Coach Woodruff Details Pennsylvanias Bucking Football Tactics
University of Pennsylvania coach George W. Woodruff outlines how Penn balances a bucking approach with line play and backfield movement. He contrasts Yale Princeton Harvard styles and explains the guard back formation and the role of kicking in diversifying attack methods to avoid reliance on tricks.
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George W. Woodruff
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Pennsylvania
New Haven
Bn ‘34
Pottstown
Walter Camp
Gale
Hettlefinger
Morrison
Charlie Schoff
St. Yale
Mack
Behoff
Schoff
Varsity Boat Race Course Feud Resolved Later
University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Cornell, and Harvard delegates met at NYU Athletic Club to select a course for the varsity boat races. After over three hours they adjourned without agreement, favoring Saratoga by Harvard and Penn and Poughkeepsie by Cornell and Columbia, with a next meeting set for April 4.
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Columbia
Harvard
Cornell
University of Pennsylvania
New York University Athletic Club
Delgates
Thomas Reith
Guy Richards
Columbia College
White
G. H. Mumford
Ltarvard
Saratoga
Poughkeepsie
Pennsylvania
Prized Road Reform and College Sports Update
Census data show about 15 million horses in the United States with millions of other draft animals and a high annual feed cost. Proposals estimate building 1 million miles of macadamized roads at four thousand dollars a mile to match European standards, with potential large annual savings on feed costs. Princeton’s baseball squad announces its chosen lineup and substitutes after selecting veterans to lead the season, while an international billiards tournament featuring Schaefer Ives and Garnier or Plot is set as a sweepstakes with substantial added money and planned across Chicago, Hastings, and New York starting May 10.
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United States
France
Princeton
Bradley
Titus
Smith
Graham
Kelly
Sankey
Gunster
Ward
Steuter
Wheeler
Altman
Wilson
Naston
Jayne
Carnegan
Schaefer
Ives
Garnier
Plot
Chicago
Heston
New York
Baseball notes on players and manager moves across leagues
The column lists athletes and staff changes including Kid Madden facing illness in Portland, Larry ODay betting on St Louis, Jeems Muttle near destitution with a benefit planned on Staten Island, Joseph Keenan signing with Hornellsville as captain shortstop, Eddie Murphy adding a pitcher, and Philadelphia arrangements with Churley Reilly and Syracuse developments. It notes Hanson farming Carey to Syracuse and strategic recalls for Philadelphia with infield prospects and farmed players to prevent bench rot.
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Kid Madden
Boston
Portland
Larry O'Day
Sporteman's Park
St. Louls
St. Louis
Larry
Chris
Jeems" Muttle
New York
Staten Island
N. Y
Promiseu
Joseph Keenan
Rochester
Hornellsville
Eddie Murphy
Auburn
ilkes-Barre
Philadelphia
Churley Reilly
Quaker City
Heilly
Syracuse
Kuntasch
Carey
Baltimore
Hanlon
Mott
Sporting Life
Hanson
Timarg
Average bicycle gear and early baseball training notes
The piece urges a 6 to 6.4 gear ratio for bicycles and cautions against high gearing. It discusses poor weather undermining baseball training trips, Charlie Horse muscle soreness from sudden exertion, and a notable dog at the Chicago show named The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown. John Hoey is praised as a fair judge, with a look at baseball managers failing to curb alcohol. Captain Ewing of the Reds favors limited beer before and during training.
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Giants
Reds
Chariey Horse
Chicago
Miss Brown
John R. Rogers
Atlantic
Ride Adjustments for Bicycles Stir Expert Opinions
The piece surveys varied rider preferences for bicycle saddle and handle bar positions. Riders favor forward saddle placement with low bars to lean forward, aiming for balance between grip and weight-shift. Women riders start lower for easy mounting but keep higher, upward curved bars as they gain expertise.
Adjustable handle bars for bicycles improve riding comfort
Bar controls are neither graceful nor useful due to elbow bending and arm strain. They interfere with steering and tire the rider. The best machines offer adjustable handlebars that can be set to upturn or downturn to suit the rider's preference.
Fast Men to Meet in Twenty Mile Match Race
Record-Crecker Hamilton to duel Michael the French champion over twenty miles with individual pace makers. Hamilton’s team left Coronado after two months of record attempts and team machines were wrecked near San Diego. Training continues on borrowed gear as top riders from California and Ohio prepare for two months of record breaking in the western circuit.
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William Hamilton
Michael
Hamilton
Coronado
Santa Monica
San Diego
San Francisco
Kiser
Payton
Ohio
Randall
Rochester
Edwards
Hatton
California
West
Local Bicycle News and Upcoming Races in Scranton
Parrar and Linden street riders join the Union on high class wheels as Green Ridge Wheelmen attend the Scranton Bicycle benefit next Friday at Barnes Cycle in Syracuse to build the "Double Quint" pace machine for Eddie Bald. Meial Day hosts a race meet while Scranton flyers debut for the season. The Frothingham gymnastic exhibition aims for success Monday evening. A. W. Juriseh plans grand store opening at Hotel Jermyn next Saturday with bouquets for ladies and souvenirs for men. West End Wheelmen in Wilkes-Barre sanction a Fourth of July race meet amid strong Scranton rivalry. Dick Wambold leads Green Ridge Wheelmen racing for two seasons. Political tensions rise around Green Ridge Street and Sanslover son Avenue as a sextuplet order aims to rally late members at the yearly meeting.
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Frothingham
A. W. Juriseh
Jermyn
West End
Wilkes- Barre
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Hichard Wambold
Green Ridge Wheelmen
Bicycles for Soldiers Organize Philadelphia Wheelmen
Philadelphia plans United States Wheelmen of Philadelphia to form a military bicycle unit modeled after Washington and New York groups. The project follows a relay ride from Washington to New York covering 2491 miles in 23½ hours, showing bicycles can aid scouting and despatch tasks in army service.
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New York
Washington
Philadelphia
United States Wheelmen of
Europe
Dp. C
Miles
Bicycle Movement Sparks Philadelphia Military Wheelmen Growth
Opinion notes last week’s Philadelphia bicycle movement with a large gathering. Twenty five men enrolled at once, signaling a substantial militia wheelmen organization in Philadelphia this year, comparable to other cities where similar associations formed last year.
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Philadelphia
Pigeon Shooting Under Fire for Cruel Practices
The Philadelphia Record questions the popularity of pigeon shooting citing cruelty in matches. It describes hired trappers using toes, cayenne, plucked feathers, needles, pins, snuff and gimp tacks to torture birds, plus schemes to bias targets and trap outcomes, ending with birds dying from stray shots.
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Philadelphia
Fitzsimmons and Maher duo set for Buffalo bout
The article notes Fitzsimmons earning 10000 from a Maher fight and 1500 this week, plus 500 for Madison Square Garden and 1000 for Brooklyn show. Maher's manager says his protégé will meet Fitzsimmons in a limited round fight in Buffalo next week. Munber claims the champion cannot be stopped before four rounds. Charley Mitchell arrives to add betting intrigue.
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Fitz
Maher
Madison Square Garden
Brooklyn
Peter Maher
Buffalo
Bob Fitzsimmons
Munber
Charley Mitchell
Mitchell
United States
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