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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1914
Page
11
A small chart highlights college football teams Tufts Pennsy Cornell and Syracuse with figures illustrating their standings. The snippet notes positions and implied performance, indicating a broad snapshot of midseason results across several programs.
Exeter, led by Tad Jones, thrashed Andover, marking the first Exeter win over Andover in ten years on Andover’s field. The game drew a large Boston-area crowd and showcased one of the finest prep school teams, signaling a strong finish to the season with top teams like Everett High, Newton High, and Cambridge Latin vying for league titles.
Harvard and Yale football players may wear numbers on jerseys when they meet in the Yale Bowl next Saturday. Spectator identification has been praised in many games this season and both schools consider numerals likely for the final game.
Coach Haughton of Harvard praised the numbering scheme after Harvard Princeton and Yale Princeton games showed the value of numerals visible to large crowds. Dartmouth started the trend and Yale and Harvard may implement next season with 22 players numbered to improve identification at the Yale Bowl and other venues.
Roslindale A A defeated Fort Strong 20 to 6 yesterday afternoon at Fort Strong. Schiano Fowler and Shaw starred for Roslindale with Andrews and Viollette bright for Fort Strong. Touchdowns by Schiano Fowler Shaw and Andrews and two goals from touchdowns by Fowler highlighted the game played in ten minute periods.
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Yale led Princeton 19 to 0 after three periods, matching a stronger offence and solid defense similar to Harvard. The Tigers lagged behind Yale than Harvard in performance, not showing their earlier ferocity.
Yale defeats Princeton 19 to 14 in a game decided by first half dominance and sharp end runs. Substitutes for Yale staggered the lineup late but Yale’s ends Brann and Stillman, backs Legore and Ainsworth, and quarterback Wilson led a potent lateral pass attack. Princeton’s early momentum faded as Yale regained control with strong line play and strategic passing.
Tom Enwright, Harvard freshman captain, was taken from Stillman Infirmary after a head injury sustained in the Yale game. He left for Fall River with his father and will miss Cambridge studies for a week or more while recovering from a mild concussion. Robinson remains at Stillman with a fractured collarbone from the same match.
Walter McCredie of Portland says he lost $6000 trying to run a North western League club in Portland this season and that even the pennant winning Beavers in the Coast league show a loss.
Cornell is favored to win the intercollegiate cross country championship at Yale with 13 teams including Harvard Yale Cornell Princeton Brown Colby NYU Columbia Dartmouth MIT Penn State University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse. The Ithaca runners led by Windnagle Hoffmire Potter and Spelden are expected to finish in the first fifteen to secure the title with Harvard Yale and Penn State challenging for runner up.
Brown and Harvard battled to a scoreless tie as Brown’s young quarterback Murphy showed spark in a game where Harvard used mostly a sub squad. Old Brown names like Sprackling and Gammons drew cheers as Coach Robinson praised effort and predicted a tough season ahead for Yale and Harvard tests.
The records show Mandot defeated Saylor by knockout in a 15 round bout in New Orleans October 1911 and fought Saylor to a 10 round no decision in Indianapolis April 24 1912. Langford and Ferguson had several Boston bouts with Ferguson not earning a decision over Langford. a 12 round draw occurred a year earlier with Ferguson. The era’s consensus favored Mandot not making a bad decision in certain settings.
The matchmaker of the Unity Cycle Club of Lawrence announced Joe Eagan of Boston will box Wild Bill Fleming of Lewiston Maine on Thursday evening in Lawrence.
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