Harvard Yale Prep Battle Opens 1906 Football Season
Harvard and Yale brace for season openers as new rules reshape play. Reid trains a fast line with Pooch Donovan coaching backs and ends. Kennard and Sibley compete for end and tackle spots while Parker, Kersberg, Fraser anchor the center. Capable backfield includes Kerans Foster Lockwood Wendell for Harvard.
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Reid
Donovan
Pell
Sibley
McDonald
Kennard
Parker and
Kersberg
Fraser
Harvard
Kerans
Foster
Lockwood
Wendell
Yale Football Opens First Practice Amid Rule Uncertainty
Yale prepares for a crowded first practice at Yale Field with Captain Morse calling players to test the new rules. Expected roster exceeds 20, featuring returnees and hopefuls as Carl Flanders is barred and Tad Jones may emerge as a star quarterback.
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Captain Morse
Yale
Sammy’’ Morse
Cambridge
Harvard
Elis
Shevlin
Jack Cates
Carl Flanders
Tripp
Forbes
Bigelow
Hutchinson
Tad Jones
Hoyt
Quill
Stevenson
Dutch” Levine
Congdon
Howard Jones
Witherow
Leggett
Burch
Brooks
Hockrenberger
Irwin
Andrews
Clark
Morse
Roome
Veeder
Wylie
Knox
Bomar
Wernecken
Brides
Nantasket Hotel Men Face License Violation Charges
Nantasket Beach hotel operators are due in court to answer charges of selling drinks on Sundays and holidays without serving food as required. The Anti-Saloon League plans to press complaints against all ten licensed venues and two unlicensed ones. A prior court appearance for John W. Sweeny, Charles Smith, and Robert A. Kelley was continued due to the absent prosecutor.
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Nantasket Beach
H. Davis
Anti- Saloon League
S. H. Davis
John W. Sweeny
Cleveland
Charles Smith
Smith's Tavern
Robert A. Kelley
Randolph House
Hingham
United States District
Guy A. Ham
Sanders
Sandy
Mannering
Catcher Hit By foul tip at Pinehurst Park
John McCarty, 22, of Charlestown, was struck in the head by a foul tip while catching at Pinehurst Park, Billerica. He lost consciousness for hours and is said to have brain concussion. He was taken to his Charlestown home for treatment.
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Woburn
John McCarty
Belmont Street
Charlestown
Pine Hurst Park
Billerica
McCarty
Football Notes Preview of Yale and Brown Grid Prospects
With Shevlin and Jack Cates out, end positions are open as Brown trains 10 days at Charles B Weaver farm in Brooklyn Conn before college opens. The new graduation ban cuts Squires Carr Leary Nesmith and others from Harvard. Amherst starts Oct 13 and grid work begins Sept 24.
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Shevlin
Jack Cates
Yale
Brown
Charles
Weaver
Brooklyn
Conn
Squires
Carr
Leary
Nesmith
Harvard
Robinson
Pennsylvania
Greene
Quaker
Bates
Cornell
Bowdoin
Somerville High
Driscoll
Cummings
Amherst
Ralph Glaze to Help Dartmouth at Football
Ralph Glaze, pitcher for the Boston Americans, plans to join Dartmouth in Hanover to bolster its football eleven this fall. His brother Johnny Glaze, a top end in 1904 and 1905, welcomes the update as Dartmouth begins practice under Fred Folsom.
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Ralph Glaze
Dartmouth
Boston Americans
Hanover
N. H
Johnny
Ralph
John Glaze
Fred Folsom
The End of Ends in Football Strategy This Year
Football experts anticipate ends will assume new dual roles as end and halfback this season. Coaches seek players like Yale’s Shevlin and Dartmouth’s Ralph Glaze who combine end and backfield skills to power the forward pass.
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of Shevlin
Yale
Ralph Glaze
Dartmouth
Thayer's Groom Drowns At Bailey's Beach
Patrick Darcey 25, a groom for Nathaniel Thayer of Boston, drowned while bathing near Bailey's Beach Newport R I today. It is uncertain if a cramp or undertow caused the death. Darcey hailed from Beverly Massachusetts.
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Newport
R. I
Patrick Darcey
Nathaniel Thayer
Boston
Bailey’s Beach
Darcey
Beverly
Mass
Goodwin Captured at Newton After Escape
William Goodwin a 27 year old escaped inmate from the Home for the Feeble Minded at Waverley was found by Officer Kelley wandering the streets of West Newton Shortly before midnight He was taken back to the home this morning after a description was circulated and officers were alerted the arrest followed.
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Newton
William Goodwin
Waverley
Kelley
West Newton
Goodwin
School Elevens At Work In Opening Football Week
This week marks the opening of high school football with many changes in rules and rosters. East's English High School practices under Captain Corcoran and Coach John O’Reilly as last year’s players return and new candidates like Watt, Parle, Edmunds, Brophy, Gibbs, Costanza, Riley, Faulkner, Upham and others vie for spots. Roxbury and Mechanic Arts report large, capable squads. Latin and South Boston show strong early prospects as teams begin practice.
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Cambridge
New Haven
Hanover
Princeton
Philadelphia
Soldiers’ Field
Reid
Elis
John O’reilly
Franklin Field
Corcoran
Watt
Tommy Parle
Edmunds
Billy Brophy
Gibbs
Costanza
Riley
Faulkner
Upham
Moran
Roxbury High
Keppel
Colby
Cheradini
Keyser
Hayes
O’connell
McDonald
Ottie
Ford
Connelly
Roxbury
Mechanic Arts High
Dan Doherty
Fens
Boston Latin
Locust Street
Thomas Maguire
Maguire
South Boston High
Carey
Mason
End
Horan
Tackle
Barrett
Sheehan
Burns
O’donnell
Harrison
Sunday Law Troubles in Paris
Paris reports show a mix of compliance and defiance of the compulsory weekly rest day law. Police charged a mob of about 400 in the Ternes district, arresting 20, as other demonstrations were dispersed amid the Sunday unrest.
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Paris
Ternes
Cruise of the Conqueror unfolds in cliff bay encounter
The Motor Pirate Mannering eludes pursuit as Sutgrove and the Mascot crew probe a rock bound bay. A climb above the cliff reveals a desolate coast and distant signals from the Mascot while the crew awaits twilight to press a new search for the Conqueror.
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Evie
Sutgrove
Mannering
Withington
Edith Withington
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Walter Camp
Foster Rockwell
the Field
Pach Bros
Samuel Morse
Seft
Nantasket Hotel
Pinehurst Park
Phil Lockwood
Thayer
Motor Pirate
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Street & Smith
L. A. Page & Co
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Pirate’s Harbor
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