Red Sox Practice Buildup For Two Memphis Games
Boston manager Lake heaps heavy batting drills with Jake Stahl leading the work as the Red Sox prepare for two exhibition games against Memphis. Hooper shows potential as a regular, Niles and Thoney vie for left field, and pitching staff shifts favor Elman Barger Walter and Cheech with Wood Morgan awaiting Nashville and Memphis tests.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jake Stahl
Red Sox
Memphians
Lake
Boston
Babb
Ain
Cubs
Arellanes
Morgan
Cicotte
Steele
Wood
Carrigan
Spencer
Nashville
Elman
Barger
Walter
Cheech
Mirman
Squabs Clap Doves 5 2 In Augusta Showdown
The Squabs beat the Doves 5 to 2 in Augusta with hot bats and strong pitching. Charley Starr led with three hits including two doubles while Gus Dorner, Bowerman, and Tuckey contributed on offense and defense. Bowerman and Dorner combined on the mound for the win as Dorner worked three innings.
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Augusta
Colonel Dovey
Charley Starr
Beck
Bates
Gus Dorner
Gus
Bowerman
Tom Tuckey
Dorner
Jake Boukes
Jim Sweeney
Donner
Doves
Jake Bowkes
Lindaman
White
Ferguson
Jim Ball
Red Cross Brigade
Squars
Starr
Thonts
Serentees
I McCarty
Graham
Ball
Donaline
Annes
Tuckey
Chappelle
Becker
Ritehey
Dahlen
Rites
Smith
Sweeney
Lindanan
Terguson
Donahue
Thomas
Metrriy
Tylls Oedaman
Roules
Stone and Volkmann to Have School Eights
Stone and Volkmann will field eight oared crews this season. Harvard captain Richardson urged eight oared form to train boys for college. Fours may be cut due to lack of material. plans for other schools depend on Monday start. A special event for eights might be added to the regatta if enough boats are formed.
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Stone
Velkmann
Richardson
Harvard
Pooch Donovan
Pooch
Johnny Mack
Yale
Frank Manaly
Tech
Deet
Burns Begins Outdoor Training At Exeter For Inter scholastic Sprints
Fred Burns of Phillips Exeter Academy, former Boston Latin School star, starts outdoor training this week under Coach George Connors to prep for spring interscholastic sprints. He defends his 300 yard dash win as merit, responding to Worcester foul claims.
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Fred Burns
Boston Latin
Phillips Exeter Academy
Mechanics’ Building
Exeter
George Connors
Boston
Worcester
Tigers resist sale of star pitcher Donovan amid lineup shifts
The Tigers unlikely to part with Wild Bill Donovan as Charley Schmidt contemplates reporting to Jennings. Denny Sullivan joins Cleveland with teammates McGuire and Cy Young, while John I. Taylor’s next move remains unpredictable. Nig Morris to pitch for Springfield in the Connecticut league. Chance plans Browne in center to start the season.
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Red Sox
Bill Donovan
Detroit
Tigers
Cobb
Crawford
Bill
Tiger
Charley Schmidt
Jennings
Lake
Donovan
Denny Sullivan
Cleveland
Jim McGuire
Cy Young
Denny
John I. Taylor
Nig Morris
Jamaica Plain
Springfield
Chance
Browne
Speckled Trout Nickname Ties To Detroit Player
The piece notes George earning the nickname Speck while leading off for the Detroit Players. It mentions Winter called Speck, describes the likeness when warm and freckled, and adds a remark on McCloskey’s past skill with pitchers but poor catching. It also discusses Cleveland outfield competition among Birmingham Flick Clarke Rafferty Goode Sullivan Hinchmen.
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George
Detroit
McCloskey
St. Louis
Birmingham
Flick
Cleveland
John Clarke
Rafferty
Goode
Sullivan
Hinchmen
Baseball results from multiple games across regions
Mobile Americans 4 over Philadelphia 3 at Mobile. New York Americans 5 over Newark 3 at Macon. Cincinnati 9 over Chattanooga 6 at Chattanooga. Toledo 1 over Columbus 1 in 10 innings at Columbus.
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Mobile
Philadelphia
Southern
Macon
New York
Newark
Hastern
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati
National
Columbus
Toledo
American Association
Former Brooklyn Pitcher Walter Gampfer Shot in Memphis
Walter P. Gampfer, once a Brooklyn NL pitcher in 1899, was shot and killed in Memphis by W A Doyle, superintendent of the Bohlen Huse Tee Company, after Doyle had discharged him.
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Memphis
Tenn
Walter P. Gampfer
Brooklyn
W. A. Doyle
Bohlen-Huse Tee Company
Doyle
Gampfer
Watson Favorite In Palmetto Cup Handicap Play
In Aiken South Carolina on March 3 R C Watson delivered a splendid game in the handicap round for the Southern Cross cup on the Palmetto golf tour. Odds favor his victory as the match advances toward the final. The Consolation cup semi finals follow tomorrow.
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Aiken
S. C
Palmetto
R. C. Watson
World Records Smashed at Daytona Races Day One
Daytona Fla March 23 opening day of the seventh annual races saw records fall in all events a bicycle race won by Joe Fogler a 200 mile stock car race clocked in 1 34 015 by Lewis Strang in a Buick and a one mile amateur record by David Bruce Brown in 33 seconds flat Also record trials for a one mile motorcycle with William Wray Jr winning in 45 seconds but disqualified for using a 11 horsepower motor.
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Daytona
Fla
Joe Fogler
Lewis Strang
Buick
Burman
New Orleans
Thomas DeWard
David Bruce Brown
Benz
Ralph DePalma
Marriott
Brown
William Wray, Jr
New York
Walter Goerke
Robert Stubbs
Wray
Oxford eight clips record time in Putney to Mortlake row
The Oxford eight, training for the varsity boat race, completed the full Putney to Mortlake course in 18m 27s, beating the previous best of 18m 47s. The crew pushed to new marks as London reports the feat.
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Oxford
Putney
Mortlake
President's son dropped from Yale crew squad
Yale announces Bob Taft, son of the President, is out of the crew. The selection trims the squad from 150 to 14 oarsmen ahead of New London duties. The varsity eight likely faces Pennsylvania on April 10 with three crews retained for Philadelphia and Easter vacation.
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Conn
Bob Taft
Yale
New London
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Howe
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Patterson
Baker
Colburn
van Blarcom
Brooks
Thorne
Gillespie
Manice
Carpenter
Bogue
Rogers
Flint
Bateson
Walker
Hunsiker
Red Sox spring form meets hard test on Memphis trip
The column weighs the Red Sox prospects after a defeat to Memphis Southern leaguers, notes high expectations for Harvard Yale and Tech spring squads, and predicts a busy season with track boxing and horse racing upsets shaping the year's sports scene. It mentions Jim Sullivan banning women from the A U A and previews Mike Murphy’s Sunday Post piece on athletics and heart health. Walker plans a world tour. Kerr beat Walker at the British championships last year.
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Huntington Avenue Grounds
Pat Donahue
Red Sox
Jake Stahl
Danzig
Memphis
Lake
Memphians
Gentle Doves
Mike Murphy
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
America
Australia
South Africa
Walker
Great Britain
Canada
Bobby Kerr
Pitch game results and cross country entry notes
The text mixes game outcomes from pitch and card play with a query about entering the North Dorchester cross country race. It mentions Shrubb and Wills distances, a Cunningham era boxing question about Sullivan and Corbett, and asks about amateur status and entry details with a Cambridge address.
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Shrubb
Sheppard
North Dorchester
Harris
Clifton Street
Facey
Waltham High Football Schedule Proposes Tougher Tests
Waltham High reveals a demanding fall football slate with tough road games at Roxbury Groton Worcester Brookline and Somerville while home dates include Newton Boston Latin and Worcester heavyweights plus open weeks. Trope Street High of Providence awaits a confirmed date after last season defeat.
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Waltham High
Trope Street High
Providence
Roxbury High
Groton School
Groton
Worcester High
Marlboro High
Mechanic Arts High
Brookline High
Somerville High
Somerville
Portland High
Portland
Newton High
Boston Latin
Worcester 9 Brockton 4 polo game recap
Worcester outplayed Brockton in every department to win 9 to 4 in Worcester. The report lists players and scorers with Mullen leading Worcester and Sutherland contributing for Brockton, refereed by Gen Dron and timed by Marybury.
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Johnson's Offer To Jeffries Tests Ring Return
In Boston on Monday afternoon Aba Arends of Chicago will offer Jim Jeffries 1000 to say yes or no to a single word. If Jeffries accepts he gets 1000. if he declines he also wins 1000. Johnson wants to gauge Jeffries sincerity about a comeback and seek a formal understanding before resuming boxing.
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Til
Boston
Jim Jeffries
Aba Arends
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Jeffries
Tournament to Pick Champion Wrestler in Chicago
A lightweight wrestling tournament to decide an American champion will start April 16 under Mike Dwyer of the Illinois Athletic Club. Bouts continue until a champion is crowned. Open to all light weight wrestlers in America. Prize purse expected to be the largest yet offered for light weights along with a belt or medal.
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Mike Dwyer
Illinois Athletic Club
America
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