Tigers and Trojans prep for aerial clash at Trojan field
A 26 man Dothan Tigers squad travels to Trojan field to face Troy High School. Espy is out with crutches, Henry Williams joins as guard, and the team works on signal reading and forward passing. Key players Holmes Tendall Miems Riley Ford Hanahan and others are ready for a strong showing amid anticipated Tiger rooter support.
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Henry Wiliams
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Jack Ford
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Trojan Field
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Holmes
Tendall
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Hanahan
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Two Sluggers Clash At Madison Square Garden Tonight
New York November 21 AP Jimmy McLarnin and Billy Petrolle meet in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden with a large crowd expected. McLarnin, undefeated since facing Sammy Mandell, is a 3 to 1 favorite and comes off a knockout of Al Singer in three rounds.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Slugger
Jimmy Mclarnin
Billy Petrolie
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Garden
McLarnin
Sammy Mandell
al Singer
Mandell
Petrolle
Mickey Walker Heads Tour to Prove Heavyweight Contender
Chicago November 21 AP Mickey Walker the world middleweight champion will tour America under manager Jack Kearns. The plan includes sit down sparring exhibitions with heavyweight partners and local talent to convince boxing fans he is a logical heavyweight title contender after the Kearns managed fight with K. Christner next week.
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Jack Kearns
Mickey Walker
America
Walker
Christner
Kearns
Coast Conference Football Opens With Big California Stanford Clash
Pacific Coast Conference action begins in Los Angeles as Oregon State visits UCLA in a weekend that peaks with the annual big game between California and Stanford in Berkeley. California, battered in the league, faces an uphill test as Stanford carries a single conference loss to Southern California and aims to stay undefeated in the title race.
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All America Football Casting in the 1800s
The 1808 era shifted football power from East to West with Camp replacing Whitney as All-America arbiter and Herschberger of Chicago joining the roster. O'Dea of Wisconsin wowed with a 62 yard dropkick as rules settled to seven on the line, while early rivalries and college talent reshaped the national scene.
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Caspar Whitney
Walter Camp
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C. B. Herachberger
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O'Dea
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Yale
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Harvard
Pennsylvania
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Whitney
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Michigan
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Romeyn
West Point
Overfield
Outland
Herschberger
Charney Daly
Perry Haughton
Camp's 1898 All-America Selections
The 1898 All-America list features Palmer and Hillebrand as Princeton and Yale players respectively along with notable selections from Harvard Penn Chicago Michigan Brown and others. The roster includes backs centers ends and guards across multiple colleges with a third team also noted including Pennsylvania West Point and Cornell representatives.
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Richardson
Warren
O'Dea
Wisconsin
Felwell
Pennsylvania
Smith
West Point
Sweetland
Cornell
Fox
Rendolph
Penn State
Reed
Jaffray
Ekromer
Raymond
Wesleyan
Benedict
Nebraska
Romeyn
East West Grid Emerges in Early Intercollegiate Play
The piece notes a tackle on the Crimson line and second-string All-America as intersectional games link the east and midwest. Chicago visits Pennsylvania in 1898 while California under Garrett Cochran beats Stanford 22 to 0 after nine years. Penn and Cornell clash in a blizzard on Thanksgiving in Philadelphia as Kentucky awards a $15000 observatory contract.
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Pennsylvania
Pacific Coast
California
Garrett Cochran
Princeton
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Cochran
Harvard Yale Big Attraction in East Tomorrow
The 49th Yale Harvard football duel anchors a busy East schedule with other notable games including Navy at Maryland and Fordham versus Bucknell. Yale coach Mal Stevens and Harvard mentor Arnold Horween planned light sessions in New Haven. Local games involve NYU versus Rutgers, Temple versus Carnegie Tech, Villanova versus Georgetown, Washington at Jefferson, and West Virginia at Morgantown.
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Herbert W. Barker
Associated Press
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Arnold Horween
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Navy
Maryland
Fordham
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Jack Grossman
Temple
Carnegie Tech
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Villanova
Georgetown
Washington and Jefferson
West Virginia
Morgantown
Loughran Favored To Beat Levinsky In Chicago Bout
Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia, former world light heavyweight champion, is a two to one favorite to defeat King Levinsky, ex fish peddler, in a ten round engagement at Chicago Stadium tonight. Loughran expected to prevail convincingly with sharp left jabs flaring against Levinsky who must seek a knockout to win.
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Chicago
Tommy Loughran
Philadelphia
King Levinsky
Loughran
Georgia’s New State Tax Revenue in First Year
Georgia’s new sales tax, effective October 1, 1829, generated $1,753,027 in its first year of operation.
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Georgia
Duke and South Carolina Clash in Conference Tilt
A fragment shows a 1920s style college conference context with Duke and South Carolina rivals preparing for a key game. The note mentions North Carolina, Columbia, and the Gamecocks in a campaign setting, hinting at intra‑conference competition and regional matchups.
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South Carolina
Gamecocks
Duke
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