Carideo Leads 1920 All America Backfield Selection
The NEA picks Carideo Welch McEver and Glasgow as first team backs with Marsters omitted. Gallant apology to Dartmouth star Al Marsters for not ranking him. Carideo guides Notre Dame past dangers. Nagurski and Richards bolster line. Cannon and Montgomery anchor guard spots. Douchess earns end role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carideo
Welch
McEver
Glassgow
al Marsters
Dartmouth
Yale
Marsters
Oa Cagle
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
Rockne
Chicago
Trojans
South Bend
Gene McBiver
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Alabama
Cannon
Montgomery
Pittsburg
Doc Sutherland
Sutherland
Pitt
Joe Douchess
All American Roundup Ends With 1st 2nd 3rd Teams
The column lists first team players like Nagurski Minnesota Cannon Notre Dame Miewels California Montgomery Pitt Richards Nebraska Carideo Notre Dame Mebver Tennessee Welch Purdue and Doncuess Pitt among others. It also names second team Douds W J Driscoll Stanford Sinno Fordham Farris North Carolina and more along with third team selections Churchill Oklahoma Wakeman Cornell Brumbelow TCU Ticknor Harvard and others.
Diegel Advances to PGA Final After Beating Hagen 3 and 2
Leo Diegel of Agua Caliente defeats Walter Hagen 3 and 2 in the NPGA championship semifinals and will meet Johnny Farrell of New York in tomorrow's 26 hole final. Farrell beat Al Watrous 6 and 5 as Hagen falls short of sixth title bid.
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Johnny Farrell
San Angeles
Leo Diegel
Agua Caliente
Mex
Walter Hagen
New York
Farrel
al Watrous
Detroit
Farrell
Craig Wood
Bloomfield
N. J
Hagen
Diegel
Driegel
Haig
Watrous
Uote
Watrou
A Recollection of Roy Riegle and Pitt Football Valor
The piece lauds Roy RIEGEL of California for his troubled moment when he mistakenly ran toward his own goal against Georgia Tech. It emphasizes his comeback, resilience, and enduring symbol of football spirit, highlighting his performance against Santa Clara and Stanford as proof of character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Riegele
California
Georgia Tech
Pacific Coast
Santa Clara
Enn
Trojan
Stanford
de- Riegels
Southwest Conference Eleven Is Selected
Four members of Texas Christian University join The Associated Press first team after a coaches and writers poll in Dallas. Captain Howard Grubbs earns unanimous selection at quarterback, with teammates at tackle guard center and ends from Southern Methodist Baylor Texas Christian and Arkansas among the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Texas Christian University
Associated Press
Howard Grubbs
Texas Christian
Hamron
Southern Methodist
Kooh
Baylor
Atkins
Sanders
Ebrunn Below
Schoonover
Arkaness
Grubbs
Leland
Wilton
Baytor
Sheeley
Tennessee Meet Signals Hands Off Policy On Student Athletes
Chattanooga dispatch reports the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues adopting a hands off stance toward college athletes. It deprecates college interference while students study and may sign players after they leave school. Nick Cullop urged free agency amid a transfer to Minneapolis. the body also paid tributes to four league presidents and four club executives who died this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
National Association of Professional Baseball Club Leagues
United States
K. M. Landis
John Conway Toole
International League
J Roberts
Texas League
James A. Perry
Indianapolis
Henry J. Killilea
Milwaukee
Paul A. Lagrave
Forth Worth
George T. Stallings
Montreal
Ela
Tulsa
Albert
Bruno) Hetzel
St. Louis Cardinals
Association
Eards
Greenwich golfer John D. Chapman wins Carolina tourney title
In Pinehurst North Carolina on December 6 John D. Chapman from Greenwich Connecticut defeated Emmet French of Youngstown Ohio in the ninth annual Carolina tournament final for women by five up with six to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
N. C
John D. Chapman
Greenwich
Conn
Emmet French
Youngstown
Ohio
Stalnaker Rates State Gridders
West Virginia high school football ratings show Fairmont West Side with the top season record 4.751 based on opponents strength. Numerous teams lacked rated results as many schools failed to submit season records, delaying complete statewide ratings.
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Logan
W. Va
Fairmont West Side High School
C. M. Stalnaker
West Virginia High School Athletic Association
Fairmont
Stalnaker
Fairmont East Side
Huntington
Moundsville
Mount Hope
Point Pleasant
Sistereville
Spencer
Triadelphia
Wheeling
Dunbar
Cameron
Ceredo-Renova
Charleston
Buffalo
Belington
Bluefield
Beckley
Williamson
Fairmont West Side
Lumberport
Mannington
Washington Irving
Clarkeburg
Parkersburg
New Martinsville
Morgantown
Grafton
Weston
Victory High School
Clarksburg
Roosevelt-Hilson High School
Elkins
Ides
Shinnston
Alderson
Hinton
Oak Hill
Anstead
Benwood
Aebu
Football season ends today in sunny South
Atlanta December 6 Football bids farewell to the South tomorrow with key intersectional games Oregon vs Florida inMiami and Georgia Tech vs Georgia in Athens. Rivalries NC vs Duke in Durham and Tennessee vs South Carolina in Knoxville highlight the slate alongside Maryland vs Western Maryland in Baltimore and Southwestern Louisiana vs Louisiana Poly in Ruston.
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Atlanta
Oregon
Florida
Miami
Georgia Tech
Louisiana Poly
Ruston
William and Mary
Hampden- Sidney
Richmond
Centenary
Loyola
New Orleans
Purdue Coach to Direct Midwestern All Star Team
Jimmy Phean, coach of the champion Purdue eleven, accepted an invitation to select and direct an all star Midwestern team for a Dallas game on December 21 against a Southwestern picked eleven. He will invite players within a few days.
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Chicago
Jimmy Phean
Purdue
Dallas
Texas
Southwestern
Phelan
Pitt to Meet USC in Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day
Pittsburgh and Southern California, potent East and West powers, were selected to clash in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day in Pasadena. Both teams boast strong records, with Pittsburgh undefeated and USC carrying two losses, and the game pits two noted ends Tappaan and Douchess against each other.
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Los Angeles
University of Pittsburgh
University of Southern California
Pasadena
United States
Panther
Southern California Trojans
Pittsburgh
Tulane
Tennessee
Notre Dame
Southern California
Trojans
Purdue
Stanford Cardinals
Penn State
University of California
Tappaan
Douchess
Carnegie Tech
Tech
Tied for lead in New York six day bike race
At the 121st hour of the forty seventh international six day race in New York the French pair Alf Letourner and Paul Brocardo and the Belgian Italian duo Franco Georgetti and Gerard Debaets were tied for first at 10 p.m. with 1,866 miles and nine laps logged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alf Letourner
Paul Brocardo
Franco Georgett
Gerard Debaets
Standard test adopted for water tastes and odors in coke region
The Ohio River board of engineers opened a two day meeting in Pittsburgh with adoption of a standard taste and odor test for public water supplies affected by phenolic wastes from coke byproducts. Chief engineers from health departments of eleven states attended the session chaired by W L Stevenson of Pennsylvania. Data comparison on water purification legislation and cooperative agreements was also featured.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River Board of Engineers
Ohio River Basin
W. L. Stevenson
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Harrisburg
Seven Month Old Boy Dies From Blanket Smothering
In Burlington West Virginia on December 6 the seven month old son of Mia Lowman Baker of Ridgenville was smothered by blankets wrapped around him to protect against cold during a visit to his grandmother. The infant was dead on arrival.
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Burlington
W. Va
Mia
Lowman Baker
Ridgenville
Monograms Awarded to VMI Football and Freshman Teams
Lexington Va Dec 6 Twenty VMI varsity players and nineteen freshmen earned monograms and numerals as the athletic council recognized their seasons. Six varsity players face graduation. Gold footballs honored Manager W T Saunders of Hampton and Coach acknowledgments went to Ed Hege Stag Binish.
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Lexington
V. M. I. Athletic Council
W. T. Saunders
Hampton
Marvin Gillespie
North Tazewell
W. W. Hollowell
Little Rock
Ark
Ed Hege
Stag Binish
Bill Raftery
Virginia
Stagg Named to Head Coaches Association
Chicago December 6 Amos Alonzo Stagg of the University of Chicago elected president of the Western conference football coaches association and reappointed as the conference representative on the national football rules committee Burt Ingwerson Iowa coach discussed with a faculty committee regarding Iowa’s standing in the Big Ten conference
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Amos Alonzo
University of Chicago
Burt Ingwerson
University of Iowa
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WEVER
Purdue Pest
Joe Alle
America
NEA All-America
Pickers
Gallant Marsters
Tap” Tappaan
William Braucher
NEA
Service
Low
Hawkeye
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hlindseich
Howard Jones
Nagursk
Scoute
Opinon
Middle West
Raymond Richards
Nebraska
Dana X. Bible
Richards
Hagan
Southwest Conference
Cullop
Report of Athletic Association
Fairmont West Side High
Sunny South
Panthers
Ere
Louis Weller
Haskell
Varsity
A. M. Hawkins
T. L. Scott
L. G. Chadwick
R. L. Gregory
Norfolk, Va
J. F. Moody
H. P. Williams
E. L. Laughorn
Roanoke, Va
W. B. Grow
A. P. Grow
Lynchburg
R. F. Dunn
Rocky Mount
C. R. Holtzclaw
Hampa Va
T. O. Palmer
Suffolk
Zs Smith
Petersburg
John Crass
Sherman
D. D. Wright
Princeton
F Willard
Johnson City
B. EK. Gravatt
Bowling Green
A. W. Marklins
Hyde Park
Mase
Capt
F. W. Urick
BE. R. Wil Hames
J. R. Draper
Roanoke
P. C. Wooters
C. L. Siegel
H. Nunnamaker
James
Danville
D. Carter
M. L. Lavinder
Salem
J. L. Lennon
Joliet
S. H. Meem
P. G. Travers
Alexandria
R. F. Penick
South Boston
T. G. Bilbo
Jackson
Miss
W. C. White
Scottsville
DeSaussure
Englewood
W. C. Kaylor
Appalachia
DP. Vance
Harrisonburg
C . Herman
Vinton, Va
Stagg
Head Coaches Association
Andrew Carnegie
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