Price tag raises ethics questions in college football
Boston Post Sporting Editor Howard G. Reynolds reports on Dallas businessmen backing a $35,000 offer plus a possible $45,000 bonus for a five year contract at a small Dallas University. The piece argues business interests corrupt college sport and details past incidents including Centre College. The article highlights Uncle Charlie Moran defending scholastic rules over winning.
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Bo McMillan
Dallas
Tex
Dallas University
Hans Wagner Seeks NYU Baseball Coaching Post
Hans Wagner, former Pirates star shortstop, writes NYU athletic authorities to inquiry about a baseball coaching position. They remain undecided but may consider creating a spot for him.
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Hans Wagner
New York
United News
Pirates
New York University
Horsch Capt. of Haverhill Named Captain-Elect
Arnold T. Horsch youngest son of Mr and Mrs John Horsch was unanimously elected captain of the 1922 Haverhill High eleven. He has been quarterback for three seasons and is the school only three letter athlete in major sports. He also plays shortstop in baseball and forward in basketball and captained the basketball team for two seasons.
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Haverhill
Arnold T. Horsch
John €. Horsch
Horsch
Ray L. Horsch
Haverhill Record
Many a Ball Player Well May Say They Let Him Off at Buffalo
A 1921 sports column by Neal O’Hara surveys football and baseball ideas for 1922. It jokes about college coaches changing, Baseball's Landis rules, and the uncertain fate of players securing All-American honors.
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Buffalo
Bantams Set for Yale Showdown in Faneuil Hall
Yale opens its hockey season in New Haven with the St Nick seven as opponents led by Jack Bierworth and Jarvis Holmes. Yale's lineup features Charley O Tearn a versatile undergrad and Bell at goal with Griscom O Hearn and Shiras as wings and Ried on defense.
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Conn
Yale
Yale Hockey Association
St. Nicholas Seven
Eli
Jack Bierworth
Jarvis Holmes
Harvard
Eddie Hill
Cornell
Bierworth
H. C. Henriquez
St. Paul's School
Dramatic Association
Dramatic Club
Bell
Griscom
O'Hearn
Ried
Shiras
St. Nicholas
California Teams Will Come East
California track team plans to compete in the intercollegiate event in the East and the crew is scheduled for a debut in eastern waters. Rumors say eastern football powers should act now to sign contracts for a future game with California squads.
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California
Chinese Boy Is Soccer Team Captain
At Phillips Academy Andover the soccer squad elected Kuo Fong Tsai of Tientsin China captain by acclamation after a year as captain but unable to play due to an operation. Coach George Temple led a first practice on the new rink near the oval. Letters have been awarded in football and soccer.
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George Temple
Phillips Academy
Oval
Kuo Fong Tsai
Tientsin
China
Dallas Univarcity grid coach set for record contract
Bo McMillin will accept a five year $7000 per year deal from the University of Dallas athletic council to coach the Dallas football team. The contract is said to be among the costliest ever offered a football star upon leaving college.
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Centre College Eleven
Dallas Report
Bo McMillin
Athletic Council
University of Dallas
Dallas
Babe Ruth backs Pere Marquette in must win hockey match
Babe Ruth telegrams from Washington declare big support for Pere Marquette Council K C hockey team. The squad meets Westminster tonight at the Boston Arena in an elimination game with fierce Canadian opposition led by Ag Smith.
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Pere Marquette Council
K. C
Washington
Mike King
Wellington Cross
Pere Marquette
Mills
Westminsters
Capt. Smith
Norman Shay
Herb Reume
Venus
Frankie Downing
Knights
Trinity to Revive Ice Hockey at Hartford College
Trinity College in Hartford plans to restart ice hockey after about a decade with an informal series this season. A rink is being built on the Athletic field by volunteer students, and success could lead to hockey becoming a sanctioned minor sport by Trinity's athletic association.
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Hartford
Conn
Trinity College
Athletic Association of Trinity
Lawrence High Names Mark H Devlin Coach
Lawrence Dec 9 Mark H Devlin Jr of this city was elected by the local committee to coach the Lawrence High School athletic teams replacing Frank J Herlihy who resigned Devlin will also serve on the school faculty as principal James D Horne favored a faculty coach
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Mark H. Devlin, Jr
Frank J. Herlihy
Devlin
James D. Horne
Boxing and wrestling take center stage in sports talk
The column surveys Tyson Rickard boxing prospects at Madison Square Garden and plans by college coaches and athletes like Greasy Neale Dave Caldwell and Glen Killinger. It notes Walter Camp All America selections and reflects on Knute Rockne at Notre Dame as well as Giants and Reds history.
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Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden
Rickard
Andover Swimmers Get In Shape For 1925 Season
Andover records show Al Sayles of New York earning four letters across football baseball hockey and basketball. The swimming squad, cut to divers sprints and distance groups, opens January 28 at the local pool against Huntington school with a season schedule including Dartmouth freshmen Yale 1925 MIT 1925 Springfield 1925 Brookline High Exeter and more.
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Epler
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Seward
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Foxwell
Grover
Hannum
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Dartmouth
Yale
New Haven
Springfield
Brookline High
Exeter
Sailors Fried man and Tendler set for Madison Square Garden bout
New York on December 16 features a fifteen round boxing match between Sailor Fried man and Lew Tendler at Madison Square Garden with both fighters prepared for a long scheduled night.
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New York
Sailor Friedman
Lew Tendler
Madison Square Garden
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