Princeton Critics Call Out Football Commercialism In 1914 Revival
Princeton alumni and the Daily Princetonian condemn growing professionalization in college football led by Harvard. The piece cites Harvard gate receipts of 800000 for nine games, the sport’s overorganization, and calls for preserving amateur ideals amid stadium expansion and one man coaching debates.
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Princeton
N. J
Harvard
Yale
America
Crimson
Percy D. Haughton
New York
Princetonian
Spaeth
J. Duncan Spaeth
Tiger
Donald G. Herring
Miger
Tigers
Herring
Palmer Memorial Stadium
Sixty Five Candidates Try Out for Arena Ice Team
Sixty five hopefuls, including Patsey Seguin Jack Fritz and Mickey Roach, gather at Boston Arena at 7 30 pm for initial tryouts as Arena A C plans season. Managers announce schedules and assign timers with Dr E T Murphy as rink physician while dressing rooms are renovated.
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Arena A. C
Boston Arena
Patsey Seguin
Jack Fritz
Mickey Roach
Ralph Whitten
Gaudette
Norman Smal
George W. Brown
Unicorn
Lougee
E. T. Murphy
McGill University of Montreal
Bernard J. Woods
Prides Crossing
Back Bay
Owen Kelley
George V. Brown
H. von Schuckmann
Harvard
Tufts 18 Freshmen Beat Sophomores In Long Rush
Tufts freshmen defeated the sophomores yesterday afternoon in a long rush by 18 to 1. The entering classmen showed superior generalship to secure a decisive score on the hill. The contest featured five squads per side and an ice hindrance on the east half.
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Tufts
Meat blamed for appendicitis among Harvard athletes
Harvard alumni bulletin quotes Richard C. Newton of New Jersey State Board of Health linking overabundant meat on Cambridge training table to recent appendicitis cases among Harvard football captain Charles B. Brickley and freshman captain Tom Enwright. Newton, a Harvard grad, says Americans’ fondness for meat increases appendicitis risk.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Richard C. Newton
New Jersey State Board of Health
Charles B. Brickley
Tom Enwright
New Jersey Authority
Harvard Alumni Bulletin
Jack Coombs Granted Unconditional Release
Philadelphia December 9 Jack Coombs the Philadelphia Americans league pitcher was given an unconditional release by the Athletic club. Coombs hurt during a world series game against the Giants in 1911 has shown little mound work since. Mack recently asked waivers on Coombs Plank and Bender with Bender signing a Federal league contract.
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Philadelphia
Jack Coombs
Athletic Club Today
Coombs
New York Giants
Mack
Plank
Bender
Medford Names Christensen Football Captain for 1915
Eric Christiensen, tackle and halfback on the 1914 Medford High School eleven, was elected to lead Medford’s 1915 squad at a meeting of the school’s football “M” men. He began the year as a lineman and shifted to backfield due to a lack of strong backs.
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Eric Christiensen
Medford High School
Medford
Wanamaker Brothers Clash Alumni Christmas Game
Captain Elmer Wanamaker joins Melrose High School forward Clarence Wanamaker for an alumni team at the Arena on Christmas Day. Earl Wanamaker leads the current Melrose squad in a 9 to 10 o clock charity novelty game.
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Wanamaker
Melrose High School
Elmer
Clarence Wanamaker
Earl Wanamaker
Dramatic Trial Witness Recounts Mildred Sullivan Case
Kate Michaud testifies in court detailing how Mildred Sullivan was operated on by Dr. Dudley and Alice Pelletier, the alleged murderers burying the body and plotting to kill themselves. The narrative describes the operation, disposal of evidence, and the death under grim circumstances with court watchers present.
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Kate Michaud
Mildred Sullivan
Alice Pelletier
Dr. Dudley
Mildred
Miss Michaud
Michaud
Presque Isle
Clark
Dudley
Southard House
Southard
Dr. Graves
Haley
Mapleton
Smith
Alice
Fort Fairfield
Wood Road
Pelletier
Miss Micha
Ambrose Bridge
Pelletier House
Boston
Houston
Bridge
Ruth Devenne
Price
Devenney House
Deverney
Warren Avenue
Appleton Street
George Sullivan
L. BE
Sullivan
William F. Willard
Julia Butler
William J. Irwin
East Dedham Street
Irwin
Scollay Square
Crawford House
Dud
Archibald
Lawlis
Whittier
Bowdoin College
Harry L. Putnam
Duffy the Sole Candidate for BC Captaincy Today
The 1915 Boston College football team captain election is held today at the athletic headquarters. Jimmy Duffy, the current left halfback, is the only candidate and is expected to win.
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Boston College
Jimmy Duffy
English High School Hockey Candidates Report for Practice
The English High School hockey team candidates practiced yesterday afternoon in the school yard. The session included setting up exercise running and shooting the puck. Veterans J A Daley Harold Gately Joe MKenzie Bob Storey Percy Quincy and Ward appeared.
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J. A. Daley
Harold Gately
Joe M’kenzie
Bob Storey
Percy Quincy
Ward
Mexican artillery threat prompts potential US return fire
Washington reports that if Mexican forces opposite Naco Arizona do not cease firing into American territory the three batteries of field artillery sent to the international line by President Wilson and Secretary Garrison will be ordered to return the fire.
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Washington
Naco
Ariz
International Line
Wilson
Garrison
US government warns crossings by Mexican forces risk of war
President Wilson briefed his Cabinet on a sharp warning to General Maytorena and General Villa through American consular channels. The White House says no act of aggression is planned, but firing from Mexican soil could be deemed defensive, while crossing the border would be an act of aggression. Brigadier General Hugh Scott previously issued a similar warning from El Paso, Texas.
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United States
Wilson
Tasker H. Bliss
Naco
Maytorena
Villa
Carranza
General Villa
White House
Hugh Scott
el Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
Verett High School Faculty Manager Returns to Duties
El Marks of Verett High School's football team had been confined at home with a heavy cold. He will resume his duties today.
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el, Marks
Theverett High
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