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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1912
Page
11
In a bustling report from Cleveland Ohio dated February 16, the New York Giants brace for the season. Manager John McGraw emphasizes developing a young squad amid stiff NL rivals including the Athletics in tough pennant race talks.
Virginia defeated Washington and Lee 13 to 2 in a hard fought basketball game at Kilayerweather gymnasium. Raftery led Lexington with eight points while Kearns, Lopa Rixes, and Walton contributed for the visitors. The win secures Virginia’s claim to the state championship while Lexington College heads on an extended Northern trip with games against Manhattan College, Wesleyan, and St Johns.
Baseball manager Griffith reports that Schaefer and Moeller have signed or will sign contracts as he updates the Nationals recruit situation after a Chicago meeting. He notes Milan Groom Flynn and other veterans remain, with Moeller's contract on Griffiths desk. President Johnson may visit Washington as the national agreement faces revisions, with league tensions over the interleague waiver clause and potential trades centered on left-handed pitchers.
St Johns College defeated John A team as the first half stayed close then pulled away in the second period. Dayton and Welch led St Johns with tall forwards scoring most goals while consistently accurate shooting helped seal the win.
A N Prep outplayed West ern in a Boys Department Interadulaide league game, winning 47 to 5. McBride led the preps with 12 floor baskets, while Georgetown failed to score in the second half.
Brown University announced its 19xx baseball schedule featuring new opponents Cornell Holy Cross and Notre Dame. The slate includes games against Princeton Penn Yale Harvard and Holy Cross with matches at Ithaca Princeton New Haven Cambridge Worcester and other locations.
Fragmented report covers Bookrex Open Up at odds 5 to 1 then 3 to 1, with Uncle Bev a newcomer winning the money. Detailed race results list six events with horses like Chapultene c, Pride of Lismore, Laele Ben, and others across multiple furlongs and placings.
The American League will not object to the national agreement after Chicago meetings. League presidents received telegrams saying objections to minor points can be fixed by mail vote. Some owners favored changes to waiver procedures, but the commission’s winter work kept the agreement intact.
The Sonus Atlantic Association will close entries tonight for its fourth annual cross country championship. W G Stuart, 1415 G Street, chairs the cross country committee. The race uses the Brightwood course on Washingtons birthday, starting and finishing at the Brightwood terminus of Fourteenth Street. The route runs out Fourteenth Street to Military Road, northwest across fields to Rack Creek, along the bridle path to Military Road, then back to the start. Distances total about 6 1/2 miles. medals and a trophy will be awarded to top finishers. Four finishers from one organization can win the team prize.
Edward Aschenbach a former manager of the Syracuse team in the New York State League and later a scout for the Cincinnati Club of the National League died today at a detention hospital after three weeks confinement. He once managed the St Paul team of the American Association and was reputed to have discovered pitcher Christy Mathewson for the New York Giants while scouting for John Thrush, then president of the Cincinnati Club.
Chicago is the hub as the American Bowling Congress closes entry books for its twelfth annual tournament with nearly 460 five man teams signed up. Secretary Langtry reports records shattering numbers, with Chicago clubs 173 strong and more local entries expected. The tournament opens March 2 and aims for a total around 60 clubs and 100 more teams.
Rumor says East Side lightweight Knockout Brown may travel to Paris to face a French opponent. He is reportedly guaranteed 37 500 for the bout and is currently matched with Matty Baldwin with prior bouts against several others, including Martin Canole, though details remain pending.
Leavenworth Kansas February 1 A three team baseball league will be organized next summer at the Federal penitentiary. Teams will be selected from white, negro and Indian prisoners. The Justice Department will supply equipment, suits to be made in the prison tailor shop. This will be the first baseball league in the Federal penitentiary.
Racing entries list multiple horses in a crowded card with for their purses and weights. Notable names include Florence coipo Ailsa Folge Cemormda Mim Molier Patsy Beach and Brazzle and Wild Hear Mille Droms.
Basketball action at Durham North Carolina on February 16 saw the Trinity team overcome Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a final score of Mi to. Multiple player names and affiliations appear amid scattered OCR fragments, with several nonstandard words and mispellings.
Central High School letters a group of runners and sprinters led by Captain Renter and star Wil Hamilton. The team includes George Tramilton Blackastone VW Pollard McDonagh Tibbetts Van Dynr Schrit er and Schriver who will run events from 10 yard sprints to the mile, aiming for strong showings and points for the Otstreeters.
Chicago February 16 notes state Horfells to the heat weight title match between Tack Johnson and Jam Flynn will be posted tomorrow by the principals and Jack Curley for the promoters. Twenty thousand dollars reportedly to be posted. Alder man Al Tearney to receive. Original plan had 349000 posted with principals to stake 1000 each and Curley 32000. Later the amounts were cut in half.
Partial OCR text describes a railroad related notice or filing entry mentioning Southern Railway and associated terms. The readable fragments reference a possible route or schedule item, with limited legible names and numbers. The piece lacks clear dates, places, or outcomes but signals a formal rail industry filing.
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