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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1913
Page
10
Rain ended and fields dried in Athens Georgia raising optimism for tomorrow’s practice. Manager Stallings may not be present amid train delays caused by swollen Georgia rivers. Exam rumors threaten ineligible players and a game with the university nine was canceled pending exam results.
The Boston Red Sox arrive confident for the opening game against the Pittsburgh Pirates led by manager Connolly Stahl. Star shortstop Heinie Wagner may miss the opener but Tris Speaker is expected to play if he recovers, with Leonard Bedient and Foster slated to pitch and Hendricksen slated for Yanigan work.
Barney Dreyfuss and Claude Hendrix join the Pittsburg group as prep for series stalls. Brant tops Red Sox performance with a half hour lead in yesterday’s hike, Eastman boosts Pirates distance pace, Janvrin wart with split hand, Speaker sidelined by ankle, and Quirk restrained after hotel incident.
Madison reports the University of Wisconsin will probably decline the United States Military Academy invitation to send the Badger football team to West Point next fall. Travel distance and conference approval are key factors in the decision.
Mackmen win 8 to 5 against Dallas as Athletics bats dominate the game. Key hits include two-base shots from Oldring and Collins, with strong pitching and fielding by Athletics. Durning, Wyckoff, Mullin and others see action as the lineup edges Dallas in a high scoring contest.
Eleven Harvard hockey players who skated in the Yale games this winter received varsity letters after the athletics committee designated hockey a major sport at Cambridge. The crimson letters with white borders will appear on black sweaters.
Harvard track men will be called by Coach Pooch Donovan this week to begin training. Middle and long distance runners start road work at Soldiers Field midweek, field event athletes train three evenings in the baseball cage, and sprinters likely get extra rest until the cinder track is ready.
The Swedish Gymnastic Club will stage an exhibition on Thursday night in Paul Revere Hall Mechanics' building with more than 100 members on the floor. After the drill and Swedish exercises the hall will be cleared for dancing.
Cincinnati Reds defeated the Mobile Southern league squad 4 to 1 in Mobile. Cold winds hindered play as Cincinnati used all their regulars in the workout.
Abel Kiviat leads the board runners with Hannes Kolehmainen second as B A A relay teams excel. Commerce High and English High stars Eimer Smith and Irving Howe headline a robust regimental meet. Hjannes Kolehmainen returns to bricklaying while younger brother eyes outdoor season. Trainer Jimmy Neary could boost the Braves with speed and base running.
Notices invite amateur boxing registration with J Frank Facey at 36 Prospect Street Cambridgeport and list Riverside Hoat Club Cambridge and Boston AA Exeter Street as venues. A 10 mile cross country handicap run at St Marys Cambridge on March 29 starts 3 pm from St Marys Gym to Harvard Square Brattle Street Fresh Pond and back. Entries to Humphrey OLeary. Also BA A Marathon entries close April 12.
Sam Langford of Boston defeated Jim Barry of Chicago in the first round in Brisbane. This is Barry’s second loss to Langford, the previous meeting in Melbourne in May 1912 went 11 rounds.
St Louis regulars hit their way to an 11 to 3 win over Beaumont in a spring exhibition at Beaumont Texas. The Texas league club struggled as the visitors dominated with steady hitting and solid defense.
Christy Mathewson reports McGraw urged Boston players in Marlin Texas to avoid arguing with umpires. McGraw said he stopped challenging umpires years ago and enjoyed his best results by letting the umpires do their talking.
The article notes growing umpire firmness across leagues and widespread suspensions for arguing calls. It highlights McGraw’s stance on keeping players from being thrown out, cites Larry Doyle’s three day suspension, and references Johnny Evers and Heine Zimmerman tensions as season unfolds. It also mentions holdouts by Hendrix and Carey affecting Pittsburgh’s early race.
The Colonial Amateur Boston Pin League posts the top three-string total at 1595 and the Newtowne Amateur Boston Pin League leads with a 560 single string. Hatch Dalton tops individual three-string totals at 370 in the A B P League while Hatch Dalton and Hamill tie 135 for single-string best in the Review Suburban Interclub and Lawrence Co Dry Goods leagues respectively. Norton Mt Pleasant leads three-string totals at 349 and 134 in Columbus Club League.
The Smart Set A C of Brooklyn will stage its third athletic carnival on March 26 at Forty-seventh Regiment Armory Brooklyn with many cups on offer. Howard P. Drew the Bay State schoolboy runner and Irving Howe of Boston English High School will compete. Entries close with George W. Lattimore Brooklyn.
John McLaughlin known as the Irish Lad is picked to face Cyclone Burns next Thursday night at the Grand Opera House. The match will be best two of three falls in catch-as-c catch-can style with Burns aiming for straight falls. If Burns wins he will challenge Karl Tamle the Bohemian.
On Saturday night the first professsional hockey game of the season will be played at the Arena between the Tecumsehs of Toronto and the New Glasgow team of New Glasgow Nova Scotia from the Maritime Provinces Hockey Association.
Ora C. Morningstar world champion 18.1 faces Wille Hoppe in Pittsburg on Wednesday. Morningstar won the 18.1 crown in Chicago May 18 191 something and defeated Sutton January 9 in Pittsburg 500 to 478. Hoppe holds the 18.2 title and will challenge for the 18.1 in a key match.
Carl Nelson of Bridgeport Connecticut claims the welterweight title the Terrible Dane and says rivals across the country avoid a match with him in a letter to the Post he asserts. He invites any welterweight or light middleweight to meet him.
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