All-German picks and sport notes in War era column
Arthur Duffey surveys wartime sports and recruiting themes, noting Liberty bond sales at Jamaica track, lack of Army Navy games, and possible spring baseball schemes. He highlights Doc Sheehan and Johnny Griffin pieces, Me ehan’s clash with Dempsey, and injury at Syracuse. The piece ends with Detroit plans for a war league and Great Lakes naval training station football interest.
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Doc. Army
Jack Sheehan
Boston
Tomorrow’s
Sunday Post
Doc
Johnny Griffin
Braintree
Sheehan
Willie Meehan
Jack Dempsey
Great Lakes Naval Trainings Plans 2000 Mile Baseball Trip
Great Lakes Naval Station outlines a 2000 mile barnstorming baseball tour from Great Lakes to Mare Island California with stops at army cantonments en route to decide the naval championship. The squad includes Red Faber Joe Leonard Fred Thomas Ben Dyer and Rube Ehrhardt among others. Camp Pike Little Rock and Camp Grant St Louis figures figure in the projected schedule with Earl Hamilton Duffy Lewis and others on Mare Island club.
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Isl
Mare Island
Cal
J. G
John Lavan
Navy Ball Club
Rabbit Maranville
Atlantic Fleet Club
Norfolk Club
Bill Jacobson
Brownie
Tiger
Earl Hamilton
Howard Ehmke
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Camp Funston
Funston
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Guy Morton
Cleveland
Pike
Ray Schmidt
Brooklyn
Lavan
Red Faber
Joe Leonard
Fred Thomas
Ben Dyer
Bill Johnson
Verne Clemons
Felix Chouinard
Ray Neusel
John Paul Jones
Fred Hofmann
Spencer Heath
Bud Crooke
Bill Fox
Jack Rycraft
Rags Faircloth
George Cunningham
Rube Ehrhardt
Camp Grant
Harold Carlson
Pirates
West Point Gridiron Plans Crushed by Cadet Graduation
West Point announces that the two upper classes will graduate on November 1, shortening and likely ending the cadets football season. Oct games were canceled and with over half the regulars graduating, the remaining schedule faces likely cancellation and little interest in the sport.
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West Point
N. Y
March
Washington
West Point Military Academy
Cardinal O Connell Forms Diocesan League of Catholic Women
Cardinal OConnell has founded a Diocesan League of Catholic Women. The Catholic women's organizations join this league, allied with sister leagues in neighboring Massachusetts dioceses. Mrs James Dwight serves as president and Miss Mary A Barr chairs the War Service Council group.
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Cardinal O'Connell
Massachusetts
Mary A. Barr
Catholic Women's War Service Council of
James Dwight
Final Round Today At Lexington Golf Club Trophy Event
The season’s trophy final round will be played this afternoon at Lexington Golf Club in North Lexington. Only the six monthly round winners advance to the trophy, with a separate handicap medal event for non qualifiers.
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Lexington Golf Club
North Lexington
Magnates Move to Punish Boston Red Sox After Series
Chicago October 4 The National Baseball Commission will discipline members of the Boston American Club who, after the world series, traveled under the name Red Sox. President Johnson of the American League announced the decision tonight.
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Chicago
National Baseball Commission
Boston American Club
Red Sox
Johnson
American League
Players under investigation for World Series strike actions
President Johnson said Bush Schang Strunk and Mayer were under investigation for their roles in the strike involving the World Series. Exhibition games violated orders to disband after the series and the commission considered depriving Boston players of their winner emblems due to their involvement in the strike before the fifth game.
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Bush
Schang
Strunk
Mayer
Johnson
Boston
Maine's Game Supply Good Despite Prior Scarcity
Maine's game supply is excellent this year, according to the fish and game department. Wardens and guides report partridges have increased due to a high ground wintering and good spring hatch, while deer are plentiful after a hard previous winter kept them lean.
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Bangor
Maine
Fish and Game Department
Augusta
Golf Opens Final Month At Arlmont Club
An 18 hole handicap medal play is set for this afternoon at Arlmont Golf Club in Arlington Heights. The event opens the last month of golf and the fifth round of the season trophy tournament ends tomorrow.
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Arlmont Golf Club
Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights Club
Concord Country Club Opens Third Open Golf Tourney
Thirty-eight golfers competed in the opening day of the Concord Country Club third annual open tournament yesterday. The event runs through today with 14 players turning in cards from yesterday’s round.
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Concord Country Club
Concord High School to Host Camp Thomas Football Game
A high school football game is slated this afternoon between Concord High School and Camp Thomas, a team of Boston high school boys farming in Concord. The match will be played at the Concord Centre playground.
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Concord High School
Camp Thomas
Boston High School
Concord
Concord Centre
Lexington and Sargent Girls Play Hockey At Field
The Lexington High School and Sargent School Cambridge girls held field hockey practice yesterday at the Lexington Athletic Field. Sargent players visited Lexington to acclimate on the field ahead of a season matchup with Lexington High School.
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Lexington
Lexington High School
Sargent School
Cambridge
Sargent
You can start by buying a $100 or $50 bond
The exhortation urges readers to purchase a small bond to begin contributing, suggesting buying a $100 or $50 bond as the first step and then buying another to continue supporting the cause.
Boxing Gossip and plans for Boston clubs revival
Boston boxing chatter centers on 156 pounders and a possible Robinson bout. Promoters could revive fight sport via shipyard and munition plant events with strong local interest. Past star comebacks and future matchups are weighed from Sullivan to Carpentier and Dempsey with calls for a live promoter and public excitement.
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Bath
Fore River
Raincoat inspection case hinges on eyesight claim
In New York federal court the prosecution charged that C. Kenyon Company raincoats rejected by other inspectors were given to an inspector with defective eyesight. Benjamin Scheer testified of wounds in France affecting his vision as the trial, involving several company employees for alleged government fraud, adjourned to Monday.
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New York
C. Kenyon Company
Benjamin Scheer
France
End of Fancy Shoe Models After War Conservation Plan
Washington reports a wartime pact between the War Industries Board and manufacturers to cut shoe styles from about 650 to 150. No new lasts or two colored or fancy foot gear will be produced until after the war, under the conservation and standard price agreement.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Fall baseball game at Mitchell Military Boys' School
The annual game between old boys and new boys will be held tomorrow afternoon at the school athletic field. The nine inning affair aims to help the two groups become better acquainted.
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Billerica
Mitchell Military Boys’ School
Bond drive urges men to buy for boys
A fifty dollar bond is advertised as providing 10690 rifle cartridges or 37 first aid packets or four gas masks. The appeal emphasizes protecting the boys and asks readers to demonstrate faith by purchasing a bond today.
No School Football Today Due to Health Ban
State health authorities forbade all school football games as a precaution against Spanish influenza. No games will be played today following the ruling.
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State Board of Health
Suburban league halts practice as schools close
Everett High and Newton High scrapped their planned football game with no spectators and a home dressing option. The U S Naval Radio School team also canceled a Franklin Mass. trip to face Dean Academy. Officials consider suspending all Suburban league practices amid school closures.
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Everett High-Newton High
Everett High School
Newton High
Newton
Everett
U. S. Naval Radio School Eleven
Gunner McMahon
Franklin
Mass
Dan Sullivan
Dean Academy
Harvard Author Wounded Again in War Effort
Lieutenant John Gallishaw, Harvard author of Trenching in Gallipoli, wounded several times with British forces, returned to service in the U S National Army and now lies severely wounded at a New York army hospital. He had previously been discharged from the Canadian army but waived draft exemptions to go to France.
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John Gallishaw
Harvard
Gallipoli
United States National Army
New York
Gallishaw
France
Harvard Marine Unit Open to Collegians
Members of the Students Army Training Corps at Boston colleges may enlist in Harvard Marine Section if not yet inducted and have completed one year of college. With enrolment closures for the 8S. A. T. C. and the Harvard Naval Unit, the Marine Recruiting Office stays open about five more days. Lieutenant M F Vedder will oversee registration.
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Army Training Corps
Boston
Marine Section
Harvard
Corps
Naval
Marine Recruiting Office
M. F. Vedder
Week beat record in plane shipments abroad
Washington October 4 shipment of De Haviland airplanes abroad was greater last week than any time since manufacture began. House military committee members were sold to day at the War Department and production of Liberty motors also was greatly increased during the week.
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Washington
de Haviland
House
War Department
Liberty Motors
Game Called Off in Manchester as Influenza Strikes
Owing to the Spanish influenza epidemic the football game between Manchester High and Portsmouth High, set for tomorrow in Manchester, has been cancelled.
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Manchester
N. H
Manchester High
Portsmouth High
Buy Bonds Today As Nation Seeks Quick Victory
The notice urges readers to purchase war bonds to support a swift American victory. It emphasizes patriotism and collective effort without detailing specific bond types or dates.
Notable American Novel and Range of Books Reviewed
A reviewer surveys My Antonia by Willa Cather and several other works. Antonia Shimerda stands as a resilient immigrant figure on Nebraska prairies, contrasted with urban New York tales and European influences. The piece also highlights children’s primers and adventure tales from various authors and publishers, noting themes of courage, poverty, and patriotism.
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Houghton, Mifflin
Willa Sibert Cather
New England
New York
Indiana
Nebraska
Antonia Shimerda
Joan of Arc
Prairies
Denver
Miss Cather
Prague
Antonia
Weather and harbor notes from Boston and shipyard deal
Observations in Boston cover 24 hours to 8 pm with barometer about 30.82 inches, mean temperature around 50°F, mean dew point near 42°F, and mean humidity about 72 percent. Fish prices paid by wholesalers at South Boston pier include haddock 4-6 cents, large cod 12-14 cents, market cod 7-8, pollock 8, large hake 7, medium hake 3, and sales 6 cents. A British freighter from the East Indies carrying $2,000,000 in goods has docked at a distant port with its cargo alight. damage unknown but feared. Three Rivers Shipbuilding Co of Quebec reportedly sold to Boston Shipping Co, enabling eight new vessels and 2,000 additional workers. four ships nearly ready to launch.
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South
Boston
Haddock
East Indies
Atlantic
Three River Shipbuilding Company
Three Rivers
Quebec
Boston Shipping Company
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Michigan
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Ban Johnson
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John Lawler
Christy Mathewson
Chemical Warfare Service
U.S. A
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Cincinnati
National Commission
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Veach
Bo” Olcott
Glenn Warner
University of Pittsburg Panthers
Lieut. Lavan
Dixon
Joseph Dizon Crucible Company
Jersey City
N. J
Army Order
NEW Women’s League
TOTEM
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Blackstone
Sumatra
Waitt & Bond
Johnny Evers
Vidal
Boston Sox
Arlmont
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Thomas
George Robinson
Robinson
Cleve Hawkins
Brockton
Quincy
John L. Sullivan
Corbett
John L
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Sullivan
Willard
Jack Johnson
Jess
Fan—Sullivan
Howard Theatre
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Man
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Lewis
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Grappler
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Clay Turner
Harry Greb
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Jack Eller
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Dempsey
Meehan
Harry Wille
New Orleans
Dempsy
Carpentier
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Braves Field
Bill Brennan
Frans
Jim MacDonald
Young Socco
East Boston
Young Socco, Jr
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Socco
Frank Gaffney
Harvard Marine Unit
Seth Ware
Love Rabbit
Charleston
H. de Vere Stacpoole
Mr. Stacpoole
Little, Brown
Etta Austin Blaisdell
Mary Frances Blaisdell
Rebecca Jerome
Stokes
Olive Sfiggins Prouty
Rebecca
Ridgefield
King Barleycorn
Josselyn
Doubleday
Page
Kathleen Norris
Ellen Latimer
Gibbs Josselyn
Paris
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America
Gibbs
Loring
Ellen
Albert Payson Terhune
Brant Errol
Eve
Mr. Terhune
Wall Street
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Yard
Henry Leverage
Triggy Drew
Mortimer
Cuthbert Murphy
Montgomery Stockbridge
Drew
Philo Gubb
Ellis Parker Butler
Sherlock Holmes
Germany
Philo
Sybilla
Nashua Valley
Clara Endicott Sears
L. Lamprey
Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
England
Boy Scouts
Glacier Park
Walter Pritchard Eaton
Red Rose Troop
Amy F. Blanchard
Thomase D. Parker
Wireliss
Lewis 2
Theiss
Wilde
Katharine B. Judson
Tom and
Archibald Rutledge
Carolina Woods
Lynn
Lloyd
Deak
Macmillan
Mary Carolyn Davies
Mars
Jupiter
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Saturn
J. W. Smith
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