College Gridiron Teams Open Season With Big Tests
The 1913 college gridiron season starts with Yale Harvard Princeton and West Point among early entrants. Yale begins practice under Howard Jones, Harvard's Percy Haughton pushes early workouts, and Army Navy clash at the Polo Grounds tops November spectacles. Big East matches include Harvard Princeton Yale, while Chicago Minnesota Wisconsin loom in the West.
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Vipesetional News Service
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Eggs Hatched In Ice Box At A Missouri Dealer
Four eggs shipped to a total dealer hatched in a refrigerator used for safe keeping. The eggs were kept in a box with others as temperatures reached near 50 degrees during last week’s hot weather in Maryville Missouri.
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International News Service
Maryville
Burns Named Steadiest Player in National League
John J. McGraw praises Giants left fielder State Burns as the steadiest man in the league. He notes Burns is a first year player with a fine arm, solid ground balls, consistent hitting and base running, daily dependable in every department, and the rightful successor to Jimmy Sheckard.
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Pennant race stories from Schmidt and Manush
Catcher Charley Schmidt reflects on Mobile's pennant loss to Atlanta and laments overconfidence in the season's final days. Frank Manush, from Atlanta, argues psychology and self-inflicted mistakes hurt Mobile as New Orleans and Atlanta outplayed them in crucial late-season games.
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Baseball Stars and the Hunting Vacation
The article portrays top baseball figures as avid hunters using off seasons for pursuit of game. It highlights Ty Cobb Walter Johnson Clyde Milan Vern Gregg Ed Walsh and others. They describe hunting across Tennessee California Idaho Texas Alberta and Canada as a preferred, restorative outlet after grueling seasons.
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Mammoth Skeleton Believed Found on Great Island
On Great Island Maine Theodore Bullard unearthed a fossil skull and 500 pound mass from a subterranean cave while digging a farm well. Bowdoin geology professor Dr Marshall P Cram to supervise. Bullard, relative of Harvard’s Charles W Blit, speculates a triceratops like monster 25 feet long and 10 feet high.
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Remington Bear Hunts Claim Ten Bears Including Grizzly
The narrator recalls encounters with bears while hunting in North America. A silver-tip bear toppled them during a hunt described as a "home run" gait. The speaker credits improved firearms and notes using a Remington and having killed ten bears including a grizzly.
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