Red Grange Dominates All Big Ten Selections as Unanimous Pick
The 1925 Big Ten all conference team as chosen by seven coaches features Red Grange of Illinois as the sole unanimous selection at left halfback. Michigan places four players on the first team with Bennie Friedman at quarterback and Bennie Oosterbaan at left end among them. Brown of Michigan and Lowry of Northwestern are named as top centers, with a mix of defensive and offensive standouts across Illinois, Chicago, Iowa, Northwestern, and Ohio State.
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Chicago
Associated Press Tonight
Red Grange
University of Pennsylvania
Michigan
Bennie Friedman
Bennie Oosterbaan
Bennies
Orson
Kassel
Illinois
Romey
Iowa
Oosterbamn
Cassell
Friedman
Grange
Lewis
Northwestern
Fry
McCoarty
Joesting
Minnesota
McCarty
Gillback
Hees
Ohio
Oosterbaan
Football Schedule Drafts to Conclude Saturday
Athletic directors of the Western Conference meet in Chicago in private sessions for a three day meeting that will end Saturday with the 1926 football schedules drafted. Tulane coach Clark Shaughnessy, whose team went undefeated, is set to meet Jack Bewield of the Pacific Coast Conference about Tulane possibly entering the Tournament of Roses at Pasadena on New Year's Day.
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Chicago
Clark D. Shaughnessy
Tulane University
New Orleans
Jack Biewfiel
Tulane
Pasadena
Ingram Naval Academy Names New Athletics Director
Commander Jonas H. Ingram has been appointed director of athletics at the United States Naval Academy by Superintendent Lewis M. Multon. He will succeed Commander Byron McCandless at term end in June and is currently with a destroyer division of the battle fleet on the West coast.
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Annapolis
Jonas H. Ingram
United States Naval Academy
Lewis M. Multon
Ingram
Byron McCandless
Battle Fleet
Mountaineers Open Grappling Season With 63 Wrestlers
Morgantown WV December 3 1931 Coach Steve Harrick welcomes sixty three grapplers to the first Mountaineers workout marking the largest winter squad in school history. Capt Ward Wylie Suder Al Millender Joe Millender Neill return as nucleus with uniforms issued and a light initial practice.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Steve Harrick
Mountaineers
Grapplers
State University
Harrick
Ward Wylie
Suder
Joe Millender
Neill
American Association Sets 1926 Schedule Changes
Chicago December 3 After a full day session club owners failed to adopt a 1926 schedule but voted to start the season April 13. The 168 game slate opens in polls Kansas City St Paul and Milwaukee with the usual program. New York December 3 Mrs Charles Frazer of Green Meadow was elected president of the Women s Metropolitan Golf Association at its annual meeting. The 1926 championship format adds six flights increasing eligible players to ninety six. Axminster Devon notes no rugs for over a century.
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Chicago
American Association
Kansas City
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Woman's Golf Association
New York
Charles Frazer
Green Meadow
WoMen's Metropolitan Golf Association
Trick Kick Dilemma: When Is a Drop Kick Legal?
A football fan recalls a fall college game where a 26 yard drop kick sailed between goal posts aided by a strong wind. The ball carried over the line and then back into play, prompting protest and debate over whether it should count as a score. The writer compares it to a baseball fair ball blown foul and urges umpire-like judgment on such plays.
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Bateman
Tieme
Windy disputed goal highlights early 1985 football season
The writer debates whether a field goal counts after a ball crosses the line but is carried back by the wind. Officials and spectators differ, and the ball ultimately lands in play on the field. The piece notes freak weather and anticipates rule clarifications for such trick plays.
Scattered Sports Jots From A Buried Page
Washington coverage hints at scandals and college football chatter. Mentions Harvard players and reactions to Oosterbaan Cobb and Grange contracts, with wistful references to A A U and Charlie Paddock era.
Cannefax Champions Lingering on Boxing Bravado
The piece notes Cannefax claims bilards demand more nerve than any sport and mocks red-hot struggles. It hints at the heavyweight Spanish champion challenging Dempsey and mentions ring side weights. The tone blends sports bravado with scattered football hints and rainy Saturdays.
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Cannefax
Lou Young Names All Star Eleven Selections
Lou Young selects an all American eleven for The Associated Press with stars from Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Cornell, Yale, Princeton, Colgate, Michigan, Illinois, Oberlander, and others. The list includes ends Tully and Thayer, tackles Chase and Weir, guards Carey and Sturhaban, center McMillan, quarterback Friedman, and backs Strange Oberlander and Tryon among others. A second eastern team features Born Hanson Facktee rear es, Pease, Amos, Allen and more from Army Syracuse Columbia and Pennsylvania.
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New York
Knight Astern
Associated Press Today
Lou Young
University
Dartmouth
Tully
Thayer
Pennsylvania
Chase
Pittsburg
Weir
Nebraska
Carey
Cornell
Starhahn
Yale
McMillan
Princeton
Trayer
Iona
Sturhaban
Slagle
Tryon
Colgate
Oberlander
Kreut
Ends
Army
Hanson
Syra
Facktee
Wilson
Butler
Diehl
Perahing
Lafayette
Pease
Columbia
Amos
Anders
Iback—Allen
Wesleyans Triumph over Wild Cats in Lopsided Victory
The Wesleyans defeated the Wild Cats 31 to 11 as Tom Hawley led with ten points from five field goals. Humphreys and Lay were the Cats’ only scorers from the field, each with two baskets, while Wesleyans led from the opening tip and built a commanding half-time margin.
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Wesleyans
Po Wild Cats
Wesleyan Fe
Pocahontas
Wild Cats
Sgurt
Tom Hawley
Humphreys
Lay
Lneup
Wee Cate
Hawley
W. Cash
Alexander Jeel Sheets
J. McNeer
Lawarence Bruce
Hutton
Whitlock
Cash
Francia
Waseum
Carpenter
McMullin
Wid’ Cats
Laware Pitia Fous
Hawt
Saa Rexander
Frank McNeer
Carpenterourou
S. Poals
Sheets
Ohio Coal Operators Plan Another Appeal to ICC
Ohio coal operators facing idle mines plan a further appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission to modify freight rates. They seek state aid from Governor Donahey to keep mines running and improve over rate conditions in Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. An operator representative from Cambridge district met with an agent this week to discuss the plan.
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Columbus
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio Coal
West Virginia
Kentucky
Donahey
Cambridge
An Scott
Gene
Three Young Men Held for Grand Jury in Bluefield Robbery Case
Jesse Peery Robert Lockhardt and Howard Linkous were arraigned before Squire T H White and held for the Mercer county grand jury on charges of larceny of an auto and store robbery on the Bluefield Princeton Road. Each is bond 2000 and remanded to Princeton jail after unable to post. Peery was arrested in Tazewell early this week with the stolen automobile linked to Morrison, leading to the other two arrests.
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Char
Bluefield
Princeton
Jesse Peery
Robert Lockhardt
Howard Linkous
Squire T. H. White
Mercer County
Grand Jury
Peery
Tazewell
French patron of film funds Paris backers cinema share
Paris backs one third of total 1924 film spending as patronage to the seventh art. The piece describes French influence and investment in early cinema, noting national contributions and the rising importance of moving pictures in culture and industry.
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Paris
Moving Pictures
Battersea Man Found Guilty of Fatal Blow
In Battersea England Charles Dearst struck Arthur Massey a blow to the face after a dispute over tea. Massey died from the injury, and Dearst faces trial for homicide.
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Battersea
Eng
Charles Dearst
Arthur Massey
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