Farrell to Coach Fliers
Alfréd Shrubb cannot return to Cambridge this year for coaching and Edward L. Farrell of Wakefield High School will succeed him. Farrell will assemble his runners next week for practice as he brings his hill and dale program to Harvard runners, continuing his track work with weight events and developing long distance stars.
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Alfréd Shrubb
Harvard
Edward L. Farrell
Wakefield High School
Farrell
Shrubb
Cambridge
Wakefield
Baker Retires From Baseball After Suspension
J Franklin Baker of the New York American League club announced his retirement from organized baseball. He reported to the Polo Grounds prepared to play but learned his suspension remains until season's end. Baker plans to leave for his home in Trappe Maryland with a contract near ten thousand dollars still due for another year.
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New York
J. Franklin Baker
Polo Grounds
Trappe
Rain Delays Exhibition Tennis for Red Cross Benefit
Rain halted the exhibition matches in St Louis delaying the event. National stars scheduled to play in Kansas City Saturday and Sunday were cancelled, but contests will be held here on those days to support the Red Cross.
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ST. Louis
Red Cross
Kansas City
Fight Title Bout Tonight at Commercial A C
Tonight at the Commercial A C a welter title bout pits George Alger of Cambridge against Eddie Shevlin of Roxbury at 142 to 146 pounds. Weighing is at 9 pm with club officials and reporters present. The winner likely claims the title and eyes further matches with Ted Kid Lewis or top 142-pound foes.
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Commercial A. C
George Alger
Cambridge
Eddie Shevlin
Roxbury
N. B. Welter
Welter
Shevlin
Alger
Ted Kid Lewis
Jimmy Walsh
Alec McLean
Billy Henderson
Sailor
Shaver” O’brien
Dan McCormack
World Series Opens October Sixth in Chicago
The National Commission announced the 1926 World Series will start October 6 at the Chicago Americans’ ballpark with Comiskey owning the first game site. Umpires from both leagues were chosen, and 1500 Fort Sheridan seats were reserved for soldiers at the opener.
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Cincinnati
Frank Navin
Detroit
Harry Hempstead
New York Nationals
National Baseball Commission
Charles Comiskey
Chicago Americans
New York
Chicago
Navin
Hempstead
Comiskey
O’loughlin
Evans
Klem and Rigler
National League
France
Fort Sheridan
Mineola
L. I
Wilson
Barry
Carter
Bell
McCain
Commission
the Waldorf
Congress Hotel
Baseball and college sports fill a busy calendar in New England
Amid talk of a Braves vs Red Sox city series and Dartmouth Brown football on November 10, veterans like Percy Haughton weigh in on rosters. Francis Ouimet plans a war fund golf match at Belmont and then duty at the Ayer en campment, while Francis Morey is linked to Lynn English High School coaching duties.
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Percy Haughton
Braves
Red Sox
Harry Frazee
Sox
Dartmouth
Francis Ouimet
Francis
Belmont Spring Country Club
Ayer
Ouimet
Mike Brady
Oakley
Marine Expeditionary Force of
France
Dave Morey
Lynn English High School
Harry Dame
Uncle Sam
Agricultural Brigade
Giants and White Sox Eye World Series and Betting
PAUFFEYS notes Giants likely to beat White Sox in the World Series but betting in Chicago is cautious as Buck Herzog’s lineup status unsettles New York. Carlisle Indians seek Thanksgiving game in Boston with promoters lining up Colgate or Boston College as possible opponents.
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Giants
White Sox
Chicago
New York
Buck Herzog
Carlisle Indians
Boston
Hugh Miller
Colgate
Boston College
Boston News Briefs on Baseball and Local Notices
Answers to Queries notes a pennant scenario with the Red Sox and White Sox. Brockton Fair athlete entries close Sept 26 and go to Horace Joan 26 Pinkham Street. Eddie Mahan, former Harvard captain, was said to be a Marine in Pennsylvania.
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Augusta
Red Sox
White Sox
Horace Joan
Pinkham Street
Brocken
Nitif
Eddie Mahan
Harvard
New England
Mahan
Marines
Pennsylvania
Middlebury College Opens 118th Year in VT
Middlebury College in Vermont begins its 118th year as the new term starts. The entering class size nearly matches the pre war average, though twenty five percent of upper classmen are absent due to war service.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
White Sox Arrive for Series opener at Fenway Park
The Chicago White Sox arrive in Boston for today’s game at Fenway Park with a improved squad after a month on the road. Faber or Russell will start for Chicago while Dutch Leonard faces them for the home club.
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White Sox
Fenway Park
Faber
Russell
Dutch Leonard
Favorites Lose Races at Grand Circuit Meet
At Columbus Ohio on September 20 the mile track program saw a major upset as William 1:58 1 2 failed to win or place in the free-for-all pace. Miss Harris M. captured two heats and the main race while Jay Mack took the 2:20 pace after five heats. Robert Gatewood signed a new 2:05 1 4 heat mark for his 3yearold, and Busys Lassie won the Capital City 2:07 trot over Bacelli. Saldine won the 2:18 trot final.
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Columbus
William
Directum I
Short Bout Expected as O Dowd Meets Connolly
The feature bout at the Arena next Tuesday night pits Mike O Dowd of St Paul against Joe Connolly of Charlestown known as the Fighting Harp. Promoters expect a brief rugged fight with the likely winner landing first in a slamfest from the bell. O Dowd trains in New York while Connolly works at Silver Lake Mass with Joe Rivers Howard McRea Phinney Boyle and others. Fans in Silver Lake predict a possible Charlestown upset.
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Mike O'Dowd
St. Paul
Joe Connolly
Charlestown
Fighting Harp
O'Dowd
New York
Connolly
Silver Lake
Mass
Joe Rivers
Howard McRea
Phinney Boyle
Veterans Tie In Senior Golf Championship At Apawamee Club
Rye N Y Sept 20 More than one hundred veterans aged 55 and over begin the second half of the seniors golf tournament at the Apawamee Club links Only two prizes are offered for today’s 18 hole round Henry Allsopp Baltusrol leads gross and tied net with John H Duffy Knobiwood White Plains N Y Duffy 92 18 74 If Allsopp posts a low score tomorrow he could win the 36 hole chief prize and relinquish others In the Seniors’ Golf Association annual election the old officers were re elected including President Darwin P Kingsley Vice Presidents Mahlon Pitney and Morgan J O Brien and Secretary Treasurer Walter Brown All New Yorkers
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Rye
Apawamié Club Links
Henry Allsopp
Baltusrol Golf Club
John H. Duffy
Knobiwood
White Plains
N. Y
Duffy
Allsopp
Seniors’ Golf Association
Darwin P. Kingsley
New York
Mahlon Pitney
Washington
Morgan J. O’brien
Walter Brown
Pirates Tie Giants 9-9 in Ten Innings
Pittsburg baseball game ends in a 9 to 9 tie with New York after ten innings as both clubs tally 17 hits. Perritt and Steele falter for Pittsburg while Tesreau and Demaree yield runs for New York. The unfinished tie proceeds as part of a doubleheader Saturday.
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Pittsburg
New York
Perritt
Steele
Tesreau
Smith
Demaree
Anderson
Carlson
Cooper
Burns
King
J.smith
Pitler
Holke
Fischere
McCarty
Petritt
aLobert
bWilhoit
G.smith
Thorpe
Kauff
Zimmerman
Fletcher
Caton
Bigbea
Carey
Boeckel
Fischer
Kanuff
Mollwitz
J. Smith
Holké
Bigbee
Dem
Son
Testedu
G. Smith
Kiem
Bransfield
Tinie
Rationing for British May Come
London Sept 20 In a new food economy push Baron Rhondda the food controller warned that if voluntary measures fail the nation may be placed on compulsory rations He stressed the danger lies in a global shortage of cereals meats and fats rather than submarine peril
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London
Great Britain
Baron Rhondda
Allied food program outlined by Baron Rhondda in New York
Baron Rhondda told American correspondents that minimum food imports for the coming year would exceed 10 million tons, costing about 1.25 billion dollars. He described a united Allied effort to stabilize sugar and meat prices, pooling purchases through a Meats and Fats executive, with missions to New York and appointments to coordinate with Hoover and Hanna. He urged cooperation, warned against profiteering, and highlighted price controls on UK food industries.
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Baron Rhondda
United States
Canada
New York
Hoover
Hanna
France
Italy
Great Britain
Ministry of Food
Owen Hugh Smith
Lord Northcliffe
Smith
Co. A. H. Phillips
Balfour
England
War Cabinet
United States.” Baron Rhondda
Joseph White Todd
British Sugar Commission
J. R. Drake
London
Mr. Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Java
Inter-Allied Council
Louis P. Sheldon
United States Food Administration
Baron Rhodda
Belgium
Armenia
Serbia
America
United Kingdom
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Ommenty
Jack Ryder
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Pirates
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