Chicago opens billiard season with Button win in 18.2 title
In Chicago George Button defeated Jake Schaefer to capture the 18.2 balkline championship with a 232 run and a 33.15 average. Schaefer trails at half Button’s score as preparations begin for the 18.1 title rematch in Chicago. A major tourney is planned for New York in January to challenge 14.1.
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Chicago
George Button
Jake Schaefer
Schaefer
Sutton
Plana
New York
New
National 14.1 Championship to be staged in New York
The 14.1 championship tourney will be national with foreign players barred. American entrants include George Sleason Maurice Daly Ora Morningstar and A C Cutler with Sutton Behave ner and Willie Hoppe expected. Matches at Madison Square Garden concert hall will run to 500 points with a 6100 entrance fee and a trophy emblematic of the title for the winner.
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Vignaux
Cure
George Sleason
Maurice Daly
Ora Morningstar
A. C. Cutler
George Sutton
Jake Behavener
Willie Hoppe
Button Schaefer
New York
Madison Square Garden Concert Hall
Football Reform Urged by Nebraska Leader
Dr. James T. Loew, president of three athletic boards at Nebraska, urges a football reform. He opposes a field goal allowance and favors reducing points to one or two, aiming to block an amendment at the national meeting in December.
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James T. Loew
Nebraska
Missouri Valley
National Rules Committee
Javes
Coaches Now Protect Players In Practice
Weather disruption rarely halts big games, but rain and wet fields modernize football practice. Teams cover to safeguard players, trading some scrappy grit for prudent safety while the Yale Princeton and Army Navy rivalries endure through storms and practice under cover impacts.
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Princeton
Yale
Cornell
Army
Columbia
Williams
Polo Grounds
Cobly Leads American League Batting Race
Ty Cobly topped the American League batting list with a .452 average from 212 hits in 605 at bats. Sam Crawford finished second at .323 in 144 games as Detroit claimed the pennant with strong hitting throughout the season.
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Detroit
Kay
Washington
Orth
New York Highlanders
Sam Crawford
Hoe
Stone
Levis
Jmor
Tad Se Hla
Earier
Samnon
Lajolo
Tigers
Kastou
Officials Change Rules On College Athletes
After a long discussion at the annual meeting in New York City the Amateur Athletic Union declares that college athletes may register only at their colleges or their parents homes. The vote kept athletes from being restricted to colleges, and James E. Sullivan is reelected president with Maj. John J. Dixon continuing as secretary and treasurer. The record committee approved past year records including Ralph Rose and J. Flanagan in field events and C. Daniels with swimming records, noting a mile swim of 23 minutes 40.5 seconds with 87 turns.
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New York City
Amateur Athletic Union
James E. Sullivan
Maj
John J. Dixon
John J. O'Connor
H. G. Penniman
George Orton
Everett C. Brown
M. W. Sheppard
George W. Bowling
Trish-American AC
C. Northridge
W. R. Dray
Yale
M. J. Sheridan
A. C
M. J. McGrath
L. ¥. Talbott
J. Flanagan
Ralph Rose
California
CM. Daniels
Faculty to vote on abolishing football at college
Dean George L. Collie announced a meeting of Wisconsin valley college aims to abolish football. He said the matter would be raised at a faculty meeting and urged professors to secure votes from the student body for the vote.
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George L. Collie
Talol Aos Loge
Wisconsin Vallese Prea
Midwinter Jobs of Ballplayers Diverse Winter Trades
Baseball stars spend winter in varied work from airship construction to ranching in Montana. The two New York clubs report high batting, with Sammy Strang noted for trying every job on the diamond. Many players pursue occupations across industries, including farming, real estate, and brokerage, as they prepare for life after baseball.
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New York
Sammy Strang
Samms
McGraw
Frank Farrell
Arthur Devlin
Devlin
Leliever
Bill Dahlena
McGinnity
South McAlesester
I. T
Mathewson
Matty
Metropolitan Museum of Natural History
Willie Keeler
Brooklyn
Willie
Keeler
Tra Thomas
Highlander
Hy Stack
Cheshro
Conway
Mass
Doyle
Wheeling
W. Va
Shannon
MeGannie
Shelbyville
Bresnahan
Siewth
Tyledon
McGraw—boker
Mathewson Porester
Apronaut
Winger
Shatinan
Ball Players in College During Whaler Era
A fragment notes Allan St ke a Pittaburn third baseman attending Harvard Law and Mike Layneh of the Giants, described as juggling studies with baseball. The text references the Lielien Law select.
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Whaler
Allan St Ke
Pittaburn
Harvard Law Actual
Piteboy Mike Layneh
Giants
Bunny
Hie Etuitin
Lielien Law Select
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