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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1926

Page

24

N Y U Opens Westward for Nebraska Battle

New York University aims for an eighth straight win as Chick Meehan’s team travels west to face Nebraska in Lincoln. The unbeaten Gotham eleven seeks to extend a defensive record and bolster its reputation with a landmark victory on foreign soil.

New York New York University Chick Meehan Warriors Nebraska Cornhuskers Violet Gotham Gridders Notre Dame West Virginia Wesleyan Meehan Zev Graham Fordham Tulane Carnegie Tech Davis Elking Rutgers Crosa N. ¥. U Goal Inc Nebraska Connor Strong

Racing results from six races at six furlongs and beyond

Racing card lists results across seven races for two and three year olds plus older horses. Notable entries include Bobby Jones and Pomonkey in race one, Mormon ol Thomas and Nimrod in race two, Sanki and Afterglow in race three, Joy Smoke and Forge in race four, Celigon and Forever and Ever in race five, Spuga and Mildred Sherer in race six, and The Roll Call and Transfer in race seven. Time figures range from 1:16 to 2:55 with several horses shown as also ran.

Bobby Jones PaNpot Vortex Lang Pomonkey Mergier Iso Ran Broomonsy Cyclamen Medius Shup First Dance False Priae Black Pepper Best Friend Balto Paulotta Mormon Ol Thomas Lady Glassen D. Mergler Nimrod Boehm Helen Hackworth Camouflage Wellfinder Easter Laddia Stardale Tod Meneser Court Meridian Hill Revolt Grand Mariner Sankari L. Fator Afterglow Abel Sun Forward Chalmers Danthonia Joy Smoke Butwell Willie K Forge Harry Baker Cloudland Celigon Fator Forever and Ever Peternet Salta Stevens Boyard Spuga Allen Mildred Sherer McCrassen Red Wingfield Trand Frank Fogarty Delusive Chef D'Oeuvre Célns Transfer Force Rigel Devastation Senate Sam Smith Air Castles Alceste

Juarez Racecard Results and Entries

Juarez results list first race for three year olds and up with $420 purse in four and a half furlongs. Entries include intake 109 Donahue 10-40 4-40 4-60 King Worth 109 Wilson 28-00 7-40 No Wonder 109 Kinky 5-50 and Time .65. Second race features one mile claiming $400 with Singapore 114 Malter 20-30 16-40 7-40 and Sweet and Lew 116 Dellow 18-40. Third race is five and a half furlongs for three year olds claiming $400 with Grand Polly 98 M. Ryan 28- $ 8-003-40 and Dan Hogan 197 Horn 4-26 9-20 Time 1:08 1-5. Fourth race three year olds and up five and a half furlongs with Razon 153 H. Louman 22-46 9-20 3-80 and Golden Red 110 W. Bon 5-69 8-60 Time 1:08 2-5. Also ran lists Chet Good Enough and others.

Singapore Sweet and Lew Dellow Krekzom Robertson tAlso Hackamore Lady Loneridge Romaldo Range King Calimore Tugs Plow Steel Grand Polly M. Ryan Dan Hogan Horn Miss Caltha jAlso Chambelona Dewist Texas Ranger Aurania Col. Snider My Gracite Bobbir Allan Razon H. Louman Golden Red Rbon Salton F. Xinizy Chet

Lexington racing meet results and times card

Race by race results list for Lexington events with horses, jockeys, and times. Includes Futurity course payouts, times around 1 13 to 1 58, and multiple two year old and three year old divisions with entries and also ran names.

Princeton Horseshoe Tale From Yale Game

The Princeton Harvard Yale football game recounts the famed luck horseshoe of Princeton passing through locals as the Tigers wrestled with a near overstrain on the 4 yard line. The piece tracks how the horseshoe traveled from Memphis to Princeton to New Haven through the years.

Princeton David Fentress, Jr Memphis Tenn Nassau Street Harvard Fentress Cavert New Haven Yale Fentress Glenn Perry Cambridge Brinceton

Alabama to Play Stanford in Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day

Los Angeles reports Alabama University will represent the East in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena on New Year’s Day with Stanford likely as the Western opponent. The Tournament of the Roses has signed with Southern University and may invite Brown or Notre Dame if scheduling allows. Alabama is viewed as a strong box office bet, while Pacific Coast fans hope for a West victory over the Dixie team.

Yale Harvard Crimson Madison Fayles Cambridge Horween Jake Stafford Wa Putnam Chauncey Princeton Brown Elf Easton Bethlehem Lehigh Lafayette Bethlehem Warriors Rutgers Los Angeles Alabama University Pasadena Stanford Southern University Alabama Brown University Dixie Pacific Coast Washington State Notre Dame Knute Rockne Southern California University Tournament of Roses Dixia Washington

Edison Vision of Future City With Experts Governing

New York AP report quotes Thomas Edison predicting a future city run by experts where traffic is solved by mathematicians, crime decreases with a scientific police force, taxes fall, and noise rises as nerves grow steadier. He proposes express streets and cross-street depressions, with skyscrapers limited to prevent time loss. Roofs become helicopter and airplane landing fields, bringing new hazards but enabling air travel. Hearing loss is seen as a net benefit for urban life.

New York Thomas A. Edison Edison Mr. Edison Soluton Seatime-Saver

Rickard and Fugazy clash over next heavyweight title bout

Promoter Humbert J. Fugazy and Tex Rickard enter a feud to stage the next world heavyweight championship. Fugazy, after meeting Gene Tunney, says the champion is not under contract to Rickard and may fight his top challenger next summer. Rickard denies a written contract with Tunney but cites a prior verbal agreement and hints at an elimination series to choose the champion's next opponent.

New York Humbert J. Fugazy Tex Rickard Gene Tunney Fugazy Rickard Tunney Eats

Railroad plans to handle Yale Harvard game throng

New Haven on November 17 reports Yale Harvard game traffic plans. The New Haven railroad will add 92 special trains and 916 extra cars to accommodate fans. Three Boston trains lead the vanguard arriving Friday night at Union Station.

New Haven Harvard New Haven Railroad Boston Union Station

Army Navy ticket scalping goes on

New York November 17 speculators along Broadway offered seats for the Army Navy game in Chicago at 40 to 78 dollars and higher. Cadets and middies were said to have furnished many tickets at about $30. Clerks in uptown agencies admitted involvement as a side business. Some scalpers claimed tickets for 159 dollars or 220 dollars for four, aiming for quick turnover.

New York Broadway Army- Navy Chicago Uptown Aittle

Boston Special Trains to Meet Saturday Game

Trains from Boston will run on Saturday with pullmans and coaches and return to Boston soon after the game. From New York the road plans 28 specials and 200 extra coaches. All trains are scheduled to arrive Saturday between 10 30 a m and 1 30 p m.

Boston New York Road

Harvard coach Horween to return next year

Cambridge Mass Nov 17 AP Arnold Horween coach of Harvard football announced he would return to Cambridge next year after an offer for a three year contract. He spoke at a Harvard union rally with 3030 students to cheer the Crimson for the Yale game, noting improved conditions and perfect student support though he declined to reveal the starting lineup.

Cambridge Mass Arnold Horween Chicago Harvard Horween Harvard Union Crimson Yale New Haven

James C. Anderson Turns Professional

New York November 11 AP James C Anderson of Australia turned professional today entering the professional fold with an even half dozen total of international tennis in a single year. He follows a trail blazed by Suzanne Lenglen Vincent Richards Howard Kinase Mary K Browne and Paul Feret.

New York James C. Anderson Australia Amateu Traiall Suzanne Lengle Vincent Richards Howard Kinase Mary K. Browne Paul Feret

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