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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1913
Page
25
Yale loses seven linemen and a backfield regular to graduation, leaving only one returning position. Princeton and Harvard also shed key players but promise strong lineups with incoming stars like Eddie Driggs for Princeton and multiple returning regulars for Harvard.
Horace meer from Nevada Missouri a meatless student at Missouri State University aims to become a fiscal instructor He scores 2850 points in tests while H K Thatcher tops track team with 2387 The average for 300 men is 1045 points Machines aid most tests Weltmer climbs parallel bars lifting himself twenty three times in a row at one contest
International News Service reports Bob Burman plans for next year include a new 16 valve racer with a 450 cubic inch piston displacement. The engine aims for 2 200 rpm and will be housed in a specially built body. Burman says the motor is unique and expected to break records.
Eighty four tons of lead for the Vanderbilt syndicate 175 point sloop destined for the American Cup trials have landed at Bristol Illinois. Preparations for construction are rapid with the keel and stem shown satisfactory upon inspection. Local youths are noted for their irregular turnout to guard duties, sometimes disappointing officials.
The United States will be represented at the 1916 Berlin Olympic Games by an American soccer team after a pact between the Amateur Athletic Union and the United States Football Association. Each body will recognize the other's rights in governing its sport and will have a delegate on the other's board. The USFA has become a member of the Federation Internationale de Football Association.
Miss Anne Nason daughter of attorney Robert Nason of Brookline Massachusetts defeated Miss E S Porter in the final round of the women open championship at the Country Club with a medal score of 95. At twenty she shows a strong physique and bright promise for future championships amid little prior tournament experience.
Hugh Lawrence Doherty, former tennis champion, plans to return to competition to help England regain the Davis Cup next year. Since relinquishing the title in 1907 he has appeared publicly only rarely, but his playing strength remains regarded as top tier despite a lack of young British talent.
Ann Arbor Nov 20 Jim mie Craig received the Huston Schultz cup as the most valuable call around man on the Michigan football team. He scored 11 of 12 possible points. Tommie Hughitt was second with 10. The cup is to be awarded annually.
A historical look notes left handed batters like Welch Robertson Johnson and Daubert often led batting in the Southern League. It highlights repeated patterns where left-handers finished first, with several years showing left-handers atop the standings and seconds and thirds frequently occupied by right-handers.
Boston report notes Silk O Loughlin of the American League staff caught golf bug after season end. A Rochester homecoming led to a round with a friend, and he has become an avid player who now talks of nothing but golf. Observers say golf aids eye sharpness.
Jack Sullivan the ex fighter now running a case in Buffalo plans to open a boxing school for young men to learn self defense. He requires proteges to pledge not to fight for money in the ring.
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