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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
16
Massachusetts champion Fred J Wright Jr aged 22 meets Batty Jones of Atlanta aged 20 in a tense juvenile stars clash on the Bonny Links. The winner will influence selection for the national crew per experts.
At the Engineers' Golf Club in Roslyn L I on September 8 the second day of the national amateur championship saw bomb shells explode during play. Dave Herron lost his title as shadows fell. Chick Evans set an extra hole record for the event while Bobby Gardner, a favorite, was eliminated. Ouimet and Fred Wright remained jovial.
Fred Wright defeats Jesse Sweetser in a long morning and afternoon duel while Bobby Jones edges past Wright as Evans and Fownes win, Platt tops Allis, Ouimet battles, and Armour holds as favorites reshape the national amateur field. Evans and Fownes meet tomorrow. Platt favored over Allis. Jones leads Wright in a clash of champions.
New Haven Conn Sept 8 Yale liik to eighty players on second practice day largest Eli squad. Newcomers include Dan Kelly brilliant freshman captain and quarterback last year Chick Neville second string quarterback and Jack French and Paul Crane second string halfbacks. Most returning from Yale Harvard Princeton matches last season.
The article notes Kelly sidelined by injury, Crane returning from Europe for practice, and several former players joining the squad. Tad Jones leads the coaching staff with emphasis on extended rudimentary drills as the fall term starts September 30 and practice continues for over three weeks.
The Junior Baseball Players of Massachusetts 1874 1875 1878 hold their annual reunion this afternoon at Camp You Say on Mystic street Arlington. A dinner and business meeting follow with election of officers. A baseball game is planned with Freeman N. Young presiding as club president and a slate including John J. Wilde Arthur F. Salmon Arthur Burt A H Gilson George H Reed and Charles S Beal among others.
Cincinnati faces Boston while St Louis confronts Brooklyn and Chicago plays New York Pittsburg meets Philadelphia in league action with four scheduled games across major venues.
Brooklyn advanced in the five game set by beating Philadelphia 7 to 4. Tragesser and Williams drove in all Brooklyn runs. Paulette left with an injured hand after being hit by a pitch in the fifth inning.
Forty five candidates report to Coach C W Spears for Dartmouth football practice in Hanover N H. Zach Jordan moves from fullback to quarterback as Cannell graduates. Veterans Captain Robertson Frank Dorney Worth Carleton Strong and Shelburne attend, with many last year s freshmen and standout backs and linemen on hand.
In the American League schedule Boston plays Chicago, New York faces Cleveland, Philadelphia meets Detroit, and Washington challenges St Louis.
The New York Giants swept the two games from the Boston Braves at Allston, winning 6 0 and 5 1. Fred Toney out pitched Jack Watson in game one, while Slim Sallee and Dick Rudolph faced off in the second. Giants fielding was sharp and timely hitting produced the runs as Bing Frisch, Fred Merkle and Ross Young led the attack.
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