Harvard players push for tougher practice at Soldiers Field
McIntosh Johnson Langford bout in England rumored as Harvard scrimmage continues. New faces Emery Johnson Campbell Pierce Hann Maguire join drills as Captain Withington quarterbacks placements. Practice includes charging machine, punts, drop kicks, and routine work ahead of Friday scrimmage and potential Saturday game with a local high school.
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Withington
Soldiers Field
Bob Fisher
Sam Felton
Captain Withington
Henry Sprague
Harvard
Leary
Cutting
Emery
Yale Varsity and Second Eleven Score in Scrimmage
Yale's varsity and second team both crossed the goal line in a 15 minute scrimmage at Lakeville Connecticut. Quarterback Arthur Howe led in forward passes to produce a touchdown while Meade Robinson added a late score. The drill stressed defense for the first time this season and included new coaching staff arrivals Ralph Bloomer and Burr Chamberlin.
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Lakeville
Conn
Yale
Varsity
Arthur Howe
Coy
Howe
Meade Robinson
Ralph Bloomer
Burr Chamberlin
George Adee
Pete Francis
Walter Camp, Jr
Childs
Parker
Philbin
Tomlinson
Fuller
Morris
Paul
Francis
Brooks
Field
Captain Daly
Camp
Langford Johnson Fight Talks Move Toward England
Promoter Hugh McIntosh eyes an England bout with Sam Langford and Jack Johnson. Langford agrees to fight if the purse is posted in America and Johnson insists on securing funds first, with plans to settle the dispute at McIntosh's English club if terms are met.
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Sam Langford
Jack Johnson
Hugh McIntosh
Joe Woodman
Langford
England
Johnson
Briny
MccIntosh
McIntosh
Jack
America
Winthrop Building
Sam
Joe
Mr. Langford
Jeffries
Backfield and Line Decisions Under New Football Rules
Walter Camp of Yale explains in Outing Magazine that the new football rules favor a fast active back but warn against relying solely on featherweights. He notes linemen should balance size with brains and agility, and that ends may cover kicks more easily under the revised protection.
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Walter Camp
Yale
Outing Magazine
Mr. Camp
Dartmouth Football Drill Highlights Kicking Game
Hanover N H September 21 The Dartmouth football squad completed its final double session of practice under Coach Tobin with emphasis on kicking and blocking. Daley the veteran end is sidelined by tonsillitis while Dodge returns to boost the squad. Sherwin Ingersoll Barends and Morey showed strong punting and kicking work as linemen and backs executed signal drills and running back punts.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Tobin
Daley
Dodge
Sherwin
Ingersoll
Barends
Morey
Needham
Whitmore
Averill
Elcock
Lewis
Alswede
Ryan
Hoban
East Boston High team rails through practice at Wood Island Park
East Boston High football under Coach Fred J. O'Brien and Captain Bill O'Donnell completed light drills with veterans Bonzagni Fitzgerald Boyce Kelley and O'Brien leading. Prospects for a strong squad at Revere High appear bright with Capt E L Smith confident in a solid nucleus. New material shows promise as Lambert reports open dates for games at Revere while Waltham High faces Milton High on Saturday replacing the Athol contest.
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East Boston
Wood Island Park
Fred J. O’brien
Bill O'Donnell
Bonzagni
Fitzgerald
Boyce
Kelley
O’brien
Revere High
E. L. Smith
Lambert
Revere
Boston
Boy at Mystic Wharf Catches 252 Foot Baseball
Hugh Donnelly a two year old of 72 Bunker Hill street Charlestown yesterday afternoon caught a baseball thrown from the apex of the Mystic water tower at Mystic Wharf a distance of 252 feet He had climbed the water tower with companions John McCann and Frank Fury The prior day he missed one ball from the Bunker Hill monument but this second throw was judged and caught with a fielder’s glove
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Hugh Donnelly
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Mystic Wharf
Bunker Hill Monument
Lawrence Baseball Franchise Sold to Pieper and Sullivan
Lawrence in the New England league sold by the Lawrence Athletic Association to Lewis P. Pieper a former Harvard coach, and Attorney Joseph P. Sullivan of Boston for 6500 dollars. The team ran under association management for five years and posted a loss of 6400 dollars in the past season.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Athletic Association
Lewis P. Pieper
Harvard
Joseph P. Sullivan
Boston
Morecroft Withdraws From Boston Light Attempt
Annie Morecroft, the Revere swimmer, was forced to give up her bid to reach Boston Light at Nix's Mate as tide and currents proved too strong after five hours of battling in the water.
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Annie Morecroft
Revere
Boston Light
Nix
Miss Morecroft
Carlisle Indians Drown Lebanon Valley 53 0 in season opener
The Carlisle Indian School football team crushed Lebanon Valley College 53 to 0 in Carlisle today. The Indians showcased a wide array of plays under the new rules in their first 1920 season game.
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Carlisle
Carlisle Indian
Lebanon Valley College
Everett High Seeks Saturday Game With Nearby High School
Everett High plans to schedule a Saturday game against a nearby high school to fill a vacant slot and regain practice and exposure. The team aims to secure an opponent in this section through early negotiations.
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Everett High
Yale Coach Billy Lush Stricken With Typhoid Fever
New Haven September 21 It was learned today Yale baseball coach Billy Lush has been ill for weeks with typhoid fever He began scouting for a New York National League club before Yale’s summer break and contracted the disease at his summer home He has passed the crisis and is out of danger His contract with Yale expired last year and it was not decided who would replace him His wife has also contracted typhoid since his illness.
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New Haven
Billy Lush
Yale
New York National League Nine
Lush
Pop Corey
Hueston Dominates Jackie and Hall in City Pool Match
Tom Hueston defeated young Jackie of the South End at Miah Murray's on Washington street by 125 to 69. In the evening Hall scored 51 balls to Hueston's 125, with Hueston slated to meet Jones the next afternoon and Joe Wood, the famous pool shot artist, that evening.
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Tom
Hueston
Young Jackie
South End
Miah Murray
Washington Street
Hall
Jones
Joe Wood
Eight Veterans Lead Wellesley Eleven Football Squad
Wellesley High School reports thirty players for the football team with eight veterans. Captain William Sullivan fills the vacancy after Homer Webster left for Andover. Coach Jackson Palmer returns for his fourth season as the squad schedules games against Milford Newton Arlington Brown and Nichols Natick Framingham Hyde Park Allan School Brookline Dedham Belmont Needham.
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Wellesley
William Sullivan
Homer Webster
Andover
Jackson Palmer
Wellesley High
Sullivan
Reed
Cunningham
Dedrickson
Mayo
Harvey
Plympton
Hatfield
Leland
Buxton
Putnam
Coughlin
Wiswall
Gaw
Fowle
Sibthorpe
Toomas
Milford
Newton
Arlington
Brown & Nichols
Natick
Framingham
Hyde Pars
Allan School
Brookline
Dedham
Belmont
Needham
Sherlock to Coach at Rindge M T S football team
Edward "Skip" Sherlock, former English High School and Mercersburg Academy coach, is named as coach of the Rindge M. T. S. football team. The piece notes his experience, the veteran material on hand, new backs, and early scrimmages ahead of the opener with Boston College High at Malden.
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Rindge M. T. S
Edward
Skip’’ Sherlock
English High School
Mercersburg Academy
Sherlock
English High
Cambridge
Nate Tufts
Draper
U. of P
Rindge
Swart Brothers
Bingham
Coe
Marble
Lemon
Glidden
Frank C. Kelleher
Edward Caples
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Burr
Sprague
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Eli Varsity
Second Eleven
Brooks R.E
Tomlinson R.T
Parker R.G
Morris C
Child L.G
Scully L.T
Philbin L. E
Howe Q.B
Daly R.H.B
Field F.B
Robinson L.H.B
Woodman Willing
Woodman
Globe
Newspaper Row
Waltham High
Milton High
Athol High
Lawrence Magnate
Indians
Hargedon & Lynch
Globe Theatre
Hanover Street
Blackstone Street
Jackie
St. John’s Prep
St. John's Prep
McGuire
McLaughlin
Sheehan
Street
Lynch
Joyce
Woods
Coffey
Chambers
Feeley
Malden
Charles Cuddy
Boston College High
McInnis
Lucas
Benoit
Anderson
Marston
Reyes
Massachusetts Breweries Company
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