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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1920
Page
9
Rain soaked practice at Harvard under Head Coach Bob Fisher as players worked on handling a wet ball and kickers gained experience. Despite the downpour, Fisher kept the squad outdoors rather than using the baseball cage, preparing for two games today.
Jimmie Knox Fred Bradley and Bob Fisher lead punting drills as captains horween and Humphrey help. Kicking drills feature Vinton Eastman and Arthur H centres Havemeyer Clark and Kelly. Coach Snow directs tackling and passing work as Sedgwick Kane join Monday to bolster squad. Newcomers Jack Crocker and John Hartley arrive to contest end positions.
The column blends golf and boxing talk with mentions of Francis Ouimet and Tom Armour, praises for Ed Burnham and Charley Reed at a biking event, and notes Boston promoters dropping the Jack Dempsey Gunboat Smith bout. It riffs on Dempsey opponents, Kearns, Wills, and Carpentier, and touches on Tad Jones, Tris Speaker, Miller Huggins, and urban athletic plans in Jersey and New York.
The squad cooled off in a heavy downpour after practice leaving half the team in town, while the others worked hard and Small ailments limited Jack Heaphy who hopes to be fit for the next session. Major Cavanaugh will meet Englehorn and seek a former Dartmouth captain as coach with another unnamed helper likely by midweek.
Yale football closes its first week of practice under Tad Jones after two and a half days of drills. The squad, now numbering about 40, worked through line and end drills, bucking dummies and passing plays. Veterans Thorne Murphy Campbell and Babe Allen are expected to report next Monday. no new arrivals today.
Miss Janice Liggett dominates the Rochester horse show with Bohemian Actress bay mare winning the three best saddle horses class. Her ponies Falance and Pulgora take blues in pony events while Gwydyr Bud and Gwydyr Rose place in other classes. J Macy Willette’s Mighty Mite dominates pace and action events and Triggers gains a saddle event win. Elgonora Sears of Boston shows a brown mare in hunters class.
The East wins two of three matches at the East-West tournament, gaining a four to two edge in two years of play. R Norris Williams 2d of Boston beats Clarence J. Griffin 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-3 in singles. Walter T Hayes of Kobe defeats Dear Mathey 1-? 2-? 6-3 6-1 7-5, while Wallace Johnson of Philadelphia and Waban M Washburn of New York take doubles 6-3 6-3 6-2 over Willis Davis and Ro Jaya Roberts.
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