Eligibility Rule Change Opens High School Football Season
A new eligibility clause allows players moving from another city or school to compete if their prior record was good. Dorchester High and Roxbury expect eligible players this season, while KelilYer and Peirson of English High may join early. Dorchester faces Roxbury at Dunbar avenue grounds as practice intensifies and teams begin league play with uneven form across districts.
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English High
Dorchester High
Florida
Brockton
Dorchester
Roxbury
Dunbar Avenue
Newton
Volkmann
Hyde Park
South Boston High
Ion
Brookline
Hillier
Andrews
Rooney
Toole
Harlow
South Boston
Carey
Leaman
Yale Faces Shortage of Heavy Men for Yale Eleven
Yale captain Morse and coach Rockwell voiced disappointment at the small squad and lack of heavy players. Candidates for center positions were few, with Harvard reportedly enrolling nearly 100 freshmen. Yale plans limited practice, boosting punting with Owsley Hoyt and Butterworth coaching.
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Conn
Morse
Rockwell
Yale
Harvard
Yale Daily News
Jack Owsley
Lydia Hoyt
Frank Butterworth
Owsley
Wesleyan
Tackle Forbes
Pennsylvania
Bill Reid
New York
George Goss
New Football Rules Bring Small Scores Across Ivy Games
The first real tests of the new football code showed limited scoring. Harvard defeated Williams 7 to 0 while Princeton routed Villa Nova 24 to 0 and Pennsylvania overwhelmed Lehigh 82 to 6. Colgate and Cornell played 0 to 0. Carlisle beat Albright 2 to 0 using forward passes for long gains.
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Yale
Harvard
Williams
Villa Nova
Tigers
Pennsylvania
Lehigh
West Point
Tufts
Colgate
Cornell
New York
Walter Camp
Reid
Bowdoin
Crimson
Princeton Tigers
Quakers
Carlisle Indians
Albright
Harvard Bowdoin
Philadelphia
New Haven
Harvard Names Fifteen on Training Table Diet
Fifteen Harvard players begin the training table diet of steak fruit and fowl under Reid's system. The list includes Apollonio Burr Foster Fraser Inches Kennard Macdonald Newhall Osborne Parker Starr Kersberg Wendell plus Manager Reynolds and Assistant Dutcher. Freshmen start practice tomorrow with a large squad likely to join the varsity later.
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Harvard
Reid
Apollonio
Burr
Foster
Fraser
Inches
Kennard
Macdonald
Newhall
Osborne
Parker
Starr
Kersberg
Wendell
Reynolds
Dutcher
Harvard and Bowdoin Meet at Soldiers Field Wednesday
Harvard faces Bowdoin at Soldiers Field following last year’s 16 0 Harvard win. The piece notes star punters Burr and Foster, praises Foster’s Saturday booting, and references other college football antics including Roper and Crosius. It mentions Vorhis’s 43 yard field goal for Penn State and Allegheny’s 24 0 defeat.
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Harvard
Bowdoin
Soldiers Field
Bill Reid
New York
Burr
Foster
Roper
Princeton
Crosius
Dartmouth
Villa Nova
Vorhis
Pennsylvania State College
Allegheny College
Autoists gossip on Vanderbilt cup era cars and 1907 lines
In Boston windows at Pope Manufacturing 223 Columbus showcase over 500 Vander bilt cup race photos by A. D. Peck. E. A. Gilmore leaves Thomas B. Jeffrey Co lauding his New York move. Clarence Gilmore to head New England branch. Arthur Hinchcliffe reports no Winton cars left and 1907 models due Oct 10. Linscott Motor notes three new 1907 models. National Motor to manufacture most engines after leasing Indiana Chain plant. Albert Clement, Vanderbilt cup driver, recalls second place in first Vanderbilt cup and third in the Grand Prix of France. C. S. Henshaw to announce 1907 line after Western trip. Ardmore Autocar shows 1907 line with winter Limousine cars. J. S. Hathaway of White Motor Car Co New England to attend Vanderbilt race with Mrs Hathaway and guests George A. Hibbard.
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Pope Manufacturing Company
Columbus Avenue
A. D. Peck
E. A. Gilmore
Thomas B. Jeffrey Company
New York
Clarence Gilmore
New England
Rambler
Boston
Arthur Hinchcliffe
Winton Motor Carriage Company
Linscott Motor Company
National Motor Vehicle Company
Indiana Chain Company
Electric Vehicle Company
Albert Clement
George Heath
Clement
France
C. 8. Henshaw
Autocar Company
Ardmore
Penn
J. 8. Hathaway
White Motor Car Company
Hathaway
George A. Hibbard
Hibbard
Morrison Opens New Auto Showroom in Boston Area
A. E. Morrison announces a new dealership at 92 94 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, to handle Stearns and Oldsmobile lines. He expects demonstrator cars from 190? models this week and has moved to a larger salesroom at the Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury Street corner. He emphasizes Olds models’ touring potential proven by Glidden tour performance.
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A. E. Morrison
New England
Massachusetts Avenue
Morrison
Stearns
Oldsmobile
Newbury Street
Tenneyites Outplay Reds Despite Thrifty Club Funds
A Saturday game showed Tenneyites defeating the Reds as cost-cutting by the club drew attention. The Reds, backed by Garry Herrmann, faced criticism for budget choices while Tenneyites capitalized on the situation to win.
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Tenneyites
Reds
Garry Herrmann
Wray to Stay with Harvard Crew Team
Despite rumors, Jim Wray will coach Harvard crews again and be in Cambridge on October 14. Captain Bacon confirmed his return, stating there was no truth to reports he would stay in Australia and that he simply went there for vacation. Bacon will begin fall practice with 26 men and assign top veterans to lead early work, naming a long list of rowers and coxswains slated for selection.
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Kennard
MacDonald
Osborne
Kersburg
Werdell
Foster
Lockwood
Crimson
Reid
Princeton
Tigers
New York
Bowdoin
Jim’ Wray
Harvard
Cambridge
Wray
Bacon
Australia
J. Richardson
G. G. Glass
C. Morgan
W. Fish
R. M. Tappan
England
Yale
W. Farley
H. V. Amberg
J. Richards
B. Swain
G. G. Bacon
C. Wiggin
G. G. Ball
S. D. Warren
C. D. Tilton
BE. R. Corbett
Fr. A. Reece
R. M. Faulkner
W. R. Severance
R. C. Mulligan
FP. M. Rackemann
R. G. Crandell
R. Ellis
J. W. Cutler
E. C. Cutler
E. F. Hanfstaegie
R. M. Blagden
Eh, Wise
R. V. Arnold
M. B. Whitney
Open Game Season Starts Across New England Realms
Open season begins for furred and feathered creatures across New York State lines into the Green Mountains and Berkshire hills with deer, quail and pheasant still protected. Hunters report strong sport as foxes, ducks, marsh birds and coot attract gunners from Boston and shore resorts. frost and foliage may delay runs while many prepare for weeks of hunting.
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New York State Line
Green Mountains
Berkshire Hills
Rye Beach
Buzzard’s Bay
English Brass Band Delights at Colonial Theatre Debut
The Black Dike Mills Band led by John Gladney performed at the Colonial Theatre with a brass ensemble program including Tannhauser overture Bohemian Girl and William Tell selections. Soloist C Jackson received a long ovation while Gladney earned praise for precise leadership. The performance impressed locals and urged a repeat appearance.
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Black Dike Mills
John Gladney
America
Colonial Theatre
Dodsworth
England
Europe
C. Jackson
Gladney
Arrest Nine for Gambling in Leominster
Early today a police team raided the Hillery block in Leominster and found nine locally known men gambling in a well furnished room. The nine residents were arrested for the poker game.
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Leominster
Hillery Block
Old Pigeon Toe Bucks Harvest in Uncle Eli’s Orchard
In North Lovell Maine on a September evening Uncle Eli spares a mighty buck feeding on his apples after reading deer hunting laws with his niece Malinda. The next dawn he contemplates the shot but cannot shoot. Ranse Perkins then shoots the deer in Eli’s orchard, and Eli refuses the reward.
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Lovell
Eli
Uncle Eli
Malinda
Melinda
P. L
Cate
Ranse Perkins
Enny
Ranse
Waal
Ola Pigeontoe
Ancele Eli
U Eli
Newton Newkirk
Brockton Fair Races Schedule With Record Entries
The Brockton Fair opens Tuesday with the largest entries ever for four days of racing. Tuesday features trotting and pacing events with purses of 500 dollars. Wednesday includes two-year-old trotting and pacing races plus a free-for-all pacing event with an 800 dollar purse. Thursday offers three-year-old trotting and multiple pacing and trotting races including another free-for-all trotting race. Friday presents pacing and trotting events with 500 dollar purses across several classes.
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Brockton Fair
Thief Uses Fish Hook to Loot Boston Grocery
A thief forced the lock of John Glynn's store at 60 B Street So Boston between 11 p m Saturday and 3 a m Sunday using a fishhook. The shop was ransacked and groceries enough to feed a big family were stolen, with a fish hook found in the lock by a Station 6 officer.
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Boston
John Glynn
B Street
Station 6
Upo
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