Navy Showed Speed in Practice Before Army Game
Annapolis reports Navy football in fast, high tempo workout after a close loss to Penn State. Nicholls starred with two scores as coaches weigh lineup for the Army game, with multiple backs rotating and potential starter Nicholls favored to begin.
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Water Owls Win Big in District Field Match
Water Owls Operators beat Valve division 0 in a field game at the District pumping station athletic field. Team roster includes Kanex Beckett Beatt Spiker Van Doren Lyons Sinclair Woodward O'Brien Frader Hibbs Lyddane Hurley Wilson Spiker Ley Ellis Falconer Camaller Sullivan Cardenas Hebbard g. C. Collins, manager, arranging schedules among water department teams.
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Owls
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Water Department
Georgetown Junior Preps rout Hyde School 47 0
Georgetown Junior Preparatory students clocked Hyde School 47 to 0. Key plays came from fullback Stehlman and quarterback Dean as the line drove and broken field runs dominated. Touchdowns by Connor Dean Stoblman Coulson and eight extra points by Shelby. Referee Mr Treanor. Time periods twelve minutes each.
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Fight Keeps Egan and Others Busy in Ardmore Card
Kid Egan of Washington KOed Johnny Rebhan of Baltimore in the fourth round at Ardmore Club Maryland. Washington's Thomas stopped Lefty Max in the second round. Kid Marshall beat Wil Gockel in six rounds. A Baltimore Washington river contest ended in a six round draw. Bowdoin picks a captain H Alton Tewis of Brunswick, Me joins Bowdoin College football leaders.
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Greer praised as finest high school center by ref Magoffin
Paul Magoffin, former Central High and Michigan player, calls Greer of Eastern High the best high school center in years. He says Greer is formidable, looks mighty good, and should become a great college player.
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Georgetown Faces Holy Cross in Thanksgiving Showdown
Georgetown players returned to the varsity field after a lay-off, preparing for strenuous workouts. The team aims to defeat Holy Cross on Thanksgiving day to claim the Jesuit college title, with Holy Cross coached by Harry Kersburg, a former All-American at Harvard.
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Robinson Is Manager for Brooklyn Superbas
President Charles Evbets of the Brooklyn club announced Wilbert Robinson, recently with the New York Granta, as the new Brooklyn Superbas manager. He has signed and will take immediate charge.
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Brown as Manager of a Federal Club in Chicago
Mordecai Brown, famed three fingered pitcher of the Chicago Nationals and Cincinnati, may manage the Chicago Federal League team. A representative of the Chicago Federals has offered him the post, with terms to be settled. Brown reportedly has Cincinnati’s release promised by President Herrmann if a managerial berth is secured. He says he could still pitch occasionally.
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Pittsburgh
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Brooklyn
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Columbus
Negro baseball league to field teams in eight cities next summer
Chicago reports a new baseball league of negro players will play next summer with teams planned in Chicago New York Philadelphia Detroit Baltimore Cleveland St Louis and possibly Kansas City. In Maine Ernest Merril Moore was chosen captain of Hates College football eleven and will serve as left guard this season.
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Baseball
Central Victorious In High School Championship Shootout
Central football earned a creditable 3 to 0 victory over Eastern at Vigilant Park in the season finale. A 25 yard placement kick by Dick Rush produced the lone score as Central dominated with a punting edge and stronger defense in a tense kicking duel.
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Western versus Eastern football clash ends in lone score
In a Western High League game Western edged Eastern 7 0 after a Johnson to Macdonald pass set up the decisive score. Rush added the extra point after a successful placement, while Eastern threatened late but time expired. Other standouts included Rush and Greer with steady line play for both sides. Officials were from Michigan Navy and Technical High, with 10 minute quarters.
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Gallaudet Priming for M A C Contest
Gallaudet football works through two hours of scrimmage and a short signal drill in final prep for Saturdays game against M A C. Varsity offense shows improved scoring while defense struggles. Likely lineup changes include Rasmussen challenging Johnson and Jacobs on offense, with kickoff time set near 3 p.m. Officials to be decided tomorrow.
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Columbia assured of baseball team
Columbia seems set to join the South Atlantic League next season as $3,600 of the needed $5,000 to cover debts and start up a club has been raised. Local financier B. W. Robertson offers to donate a grounds site and facilities, charging rent based on the club’s finances. TM. P. Corish of Savannah plans to discuss with local promoters. Columbia must raise $6,000 by tomorrow. Football results follow: Haskell Indians 23 Texas A&M 0 at College Station. Texas 4 Kansas 0 at Austin.
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School League Basketball Schedule and Dates
A condensed schedule lists games from January to March featuring teams Western Eastern Army Navy Cathedral and Business. Key matchups include January 16 Army and Navy vs Cathedral and February 27 Business vs Cathedral with follow ups through March 13 Business vs Eastern.
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Interscholastic Basketball League Announces 10 Game Schedule
Dr William B Hudson announces the season schedule after a committee report. The season opens January 3 with Western versus Eastern, ten contests total, all on the M M A court with Beckett and Law as officials. Army and Navy Prep aim to defend title as others strengthen for a hard fight.
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Gordon Law
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Credit Given Davis by Connie Mack
Connie Mack, leader of the Athletics, credits veteran first baseman and coach Harry Davis for much of the team’s championship. Mack had refused to bring back a player outloosened before, yet reappointed Davis, believing his coaching steadied the 1912 squad and helped win the pennant and world title amid initial skepticism.
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Rhodes scholars face freshmen sports limits at Oxford
Oxford university athletic committee adopted two resolutions restricting Rhodes scholars from freshmen sports. Disqualification applies to students who resided at other universities, and no participant over 24 may compete in Oxford University athletic club sports. The rules take effect October next, following Rhodes scholars' October freshmen sports success.
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Phil Buscher to join Montgomery club next spring
Washington native Phil Buscher, with professional and amateur baseball experience, will play for the Montgomery club of the Southern League next season. He previously starred in St. Joseph, Erie, and Washington area leagues, with a notable pitching record from Wilmington to Sewage Pumping Station nine. The move follows a season back in fast company after a time away from professional play.
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Austrian envoy studies American athletics in New York
Dr. Otto Herschmann, Austrian government emissary, reports astonishment at U.S. youth athletic enthusiasm and collegiate sports. He sees American training as a model and foresees Austria possibly sponsoring future Olympic efforts, hoping to awaken dormant potential and cultivate champions.
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Japanese billiardist Koji Yamada to play in city
Japanese billiardist Koji Yamada arrives for two exhibition matches at the Royal billiard parlors. The opening game of 390 points starts at 3 pm against CS. Lane, with a second match at 8 pm featuring either Gray or Lane against Yamada.
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Water carnival prizes touted as largest in motorboat racing
Indianapolis leader Carl G. Fisher sails to Miami to supervise Biscayne Bay water carnival races set for January. Prize pool expected to be the largest ever offered for motorboat competition, with entries already rolling in.
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Principal Golf Champions and National Winners Listed
The Nations Open crowned Francis Oul at Woodland Golf Club while Jerome Travers claimed the National Amateur title at Upper Montclair. Misa Ravenscroft won the Women’s National, with Mrs. Ron ald H Harrow taking Women’s Eastern at Merion. Alec Smith topped the Metropolitan Open, Travers won the Metropolitan Amateur, John J. MacDermott led the Western Open, Warren KH Wood took Western Amateur at Homewood, and Myra Helmer won the Women’s Western at Midlothian.
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Virginia Football Rounds Back From Georgetown Game
Charlottesville VA November 18 Virginia players reported for daily grind after Saturdays tough Georgetown clash. Regulars absent none second and third squads nearly full a scrimmage planned tomorrow. Coaches fear a hard battle with North Carolina as Chapel Hill has sharpened recently secret practice to finish the season. Gooch and Ray punted capt Carter and Hay kicked from placement during signal drill.
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Harvard Yale Holy Cross Yale Penn Georgetown grid reports
Cambridge Harvard drills past a tough coach line as Bradlee and Gilman miss time. Holy Cross shows form for Georgetown clash with Dolan and Ahern back. Yale resumes light practice after Princeton point in Auburndale plans. Penn scrubs bench players while freshmen top varsity in mixed drills. Wind of California and Rode draw in Milwaukee boxing card. Nobby Clark dies. burial set under potters field.
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U S Groups Agree on Berlin 1916 Olympic Soccer Team
New York November 18 United States will be represented at the Berlin 1916 Olympic games by a soccer football team under an accord between the Amateur Athletic Union and the United States Football Association. Each body recognizes the others rights in sports and each will have a delegate on the other's governing board.
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