Harvard Football Readies for Bowdoin Opener
Harvard football sharpens for Bowdoin on Wednesday with longer scrimmages and fewer restrictions. The squad, led by Ken nard and Macdonald, eyes the forward pass and line plunges as the team builds conditioning at Soldiers Field and Memorial Hall training table begins.
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Lockwood
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Pierce
Robinson
Dutcher
Mggleston
Yale Eyes the Future in Football Coaching Plans
Yale trains for 1908 with an approach that develops players year by year. Tad Jones at quarterback is likely this season but backups are groomed. Dines and Bingham receive close attention. The Boston Churchman notes strong practice after a Saturday win, with Maloney, Elecock and Amadon leading the lineup as Rindge Manual Training had a layoff.
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Maife
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Elis
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Rattles
Dines
Bingham
Father Time
Tad” Jones
Jones
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Maguire
Joe Maloney
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Rindge
Baseball’s long winter and the Rexford Bowlers rise
The piece laments baseball’s off season and the urge of fans to dissect post season scraps while awaiting spring. It notes the Chicago White Sox league clash as still leading the race and previews Rexford bowling in the Greater Boston League with a strengthened lineup including Brown Barker Crown Carl and Poehler.
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Royal Order of
Chicago White Sox
Rexford
Brown
Barker
Crown
Carl
Poehler
Coach Cutts Arrives to Coach Harvard Linemen
Oliver Cutts, the veteran Harvard tackle, has arrived in Cambridge to coach the varsity linemen. Crimson supporters had awaited the veteran’s services after Crane announced the hiring and Cutts traveled from Seattle to begin work today.
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Oliver Cutts
Harvard
Cambridge
Crimson
Croach Crane
Cutts
Seattle
Wash
College Football On Many Fields This Week
Wednesday games feature Harvard at Cambridge and Yale at New Haven while Pennsylvania meets Villanova in Philadelphia. Saturday matchups include Harvard against Maine in Cambridge and Yale facing Syracuse in Syracuse among many others across Ithaca Hanover and Williamsport.
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Harvard
Bowdoin
Cambridge
Yale
Wesleyan
New Haven
Pennsylvania
Villa Nova
Philadelphia
Cornell
Hamilton
Ithaca
Carlisle
Susquehanna
Dartmouth
Vermont
Hanover
Lehigh
Jefferson Medical
South Bethlehem
Maine
Syracuse
Princeton
Stevens
Bucknell
Oberlin
West Point
Franken and
Marshall
Annapolis
Dickinson
Football clubs seek matches by weight classes in 1920s Boston area
Brighton clubs Tilliside Jrs and St. Bishop seek Saturday morning games against 90 to 100 pound teams. South Boston’s Clinton Athletic Association wants 130 to 138 pound games with half expenses. Cambridge Tremont Club seeks 115 pound matches. Defenders of Boston target 135 to 140 pound teams. Tipperary Ramblers arrange Irish county society Gaelic games for 1 side at Roxbury address. Tigers want 145 pound matches. Methuen Nicholson and Shamrock Athletic Club set 185 pound game for Oct 5 with Waltham contact.
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St. Bishop
Parsons Street
Clinton Athletic Association
South Boston
Jobo Barden
Mercer Street
Tremont Athletic Club
Cambridge
Joseph PF. Murphy
East Cambridge
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Boston
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Ganager
Seavers Avenue
Jamaica Plain
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Irish County Society
M. Mulroy
Verrace Street
Roxbury
Tigers
A Nicholson
Tenney Street
Methuen
Mass
Shamrock Athletic Club
Joseph McCaby
Clinton Street
Waltham
Three-Cushion Carrom Tournament Opens in New England
The Hub Billiard Palace hosts a New England championship three-cushion carrom event starting Monday evening October 7 with prizes totaling 150 dollars. Participants include Albert G. Cutler Boston Maxine Thomas former Montreal James Ryan Boston Peter Rogers Providence R I William Stubbs Boston Ben Laurie and Harry Manuel. Ryan and Manuel meet in the opening game.
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New England
Albert G. Cutler
Boston
Maxine Thomas
Montreal
James Ryan
Peter Rogers
Providence
R. I
William Stubbs
Ben Laurie
Harry Manuel
Ryan
Manuel
Fans weigh in on who will win the American League pennant
City fans and figures from the Cigarmakers Union share views on the AL race. Philadelphia fans praise Mack's hitters and healthier pitching, while Detroit backers cite stronger pitching and late-season form. Several observers favor Detroit, others back Philadelphia.
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Ike’ Piller
Union 97
Connie Mack
Bender
Detroit
Frank Murphy
Harry Woodbury
Mack
Brick
McClain
Big Elevens Open Season With Contests At Harvard Yale
Harvard hosts Bowdoin on Soldiers Field while Yale meets Wesleyan in New Haven as the two major teams begin their football campaigns. Early results and practice show forward pass and punting work taking priority, with defenses receiving less emphasis as both coaches fashion plans for the pivotal November clash.
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Crimson
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New Haven
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Wesleyan
Ris
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University of Maine
Syracuse
Providence
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New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Hanover
Dartmouth
Norwich
Quakers
Hoffman Looks Like Comer in Ranks of Boston Nationals
The Boston Nationals show Hoffmans promising rise from Holyoke in the Connecticut league with a 9 point weekly gain and 14 hits. Sweeney Bridwell Beaumont Ritchey and others also improved while pitchers suffered losses, Hoffman dropping 125 points in the latest week.
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Boston Nationals
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Bridwell
Beaumont
Magee
Nationals
Ritchey
Flaherty
Young
Dorner
Randall
Boukes
Boston Americans Batting Marks Show Parent and Wagner
Among the Boston Americans the only players to raise batting averages were Parent and Wagner. The others fell, Congalton and Unglaub held steady. Detroit vs Boston showed the Tigers ahead in runs and hits with stronger batting and fielding.
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Gossip of the Gridiron Stars in College Contests
Baker starred for Exeter in a Saturday game with a standout final run. Dartmouth's Clarke Tobin held the only full position against Norwich with others tried by the squad. Yale’s Arthur Brides cleared conditions and becomes eligible, likely returning to guard. Regan and Pauxus vie for quarterback at Pennsylvania after strong showing versus North Carolina. Chet Thompson assists Rindge in coaching. Boston Latin and Groton renew annual clash ending in a scoreless draw for Hanley’s Latin.
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New Hampshire State College
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