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FOOTBALL STADIUMSby Patricia L. Cook

This Tidbits tackles some football stadiums where history was made. Looking only at col-lege stadiums, let’s kick back and learn!• Three of the oldest college football stadiums in

the nation are in the northeast, where the oldest institutions of higher learning in this country exist.

• The University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field is considered by the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) to be the oldest football stadium. Built in 1895, it originally cost $100,000. Rebuilt in 1922, it became the nation’s first two-tiered stadium. Franklin Field was the location of the nation’s first scoreboard in 1895, first football radio broadcast in 1922, and first telecast in 1939.

• The horseshoe-shaped Harvard Stadium is claimed on Harvard’s website to be the nation’s oldest stadium. Built in 1903, recognized as a National Historic Landmark, the stadium was the world’s first “massive reinforced concrete structure.”

• The first bowl-shaped stadium was the Yale Bowl, opened at Yale University in 1914. When it opened it was the largest stadium in the world since construction of the Roman Coliseum in 80 AD. It is one of four National Historic Landmarks on Yale’s campus.

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¥ On Oct. 18, 1767, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon complete their survey of the boundary between the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland, as well as areas that would become Delaware and West Virginia. The Mason-Dixon line created the boundary at a northern latitude of 39 degrees and 43 minutes.

¥ On Oct. 21, 1797, the USS Constitution, a 44-gun U.S. Navy frigate built to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli, is launched in Boston Harbor. During the War of 1812, the Constitution won its enduring nickname “Old Ironsides” after witnesses claimed that the British shots merely bounced off the Constitution’s sides.

¥ On Oct. 19, 1931, David Cornwell, later known as spy novelist John le Carre, is born in Poole, England. He published his first spy novel, “Call for the Dead,” in 1961. The novel, like his second, “A Murder of Quality” (1962), featured spy George Smiley.

¥ On Oct. 15, 1946, Herman Goering, commander in chief of the Luftwaffe and head of the Gestapo, dies by his own hand. He was found guilty at Nuremberg and committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide tablet he had hidden from his guards.

¥ On Oct. 20, 1968, 21-year-old Oregonian Dick Fosbury wins gold medal and sets an Olympic record when he high-jumps 7 feet, 4 1/4 inches at the Mexico City Games. It was the international debut of Fosbury’s unique jumping style, known as the “Fosbury Flop,” which, according to one journalist, “looked like a guy falling off the back of a truck.”

¥ On Oct. 17, 1973, the Arab-dominated Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announces a decision to cut oil exports to the United States. In December, a full oil embargo was imposed, prompting a serious energy crisis and gasoline rationing in the United States.

¥ On Oct. 16, 1987, 18-month-old Jessica McClure is rescued after being trapped for 58 hours in an abandoned water well in Midland, Texas. McClure had fallen through the 8-inch-wide opening of an abandoned well in the backyard of her aunt’s home day-care center. After dropping about 22 feet into the well, the

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FOOTBALL STADIUMS(continued):• Another historic stadium dating back to 1913

is Bobby Dodd Stadium at Georgia Tech’s Grant Field. It is the oldest continuously-used on-campus college football site in the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A). The game has been played at the downtown Atlanta site since 1905. The stadium was the site of the most lopsided game in football history. Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College 222-0 in 1916!

• A west coast college football venue listed on the National Historic Landmark, but not as old as Yale or Harvard, is the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Home field for the University of Southern California (USC), this is the only stadium in the world that has hosted the Olympics twice. It has also hosted the Super Bowl and the World Series.

• Another California field, Stanford Stadium, made a lot of history in its 84-year life span. In spite of this, it was decided that the best thing for the school, players and fans was to replace the stadium. A new structure opened in 2006. One of the biggest complaints about the old Stanford Stadium was inadequate restroom facilities. The restrooms were enlarged but overall the new stadium was made smaller. The old stadium, built in 1921, had a seating capacity of 86,000, and held as many as 94,000. The new stadium is built for a crowd of 50,000.

• Of the big events held at the old Stanford stadium, two standouts were: when Herbert Hoover, a Stanford grad and former football manager, accepted the Republican nomination

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the U.S. and the USSR (Soviet Union) in 1962, during the “Cold War,” when political tensions were high. The attendance over two days was 153,000 to watch the friendly competition.

• American football has a history dating back to the late 1800s, emerging from the European game of rugby. Player and coach at Yale University, Walter Camp, is the “Father of American Football,” recognized for instituting the early rules of the game.

• “The Birthplace of Intercollegiate Football,” Rutgers University in New Jersey, held the first inter-collegiate football game in 1869. Rutgers defeated Princeton by two goals. Those players didn’t play in a stadium, but on a field on College Avenue in New Brunswick with a few fans there to see what the game was about. Today, Rutgers has a beautiful stadium that seats 52,454 fans.

• Today, many stadiums are named after corporate sponsors who provide funds for the rights to advertise themselves. One of those is the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University. Built in 1980, it is the only domed stadium in the Northeast. Even though named for Carrier, an air conditioning company, the dome isn’t air conditioned!

• The air is thinner (less oxygen) in higher elevations and breathing can be difficult in high energy contests like football. War Memorial Stadium at the University of Wyoming has the highest elevation of any Division I university at 7,770 feet (M?). Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado is even higher with an elevation of 7750 feet. (M?) Falcon Stadium, the home field for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, another high elevation stadium, at 6621 feet (2018 m) above sea level, is flying high.

• The United States Military Academy at West

Point, New York, has a unique tradition for its games: a skydiver lands on the field at Michie Stadium holding the football to start the games.

• Many college and university teams have other traditions observed in their home stadiums. Some involve songs music, some a motto, and many involve mascots.

• When the Tennessee Volunteers and their 100,000 or so fans sing “Rocky Top” in Neyland Stadium, it is a chorus that you will hear in your sleep for a few nights afterward!

• “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” a song recorded by John Denver in 1971 has been the theme song for West Virginia University since 1972. Denver sang the song at the opening of the “new” Mountaineer Field in 1980. The words and music were written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and Denver, and at the time none of the trio had actually been to the state.

• A stadium that has received more attention in recent years for its high level college playing is known for having the only blue turf in football. Boise State’s Bronco Field’s turf is also called the “smurf turf” for the cartoon Smurfs.

• Aloha Stadium, the home stadium for the University of Hawaii, is owned by the state of Hawaii, and hosts many events other than football. The Aloha Stadium Swapmeet & Marketplace, held every week on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays should be on every visitor’s itinerary.

• Many people refer to the “big house” as prison or jail. However, in football “The Big House” is the largest stadium in the country, home of University of Michigan football, with a capacity of 109,901. One of the “big” stories about this stadium is that when it was under construction in 1926, an underground spring and moist, quicksand-like soil swallowed a crane! It is still there, under the stadium!

A World With-out Bacon

I’m not sure what I’m more alarmed about -- the NFL replacement referees or the forecasted 2013 worldwide bacon shortage.For those who may be unaware, due to the prolonged drought experienced in the American Midwest this year, an industry trade associa-tion from the U.K. has issued a dire warning about those sizzling strips of goodness, namely there’ll be a lot less of them gracing our sand-wiches and breakfast plates. Pigs, whose backs provide the necessary lettuce, tomato and/or eggs over-easy accompaniment, will be in shorter supply at slaughterhouses next year because they themselves have not been given enough to eat.“A world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable,” was the tersely worded announcement from Britain’s National Pig As-sociation.Led by bacon, pork accounts for nearly 70 percent of the British diet, so it’s easy to un-derstand their alarm. Have you ever seen the traditional British diet? If those Cryovac pack-ages of porcine delight fail to make it to their shores, we could be looking at a real problem ... when the Brits go into Beefeater mode, it usu-ally means their boys are on the march.In America, it’s probably safe to say we won’t suffer too much from the bacon shortage. We always seem to find a way through these sorts of things, and if we have to, we’re not above artificial flavorings and Bac-O Bits. Our fields will once again spill forth with the grains neces-sary for our hogs.What we’re most concerned about right now is taking place on the other fields of green -- namely the referee situation in football that is throwing our steady diet of quality football out of whack.The NFL locked out the regular officials before the season, and it was mostly treated like an afterthought. After the Seattle Seahawks stole a game from the hands (literally) of the Green Bay Packers on Monday night in week 3, fans saw the problem a little clearer. The league’s head coaches had already smelled blood in the water. Every mistake they made had been magnified to gargantuan portions, best exempli-fied by a bellicose Bill Belichek trying to rip off the arm of a linesperson after a loss. It’s been a disaster. Troy Aikman is even tweeting about the referees in between concussions.Unlike pork production, this shortcoming was avoidable. If anything, the poor officiating has led to two things: a reminder that in order for the games to be played right, you need the right officials in place. In this land of plenty, a poor game of pigskin is like a world without bacon ... and that just isn’t any way to live.

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in Kansas City.

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Flu Shots and MoreEvery year, officials at the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention and their counterparts around the globe get together to decide which combinations of vaccine should be put in flu shots. This year, of the three types that will be used (H1N1, H3N2 and influenza B virus), two of them are new.

It’s the H3N2 virus that appears to be taking off like a rocket already. In all of 2011, there were only 12 total cases. Already this year, that number is up to 306 and rising, with most of it happening since summer.

Many pharmacies have been making flu shots available for years, and some of them have now expanded to include a whole array of vaccinations:

--Flu (influenza) --Pneumonia (pneumococcal)--Tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough

(pertussis) (Tdap) --HPV (human papillomavirus) --Meningitis (meningococcal) --Hepatitis B--MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) --Shingles (herpes zoster)--Chickenpox (varicella)--Hepatitis AThat’s quite a long list. And that’s where

a potential problem lies: Should you have all those shots? No. Except for flu, most of these shots are not annual vaccines, per the CDC. For example, the Tdap is generally a booster every 10 years. A number of the others are only for those whose doctor recommends them. Some are taken in a series.

And that’s where your doctor comes in. Before you line up for any shot, ask your doctor what you should get. Or have it done at the doctor’s office so it’s noted in your records.

And remember that it takes two weeks for a flu shot to start working.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com.

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Th e good news is that Kevin Harvick managed to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup for the sixth time in the past seven seasons.Th e bad news is that, so far, Harvick hasn’t managed to win a race. He fi nished 11th in the second installment of NASCAR’s race-off s and is already 31 points off Jimmie Johnson’s pace.Richard Childress Racing, where Harvick com-petes alongside Jeff Burton and Paul Menard, is winless, though the organization has prospered in the Nationwide and Camping World Truck series. RCR last went winless at the Cup level in 2009. Th e team has been stuck on 100 Sprint Cup victories all year. Harvick won four times in 2011.Twice this season Harvick has fi nished second, the most recent runner-up showing occurring at Dover International Speedway, the next stop on the Cup schedule.“I think for us we need to make our cars bet-ter,” Harvick said. “We need to get faster.”Duh.“We have been fortunate to be in the position that we are in, points-wise. You’ve got to kind of balance that with trying to get better and also trying to protect what you’ve got.”Harvick, 36, has a knack for consistency. In the past three weeks, the Bakersfi eld, Calif., native has fi nished 10th, 12th and 11th. In fact, he’s fi nished in a range of 10th to 16th in eight of the past nine races. Th e exception was a fi ft h at Atlanta on Labor Day weekend.It’s not the kind of consistency Harvick has in mind.Th e RCR operation fi nds itself playing catch-up in the Chase, which isn’t a good place to be.“I don’t think there is really one specifi c thing that you can put your fi nger on to say this is what we are doing,” Harvick said. “I think it’s a lot of things that need to get better. Everybody is working on them. We didn’t capitalize on the situations that we were in to win races at the beginning of the year. Performance hasn’t been exactly where we needed to be. Everybody is working hard to try to get it to that point. Hopefully, we can do that.”At this late point, it’s a hard feat to accomplish.***Monte Dutton covers motorsports for Th e Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at nas-carthisweek@yahoo.com.

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Although he’s made the Chase, Kevin Harvick hasn’t won a race this year and has a lot of fast driving to do to catch up with the leaders. (Getty Images for NASCAR photo)

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CARLSBAD CAVERNSA cool place to go on a hot day is underground. One of the “coolest,” (as in really amazing!) is Carlsbad Caverns National Park in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The temperature underground at Carlsbad Caverns is 56°F (13° C) all the time.• Jim White is given credit for being the first

“explorer” of the caverns in 1898. He was a cowboy who began to explore the caves as a teenager. He descended 60 feet (18.3 m) into the caverns using a handmade wire ladder. He tried to convince locals that the area was special for more than a decade.

• Jim was the guide for numerous people to see the caverns, including Robert Holley from the General Land Office, who surveyed and mapped the area and Ray V. Davis, who photographed the Scenic Rooms and Big Room. Davis’ photos appeared in the New York Times in 1923 and stimulated much interest in the underground wonders. On October 25, 1923, Carlsbad Cave National Monument was established. Congress designated it as a national park in 1930.

• Jim White is unofficially remembered as “Mr. Carlsbad Caverns” for his exploration, guide services and promotion of the caverns for the public to enjoy.

• Beneath the canyons, rocky slopes, and land

of many cacti, grasses, shrubs and occasional trees, of the southern New Mexico landscape, there are more than 117 known caves that are part of Carlsbad Caverns. The caves were formed by the work of sulfuric acid, not water, dissolving much of the limestone rock of the area.

• For the first couple of years, a guano (originally used for hauling bat dung) bucket was used for entrance into the Caverns.

• In 1925, a staircase from the natural entrance to the Bat Cave was installed with funds donated from the Carlsbad, New Mexico Chamber of Commerce. It was only a matter of time before many tourists wanted to descend into the caverns to explore.

• There are many “rooms” inside the caverns with different formations abounding.

Scientists call them “speleothems.” The carrot-like formations hanging down from the ceiling are called stalactites. Stalagmites are the forms that come from the bottom, reaching up. There are also wondrous formations called columns, popcorn, soda straws, draperies and helictites.

• From mid-April to mid-October there are thousands of bats that call Carlsbad Caverns home and rangers give “bat flight” talks each evening. It is estimated that approximately 400,000 Brazilian, more commonly called Mexican, bats “hang” around the caves and fly out each evening to eat tons of bugs. In spite all you have heard and seen in movies and books, bats do not attack people. When the bats re-enter in the mornings, they can be seen diving from all directions at speeds that reach 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) or more! • While the Big Room is a “must see” for anyone visiting Carlsbad, and has elevator access, there are many guided tours that are accessible to healthy individuals. The Natural Entrance is great for people who can handle the 750 feet deep (228.6 m) descent on a

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Q: I’m painting my apartment next week, the first time I’ve ever done this. Do you have any painting tips? -- Lana, Columbus, Ga.

A: Tons of tips, but limited space to list them all, unfortunately! First-timers often are daunted by the amount of paint and paint products to choose from, conflicting instructions from vari-ous sources, and sometimes a lack of helpful in-formation from home-improvement store paint sections. Others feel it’s simple enough to just buy a bunch of paint and brushes and just go for it. The reality falls somewhere in between.Preparation is the most important rule to follow, however. You’ll want to prepare the walls (and presumably trim) in the apartment for painting. You’ll need to figure out not just what color paint to use, but how much of it to buy, and if the colors even work the way you think they will. Here are a few tips to get you started:--Buy sample sizes of paint colors you’re inter-ested in, and paint a stripe of each in an incon-spicuous section of the wall. Paint looks differ-ent when wet and when dry.--How much paint should you buy? A gallon of latex paint covers 350 square feet. Measure the

seconds immediately before beginning to paint with it.

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Acupuncture Helps Perk Up Old Dog

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’m writing in response to your column on alternative treatments for pets. A vet I used to work for studied acupuncture for pets. She had an old dog with arthritis, and he was really grumpy because he was in so much pain. The vet did acupuncture on him, and within a few weeks he was running around and playing with the puppies. Total change in that dog. Dogs can’t fake it! Made a believer out of me! -- Mrs. J., via email

DEAR MRS. J: Thank you for the anecdote! While studies about the effectiveness of acupuncture and other

alternative treatments -- such as homeopathy, reiki, massage and aromatherapy -- are still being done, many pet owners swear by these treatments and say that their pets’ lives have been profoundly changed for the better.Do they really work? I don’t know. However, speaking with a medical doctor a few years ago about alternative treatments, she said that since most alternative treatments have few-to-no side effects, and her (human) patients felt better after having them, she felt that they were a positive benefit that could boost the effectiveness of more conventional Western medicine.This idea could hold true for treatment of pets, as well. I

think it’s important to consult your pet’s veterinarian for any illness or injury -- physical or emotional -- and make sure your pet gets conventional treatment. But alternative therapies can provide additional benefits.Readers, do you have a story about a pet that was helped through alternative treatment? Let me know!

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1. Name the only French-born pitcher to toss a no-hitter in the major leagues.2. In the 12 World Series from 2000 through 2011, how many have included at least one team from Texas, California or New York?3. How many times have

the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers met in the playoffs?4. What school has been to the most NCAA Tournaments in men’s basketball without winning a championship?5. When was the last time the NHL regular-season conference champions met in the Stanley Cup Finals?6. Jimmie Johnson tied a record in 2012 for most NASCAR Cup wins at Dover (seven). Who else has seven?7. Who was the last British men’s tennis player before Andy Murray in 2012 to reach the final of the Wimbledon men’s singles?

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Answers1. John Travolta2. Philippines3. 18904. “Taxi”5. Thomas Merton 6. Hungarian7. Minnesota8. “Oliver!”9. The lek10. John F. Kennedy

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¥ It was beloved American actress Katharine Hepburn who made the following sage observation: “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.”

¥ Half of the Earth’s surface is covered by the Pacific Ocean.

¥ Need more evidence that portion sizes in America are getting larger? In the 1964 edition of the iconic “Joy of Cooking,” a recipe for chocolate chip cookies was said to yield 45 servings. When the cookbook’s 1997 edition was published, the same recipe was said to yield 36 servings.

¥ The original name of the city of Melbourne, Australia, was Batmania.

¥ In the original calculations made by NASA experts, a landing on the moon was thought to have only a 5 percent chance of success.

¥ In rural Wisconsin in 1921, two third-grade students in a

one-room schoolhouse became sweethearts. At the end of the school year, Lorraine Beatty and Mac McKitrick lost touch with each other. This story would be unremarkable, except for what happened 87 years later. In 2009, their brothers, who had become friends, brought the couple back together again. Shortly thereafter, the couple married and moved in with each other in a retirement home.

¥ The 12th president of the United States, Zachary Taylor, let his horse graze on the White House lawn.

¥ The oldest government building in the country actually predates the nation: The Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, N.M., was built in 1610.***Thought for the Day: “Youth is like having a big plate of candy. Sentimentalists think they want to be in the pure, simple state they were in before they ate the candy. They don’t. They just want the fun of eating it all over again.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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ANSWERS: 1) Old; 2) Nicodemus; 3) Jezebel; 4) Zeresh; 5) Eden; 6) David

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Answers1. Charlie Lea of the Montreal Expos did it in 1981.2. Eight of the 12.3. Twice -- 1941 and 2010.4. Notre Dame, with 32 appearances.5. It was 2001 (New Jersey and Colorado).6. Richard Petty and Bobby Allison.7. Bunny Austin, in 1938.

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¥ When making pastry, start with cold ingredients; when making cakes and cookies, the ingredients should be room temperature. If you stick with this rule, you’ll have lovely, flaky pastry and warm, fluffy cake!

¥ “Keep rolls or breads warm at the table with this OLD trick: Line your bread basket with foil, shiny side out. Drape a towel over that, and snug the bread inside.” -- G.R. in Wisconsin

¥ Want to know the secret to great biscuits? Handle the dough gently. The more you mess with it, the tougher the biscuits. If you use a cutter, dip it in water for each press, and DON’T twist: You’ll create a seal on the edges that will hinder the biscuit from rising, making it denser.

¥ “Got a dome on your cake? Measure your ingredients well. Use a pan that is big enough. And if all else fails, use a thermometer to gauge whether your oven is too hot. These things more than any others will make a cake pop up in the center.” -- E.A. in Mississippi

¥ Here’s a fun way to spend a weekend morning: Making pancakes or waffles! Make a double (or triple, or more) batch, and make several varieties -- blueberries, chocolate chips, bananas, walnuts, strawberry, even pumpkin! Lay them out in layers and let cool. Stack separated with freezer paper in the freezer. They can be microwaved or toasted in minutes for an easy weekday breakfast.

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