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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1926
Page
17
Harvard will not join the Yale Princeton no-scouting pact this season and coaches from Holy Cross and Brown express mixed views on scouting limits. Harvard's Heath, Brown's Opanell, and other college leaders weigh potential rules while Rensselaer and Penn athletes comment on defending strategies and amateur integrity.
Yale and Princeton coaches Jones and Raper announced a personal meeting led to a mutual scouting ban. They agreed to stop sending observers to each other’s games and planned terms to formalize a non scouting pact, acknowledging an organized broader effort.
The Yale Daily News editorial favors the Yale and Princeton non-scouting pact, calling scouting pernicious and a cause of football overemphasis. It credits Coaches Jones and Roper with removing the spying menace and improving conditions for the Yale Princeton game, urging others to follow suit.
Philadelphia’s late word declares Al Winkler will debut in Boston tonight against Babe Herman in a ten round featherweight bout at Mechanics Hall. Both boxers are known for power, with Winkler weighing about 126 pounds and Herman around 130, aiming for a decisive victory to move toward featherweight contention.
In a ten round feature at the Broad Way Arena in Brooklyn Jose Lombardo of Panama defeated Frankie Fink of Taxes in New York. Lombardo floored Fink in the second round and rose immediately without a count. Lombardo weighed 129 1 2 pounds to Fink’s 130 1 2.
Benny Friedman, captain and quarterback for Michigan, leads a 1025 All American discussion and is celebrated as a top scorer in the Big Ten. The text analyzes pass plays, blocking, and the hidden heroism of linemen, highlighting Grange, McMillen, and Zuppke’s blocking legacy while stressing the craft behind successful forward passing and kicking.
Harvard ineligible for 1926 season as regulars Joseph P. Crosby halfback and R. W. Turner center fail French and German exams. Geneva defeated Harvard while eligibility was questioned. final ruling barred Crosby and Turner from Crimson squad. Turner replaced at center by Bell, Crosby by French.
A retrospective look at 1926 sport horizons spanning boxing icons like Dempsey Tunney and Willard, the fate of champions such as Bobby Jones, and early football era shifts at Dartmouth Michigan Washington Alabama and Tulane. It weighs predictions, the rise and fall of stars, and the growing appeal of professional football through Cleveland and Cleveland crowds.
Pinkey Silverburg the Ansonia flyweight will debut in New York tonight facing Ivan Hayes in an eight round feature at the Twenty-Second Engineers Armory. Silverburg, Connecticut champion, is described as shifty and hard hitting with great boxing ability and a powerful right hand.
State College Pa Oct 4 AP Muto Bezdek athletic director at Pennsylvania State College has long supported abolishing organized football scouting. He believes the idea is sound but concedes practical problems may arise as alumni and students at rival schools seek information about opponents for their alma mater. He is curious to see how it would work in practice.
Amherst Massachusetts October 4. Amherst football players vote to cancel the season schedule after the death of Alfred B. Pimm Jr of Hartford Conn second string back who died from injuries in scrimmage His mother was told he would likely not play again The student council discussed canceling the game with Bowdoin but deferred to the squad The college newspaper notes his courage and persistence and his place in life among the upper levels of society
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