Chicago Boy Will Lead Elis Next Year McBreen Is Ready to Pay Big Money
Chicago businessman Hugh McBreen vows to bid high to keep the Boston National League franchise in local hands. He rejects paying the Russell holdings’ $190000 assessed value and cites the Walton Street park real estate as a major obstacle to any sale.
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Elis
McBreen
Boston
Johnny Kling
Boston National League Club
Hugh McBreen
Boston Americans
William Hepburn Russell
Russell
William Beverly Winslow
Walpole Street Park
Walter Camp All-America picks surprise and debate
Walter Camp names his All-America team with surprise inclusions like Thorpe at halfback and Bomeister at end drawing local talk. The piece notes Baldwin and Hedlund rumors, Camp Jr.'s spot on the second eleven, and reflects on ongoing shifts in indoor season prep and cross country strength at Ithaca under Moakley.
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Yale Sage
Bomeister
Thorpe
Bud” Smith
Harvard
Indians
Warner
Place Camp, Jr
Howard Valentine
New York
Crimson
Cornell
Moakley
Ithaca
Val
Lawson backs dog with $500 prize challenge
Arnold Lawson, son of Thomas W. Lawson, has bred Noswel Nabob, a French bulldog he vows to beat any French bulldog in the world. He offers $300 to any dog superior to Noswel Nabob, while Purdy Brothers back their champion Nellicote Gamin with a $250 guarantee. Both dogs to be shown at Horticultural Hall December 12 13.
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Arnold Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Purdy Brothers
Nellicote Gamin
Cambridge-Ketchel beats Sullivan in Colma 1908
Report notes Ketchel's 20 round knockout decision over Jack Sullivan at Colma California on May 98 1908. Also mentions Baldwin never KOed per manager F S Alex McLean and a claim it is not shown in records.
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Cambridge
Stanley Ketchel
Jack
Twin) Sullivan
Colma
Cal
F. S
Alex McLean
Matty Baldwin
Baldwin
Madison Square Garden
Warren Street
New York City
Oak Park High
St. John’s Academy
Oak Park
A. C
Green Street
Bowdoin Square
Waverley
New England
Tom Riley
Prospecteet
Cambridgeport
Cathedral Y M C A 1st Defeats St Marys C A North End
In the opening Greater Boston Basket Ball league game at B C Gym the Cathedral Y M C A 1st defeated St Marys C A North End 36 to 18.
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Greater Boston
B. C. Gym
Cathedral Y. M. C. A
St. Mary’s C. A
North End
Minnesota to play Dartmouth next year if possible
The University of Minnesota will meet Dartmouth on the football field next year if a game can be arranged and if not will try for a contest with Cornell. The decision was made by the University Athletic Board of Control. Dr. H L Williams was reelected coach for three years at 3500 dollars annually.
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Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
Dartmouth
Cornell
University Athletic Board of Control
H. L. Williams
Goodyear to Erect Largest Akron Office Building Five Stories
Goodyear Tire and Rubber plans a five story Akron office building described as the largest in the city. Groundbreaking followed a Saturday night decision, with steam shovels starting foundation work on Monday. The article also notes management moves at Metzger Motor Car Company and Hupp Corporation, and reports polo player Albert C. Bostwick’s death at 33 in New York.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Goodyear
R. C. Hupp
Hupp Corporation
Detroit
Mich
F. R. Bump
R. T. Wingo
Bump
H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company
Universal Motor Truck Company
Wingo
Cadillac Motor Car Company
Tufts Juniors Win Terclass Meet by One Point
The 1918 Tufts College class won the interclass meet by a single point over the seniors. Freshmen trailed while sophomores failed to balance the team. P. M. Proctor, winner of high jump and potato race, led with 10 points, narrowly ahead of F. S. Cosgrove who had 9 points and equalled the college record in the 20 yard low hurdles.
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TUFTS
Tufts College
P. M. Proctor
Cosgrove
Yale appoints Jesse Spalding captain of football eleven
Jesse Spalding was unanimously elected Yale football captain for next season at a trophy room ceremony. Twenty two players who played Harvard and Princeton games voted, with several ballots cast for Douglass Romeister. Spalding, a Hill School alumnus and Chicago native, is a junior in the academic department and a Delta Kappa Epsilon member.
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New Haven
Jesse Spalding
Yale
Douglass Romeister
Harvard
Princeton
University Gymnasium
Pete Francis
Troy
Arthur Howe
Spalding
Hill School
Pottstown
Penn
Chicago
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Bishop Spalding
Banquet at Heublein's After Election
A banquet at Heublein's followed the election. Captain-elect Spalding said he would not announce his plans till a later time.
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Heublein
Rodes Named Captain of Naval Academy Football Team
Midshipman Peter Powell Rodes of Kentucky was elected captain of the Naval Academy football team for next year. Rodes, a fullback, has filled the position satisfactorily for two seasons at Annapolis Maryland.
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Annapolis
Peter Powell Rodes
Kentucky
Naval Academy
Rodes
Hedlund 10 Joins Unicorn Track Team
Oscar Hedlund, New England champion miler and top district distance runner, will join the Unicorn B A A track team to strengthen middle distance events. He has not formally left Brookline Gym A A, though the move is effectively decided.
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Oscar Hedlund
New England
Hedlund
Brookline Gym
A. A
Hedlund Nears Break With Back Bay Club
Brookline sprinter Hedlund likely cannot run for Back Bay until a year of membership unless an exception is granted. He is close to finishing as a top distance runner and has held his own against elite sprinters in New York. In races with Jack Monument he beat him once and challenged Abel Kiviat in a series of races, though Kiviat usually prevailed. Hedlund later defeated Kiviat in Somerville, his first win over the New Yorker.
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Hedlund
Back Bay
Brookline
New York
Jack Monument
Abel Kiviat
Kiviat
Mhedlund
Somerville
Dillon defeats Klaus in six round thriller
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis outpointed Frank Klaus of East Pittsburg in six rounds at the American Athletic Club Pittsburg. Dillon outboxed Klaus in every round except the first and possibly the fourth as Klaus fought at close range with body punches.
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Pittsburg
Jack Dillon
Indianapolis
Frank Klaus
East Pittsburg
American Athletic Club
Hoosier
Klaus
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