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...named yesterday are: Malcolm H. Allen, Jr., Alan Balsam, George I. Bell, Robert K. Bingham, Blair M. Boyd, Jr., John B. Cadigan, Jr., Levin H. Campbell III, John E. Carlson, Jr., Robert B. Clark, Robert C. Cobb, Jr., Walter Coulson, Frederick Deane, Jr., Robert Dudley...
Between-halves festivities found bands from both organizations parading, as "Big E" and "Big K" formation sped up, down, and off the field. Eliot's spirited cheerleaders, headed by "Fob" Cobb, ripped off sizable gains through ill-organized Deacon defenses, but the big surprise of the day was attributed to William J. Bingham '16, who craftily provided collapsible goalposts to foil the jubilant throng of rooters which stormed out of the north stands after the contest...
Manners at the Post. In 1919, when the "golden era" in sport was beginning, it was Man o' War who led the parade. Like Ty Cobb and Jack Dempsey, with whom he competed for headlines, Big Red had color. His post manners, in the days before starting gates, were atrocious. He liked to rear up on his hind legs and terrify the jockey with his lunging and plunging. But when Red settled down to his tremendous stride (once measured at 24 ft.), he broke track records, and the hearts of ordinary horses foolish enough to race against...
Winning Lineups: Eliot: le, Abbot; lt, Fischer; lg, Quisenberry; c, England; rg, Adams; rt, Cobb; re, Carroll; qb, McGiffert; lhb, Eckleberry; rhb, Lyne; fb, Galfin, Owen, Wheeler...
Eliot: le, Carroll; lt, Fisher; lg, England, Cole; c, Ferber; rg, Cox, Adams; rt, Thomas, Cobb; re, Myers, Abbot; qb, McGiffert; lhb, Eckleberry, Reiner; rhb, Coe, Meusel; fb, Wheeler, Ecker, Owen...