Football notes from early 1910s college teams
Fall practice at Holy Cross resumes tackling drills after five years as Harvard star E F Ver Wisbe visits with Ames in Minneapolis. Brown faces a thin squad under Coach Robinson with four veterans. Dartmouth aims for speed and forward passing to offset size. Pennsylvania loses QB Walter Craig to head injury. Vanderbilt schedules no Eastern games this year. Michigan to face South. Crystal Palace remodels for 480000 spectators. Western Reserve's standout tackle breaks shoulder and misses rest of season. Kansas names Willem Weidlein temporary captain in place of Willis Kramwell. St Louis University imposes three year rule ending Maguire and Zacritz eligibility for 1911. US Soccer announces De War trophy competition under new United States of America Football Association format with regional groups and final two teams.
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Crystal Palace
London
Parrett
Civat
Western Roderva University
Willem Weidlein
Husky
University of Kansas
Willis K. Kramwell
Ad Wolgast Sees Himself As Has-Been Champion
Former lightest champion Ad Wolgast declares himself a has-been. Levinsky of Philadelphia stopped Frank McGuinness of New York in the sixth round of a ten round bout in New York. Benny McGovern of St. Louis won a decision over Sanders of Memphis after a sharp display in St. Louis.
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Battling Levinsky
Philadelphia
Frank McGuinness
New Yorkn
New York
Sae
Benny McGovern
St. Louia
Tle Sanders
Memphis
St. Louis
Golf club votes against Olympic golf 1916 inclusion
At St Andrews Royal and Ancient Golf Club meeting a resolution unanimously disapproved of golf’s inclusion in the 1916 Berlin Olympic games. Francis Ouimet stated he has no intention of turning professional and would rather earn money in other fields to preserve his love for golf.
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Royal and Ancient Golf Club
St. Andrews
Gerlin
Francis Oulmet
Woodland Golf Club
Rochester ace shines on third base and track events
Manager Ganiel hails Tommy McMillan as a standout at third base while Louis Disuraw clocks five miles in 4 24.25 on the mile track. Judges hailed the time as a potential world record. Alexander Cochran of the New York Yacht Club pursues a defender for America’s Cup glory.
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Louis Disuraw
Alexander
Cochran
New Yorke Yacht Club
Neve
Thomas Lipton
Abolish Secrecy in Athletics Says Former Grid Star
Dr. Gal McCracken, formerly of Pennsylvania, calls for ending spying in sports and for fair play. He argues against paid informants and distographs, urges faculty support for athletics, and stresses student development and harmony between teachers and athletes.
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Gal McCracken
Pennsylvania Gridiron
J. Cal McCracken
University of Pennsylvania
R. Taft McKenzie
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Peter Volo Sets a World’s Record in Futurity Action
Two year old colt Peter Volo driven by Tom Murphy won the Hares Review futurity at Columbus trotting 2:06%4 in heat one and 2:07 in heat two to establish a new world age two trotting mark. The prior two year old standard was Native Belle’s 2.07 at the Kentucky Futurity. Murphy also drove Ally to set a record.
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Peter Volo
Tom Murphy
Columbus
Belle
Murphy
Oldring Plays Every Position For Athletics
Rube Oldring has played every fielding position for the Athletics this season including all outfield posts and shortstop. Previously he filled second, third and first base roles while starting as an infielder. he remains to be allowed to pitch and catch to complete the set.
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Oldring
Athletics
Ruben Oldring
Battery
Mack
Order for new yacht to contest America's Cup challenge
A contract was placed by George M. Pynchon of New York and E. Walker Clark of Philadelphia to build a Hertesham shoop for next year’s America's Cup challenge. Delivery is planned for May, aligning with Vanderbilt syndicate plans for trials.
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Hertesham Shoop
George M. Pynchon
New York
E. Walker Clark
Philadelphia
Sir Thomas Upton
Vanderbilt
Sloan
Pennsylvan ia football captain shows early leadership
A young Pennsylvan ia Huskies captain leads the University of Pennsylvania football squad with fresh authority. The rookie captain, small in years but large in promise, aims to whip the team into shape and instill the drive to reach success.
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Chtapult
Husky
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania University
Young
Gotch Retires From Wrestling at Age Thirty Six
Frank Gotch world champion wrestler announces retirement ending his career after about 20 years in the sport. He notes age approaching thirty seven and compares a wrestler to a house that, once built, begins to deteriorate. He says he will not wrestle again and believes fans have seen him at his best. He owns over 2000 acres in Minnesota.
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Frank Gotch
Minnesota
War as a Business: Heroes Become Industry Players
A broad essay argues war has shifted to a corporate, industrial model. It compares generals to executives, notes leadership is replaced by staff and systems, and praises technical prowess in science, machining, and organization as decisive. It cites battleships like Pennsylvania and Krupp guns to illustrate industrial warfare.
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McClure
Victoria
Bulgaria
Balkan
New York
Boston
Savoy
Central
Thavery
Aliea
Navy
Jane
Pennsylvania
Navy Department
First-Year Stars in Major League Picked Rosters
The 1913 selections list top rookies from both leagues. Players include Meyers and Johnson among others as first-year stars chosen for National and American teams. Several clubs such as Boston and Philadelphia place notable prospects in the lineup.
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Glbstar
American Meyers
Hoston
Johnson
Clev
Viex
Putsh
Brumann
Det. McDonald
Bos
Massel
N.Y
Orf Murphy
Phil Ok
Schang
Phil
H . Sekalk
Chi Demazee
P. Bochling
Wash. McQuides
Pit
p.Falkenburg
Move Against Baseball Spikes Proposes Player Delegates Meet
The Toronto International League president McCafferty plans a meeting involving all clubs to appoint delegates for talks with President Gerrow on adopting different spikes. He proposes trying harder rubber spikes from Orseke &pites as a safer alternative amid ongoing player injuries.
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McCafferty
Draatic
Gerrow
They Can't Ring Him George Bell with St Joe in Western
George Bell of St. Joseph in the Western League set a 21 game win streak this season before being recalled by the Saints where he extended the string to 23. Historical records note a prior 26 game win streak in 1886, placing him high among career pitchers for such feats.
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George Bell
St. Joe
Saints
Two Young McLoughlins Competed By Tennis Boss
Secretary Bours of the Pacific Coast Lawn Tennis association notes two rising players, Roberts and Davis, expected to follow champion McLoughlin. Roberts is fifteen, Davis seventeen, as potential successors in the sport.
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McLoughlins
Bours
Pacific Coast Lawy Tennis Association
McLoughlin
Roberts
Davis
Change in Football Code Spurs Rule Change Debate
In New York a conference of over a hundred coaches officials and managers reviewed the entire football rule set for the season. A key amendment to Rule 20 allows players behind the kicker to race after the ball on an onside kick, granting equal pursuit rights with ten opposing players. Pr James A Babbitt chair of the board noted an improved season list of officials and addressed a shift to fewer preferred officials to ease burden and improve college alignment.
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New York
Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee
Central Board of Officials
James A. Babbitt
Equial
Reagans
Baseball as a Business estimate of fan attendance
The piece notes thirty million as a minimum fan estimate for the year. It details thirty five organized leagues with six to eight clubs each, averaging 120 games per season and daily attendance between 150000 and 200000. It cites the New York Giants drawing 750000 last season and 260000 attending the eight World Series games, plus a New York paper reporting 100000 daily extras during the big series.
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New York Giants
New York
Griffin Beaten by Ambrose in San Francisco Bout
Clarence Griffin, Western teams champion, lost to Norman Ambrose, an ee player, in straight sets 9 7, 4 at San Francisco.
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Griffin
Clarence
Norman Ambrose
San Francisco
Ex Manager Carr Plans San Antonio Baseball School
Ex manager Charles Carr of the Kansas City American Association team will begin developing plans for a baseball school to be opened in San Antonio Texas next spring.
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Baseball
Charles ©. Carr
Kansas City
San Antonio
Tex
Amusing Glasgow street tale told by Jarry Lander
Two Glasgow women gossip about a newly married couple. Mrs. McTavich notes Jeannie has murket while Mrs. McAlpine asks how she’s getting on. She says there’s only one thing the matter she thinks she could has pot a better man but then there’s ay p something.
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Jarry Lander
Glasgow
Ocean Salinity Mystery in River and Sea Cycle
A fragment explains how rivers carry dissolved solids to the sea and sunlight evaporates water while leaving salt behind. Clouds do not lift salt. rain returning to land is salt free, yet rivers continually return salt to the oceans in a closed cycle.
The Likeness of Miss Dicky’s Eloquence
The public speaker Miss Dicky is praised as a fountain of eloquence. The passage notes a playful likeness between her eloquence and fountains, joking that the resemblance lies in their gushing quality.
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Dicky
Wonder-words on health fads and the mirage of immortality
The piece satirizes health mystics selling elixirs and miracle plans to grant eternal life. It mocks prophets who promise disease relief and lasting vitality while people remain trapped by old habits, with hearses still rising and stores open only on weekdays.
Mere Opinion on Beauty and Social Fortunes
A humorous reflection argues a light heart may live beneath a wealthy purse and that praise fades as the record of life changes. It notes that pretty women can fade with time and that a title often harms a woman's prospects. It also observes women finding pleasure in making a man who funds her meals suffer after his hero endures hardship.
Mystery Talk on Elopement and Happiness
A dialogue unfolds with a woman doubting elopement and a man suggesting she would not consent to rush into unhappiness. He leaves feeling she is upset with him, though unsure why, as the exchange hints that exceptions test the rule.
Thrift and Worries Over Life Insurance Premium
Mrs Mudgely praises a charitable, Christy woman while Sue frets that her husband paid his life insurance premium two days before it was due. She fears the premium would be wasted if he died before payment.
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Thrift
Anecdotes of the Great and Busy Sublime
A reflective piece on how celebrated figures acquire time to be sublime as they pen fresh anecdotes that brighten fame. It muses that great men must stay busy crafting stories while pursuing personal grandeur.
It Could Be Arranged Love Quote in Dialogue
A dialogue features a man asking if he could marry for mercy and another replying he could learn to love a girl with a million or two. The exchange hints at social pressures and cynical views on marriage arrangements. The sentence reflects period attitudes and witty irony.
Captain Kidd Quips About Tax Assessor Visit
In a playful historical note a pirate captain jokes about a tax assessor arriving and declares he will bury his treasure. The scene on the sandy shore features Captain Kidd shading his eyes and peering toward the coastline.
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Captain Kidd
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Holy Cross
E. F. Ver Wisbe
Harvard
Ames
Minneapolis
Robinson
Brown
Henry, Mitchell, Bean
Andrews
Ees
Dartmouth
Aes
Walter Craig
Vanderbilt University
Michigan
University of the South
St. Louis University
Johny Maguire
Artie Zacritz
United States of America Football Association
Soccer
NLL
Disrich
Ad Wolgant
Chass
Ganiel
Rochester
Tommy McMilan
Solng
Maris
SRE Arte
Captain Younge
Will Novse
Heroes
Henry Howland
Yettle White
Praiss
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