Boxers spark rumors and match chatter from Boston to California
Gossip notes Mike Sullivan vs Jimmy Gardner slated for San Francisco. Philadelphia fights star O'Brien vs Murphy. Bowker and Attell talk swirls. Promoters eye big clubs, Corbett in California, Barrish urged, and Nelson’s inactivity noted.
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Dorchester High Tackle Beal Breaks Collar Bone in Game
Bradford Beal, the Dorchester High tackle, broke his collar bone five minutes after being taken out in the Dorchester Somerville game. Beal’s injury adds to a season marked by frequent injuries in the Dorchester team with only Jackson remaining healthy throughout.
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Dorchester High School
Dorchester-Somerville
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Beal
Dorchester High
Jackson
Boston University and Taunton High Play 6 6 Tie
Taunton, Nov. 20. Boston University and Taunton High School played to a 6 6 tie this afternoon. The standout was Goole for Boston University. Darkness halted the game with BU near Taunton's five yard line.
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Boston University
Goole
TWayden A C Beats Kiley A C 17 to 0 at Monroe Park
The TWayden A C defeated the Kiley A C by a 17 to 0 score on the Monroe Park gridiron yesterday afternoon. A notable play featured Jones' tackle of Nawa as twenty-minute halves were played.
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Monroe Park
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Dr. Liverpool Offers Free Cure Chance For Disease
The notice describes cancer stages with painful detail and lists many cured conditions including deafness asthma kidney diseases and scrofula. It urges readers to seek treatment from Dr. Liverpool free of charge with operating hours listed and guarantees hope even if others have given up.
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Bright
Liverpool
Yale Triumphs Over Princeton Settling Quarterback Question
Yale's Tad Jones, out with an ankle injury, missed the Princeton game. Hutchinson electrified the Yale coaches with fast plays and sparkling rushes, emerging as a star and likely securing the quarterback role next year.
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Exeter
Yale
President Roosevelt presses for clean college football
Philadelphia dispatch reports President Theodore Roosevelt urged permanent abolition of brutality and foul play in American football. He favored stronger official powers and harsher penalties and called for college presidents to enforce rules, remove non bona fide players, and establish a gentleman's agreement among top colleges to play cleanly.
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Roosevelt
J. William White
University of Pennsylvania
University Committee On Athletics
Washington
White
White House
Tie
Dr. White
World heavyweight title talk and code changes in sports
Myron W Townsend surveys claims to the world heavyweight crown from Corbett to Jeffries, notes A A U rule changes threaten amateur status, cites Yale Harvard football clash, discusses Nelson Britt timing and blacklisting in baseball. It captures era debates over legitimacy, rules, and discipline across boxing football and baseball.
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Graney
Nelson
Britt
Chelsea rivals bury hatchet in six day race team up
James Moran and Hugh MacLean, famed Chelsea bicycle riders, have reconciled after two years of rivalry and will compete together in the international six day race in New York. They train near Pranker's Pond, Saugus, aiming for first prize as KEFF Root and Oliver Dorson reportedly split to pair with John Bedell. Foreign entrants grow, with Tommy Small and likely Leon Meredith or Benyon joining from England, and Poulain set to challenge Frank L. Kramer.
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John Bedell
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Roosevelt Jr. sits out Harvard class versus sophomores
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. sat out the Harvard class contest after helping the freshman team earlier. The freshmen and sophomores produced a dramatic clash with a late melee as Captain Taylor of the sophomores hauled in a long touchdown run. Both sides claimed the win.
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New Haven
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Harvard
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Stars Back in Harvard Line
Harvard football shows a surge as Carr Montgomery Nesmith return from injuries to practice on Soldiers Field. Harrison may start over Carr at right back, while Montgomery may swap to right tackle. Guild Nichols also return. Nate Hall played end at quarterback in signal drills with no scrimmage.
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Newhall
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Lincoln
Wendell Harrison
First Football Fatality Recorded in New Orleans
The city records its first football fatality as G. C. Fiecken fullback of the Southern Athletic Club junior team dies from an on field injury suffered in yesterday's game.
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G. C. Fiecken
Southern Athletic Club
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