Harvard Athletes Depart as War Draws Near
Harvard loses several key athletes as Weatmore Willcox Jr quits to join Curtiss aviation program in Newport News. He may return by May 1 for spring track meets. Cecil Murray Joe Knowles CG Fuller also depart to pursue aviation and enlistment opportunities.
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Noted Golfers to Play at Atlanta Invitation
An invitation golf tournament starts tomorrow in Atlanta Ga with national players arriving including Van S, open and national amateur Harry Blossom Yale collegiate champion John Anderson twice runner up in the national amateur title and Norman Maxwell 19 year old Philadelphian among those that arrived tonight
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April fools and cigars in Quincy talk
Kipling analogy about fools buying cigars shows men labeled as April fools year round. Some pay ten cents for worthless cigars while others pay more for low value smokes, yet Quincy men keep a steadier image even in April.
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Red Sox Wind Up Spring Training in Hot Springs
The Red Sox wound up their practice for the year at Majestic Park in Hot Springs Arkansas today. The Brooklyn club, buoyed by two straight wins, heads into the exhibition tour poised to chase the World champions as though the pennant depended on the outcome. Each game on the tour is expected to be a hard fought battle.
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Braves Camp Focuses On Batting Drills In Practice
Manager Barry limited today to batting drills and pitching workouts. Bader joins regulars to Memphis while rookies stay for extra Majestic Park workouts. Plans shift due to hotel issues, with first string heading to Memphis and the second string staying until Thursday before Little Rock trip.
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Red Sox to wear numbered sleeves with new scoring plan
President Frazee approves an Ebbetts suggested innovation. Every man in each squad will be numbered to tally with the score card. Red Sox players will wear these numbers on their sleeves. The team has also purchased an electric blanket as a novelty for treating lame players.
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Hooper Family Outfielder News and Sox Club Movements
The stork visits Harrioner’s home with a son born. The great right fielder plans to join the Sox in the East, likely Peoria or Indianapolis. Umpire Silk O’Loughlin praises Pennock’s control amid Dodgers’ hits. Several Boston fans head home as the team departs. Barry, Mays, Ruth, Wagner, Jones, Pennock and Wyckoff report enthusiasm for the treatment mentioned.
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Record squad forms at Arlington High for season
A 60 member candidate group answered the first call by Arlington High School baseball coach Fred J. Long and began their season with an afternoon practice at Spy Pond Field. Seven veterans reported including Captain John Cadogan and pitchers Jost and Donnelly, with Daley Ryan and others in key positions. Hazeltine announced two early dates set for Arlington home games against Boston College on April 11 and Charlestown High School on May 21.
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Dr Heber Bishop Returns From South Trip
Dr Heber Bishop, a noted sportsman, surprised Boston friends by returning from a southern trip to convalesce after four weeks of pneumonia. He had been expected to stay in the sunland for at least a month.
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Princeton Colby game canceled by faculty committee
Princeton New Jersey March 2 The baseball game between Princeton and Colby was called off by the faculty committee because of the international situation. Coach Clarke and his entire baseball squad are receiving daily instruction in the military training course.
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Marathon Fever Drives Local Track Pace
The Marathon fever grips the region as runners prepare for the B A A race on April 19. Harvard loses key players to war prep, while Duffy begins Crimson baseball with changes. O’Leary and Brooks grid the Armory for a fast mill. France likely to host next Olympic Games after the war, per critics. Battling Levinsky targets Mike Gibbons as Overton joins N A C. Yale's Blue ends careers in June, Princeton scholastic games attract over 80 entrants, plus 1000 armory regimental runners. Ray readies one final cross country bid at the Central A A U meet in Chicago, then rests.
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Jate Ray
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Ray
Wresting style and race queries from Cleve land Plaindealer
A Lewiston Maine reader asks if the bout Aberg vs Stanislaus Zbyczko used Greco Roman or catch-as-catch-can style and seeks published times for a 300 yard run. The letter notes Caldwell never lost to Meredith at 1000 yards, cites Meredith beating Caldwell in Millrose 600 yard and Meadowbrook 660 yard races, and instructs on entering the Marathon via the Exeter Street athletic manager.
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Boxing Gossip Preview for Holy Week Card Switches
Boxing circles report Holy Week scheduling pauses with Commercial A C axing 12 round McRea Boyle bout and Cambridge bantam title Owens Stanton at 10 rounds. O'Brien Thomas and Farren Lee at eight rounds. Promoters and fighters discuss license limits, match upgrades, and future matchups as Buffalo and Augusta circuits eye big booms.
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Finney Boyle
Pat Owens
Joe Stanton
Shaver” O’brien
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Jimmy Farren
Kid Lee
Rain Halts Macon Baseball Game With Braves Yanks
In Macon Georgia rain stopped the game between the Braves and the Yankees delaying a move to Dublin where both clubs plan to split squads. Boss Stallings spoke with Macon manager George Stinson about loaning young Braves players including George Harrison while Willard McGraw or Arthur Rice may join Stinson if offered.
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Stallings
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Arthur Rice
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Pittsburg Ice Team Comes to Boston in Two Game Set
Pittsburg A. A. hockey seven makes its first Boston appearance to face Captain Irving Small's Arena Hockey Club in a two game series. Pittsburg has beaten all comers to date, while Arena seeks revenge after heavy losses in Pittsburg. The Boston crowd expects a hard fought rivalry.
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A. A. Hockey Seven
Irving Small
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Philadelphia Americans Beat Jacksonville South Atlantic Leaguer 3 2
The Philadelphia Americans won against the Jacksonville South Atlantic league team in Jacksonville today by a 3 to 2 score.
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