Intercollegiate sports reform after war faces cost limits
Dean Briggs argues for reconstruction of intercollegiate athletics focusing on limiting coaching costs, amateurism, and integrity. He warns of fragile funding and lavish gifts, urging colleges to agree on cost caps and responsible coaching while preserving competition and public interest.
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Nile Baron Re Briger
Hocvard de Atlantic
New York
Aeco
Yale Harvard
Dean Briggs
Vale
House of Carda
Cole Legen
Cole
Neam
Rowe
Guest
America
St Louis sprinter Mahl makes fast trial for U S title
Irwin Mahl, now in St Louis, reportedly ran 190 yards in 9% seconds during a fast trial watched by two clocksmen. He trains for the U S championship to meet top sprinters, with possible rivals including Howard Dows and Billy Gamemaster. Report notes the torpedo construction excerpt follows unrelated.
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Irwin Mahi
St. Louis
Mound City
Mahl
United States
Dusvard Seraralle
Howard Dosw
Haltes
Roonin
Feny
Des Moines
Tows
Billy Gamemaster
Meadowbrook Club
Vhiladelphia Tr Ie
Joe Thomis
Jaz
Waters
Torpedo Design Described With Gyroscope and Buoyancy Chamber
A historical description outlines a torpedo driven by a compressed air system that speeds high through water. It uses a gyroscope to maintain course and a buoyancy chamber aft of the engine to prevent sinking, with propellers and rudders mounted behind the torpedo body.
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S.A. Ee
Dayton
Elverly
Gueopean
Tore. Horne
Eeepton
Ptxandards
Pinar
Bom
Road upkeep vital to nation’s postwar economy
A blustery defense of continuous road maintenance argues that uninterrupted highway work prevents a costly postwar bill. It notes the rise of state highway departments, a trillion-plus annual spend, and the essential role of roads in national commerce and transport.
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Nnion
Wilsons
Doling
Asia
Carrie
York
Moran Blameless For Drop Of Quakers
Pat Moran, Phils skipper, bears no blame for a second division finish. The 1915 championship owner and sale of players to the Cubs altered fortunes, while Moran fought a cellar season with a depleted team and lost stars returning to enlist.
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Moran
Pat Moran
Phils
James
Isuminger
Dynamo
Alexander
Killifer
Cubs
Phil
Toome
Charley Murdy
Baker
Eppa Rixey En
Alex
Trae
Kilster
Tehing
Weeghman
Cy Williai
Billifer
Fixer
George Whitted
Nooks McGamy
Pickles Dilhoetfer
Tess
Burns the World Champion and a Fortune Made
The account traces James Burns world heavyweight title victory in 1907 over Gunner Moir, his lucrative tours in Europe and Australia, and the wealth he accumulated before fading from the ring. It contrasts Burns with contemporaries Willard and Johnson and notes the lure of European purses versus American fights.
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Noah Bruso
Tommy Turering
Philadelphia
Dae O'Brien
Burne
New York Sun
A. F. Bettinsen
National Sporting Club of London
Burns
Moir
National Sporting Club
Erith
Mole
Adon
England
France
Europe
Gunner Moir
Jack Palmer
London
Dublin
Paris
Australia
Mole Trufan
Jack Johnson
Sydney
Corbett
Jeffries
Willard
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Real Sport
Underwood & Underwood
Rube Benton
Rube
Camp Jackson
8.C
W York
Ian Tots
California State Printing Office
the Tribune Association
New York Tribune
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