Open football day sees eastern dominance over west rivals
Fast outplays teams of west as Yale defeats Princeton and Pennsy crushes Michigan. Coy the Yale fullback tore through Princeton’s line while Biglow and Harlan added scores. Minnesota and Minnesota clash with Indian triumphs over Minnesota amid spirited open play and strong kicking.
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Purdue and Wisconsin clash in rugged college football clash
In Michigan territory Pur due falls to Wisconsin 12 to 4 as Cunningham sparks a 100 yard touchdown on a fluke play. DePauw claims secondary title with 19 to 12 over Quakers at Greencastle. Dartmouth overwhelms Harvard 22 to 0 while Swarthmore loses 18 to 0 to Cornell. Manual high school trounces Louisville Manuals 26 to 0 and Shortridge loses to Dayton Shortridge faces Purdue Notre Dame showdown next weekend.
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Cobb Tops American League Batting With .352 Average
American League batting averages released by President Johnson place Ty Cobb of Detroit as leading batsman at .352. Closest rival with 100 games or more is Sam Crawford also of Detroit at .328. Stone and Killian hit .350, Clymer .316, Flick of Cleveland .302, nine players over .300. Detroit leads team batting with Philadelphia second and New York third.
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Walking West on a Century-Old Feat by Edward Weston
Special to The Sun reports Edward Payson Weston at age 69 retracing his 40 year old Portland to Chicago walking feat. The piece details his grueling pace, gait, and diet of milk raw eggs and tea with meals, his method of descending hills walking backward, and his lean wiry frame as he maintains four to five miles per hour across rough terrain.
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Carlisle Indians Face Tough Schedule With Renowned Coaches
The Carlisle Indians, noted for their strong schedule against Penn, Princeton, Harvard, Minnesota and Chicago, are coached by Glenn S. Warner as director general. He directs the plays while Johnson handles the backfield and Newman trains the forwards. Newman influenced Cornell’s win over Princeton and will guide the Tigers heading into Chicago.
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John L Sullivan Day Set in Indianapolis
John L Sullivan is to edit the Sun sports page on Wednesday in Indianapolis. He invites friends to the Sun office on the second floor between 11 and 11:30 to meet him and view his forthcoming columns, with a public reception to follow for thirty minutes.
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Weston Aims for Chicago in Seven More Days
Edward Payson Weston, famed pedestrian, arrives Cleveland at 7:30 am while walking from Portland to Chicago. He left Painesville after a 12:05 pm stop, covered 30 miles to Cleveland at a steady pace, spoke briefly to a street crowd, and pressed on toward Westman Ohio. Weston remains 12 hours ahead of his schedule and 24 hours ahead of his 40 year-old record, targeting Chicago in a week.
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New York Show Finds Mixed Results for Auto Makers
The New York show yields varied fortunes as most exhibitors report lower overall sales than last January. American Locomotive Motor car shines at Waldorf exhibition with superior business. general manager James Joyce plans a separate Waldorf display next season. Membership in the American Automobile Association rises by 11,000 since February to 19,200.
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Walter Little Eyes Milwaukee Bout Pursue Big Purse Offer
Walter Little ready to challenge Young Wolgast if Milwaukee club offering the match posts a sufficient purse. Johnny Summers vs Matty Baldwin eyed for Baltimore on November 29 under Herford, Summers to sign with Charley Harvey for Summers. Baldwin awaits contract. bout to fifteen rounds. Jimmy Coffroth plans arena move within San Francisco city center. Young Duffy set to face Charles Ju hr e in Racine on November 22.
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Weekly Sport Events Schedule Highlights Big Matchups
Saturday features Manual against Shortridge at Washington Park and major college clashes including Michigan versus Pennsylvania in Ann Arbor, Purdue hosting Notre Dame in Lafayette, Army facing Syracuse at West Point, Yale meeting Harvard in Cambridge, and many more across venues from Ames to Los Angeles. Boxing bouts span Boston to San Francisco with fighters like Papke, Dedker, and O’Brien scheduled. shooting hosts a weekly Indianapolis Gun Club shoot.
Kilrain Fight 75 Rounds Ends Sullivan Victory
John L. Sullivan praises Papée and Packy McFarland as future champions and recalls the 75 round battle with Kilrain in Richburg Miss on July 8 1889. He notes the brutal endurance of Kilrain and the record setting length while recounting referees watch timekeepers and corner men.
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Preparation for Manual Shortridge Rivalry at Washington Park
Coaches Miller and Siler begin a rigorous Monday lead in a weekly prep for the annual clash between Manual and Shortridge at Washington Park next Saturday. Manual is favored. Shortridge seeks to upset after past defeat. The schools plan a last-ditch effort as officials ban football.
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