Tenney's Team Falls to Boston in Training-Game Battle
Jacksonville defeats Tenney's squad 8 to 6 as McCarthy and Young pitch for Boston. Goode and Strobel spark the locals with timely hits including a ninth inning rally. Tenney accepts the loss and looks ahead to a rematch with many youngsters on the roster. No word on missing players and Sunday plans remain unsettled.
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Fla
Boston
McCarthy
Young
Needham
Strobel
South End
Gene Goode
Goode
Tenney
O’brien
O'Neill
Hannigar
Bridwell
Bates
Loos
Howard
Oneae Sci
AB. I
PFO A. E
Bridwell, S
Brown
Ereseese
O Young
aPfeiffer
McElveen
Shea
Allen
Hoffman
Chappel
Outlaw Agents Target South Training Ball Players
Ball players training in the South receive letters from outlaw agents promising captain or manager roles and $1000 advances to sign. Players from Missouri resist, preferring steady high salaries over a risky, unlawful contract. Clarkson and Griffith weigh college training against practical, grit driven players.
Baseball News and Comment from the Chicago Scene
A fan predicts the White Stockings could bat through the championship season if they perform like training. St. Louis and the Browns open their seven-game set this afternoon. Roche leads White Sox batting in the South with a .483 average in 29 at bats. Bowerman of the Giants has 11 seasons behind the plate. Funeral pallbearers include Stahl, Hickman, Jones and Nill for Joe Cassidy. A new Collier joins Penn baseball as pitcher, brother of the former Penn second sacker. Columbia’s Lauder ran candidates through fielding drills on South Field. Lajoie of the Cleveland club shows bias toward big men, though pennant winners rely on smaller players. Bill Clarke of Toledo is famed as the man who made the New York Nationals famous last season. Judge McGraw and Mathewson’s teams are credited with winning. A spectator lawsuit over a $10,000 foul-tip injury at the south side grounds prompts Comiskey to defend baseball and to oppose wire screens, noting seat sales near the netting.
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White Stockings
St. Louis Cardinals
Browns
Roche
White Sox
Frank Bowerman
New York Giants
Stahl
Hickman
Jones
Nill
Joe Cassidy
Collier
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Lauder
Columbia
South Field
McGraw
Mathewson
South Side Grounds
Comiskey
Collins team halted by brutal March weather in Montgomery
In Montgomery on March 30 the Collins squad faced a delayed arrival and an outright cancellation due to cold damp conditions. Ike Durett leads a strong local lineup including John Malarkey Roy Hale and Hauser McAlees with Apperouis a Montgomery native in center field. The team plans to move on to New Orleans seeking warmer practice conditions.
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Young
Collins
Ike Durett
Durett
Boston
John Malarkey
Roy Hale
Hauser
McAlees
Apperouis
Georgetown
Montgomery
New Orleans
Herrera Potent Challenger in Nelson Bout at Los Angeles
Lightweight champion Benny Nelson says Aurelio Herrera is the hardest hitter he has faced. The two meet in a 20 round bout in Los Angeles on May 12 after Nelson recalls sparring sessions with Herrera in Chicago and Milwaukee.
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Battling Nelson
Aurelio Herrera
Los Angeles
Herrera
Nelson
Chicago
Milwaukee
Tommy Ryan
Jack Root
Benny Yanger
Harvard Nine First Day Out Practice
The Harvard baseball squad held its first outdoor practice amid a ragged field and unsettled conditions. Batting and battery candidates worked in the cage while the rest of the team hoped to be outdoors by week’s start. the first game is set for next Wednesday but field readiness is doubtful.
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Harvard
Michigan Nine to Come East Amherst game scheduled May 22
Ann Arbor March 30. Manager Baird announced a baseball game with Amherst College on May 22. Michigan resumes Eastern play after years without it, hoping for more future games. Archie Hahn supervised the first outdoor track work as the team eyes Olympic competition in Athens next month.
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Baird
Amherst College
Cornell
Michigan
Amherst
Archie Hahn
America
Athens
Bay State Woman Golf Champion Loses to Aunt
In Pinehurst North Carolina March 30, during the sixth annual United North and South championship golf tournament Miss Mary Dutton the title holder from the Oakley Club Massachusetts was defeated by her aunt Mrs. George C. Dutton of the same club as the surprise result of the day.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Mary ©. Dutton
Oakley Club
Massachusetts
George C. Dutton
Wisconsin Out of Big Regatta Says UW Athletics Manager
George F. Downer, UW athletics manager, says Wisconsin has little chance to be represented at the intercollegiate regatta in Poughkeepsie this June unless residents raise funds to send the crew east again. He notes football must resume first before other sports return to activity.
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New York
George F. Downer
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Poughkeepsie
Tuxedo A C plans 20 round bouts at Essington
Tom O Rourke plans another 20 round attraction for Tuxedo A C at Essington Penn after last Wednesday's bouts passed without police action. Promoters referee and boxers held in 500 bail each, case set next Thursday as a test of boxing legality in Pennsylvania. Ruhlin versus Fitzsimmons proposed for 20 rounds remains uncertain until courts decide O Rourke enterprise legality.
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Tom O’rourke
Essington Enterprise
Pennsylvania
Gus Ruhlin
Bob Fitzsimmons
Ruhlin
Fitzsimmons
O’rourke
Chelsea Cricket Club gears up for new season opener
Chelsea Cricket Club lists new members Hugh Barclay Jr and Mr Bartwell from Mohairs of Lowell. Sidney A Cheney named official scorer. The season opens with a match against Lynn Wanderers at Lynnhurst.
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Chelsea Cricket Club
Hugh Barclay, Jr
Mr. Bartwell
The
Mohairs of
Lowell
Sidney A. Cheney
Lynn Wanderers
Lynnhurst
FIGHT FANS ON TRAIL OF BETTS
New York report says Kid Betts failed to show for a promised 105 pound title bout in Orange County New Jersey. About 500 spectators were left muddy and frustrated after Schumacher and Murphy waited. a $35 purse was raised and Betts claimed he was short $150 and kidnapped like Charley Ross. Sheriff and local officials were not cited.
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Kid Betts
Orange County
New Jersey
Willie Schumacher
Kid Murphy
Charley Ross
Cudahy
Schumacher
Murphy
Betts
Plan to Raise Funds for Dartmouth Sports
Hanover New Hampshire March 30 At a mass meeting of Dartmouth students tonight to consider the deficit in athletic funds several speakers urged the men to pay the athletic taxes and put the teams on their feet A coating of ice four inches thick on the baseball grounds was removed by students today and the squad expects to begin outdoor practice next week
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Rexall Manager Seeks Local Fast Teams Near Boston
Manager Crawford of the Rexall base ball team aims to complete a schedule with fast teams within 10 miles of Boston. The team will likely average 11-18 years in age.
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Crawford
Rexall
Boston
Wisconsin students burn faculty mem bers over football abolition
The article notes students at Wisconsin form a mob and burn dummies in protest after football is abolished. It speculates Harvard might face similar unrest if authorities follow suit. It discusses spectator liability for baseball accidents with mixed judge opinions and mentions a potential Supreme Court test case by major league managers.
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Wisconsin
Cambridge
Harvard
Andover to Open Baseball Schedule With Bates April 19
Phillips Andover announces a season schedule under Manager A Y Bartholomew featuring Harvard Yale Dartmouth and other major colleges. The opener is April 19 against Bates on Brothers Field with captain Bernard E Reilly of Brockton.
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Phillips Andover
A. Y. Bartholomew
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Bates
Colby
Villanova
Yale Varsity
Williams
Georgetown
Bowdoin
Princeton
Springfield
University of Vermont
Open
Cornell
Amherst Aggies
Exeter
Brothers
Bernard E. Reilly
Brockton
Munroes of the South End Defeat Young Lincolns
The Munroes of the South End defeated the Young Lincolns in Lincoln gymnasium yesterday at basketball by a score of 4 to 2.
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Munroes
South End
Lincolns
Lincoln Gymnasium
Boxing card at Lincoln Club Chelsea headlines big May bouts
Lincoln Club Chelsea faces a packed boxing program next Monday headlined by Kid Goodman versus Matty Baldwin in a 15 round bout. Baldwin’s camp in New Dorp and trainer Sam Bolen promise strong form while Goodman trains in Diamond Hill Rhode Island under George Byers. Other matches include Battling Eldredge vs Young Frenchy and Pat Callahan vs Al Williams, with Los Angeles Fiesta week plans for Nelson Herrera Britt Herman and Neil Attell fights.
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Kid Goodman
Matty Baldwin
Johnny Mack
Baldwin
Boston
Jimmy Lane
New Dorp
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Horton Law
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Young Frenchy
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Peabody
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Jimmy Britt
Kid Herman
Frankie Neil
Abe Attell
Los
Tommy Burns
O’brien
Nelson-Herrera
Britt- Herman
Jack O’brien
Sam Berger
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Peter Sullivan
Terry Martin
Augusta
Dave Deshler
Sam Langford
Jack Jeannette
Langford
Jeannette
Sam
Terry McGovern
Dave Sullivan
Marlboro A. C
New York
John Us Paakeee
Sake” Barete
Nat
Cemney
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