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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
15
Chicago Dec 13 The Great Lakes naval training station football team held a final hard practice on home fields in preparation for the New Year’s Day game against Mare Island navy yard eleven at Pasadena, California.
Fitzgerald and Griffith discuss ending spring training trips for all clubs to avoid disadvantage. If opening day is May 1, teams might train at home or in the South, with weather and condition affecting pennant races. The Nationals face inequality with poorer clubs and fans fear reduced excitement if training weather favors some cities.
New York Americans receive Dutch Leonard Ernest Shore and Duffy Lewis from the Red Sox for four players and cash. Ray Caldwell Slim Love Al Walters and Frank Gilhooley depart to Boston. Shore has just become an Ensign in the navy, uncertain if he will play. Huggins aims to build a championship team this season.
New York reports that the New York Giants will add Earl Smith, the Rochester International League catcher, to their staff next season alongside Lew McCarty. If Bill Rariden retires, Smith's acquisition would boost the Giants' catching depth as negotiations continue with Rochester amid interest from several clubs and owner Harry Hempstead holding first claim.
Charles Webb Murphy, former Cubs owner, proposes a new West Coast league with Chicago, Milwaukee, Louisville, Toronto and Buffalo, playing at his vacant West Side park. He aims to imitate the American League expansion but would operate as an outlaw league without Cubs and White Sox consent.
Jimmy Archer former Cubs star catcher retires from baseball after a season with the Brooklyns Pirates and Reds. His permanently crippled right hand limited his throwing to emergencies and he plans to enter business, possibly seeking a coaching position but preferring other work.
Rumor column notes Harry Frazee selling to the Yanks with Ensign Ernie Shore on the scene. Cubs may resemble last season, plus Alexander. Dodgers consider training in Brooklyn next spring. Johnny Evers disputes Hank Gowdy’s fate. Pius Schwert now navy ensign. Tred Mitchell urges foul fly out rule to curb game length. Ray Kinsella dies in France. Lieut Col Huston praised by soldiers. Jake Daubert likely to be moved by the Dodgers.
Deck Cobb and Getz led a Tech track meet with multiple wins and seconds. Deck won the 51 yard dash and standing broad jump while Getz captured the 198 yard and 220 yard dashes. Other winners included Winkjer Parella in shot put and Gatea Jamison in the one yard run.
New York December 18 reports a shortage of rowing coaches for a revival next spring. Only Columbia Princeton Pennsylvania and Harvard have definite coaches. Cornell Syracuse Columbia and Stanford Washington California lack coaches. Jim Rice is the only free agent. Jos Wright may return but is in Canada.
John Re Madden has retained many yearlings he bred and will race them next season in the Madden family name with his two sons, Capt. John Madden Jr. and Joseph R. Madden, as partners. The Madden family expects upwards of twenty two year olds to begin the season, while other notes cover stewards denying Tommy McTaggart a license and Hannibal missing racing after a Saratoga accident. The Jockey Club meets in New York January 9 to discuss the 1919 season, and George Smith with owner John Sanford is slated for heats season. French turf signals a prosperous year with plans for major races at Longchamps early next year.
Chicago officials led by Mayor William Hale Thompson aim to legalize boxing in the city after decades of prohibition. The judiciary committee will meet with the corporation counsel to draft a bill for the legislature next month to permit amateur and professional bouts.
Ithaca notes Cornell will resume intercollegiate athletics with the second term starting December 30 and keep schedules as finances permit. Basketball will be organized immediately while track and baseball teams will be developed. Philadelphia reports efforts to secure the next national amateur rowing championship.
In New York on December 18 Justice Gelger upheld a three year contract giving John Reisler exclusive control of Jack Dempsey boxing events through December 1919. Reisler sued to compel performance. Dempsey reportedly refused to honor the agreement. The court denied a dismissal and set twenty days for Dempsey to file an answer.
Promoters plan a 20 round bout in London in March between Jimmy Wilde and Pat Moore with guaranteed sums for both. Pat Moore, who defeated Wilde in the service tournament, sails home soon. Other notes: Dempsey has not agreed to meet Gibbons yet, Lewis becomes boxing instructor at Camp Upton, and Carl Morris appears near end of boxing era as a fading white hopeful.
The Round-Up reports Charlie Comiskey rebuking Ban Johnson for pressuring Frazee and GMs over gambling at Fenway Park. Comiskey and Frazee deny the accusations, arguing Johnson’s attack hides a personal grudge as fans oppose overemphasis on betting and value the sport itself.
Scholastic Sports notes several developments for the next events. Argyle Finney, a former Central baseball star, is back after army release and likely to be Central’s teaching pitcher next year. Bill Foley of Central helps develop Bob Montgomery, a noted miler, while Tech meets Gonzaga in both general and junior divisions tomorrow. Fred Schneider plans to return to Business after holidays, and Lieut John L. McKeown of Illinois, a top hurdler, has amputated a leg after a 1915 airplane accident. Miller Haggins will take 26 pitchers south with the Yankees.
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