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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
7
Tom Sharkey sits with Bob Edgren recalling Navy center rush games in Hawaii and a Yale Princeton visit. He describes rough play and new rules limiting slugging, detailing Kanaka players who outpaced signals and a missed chance for Princeton with a Kanaka language professor.
Special to The Sun from St. Louis reports pitcher Jack Powell of the St Louis Browns sustained a severed wrist artery in a saloon altercation at McGillicuddy's. He required care at a dispensary, was arrested and later released after the injury and incident.
Saturday football schedule lists multiple matchups. Teams include Minnesota at Notre Dame Kalamazoo at Notre Dame Purdue at Lafayette Chicago at Chicago Ames at Iowa City Yale at Princeton Harvard at Dartmouth Canney Bridge Pennsylvania at Philadelphia Cornell at Ithaca West Point at Bucknell Annapolis Notre Dame versus North Carolina at Annapolis matchups appear in a sprawling list with several likely misspellings and inconsistent place names.
Potter and Strauzs lead individual honors with 31 pins in Retail Secret Bowling League. Strauss team posts high score 872, Wagner and Wassons struggle with several losses as Kahns claim three wins from Whens. Y M L and Washington A L leagues report mixed results with Shermans and Capitals trading wins.
New Haven Conn November 23 Changing plans the football coaches allowed limited scrimmage time. Knox, with a shoulder hurt at Princeton, wore uniform and caught punts though a full backfield of Haome Linn and Werneken rotated. Each made a touchdown amid a rugged practice as Bomar played part of the half and may edge Linn for Knox’s return. The Firetzels battled the anarchs with Breteele’s kicker and Monarcha aiding their three-game stretch.
Hafford, former Hoosier pitcher, joins Tufts dental program and plans to pitch in winter leagues to prove control. He writes friends Arundel and Farrell about training and hopes to secure his brother Frank with Indianapolis. Arundel notes Frank as a promising third-baseman in New England circles while Farrell weighs major offers. Jason, the ex Hoosier, is linked to tough-luck items amid a caping by the district attorney after a razor incident in Worcester.
Philadelphia fighter Jack O'Brien, aged about 80, bets on himself to win the heavyweight clash with Tommy Burns at the Pacific Coast Athletic Club on Thanksgiving night. He has paid Matchmaker McCarey $5,000 for the bid and is the coast’s favorite with odds 10 to 8. If victorious, O'Brien could face Kaufmann, Twin, Sullivan, Behreck, or Johnson in future bouts, with Kaufmann seen as the best bet for a title shot.
Special to The Tennessean Nashville Nov 23 Vanderbilt Southern Engineers defeated the Carlisle Indians on Dudley Field in a hard fought Inter sectional clash. Bob Blake kicked a drop goal from the seventeenth yard line as time expired in the first half. Stone Pleasant tried four times to drop another goal but failed.
Nov 20 Canton is focused on Manalji lon's final effort as the Bulldogs prepare for a distant football championship. With heavy emphasis on winning, teams aim to dampen Canton by pushing extra efforts in this pivotal matchup.
Portland bowling squad from Cook Carmedy Delinger Agora and Stellington visited Muncie Indiana on November 23 and swept the three games with a wide 275 pin margin. Carmedy posted the high score of 213 while Muncie struggled throughout the meet.
Special to The Sum Chicago November 25 Tex Rickard Nevada fight promoter filed a warrant with Justice Roth for Billy Nolan Battling Nelson's manager. Nolan is charged with embezzling about $6000 from proceeds of the Goldfield fight pictures.
The Imperials defeated the Crescents six games in a Thursday league clash. C Pritchett netted the tight 2 score in the third game of the second division fight, while Keele contributed for the Imperials as the teams battled at Columbia Alleys with scores and totals listed for both divisions.
Race by race results across Bennings and San Francisco tracks. Key horses include Sandy Creeker 109 18 to 1 Rerpatannock leading six events with times around 1:30 to 2:12, and Holly stakes with Dollie Spanker 104 7 to 10 at New York. Multiple races list weights, odds, and finish positions with a mix of old and Columbia course designations.
Washington reports that for the first time in years the coming annual Army Navy game will be attended by neither the president nor the top defense leaders. Assistant Secretaries Oliver of War and Newberry of the Navy will represent their departments at the event.
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