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Baseball great Ty Cobb negotiates with Walter Merritt Riggs about becoming a coach at Clemson. A search of Athletic Department files revealed four letters from Cobb to Riggs, the last of which indicated "that Cobb, the 'Georgia Peach,' would coach the Tigers (Clemson, not Detroit) for $250 a month, provided he did not sign with Detroit that season. However, he did sign with Detroit and went on to a .324 batting average and 108 runs batted in during his third season there."
In the News
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The Summer Olympics in London: The 1908 Summer Olympics were held in London, United Kingdom, from April 27 to October 31. The games were notable for the introduction of the marathon distance of 26.2 miles, which has since become the standard distance for marathons worldwide.
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Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile on October 1, 1908. The Model T, also known as the "Tin Lizzie," revolutionized transportation by making cars affordable and accessible to the general public. It played a key role in the mass adoption of automobiles in the United States.
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The United States Department of Justice established the Bureau of Investigation, the precursor to the FBI, on July 26, 1908. The bureau was created to investigate federal crimes and enforce federal laws, becoming one of the most important law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
On Campus
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In a poorly thought out April Fool's Day prank, 306 cadets form the second "Pendleton Guards" and march off to Pendleton, where they dismount a cannon from the town square, and return with it to campus. President Patrick Hues Mell expells the entire group, gutting the football team, as several members had participated in the ill-advised roadtrip. This is a repeat of a similar stunt pulled in 1907, and which the cadet corps has been warned not to do again. Many are re-admitted the following year, however.
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