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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1913
Page
12
Princeton football practice shows intense work as coaches install new signals and scrimmage drills. Team B scrimmaged against varsity using Dartmouth plays to test defensive readiness while spectators shiver under damp, cold air on Osborne Field.
A fragment mentions the Br R. A. F. football team of Charles town with 135-pound teams in the state and George Martin of Charlestown.
Boston Latin won its first football game of the season yesterday at Griggs Field Brookline defeating Brookline High 6 to 0. It was a hard fought defensive and offensive battle with Brookline initially favored.
Williams varsity did not practice with a scrimmage this afternoon. Fred Daly coached the second team against the freshmen, who moved the ball toward the goal with Clark scoring first and Brodie adding a later touchdown.
A veteran sports observer argues fights have declined in modern baseball, praising gentler conduct while recalling fiery clashes of the past. Anecdotes recount Tinker versus Egan on a Chicago field and old Giants battlers like Devlin and Bresnahan amid clubhouse feuds and on-field skirmishes.
Notices from the motor world report F R Robinson named Packard comptroller, and Adams Opel hints Germany may build a race course like Indianapolis. Fred Dayton returns to tires with Ajax Grieb. Wisconsin Supreme Court rules riders assume risk in auto injury. Jack O Hearn, Brookline High captain, awaits Cornell stadium game as end.
In a scoreless game through three periods Boston Latin and Brookline battled to a single touchdown by O'Dowd of Boston Latin late in the fourth. The decisive play followed a string of clever trick passes and Brookline penalties as Latin held on for a 6–0 win with Hayes and Enright contributing in the aerial attack.
In Canveers on Oct 21 the St John Prep juniors beat the sophomores 5 to 0. Smith and O Connell starred for the juniors with a punt blocked for a touchdown and a field goal by Smith. Costello and Kiernan led the sophomores in a losing effort.
In Peoria Illinois on October 21 the Chicago White Sox rallied to defeat the New York Giants 6 to 4. Sam Crawford's sacrifice fly tied the game in the sixth, then a combined rally in the eighth produced three runs on a double triple and three singles. Leverenz and Schalk opposed Wiltse and Wingo with Klem and Sheridan umpiring.
Gallaudet overwhelmed Baltimore City College with a 108 to 0 victory marking a century of scoring. The note recalls historic football blowouts, referencing 1908 George Washington over Maryland 77–0 and Georgetown's 84–0 win over Washington College last fall.
Cornell's injured players returned to practice in Ithaca but did not scrimmage fully. Fritz the right halfback rested after superficial injuries, while Sprague and Phillips scored in the second halves. The team prepares for Saturday’s game with Pittsburg. B C Duffie of Houston elected sophomore class president.
Miss Gladys Ravenscroft the United States and Canadian woman champion played two rounds at the Country Club. In the morning she teamed with Miss Harriet Curtis to beat Miss Margaret Curtis and Miss Florence Harvey 3 to 1 in a best ball match. In the afternoon Ravenscroft and Harvey beat Miss F C Osgood and Mrs H S Curtis 3 to 2 despite opponents’ three bisques.
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