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J. Arthur Baird
James Arthur Baird (November 2, 1877 – July 26, 1964) was an American football and baseball player, track athlete, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, college athletics administrator, lawyer, and Hancock County, Illinois, judge. Biography Baird was born on November 2, 1877, in Ferris, Illinois, to Alexander Baird (1851–1916) and Allie May Moore (1853–1942). He graduated from Carthage College in 1900 and was the first athlete to letter in three sports in one season. He next enrolled at Northwestern University School of Law and played college football there from 1900 to 1902. He played at the guard and center positions and also handled kicking for Northwestern. He was also a member of the Northwestern track team, competing in the pole vault and high jump, and was selected in June 1903 as captain of the track team. He served as the head football coach at Carleton College from 1903 to 1905. He served as the head football coach at Whitman College from 1906 to 1907. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferris, Illinois
Ferris is a village in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 156 at the 2010 census. Geography Ferris is located in north-central Hancock County at (40.468753, -91.169448). It is north of Carthage, the county seat. According to the 2010 census, Ferris has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 168 people, 69 households, and 44 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 72 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.62% White, 0.60% African American, and 1.79% from two or more races. There were 69 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwestern University Pritzker School Of Law
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law is the law school of Northwestern University, a Private university, private research university. It is located on the university's Chicago campus. Northwestern Law has been ranked among the top 14, or Law school rankings in the United States#Top 14 law schools, "T14" law schools, since ''U.S. News & World Report'' began publishing its annual rankings. Northwestern Law is among the top ten most selective law schools. Its performance in the job market has also contributed to its prestige. Founded in 1859, it was the first law school established in Chicago. Notable alumni include numerous governors of several states; Arthur Goldberg, United States Supreme Court Justice, United States Supreme Court justice; Adlai Stevenson II, Adlai Stevenson, governor of Illinois, cabinet secretary, and Democratic presidential candidate; John Paul Stevens, United States Supreme Court justice; Newton Minow, former chairman of the Federal Communications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 College Football Season
The 1910 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Harvard and Pittsburgh as having been retrospectively selected national champions, by four "major selectors" in about 1927, 1947, 1970 and 1980. Only Harvard claims a national championship for the 1910 season. Rules Rule changes were made prior to the 1910 season to permit more use of the forward pass, with complicated limitations: *The only eligible receivers were the two ends, who could catch a pass no more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage, and could not be interfered with until the ball was caught. *A legal pass could not be thrown unless the quarterback was at least 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage and the rest of the players, except the two ends, were at least 1 yard behind the scrimmage line. *On kickoffs and punts, the kicking team's players could not be touched until they had advanced 20 yards *Flying tackles were outlawed, and "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 College Football Season
The 1909 college football season was the first for the 3-point field goal, which had previously been worth 4 points. The season ran from Saturday, September 25, until Thanksgiving Day, November 25, although a few games were played on the week before. The 1909 season was also one of the most dangerous in the history of college football. The third annual survey by the ''Chicago Tribune'' at season's end showed that 10 college players had been killed and 38 seriously injured in 1909, up from six fatalities and 14 maimings in 1908. Schools in the Midwest competed in the Western Conference consisting of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin and Chicago. Iowa was also a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, which included future Big 12 teams Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as well as Drake and Washington University in St. Louis. In California, intercollegiate football programs (such as those of Stanford University and the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 College Football Season
The 1908 college football season ran from Saturday, September 19, to November 28. The Penn Quakers and the Harvard Crimson each finished the season unbeaten but with one tied. The LSU Tigers went unbeaten and untied against a weaker opposition. All three teams were named national champions retroactively by various organizations. Only Pennsylvania officially claims a national championship for the 1908 season. Although there was no provision for a national championship, major teams played their regular schedules before facing their most difficult matches late in the season. "The real championship contests are ushered in with the month of November," ''The New York Times'' reported on September 6, "and on the seventh day of that month the final try-outs will be witnessed." The most eagerly anticipated games were Yale at Princeton (November 14) and Harvard at Yale (November 21). In addition, "intersectional games" were of special interest, with Cornell at Chicago, and Penn at Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 College Football Season
The 1907 college football season saw the increased use of the forward pass, which had been legalized the year before. Football remained a dangerous game, despite the "debrutalization" reforms, and an unprecedented eleven players were killed (9 high school and 2 college), while 98 others were seriously injured. However, there were no serious injuries reported among the major colleges. The Yale Bulldogs, unbeaten with a record of 10–0–1, had the best record. The Helms Athletic Foundation, founded in 1936, declared retroactively that Yale had been the best college football team of 1907. Yale and Penn both claim 1907 as a national championship season. Although Yale was named as champion by 6 different entities, Penn was not named champion by any. Penn's claim to the championship is only by the university itself. Rules The rules for American football in 1907 were significantly different from those a century later, as many of the present rules (100 yard field, four downs to gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 College Football Season
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1905 College Football Season
The 1905 college football season had the Chicago Maroons retroactively named as national champion by the Billingsley Report, the Helms Athletic Foundation, the National Championship Foundation, and the Houlgate System, while Yale was named champion by Parke H. Davis and Caspar Whitney. Chicago finished the season 11–0, while Yale finished 10–0. The ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listed both Chicago and Yale as having been selected national champions. Conference and program changes Membership changes Notable games Chicago vs. Michigan game In the final game of the season on November 30, 1905, Amos Alonzo Stagg's Chicago team and Fielding Yost's Michigan squad met in a battle of undefeated Western Conference powerhouses. The teams played at Chicago's Marshall Field in front of 27,000 spectators, at that time the largest crowd to view a football game. Michigan was 12–0 and had a 56-game undefeated streak on the line, while Chicago was 10–0. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 College Football Season
The 1904 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Michigan, Minnesota, and Penn as having been selected national champions. 1904 was a big year for the South. It was the first year for: Dan McGugin at Vanderbilt, Mike Donahue at Auburn, and John Heisman at Georgia Tech. Conference and program changes Membership changes Conference standings Major conference standings Independents Minor conferences Minor conference standings Awards and honors All-Americans The consensus All-America team included: Statistical leaders *Team scoring most points: Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ..., 725 to 12. *Rushing leader: Willie Heston, Michigan, 686 *Rushing avg. leader: Willie He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 College Football Season
The 1903 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Michigan and Princeton as having been selected national champions. Conference standings Major conference standings Independents Minor conferences Minor conference standings Awards and honors All-Americans The consensus All-America The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed upon an amateur sports person from the United States who is considered to be one of the best amateurs in their sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an All-Am ... team included: Statistical leaders *Players scoring most points: Thomas S. Hammond, Michigan, 163 References {{collegefootball-1903-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Bar Journal
The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) is among largest voluntary state bar associations in the United States. Approximately 28,000 lawyers are members of the ISBA. Unlike some state bar associations, in which membership is mandatory, ISBA membership is not required of lawyers licensed to practice in Illinois and ISBA membership is completely voluntary. The ISBA is headquartered in Springfield, Illinois. It also has an office in Chicago, Illinois. History The ISBA was founded on January 4, 1877, at a meeting held in the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield, Illinois, attended by 88 lawyers from 37 counties. According to the association’s constitution adopted at that time, the purpose of the association is: This first meeting elected Anthony Thornton as first president of the ISBA. In 1879, the ISBA gained notoriety after it granted honorary membership to Myra Bradwell and Ada Kepley after they were denied admission to the bar on the grounds that they were women. Respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitman College
Whitman College is a private liberal arts college in Walla Walla, Washington. The school offers 53 majors and 33 minors in the liberal arts and sciences, and it has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. Whitman was the first college in the Pacific Northwest to install a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, and the first in the U.S. to require comprehensive exams for graduation. Alumni have received 1 Nobel Prize in physics, 1 Presidential Medal of Freedom, 7 Rhodes Scholarships, 1 Marshall Scholarship, 50 Watson Fellowships, and 93 Fulbright Fellowships. Founded as a seminary by a territorial legislative charter in 1859, the school became a four-year degree-granting institution in 1882 and abandoned its religious affiliation in 1907.History of Whitman College Retrieved May 15, 2017. It is acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
