Taft Backs Yale in Bid for Football Championship
President Taft has offered support to Yale's football program to thwart Harvard and aims to attend one of Yale's big games this fall. He shared campaign ideas with Yale Football Association President W. Prescott White and may receive a gold trophy if a Yale player earns a "V" on the season. Taft’s son Robert is a Yale senior with limited football involvement, while his nephew Walbridge played end rush for Yale in earlier games.
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Big Six Teams Ready For Season Openers And Prospects
College elevens begin their seasons with Harvard meeting Bates and Bowdoin, Yale facing Wesleyan then Syracuse, Dartmouth opening against the Aggies, Princeton and Cornell debuting later, Penn after a 20 to 0 win over Gettysburg, and West Point meeting Tufts. Early practice favors Harvard and Yale for material strength, while Princeton, Cornell, and Penn face replacements after graduations.
Duffey column debates football player numbering practice
Arthur Duffey shares reader letters on numbering or lettering players in football. Somerville uses letters on one team and numbers on another, aiding identification. The piece also surveys upcoming Giants vs Red Sox series and lists an All American baseball lineup with notable players and records from the era.
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Letter requests season tickets and sports weight tips
A Stafford era reader seeks details on obtaining a Harvard Athletic Association football season ticket for this fall. The note includes weight gain advice, remarks on football letters, and a Pittsburgh Boston baseball series recap from 1903, plus questions about high school letter criteria and general athletic guidance.
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Interscholastic football notes from New England region
Edward J O Brien surveys early high school football, noting Waltham High as strongest open game team while Somerville, Dorchester, and Mechanic Arts show mixed results. Groton, Rindge and Pomfret loom as key rivals. schedule includes Latin School, Roxbury, English, Dorchester, and Brookline matchups with Pomfret and Haverhill also featured.
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College Football Games This Week
A schedule of midweek and weekend college football games lists Harvard against Bates at Soldiers Field Yale meeting Wesleyan in New Haven Dartmouth facing Massachusetts State in Hanover Amherst versus Norwich in Amherst Pennsylvania clashing with Ursinus in Philadelphia Lehigh hosting Lebanon at South Bethlehem Harvard taking on Bowdoin at Soldiers Field Yale meeting Syracuse in New Haven West Point clashing with Tufts at West Point Cornell facing Rensselaer in Ithaca Princeton meeting Stevens in Princeton Dartmouth meeting Vermont in Hanover Brown versus Colgate in Providence Pennsylvania playing Dickinson in Philadelphia Holy Cross facing New Hampshire in Worcester Amherst meeting Springfield in Amherst Carlisle clashing with Bucknell in Carlisle Colby versus Hebron Academy in Waterville Lehigh meeting Franklin and Marshall in South Bethlehem Georgetown facing Gallaudet in Washington Union clashing with Massachusetts State in Schenectady
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Week of School Football Matches Across Districts
This week features a full slate of high school football games across multiple towns. Everett hosts Brookline, Dedham visits East Boston, Newton and Needham clash, with several midweek and weekend matchups including Waltham versus Marlboro at Waltham and Milton versus Belmont at Milton. Additional Saturday games include Yale freshmen at New Haven and Dorchester facing Medford, along with multiple cross town rivalries and venue lists.
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Higgins Named Coach for Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis Ore Sept 26 George J Higgins a Harvard man joins the Oregon Agricultural College physical culture department as coach from Noble and Greenough school where he served as physical director his Boston origin boosts the college program professional credentials high recommendation noted
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Will Win in a Drive for AL Pennant Says Newark State
The Newark State assessment states the team winning the American League pennant will clinch in a drive and have little chance to recuperate for the world championship series.
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Providence Motor Speedway Plans Prominent Race Meet
Providence Rhode Island September 26 This city plans a large motor speedway at the old Providence track. Fred E Perkins sponsors a big professional and amateur race meet the last two days of the week with famed drivers Barney Oldfield Louis Chevrolet Charlie Hall Ben Kirscher and others expected to participate though not yet under contract.
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Horse notes from Columbus highlight new world record gelding
The column reviews harness racing in 1909 with Uhlan at 2 0244 and The Fel defeated. Margin’s Measurer Penisa Maid wins the Empire stake at Syracuse. Uhlan attracts Lexington bets if Hamburg Belle faces him. Darkey Hall and Baron May noted among Canadian and American contenders. Gano, once beaten only at Terre Haute by Star Patchen, remains a top performer.
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Stagg’s maroon football program and next training wrinkle
The University of Chicago's Coach Stagg is cited for novel training methods including vegetarian diet and mud baths for the Maroon football team. The excerpt questions what new conditioning tactic may come next from his innovative program.
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Cobb On His Third Century In Major League Hitting
Cobb of Detroit reaches 200 hits for the season as American League outpaces the National in speed and overall batting. Leach’s 117 runs stand among top records. Cobb 24 hits leads, Collins 187, Crawford 175. Wagner tops the National at 164 with Clarke and Mitchell at 153. Gardner debuts with power in 11 games, Griggs and Selvert displaced. Niles and Stanl lift Red Sox batting, Donahue, Madden, and McConnell gain modestly. The dope:
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Detroit Trainer Exposes Sign Stealing Tactic
In New York trainer Tuthill of Detroit uncovered a spectator in center field with field glasses and a paddle signaling Highlanders batters whether a curve or straight ball would be pitched. The disclosure explains why the Highlanders hit well at home all season.
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Tigers in Sign-Stealing Probe Catch Glass-Boy Confession
Tuthill refuses to name who stood with the man in the box using field glasses to tip off battery signs. Jennings and Tuthill would not comment while New York players accuse the Highlanders of knowing what was coming as they pound pitchers like Walsh. Sullivan of the White Sox confirms warning signs were suspected after watching the NY club.
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Ketchell May Meet T Burns
Rumor says Ketchel will win against Johnson but Stanley may stay longer than Burns after last December. Ketchel aims for Australia to fight Burns in a 21 round bout with Willis Britt Jimmy Britt and possibly Battling Nelson. Bantam title talk and Apollo A C Salem card tonight feature Rolfe vs Johnson with Honey Mellody possibly meeting the winner.
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