Middies football team shows promise at Navy
At Annapolis the Naval Academy football squad led by captain Watters and backfield contenders Conroy Rooney Coliee Hamilton Keel show strength for the 1920 season. Coaches project a husky, quick backfield and sturdy line as Many of last year’s stars return amid a bright outlook.
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Annapolis
Naval, Academy
Robert Folwell
Mwen
Watters
Mack
Seach
Keel- Coliee
Hamilton
Conroy
Rooney
Two Earsful Mike Manager Dios
A playful verse about a proud figure with a funny cap who does little work and questions why he should receive a letter. The rhymed lines describe his bulging roof and odd demeanor while pondering recognition.
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Mike
Dios
The Insider Bits From Past Sports and Personal Notes
The column surveys old time sports figures and trends while recounting playful reminiscences of playground games. It mentions ex jockey Harry Willis once Eddie Barnum Bat Bats Partners, and notes Batting Levin Sky as a sparring partner in New York. Jimmy Johnston of the Brooklyn Dodgers played 162 consecutive games.
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New York
Levinsky
Sailor Petroskey
Battlerre
Jimmy
Brooklyn
Jimmy Johnston
Brooklyn Dodgers
Fragmentary Quote on Football and Rootball Morality
A garbled excerpt discusses football and rootball as games with differing virtues. The text blends quotes attributed to Cresap Fatly and remarks on gentleness versus rough play, but the fragmentary OCR lacks clear names, dates, or events for concrete reporting.
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Cresap
Panto Pann Laughs At Brooklyn World Series Scalpers
In a breezy note on the first World Series at Brooklyn, scalpers falter as fans rush the yard and tickets change hands. Early sun gives way to wind and cooling, leading to desperate scalpers selling for less than their cost. The piece ends with a wry grown up reflection on the scene.
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Brooklyn
Lews
Fordham Returns to Football After Long Hiatus
A New York Fordham University football comeback marks a return to the gridiron after years without a team. The revival features a single veteran member and aims to rebuild the squad under new leadership and guidance.
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New York
Fordham University
$1500 Offered to Stimulate Army Racing at National Horse Show
A $1500 prize is offered for competitions at the National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden on November 15 and 16 to spur riding contests among regular officers of the U. S. Army. Competition is open to U. S. Army officers.
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New‘york
Madison Square Garden
U. S Army
Rural Women More Likely to Move to Cities Than Men
Statistics indicate a higher rate of rural women relocating to urban areas than rural men, reflecting shifting patterns in migration and gendered labor and family dynamics.
Brooklyn Trounced Cleveland in Fourth Game Sunday
Brooklyn pummeled Cleveland 9 to 2 as Konetchy and BE Smith led with three base hits and E Smith and Bagby hit homers. Olson to Killdust to Konetchy turned a double play. Wambsganes unassisted completed a triple. attendance 26,634. gate receipts 82,059 with shares distributed to commission and club.
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Konetchy
BE. Smith
E. Smith
Bagby
Sheehan
W. Johnston
Olson
Killdust
Jamieson
O'Neill
Gardner
Wambaganss
Johnston
Sewell
Wambsganes
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Dalle
Grimes
Mitchell
Miller
Seine
Kiem
Doane
O'Day
Dineen
Cate
Cleveland Americans
Brooklyn Nationals
Federal Street
Tribune-Leader
I Konetechy
Kildaff
Mitehall
Graney
Wambs
Speaker
W_Johns
Brookyn
Rheehan
Neil
Krueger
Griffith
Myers
Koney
Kildart
Smith
McCabe
Kenetchy
Evans
Wamby
Burns
Wood
Malls
Smith Smith
Olvon
Gard- Krueger Po
Neiaru
Heaneers
M Brooklyn
Motta
Mails
Frans
Honey
Meyers
Kilduff
Flash
Marquard's Share Held Up Over Ticket Scalping Charges
Richard Marquard of Brooklyn faces ticket scalping charges after a World Series game. John Heydler, National League president, announced his share of receipts will be withheld until the case is settled, with a court arraignment slated to October 15.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Richard Marquard
Brooklyn
John Meydler
National League
Marquard
Nw League
Heydler Caid
League
Itealf
Heydler
Cleveland Indians Seize World Series Lead With 1–0 Win
The Cleveland Indians shut out the Brooklyn Nationals 1 to 0 in the sixth game of the World Series. Mails pitched superbly as Cleveland matched its best with strong defense, edging Brooklyn while Burns delivered the series’ decisive blow.
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Cleveland Indians
Brooklyn Nationals
Cleveland
Speaker
Brooklyn
Robins
Wilter Mails
Sherry Smith
Mails
Smith
Indians
Bunday
Evans
Konethhy
Wamby
Olson
Konethhey
George Burns
Myera
Burns
Ohio
Treasuries
He Wins Air Race for Dear France
Sadi Lecointe, renowned French aviator, won the International airplane race for the Gordon Bennett trophy. He completed the 186.3 mile course in one hour and 1715 seconds, marking France’s third cup victory.
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Sadi Lecointe
Lecointe
France
Carpentier Levinsky Megafight Builds Across Nation
In New York on October 11 boxing moves toward the Georges Carpentier versus Battling Levinsky heavyweight showdown. The public ahead of the bout grows with massive interest already fueled by pay phones and widespread media.
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Jersey City
Baseball Park
Road Row
Fident
Levinsky
New York
Georges Carpentier
United States
Harvard Football Promotes Tackling Dummy Amid Pocket Question
In Cambridge on October 11 a highlighted Harvard football player is shown with a tackling dummy in a mock scandal mockup. The piece questions propriety and cites confusion over the hip pocket item amid Prohibition era sensitivities and university pride.
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Cambridge
Mass
Bob Fisher
Harvard
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