Criss-Cross Forward Pass at West Point Tactics Detail
The article describes a criss-cross play used at West Point to delay a receiver and deceive defenders. It outlines assignments for linemen and backs, showing a coordinated pass from a balanced formation designed to protect the passer and mislead the defense. The scheme is part of a series of 42 trick plays by Major Ernest Graves, noted as a non-graduate coach who led two of the big three programs.
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West Point
Pritchard
Merrilat
Buck
Ernest Graves
Harvard
Princeton
Two Murderers Pay the Death Penalty
Two men, one in Chicago and one in Michigan City Indiana, were executed for murder. John killed his landlady Martha Egelski in Gary last year by throat slashing and was electrocuted. Frank Lanciano killed his common law wife Rose Attila and was hanged in Chicago.
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Chicago
Michigan City
Ind
John
Martha Egelski
Gary
Frank Lanciano
Rose Attila
Glance at Pretty Face Leads to Reckless Driving Fine
Clarence Sawyer, a young truck driver, was fined five dollars and costs after a collision on a suburban road near the Carolina Wood Products plant. Nellie Jarvis testified Sawyer briefly glanced at her before his truck struck a Yora driven by Blythe Brown.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
Clarence Sawyer
Sawyer
Blythe Brown
Carolina Wood Products Company
Nellie Jarvis
Opponents and Rules After Fair Catch
The article explains that after a fair catch the opposing side may line up anywhere behind a line parallel to the goal lines ten yards from the catch. They must stay behind this imaginary ten yard line until the ball is kicked touched or lands, or a kicker advances beyond his restraining line. Violation allows the kicking side to re kick from 2.5 yards nearer the opponents goal.
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Norman E. Brown
Gridders McNabb and Smallwood meet in Milligan clash
Carson-Newman College and Milligan College square off on Milligan’s field. McNabb of Carson-Newman faces Smallwood of Milligan in a renewed old rivalry tying in high school stars from Erwin and Kingsport era. The game is billed as Milligan’s biggest of the season with strong local fan turnout expected.
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Milligan College
Tenn
Carson-Newman College
McNabb
Carson
Smallwood
Milligan
Erwin
Kingsport
Lee Meredith
End
Dennis
Barron
Casey
Tucker
Carson-Newman
Lake Russell
Sprankle
Kiwanis Bowling Team Defends Cup in 1925-26 Season
Captain Black of the Kiwanis bowling team announces defense of the cup won last year in the city league. The team will include Burce Pratt Frazee Reed and McNaughton with Frazee proving strong in practice. Season opening plans to be finalized tonight at the Community Y meeting of captains.
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Captain Black
Kiwanis
Mr. Black
Burce
Pratt
Frazee
Reed
McNaughton
Americans Bag Bears In British Columbia
Ten grizzly bears led the bag along with twelve black and brown bears. The party also took 32 mountain sheep 28 mountain goats 16 caribou and 12 moose while returning from the Cassiar district of British Columbia. R L Riley of Williamsport Pa headed the expedition.
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Winnipeg
Man
Cassiar
British Columbia
R. L. Riley
Williamsport
New Lamp Burns 94 Percent Air Sale Pitch
An advertisement touts a lamp that burns 94 percent air and 6 percent kerosene claiming test approval by the U.S. Government and 35 universities. It promises odorless smoke free operation and a free trial with a potential agency offering to earn 250 to 500 dollars monthly.
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U. S
K. W. Johnson
Lake St
Chicago
Harris Refuses Alibi for Senators Loss
Washington October 16 Buck Harris manager of the Senators denied that he pitched Walter Johnson the entire game yesterday against the Pirates for sentimental reasons in response to Ban Johnson criticism that sentiment cost Washington the game. Harris said he had no alibi to offer for the defeat.
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Washington
Buck Harris
Senators
Walter Johnson
Pirates
Ban Johnson
American League
Harris
Johnson
Steamer Peary Grounded on Reed in Ocean Near Labrador
Boston reports the steamer Peary grounded on a reed near Hope Dale Labrador while northbound, nearly causing loss of the ship and disruption of the MacMillan Arctic expedition. Lieut. Commander E F MacDonald says he suppressed disaster information on his own authority.
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Associated Press
Boston
Boston Transcript
Hopedale
Labrador
Paver
E. F. MacDonald
Farmers Hold Corn For Cost Plus Price
Des Moines Iowa October 16 Meetings are held across Iowa to organize farmers to withhold corn from the market until it sells for cost plus prices. Iowa Corn Growers Association officers say success is assured. Farmers urged to use the new state warehouse law to seal corn obtain warehouse receipts and hold them to block profits by eastern warehouse and grain firms selling all at once.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Great number of women in summer school at Oxford
Oxford reports a high proportion of women students at its Summer School. Women are numerous in lectures and libraries, and appear more conscientious, earning honors in finals. The piece notes several colleges were founded by women and highlights early female education in Oxford.
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Oxford
Several Sick From Eating River Fish
Ivine Kentucky October 16 several families in Ivine and Ravenna report illness after eating fish from the Kentucky river at a lock below town. Thousands of fish passed through the lock Thursday in a dazed condition and hundreds were caught. None of the ill are in serious condition.
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Ivine
Ravenna
Kentucky
King George Reads His Bible Each Day
London October 6 Rear Admiral Emdin reports King George reads a Bible chapter daily. The remark was made at a Bible and Empire demonstration in Wembley organized by the World Evangelical Alliance. Emdin used the occasion to condemn Bolshevism and its alleged rejection of the Bible.
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London
George
A. R. Emdin
Wembley
World Evangelical Alliance
Spanish Town Jails Baker as Profiteex
Calahorra Spain Oct 16 The town of about eleven thousand has flour but no bakers They are in prison for refusing to sell bread at a price fixed by the municipality Authorities threaten to seize bake shops if bakers refuse to comply with the price scale after release
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Calahorra
Spain
Link Phones With Radio In Japanese Emergency Plan
Tokyo reports the Japanese Department of Communications plans to link radio apparatus with telephone lines to preserve communications during storms fires or earthquakes. The aim is to ensure rapid emergency communication when normal lines fail.
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Tokyo
Japanese Department of Communications
Empire
Court of Appeals to Decide Power of Judges
The Court of Appeals will decide if circuit judges have authority to supervise purging of registration books after seven Jefferson County circuit judges voted unanimously. The statute is cited as giving notice and the burden of proof rests with challengers.
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Louisville
Court of Appeals
Jefferson County
Chancery Notices in Tennessee Courts Published in Kingsport Times
Non resident defendants Howard E. Cash George R. Cash and Marion L. Cash must appear by the first Monday in November 1925 to defend or the bill will be confessed. Notice published four weeks in Kingsport Times dated October 1 1925. Clerk and Master M L Hodge Bristol Tennessee.
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J. B. Cash
Howard E. Cash
Chancery Court
Bristol
Tennessee
George R. Cash
Marion L. Cash
Kingsport Times
M. L. Hodge
Jim Conkin
Ben Conkin
C. A. Harris
Kingsport
A. D. Christian
H. M. McNeil
Kingsport Board of Equalization Announces Hearing Date
The Board of Equalization for Kingsport will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday October 27 1925 in the City Court Room at 558 Main Street to hear complaints and equalize the city tax assessment roll per Ordinance No 194. All complaints must be filed within five days from the date of the notice. Attest A D Brockman Secretary.
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Board of Equalization of the City of
Kingsport
Main Street
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