National Collegiate Athletic Association Meets Sets New Football Rules
The fifth annual N C A A meeting at the Hotel Astor reorganized football rules with a seven member committee merging indepents. New members from Manhattan College and Western Reserve joined. Officials urged better training and safety, while track and basketball committees were formed and officers elected. Reginald F. Doherty, noted English tennis player, died in London.
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Washington Post
New York
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Hotel Astor
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Football Committee
Seven
Football Rules Committee
Lambeth
N.C. A
H. J. Williams
Minnesota
James A. Babbitt
Haverford
A. K. Hall
Dartmouth
W. W Cooper
West Point
W. L. Dudley
Vanderbilt
C. W. Savage
Oberlin
S.C. Williams
Iowa
Lieut. Cooper
H. H. Hackett
S. CG. Williams
W. A. Lambeth
University of Virginia
Manhattan
College and
Western Reserve
Capt. Pierce
Dr. Enley
Wisconsin
McKensie
Pennsylvania
Willams
Iight
Ralph Morgan
P. D. Glassford
James Naismith
Kansas
A W. Sharpe
Yale
Harry Fisher
Columbia
Oswald Tower
Wiliams
New Track Athletic Committee
A. A. Stage
University of Chicago
Gotch Hackenschmidt bout in doubt again stirs wagering talk
The piece questions a long rumored Gotch Hackenschmidt match with wild inconsistencies from different locations. It notes Gotch's retirement claims, the Curley link, and a possible $20,000 side bet while highlighting public skepticism about the bout being arranged. It also covers Warren Miller’s baseball prospects, Monte Cross remarks, and Japan trip talk for the Athletics versus Cuba.
Lake The Hedges Tip Magnates Still In Chicago
St Louis dispatch reports Fred Lake slated to manage the Browns next season despite speculation about Billy Murray and Harry Davis. Col Hedges says Lake is best suited and the decision won't come before January 15. Adkins grows impatient, seeing himself as future Browns president as talks continue in Chicago.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Fred Lake
Browns
Billy Murray
Harry Davis
Lake
Col. Hedges
Manny Hodgman
Mark Ewing
Chicago
Ban Johnson
Charles Comiskey
Hedges
Frederick
Boston
Adkins
Ben Adkins
Ben
Hodgman
Ewire
Athletics Go to Japan Long Trip for Mack's Team
Cincinnati business manager Frank Bancroft of the Cincinnati Nationals plans a Far East tour after the 1912 season. He will take the Philadelphia Americans, fresh from Cuba, to Japan as a drawing card for crowds. The team will depart after their final game and train by night aboard ship.
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Frank Bancroft
Johnson
Athletics
Japan
Little Brown Men
Florida
Cuba
Pacific
University of Chicago
Waseda University
Bancroft
Mack
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati Nationals
Philadelphia
Far East
Deacon Phillippe Signs Blank Pittsburg Contract
Pittsburg December 29 A peculiar contract signing at the Pittsburg baseball club saw Charlies Deacon Phillippe return from Indiana and ask president Barney Dreyfuss to sign a blank contract and let him fill the amount later. Phillippe signed the last line and handed it back as the owner completed the document.
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Pittsburg
Charlies
Deacon
Phillippe
Indiana
Barney Dreyfuss
Barney
Descon
Dreyfuss
Stocksdale Signs as Manager for 1911 Club
Greensboro NC December 2 Otis H Stocksdale known as Grey Fox in the Southern League has signed a contract to manage the local Carolina Association club for 1911 He is noted as a respected player and coach with years in the Southern League having pitched for Memphis Mobile and Birmingham
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Greensboro
N. C
Otis H. Stocksdale
Grey Fox
Carolina Association
Stocksdale
South
Memphis
Mobile
Birmingham
Johnson's Chauffeur Arrest as Love Triangle Unfolds
Chicago dispatch details Gaston Le Fort, the French chauffeur hired by Jack Johnson, facing arrest after threats and alleged plots to shoot Johnson. The case centers on Johnson's wife Marietta Duryea, noted to have separated from him, and a tense Christmas Eve sequence with entries of notes and a hospital incident. Le Fort reportedly confessed some feelings for the woman and claimed she had given him money to spend.
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Developmenta
Gaston le Fort
Jack Johnson
Johnson
le Fort
Lowell
Mass
Boston
Milwaukee
New York
Washington Park
Jack
Champion
Sergi, Dubach
le Wort
Edward Meagher
Michigan Avenue
Marietta Duryea
Cook County
Sergt. Dubach
Separate Class A baseball organized under way
Chicago reports say Eastern League and American Association leaders plan to apply to withdraw from the national association next week in Cincinnati to form a new body that will cooperate with major and minor leagues If not acted on soon the American Association meeting on January 12 will discuss the plan President Chivington has talked with President Johnston about the project
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Chicago
Eastern Baseball League
American Association
American League
National Commission
Cincinnati
National Association
Chivington
Jotinson
Pittburg
Barney Dreyfuss
John A. Heydler
Cinciinnati
A. A
Armierican Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
Congress Hotel
Cantillon Relative in Deal That Looks Like War Move
Special to The Washington Post Chicago Dec 29 A real estate transfer links the Cantillon family to Milwaukee and Minneapolis interests amid talk of a potential war over AA expansion. Havener ceded two fifths and Harmon a fifth of the Addison Sheffield lot to Archambault and Harmon, while Havener retained two fifths. The property, once bought for 175000, now anchors a high stake venture tied to Chicago North Side baseball ambitions and factional power within the American Association and TatCantillon family connections underscore the brewing conflict as plans for independence surface again.
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Washington Post
Chicago
American Association
Havener
Milwaukee
Cartilion Brothers
Minneapolis
Joe Cantillon
Ban Johnson
American League
Hirt
Washington
Tig
Charles 28. Havener
Grant
Sheffield
Addie Seminary
Waveland Avenue
Bird J. Archambault
Samhe
EH. T. Harmon
Havenor
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Hevenor
T. M. Chivington
Association
Cantons
Eastern League For Independence
E. T. Harmon
Poner
Michigan
Grand Rapids
E. J. Archambault
Chamber of Commerce
Cantillon Brothers
Archambaults
Harmons
Archambanit
Harmon
Ther
Milwatheé
YANCEY NAMED VIRGINIA FIELD COACH FOR NEXT SEASON
Kemper Winsborough Yancey of Harrisonburg Va was elected field coach for Virginia's football team next season by the university advisory board. A former captain of the 1869 Grange and Blue team and All South Atlantic selection, Yancey played at Randolph Macon before UVA and is now in the university law school. He coached Hampden Sydney last fall and is active in Phi Kappa Sigma Lambda Epsilon Phi Delta Phi and PK, Tika Ribbon societies.
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Kemper
Winsborough
Yancey
Harrisonburg
Virginia
General Athlistic Association of the University
Varelty
Grange and Blue
Sam W. Honaker
Plano
Tex
University of Virginia
Navy
Georgetown
Archer Christian
Blue
Capt
Stanton
Christian
Balrbacks
Hne
Hampden-Sidney College
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Phi Kappa Sigma
Lambda Fpl
Phi Delta Phi
Flynn to Fight O'Kelly in Syracuse Card Mix-Up
Flyins opponent changes on January 17 in Syracuse. "Porky" Flynn of Boston replaces Al Kubiak of Pittsburg after a management mix-up. Carl Morris refused a match, saying he can secure $12,000 purses in Oklahoma. Tommy Ryan notes rivals fear O'Kelly as McLeod and Morris decline to meet him.
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Deco
Porky
Flynn
Boston
al Kubiak
Pittsburg
Don O'Kelly
Kubiak
Carl Morris
Oklahoma
Hope
O’kelly
O'Kelly
Tommy Ryan
Miles McLeod
Eastern Reserves Defeat The Invincibles In Scrappy Game
The Eastern High School Reserves edged the Invincibles from Technical High by a close score of 16 to 2. Notable performers were De Grange and Behwegler for the losers and High and Brown for the winners while lineups included Ponti fons Raytern and Brown.
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Invincibles
Eastern High School
de Grange
Behwegler
High
Brown
Tovinelbiée
Ponti Fons
Raytern High
Brown Henney Meaney Stranahan Schwegler
Asheville Five Winners in Rough Union Basketball
The Asheville Athletic Club defeated Washington-Lee 41 to 14 in Asheville. Lipinsky starred with seven made field goals as the game featured rough play and Glasgow of Washington-Lee was ordered from the floor in the first half.
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Washington and Lee
Asheville
N. C
Asheville Athletic Cub
Washington-Lee
Glasgow
Lipinsky
Hackenschmidt-Gotch Match Arrangements Scene Shifts
Montreal manager Jack Curley travels to Chicago to finalize a $2,000 side bet with Frank Gotch. He wires $600 forfeit money as the deal advances. Des Moines and Buffalo reporters note Gotch’s readiness to meet the Russian champion within six weeks, with purse and side bet adjustments discussed.
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Montreal
Jack Curley
George Hackenschmidt
Chicago
Frank A. Gotch
Curley
Des Moines
Frank Goteh
Hackenschmidt
Travis Wins Holiday Week Golf With 69 Low Score
Walter J. Travis of Garden City captured the qualification trophy in the seventh annual Holiday Week golf tournament at Pinehurst N C with a low 69. Runner up was Robert E Hunter intercollegiate champion from Midlothian Country Club at 77. Other scores included L Becker Woodland P W Whittsmore Brookline H Boyer Southboro Mass Sullan P Bishop Brooklawn Nassau 86.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Walter J. Travis
Garden City
Robert E. Hunter
Midlothian Country Club
Homer Boyer
Southboro, Maas
Sullan P. Bishop
Brooklawn Country Club
H. M. Adams
Nassau Country Club
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