Hopes to bury Indiana claim to big title
Western football focuses on sectional battles with Minnesota favored to win over Chicago. Illinois and Indiana play next week after easy wins against Butler and Purdue, while Northwestern versus Wisconsin promises a tough clash. Notre Dame seeks to improve against Michigan Aggies as Michigan heads east for Syracuse.
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Minneapolis
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Boilermakers
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Wisconsin
Madison
Notre Dame
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Aggies
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Syracuse
Berger Expects Tough Battle With Dillon Saturday Night
Pittsburg Pa October 29 Youth slugger Pilly Berger says Hoosier cyclone Indisvek Dillon is a hard game for anyone to tackle. He notes Dillon beat Chip and has tackled top rivals like Crouse Connors Perry Abbott and himself, predicting a difficult assignment but hopes to win.
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Crouse
Connors
Perry
Abbott
Dillon
Soldier bowler rolls season high score 277
The high individual score of the season, 277, was rolled Friday night in the Indianapolis league by Eyre of the Company B team. This score helped his squad win one game against the North Sides as the Imperials won two from the Crescents.
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Eyre
Imperials
Crescents
Fogel May Be Man to Lose Baseball Job
Philadelphia Oct 29 The Fogel Dooin dispute over Dooin’s resignation as manager of the Quakers intensifies as Fogel refuses to accept Dooin’s resignation. Directors Schwartz Elliott and Conway back Dooin with plans to keep him as manager next season. Fogel insists Dooin cannot resign and will wait days to discuss the situation.
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Philadelphia
Doolin
Quakers
Cincinnati Reds
Dooin
John Schwartz Jr
Frank 8. Elliott
William Conway
Schwartz
Foge
Doom
Charlies
Good fielding does not indicate ability in league players
In South Bend on October 29, President F R Carson of the Central league released fielding averages showing surprises as star players rank low in percentages. The top players by position include Doak at catcher, Swartling at first, Murray at second, Sheehan at third, Groeschow at short, and Snyder in the outfield, with several noted stars like Starke, McCarthy, Lajuene, Holmes, Grant, and Gainor ranking low.
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F. R. Carson
Starke
McCarthy
Lajuene
Holmes
Grant
Gainor
Stratton
Wheeling
Doak
Swartling
Zanesville
Murray
Terre Haute
Sheehan
Grand Rapids
Groeschow
Snyder
Evansville
Indians Confident Of Scalp Penns Players Clash
Descendants of the Flint firing muzzle loaders and tomahawk tribesmen meet William Penn and the Indian in their annual football battle Saturday afternoon. The Indians, smarting from last season defeat, are confident of victory and known for strong play on Franklin field.
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Philadelphia
William Penn
Franklin Field
Westgard Reaches Iowa City After Transcontinental Drive
A. L. West gard of the Auto Touring Club of America arrived in Iowa City on Friday afternoon en route to San Francisco from New York. He has logged 8,000 miles along the proposed transcontinental highway without incident.
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Iowa City
A. L. Westgard
The
Auto Touring Club, of America
San Francisco
New York
Smith Upsets Goodman in Title Fight
New York October 29 reports Sammy Smith stunned Jack Goodman in a lightweight bout at the National Sporting Club. Smith used smart boxing to counter Goodman's tactics and earn a decisive victory.
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Goodman
New York
Jack Goodman
National Sporting Club
Sammy Smith
Jack
Mahmout Posts Money For World Title Match
Yussiff Mahmout returned to Chicago ready to wrestle any man. He vowed to win the world championship and posted a $1,000 forfeit to bind a match with Zbyszko, instead of meeting Frank Gotch.
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Mahmout
Chicago
Yussiff Mahmout
Frank Gotch
Zbyszko
Kelly to Box Caponi in Winnipeg Bout
Hugo Kelly and Tony Caponi, Chicago middleweights, were matched to box ten rounds in Winnipeg on Friday, November 4, at a club show conducted by Harry Gilmore Jr.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Hugo Kelly
Tony Caponi
Chicago
Harry Gilmore Jr
Earlham Teams Busy With Two Saturday Games
Earlham College in Richmond Indiana plans two football games Saturday. The varsity faces Wittenberg at Springfield while the scrubs meet St Marys Academy at Dayton.
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Richmond
Ind
Wittenberg
Springfield
Scrubs St. Mary's Academy
Dayton
Indiana University Girls Hockey League Formed
Bloomington Indiana Oct 29 Junior and sophomore girls of Indiana university have organized a hockey league and are holding a practice each evening on Duan meadow.
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Ind
Indiana University
Duan Meadow
Minnesota Gophers Meet Chicago Maroons At Marshall Field
Minnesota and Chicago prepare for a key gridiron clash at Marshall Field as Stagg’s Midway team heads to Minneapolis to face Dr Williams’ man-eaters. Captains Johnston and McGovern lead a veteran Gopher backfield with Rosenwald, Stevens and Young among star sophomores and juniors in a high stakes 1910 style battle.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
Stagg
Midway Warriors
Dr. Williams
Minneapolis
Capt. Johnston
McGovern
Rosenwald
Stevens
Capt
Crawley
Sauer
Ralph Young
Hume Young
Gopher
Frank Smith
Robinson
Bromley
Morrell
Young
Walker
Hoppe by Wonderful Play Leads Cutler
Willie Hoppe holds a 274 point lead over Albert Cutler of Boston in their billiard match at New York. The champion trails 18.1 balk line to 18.2 with two nights remaining, and Hoppe’s lead is judged too large to overcome. Hoppe’s form earns high praise as he reaches 300 in thirteen innings, with an average of 231-13.
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Willie Hoppe
Albert Cutler
Boston
Hoppe
Cutler
Hackenschmidt Challenges Gotch After Arrival
Russian wrestler George Hackenschmidt arrived in New York from Europe and announced a challenge to Frank Gotch, the American world champion who defeated him in Chicago years ago, aiming to regain the title.
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George Hackenschmidt
Europe
Frank Gotch
Chicago
Hoppe Beats Cutler in Long Billiards Block
New York on October 29 Willie Hoppe in a 15 inning fifth block handicap match against Albert Cutler reached 300 points while Cutler scored 185. After five nights Hoppe totals 1,500 to Cutler’s 1,111. The final block is scheduled for Saturday night.
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Cutler
New York
Willie Hoppe
Albert Cutler
Schultz Beats Driscoll In Milwaukee Boxing Show
In Milwaukee October 29 Battling Schultz of Toledo defeated Billy Driscoll in the fastest fight here for years and the prettiest exhibition of boxing Friday night.
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Driscoll
Milwaukee
Wis
Battling Schultz
Toledo
Billy Driscoll
Loughrey Edges Lewis In Tough Nonpareil Club Fight
Tommy Loughrey the Manayunk welterweight surprised a big crowd by giving Harry Lewis one of the hardest contests of his career at the Nonpareil club Friday night in Philadelphia.
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Lewis
Philadelphia
Tommy Loughrey
Harry Lewis
Badgers Confident For Northwestern Showdown
Madison Wis Oct 29 the Badgers expect a hard fight from Northwestern but believe they hold a sizable edge to beat the Purple Saturday afternoon as the matchup looms real.
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Wis
Northwestern
Badgers
Langford to Fight at Empire Week-Long Engagement
Sam Langford known as the Boston tar baby will begin a week's engagement at the Empire opening Monday. He claims he can beat Jack Johnson and will box with local fighters who test his game. The city’s Negroes plan a big reception for Langford.
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Boston
Jack Johnson
Langford
the Empire
Johnson
Samuel
Cornell Freshman Death Traced To Heart Trouble
Indignation rose in Ithaca after Dr Bentz said Laur an B Paine died from heart trouble with no evidence football caused the death. Cornell President Schurman had summoned the Buffalo physician following Paine’s infirmary death after injuries sustained on the football field.
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Cornell University
Bentz
Buffalo
Schurman
Lauran B. Paine
Cornell
Collins Honeymoon to Be Auto Trip After Wedding
Philadelphia. Second baseman Collins of the Athletics will marry Miss Mabel Doane next Tuesday evening at the bride’s home in Oakview. He plans a large wedding with all Athletic players present and hopes Mack attends. Afterward Collins will honeymoon traveling the country in an automobile donated by fans.
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Collins
The
Athletics
Mack
Mabel Doane
Oakview
Third League Has Real Life Says Fletcher
D A Fletcher promoter of the third major league says he has backing to form a new organization and will open headquarters in New York within a week. He plans eight ballparks in sixty days, ground broken by March 1, and a season starting in April with contracts for top players, offering pay of three to ten thousand dollars and options to February 10. He targets New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and St Louis first, with wooden stands initially.
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D. A. Fletcher
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Army Eleven Not Afraid of Harvard
West Point, Oct 28. After defeating Yale the Army football team expects a Harvard showdown, aiming to keep the Crimson within 12 points and to score themselves. Key players Hicks Brown and Surles are hurt and may not play the full game.
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N. Y
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Crimson
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Brown
Surles
Merriam Breaks State Record in YMCA Pool
W. E. Merriam set a new state record for the half mile at a YMCA pool event on Friday night, clocking 13:24.4 to surpass his previous 14:09. Competitors included L. King, M. Venun, and J. Conway with H. Conway.
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J. and
H. Conway
Purdue Aims to Stifle Illini in Low-Scoring Game
Purdue in good shape to face Illinois with only two players sidelined by injuries. Dunwoody knee and Meeker fingerbone out. Deardorf to guard, Ball to replace Shenenfield. Illinois drills in snow, Lyons and Woolston uncertain, likely substitutes used. Expected Purdue lineup includes French, Lyons, Franks, Bowman, Butler, Lisher, Twist, Oliver, Pletcher, Siler, Tavey, Bernstein, Carter, Heckin, Dillon.
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Ind
Purdue
Ilinois
Boilermakers
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Meeker
Deardorf
Buzz
Shenenfield
Taylor
Aetna
Illinois
Lyons Franks
Bowman
Butzer
Lisher
Belting Springer Oliver Pletcher
Siler Tavey
Bernstein Carter
Roberts-Fuall
Heckin
Dillon
Leaves for Bloomington Butler Squad Faces Early Defeat
Butler sent its team to Bloomington at 7 20 this morning with coach McKay predicting a poorer score than expected. Lineup includes Roberts Hinman Cruise or Brunson Speaker Lewis Swango Burkhardt or Thomas Lingaman Badger Everhardt or Potter Pavey. Indiana weighs about fifteen pounds per man.
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Bloomington
McKay
Dope
Roberts
Hinman
Cruise
Brunson
Speaker
Lewis
Swango
Burkhardt
Thomas
Lingaman
Badger
Everhardt
Potter
Pavey
Indiana
Illinois Scouting Party Prepares for Purdue Game
Champaign Oct 29 Twenty five Illini players were taken to Lafayette today with many substitutes expected to play Belting Woolston and perhaps Lyons will be withheld Wham may go at end and Davis at tackle Coaches welcomed snow Friday to practice with a slippery ball Assistant Coach McKnight was sent east to view Syracuse in action against Michigan another scout will watch Indiana at Butler The film are confident of defeating Purdue by a comfortable score
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Illini
Lafayette
Belting
Woolston
Lyons
Wham
Davis
McKnight
Syracuse
Indiana Freshmen Fall 18 to 0 as Veterans Win
In Bloomington on a snow damp field the varsity beat the freshmen 18 to 0. Indiana will use the same lineup against Butler except for Captain Berndt and Andy Gill who will visit Lafayette to see the Illinois formation for next Saturday's game. King substitutes for Gill and Meade for Berndt.
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Berndt
Bloomington
Ind
Sheldon
Indiana
Butler
Wisconsin
Capt
Andy Gill
Lafayette
Illinois
King
Meade
Overman's Bad Ankle Grounds Team For St Louis Trip
Greencastle Indiana October 20 Captain Overman stayed behind with a bad ankle as Coach Tapp led thirteen players from Greencastle to St Louis where Barnes Medical University will be played on Saturday.
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Greencastle
Ind
Tapp
St. Louis
Barnes Medical University
Yale Faces Easy Game with Colgate in Week Ahead
New Haven, Conn. Oct. 29. Yale expects Colgate to present little challenge Saturday as the Blue eleven eyes a modest score. Colgate was defeated by Yale 36 to 0 last year, per local reports.
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New Haven
Conn
Colgate
Blue Eleven
Colegate
Army Eleven in Bad Shape for Harvard at West Point
Harvard expected to challenge for the eastern football title arrives at West Point with confidence in victory. Coach Haughton plans to use many substitutes due to several Army players not in peak condition. Harvard relies on weight advantage while Army hopes speed and trick plays compensate.
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Harvard
Haughton
Princeton Meets Dartmouth In Even Hearted Polo Grounds Clash
New York hosts a big football clash at the Polo Grounds with Princeton and Dartmouth rated evenly matched. Princeton brings hundreds of students while 700 Dartmouth supporters travel from Hanover. Both sides project an even chances, with no expected winner by more than a touchdown.
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Polo Grounds
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Dartmouth
New Hampshire
Hanover
Monster celebration in athletics honor Parade march for Athletics victory
Philadelphia on October 29 reports more than one hundred amateur baseball clubs joining a parade to celebrate the Athletics world championship. The Independent Americans group plans 560 uniformed men and a military division will participate with other cadet and independent military organizations in line.
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Philadelphia
Mystery Wrestler Falls to Roller in Chicago Fight
In Chicago on Oct 29 1925 or 29 Roller pinned the mysterious Waffles in 17 minutes after a challenge to claim Gotch style title. Roller aimed to finish within an hour in a clean match with Dr B F Roller defeating the unknown opponent.
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Chicago
Frank Gotch
Waffles
Dr. B. F. Roller
Mechanician Raymond Coch Killed in Dallas Auto Race
In Dallas the state fair auto races left mechanician Raymond Coch of Paris France dead and driver Philip Wells seriously injured after a tire burst caused a car to overturn. Gascon Morris escaped uninjured as the crash occurred Friday afternoon.
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Tex
Raymond Coch
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France
Philip Wells
Coch
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