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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1919
Page
22
Army and Syracuse renew a historic series as the standout event on Friday's slate. Army, rebuilding under Charley Daly, meets a seasoned Syracuse squad at West Point, while North Carolina visits Yale and Cornell tests Williams.
A cobbled list of scheduled college football games mentions Syracuse at West Point and multiple mismatches such as North Carolina at Yale, West Virginia at Pittsburgh, Colby at Harvard, Williams at Cornell, and several others with unclear spellings and stray team names, reflecting a garbled OCR page.
Bug Baer columns mix sports odds and vaudeville quips with bets and banter. Yanks earned 25000 for third place while mockery and headlines parade about teams, players, and wartime mores. Atlas challenges local 80 90 lb squads, with notices inviting teams to contact Maer Palasky for bank games.
St Marys football team will practice Saturday at two in the afternoon. All players must report for practice. They will play the Victor Stars Sunday at Yellow Mill Park. St Marys has signed Bitler, formerly of Fordham University.
All Hartfords of Hartford host the American Chain company eleven at Newfield Park tomorrow afternoon to start the season. Hartford aims to extend an unbeaten record, with Leroy as a premier punter and open field back, while Conch Waters leads the Chain backfield in hopes of improving on last Sunday's showing against Williams.
New York Oct 10 Gene Walker named favorite for national motorcycle championship at Sheepshead Bay Speedway. His 901.5 second mile set the pace as Arthur Chapple defends his title in comeback bid. Trainers expect records to fall in eight events with 75 riders and a ten mile exhibition by European champion Arthur Vanderhuff.
Cincinnati marks triumph with public holiday proclaimed by Acting Mayor Jacobs. Rain delays planned parade as fans flood Central Union Station to cheer Moran and the Reds. Breakfast at the Business Men’s club follows a chaotic welcome with bells, whistles, and speeches.
Walter Camp known as the father of football and a leading U S sports figure had a practical start in athletics before 1880 at Yale. He excelled in football baseball and track, captained teams, promoted fitness, organized senior service corps, and led naval athletic training during wartime as Commissioner of athletics.
New Haven Oct 10 Yale coach Al Sharpe will choose near game time whether to use fast backs Kempton and Murphy in tomorrow's clash with North Carolina. Widespread uncertainty surrounds lineup as veterans Callahan Braden back on duty, and Miss Bishop leads Women's Metropolitan Cross Location field in a separate note.
A partial chant about Glen and Gleason surfaced as rain halted the planned demonstration at Mountain Square. Players moved to Hedland Field where they had trained all season, ready to greet the world and the cheering crowd.
Greens Farms football travels to Bedford Race Track to face North End ACL in a season opener billed as evenly matched. Lineups show Greens Farms with Caserta, Lane, Broadbent, Leopold, and others facing North End stars Kato Mullenski York Alen and Be Quinn.
In a Washington session a Ohio representative praised Cincinnati as the capital of the nation. Illinois and Michigan critics, plus others, debated while the House clashed over remarks. Boxing headlines note New York welterweight Wille Jackson versus George Young Jerrood in Philadelphia tomorrow night.
CAMBRIDGE MASS Oct 10 Harvard varsity football faces a weakened lineup against Colby with at least three and possibly five regulars unavailable. Wighers players missing include Phivney Weatherhead Captain Murray and likely Phibin Kang with substitutes filling the line and backfield.
Puray leads the Pirates to a 7th inning rally securing a 5-3 victory over the Reds in game one of the series at Pittsburgh. Holbing earned the win with solid relief work while Haginan struggled early before settling in.
The famed coach and editor Walter Camp, creator of the All American selections, will share inside advice on football positions, kicking, tackling, interference, blocking, and team play. He will publish starting Monday on the Sport Page.
New York Oct. 10 Regulations restricting Columbia University's football policy have been revoked. For 1920 Columbia may meet Yale Princeton Harvard Cornell and Pennsylvania. Announcement by Frank Dr Fackenthal at alumni meeting. Restrictions lifted allow games off Columbia grounds and on non Saturday days. Coaches need not come from the physical education department in the future.
The Pequots of Southport are without a game for Sunday and seek 90-100 lb teams. Interested teams Lakeviews St. Charles St. James Crashes Nationals Walnuters should call 308-2 Fairfield to arrange a game.
Promoter Cangane posted near 400 dollars in forfeit deposits and a 300 dollar police security stake to ensure a compliant Venice A C boxing card in the city Tuesday night. Red Allen trains with Lenny and Bird as he eyes a title clash with Battling Kunz, while Jack White’s lengthy ring record features classic 32 rounders and notable encounters with Dundee, Attell, and Conley.
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