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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1920
Page
6
The article details Fisher’s theory on tackling in football practice at Harvard. It emphasizes training for both defense and offense, using straw beds and progressive hardening to instill safe, effective tackling. Daily, rigorous drills focus on precise technique with the left and right hands, clinching and keeping hold until the dummy is down.
Wilbert Robinson argues pinch hitters in Series are a big gamble and managers decide many outcomes. John McGraw says pilots matter more than stars and hot pace at the top shapes a winning team. Chet Thomas recalls Babe Ruth’s home run streak and confidence from predicting a forty homer season.
The article notes rugby waning in the United States as Stanford abandons the sport for American football. Walter D. Powell, a former All-Westerner from Wisconsin, is hired to coach Stanford’s coast players with a Big Ten style, after prior attempts to switch from rugby.
The Danish technological institute has opened a special course teaching practical methods of burning different fuels in various stoves with the greatest economy.
Eddie Roush of the Reds notes players feel intensified responsibility as the series nears, hoping to help their side win and prove critics wrong. He says fear of failure and rival pressure raise nerves, prompting peak effort that can still yield poor results. Hank Gowdy adds catchers shoulder big duties, often without credit, especially in decisive games.
The discussion centers on Steve O Neill and the intentional walk in baseball. The Insider notes O Neill’s strong catching and rare errors, while recalling a famous moment when he was pitched to and the Cleveland hurler sought the homer. A winter effort to reform the intentional pass is anticipated.
The piece notes Cleveland winning a world title inspires baseball history in a city with no pennant in 42 years. It contrasts Brooklyn’s past wins with Man o War's solo dominance and Carpentier’s boxing victory boosting a Dempeer bout, all tied to October twelve.
A fragmentary verse presents odd spellings and rhymes about a feared man who becomes gentle when courting his lover. The text mixes playful diction with archaic sounding lines, hinting at a satirical or comic mood.
Do not wait. We pay for improvements and urge choosing a lot now before it is gone. Down payment is five dollars with weekly payments of one dollar or monthly five dollars. The pitch touts buying property as a safe way to save in a growing city.
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