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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1917
Page
6
Braves begin a crucial final week of practice ahead of a three game series with the Athletics in Miami. The team mixes regulars and reserves as they prepare for afternoon games Thursday Friday and Saturday.
The Braves prepare to face the Phillies with key players regaining health. Jess Barnes, Rawlings, and Ed Kenetchy show improvement while new afternoon lineups draft an old fashioned sides game. Dick Rudolph and George Tyler are noted contenders for tomorrow.
The B A A hockey team leads the Amateur Hockey League championship round but could be stopped by a loss to Irish American A C at St Nicholas rink next Saturday. If Arena wins its two remaining games a playoff with B A A may be needed to decide the title. Also on tap is the All Star B A A game at Boston Arena Wednesday featuring Harvard, Boston Hockey Club and Arena players.
In New Orleans on March 18 the Cleveland Americans defeated the New Orleans team 6 to 2. Speaker went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored. Batteries were Boehling Gould Smith and O Neill on the Cleveland side with Miller Walker and Higgins catching.
Harvard professor Arthur N Holcombe and Grenville S MacFarland respond to Robert M Washburn about the initiative and referendum. They defend voters' right to know delegates positions, urge candidates to state views, and outline how a convention may present reform with minority or majority reports.
Five hundred Albanians gathered in American Hall South End Boston to unanimously thank the French government for benevolence shown their countrymen by the commander of forces of France in Albania during the present European war.
Massachusetts Horticultural Society brings expert gardeners to Horticultural Hall to diagnose and treat home plants during the flower show opening Wednesday. Exhibits include a Flemish garden by R. & J. Farquhar Co and a named President Wilson tulip. 169 classes, $4400 in prizes, and floral displays by Boston florists.
The Russian Baltic fleet and the Viborg and Sveaborg fortresses have joined the revolutionary movement in Russia. A Copenhagen despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company cites reports from Haparanda, Sweden.
The Boston Work-Horse Relief Association opens entries for the annual parade on May 30. A special blank exists for old horses and a championship class for contractors' horses joins the regular class. Circles and entry forms sent upon request to the association office at 15 Beacon Street.
Brigadier General E Leroy Sweetser acting adju tant-general urges Massachusetts to raise a trained volunteer force. He proposes weekly drill and equipment, favors officers reserve and Plattsburg ideas, and says men on a supplementary muster roll could win commissions by proving their worth.
The editorial urges young men to report to armories for physical exams and to provide contact details so they can be ready to join the Massachusetts National Guard within 24 hours of a call. It notes peace strength limits and that volunteers may not join the Guard but will be prepared with descriptive cards and equipment ready for mobilization.
To the Editor of the Post a daily reader praises your humane articles and editorial prominence and expresses joy at the sight of local animal welfare coverage and editorial attention. He stresses the value of humane reporting and requests continued support for such efforts.
A March 15 1917 letter from H Lorth of Charleston South Carolina thanks the Post for its humane coverage of Bos ton animal welfare efforts. He notes the paper’s large subscriber base and estimates about two million readers have learned of Boston’s humane work.
Dr Cortland Myers preaching on Every American's Duty said abuse of German people in America is wrong. He criticized the German government and militarism but stressed that Americans have no God given right to hate the German people.
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