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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
8
The era of barnstorming returns as major leaguers again hit the country roads. Players take to informal tours, sharing games and exhibitions, reconnecting with fans away from organized league schedules.
Tex Rickard signals expectation that the Dempsey Carpentier site will be chosen this week. Paddock’s 220 yard dash time in a major meet is awaited by Eastern critics to prove his world class speed. Gardini vows strong challenges in wrestling while Vermont gears for a massive football season and a tough baseball schedule.
The Tech navy shows up on the Charles River with half a dozen eight oared shells and three fours in the first practice of the season. Coaches face a launch shortage while roster cuts on Monday trim 12 candidates to six for the first crews. The article notes potential cross country and marathon prospects, mentions Ben Benton and Sailor Darden, and highlights Loren Murchison challenging Charley Paddock in speed events. A letter from St. Alphonsus A A track captain POP CLARK corrections a name mix with Arthur Roth.
A letter from M. K. in Leominster to Joe Thomas discusses boxing rules in Massachusetts and boxing venues in Manchester N H. It notes Guillemot and De Nys as French runners with contested claims to speed and world status. It mentions the British Football Association and past marathon winners organizing groupings.
Daytona Florida March 2 The Washington Americans regular 2% strong ended their 26 day spring training stay at Tampa yesterday. The regular squad will join the second team at Jacksonville later in the week and will begin a barn storming trip to Washington through Alabama Tennessee and Virginia.
An OCR fragment references Sacramento and the Pacific Coast League with mentions of Batteries Martin and O Farrell and names Gatergo Nationals and Cook. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks a clear event or outcome.
Cyclone Burns and Renato Gardini will finish heavy training this afternoon and rest tomorrow before a no time limit match at the Mechanics Building. Both are confident as supporters divide into camps predicting victory. Gardini’s arrival stirs Italians while college teams from Tech Andover and Tabor send Burns delegations. Reservations from across New England indicate wide interest.
Al Sharpe resigns as Yale athletic director and football staff member. He will end his Yale role in June to head the Ithaca School of Physical Education in Ithaca, New York, with Jack Moakley assisting. Yale plans to abolish the athletic director post after Sharpe's term.
New York reports Chick Evans the American amateur golf ace has consented to join the team heading to England this summer to seek the British amateur title. W C Fownes Jr selecting players confirms Evans will be a member. Robert Jones of Atlanta has already announced his intention to travel.
Cleveland March 28 Johnny Kilbane featherweight champ denies signing to meet Andy Chaney in Cleveland this summer. Turners Falls Perry stopped Johnny Griffiths in Detroit on February 14, 1921, in seven rounds.
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