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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1914
Page
5
A photograph shows an end play by Michigan as the man with the ball races past frantic opponents. Michigan faces Harvard today and Pennsylvania on November 7 in upcoming games.
In Meridian Mississippi on October 31 the Marion Institute varsity routed Meridian High School 40 to 0. Scoring across all quarters came from Wingo Roberts Page Roberts Griggs and Page with Wingo adding four goals. Captain Roberts Page Wingo and Griggs starred with strong line play from Bell and Turner. The Marion reserves face Sidney Lanier High at Montgomery Saturday. Also Louisiana State University faced Texas A M in Dallas, with both sides coming off previous losses.
Three games of major importance head the South today with Virginia vs Vanderbilt in Nashville Georgia Tech vs Sewanee in Atlanta and Georgia vs Mississippi A and M in Athens. Alabama looms as Tulane's toughest test this season while North Carolina A and M Navy clash lacks clear scoring guides. The Sewanee and Tech game is seen as closely contested with Vanderbilt in strong shape for a desperate defense.
CHICAGO NL Oct 31 Semi finals of the big nine football race were set with Chicago facing Wisconsin at Madison and Illinois meeting Minnesota in Minneapolis. Indiana scheduled to play Miami at Bloomington while Iowa Purdue Northwestern Ohio rested. Nebraska lone West power with a game against Ames in a practice match.
Nashville reports that Vanderbilt meets the University of Virginia this afternoon with Coach Wood lamenting the loss of center Evans to injuries. The Virginians arrive determined to challenge the Commodores on home turf.
Cambridge Massachusetts October 31 1920 foot ball matches eastern prowess led by Haughton against western style taught by Yost as about 40000 fans packed the new stadium The day was fair and the gridiron dry Also Georgia meets Mississippi A and M in Athens with both teams confident in victory
The Southern Baseball Association directors meeting, set for today in Birmingham, Alabama, has been postponed to November 7 by President W. M. Kavanaugh due to the death of a close personal friend. The notice came from Little Rock, Arkansas.
The 1914 football season shows Princeton and Pittsburgh as the only major contenders for the East title after upsets eliminate Yale Dartmouth Carlisle Harvard and Penn State. Pittsburgh has beaten Carlisle Navy Cornell Westminster and Georgetown and faces Washington and Jefferson and Penn State next, while Princeton meets Williams Harvard and Yale in its remaining games. If either goes undefeated while the other loses, the champion will be theirs. otherwise the East lacks a clear sole claimant.
Under Coach Lawler the Barton Academy eleven travel to Laurel Mississippi Friday night to add another win to their record. The Barton team is in good shape and expects a strong performance against the Laurel squad.
Gossip says Walter Johnson of the Washington Americans may pitch for the St. Louis Federals next season but manager Fielder Jones would not confirm a contract. Jones, returning from a three day trip, denied meeting Johnson yet indicated he is pursuing him.
Edward Paris, a negro man, was convicted on a statutory charge and sentenced to ten years hard labor after the June 27 offense. Mary Spates, an 18 year old demented girl, was the complainant. Annie May Bryant, a negress, was convicted of assault to murder and remanded for sentence after cutting Stella Lewis with a knife on July 27.
Coach Ressijac leads Spring Hill against Birmingham’s Howard College in a pivotal game at Maxon Field. Howard seeks to rebound after a Chattanooga setback as Spring Hill rests players and reinforces signals ahead of the 3 30 p m kickoff with a banded procession and special car departures at 2 30 and 2 45.
The robbery case against Jesse Mitchell, alleged by police to have held up C. P. Spears, a government employee, and taken $8, was continued until November 2. He appeared before Recorder Edington on Friday afternoon.
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