Washington Should Have Great Football Team in 1916
Washington’s 1916 squad looks to return 16 lettermen under a new mentor chosen by the university board of control. Key players such as Markham Grimm Gilmour Calkins and fresh stars Faulk are anticipated to join the machine Dobie built, with four graduates signaling transition and freshmen rule debates looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Board of Control
Washington
Dobie
Walt Shiel
Bill Hainsworth
MacKechnie
Colorado
Miller
Markham
Grimm
Gilmour
Calkins
George Smith
Murphy
Don Able
Ted Faulk
Faulk
Powers Names All Star City Midget Team
Coach Powers selects six of his Broadway squad for Seattle All Star Midget team with three players from Queen Anne and two from Lincoln. Captain Vaughan leads lineup including Richarda Broadway Frost Broadway Kunz Lincoln McCarty Queen Anne Erman Budgery Kirkpatrick Feek Mason Houseman and others in positions across line and backfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Broadway
Seattle
Queen Anne
Lincoln
Vaughan
Richarda
Frost
Kunz
McCarty
Erman
Budgery
Kirkpatrick
Feek
Mason
Houseman
Forward passing equalizes college football says Williams
University of Minnesota coach Dr. H L Williams argues that smaller colleges will soon stand equal to larger schools in football. He says football is highly uncertain and that forward passing, skill, and luck can decide games, making size less decisive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Williams
University of Minnesota
Dr. Williams
Wisconsin ends pursuit of Gil Dobie as Badger coach
Madison November 29. Gil Mour Dobie has not contacted Wisconsin officials about taking the Badger coaching job and the athletic heads have practically eliminated him from the race after Juneau's position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Gilmour Dobie
Wisconsin
Badger
Juneau
Yost Loses Ten From 1915 Ranks at Michigan
Nov 29 Ten members of Yosts eleven have played their last game for Michigan this year. Graduation ends many veteran careers with Captain Cochran Keilmann Watson Millard Norton Stastz Boehm Catlett and Bastian leaving the line and backfield. Niemann Dunne return as linemen and Maulbetach Smith as backfield veterans for 1916. Alumni fear a nearly new team next year but doubt a disaster equal to this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Yost
Michigan
Hurry Up
Cochran
Keilmann
Watson
Millard
Norton
Stastz
Boehm
Catlett
Bastian
Niemann
Dunne
Cornell
Maulbetach
Smith
Syracuse Faces Oregon Agricultural in Prep on Multnomah Field
Syracuse football finished a long workout on Multnomah Field as they prep for Wednesday's game with O A C. Coach O'Neil said the team would have no alibi if defeated after the tough Montana clash on Thanksgiving Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietz
Gonzaga
Washington U
Whitman
Portland
Syracuse
Multnomah Field
Montana
O'Neil
Wisconsin teen Richie Mitchell eyes lightweight title
Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee, 20, is entering his third year as a boxer aiming for real topnotchers. He rejects easy opponents, says tough fights are needed to win the lightweight championship. In 15 fights he has never drawn an adverse decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richie Mitchell
Milwaukee
Mitchell
Stroud Says Stanford Must Drop Freshmen From Varsity
California manager J A Stroud in San Francisco states no reconciliation until Stanford eliminates freshmen from varsity teams. He argues the policy change is required before any talks can proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
California
J. A. Stroud
San Francisco
Opposition to comprachicos in socialist era politics
In a heated piece the author defends Oscar H. McGill and A. G. Dentier as clean public servants and distances them from the comprachicos of the Socialist party. The essay links the historic comprachicos to child traders and contrasts true public duty with self serving politicians. The piece references Everett and Salter politics and vows continued opposition to the socialist faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar H. McGill
A. G. Dentler
Hiate
Sociallet Party
A. G. Dentier
Socialist Party
Balter
Everett
Salter
Socialiser Party
Halter
Eiverett
Europe
Like Skeeters On A Swamp Hockey Stars Dart Across The Ice
Metropolitan hockey players showcase speed and skill as Seattle stars prepare for the season. The piece likens players to skeeters, noting rapid skating and precise shooting as spectators thrill to the fast paced game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Magnates Could Earn Over 200000 By Camden Sunday Games
Philadelphia owners of the Athletica and Phil Mes consider building a Camden baseball plant and staging Sunday games there. A 20 30 thousand crowd from Philadelphia and Camden could be drawn, with 18 000 fans per game at 50 cents price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Athletica
Phil- Mes
Camden
N. J
New Jersey
Army Coach Beats Navy Loses In Love
Mias Helen Van Nessa of Wooster Ohio sues former Army football star Louis Merrillat for breach of promise seeking $20,000. She says they became engaged at a West Point social in 1913 and he broke it June 1 1915. Merrillat has since married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias Helen van Nessa
Wooster, O
Louis Merrillat
Army
Chicago
Cupid
Mise van Ness
West Point
Merrillat
Pinkman to headline Canadian crack matches next Friday
Ed Pinkman and Rough House Burns of Vancouver with Billy Wright and George Engle will headline the Elks smoker double main event. Manager Nate Druxinman says two more bouts are set with Pinkman, the Elks’ boxing instructor, as he fights Travie Davis of Everett Tuesday and Sammy Goodge for the Moose lodge at Tacoma December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Pinkman
Rough House Burns
Vancouver
Billy Wright
George Engle
Elks’ Club
Nate Druxinman
Fast Boys
Pinkman
Elks
Travie Davis
Everett
Smokestacks
Sammy Good
Moose Lodge
Tacoma
Summer Ball Faces Faculty Opposition in Big Nine
Chicago November 29 A major clash over summer baseball is anticipated as the Big Nine faculty governing board plans a meeting Saturday to oppose semi pro ball. Their move counters student approval, which had favored summer baseball at every large Midwest college a month earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Big Nine
Big
Middle West College
Portland Gets St. Mary Star
Sacramento report states Louis Guisto St Marys college baseball star will play with Portland next season he announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
ST. Mary Star
Sacramento
Louis Guisto
St. Mary's
Notre Dame Beats Rice Institute 52 to 2 in Houston
Notre Dame football team defeats Rice Institute in Houston 52 to 2, following a Thanksgiving win over Texas. The Catholic eleven played two games in three days, continuing their strong late-season stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Notre Dame
Rice Institute
Texas
Confessions of a Wife An Anonymous Letter
An unnamed wife receives a scathing anonymous letter accusing her husband Dick Waverly of infidelity and drinking. The writer condemns the couple’s lifestyle, calls for prohibition, and hints at divorce while confessing conflicted feelings and fear of exposure. The note ends with a plea to a “little book” and promises continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Richard Waverly
Dick Waverly
Eleanor Fairlow
Thirteen Boys Sentenced in North Yakima Church Theft
Thirteen boys who stole a cask of communion wine from a church basement were sentenced by Probation Officer Laningham. Each boy must attend Sunday school every Sunday for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Laningham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mutt
Jeff
Kid Mohammed
Een Et Eat
Bad Fisher
Tee Nate
Tee
India
Aya
Cheasty
Gridiron Machine
Noble, Young, Seagrave
Cushman
Logs
Wirt
Newton
Douglas Erskine
San Francisco Chronicle
Berkeley
Erskine
Jimmy Schaeffer
Southern California
Carroll and White
New Zealand
4Th Ave
Joshua Green Bldg
Pike
Pike St
E. K. Maitland
Atte
Pike Mt
Third Ave
Third
Williams
Gil Dobie
Comprachicos
Skeeters
James I
Austin
Fistula
William Til
Orange
Stewart
England
Socialist Party of
King County
Edwin J, Brown
NAVY
Northwest
Washington Savings & Loan Association
Second Ave
The
Right Drug Co
Washington St
Secondava
First Ave
Alpine Club
Pike ST. Liquor CO
Sella Genuine
Sunnybrook
Rainier
Olympia
Puget Sound
Express
Mississippi River
Express Company
North Pacific Fish CO
Stuart Ridg
Wash
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!