Princeton Raps Harvard for Football Commercialism
Princeton, N J December 11 Princeton authorities condemn Harvard as the chief exponent of football commercialism. The $300000 gate receipts from Harvard’s nine games and the complete scouting system are cited as evidence of pro sports style expansion harming amateur college football.
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Brooklyn Superbas to Train in Daytona Florida
The Brooklyn Superbas announced plans to train next spring in Daytona Florida after considering numerous southern towns. A ballpark will need construction at Daytona for the team with readiness anticipated by Robbie’s crew when they arrive.
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Reds to drop salaried scouts for next season
Cincinnati Reds decide to dispense with all regular salaried scouts, shifting to responsible positions in various minor leagues to monitor young players interests. The move follows a finding that salaried scouts provided limited value in assessing minor league talent.
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Rubber Boot Prices At City Store In 1900s Ad
An old advertisement lists rubber boots and rubbers priced from 40 cents to 7 dollars 50 cents. Boots sized for boys youths misses and children presented with Arctics and other rubber footwear.
Selling of Yankee Club Hangs on New York sale talks
New York December 11 The sale of the New York Americans to Jacob Ruppert Jr and Captain T L Huston remains unsettled with a week or ten days needed for a definite decision President Ban Johnson said He planned talks in Washington with Ben Minor of the Washington club over the Walter Johnson affair and anticipated league backing to reclaim Johnson If needed The price holdout by Farrell and Devery keeps the sale in doubt while Huston says he seeks stock in the club and Ruppert expects completion after Johnson’s Washington visit
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Army May Play Harvard On Next Football Schedule
Cambridge Mass December 11 Arrangements are under way to have West Point return to Harvard’s football schedule next fall. Changes being considered include dropping Tufts and Washington and Jefferson and adding Williams. Michigan and Penn State are expected to return. The final three games against Princeton Brown and Yale remain fixtures.
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Johnny Evers III Stricken With Pneumonia in New York
Boston Braves second baseman and captain Johnny Evers III is seriously ill with pneumonia at the Hotel Somerset after a heavy cold during an indoor baseball game in Chicago. President Jim Gaffney arranged care, hired two nurses, and notified Mrs. Evers in Chicago.
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Knockout Brown Knocks Out Ferns in New York Bout
Knockout Brown defeated Ferns in the third round of a ten round match at the Pioneer A C New York last night. Brown weighed 147 pounds Ferns 139 pounds. Brown used his body punch to end the fight and appeared off form during the bout.
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Shugrue to Box White for Lightweight Title at Madison Square Garden
Joe Shugrue faces Charley White in a ten round lightweight title bout at Madison Square Garden New York on December 29. The winner claims the American title. Shugrue also plans to fight Sam Robideau December 18 at the Armory in Worcester.
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Pop Foster May Secure Penn Trainer Post
Pop Foster a former Bridgeport baseball club member and Mercerburg assistant physical director is favored to replace Pat Dwyer as Penn trainer. Other candidates include Lawson Robertson of the Panathenaic A C and Har Tuthill of Detroit, with George Brooke to advise the football squad and By Dickson as field coach.
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Dickson
MVEA and Jim Johnson in Poor Bout
In New York on December 11 Sam McVea defeated Battling Jim Johnson in a ten round bout at the Fair mount Athletic club. The fight disappointed promoters and spectators as both heavyweights showed limited form and Johnson failed to seize openings.
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Rattling Bouts at Acorn A C Show
The Acorn A C club held its fourth monthly smoker with five bouts ending in the fourth round. Eddie Kelly fouled Young Fox and was disqualified, giving Fox the win. Handy and Brown died in a fast two rounds with Handy winning late after dislocating his thumb. Hawthorne and Slattery faced off with a large weight disparity and Hawthorne dominated. Bossee vs McGahay finished with Bossee ahead, the main bout of the evening was yet to come.
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Hubbs Beats Kuntz In Boxing Match At Armory
Teddy Hubbs of Acorn club defeats Battling Kuntz of South Norwalk on points after four rounds. Kuntz previously stopped Young Brown in the first round at the Armory. The program also featured monologues and songs by local entertainers, with a plan for a bigger star bout on January 10.
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B. H. S Five Teams Up For Farnum Hall Game
B. H. S. Five meets Farnum Hall at Middle Street Boys Club tomorrow at 8 15 pm after a week of coaching by Joe Steiger. New addition Jos Anges Marshall from Cleveland stars joins the lineup as Yale Farnum Hall alumni and Western high school veterans are listed. Prelim game features B. B. S. girls vs Independents at 2 30 pm.
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Joe” Steiger
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Indoor baseball barnstorming tour from North Adams
Dick Rudolph of the Braves leads an indoor baseball team planning a barnstorming tour through Eastern New York and Western Massachusetts later this month. Barry Crandall oversees the venture with a lineup mostly of former North Adams players. Rudolph is the only Major League star, and Heinie Rudolph is set for an outfield spot.
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Bowling scores and standings summary
A garbled OCR fragment lists bowling figures 96 48 411 436 460 1307 without names, dates, or teams. No identifiable event or participants are readable to establish a concrete match or result.
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Football players form battalion to go to front
London dec 11 plans have been completed to send to the front a battalion of 1100 men composed entirely of football players amateurs and professionals. A second unit will comprise men under the official height standard of five feet eight inches. The bantams battalion will receive a special allowance or status.
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Associated Press
London
Recruit Eligibility Rules for Territorial Forces
The dispensation from Lord Kitchener allows joining with height requirements. Recruits must be over five feet tall but not exceed five feet three inches.
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Lord Kitchener
Pittsburgh University to Purify Athletics
Pittsburgh university plans a one year residence rule for varsity eligibility to raise athletic staffing so that the team can compete with larger eastern institutions. No student may join varsity contests until after one year at the university, aligning with Western Conference practices.
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Italy allows wheat buying abroad to ease shortages
The government authorized municipalities to purchase wheat abroad and banks to loan funds for this purpose, relaxing the usual ban on such purchases. The measure aims to relieve the wheat shortage as of December in Rome.
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