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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1909
Page
46
Oakland bookmakers and staff are detained in a police sweep tied to betting activity during a Georgetown game. E T Mart a bookmaker and Charlee Brown a clerk face charges as authorities cite enforcement of a local betting law. Bond details not disclosed.
The list names Latonia winners with multiple riders and horses including Lonnie Bell Selwick GoM Miler Bonnie Kelzo Barnsdale and others, notes on times and placings, plus scattered illegible OCR fragments referencing jockeys and events from the McIntyre, Denny, Archibald and Walsh stables.
The article weighs midseason Boston Red Sox struggles after trading Cy Young and Lou Criger, notes a tipping bureau in New York, questions if extra wins could have changed the pennant, and shifts to Jeffries Johnson boxing plans and football rule debates about brutality and safety. It mentions promoters, gate demands, and public interest in title openers and the state of American sports crowd sentiment.
The Idaho football team defeated Mississippi 89 to 10 to win the Philadelphia Navy Yard championship. They will advance to Norfolk for the national Navy title game, following earlier wins over Kansas and Georgia as part of a strong season showing.
An article surveys early automotive progress and fuel economy feats, noting Barney Oldfield’s speed record and the growing American and English car tourism to France. It cites Moon’s Texas tour, two model cars, and a French plan to tax visiting motorists, suggesting the policy may be unwise.
Thomas B Williams of the Caledonian soccer team argues that once students shed prejudice, soccer will rival and outshine football. He cites stamina, open play, use of feet, and fewer dangerous elements, claiming soccer provides equal or greater spectacle and individual thinking without mass plays or tackling.
New York Navy 22 reports disqualification of beta principala by Referee Tom Jenkins after pollen interference halted a planned finish in the Grand Central Palace match between Con O Kelly and Pat Connolly. The bout degenerated as warnings were ignored and both wrestlers were disqualified amid a near riot atmosphere in a squared circle clash.
Entries list for six races with horses and weights. Included are Latoma First race six furlongs with several entries. race two selling six furlongs. third race six furlongs. fourth handicap over four furlongs. fifth race one mile with Orphan Lad plus polar Skar and Night Mist. sixth race selling one mile with multiple regimens.
Mike Denlin, former New York Giants right fielder, says he left baseball for theater. He claims Felix Isman offered him $90,000 to manage the Phillies next year, which he declined.
A Chicago player Artie Hofman recalls a long standing feud with George Browne of St Louis. Hofman says Browne’s speed and rough play sparked clashes as he describes a 1900s incident when Browne hit a ball and Hofman was knocked out after a punch to the solar plexus. Hofman hints Browne could face enemies if traded back to the National League.
Nova Ty Cobb of the Detroit club was fined 100 dollars for assault and battery after a fight with George Stanfield, a night watchman, during Detroit's last Cleveland visit. Cobb pleaded guilty to assault and battery, avoiding trial.
Baltimore writer reports tinus Plerando, a 26 year race follower, cashed in between 8000 and 10000 on Bonnie Kelso at Latonia in the fourth race on a 13 to 10 price. He tipped friends in Syracuse and Baltimore and now rides a cab with his winnings.
The 2-year-old bay Howard colt by Oda fellow Nimoula, owned by an American banker in Mexico City, ran in the 390 derby in Mexico. Import from the United States noted as a favorite in future book quotes. The owner valued the colt at 10 000 dollars, with 1% dead reported in Mexico.
A garbled OCR style listing names and touchdown counts from a college football season feature. It cites Yale Penn Princeton Dartmouth Harvard Cornell and others with multiple players credited for touchdowns. Specific names include Hutchinson, Coy, Read, Cabell, and many more across schools.
Expect great struggle as Army and Navy football teams prepare for a Thanksgiving clash at Union League Park. Holt and three West Point veterans headline the Army lineup, with Rockwell Sultan and Atkisson among the ex West Point players coaching. The winner receives a cup donated by The Post.
Georgetown begins its season with a Saturday game against the Baltimore Medical College quint at Fellows Stadium slated for 8 o clock. A new varsity change is to be announced after the contest. Admission is 75 cents for couples and 50 cents for singles, with hat box fee included. The team features ten strong players, led by captain Him Colliflower and including George Colliflower, Fred Rice, Sehlesner, Goggin, Lexes Monarch Gibson Spenet, and McLaren.
Cornell football plans a signal practice at the Jumea Armory as the squad prepares for Thursday’s Pennsylvania clash. Twenty five players will travel. Roberts Coswell Weeks may miss the game while others are not yet in top condition. Sutton Beats Demarest in Madison Square Garden billiards event 59 to 20? with John J McGraw as referee.
Vague report notes a scheduled three game series between division leaders amid football concerns. The article mentions broader debates on sports, votes to keep the Carolina League intact, and Raleigh decisions on venue and salaries without changes.
Yale football earnings near eight thousand dollars this season with about four thousand from the Harvard game and twenty one hundred from Princeton. Kilpatrick or Daly lead as potential captain. Howard Jones returns to Syracuse to assist his brother and Syracuse head coach in tuning the Orange for the Thanksgiving game against Fordham.
Four presidents and a university chancellor including Judson of Chicago Northrop of Minnesota Van Frisse of Wisconsin and Avery of Nebraska urged immediate revision of football to curb dangers. On the same day local grids reported three players injured in scrimmage: Capt Brimhman of Morton Grove fractured nose Marhone, James Sullivan of Partner 40 fractured three ribs and Bruce dislocated shoulder.
Andrew Bryson Taylor 35 and William Maxwell Moore 40 were injured in a crash on the Ikenelt Turnpike near Greenville Del. Taylor, connected with Brygraphon Steel Casting in New Castle, died from a crushed skull and other injuries after trying to avoid an oncoming car. Moore remained unconscious. the other vehicle fled. Taylor’s body to be brought to Washington later. funeral planned for tomorrow.
Investigators report James P Farrell, superintendent of the Brooklyn disciplinary training school for boys, led a brutal punishment system called the star spangled pammer. Boys were whipped with leather and cane, beaten on the head and back, and blood was observed. Farrell drank heavily and toured roadhouses with the house mother Anna Hutchinson, who aided the abuses and left the institution at night with him. The State Board's inquiry found terrorizing conduct across staff and inmates, with injuries and fear pervasive.
Bishop Alpien W Wilson presides over the North Carolina Methodist conference in Raleigh as the Rev Don Ivey Hustoran leads a literary address. Dr Westray Battle of Sheffield becomes surgeon general of North Carolina, succeeding retired Agriculture Commissioner Graham. A Southern Commissioners of Agriculture meeting in Jacksonsville is noted, with remarks on cotton yields between Wickshing and Padagh showing limited bales gathered.
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