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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Jim Kershner’s This day in history

From our archive, 100 years ago

The Sunday sports section in 1910 was loaded with intriguing stories, including:

• Spokane’s “consolidated” high school football team beat Coeur d’Alene High School, 35-0, in the season opener. This was an excellent sign for the Spokane team, which had been whipped 16-0 by Coeur d’Alene the year before.

However, the sports correspondent was not impressed with football’s new rules, instituted that year to cut down on the injuries (and fatalities) in the sport nationwide. He said the new rules “could hardly be considered a success.” More players than ever were injured in this game, including some “rather seriously damaged.”

• The World Series was about to start, but a columnist who went by the pen name “Manhattan” warned that rampant betting was threatening the game’s integrity. This was nine years before the 1919 Black Sox scandal broke.

• The Spokesman-Review ran a photo collage titled “Girl Tennis Players in Country Club Tourney.” The players all wore expressions of determination – and ankle-length skirts.

Also on this date

(From the Associated Press)

1919: President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left side. … 1944: Nazi troops crushed the 2-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people were killed.