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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
11
A long sports column surveys baseball waiver rules and ten year players, plus football notes on forward passes and kicking, with mentions of Giannini possibly coaching Yale, Attell Kilbane rematch plans, and racing news including Thistle Patch sale. A vivid collage of 1910s sports topics and personalities.
A well known University of Chicago figure contends coaching football is more nerve racking than other sports, with players facing hours of study and labor each day. With professional inroads, the AAU may drop basketball, while new season rules aim to clean up play and reduce disputes over out of bounds and center positioning. Rumors also swirl about Selig or Kobe replacing Doo- in next fall’s managerial contracts.
The Intercollegiate Swimming Association held at the New York Athletic Club approved changes to water polo and swimming rules proposed by the graduate advisory board. Key edits include possession after goals, three periods per game, reentry after withdrawal, and dropping the one and a half somersault dive while debating backstroke inclusion. The committee aimed to cut visiting squad sizes and expenses, though consensus on backstroke and new events remained unsettled.
A garbled OCR fragment references a captain Al and a Tahuk figure, with unclear events and dates. It mentions Matlontes and a few names but lacks coherent facts to establish a clear story or outcome.
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