Boynton Tops Eastern Scorers With 143 Points In 1920 Season
Benny Boynton of Williams College led Eastern college football in individual scoring with 143 points in eight games, the best in 1920. He also topped the region with 22 touchdowns and 132 points from touchdowns plus goals, with Knox of Army and Mayer of Cornell among the top competitors and La Salle and Egger among leading linemen.
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West Point
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Yale Eyes Navy Or Army To Play In New Haven Bowl
New Haven report suggests Yale may invite either the Navy or Army for a bowl game to boost attendance and debt relief. Tad Jones retains support as coach amid a injury plagued season. Dr. Al Sharpe is hoped to stay as athletic director despite coaching offers.
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Army
Navy
Annapolis
Princeton
Harvard
Tad Jones
Yale
al Sharpe
Cochran and Schaefer in National Cue Bout
Welker Cochran and Young Jake Schaefer plan to arrive in New York by Thursday to finish practice for the final round of the national balkline billiard championship to be staged by R. B. Benjamin at the Hotel Astor next Monday through Wednesday. A meeting will be held on arrival to discuss rules and details.
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New York
Welker Cochran
Jake Schaefer
R. B. Benjamin
Hotel Astor
Maine big game season closes with record deer receipts
In Bangor Maine the big game hunting season ended after sunset with 2595 deer 22 moose and 29 bears received at Bangor by 9 p m compared with 2147 deer 26 moose and 36 bears last year. Expect total deer receipts near 2800 as favorable conditions and fewer law violations noted.
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Bangor
Maine
Shoe Workers Refuse Wage Reductions in Dispute
The Lynn local of the Shoe Workers Protective Union states its members will not accept any wage cuts. They have no peace agreement with the Shoe Manufacturers Association, and the manufacturers had asked workers to approve a reduction matching the last bonus.
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Lynn
The
Shoe Workers’ Protective Union
Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
$10,000 More Added to Gift to Amherst
John E Oldham chairman of the Eastern Massachusetts district committee on the centennial gift to Amherst announced that additional contributions of $10,000 have been received, bringing the total to more than $60,000. Amherst alumni across the district canvass former students to secure the district's $425,000 share toward the $3,000,000 raised by the sons of Amherst.
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Jo@hn E. Oldham
Eastern Massachusetts
Amherst
Sons of Amherst
Woman Dies While Calling for Fire at Neighbor’s Home
Mrs. Clara Newcomb of 99 Monument Street West Medford collapsed and died of heart disease while hurrying to phone her son about a fire in her home. The blaze caused by an overheated furnace damaged property worth 500 dollars.
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Clara Newcomb
Monument Street
West Medford
Crowe Taken to Psychopathic Hospital for Observation
Charles B. Crowe, accused of stealing a trolley car in Newton on Monday, was taken to the Psychopathic Hospital in Brookline yesterday for observation. Officials doubt he will be prosecuted by Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Company authorities.
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Charles B. Crowe
Newton
Brookline
Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Company
Triangular Panels Trend Comes Into Fashion
The new fashion wave features triangular shaped panels as a fresh design element. Designers showcase sharp angles in dresses, jackets, and accessories, signaling a playful shift toward geometric silhouettes and bold lines.
Golf War Threat to Control Sport
Western Golf Association proposes a new constitution to form the American Golf Association and govern national rules. The plan expands membership eastward, creates a nine‑director board, a five‑member rules committee, and rotates championship courses to avoid dominance by any single club.
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American Golf Association
United States
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Francis Ouimet
Wilbur H. Brooks
Mayfield Club
Cleveland
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Calumet Club
R. W. Newton
Glen View Club
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Blue Mound Club
Milwaukee
All America picks and boxing notes flavor sports page
The column notes top All America choices from Urban to Gipp and Parker who roams from New York to California. It also covers Butler versus Butler and Dundee versus Jackson draw, BC and Holy Cross title bout prospects, Big Tim Callahan heading to Oxford, Jake Driscoll’s Newark indoor debut, and Strangler Lewis news.
Mitchell signs to manage Boston Nationals in 191%
Frank Gaffney reports Fred F. Mitchell known as Right Eye signs a contract to manage the Boston Nationals after a brief conference with Braves proxy George W. Grant. Mitchell formerly managed the Chicago Cubs and played key roles in the 191% World Series where the Braves swept the Athletics.
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Fred F. Mitchell
George Stallings
Braves
Athletics
Chicago Cubs
Boston Nationals
George W. Grant
Mitch Mitchell Named Braves Manager for 1921 Season
Grant and Mitchell signed a contract making Fred Mitchell the Braves manager for 1921. Mitchell has returned to Boston after stints with Harvard and the Cubs, bringing leadership experience as a prior president-manager. He will begin work at Braves Field and attend the senior league meeting in New York next week.
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Nationals
Stallings
Grant
Mitchell
Braves
Fred Mitchell
Boston
Tweedie
Tribe
Harvard
National League Baseball
Cubs
Chicago Nationals
Fred
Stow
New York
Stecher Lewis to Clash for World Heavyweight in New York
Joe Stecher and Lew Lewis set to meet for the world heavyweight championship in New York on December 13 at the Test Regiment Armory. Their Boston showing gave Stecher the edge, while Lewis must boost conditioning to challenge the scissors champ.
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Joe Stecher
Waldeck Zbyszko
Stecher
Lewis
New York
Test Regiment Armory
Boston
Navy Team Faces Strong Future After 1930 Season
Annapolis reports Navy football ends with a loss but shows promise with three key graduates Captain Ewen right end and guards Moore and Wilkie. Coach predicts next year's squad could be among the strongest ever fielded by the academy.
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Annapolis
Navy
Ewen
Moore
Wilkie
Academy
Indicted White Sox Players Hopeful for Return to Uniform
Chicago reports Pennant winning members of the Chicago White Sox, under indictment for alleged World Series game throwing with Cincinnati, still hope to be back in uniform before the fag end of the coming season.
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Chicago
United Press
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati
Baseball Scandal Trials Move Fast Under Crowe Plan
Buck Weaver and seven others named in true bills face swift action as Cook County officials push trials for the 1920s Black Sox case. Judge Crowe will direct arraignments after taking office, with Landis to be consulted on future gambling crackdown and the new National agreement draft.
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Buck Weaver
Cook County
Weaver
Chick Gandil
Oscar Felsch
Charles A. Comiskey
Criminal Court
Robert E. Crowe
Sox
Crowe
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Landis
Ban B. Johnson
Johnson
New York
Record skunk haul tops previous limits in Scotland
John Trude and Fred Dupris gathered 32 skunks from a single den near Woodchuck Hill, the largest haul on record. The catch came from an old buttonball tree, with skunks of all sizes. At last season’s prices the haul would have netted about $224.
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Scotland
Conn
John Trude
Fred Dupris
Woodchuck Hill
Missing East Boston Girl Annie Frantica
Annie Frantica an 11 year old East Boston girl has been missing since Monday morning after leaving a Tremont Street store where she worked. Her father and Lynn police traced a special delivery letter received Monday night claiming she planned to marry and an envelope bore a Lynn factory address.
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East Boston
Annie Frantica
Cottage Street
Lynn
Trémont Street
Seizure of Liquor and Labels at Somerville Avenue
Prohibition agents seized twenty gallons of alcohol and eighteen gallons of moonshine whiskey along with a large quantity of Bottled in Bond labels yesterday afternoon at 583 Somerville Avenue Somerville. Local authorities reported the operation disrupted illicit liquor labeling practices in the area.
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Prohibition
Somerville Avenue
Somerville
Shevlin Defeats Ousts Brockton Opponent by Knockout
In a Mechanics' Building boxing bout Eddie Shevlin of Roxbury stopped Mickey Donovan of Brockton by knockout in the fourth round. Don ovan’s seconds threw in the towel signaling the defeat.
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Mickey Donovan
Brockton
Eddie Shevlin
Roxbury
Mechanics’ Building
Mickey
Marietta Praises Boston College as Nation’s Best Team
Marietta Ohio residents believe Boston College boasts the strongest football program in America after a visit and a report from J S Kellison Buckeye athletic director. He relays Marietta’s praise for BC and asks about next season’s schedule date.
Maupome extends win streak in national billiards prelims
Pierre Maupome continued his steady play in the preliminaries for the national three cushion billiard championship today. He defeated Augie Kieckhefer of Chicago 50 to 42 in 65 innings, each man making a high run of four. The defeat left Kieckhefer in fifth place.
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Pierre Maupome
Augie Kieckhefer
Kieckhefer
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