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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1916
Page
15
Tufts opened outdoor workouts with pitch and batting drills on the old campus under Coach Slattery. Limited dry diamond forced a partial practice game, as Ford and Saunders contend for the shortstop job and the team tunes up ahead of the season opener in 10 days.
In a detailed promotional sequence the American Tobacco Company touts Straights cigarettes as pure Turkish tobacco. Exhibits A B and C feature sworn statements by company officials about tobacco purity and factory standards. The narrative invites readers to tour the Straights Factory in Manhattan and learn every step of production.
The Mech ants' building hosts the national amateur championships April 8 and 9 with entrants from Pittsburg A A C and Educational Alliance of New York facing strong New England challengers led by William Corbett Joe Gans and other notable boxers. Downtown tickets are on sale at 28 School street.
The public views boxing through its top stars and Willard leads toward a fresh era of prosperity. His rising popularity suggests stronger support and a brighter future for the sport in the United States.
Yale's swimming team, Eastern intercollegiate champions, won faculty approval to travel to Chicago and the Northwest during Easter vacation to meet the University of Chicago for the American intercollegiate championship. Yale will enter cap tain Schlaer in the 50 yard and other first string picks including Dean Ferguson Benjamin and Longstreet.
Middlesex School in Concord begins practice during vacation with candidates for the crews returning to prepare for the first outside race against Choate School. Dr. R Heber Howe Jr. will coach rowing. Because the half mile course on Bateman’s Pond remains iced, shells will launch on the Concord River this afternoon.
Boston College baseball candidates suffer setbacks as Bob Gill the southpaw and Dike Hoefling both out with boils. Gill expects return by week’s end while Hoefling remains sidelined. Faculty director William F McFadden oversees field work to ready surface.
Chattanooga Tennessee fell 5 to 0 to the New York Americans in an exhibition. Benny Leonard weighs a forthcoming bout with Freddie Welsh at Madison Square Garden, acknowledging Welsh as one of boxing’s cleverest fighters.
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