Sport: Records: Nov. 19, 1928

In Philadelphia, excited about the election, 13,000 people swarmed onto a field where West Philadelphia High School was playing football against Central High. The score was 0 to 0 at the end of the first half; policemen tried to clear the field, but the people stayed. The football teams went away and finished their game the next day on another field.

In July, 1926, five Peruvian Boy Scouts set out from Chepin, Peru, to win a prize by walking to New York. Two died. Two returned home, ill. Last week, one, Augusto Flores, arrived...

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