eo Vogel
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Huntington
Jacquith
Mechanics Arts
S-yuard
Ath
Darling
Blackler
Cambridge
Trandy
Woods
Tichardson
Biddell
Uwigh
Brookline High S
Mechanic Arts
Commerce and BC High to clash in rare dual meet
In a rare matchup after three years, Boston College High School and the High School of Commerce prepare for a dual track meet tomorrow afternoon at East Armory. Commerce seeks victory after a decisive win over Dorchester, while both teams field strong lineups led by Noyes, Colvin, Sullivan, O'Brien, Tobin for Commerce and Donovan, Dempsey, Gallagher, Leary, Horan, Hannon for BC High.
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High School of Commerce
East Armory
Commerce
Dorchester
Skip Sherlock
Noyes
Colvin
Sullivan
O'Brien
Tobin
Back Bay
Tom McCabe
Boston College High
Donovan
Dempsey
Gallagher
Leary
Horan
Hannon
Rankin Johnson Sold to Fort Worth in Texas League Deal
President Lannuin of the Red Sox announced Rankin Johnson was sold to Fort Worth in the Texas league for $200. The transaction was confirmed yesterday and adds a pitcher to the Mort Worth cleat roster.
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Fort Worth
Lannuin
Red Sox
The
Mort Worth Cleat
Texas League
Freshman Baseball Team Seeks Schedule With Local Schools
About a dozen battery candidates have been out for practice under Manager Denison. He is arranging a schedule with Lynn English High Norwood High Lows Textile School and three games with the sophomore class. Games are pending with Malden Melrose Newton and several Boston prep schools.
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Lynn English High
Norwood High
Lows
Textile
Malden
Melrose
Newton
Boston Preparatory
Double Header on Ice Tonight at Boston Arena
A double header features Harvard Club versus B A A and Arena Hockey Club against New Haven Arena. Harv Club players include Sands Peabody Wanamaker Hutchinson and others with Referees Dr G W Tingley and H W Foster. Time is 25 minute halves.
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lLw
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Myra
Jacods N. Small
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Hall
G. W. Tingley
H. W W. Foster
Boston
Harvard
Harvard Club Faces Arena New Haven In Championship Night
The Boston league opener features the Harvard Club versus the Arena New Haven in a high stakes match as the Unicorn seven chase first place. The game follows an Arena win over St Nicks and an Exeter street edge in overtime, with strong rivalries among players and the rink set to host a hurricane night.
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Unicorn
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Harvard
St. Nicks
Exeter Street
New Haven Arena Hockey Club
New Havenites
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Emile Desjardins
Red Synnott
Bunty McKinnon
Spider Fynan
New Haven
Pilgrims
King's Horse for Canada Arrives in Saint John
The King's stallion Anner arrived in Saint John New Brunswick from England. Gifted to the Canadian government by King George the horse linked to the 1918 Derby incident involving suffragette Miss Davidson and a halted race. Anner's sire Florizel II. shares lineage with Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee, Derby and St Leger winners for King Edward VII.
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ST. John, N. B
Anner
Harvard Lacrosse to Travel South in April Schedule
Harvard lacrosse will spend a week in the South during April under a schedule issued by the H A A The Crimson face league games in the northern division against Stevens Hobart and Cornell Yale will meet Harvard in Cambridge on May 27 as the final game of the season
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Harvard
Stevens
Hobart
Cornell
United States Lacrosse League
Yale
Crimson
Cambridge
Butler and Mack Fight Ends In Draw At Hippodrome
Butler of Revere and Mack of Beachmont draw after a tough six round main bout with Butler fighting through an injured arm and a bad ear. Yelle had refused to fight, Mack weighed 140 pounds, and crowd reactions were mixed as Robinson defeated McDonald in a separate pro debut.
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Freddie Yelle
Taunton
Walter Butler
Revere
Frankie Mack
Beachmont
Hippodrome
Phil Powers
Yelle
Mack
Bennie Osthues
Butler
Jim McDonald
Roxbury
George Robinson
Cambridge
Robinson
Johnnie Donovan
South Boston
Tommy Flanagan
George Brooks
Joe Sousa
Strangler Lewis Seeks Stecher Fight in Boston
Strangler Lewis targets Joe Stecher for a rematch after a two hour draw in Evansville. Promoter Tuohey aims to bring Stecher to Boston for March 22 but Stecher is on the Pacific Coast. Lewis trains in New York and leaves opponent selection to Tuohey as conflicts with Americus and a Baltimore bout complicate plans.
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Lewis
Joe Stecher
Frank Gotch
Tuohey
Boston
Pacific Coast
Mechanics’ Building
Stecher
Joe Eagan Beats Frankie Notter In Four Round Fight
Joe Eagan of Boston defeated Frankie Notter of Brooklyn in four rounds in Albany New York on March 14 in a foul decision. Notter fouled repeatedly in the final round and was disqualified, with Eagan shown as the better ring general and likely winner if the bout had continued.
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Joe Eagan
Boston
Frankie Notter
Brooklyn
Eagan
Notter
Big Entry List for Amateurs
Indications point to the New England A A U boxing championships at Mechanics Building in Boston under the Boston Athletic Association on March 20. Many last year’s winners defend titles as over eight entries have been received including Pat Owens Cambridge Tony Watson Roxbury Edward Foley Louis Shriber Joe Travis Charles Angelus Revere Thomas Boutellier Norwood Dan MacCormack East Boston Johnny Downes South Boston. Tickets available at 28 School Street Room 8&8 daily 10 am to 4 pm with George V Brown for A A U members.
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Pat Owens
Cambridge
Mechanics’ Building
Thomas Joyce
Roxbury
Billy Hughes
Tony Watson
Edward Foley
Murray A. C
Louis Shriber
Joe Travis
Charles de Angelus
Revere
Thomas H. Boutellier
Norwood
Dan MacCormack
East Boston
Johnny Downes
South Boston
George V. Brown
Boston Athletic Association
School Street
Yale Crew Struggles With Harbor Ice Delays Races
Yale coach Guy Nieckalls attempted to assemble four squads for a harbor row but ice halted the first varsity after a few lengths and the freshman eight did not launch. A tug broke a channel opening as the second varsity and second freshmen completed a two mile row before ice closed the passage. Edward Roland Harriman stroked the varsity eight for the first time with Captain Seth Low, 2nd, at No. 7.
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New Haven
Conn
Guy Nieckalls
Yale
Varsity
Nickalls
Edward Roland Harriman
Edward H. Harriman
Seth Low
Whittemore Leads Field in Pinehurst Tin Whistle
Parker Whittemore of Brookline now leads the field by three strokes at Pinehurst after 36 holes with a 161. W H Faust Westfield sits second at 164, W K E Truesdall Brooklyn third at 165, W H Thayer Boston fourth at 168, and Robert Hunter Noroton tied with H C Fownes Pittsburg at 169 for fifth. C B Hudson North Fork Club drops to 174 and is out of the running.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Parker Whittemore
Brookline
W. H. Faust
Westfield
Whittemore
W. KE. Truesdall
Brooklyn
W. H. Thayer
Boston
Robert Hunter
Noroton
H. C. Fownes
Pittsburg
C. B. Hudson
North Fork
Dillon Out Fights Gunboat Smith in Brooklyn Bout
Jack Dillon of Indiana defeated Gunboat Smith in a 10 round boxing match in Brooklyn. Dillon weighed 170 1 4 pounds while Smith weighed 180 1 2, though Dillon did not show his usual punching effectiveness.
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New York
Jack Dillon
Indiana
Nis
Smith
Brooklyn
Dillon
Boston sports wrap hints at boxing and track rivalries
The article salutes the New England amateur boxing championship at Mechanics Building with about 80 entries and a three game hockey series between the B A A and St Nicks. It discusses sprinters Brooke Brewer and notable figures like Howard Drew and Mel Sheppard, plus boxing chatter on Moran vs Willard and public baths for swimming in Boston.
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St. Nicks
Inquiry on Negro athletes data and contacts in Boston
A letter requests sources for data on Negro athletes across sports including boxing sprinting and swimming. It asks for guidance from Francis Ouimet’s office and suggests contacting prominent Black athletes like Sam Langford for leads.
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Francis Ouimet
Sam Langford
Sam
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