Is Football a Brutal Game
The piece discusses Chancellor Day of Syracuse University and other college leaders views on football. It cites statements by President Woodrow Wilson and medical voices on injuries and deaths, praising massed play while noting risks and asking if safer forms can preserve esprit de corps and interest.
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Princeton
Day
University of Syracuse
Noture
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Tom Aioe
the Commercial Tribune
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Iipe
Woodrow Wilson
Arene
Supreme Special College
Orl Meneer
Jynson
Robin
Depauwe University
Gyms and Shamrocks Tie in Local Championship Match
The Gyms and Shamrocks battled to a 2-2 draw at the last 72nd grounds in a tight local football showdown. Lewis and Mills scored for the Gyms, Kirkland and Reftley for the Shamrocks, with a disputed early goal and a later penalty keeping the score level as both teams pressed for supremacy.
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Shamrocks
Lewis
Mills
Sander
Kirkland
Reftley
Western Varsities Fix Dates for Track Meets
TCAGD Nov 30 reports progress in arranging indoor track schedules among several universities. Freshmen from Chicago challenge Illinois freshmen January 23 at Chicagapan. Wisconsin visits Chicago January 31, then Illinois varsity travels to Chicago in February for a Madison return meet.
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University of Chicago
University of Ilinois
Chegapaign
University of Wisconsin
Chicago
Uiversity of Illinois
Chile
Chisago Tracke
Madison
Athens to host 1904 world athletic tourney extend
James Chacona reports Greek Athletic authorities plan a world tourney in Athens in 1904 to be staged independent of the Chicago or St Louis events. The Athens stadium will seat over sixty thousand and is built of marble with an amphitheater due in 1904. Negotiations with European stars progress while American athletes await word. The Chicago meet and Athens test may both seek sanction from the International.
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Commercial Tribune
Yway
Athens
Coria
Nega Fons
Europe
Chicago
Intérma
St Paul Club Move to Chicago Looks Likely
St Paul club eyes transfer to Chicago with American Association backing. President T. J. Hickey signals decision near if Comiskey sells his plant to West Side owners. Lennon of St Paul urged for a downtown park. Kansas City could shift to Chicago if Lennon obtains such a park.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Paul
Minn
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St.Paul
Chicago
C. A. Comiskey
Hickey
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American “Association
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West Side
American Association
North Side
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Kansas City American Association
Trouble for coming fight looms up at Baltimore
Al Herford manager of the Eureka Athletic Club delays acceptance of McGovern and Young Corbett to fight in Baltimore as prize fighting faces a new anti prize movement. The Ministerial Association denounces prize fighting and the Board of Police Commissioners considers the issue. Mayor Hayes says no permits will be issued except for bona fide sparring contests without prize fight features.
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Eureka Athletic Club
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Inisterial Association
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Board of Police Commissioners
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Eden Park
Walnut Hills
Carr
New Orleans Racing Card Listings for Two Year Olds and Open Bets
The New Orleans program outlines races for two year olds and mixed purses. Entries include Aghes Mack Hilde Seck Hindi Maghon Soothsayer Our Bessie and many others with weights from 93 to 115 pounds. The card lists six selling races and a purse event with multiple contenders and weights across divisions.
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Hilde and
Seck
Maghon
Soothsayer
Our Bessie
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Computation
War Cry
Sidney Sabbath
Shoofly
Tancred
Miss Zaray
Sue Johnson
Prince Blazes
Nettie Regent
W. Deboe
Wealth Clarita
Guthbert
Durnelé& Herz
Ometia
Bummer
Sarner
Andes
Computation-Soothsayer in a Narrow Ledger of Names
A garbled page listing various curious proper nouns, likely characters or entities such as Emile-Federal and Seize-Little Margaret, with scattered descriptors and odd pairings. The text resembles a stylized column header set from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper, containing fragmented names and phrases without cohesive narrative.
Crescent City winter racing promises high stakes and big crowds
New Orleans reports three decades high purses at Crescent City Jockey Club winter meeting. East and West stables, including Featherstone and Madden, arrive as attendance and grandstand capacity rise. admissions up to $1. Several horses arrive sick from travel, with J. Baker needing euthanasia and Emshee in weak condition.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Crescent City Jockey Club
Bush
Chicago
New York
Crescent City
Jockey Club
Fairgrounds
Grand Stand
Metropolitan
A. Featherstone
Andrew Miller
F. T. Wilson
F. T. Carrick
John. E. Madden
E. W. Walden
P. H. McCarren
H. T. Griffin
C.A. Bimons
G. H. Schultz
A. C. McCafferty
J. J. McCafferty
T. ®. Mannix
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O'Connor
Landry
Jack Martin
Bennings
Yill
Redfern
Odom
Wonderly
H. Michaels
Gannon
Rice
Shea
Lyne
Washin
Lexington
Prema
Keene
France
Buchanan
Robbins
Helgerson
R. Williams
McIntyre
R. Steele
Cincinnati
John W. Sehorr
Memphis
Will
Charlé Ellison
Johnny Madden
Darnell & Herz
Tichenor & Co
Louisiana Jockey Club
J. Baker
Arthur Featherstone
Harry Whitney to Have Private Track at Great Neck
Harry Payne Whitney buys fifty acres near Manhasset Long Island from Almeric Paget. He plans a fine house with stables kennels and a half mile track raised on the turns, on the site three miles south of Manhasset.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Harry Payne Whitney
Great Neck
L.I
Almeric H. Paget
Manhasset
Eastern horsemen split up $2,000,000 season
New York November 30 report shows seven East Coast racing associations distributed nearly $2 million to 375 stables. F G McLewes Co led with $88,855. August Belmont $76,021. John A Drake $67,540. Keene $61,931. Whitney $60,? with Harry Payne and Duryea close, and Mrs L Curtis as top female earner with $24,879. Fleischmann, Ziegler, and others appear among the top owners in the season totals.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Jockey Club
Bennings
Aqueduct
Morris Park
Gravesend
Sheepshead Bay
Brighton
Saratoga
F. G. “McLewes & Co
Mizzeh
John A. Drake
James R
Foxhall P. Keene
Mr. Keene
W. C.whitney
Harry Payne
Herman B. Duryea
Acefall
Mr. Whitney
Captain
S. Brown
John B. Madden
Julius Fleischmann
M. Ziegler
Dwyer
McCafferty
Morrisses
Hitchcock
Gideon
Wleischmann
Frank Farrell
Six new jockeys promise to make good
New York reports six apprentice riders Gannon Henderson Waugh Cantwell Barber Creamer promise strong careers next season. William Gannon, 18, will ride for James R Keene's stable. Rowe and McCormick aided his rise from Morris Park to Aqueduct. The group aims to fill first class jockey shortages in 1902.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Henderson
Waugh
Cantwell
Barber
Creamer
William Gannon
James R Keene
James McCormick
L. V. Bell
Gannon
Billy Oliver
Morris Park
Rinaldo
McCormick
L. V. Bells-mreat
Aqueduct Track
James Rowe
Keene
Rowe
England
Trish
Hew
Pa Hornes
Weldon Accidentally Shot in Oberlin
Ames Weldon of Lorain was accidentally shot by Esler Pembet of Oberlin while youths displayed their guns in Oberlin. The bullet entered near the chest and narrowly missed a fatal hit. Weldon's condition is described as poor with uncertain chances of recovery.
Manufacturers oppose eight hour bill and push defense fund
Henry George Jr. reports the National Association of Manufacturers fights an eight hour government contract bill with a defense fund. He argues labor unions fund lobbying while manufacturers worry about wage and rent dynamics and call for limiting land speculation rather than opposing workers’ hours.
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David M. Parry
Indianapolis
House of Representatives
Washington
Senate
Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Organized Labor
Canital
Lbbor
Parry
Gompers
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Treasury
Labor Confederation
National Association of Manufacturers
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United Mineworkers to Hold Annual Convention in Indianapolis
The United Mineworkers of America schedule their convention for January 19 in Indianapolis. President Feltman says John Mitchell will attend December 15, and the executive committee will meet December 19 to review strike actions. Secretary Wilson prepares the call and delegates number about 800 to 1,000 with voting strength near 1,700.
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Indianapolis
Novi
John Mitchell
Feltman
Mitchell
United Mineworkers
Wilson
United Mineworkers of America
Chicago Boy John Farley Disappears After Family Loss
John Farley an 11 year old employee of the Grand Trunk Railroad vanished from his parents home in Chicago after the deaths of his sister six weeks prior and his older brother James last Friday. He is described as slight with light hair, about 5 feet 7 inches tall. Police seek information as he left with his younger brother and has not been seen since.
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Chicago
John Farley
Grand “Trunk” Railroad
Anii
James
John
Snow In Maryland Delays Rail Service Across Cumberland
Snow covers Cumberland Maryland with over an inch expected, bringing midwinter conditions. Incoming trains are heavily snowbound, signaling a regional storm rather than a local event.
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