Morse Back in Yale Practice After Country Day Off
Yale football notes say Captain Sammy Morse returned after a country day off and played first half in practice. The squad showcased a strong forward pass game with four scores in 15 minutes on the first half, including a Veeder to Alcott 25 yard pass for a TD. Joe Swan, Yale coach in 1903, joined the coaching staff.
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New Haven
Conn
Sammy Morse
Yale
Varsity
Roome
Alcott
Knox
Veeder
Linn
Berger
Running Water Delivers Belmont Record Ramapo Win
New York October 18 Running Water the heavily played favorite at 7 5 easily won the Ramapo handicap for 3 year olds one mile and a furlong at Belmont Park Hot Teddy led early Miller moved the favorite up to beat the pace setter by one and a half lengths the time 1 51 4 5 set a track record T Martin won the Harbor Hill cup steeplechase Higginbotham a 10 to 1 shot won the fifth race a track record 58 25 seconds True Wing finished second but was disqualified for interference with John Lyle Four favorites won.
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New York
Water
Belmont Park
Hot Teddy
Miller
T. Martin
Higginbotham
True Wing
John Lyle
High school basketball pairings for Newton Waltham Milton Roxbury Revere
Newton High hosts Waltham High in a Newton gym. Roxbury High plays Revere High at Revere. Milton High meets Winthrop High at Milton with local teams competing in a district showdown.
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Newton High
Waltham High
Newton
Roxbury High
Revere High
Revere
Milton High
Winthrop High
Milton
Onside kick leads Harvard practice scrimmage touchdown
Harvard varsity uses onside kick for 30 yards and scores its only touchdown against the second eleven in a 30 minute practice scrimmage. Miller and Orr shine, with Foster improving and Wendell returning at fullback. Newhall punts far, Bowditch and Blagden join second eleven. Browne kickoff sets up late score.
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Harvard
Miller
Orr
Pierce
Sibley
Nourse
Wendell
Foster
Newhall
Blagden
Knowlton
Bowditch
Hall
Browne
Varsity
Hopewell
1. E
Robinson
1. T
1. G
R. G
Warren
R. T
R. E
Q. B
Lincoln
Football in a Bad Way in the Big Western Colleges
Western football faces a weak season with Northwestern absent. Michigan is favorite to crush Penn in a long-distance clash, while Western fans doubt Eastern teams will concede superiority. New rules and Chicago’s refusal to play Michigan have dimmed Western hopes and interest.
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Northwestern University
Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
University of Chicago
Chicago
New Haven
Yale
Harvard
Philadelphia
Penn
Princeton
Pennsylvania
San Francisco legend and baseball bosses in review
Big Jim Jeffries warns against a return to the prize ring amid farm life and seismically charged real estate echoes. Comiskey's $15 000 gift to White Sox players unsettles fans as taft's Cincinnati ownership looms large. Gans versus Nelson, Yale Harvard crossovers, and new rowing and coaching methods headline a busy sports page.
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Big Jim Jeffries
Willy Nilly
Jim
San Francisco
Twin Peaks
Eagle Rock
Jeff
Comiskey
White Sox
Murphy
Cubs
Taft
Cincinnati
Captain Beatty Sets Candle Pin Record in Somerset Bowling
Captain Bill Beatty of the Somerset team is making records as a big league bowler. His single score of 154 stands as the Candle Pin League record.
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Beatty
Somerset
Bill Beatty
Beatty Sets 369 Three-String High in City Bowling League
The City league title race tightens as Somerset’s Bill Beatty delivers a 369 three-string total against Adams Square, including 117 in first string and a 154 high single. Carruth leads by a slim margin overall as Beatty’s superb mark stands as a potential league record.
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Carruth
Bill Beatty
Somerset
Adams Square
Beatty
Boston
Beatty Rolls Record String in League Match
Beatty rolled a second string of 154 at the Somerset Alleys on October 3, setting a new league record for the day. The performance highlighted Beatty's precision and consistency in the lanes.
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Beatty
Somerset Alleys
Chelsea Vet All n Shoot Chelsea Vet All n Shoot
The veteran Battery H of the Chelsea Association held an annual shoot at the range. A parade formed from Second street, breakfast, parade, supper, and an awards ceremony followed. Winners: W H F King and H T Logan tied in veteran class with 23. W H Musgrove won fine members. Alderman W S Young won luck squad and reentry prize and was elected president of the fine members.
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Stoneham
Battery H
Association of Chelsea
Battery
Second Street
W . H. F. King
H. T. Logan
Corcoran To Manage The Baltimore Team
Baltimore news reports Ed ward Hanler, manager of Cincinnati, will ask Thomas Corcoran, long time shortstop, to manage the Baltimore Eastern league club next season. Terms are expected to be easily arranged.
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Baltimore
Edward Hanler
Cincinnati
Thomas Corcoran
Boxing Gossip Prominent Bouts Teed Up at Chelsea
Charlestown's Matty Baldwin is set to face Rouse O'Brien of South Boston in next week's Chelsea show with Tommy Murphy sidelined by illness. Local pride and full 15 rounds seem likely as fans cross the Mystic for a sturdy, well matched bout. Rumors run of Mellody versus Langford, Woodman offers $100 for Mellody to sign, and Johnson eyeing Chelsea with Hart as possible counterpart, while Goodman vows no retirement.
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Matty Baldwin
Charlestown
Rouse O’brien
South Boston
Chelsea
Tommy Murphy
Baldwin
O'Brien
Murphy
New York
Mystic
O’brien
Honey Mellody
Joe Walcott
Samuel Langford
Walcott
Black Demon
Langford
Mellody
Joe Woodman
Minh Murray
Woodman
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Lincoln Club
Johnson
Marvin Hart
Kid Goodman
Philadelphia
Willie
Fitzgerald
Harry Lewis
Billy Rodenbach
Hugo Kelly
M. EF. D
Boston
Osgood Bowler Leads in Furniture League
The Furniture Bowling league opened Wednesday night with victories for Shawmut Furniture, C. E. Osgood, and A. H. Davenport teams. Losers were Paine's, Plimpton-Hervey, and W. P. Brooks. Osgood posted the top team score of 1221, Shawmut 1206. Shaughnessy of Osgoods had the best three-string 274, Carroll of Shawmut next with 259. The opening drew strong enthusiasm and promises a successful tournament.
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Shawmut Furniture Company
C. E. Osgood Company
The
Osgoods
Carroll
Shawmuts
Fast Bout at Charlestown A A Boxing Night
A sparse but elite crowd attended the Charlestown A A boxing tournament semis and finals featuring four weight classes 105 115 125 and 135 pounds. Notable results include J Galvin’s third round knockout of Al Mitchell in the 115 class and James Dooley’s aggressive 135 pound victory over Tom Mack.
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Charlestown A. A
Charlestown
J. Galvin
al Mitchell
Galvin
James Dooley
Tom Mack
Dooley
Charles Edwards
Matty Baldwin
Johnny
Moxie” Fitzpatrick
New England
al Heister
Austin Kaveney
J. Madden
John McGann
Steve Mahoney
Charles Williams
Rom Fox
Somerville
A. Mitchell
Roxbury
J. Sousa
Cambridge
Moxie Fitzpatrick
N. E
Ed Devine
Moxile Fitzpatrick
South Boston
BOOM SOCCER AT HARVARD
Harvard moves to revive association football joining the intercollegiate league. Fall games planned with amateurs in East Boston Fall River and Pawtucket. First team candidates called to practice midweek, freshman team to form early next month. Last year’s captain W T Thackeray and teammates remain eligible in college.
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Boston
Fall River
Pawtucket
W. T. Thackeray
C. G. Osborne
A. N. Reggio
A. W. Reggio
B. Parker
W. M. Bird
A. V. Kidder
E. N. Fales
A. B. Brooks
Finals in Harvard Tennis for Today
The Harvard championship doubles final will be played at Jarvis Field today between F J Sulloway with FF W Cole and C P Leonard with W A Hackett. Seniors play sophomores in the class singles as the seniors beat juniors 5 to 4 and the sophomores defeated freshmen 7 to 2. N W Niles failed to appear, leaving Sulloway as this season’s bona fide champion.
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Harvard
Jarvis Field
F. J. Sulloway
FF. W. Cole
C. P. Leonard
W. A. Hackett
N. W. Niles
Sulloway
Brown Athletes to Enter All Big Games
Providence Rhode Island October 18 Brown University will enter teams in the A A A games in New York next month in the B A A games in February the New England intercollegiates the big intercollegiate meets and in dual meets with Dartmouth Syracuse Columbia and Williams This schedule announced this morning by Manager Marston.
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Providence
R. I
Brown University
New York
New England
Dartmouth
Syracuse
Columbia
Williams
Marston
Maine farmer killed by hunter’s stray shot
Edward Vickerson a 69 year old farmer near Smyrna Falls Me was killed in his kitchen by a rifle bullet believed to be fired accidentally by a hunter. He leaves a widow and six children. Town officials investigate the shooting as accidental.
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Smyrna Falls
Edward Vickerson
Vickerson
Governor and minister for Panama to be named
Washington October 18. A decision at the conference between the President and Secretary Taft to appoint a Governor and an American minister for Panama was announced though the appointees were not yet named. Taft will not accompany the President to the isthmus.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Panama
Bowdoin Names Hughes Tennis Captain After Fall Win
Arthur W. Hughes of Brunswick was declared captain of Bowdoin College tennis for the coming year after winning the fall tournament. The decision followed an agreed rule that the tournament winner becomes team captain.
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Brunswick
Arthur W. Hughes
Bowdoin College
Yale In Line For Second Golf Title
Yale leads in the intercollegiate golf tourney at Garden City. Yale won the team championship and five of eight survivors in the individual round are Yale men, with two Princeton and one Harvard also present. Claflin of Harvard posted 87 but fell to Partridge of Yale. Semi finals and final to follow.
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Purdue
Bill Reid
Harvard
New Haven
Yale
Reid
Garden City
L. I
Dwight Partridge
T. M. Claflin
T. Briggs
R. Peters, Jr
Princeton
W. E. Clow, Jr
H. J. Gee
E. Knowles
H. H. Wilder
W. T. West
H. J. Vandyke
Robert Abbott
I. S. Brown
Pat Dougherty One of the Luckiest Men in Baseball
A feature on Pat Dougherty detailing his earnings and career arc. It notes his six days against the Cubs brought over 1800 dollars, compares his 1908 Collins season earnings, and explains his World Series slump and comeback prospects with insights from teammates and observers.
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Pat Dougherty
Rip van Winkle
Rip
Cubs
Pat
Collins
Pittsburg
Dougherty
Boston
White Sox
Gossip From the Gridiron at Harvard In Early Season Practices
Harvard football drills feature Hopewell substituting at left end while Gilder earns limited varsity chances. Bruised but improving Burr and Kersberg replacements loom as coaches weigh new rules amid upcoming games against Springfield Training School Andover Exeter and a potential Harvard second team clash with freshmen.
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Miller
Harvard
Crimson
Gilder
Harvard Union
Reid
Foster
Springfield
Burr
Kersberg
Gilmore
Comstock
Andover
Academy
Exeter
Starr
Nichols
Salem A. A
T. L. Broaders
Salem
Pennsylvania
Stevenson
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