The Song of the Champion sports column excerpt
A burst of boxing bravado and club rivalries frames this sporty fragment. It rails at lazy training camps and praises fighters like Jess Willard, Bob Mola, and Jimmy Austin while recounting boxing lore from Bing to Ring. It notes major league salary talks and hints at football season debates amid a phalanx of clubs and players.
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Jess Willard
Bob Mola
Jess
Cubs
New York Americans
Yankees
Browns
Jimmy
Austin
Twenty Seven Eastern Football Teams Picked by Ledger
The Philadelphia Evening Ledger selects twenty seven football teams from the eastern parts of the United States and arranges them in a structured order for regional ranking.
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Philadelphia Ovening Ledger
United States
Elevens Ranking Stirs Eastern Football Contenders
A late season strength ranking places Michigan, Haverford, Swarthmore, Tufts, Navy, Rutgers, Carnegie Tech, Fordham, Williams, West Virginia, Muhlenberg, Dartmouth, Lehigh, and Lafayette among top eastern programs. West Virginia praised for progress under McIntyre and Tobin, with plans for future improvement.
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Swarthmore
Wash-Jeff
Tufts
Navy
Rutgers
Carnegie Tech
Fordham
Williams
West Virginia
Muhlenberg
Dartmouth
Lafayette
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M. McIintyres
Elzie Tobin
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