Gridiron divisional match set for Sun at Reidville
Bridgeport Acorns manager Danny Walker and All-Waterbury managers agreed to a 100 dollar stake for the Sun football clash at Reidville with two squads named. Bridgeport lists players Farrell through Shearn. All-Waterbury names Bagley to Wentworth plus Foster as Acorn official. Other notes cover Yale Princeton coaching, Carlisle Penn, and Yale players aiding Annapolis and Syracuse.
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Danny Walker
Acorns
Bridgeport
Waterbury
All-Waterburys
Reidville
Farrell
Bauder
Rock
Jensen
Sullivan
Griffen
Howe
Finnagan
Hughes
Kecko
Duhigg
Reilly
Lavery
Finnerty
Mahon
Flynn
Shearn
All-Waterbury
Joe Bagley
Jack Bagley
Lou Cronan
Bill Cronan
Nolan
Thompson
Tanner
Solberg
Buckley
Gooding
Dalton
Schildgen
Neary
Lawlor
Griffin Pickett
Lyons
Bauby
Wentworth
Pop” Foster
Acorn
Cooney Rice
Harr
Syracuse
Bummy Booth
Princeton
Jack Cates
Yale
Annapolis
Washington
Carlisle
Thorpe
Walter Camp
Tad” Jones
Harvard
West Point
Dartmouth
Frances
Foxy
Glenn Warner
Penn
Tingel
New York
Fordham Georgetown Iy
Leagte Park
Bill Newman
Cornell
George'tf
Sean Eet
Old Story Rehashed and Irish Echoes in Sports Lore
A longtime reader rebutts an article by Sherwood about George Lilley and his horse Graystone, urging fair sports reporting. The piece references boxing and Irish ballad imagery about Jem Roche and Tommy Burns, and ends with a fragmented exchange between two foreigners debating a dangerous game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Démocrat
the Democrat
Sherwood
George L. Lilley
Lilley
Graystone
Tommy Burns
Jem Roche
Dublin
Roche
Louth
Derry Wichra
Bridgeport Domination Beats New Haven In Polo 9-0
Bridgeport defeated New Haven 9 to 0 before about 1,800 spectators in a dominant polo showing. Canavan scored a standout goal in the first period as Lewis, Roberts, Griffith, and Carrigan backed him with steady work and Sutton faced heavy pressure from Harper’s goal. New Haven showed effort but failed to mount a sustained challenge.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
PLC
nen_ son
Canavan
Lewis
Roberts
Gardner
Grifith
Sutton
Grimm
Carrigan
Harper
Bone
Warner Roberts
Bono Canavan
Griffith Carrigan
Gardner Harper
Bridgeport - Roberts
Bridgeport -Roberts Bridgeport
Warner
Leahy
Smith
Monfort Home First In Feature Race At Jamaica
Monfort led the feature at Jamaica New York on October 20 as a thin card produced close finishes. Results list Opal over Yankee Daughter and Garland in the opening race, Saracinesca over Transvaal with Esoteric third in the second, Milford over Tivoli with Winning Star third in the third, Monfort over Tile Ing with Beco! Far West third in the fourth, Queen Marguerite over Fancy with He Knows third in the fifth, and May River over Chaffinch with Glucose third in the sixth.
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Monfort
Jamaica
New York
Opal
Yankee Daughter
Garland
Saracinesca
Transvaal
Esoteric
Milford
Tivoli
Far West
Marguerite
Fancy
He Knows
May River
Chaffinch
Glucose
Death of Pincher Brown Former ball star and police captain
Edward Brown aged 71 known as Pincher Brown died last night at his son’s Brooklyn home after an apoplexy. Once a famed ball player and later a police captain before retirement five years ago he earned national renown in his heyday and was celebrated as a star in Brooklyn and beyond.
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Woodruff
Public Service Commission
Congress
Legation
New York
Edward Brown
Police Department
Brooklyn
Brown
Oe Brook
Hartford wrestling beats and boxing buzz from New York to Boston
Hartford reports on Hjalmar Lundin sailing to America on the Lusitania for a busy wrestling season. Boston hosts George Bothner vs Jack Williams with Bothner scoring a leg scissors victory. New London boxer Abe the Newsboy plans a Thanksgiving eve match with Young Hackenschmidt in New York. Mrs C T Stout sets a new women’s course record at Fox Hills Staten Island. Willus Britt says Battling Nelson meets Packey McFarland in San Francisco on Jan 1.
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Hartford
Hjalmar Lundin
New York
Avenue de la Grande-Armee
Paris
Lundin
Alfred Anderson
Sall
London
Liverpool
Lusitania
George Bothner
Jack Williams
New Jersey
Columbia
Boston
Williams
Bothner
Princeton
Abe
New London
Young Hackenschmidt
Buffalo
Golden Spur Pavilion
Sydney White
Dick Miller
Tommy West
Fox Hills Golf Club
Staten Island
C. T. Stout
Packey
Battling
Chicago
Willus Britt
Battling Nelson
Packey McFarland
San Francisco
Mrs Astor’s Heart Illness Reported in New York
Mrs William Astor has been seriously ill for several weeks at her Fifth Avenue home. Dr Austin Flint Jr has been almost constantly attending and says she suffered a sudden recurrence of an old heart disorder about four weeks ago and has had several attacks since, currently resting quietly.
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Austin Flint
New York
William Astor
Fifth Aveue
Austin Flint, Jr
Mrs. Astor
Burying Ground Restored by Colonial Dames Fence Installed
Washington burying ground at Wakefield Westmoreland County Virginia restored by the Society of Colonial Dames of Virginia. Relic hunters’ depredations halted as a concrete wall and iron gates enclose the graveyard. Also reports a Philadelphia case of a 15 year old Edward Lee arrested for selling cocaine to schoolboys.
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Colonial Dames
Washington Burying Ground
Richmond
Old Washington Burying Ground
Wakefield
Westmoreland County
Society of Colonial Dames of Virginia
Philadelphia
Edward Lee
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Dunphy
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Laurie Bliss
Pa Corbin
Ray Biglow
Amerst
Tad Jones
Howard
Paige
Morris Ely
George Sanford
Fordham
Howard Gargan
Francis Gargan
Coffey
Scanlon
Leo Fitzpatrick
White
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Siskind
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McCaffrey
Geary
Franklin Olvanate
Johnny Mack
Ted Coy
Mneman
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Tony Haines
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Tom Shevlin
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Dave Bailey
Montezuma
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Rockville
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Rasley
P.C
Pawtucket
Salem
Worcester
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Stevene
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Fo Paren Ao
Pincher” Brown
Relic Hunters
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