Sox Split Sway and Make Exit
The Red Sox faced a split exit at Fenway Park as fifteen starters including Ruth Bush Mays Jones Schang Agnew Mayer McInnis Shean Scott Wagner Hooper Strunk Whiteman and Manager Barrow shared $1108 each in a precursor to their departure following the World Series.
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Fenway Park
Red Sox
National Commission
Ruth
Bush
Mays
Jones
Schang
Agnew
Mayer
McInnis
Shean
Scott
Wagner
Hooper
Strunk
Whiteman
Barrow
Boston Red Sox players negotiate wartime share split
The team settled a disputed distribution of the season purse with players receiving $300 each for nine men including Kinney and Hoblitzell while others such as Doc Lawlor and Jerome Kelley got $500 and $117.45 respectively. A 10 percent donation to Red Cross was redirected to charity funds. Hooper and other stars planned departures as players expected lean postwar years and possible retirement from baseball.
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Hooper
Kinney
Portica
Miller
Dubuc
Cochran
Coffey
Hoblitzell
Leonard
Graver
Doc’’ Lawlor
Jerome Kelley
John Haggerty
Red Cross
Boston
Theoney
K. of C
Harry Hooper
Capitola
Cal
Red Sox
Harry
Second Half for Golf Vets at Apawamis Sees Tie
Veterans compete at Apawamis Club Rye for the Seniors' Golf Association event. An 18 hole handicap yields a six way tie at 77 net among Brent Arnold J William Smith Addison Colvin Charles Cooper B H Heap and George Munson. H J Hasse tops gross with 88. Upcoming prize winners include Hart Marshall Head Robertson Henderson Duffy and Dunmore. Tournament concludes tomorrow.
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Rye
N. Y
Apawamis Club
Seniors’ Gold Association
Brent Arnold
Cincinnati
J. William Smith
Massachusetts
Addison B. Colvin
Glens Falls
Charles Cooper
Garden City
H. Heap
Philadelphia
George B. Munson
New Haven
H. J. Hasse
G. P. Hart
J. BR. Marshall
Clans
O. Head
Dr. D. R. Robertson
W. C. Hender Ps
J. H. Duffy
T. Dunmore
A. W.ngton
Sox at glove bouts feature Ruth as guest referee
Babe Ruth and George Whiteman, star Red Sox heroes, attend the Commercial A. C. boxing show hosted by President MacKirley. Ruth will referee the semi final and possibly the opening bouts as Joe Currie meets Young Sacco in a 12 round rematch to settle their first draw. Downey fights Veto in the 10 round semi and two six round bouts complete the card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
George Whiteman
Red Sox
MacKirley
A. C
Ruth
Joe Currie
New Haven
Young Sacco
East Boston
Battling Downey
Roxbury
Johnny Veto
Chelsea
Fred Corbett
Battling Hurley
North End
Johnny Gray
Jack Williams
Lawrence
TRACK KINGS AT N. E. CHAMPS
Track fans will see top contenders at Technology Field Cambridge next Saturday for the annual N E A A A U championships. Notables include Tom Halpin Erdman Frank Shea Marc Wright Chamberlain Joe Horner and other leading runners. Admission is free but preferential grandstand tickets available through clubs. Events begin at 2 15 with a closed tug of war for service teams and a possible two team closed chariot race.
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Technology Field
Cambridge
Tom Halpin
Erdman
Frank Shea
Marc Wright
Chamberlain
Joe Horner
George W. Brown
C. Clapp
E. Hendrie
Lu Princeton Wins Free-for-all Trot at Grand Circuit Meet
Lu Princeton driven by Walter Cox edged St Frisco by a nose in heat one then won heat two by a head and the final by two lengths in the free-for-all trot. Harvey Ernest won the Governor's stake with Ima Jay. Cox fined $50 along with three others after a third heat infraction.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Lu Princeton
Walter Cox
St Frisco
E. F. Geers
Cox
Harvey Ernest
Ima Jay
Busy
Lassie
Ernest
Wilkes Brewer
Fred A. Upton
Murphy
Rodney
Wright
Petrex
Boxing's booming era hinted with Turner Howard bout and docks
The piece surveys rising boxing stars as a new generation from military camps heads to the ring. It notes plans for Clay Turner vs Johnny Howard at Jersey City grounds, Willie Jacksons Philadelphia scrap, and Johnny Dundee slated to fight Benny Walger at the Olympia A A Philadelphia, with promoters scrambling for top bouts.
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Clay Turner
Johnny Howard
Bayonne
N. J
Jeff Smith
Jersey City
Howard
Johnny Dundee
Scotty Monteith
Benny Walger
Olympia A. A
Philadelphia
Jack Hanlon
Olympia
Arlington High names new football coach for season
Manager Walter Cooledge Jr called a meeting of Arlington High School football candidates with 21 attendees. Harold Be Cowan, head of the commercial department, will be the new coach. First practice is set for next Monday at Spy Pond Athletic Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter §. Cooledge, Jr
Arlington High School
Harold BE. Cowan
Spy Pond
Arlington
Betsey Hamlin Home First in Feature
Betsey Hamlin won the free-for-all at the Central Maine Fair in Waterville Maine after five heats. May Bird won the 1 stake pace with 2 10 8 4. Colin Campbell took the 2 30 stake trot with 2 16 1 4. Littl Anna 8 won the 2 20 walks pace with 2 17 1 2.
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Waterville
Betsey Hamlin
May Bird
Colin Campbell
Littl Anna
Wlaks Page
Grand finale for bike fans at Revere cycle track
The closing races of the regular bike season will be held at the Revere cycle track tomorrow night with a 75 mile team race. Start is 7 o'clock. Teams include Sullivan and Grimm, Corry and Smart, Fardig and Logan, Thomas and Madonna, Duncan and Markley, Connolly and Upham, McPartland and Rolling, Jones Brothers, and Grant and Jackson. manager Butler also arranged entertainment for wounded soldier boys at Fort Banks.
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Revere
Sullivan
Grimm
Corry
Smart
Fardig
Logan
Thomas
Madonna
Duncan
Markley
Connolly
Upham
McPartland
Rolling
Jones Brothers
Grant
Jackson
Butler
Fort Banks
Boston sports notes mix with dry zone politics in 1915 era
Arthur Duffey comments on Red Sox, Cubs World Series loss in Boston, players Hooper and Merkle noted for unique records. Mentions Lenine and Trotzky compared to Johnson and baseball politics. Features Al Goulette at MIT naval aviation studies and Great Lakes Naval Training Station star Gilfillan preparing for National AAU meet. Discusses Harvard Yale football stance and role of government officers in sports training.
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Harl Gilfillan
University of Notre Dame
Gilfillan
Yale
Footall
Noted Swimmer Killed on Somme
Paris reports Lieutenant Cecil Healey, a famed Australian swimmer, was killed on September 1 on the Somme. He led 500 swimmers to envelop enemy lines and captured Mont St Quentin, a key to Peronne. The same papers note pilot Nungesser earning his 44th official victory.
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Paris
Cecil Healey
Somme
Ie Journal
Leutenant
Mont St. Quentin
Peronne
Nungesser
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Sox
Goodby
Paul H. Shannon
Commission
Jean Dubuc
Montreal
Sam Agnew
Carl Mays
France
Missouri
Rye, N. Y
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Commercial A. C
N. E. Champs
Halpin, Shea, Erdman
Tech Field
St. Frisco
McDonala
Silkobell
Patsy P
Deckerrot
Peineeten fFick
Dee” Dueee
Jima
Jay
Earnest
Willis Brewer
Lee
Royal Mac
Brescia
al Meck
Warman
Esperanza
Geers
Aera
Annie Ae
Rose B
Johnny
Willie Jackson
Britt
Army
Navy
Leonard-Lewis
Newark
Jersey
George Engel
Billy, Gibson
Benny Leonard
Ted Red Lewis
Jack Britton
Tommy Robson
Malden
Tommy
Jerry Gardner
Bath, Me
Joe Egan
Mary Hall
Tommy Shea
New London
Battling Reddy
New York
Lowell
Crescent A. C
Langford
Kid Norfolk
Harry Wills
George Lawrence
Wills
Sam McVea
Dempsey
Dick Stosh
Cleveland
1Aokia
Arthur Duffey
Sport Comment
McCall
Cubs
Fred Merkle
Fred
Ban Johnson
Lenine
Trotzky
Russia
Johnson
al Goulette
Naval Aviation
Goulette
Revere Track
New England
Harvard
Sant
Gillette
Sina
Gillette Service
VEVEY
Gallreat
J. B. Hunter Co
Summer St
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Boston, Mass
Chandler & Barber Company
Summer Street
Burditt & Williams Company
Dame, Stoddard Company
Washington Street
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods CO
Louis K. Liggett CO
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