Big college football rest day ahead of key games
A Lucy column notes Harvard Dartmouth Yale and Princeton will rest before upcoming showdowns at Stadium and Yale Field. It discusses old traditions of rest days, training methods, and hopes for hard, fair football plus Olympic tryouts at Stadium and the tight Yale Dartmouth Yale matchups.
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Harvard
Dartmouth
Yale
Princeton
Yale Field
Tigers
Carlisle
Army
Letters in office discuss Harvard Carlisle and Yale 1909 queries
The note lists letters about the Harvard Carlisle game with 18 to 11 cited as the near score and queries Yale’s 1909 football captain. It also reports Princeton Dartmouth guesses and a 165 to 3 near score claim, plus boxing instructors in Boston and a 13 round decision at the Armory Club featuring East Boston boxers.
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Joe” Finneran
Mark Spencer
Harvard
Carlisle
Yale
Dartmouth
Princeton
M. S
Fistio
Frank Klaus
Buck” Crease
Boston
Joe Cummings
B.A. A
Steve O'Donnell
Larry Conley
Andy Watson
Jimmy Walsh
Armory Club
Tremont Street
Young Saylor
Pat Moore
Bat Nelson
City Wrestling Season Opens Thanksgiving Night
The wrestling season will begin Thanksgiving night at Mechanics’ Building with top stars, led by George W. Tuohey who returns from the West to organize the opening card. He is coordinating matches and plans to announce the full lineup in a few days, aiming to bring major foreign wrestlers to the city during the winter.
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George W. Tuohey
West
Tuohey
Olympic Trials Sites Named for Stockholm Selections
Marshall Field at the University of Chicago athletic grounds will be one of three trial sites for American entrants to the Stockholm games. The others are Harvard Stadium in Cambridge and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, per an unofficial announcement.
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Chicago
Marshall
University of Chicago
Olympic Committee
Stockholm
Harvard Stadium
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Long shots win three races at Jamestown meet
In Jamestown Virginia on November 16 long shots dominated the program with Henotic prevailing at 12 to 1 in the first race Scarlet Pimpernel taking the third at 10 to 1 and Kormack winning the fourth at 10 to 1. A large crowd observed fast dirt track conditions and strong betting in six events.
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Jamestown
Long Shots
Henotic
Scarlet Pimpernel
Kormack
Local Distance Runners Enter Seven Mile BA A Race
A field of 31 entries will compete in the seven mile road race held by the BA A tomorrow afternoon on part of the Marathon course. Notable entrants include Jimmy Henigan Tom Lille Festus Madden Ala Upham and Robert DeMar from Dorchester plus R F Piggott George Sullivan George Kimball Frank Bruce John Cook Joseph Lorden and Henry L McCormack from New York Irish American AC. The race aims to reveal new talent though many familiar performers are expected to contend for places.
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North Dorchester
A. A
Jimmy ‘Henigan
Tom Lille
Festus Madden
A la Upham
Robert Dem
Cavero Takes Second in Prix Voiller Hurdle at Auteuil
Cavero owned by Frank J. Gould finished second in the Prix Voiller hurdle race at Auteuil. The event covered 134 miles and offered a purse of $000.
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Paris
Cambridge Citizens to Honor Rindge Eleven
Cambridge citizens plan a reception and banquet Tuesday evening at the Boston City Club for the Rindge Manual Training School football team. Mayor J Edward Barry will outline plans to complete the new athletic field. A committee of former Rindge graduates arranges the event. all citizens and alumni are invited. those attending should notify Headmaster John Wood.
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Rindge Manual Training School
Boston
Cambridge
J. Edward Barry
Rindge
John Wood
Rindge School
Suburban League race and Saturday high school grid games
Swampscott High hosts a Saturday clash while Snow of Dartmouth, a former Winthrop product, shines in football, basketball and swimming. Local schools eye post season showdowns as Somerville and Waltham discuss playoff terms and a Suburban League title remains unsettled.
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Snow
Dartmouth
Winthrop High School
Hanover
Somerville
Waltham High
Burke
Waltham
Blodgett
Somerville High
Everett High
Cornell Heads to Chicago for Big Matchup
Ithaca N Y November 16 The Cornell team received a rousing sendoff as they left for Chicago to meet Chicago University on Saturday. Hundreds of students with the Cadet band marched to the station and two full teams were taken. The lineup includes Eyrich Whyte Munn Champion Fritz Butler OCon nor Whyte Underhill and Underhill.
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Ithaca
Cornell
Chicago
Chicago University
Ling
Ne Eyrich
Capt. Munk
O’rourke
J. S. Whyte
Munn
Champaigne
Fritz
Jones N Hs Captain Durham New Hampshire College
Philip C. Jones of Milton was today elected captain of the New Hampshire College football team for next season in Durham New Hampshire.
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Durham
N. H
Philip C. Jones
Milton
New Hampshire
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