ON THIS DAY IN 1885 , the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Just now Prospect Park is a center of much interest to seekers after Autumn leaves and chestnuts. The woods are full every day of parties of joyous young people whose bright eyes and rosy cheeks betoken the effects of the health-giving atmosphere.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1914 , the Eagle reported, “WEST POINT, N.Y., OCT. 10 ― There is no use talking, this certainly is a wonderful football year. Every game played brings to light something new and interesting for the students of the sport. Not that the contest here, today, was as sensational as other games that have been played this fall, still Lieutenant ‘Charlie’ Daly, head coach of the Army, pulled one trick that never before has been seen on a gridiron. And it helped West Point to

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