Baseball generated no stories on October 30, 1920, that graced the sports pages the next day. College football dominated the news When I see the football news from that era, it’s a bit of a shock to see Ivy League teams dominating the headlines. With a lack of professional sports outside of baseball, even minor college sports get a mention in the paper.

Some things never change, however. Like this year, an election is a few days away and the front page headline reads, “Democratic Official Arrested for Lie About Harding.” October surprises are nothing new. It wasn’t until 2015 that this charge was indeed proved false. The proof came about because there was a sex scandal involving Harding at the time that was true and would have been just a damning in that era.