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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
18
Waino Ketonen and Joe Turner meet at the Grand Opera House tonight for the world middleweight championship in a best two out of three falls. Turner is back in top form, Ketonen’s style may invite Turner's superior science, promising a pure wrestling title battle to close the season.
Braintree High defeated Milton High 4 to 0 yesterday at Milton Town Field. Wentworth pitched for Braintree, with Ross and Shapleigh delivering Milton’s notable hits. Batteries Were Wentworth and T Bostock for Braintree, Fallon and Ross for Milton.
Hank Gowdy returns to the plate for a Saturday championship game against Cincinnati at Braves Field after two years in Uncle Sam's forces. Army officers from Camp Devens plan to attend, with 50 box seats requested, as Gowdy resumes backstopping and coaches from the third base line. Multiple presentation parties are planned for his first at bat.
Wilton Waugh notes Babe Felton brother of Sam Felton pitched for Harvard and held Amherst to two hits as the Crimson scored five runs. The piece presents Felton as a rising star in Harvard baseball history alongside the famed family.
The column details recent boxing showdowns and prospects from Harvard to Brockton. It highlights Emmons and King in Harvard’s win, Pirates and Braves game twists, and upcoming bouts featuring Currie Williams Noonan Mee Mack West LaBelle Valger and Measured matchups plus promoter talks and fighter challenges across New England and beyond.
Curfew rang once again for the Braves as Wilbur Cooper pitched shutout innings to hold them to two runs. The Pirates southpaw dominated the late afternoon, yielding a 4 to 2 defeat for Atlanta after a costly miscue in the field.
President George W Grant of the Braves announced purchasing outfielder Jim Thorpe from the New York Giants for cash Thorpe famed football star brings speed and fire to baseball and is expected to be in a Boston uniform this afternoon
Pennsylvania built a 6 1 win over Columbia through timely hitting and exploiting errors. A pivotal eighth inning triple play ended Columbia’s threat with runners on third and second and no outs. Batteries Sheffey and Warwick handled pitching for Penn, while Farrell and Lane worked for Columbia.
New Haven Conn May 21 Dave Fitzgerald a local boxing referee and promoter left for Toledo after a telegram from Jack Kearns manager of Jack Dempsey stating his appointment as referee of the Dempsey Willard fight was likely Fitzgerald is favored by Dempsey and Willard’s friends say he is agreeable and will be recommended to the champion Kearns said both stars favor his appointment Willard’s manager Ray Archer expressed satisfaction Fitzgerald has wide backing among New England businessmen and promoters He is a former New Haven Alderman and has led large ring enterprises for 20 years.
The Braves added an exhibition match dated June 22 at Massillon Ohio after completing a series close in Pittsburg on June 21. They will move from Pittsburg to Philadelphia for the next game, following a Massillon stop hosted by Massillon steel mills in the coal region.
The Amateur Athletic Union national track and field championships will be held at Franklin Field Philadelphia on September 5 6 and 8 if the schedule is approved by the national championship committee. Athletes from across the country will compete under the Middle Atlantic Association.
Princeton defeats Dartmouth 4 to 1 in 11 innings at Princeton New Jersey. Keyes delivered the decisive single with two outs and the bases loaded in the 11th. Kirkland held Dartmouth scoreless after relieving in the sixth as Princeton erased a 3 to 1 deficit and pulled ahead in the final frame.
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