West Shows Way On Gridiron This Season
War department influenza epidemic trims schedules as Big Ten battles unfold. Great Lakes navy team, led by Paddy Driscoll, defeats Rutgers 40 points in second half while Michigan overwhelms Syracuse 15 to 0. Illinois, Michigan, Purdue, Northwestern undefeated as season narrows toward late conference matchups.
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Xave
Rutgers
Bluejacket
Madden
Paddy Driscoll
Hest
Northwestern University
Great Lakes
Driscol
Eastern College
Paddy
Waue Great Lakes
Michigan
Syracuse
Yost
Steketee
Mike Driscoll
Butc Kers
Wolverine
Ilinois
Purdue
Northwestern
Alinois Mas
Illinois
Chicago
Iowa
Ohio State
Towa
Wisconsin
Rossime
Orly
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Kansas
Missouri
Clita
Soccer Gate Receipts Versus American Baseball Figures
The Glasgow Celtic vs Rangers match drew about 60 000 spectators with reported receipts near 6945 dollars excluding tax, while World Series attendances and gate prices suggest American baseball revenues exceeded soccer earnings in comparable periods. A Sporting Chronicle note says British football thrives despite war, with Ireland and Midlands shows indicating varying crowds and revenue patterns across 1918 September.
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Amer
Rangers
Celtis
Glasgow
Thomas
Rice
Brooklyn Eagle
United States
New York
Hoston
Brooklyn
Taire
Sporting Chronicle
Manchester
England
Great Britain
Ireland
Borngood
Belfast
Football League
Midend
Lancashire
Midlands
Coventry City
Coventry
Midland
Making two fisted fighters of city boys
James Clark lauds YMCA and war-relief efforts at Camp Upton shaping New York soldiers into physically fit, confident fighters. He credits K of C and Welfare groups, notes the value of boxing, wrestling, running, and team athletics in building soldiers ready for battle. He recalls veterans’ tales of discipline and quick retreat under fire.
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James Clark
Brooklyn
Camp Upton
New York
K. of C
Jewish Welfare Board
Kindre
United War
Seagate
Forner Camp Upton
Rtillery
K. of C. H Welfare Board
Chattanooga
Cap'n
Rome
Tribute to Foch and Bible Aid to American Soldiers
The great General Foch, in a letter to Dr. George William Carter, general secretary of the New York idle society, praises the Bible as the best preparation for American soldiers going into battle. The society has given nearly 260,000 copies of the Scriptures to soldiers and sailors.
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Foch
George William Carter
New York Idle Society
Seid
Boston Transcript
Revival of sports expected across the nation in 1919
The article notes that both amateur and professional governing bodies plan a revival of major sports next year. It mentions anticipated reentry of many organizations, renewed championships in track, field, baseball, rowing, and intercollegiate events, with military authorities supportive of athletic competition during the postwar period.
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Amale
Profesional
Res
Couma
Gaeta
Brooklyn
America
Nis
Tourneman
Amateur Athletic “Union
Anna
Philatelphia
Athletic. Assoc Hnd
Ence
Durin
Motors Plana
Automobile Association
Aero Club of America
American Power Boat Association
Philadelphia’s famed nitrous expert and a patient dog tale
A Philadelphia humor piece recounts a famous dental expert and his dog who grows old tricks, noting the vet’s logic about appendicitis and the dog’s value spurring a joke about operating. The second fragment discusses Dutch salt deposits, depth measurements, and wartime shifts pushing the Netherlands toward domestic salt production due to Germany’s reduced imports.
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Peres
Netherlands
Germany
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Real Sport
Corrent
West
War Department
Wolverines
Iceland
Reykjavik
Journal of the
Icelandic Statistical Apartment
Teesland
Baseball Commission
Pittsburg
Johnny Dundee
Benny Leonard
Joe Welling
Welling
Joe
Muiny
Johnny
Frost
Hitchcock
Wile
Hng
Philadelphia
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