This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1914
Page
2
Yale is favored to top Princeton in a key gridiron feature. The piece notes Yale’s strong defense and recent rebound from a poor showing, while Princeton’s backers rally around the Orange to upset the Tigers. The article also previews Army-Navy selections, Harvard’s test against Brown, and major Western and East Coast clashes shaping the race for conference titles.
Fragmented sports note reports mixed results from several colleges including Michigan and Missouri teams. Details are garbled with multiple team names and scores unclear, but indicates a slate of football outcomes and varying performances across institutions.
In Chicago and New York on November 13, Federal League president Gilmore predicts another baseball war as Weeghman and Herrmann fail to agree on Cubs sale terms. Ward, president of Brooklyn Federal, calls peace premature and denies deals with Philadelphia or Boston clubs. Herrmann hopes peace may follow a Chicago sale decision in Cincinnati next week amid minor league arbitration talks in Omaha.
Ralph Chapman son of former Representative Chapman of Hinets stars as captain of the Illinois University eleven set to face Chicago for the Western conference title. He alternates at tackle and guard and is a key mainstay, developed under Central coach John Thomas. Chapman is a powerful youngster over six feet tall and around 160 pounds.
College football card lists matchups from Catholic University at Dickinson to Army Maine and Penn State Virginia, with teams like Yale Princeton Harvard Brown Syracuse Colgate Navy Wesleyan Wake Forest Bowdoin Tufts Pittsburgh Carnegie Tech and more. Regional sites include Pratt Philadelphia Chicago Ann Arbor and Evanston.
Gallaudet and the Maryland Aggies agreed to an annual football game set for Saturday November 21 at 10 am on Kendall Green. The schedule shift from Andrews Park avoids conflicts with Georgetown and W and J. Sophomores and freshmen play today at Georgetown while varsity may be excused for drills. A track meet precedes the football and tug of war, with a silver trophy for the winning class.
Michigan Agricultural College defeated Pennsylvania State 6 to 2 in State College. Julian scored a touchdown for the Aggies. Lamb kicked for State. Key plays by the Aggies’ Lacks, Julian, Deprate, and H Miller. State twice failed inside the Aggies five yard line. Tobin of State played four days out of the hospital in a futile effort.
Alfred L. Stern reports a Western High upset of Central in a defensive high school championship at Andrews Park. The slugfest produced no goals, with Western outweighing Central yet unable to cross the line. Dutch Leck and Macdonald starred in a kicking duel as Western claimed a hard fought victory amid few first downs and persistent punting.
Twenty-one Virginia football players, led by captain Mayer and coach Toe Wood, traveled to face Swarthmore after a three-year rematch here ended with a disputed touchdown. The squad, joined by Manager Phillips and staff, practiced one hour with four simulated drills under supervision of Trainers Lannigan and doctors Lambeth and Lefevre.
The Harford Agriculture and Breeders Association opened a fifteen day meet at Havre de Grace. The Mount Royal Handicap for three year olds with 1000 added drew a strong field led by Housemaid Vionnette Bleu and Tartar. Pomette Bleu won by a head over Slumber with Tranid close behind. A maiden steeplechase favored Randolph entry Foxcraft, but the race was rough with a false start and a fall by Judge Walser.
Entry list for a horse race includes Kewensa Czar Michael Emerald Ce Kyosret Promoter Astute Meelicka Aldewua Golden Lesele Paint Wrath Buakin Magnet Star Gift Galagy Jon Diebold Hanson Kim Savage Emerald Gem Kewess Syoxnet Aatafe Inverence Saturnus Mallard Meelicha Montressor G M Miller Buskin Joe Diebold Galaxy Holton Vanson Montpeter Stable entry Grete.
Columbia University reports deficits in all sports for the year ended August 31 except baseball and basketball. Basketball shows a slight surplus while other programs, especially crew, face substantial losses with no gate receipts noted. The text references Hopkins and lacrosse teams in a partial, garbled context.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.