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  Camas Prairie chronicle, Cottonwood, Idaho, October 16, 1908, page 6

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  SHORT SPORTING ITEMS. | JOO OduS WAS uldII1Gu W MISS MdTInd Jane Davis at Baltimore recently When the Chicago Cubs returned to Chicago Shortsop Joe Tinker was served with warrant charging assault and battery. Charlie Swain, the former big cen ter fielder for the Spokane Indians, now playing with Butte, was married in Seattle recently. A new world S record discus throw of 40 feet 51a inches was made by Mar tin Sheridan of the Irish American Athletic club at New York Sunday. The former record was 1879 feet IL inches. Charles w. Murphy, the owner of the Chicago National league baseball team, recently offered $4,000 for Christy Mathewson, the crack pitcher of the New Yorks. John T. Brush and John T. McGraw spurned the offer Bill Miner, the big end who was at the Washington State college last year and for number of years preceding that time, has left Pullman and enrolled with the University of Montana at Missoula, where he will play on the football team. Many reports are circulating that hunters are abusing the privilege of quail hunting by killing great numbers of them because they are so tame from being left so long unframed. 1t is prob able that the sportsmen s association will take action to prevent the extincton of the birds. The ownership of the Spokane North western league franchise and baseball team has passed from the hands of the Spokane Recreation company, which has controlled it since July, 1905, to Joseph E. Cohn, vice president of the Kirkwood Distillery company. The sale lprice is announced officially as $4,000, $4,000 for the franchise and $4,000 for the reserve rights to the players. Sidney G. Hatch, one of the members of the American Marathon team at London, defeated Albert Corey in a long distance match at Chicago. Corey was forced to quit in the eighteenth mile because nail came through his shoe. He stopped for a few moments and then ran on barefooted, but Hatch had gained half mile and he decided to stop. Hatch covered the II miles in 2:36:34. The men were to have run 80 miles Saturday Football Games. Chicago.-Chicago overwhelmed Purdue by score of 80 to o. New Haven, Campaigning the game of their lives, the Syracuse football team lost to Yale by the score of 6 to 0. Minnesota football rooters got a Sc we’re jolt when the Gophers were held to 6-to-0 score by the Lawrence uni versity eleven. Omaha, Neb.-Creighton university opened its football season at Vinton park, shutting out Highland Park col lege of Des Moines, &c to o. Boston.-The light but agile eleven of the University of Maine left the stadium well content at having held Harvard to a score of 16 to o. Portland, Ore.-Football scores: At Forest Grove-Pacifc university 20, Portland academy 0. At Portland (soccer) Multnomah 3, Columbias 0. | st. Louis.-Cochem s St. Louis uni versity football team was played to a standstill during the first half of the game with the Rolla school of mines. Final score, 40. Old style football of the steam roller type had its innings at Recreation park. North Central high school and Houston school battled fiercely for two Commute halves to tie, S to 5. Philadelphia.-Making two touch downs in the first 10 minutes of play, Pennsylvania did herself proud when she simply swept the strong Buckness team off its feet, 16 to 0. Spokane.-The Spokane high school football team, almost universally regarded by football critics of the north west last year as the most remarkable machine that northwest interscholastic football ever knew, started off its 1908 season with a score of 81 to against the North Yakima high school. | -

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  New-York tribune, October 11, 1908, page 11

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  PENN. SCORES ONLY ONCE. State College ProUes Exceptionally .StrOng-BOth Teams Fumble. Philadelphia Oct 10-Funbling was the ever present and deciding feature of the football game between the University of Pennsylvania and penn svlvanla State College this afternoon, which the former won by a score Of to 0. before a crowd Of seven thousand spectators. Neither side was able 70 score in the first half though Pennsylvania had the ball over the line once, only to lose 1t when Young fumbIed forward pass. Pennsylvania had the stronger attack. but fuInhled nj critical times. Her only score came early in the second half when States punt on the 10 ward line was blocked. the ball rolling over the line where CASTOR fell on it for touchdown States attack was not consistent. but Below, at quarterback got away for one &1-yard run anu badI- fooled Pennsylvania with the on-side kick from running formation ‘TIa Upe-uD follows.

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 12, 1908, page 1

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  PENNsY SCORES BUT ONCE FumblInE IL Principal Feature OF Game with state College. PHILADELPHIA, oct. 1l-FUmbi ng was the cver-present and deciding feature OF the foot ball game between the University Of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania state college Saturday, which the former won 6 to 0. Neither side was able to score in the first half, though Pennsy had It when Young fumbled a forward pass. the ball over the line once. only to lose. Pennsylvania had the stronger attack. but fumbled at critical times. Her only score came early in the second half when States punt on the ten yard line was blocked. the ball rolling over the line where CASTOR fell on II for a touch down. States attack was consistent, but quarterback Below got away for a 1es yard run and badly fooled

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 11, 1908, page 17

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  .PENNSY SURPRISED BY STATE COLLEGE Quakers Save the Day by Scoring Early in Second Half. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 10--DispIaying great strength on both the attack and defense. the eleven from Pennsylvania State College gave Penns ylyania q close cal tOdaS. Three times within eight minutes the Ouoxers had the ball with in States IO-yard line, but the visitors EeId firn and Pennsylvania each time lost the ball The Quakers rallied IL the second haif and in three minutes after play started scored and kicked goal The game end ed with the bah on States 2-yaTd line. Score: Pennsylvania, 6; State College. 0.

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Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.