Locust Gap to Meet Locust Gap Locals in Harrisburg
Harrisburg Independents face Locust Gap tonight with Locust Gap bringing Jimmy Doyle as manager and player plus Billy Betz and Lew Haggerty in the forward positions. Locust Gap previously beat Shamokin. Independents shift to McCervey at center to counter the coal region team.
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Locust Gap
Centralia
Jimmy Doyle
Billy Betz
Haggerty
Lew Haggerty
Reading
Shamokin
Independents
McCervey
Garner
Lorust Gap
Doyle
J. N. Ford
J. (Morasky
Wallower
J. Haggerty
J. McCord
Sebastian
C. G. Ford
G. Klewan
G. McConnell
G. Betz
J. Sebastian
Deer Season Opens With Sunrise Hunt. Small Game Plentiful
Karrisburg hunters started at sunrise as deer season opened amid ample small game. Quail were scarce, but rabbit and squirrel hunting thrived. Bear and habbit seasons run to December and raccoon to year end. deer season lasts until December 15 with expectations of a large kill.
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Karrisburg
Local Shooter Wins Live Bird Contest In Philadelphia
E. G. Shank of this city defeated EP. Yocum of Rogersford 24 to 21 in a live-bird shoot at Fort Side Philadelphia under Interstate Association rules. The purse was 50 dollars with thirty yards rise and fifty yards bounds. A large crowd attended the event.
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Fort Side
Philadelphia
Federal Agents Seek Potato Hoarders in Pennsylvania
Federal agents probe profiteers storing potatoes along the Old York Road in Horsham and Hallowell areas. The potato section yields over 100000 bushels annually. Agents visit growers homes to gather evidence of hoarding for higher prices next year. One large grower had hundreds of bushels found in a cellar and the bin sealed by the agent.
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Philadelphia
Old York Road
Horsham and
Hallowell
Wilson
Mumps and Measles Hit Fort Oglethorpe Soldiers
Fort Oglethorpe Ga December 1 two hundred forty cases of mumps and eighty cases of measles among thirty thousand soldiers with few deaths and the outbreak is not considered alarming. Most measles deaths were among states with high hookworm rates.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Tech Scrubs Triumph on Muddy Island Park Field
Tech Scrubs defeated Central High Scrubs 26 to 0 on a muddy Island Park field. Key players listed include Weigle Gardner Ke and Miller with multiple touchdowns and a safety. Referees were Killinger and Lloyd with Penn State officials overseeing the game.
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Tech Scrubs
Central High Scrubs
Island Park
Central Scrubs Weigle
le. Fluss
Ke. IF. Beck
It. Gardner
It. Johnson
Lg. Feist
Ig. Troyer
McCaleb
C. Gladfelter
Rg. Nye
Rg. Lachman
Rt. Butler
Central
Caldwell
Sluss
Wise
Feist
Killinger
Penn State
Umpir Lloyd
Tech
Fields
Timer
Garman
Pistol Shooting Becomes Popular Sport Across America
The article traces pistol shooting from its defensive roots to a refined sport. It explains pistol versus revolver mechanics, indoor and outdoor distances of 20 and 50 yards, and notes spring and fall championships under the United States Revolver Association.
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Caminelleo Vitelli
Pistoia
Italy
United States Revolver Association
Season's Football Toll Drops From Prior Year
Chicago reports football deaths for the 1917 season totaled twelve, ending with Thanksgiving games. The toll is six fewer than 1916 and four fewer than two years earlier, after fifteen fatalities in 1914.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Associated Press Today
Tarsus Eleven Triumphs Over Highspire 42 to 0
Tarsus gymnastic school football team defeated Highspire with a 42 to 0 score at Front and Seneca streets. Miller and Waltz each scored multiple touchdowns as the Tarsus eleven relied on strong forward passes and gains.
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Tarsus
Highspire
Front
Seneca
Tarsus Highspire Heiney
le. Harter
le. Yountz
It. Gruver
St. Jock
Ig. Witherow
Ig. Holahan
C. Snoddy
C. Miller
Re. Grimm
Ig. Lyter
Arnold
Dougherty
Re. Daniels
Schreadley
Richenberger
McCann
Ihb
Hoch
Golf and Tennis Lead War Relief Efforts Across The Nation
The article notes golf and tennis as peaceful games contributing financially and by effort to war reliefs. It cites Memorial Day clubs in New York raising over 90 000 dollars and Fourth of July events over 80 000 dollars, with golf personnel and exhibitions pushing total contributions near 500 000 dollars. It highlights players like Ouimet Gardner and Kerr and stresses physical training for servicemen. It also contrasts tennis led by Major George Adee's Lawn Tennis Association with similar wartime giving.
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Red Cross
New York
Ouimet
Travers
Evans
Kirkby
Guilford
Sawyer
Anderson
The
Golf Professionals’ Association
Bob Gardner
Marston
Kerr
Carter
Ham Gardner
Blossom
Topping
George Adee
Lawn Tennis Association
Downees
Athletic Union Plans For Athletic Revival And Prizes
The Amateur Athletic Union prepares a nationwide set of championships to be staged at camps and cantonments with tie in to wartime fitness. A $5,000 AAU appropriation may be discussed with the War Department this week as plans include medals for winners and concurrent events under the national championship committee.
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New York
C. A. Dean
Chicago
Amateur Athletic Union
Frederick W. Rubien
War Department
Garbage contract awarded to Penn Reduction Company
Philadelphia on December 1 1917 the Penn Reduction Company was awarded the city garbage contract for 1918 at 575256 dollars. The firm had a prior bid of 65266 dollars rejected two weeks earlier and the new award exceeds the current year cost by 143000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Penn Reduction Company
Public Works
Datesman
Navy to Name Four Rear Admirals and 72 Senior Officers Next Week
Washington December 1 four rear admirals twenty one captains and fifty one commanders of the Navy will be named under the merit system next week by the Selection Board meeting Monday to fill vacancies from wartime expansion. Also 110 lieutenants and 247 junior lieutenants will be advanced for the war and the ensign grade adjusted to fit 422 warrant and reserve officers with temporary war commissions. The nine rear admirals comprise the board whose member names are withheld. No decision yet on staff corps promotions or whether seniority or selection will apply to them.
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Washington
Naval Establishment
Staff Corps of
Navy
Campaign for Minor League Merger Faces Strong Opposition
Philadelphia reports war pressures shrink minor leagues with only twelve teams in 1917 versus forty seven earlier. A proposed third major league formed by American Association and International League merger faces opposition from club owners and regional leaders in Providence Milwaukee and beyond. Barrow is seen as likely president if merger succeeds, but slow approval is urged to avoid repeating Federal League mistakes.
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Louisville
Association
International
Providence
A. F. Timme
Milwaukee
Hickey
Barrow
Johnson
Feds
Ban Johnson
Federal League
No More Slacker Commissions For Men of Draft Age
Washington reports Secretary Baker rejects slacker commissions aiming to dodge service. Policy requires clear fitness for the assigned noncombatant work and forbids placing civilians into military roles where not needed. Noncombatant staff fields face stricter rules. draft-age men have already secured commissions exempting them from mobilization.
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Washington
Baker
Onemoy
Local Harrisburgers win division championship in Augusta game
At Camp Hancock on November 24 the Company I, 112th Infantry team, dominated the 109th Infantry to win the Twenty-eighth Division title 8 to 6 at Richmond Academy field in Augusta, Ga. Eisenberger struck out sixteen, Williams and Swartz contributed key hits, and Cravath made a highlight defensive grab for the 109th.
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Harrisburgers
One Hundred Ninth Infantry
Richmond Academy
Augusta
One Hundred Ninth
Ferrish
Parris
Ballit
Alexander
Gevanis
Murdock
Company I
Eisenberger
Triest
Borbridge
Waltz
Fitzgerald
Swartz
Williams
Cravath
109Th Infantry
R. HH
Creese
C Cravath
Russell
Glaser
Smith
We Walters
Migenberger
Es Triest
Aeteroes
Borbhage Mss
Taggart
Altz
Coe
Bod Ewarts
Pinchot Appeals to Farmers to Raise More Hogs
Philadelphia December 1 Gifford Pinchot appeals to Pennsylvania farmers to boost hog production to support the war effort. He stresses voluntary effort, patriotism, and the need for animal products especially pork, noting wheat supplies improve while meat demand rises. He urges farmers to act as masters of their own choices for national victory.
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Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
United States
Texas
Let Government Furnish Seed at Cost Say Farmers
President A Townley urged Wilson to seek a $50 million appropriation for seed purchases and selling at cost to farmers in the northwest facing crop failures two years running. Townley outlined hardship in North Dakota Montana Kansas Nebraska and portions of Oklahoma and Minnesota. Chester Fire Tragedy Follows Oil-Soaked Stove Incident.
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Washington
A. Co. Townley
National Non- Partisan League
Wilson
Congress
Northwest
High School Athletes to Practice and Local Stars to Shine
Local schools emphasize basketball practice with prominent football stars expected in the cage game. Oberlin-Chin game oddity noted with ball on the 50 yard line at start of fourth period. Tech to field a team next year led by Ebner, named captain of 1918 eleven.
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Carlisle
Chambersburg
Carlisle High School
Tech
Ebner
Oberlin-Chin University
Oberlin
Weygandt
Wooster
Jones
Ohio State
Final Military Game on Franklin Field Today
Philadelphia reports a martial scene as Camp Meade's 314th Infantry faces Camp Dix's 311th Infantry in a decisive interdivisional gridiron contest on Franklin Field. Thousands of troops received furloughs to watch, with officers from the East in special boxes and stands decked in flags and allied colors.
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Franklin Field
Three Hundred
Eleventh Infantry
New Jersey
Camp Dix
East
25000 Cigars Stolen From Reading Railway Freight Train
Norristown Pa Dec 1 Lewis M Brown cigar dealer was jailed on 1500 bail after being charged with theft of 25000 cigars from a Reading Railway freight train at Woodlane. Detectives traced boxes in Philadelphia stores like those stolen and Brown said he bought them from a man named Gus who delivered in two auto trucks.
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Norristown
Lewis M. Brown
Fourth
Pine Streets
Philadelphia
Clark
Reading Railway
Woodlane
Brown
Gus
Camp Hill Dominates Oberlin In Close Home Opener
Camp Hill High opened its home season with a 28 26 boys win over Oberlin High School while the Camp Hill girls routed Oberlin 59 2. Bowman and Basehore led the boys with six goals apiece. Joyful Over Victory quotes and praises from Coach Dunkle and Principal Rockey. Sammy Shiff, a 125 pounder, locates in Harrisburg after a semiwindup at Lancaster, aiming to showcase his skill here.
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Camp Hill High
Oberlin High School
Oberlin
Camp Hill
Bowman
Basehore
Dunkle
Rockey
Sammy Shiff
Harrisburg
Lancasteron
Frankie Berry
Schiff
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Millersburg Normal School
Carlisle Rec
Ord
Marysville
New Bloomfield Academy
Harrisburg Central High Reserves
Palmyra High
Gettysburg
Palmyra
Kennedy
P. Teitrick
Spence
MoeKnight
Spangler
Basom
Coover
Spahr
Rudolph
K. Teitrick
Weigle
Steck
Blithe
Gulden
B. Lackey
Watts
Eppley
Wetzel
R. Lackey
Hollenbaugh
Purple
Tarsus Eleven
Wm. Strouse
the Tribune Association
New York Tribune
Athletic Union
Duckpin
Campeles
C. Sampeles
Corporala
Tee
Jore
Local Stars
Camp Hancock
Hundred Twelfth Infantry
Pinchot
Chester, Pa
Woalter McKee
McKee
Chester Hospital
Jack Coombs
Iron Man
St. Louis Cardinals
Coombs
Clausen
Lloyd
Frock
Essig
Brough
Beck
Wilsbach
Bell
Lauster
Frank
Kohlman
Camp Meade
Dix
Three Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry
F. Morgan
Am Basehore
F. Snavely
A. Nell
Yontz
Socar
Butk
Nell
Stoner & Field
Speale
A. Aay
Good
Snavely
Morten. Yontz
Camp Hill Ai
Oberlin Patterson
F. Ck
F. Fry
F. Espenshade
F. Dennison
C * Bishop
Smiths
Bolan
Gs. Bowm Cooper
Fry
Dennison
H. Bowy
King Oscar
John C. Herman & Co
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