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Newspaper

The West Virginian

Location

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1920

Page

9

Gridiron Event Promoted At Fairmont Hotel Dinner

A community football gathering is planned with a dinner at the Fairmont Hotel. Tickets will be sold in advance, and a post dinner program includes appearances by local high school wrestlers Noel Eskerb and others.

Tom Iidday Fairmont Hotel Ture Po Weat Lyorally Elaven Wei Mike Ani Bai Yeitine Lidance Franiesca Noel Eskerb Fexa Williamson David Jobas Egg Kenneth Nall Mike Carlyle Small Bernara Ward Fiollia MaNeely George Cole Bpedden Hos Bainbridge Ger Frank

Unsettled 1920s college football schedule details emerge

An incomplete report from Director Stansbury Procter notes several early dates and opponents for forthcoming games. Pitt, West Virginia, Lehigh, Bucknell, and Washington may be fixed or shifted, with Thanksgiving plans and a Pitt at Held on October schedule under review amid unsettled dates and potential rematches.

Witsinia Stansbury Procter Pitt Lee Charleston Miay Bucknell Joey Refi Fenn Igonifo Vic Guy Rutgers Ther Lehigh Do Bar South Bethlender

Lehigh West Virginia football series in doubt this fall

Uncertain scheduling surrounds the planned Lehigh at West Virginia football game. Lehigh requests a late October date, altering the Mountaineers’ 80 percent filled schedule. Cravath’s Phillies status and Hugo Bezdek’s Penn State future remarks also appear in relief, with Penn State eyeing Harvard and a potential Georgia Tech game at Polo Grounds.

Samkes Hugo Bezdek Penn State Piada New York Hugo State Harvard Harvard Field Georgia Tech Polo Grounds Hody East Side

Two City League Tonight Featured in Local Games

Sports chatter notes two league games on the M C A floor this evening at 7 30. Teachers face Mining Machinery in the opener, Knights of Columbus meet Owenseams in the second game, with a large crowd expected. Donovan named manager of the Philadelphia Dela Delphi NL team for 1921 season.

Dovan Bill" Donovan Philadelphia Ous Donovan

Thorpe and Stis Shine in Football A Reappraisal

Dean Snyder analyzes Jim Thorpe as still a premier athlete. The Carlisle star shines in baseball and looms as a football force, captaining Canton and promoting pro football as a major league equal. The Polo Grounds exhibition impressed officials and crowds, signaling potential Canton Buffalo expansion despite a modest turnout.

Dean Snyder Jim Thorpe Thorpe Akron Canton

Thorpe vision questioned as crowd sizes and spectacle rise

The piece notes 6 000 spectators for a former All American lineup, contrasting Rutgers and Nebraska draws of 30 000. It argues Thorpe’s vision is less rosy, citing little cheering and a lack of intense college spirit, suggesting football may be more spectacle than game.

Bodog Butlaney Tharpe Polo Grounds Buffalo Allo American Bulldogs Tiny Maxwell Maxwroll Noliner Thorpe Heleleves New York Rutgers Nebraska

Hopi Tradition Persist Despite Modern Pressures

The Hopi Indians of the American southwest persist traditional pagan rites more than other tribes, while exotic beliefs circulate about Siamese practices and myths of arterial myths.

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