College Football Scrimmages Highlight Prep and Rivalry News
Syracuse scene reports a mix of harness racing records at the New York State Fair Grand Circuit with Directum I breaking a half mile mark and other notable finishes. A Boston area boxing exchange shows Reagan, Crowley, and Britt rumors, with manager Clarence Finn denying ducking and outlining forthcoming opportunities and weights.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Directum I
Dan Patch
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Finn
Reagan
Regan
Crowley
Britt
First Split in Harvard Squad
Harvard’s varsity football team split into a first class and scrubs after selections named 42 candidates to the varsity group, six more than usual, with the cream designated as the varsity unit and the rest relegated to the scrubs.
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Harvard
Yale Gets First Scrimmage In 1900s Practice Report
Yale conducted its first scrimmage of the season at New Haven with over 35 players tried. Key backs included Van Nostrand Stewart Neville and Waite while Rex Hutchinson and Harry Le Gore starred on the line. The regulars faced a makeshift second rush line, and Captain Comerford led the freshman end line as Yale prepared for Soldiers Field scrimmage if weather permits.
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Rex Hutchinson
Harry le Gore
Bob Bingham
Howell van Nostrand
Ames
Cox
Charlie Taft
Taft
Vorys
Callahan
Galt
Zenner
van Nostrand
Stewart
Neville
Waite
Comerford
Walker Corbin
Pa” Corbin
Connecticut
Paul Veeder
Guy Hutchinson
Gates
Captain Black
Balnbridge
Rosener
LeGore
Bingham
Hutchinson
Scrubs
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Willcox
Gardner
Hartley
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J. Eas Harris
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1. T
Likens
1. E
Robinson
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Flower
Bond
Horween
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Dick Harte
Charley Coolidge
Mose Taylor
H. Coolidge
R. E
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Zach
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Sagar
Hull
Wheeler
Brewer
Murray
Thacher
Hitchcock
Day
Wiggin
Nelson
Richards
Phinney
Felton
Burnham
H. B
Minot
Horne
Harvard
Soldiers Field
Leary
New York
Campbell
Woods
Flynn
Ruddam
Leighton
Dean
Bates
Ellison
Gersumsky
Ginn
Johnson
Bohsuild
Jack Fairchild
Jack Parkinson
Bill Fultz
Harry Middendorf
Culbert
Gaston
Caner
Davis
Moseley
Taylor
Snow
Thorndike
Harris
Kicker Found by Brickley Promises Big Punting Talent
Boston College coach Charley Brickley touts Meriden High School halfback Jim Fitzpatrick as a phenomenal left foot kicker with 55 to 60 yard punts. Also, Benny Valgar’s manager presses for a boxing bout with Tony Vatlin, pledging Valgar’s gloves after a knockout.
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Charley Brickley
Boston College
Brickley
Sam Felton
Jim Fitzpatrick
Meriden
Benny Valgar
New York
Tony Vatlin
Valgar
Vatlin
Brighton
Boston
Billy Sunday Bio Sparks New Biography in Sunday Post
The upcoming Sunday Post reveals a new authoritative biography of Billy Sunday by Paul Waitt. The work promises a detailed portrait of the evangelist as he prepares to stir Boston, with focus on his career and influence.
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Billy Sunday
Sunday Post
Boston
Paul Waitt
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Waterfront calendar notes and shipping updates
Waterfront calendar for Sept 15 notes tides and celestial events with a 259th day of year tally. It reports a steamer cargo of fish and lumber, five passengers to Costa Rica, a U.S. marshal sale of the fishing schooner Mathew S. Greer in Gloucester, and vessels Bunker Hill and DP Co tug Standard in harbor incidents near New York and West Chop. The Landsman column accompanies.
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Costa Rica
United States
Mathew S. Greer
Gloucester
Greer
Bunker Hill
New York
North River
Barger S. “Dp. Co. Bt
Standard 11
Boston
West Chop
Twelve Vessels Arrive With Groundfish and Swordfish Cargo
Twelve vessels reached the new fish pier with groundfish, three brought swordfish, and two mackerel seiners. Wholesale prices fell slightly with haddock, cod, pollock, hake, mackerel, and swordfish listed. Mackerel totals reached around 165,900 across Geraling Carena and others. the Simon steamer sailed for Havana and Port Simon carrying autos and a large cargo plus 5000 sacks of potatoes and dried goods.
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Haddock
Geraling
Carena
Mel Enos
Anna
Blanche
United Fruit
Simon
Havana
Port Simon
Automobiles
Shipping News Arrived and Sailings Listed With Tugs and Barges
Shipping notices detail arrivals of steamers and schooners including Dania Parouard Copenhagen Christiania Shields Foyle Evans London Prince Arthur Kinney Yarmouth and others, with tug operations in Portland Philadelphia and Rockland. Coast guard Ossipee noted. sailing shows Gloucester Neponset and barge movements. A Billy Meyers Joe Morgan draw in Berlin ends the 10 round bout.
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Dan
Parouard
Copenhagen
Christiania
Shields
Foyle
Evans
London
New York
Prince Arthur
Kinney
Yarmouth
N. S
Calvin Austin
Ingalls
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Portland
Ontario
Bond
Norfolk
Bunker Hill
Colberth
Camden
Brown
Bangor
Ransom B
Fuller
Strout
Cape Ann
Thompson
City of Gloucester
Limekin
Gloucester
Florence Thurlow
Clark
Fernandina
Ervin J. Luce
Webster
Rockport
Mass
Georges Creek
Anderson
Philadelphia
Neponset
Sears
Oxford
Lynn
South Amboy
Portsmouth
Perkins
Hampton
Newcastle
Scituate
United States Coast Guard
Ossipee
Isle of Shoals
Ninian
Manchester
Limon
Havana
Port Limon
Melrose
Baltimore
Prince George
Glenmount
Louisburg
Co. B
Quanticd
Herman Winter
Nantucket
Bristol
Fan
Billy Meyers
Joe Morgan
Berlin
Directum Leads Early Pace in Fast First Quarter
Directum, driven by Thomas Murphy of Poughkeepsie, split the first quarter in 26 34 seconds the fastest pace of his history. The second quarter ran 29 seconds as Roan Hail displayed speed in the Chamber of Commerce Stake for 2:07 pacers, winning in straight heats over Miss Harris M in a thrilling stretch.
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Directum
Thomas Murphy
Poughkeepsie
Roan Hail
Chamber of Commerce
Harris M
Roan Hal
Promoter Talks Boxing Showdowns and Flemmings Retirement
A Maine promoter says Johnny Wilson has pressured Bill Flemming to a Wilson Flemming match with a 155 pound limit and real forfeit, prompting Flemming to retire from boxing. Promoters in Bath Augusta Rockland Lewiston and Berlin NH had chased the bout without success. Frankie McManus and Howard McRae drawn for a 12 round feature at Lenox A C Gloucester next Monday. The card includes two other bouts and a rematch attempt between Mike Crowley and Tommy Reagan.
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Durden
Gloucester
Carl Herz
Washington
Joe White
Boston
Herz
Murphy
Maine
Johnny Wilson
McCarthy
Bill Flemming
William
Bath
Augusta
Rockland
Lewiston
Berlin
N. H
Wilson- Flemming
Wilson
Flemming
Wild Bill
Gamp
Frankie McManus
Salem
Howard McRae
Cambridge
Lenox A. C
Fish City Club
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