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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
7
Tommy Clark notes a shift in football due to new kicking rules with punters becoming pivotal. The piece surveys top kickers by program from Penn State to Michigan, praising accuracy and long-range ability, and predicts exciting duels in upcoming major games.
Referee Charley White condemns the crowd for shouting fake during bouts. He recalls a cellar grudge match near Corlears Hook in New York where flooding and a slip led to a declared no contest, sparking a warning about counterfeit fights.
The National Association of Amateur Billiard Players launches five winter championships beginning November 27 in New York with the Class B national 18.2 balkline event. Matches run to 300 points and entrants must qualify with a grand average between five and seven.
Princeton University will require instruction in swimming for students this year. The move aims to improve safety and physical education across campus.
A tally shows about five hundred trotting meetings held in September across the United States and Canada. Local tracks hosted pacing and trotting events featuring various drivers and horses, with crowds and purses noted in regional summaries.
World champion Frank Gotch plans an ambitious world tour after defeating Hackenschmidt. He keeps Yusuf Mahmout as the core challenger and uses the Turk as the fall guy to deter rivals. Meanwhile Pat McDonald sets a new 24-pound shot put record at Celtic Park with a 38 feet 19 11 16 inch throw, surpassing Ralph Rose’s seven year old mark.
Peter Maher and Stockings Conroy were scheduled to fight at Savin Rock Connecticut when an angry sheriff seized the receipts. A delay followed as Al Woods hurriedly left with the trailer. Maher sought Woods, Joe Humphries announced no bout, and the tent suddenly burst into flames, forcing both men to escape with their lives.
The National Hockey Association of Canada met informally to discuss adopting rules at the annual meeting in November. They practically decided to reduce rosters to six players and eliminate the rover to speed up the game and open play, though fans are divided on the radical shift.
Moran and Driscoll, English featherweights, signed for a twenty round bout at the Empire Skating Palace in Birmingham on December 2. The purse totals 13000 dollars with a gold belt and each fighter staking 2000. Weights set at 126 pounds at 2 o'clock.
Harvard and Yale prepare for a hard fought clash in Cambridge on November 25 to close the big eastern season. The analysis shows evenly matched teams with Yale slightly heavier and faster on the line, while Harvard boasts a stronger backfield led by Wendell Campbell and Huntington. Captain Howe of Yale powers the attack and Harvard counters with Potter at quarterback and a capable line of Smith O'Brien on the ends and Campbell Wendell Huntington in the backfield.
The piece outlines possible Harvard Yale lineups for the annual showdown. It notes Anderson Freeman Spalding and Philbin as key backfield options and lists probable positions for Yale and Harvard players across ends tackles guards and backs. The historical record cites past meetings since 1876 and scores.
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