SI A A proposes one year college residency rule for athletics
The article argues for a one year residency requirement before college athletes may compete in any sport, to curb ringers and ensure genuine students. It praises Notre Dame’s impact, notes potential hardships for initial years, and discusses captaincy at Georgia Tech, team prospects for 1914, and open-game success versus pretenders. It also covers Cornell’s improving team, Cincinnati Reds prospects, and Pelicans club management noting Donny Dobbs and others.
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Army
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Six Day Race Winners From Years Past
The fifteenth annual six day race is run, listing previous winners for fan interest. Names include Lier Wislisy, Walthour-Monroe, McFerland-Moran, Ruit-Clarke, Fegler-Clarke, and Fogler among others with varied spellings and years noted. The text reflects historical record style with multiple hyphenated names and obscure aliases.
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Tenat
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Oi Hootreuy
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Evers Fanned Least in Season for Cubs Manager
Johnny Evers, Chicago Cubs manager, displayed a superb eye at the plate, striking out only once in 136 games last season. Willifer of the Phillies whiffed seventeen times in 120 games, while Her-20x of the New York club fanned twelve times in ninety games.
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Bescher Best Waiter In The National League
Bob Bescher of the Cincinnati Reds led NL last season with 94 bases on balls in 141 games. Leach of Chicago was third with 77 in 131 games, while Fhluegins posted 92 free passes in 182 games.
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Southern League Meets Next Week in Atlanta
The Santa era league heads to Atlanta for the annual meeting at the Ansley Hotel. agenda includes appointing a schedule committee and opening dates, with quiet expectations and no major squabbles. Salary and player rules from last season may be adopted, umpire staff changes loom and Montgomery-Little Rock tensions may resurface. Local clubs host visiting magnates at a banquet with planned decorations.
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Chattanooga Tigers to visit Atlanta Athletic Club Saturday
The Chattanooga Tigers, reigning East Tennessee champions who went undefeated last season, travel to Atlanta for the second game of the season against the Atlanta Athletic Club. Both cities share a noted rivalry in multiple sports, making the result highly watched.
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Prep Cross Country Run This Afternoon
The annual prep school cross country race occurs this afternoon starting at Baker Street and Spring Street then to Fourteenth and back for a total of 18 miles. Teams entered include Boys' High, Marist College, and G. A. A. Lund Peacock. faculty members are expected to be among participants.
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Best all around halfback in the south in recent years
Sporting editor Dick Jemison answers readers questions on football topics. He names Lewie Hardage of Vanderbilt as a standout halfback in the last two or three years, widely regarded in Southern play.
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Sewanee Prep School Champions Claim Southern Crown
Sewanee Military academy, amid a string of decisive wins and a stout defense, claims the Southern preparatory championship title. Key victories include Marion County high school 33 to 7, Tennessee Military Institute 12 to 3, Vanderbilt Reserves 21 to 20, and a strong Georgia showing with River Side Military Academy 35 to 0. Coaches McCoy and Dalton lauded. injuries limited some players but the squad averaged 157 pounds with a solid line and capable backfield led by Tally and Foltes.
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Harvard football offer to Chicago highlighted in papers
Pinehurst North Carolina December 7 A A Stagg Chicago athletic director says Harvard's invitation remains a conjecture and will be reviewed by Chicago's athletic board led by President Judson. Chicago officials defer comment until board action.
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Cubs Wallop Mugsy's Pets Takio in Osaka game recap
December 7 report notes a Keio University nine facing a mixed Americans team from Chicago and New York. The scoreline shows the Americans leading with a portion of runs tallied in early innings as both sides fielded prominent club players.
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Clever billiard match set for Tuesday amid winter weather
W. W. King and Bertha May, dubbed the king and queen of pocket billiards, plan a match at the M. and M. eld on Tuesday and Thursday nights. They will perform fancy shots before a large audience is expected to attend. Washington reports real winter weather will grip most of the country next week with very low temperatures and frost from the Gulf coast to the Atlantic coast.
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Playing Positions Make No Difference In Naming Captains
New York December 7. With many college football leaders to be named for next year, returns from twenty four colleges and universities show thirteen captains chosen from backfields and eleven from the line. Among the backfield picks seven were halfbacks, four quarterbacks, and among the line picks four centers four tackles two guards one fullback and one end.
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Christmas glasses for father and mother from Hawkes Co
An advertisement offers solid gold glasses as gifts for parents. A. K. Hawkes Co, Opticians, 14 Whitehall Street promotes these luxury eyewear items as a special holiday option.
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Reverend George Marvin Stone Dies at 79
The Rev Dr George Marvin Stone pastor emeritus of the Asylum Avenue Baptist Church Hartford Genn died at his home today aged 79 He was known as a lecturer and traveler author of religious works and served as a prominent religious leader for many years.
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Christy Mathewson Tops National League Pitchers List
New York star Christy Mathewson led the 1915 National League in pitching averages, appearing in forty games with a 11 loss record amid 70 earned runs allowed. Teammates Teegreau and Demares trailed closely, Seaton led in strikeouts with 163, and Alexander held seven shutouts as Chicago Cubs and New York Giants posted notable pitching marks.
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Peace Dove Hovering Over National Meet
New York December 7 So much has been done to smooth the path for the National league magnates assembly for their annual meeting On the eve of sessions every expectation is that harmony will prevail The presidency question is settled with John Tener governor of Pennsylvania likely to be elected for a four year term at a salary not less than 30000 a year His incumbency will be honorary first year as the governor’s term runs to 1916 but he will be consulted on policy while secretary John A Keydler handles actual work The magnates will discuss Players fraternity contract changes draft rules and other relations between players and clubs They may leave some issues to the National Commission Several minor rule changes are expected Also debated will be Joe Tinker activities next season with potential trades affecting the New Yorks
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Bike Kings Start Their Long Grind Race at Madison Square Garden
The annual cycling grind began at 12:01 this morning in Madison Square Garden with seventeen teams. Peter Drobach of Jersey Skeeters led after the first mile in 2:07 1-8, as teams from Germany Australia and Italy joined a highly international field in the twenty first edition.
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Lib Penn 1914 Team Hopeful Strong Wrestler Dorizas
New York early December reports Greek wrestler Mika Dorizas, a Penn sophomore, emerges as the strongest college athlete in history and could revolutionize football and wrestling. At 24, he weighs 250 pounds with Graeco Roman prowess and a courtly charm that makes him popular among Penn undergrads.
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Atlanta Theater to Open With The Argyle Case Engagement
Beginning tonight at 8 14 oclock Robert Hillard opens a three night run and Wednesday matinee at the Atlanta in The Argyle Case. The famed William J Burns play comes with a New York cast and is expected to draw strong Atlanta patronage. Also at the Atlante Theater the notable Eugene Wolters production Fine Feathers with its original star cast opens for three nights and a Saturday matinee. The cast includes Wilton Lackaye Robert Edeson Max Pieman Hose Coghlan Lolita Robertson and Lydia Dierksson in the same production seen in New York and Chicago. The Columbia Theater presents Charle Gram Uehs burlesque The Whiken Girl with fast dialogue musical numbers and lavish costumes promising the best show of the season.
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Alamo No. 2 Show Features Big Vaudeville and Films
Atlanta patrons enjoy two high class vaudeville acts plus a lineup of films at the Alamo No. 2. The Monarch quartet performs with new songs while Sidney Bret Giara and Kate Price headline Vitagraph and Kalem dramas. Also shown are The Manicure Girl comedy, The Capturing of David Dunne, The Strike, Mid Kentucky Hills, For Another's Crime, and A Ride for a Bride.
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Field Trials Open Near Montgomery Alabama
Verification of nominations and draws for the Southern Field Trials derby opened at Letehatchie with large crowds. Pairings announced include Bonfire with Clansman and Happy Medium with Willie J, among others. National Field Trials Association to hold first annual contests on the Letchatchi course starting December 15 with top dogs from the United States and Canada expected.
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Morse to Retain Job With Brunswick Baseball Association
The Brunswick Baseball Association in Georgia's State League holds its annual meeting Tuesday night to elect officers and plan the coming season. The selection of a manager will be discussed, with Whitey Morse likely to be retained as head of the local club.
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Over the Sea at the Hijou and Butterfly on the Wheel at Lyric
The Hijou presents Over the Sea by the Jewell Kelley company with Vernon Wallace and others in Atlanta for the first time. At the Lyric, Butterfly on the Wheel stars Eleanor Montell in a London and New York success about divorce and moral lessons, praised for frank treatment of life and marriage.
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Sensational Forsyth bill features violinist Keith Vaudeville
Keith Vaudeville the sensational whirlwind violinist and dancer arrives direct from Paris and various U S cities to headline the Forsyth this week The Australian Boys Scouts a dozen clever youngsters from Bob Bitzsimmons era will perform scout stunts The Nickel Simers present The Kentucky Deiles in a famed specialty act aiming for a major hit Goldmaifth
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Richard Whitestone Tully Dies in California at 78
News of the death of Richard Whitestone Tully, the Sierra Madre playwright, at age 78 in California. The obituary notes his move from New Hampshire, his early life as a forty-niner era figure, and the upcoming production of his new play Tentmaker.
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Comedy Troupe Adds Notable Acts to Program
The Hickey brothers, captionary performers, join the stage along with the Ankres in a splendid royalty act. Hidsidge and Barlow headline a comedy treazy injection, and Woppe debuts a new idea, boosting the show’s appeal.
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Church State Union Opposed by Gibbons
Baltimore December 7 Carolin Gibbons denounces church state union in a cathedral sermon. She says government aid to churches would invite civil rulers to dictate doctrine and urges clergy to remain separate from state funding while bishops and priests continue voluntary labor. She condemns encroachments on civil and religious liberty as violations of church authority.
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Margaret Wilson to address Spugs meeting in New York
New York December 7 Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the president will be one of the speakers at a meeting of the Spugs or Society for the Prevention of Use of Goods? behavior to be held here Tuesday night.
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