Independents Suffer Second Defeat At Home Locust Gap Wins 82 to 31
Locust Gap defeated the Marrisburg Independents 82 to 31 in a hard fought game. Locust Gap led 21 to 6 at halftime and pulled away in the second period as Harrisburg’s offense produced long shots. Sebastian sank a late free to seal the visitors’ lead.
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Locust Gap
Local Five
Harrisburg
Sebastian
Ford
F. Doyle
F. Wallower
F. Haggarty
F. McCord
C. Sebastian
Camp Dix Eleven Wins Interdivisional Championship
Camp Dix eleven from Camp Dix Wrightstown New Jersey defeated Camp Meade Admiral Maryland 13 to 6 in the first interdivisional championship at Franklin Field Philadelphia. Captain and coach Lieut Anderson scored both touchdowns and starred with kicks and runs. Meade, composed of Pennsylvanians, had a late chance to tie but failed.
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Philadelphia
First National Army
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
Camp Meade
Admiral
United States
Franklin Field
Lieutenant Anderson
Dix
Anderson
Colgate
Meade
Meade Ellenberger
le. Byrne
I. E. Gelein
1. T. Hauser
1. T. Riley
L. G. Merrill
1. G. Smott
Ec. Boggs
C. Oberfeldt
R. G
Mackert
Steitler
Byrne
Truxall
Merrill
Charles McCarty
Episcopal Academy
Fred Gillinder
Pennsylvania
Whetstone
Sangree
Haverford
Rosewood A. C. Triumphs Over Elizabethtown In Elizabethtown
Rosewood A. C. defeated Elizabethtown 88 to 86 at Elizabethtown. Yoder led Rosewood with 13 goals in the second half while G. Killinger stood out for Harrisburgers. Final roster lists Shirk Engle Lingle Tittle Yoder Devine Withers E Killinger Good for Elizabethtown and Rosewood details scoring by field goals and fouls.
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Rosewood A. C
Elizabethtown
Rosewood
Yoder
G. Killinger
Harrisburgers
F. Shirk
F. Lingle
F. Engle
F. Tittle
E. Yoder
Devine
G. Withers
E. Killinger
G. Good
Rosewoode
Lingle
Tittle
Shirk
Engle
Good
German Street in Shepherdstown To Be Renamed
Citizens of Shepherdstown request rename of the town principal thoroughfare German street due to unpopularity. Mayor Waldeck appoints a three member council committee to select a new name and drop the present label.
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Hagerstown
Shepherdstown
Waldeck
Dickinson Football Team Completes Season Without Defeat
Dickinson’s 1917 football squad finished undefeated, conceding only two scores all season. Captain elected this week with plans for 1918, though several stars await war service including Red Swope, Goldstein, Palm, and Masiland.
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Dickinson
Carlisle
League Stars Tie Up in Major League Batting Race
New York reports Cravath and Whitted share batting honors in the 1917 National League averages. Roush of Cincinnati emerges as the new champion with 141 hits and 19 doubles, as Cincinnati and New York lead in extras and home runs across the season.
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Roush
New York
Cravath
Whitted
Phillies
John A. Uevsler
Shilligs
Moran
Cincinnati
Hornsby
St. Pra Ac
Bid
J. Roush
Oakland City
Ind
Champene Ipte
Evansville
theTodtianapolis Federal Club
Newark Federals
Mathewson
Mason
Mane
George
New Yorks
Philadelphia
Chicago
Luderus Han
Luderus
Groh
Carey
Pittsburgh
Packard
Thomas Clarke
Chase
Chase Or Holke, First Base; Cutshaw
Short
Wheat
Kauff
Fink Is High Gun In Monthly Highspire Shoot
Highspire Rod and Gun Club held its monthly shoot on Saturday. Harry Fink broke twenty three targets to win the silver trophy leg. Second honors were split between H Kline and J Cover with Cover winning the shootoff. Includes standings of top shooters and shoot off for second ten tees. Shiremanstown Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to meet at the Wert home on East Main Street Tuesday evening.
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Highspire Rod and Gun Club
Harry Fink
H. Kline
J. Cover
Pheree
Bink
Ssesseree
R. Green
Kelley
Black
Scccesees
BUNGE
Rcccosescosss
Shiremanstown
Shiremanstown Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Frank Wert
East Main Street
Six Day Bike Race Opens At Madison Square Garden
Fifteen top riders begin the twenty-fifth six day race at Madison Square Garden, with 144 hours of cycling to cover through next Saturday. The event features experienced champions in 142 hour format, a $16,400 prize pool, sprint points, and paired team entries led by Kramer Ege, Goullet Magin, and Walthour Piercy among others.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Frank Kramer
Oscar Ege
Alfred Goullet
Jake Magin
Arthur Spencer
Pinch Hitters and Baseball Abroad Highlight Oddities
A short study notes American and National League leaders in pinch hits with Kumler on fifteen and Clarke on nine, Murphy second with thirteen, and Sam Crawford third with seven. It also mentions the rarity of three pinch hits for many players and adds an English-sourced look at American ball in wartime England. The piece then lightly touches on suffrage verse and sports curiosities, including putts near the cup and a wartime baseball anecdote.
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Kumler
Clarke
Murphy
White Sox
Sam Crawford
England
France
Fritz
West End Juniors Claim County Championship
The West End Juniors won the Dauphin county championship by beating all rivals in their class. Coached by Snowball Winters, the squad features Cronin Cocklin Spangler Poore Longecker Harle Ellinger Wallace Troter Fogle Selway and others.
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West End
Dauphin County
Cronin
R. T. Cocklin
R. E. Spangler
1. T. Poore
C. Long’ecker
1. B. Harle
Gettysburg hunter bags first deer of season
Gettysburg Pennsylvania December 2 Francis Beck became the first local hunter to harvest a deer as the season opened. Beck hunting in Buchanan Valley lowered a buck weighing about 130 pounds with six prongs after just ten minutes afield. At least three other bucks were reported taken on the first day.
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Gettysburg
Francis Beck
Beck
Buchanan Valley
Marriage at Landisville Unites Sangrey and Werner
Miss Mary F. Sangrey daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Sangrey wed Paul G Werner Saturday evening at the home of Rev J W Gensler Landisville Attendants were Mr and Mrs John F Shertz Diocese notes from Marietta Pa December 3 highlight the social event within the community.
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Landisville
Marietta, Pa
Mary F. Sangrey
Frederick Sangrey
Paul G. Werner
J. W. Gensler
John, F. Shertz
After season ends college football faces uncertain future
Washington reports that after the final college game the focus shifts to captain elections and planning for next fall. Harvard Yale Princeton faces uncertain schedules with war looming and many schools predicting a return to limited play while Army and Navy camps bolster football as war training.
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Washington
England
France
America
Harvard
Cambridge
Yale
Princeton
Army
Navy
Pastors Fill Enola Pulpit Amid Illness
In Enola Pa on December 3 the First United Brethren Church filled morning worship with John Fulton of Bethesda Mission Harrisburg and evening with W J Hean of Harrisburg. St Matthew's Reformed Church also hosted Rev A L Kerr of Lebanon at both services yesterday.
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Enola
J. Stewart Glen
First United Brethren Church
John Fulton
Bethesda
Harrisburg
W. J. Hean
St. Matthew's
A. L. Kerr
Lebanon
Mahan's Marines Meet Boston Navy Yard Today
Boston Navy Yard and Eddie Mahan's League Island marines prepare for a post posed game at Harvard stadium after rain delays. Eddie Mahan from Natick and Lou Little of Penn lead strong lineups while Johnny Scott and Casey socialize with Exeter teammates.
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Boston
Mass
Leo Leary
Boston Navy Yard Eleven
Eddie Mahan
League Island Marines
Harvard Stadium
Marines
Sea Soldiers
League Island
Tommy Enright
Casey
Boston Navy Yard
Scott
Exeter
Lou Little
Penn
Little
Massachusetts
Tech's jubilee and upcoming league contests praised
Tech's big jubilee was held at the chapel with praise for the victors and two new trophies added the P. G. Diener silver football passes from Central to Tech and the Max Reiter and Company silver trophy. Anticipation rises for a strong basketball season and a lively Pennsylvania Interscholastic League slate.
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Tech
Chapel
P. G. Diener
Central
Max Reiter and Company
Hick-A-Thrifts
Rosewood A. C
Marysville Bazaar and festival plans in town
Marysville steps up holiday activities with three bazaars and a festival in the next two weeks. The Methodist Church hosts a Pink Puff and Blow social, the high school runs a bazar with food and a parcel post sale, and Zion Lutheran plans a Dorcas Society bazar plus a sauerkraut supper. Officers to be elected at Enola Fire Company No. 1 meeting. Sugar shortage tightens Marysville markets.
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Marysville
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marysville High School
Dorcas Society of Zion Lutheran Church
Diamond Hall
Etremen
Enola
Enola Fire Company No. 1
Altoona Avenue
Newmyers announce birth of a son in New Cumberland
Mr and Mrs H G Newmyer of Bridge street announce the birth of a son born Friday November 30 1917 in New Cumberland Pennsylvania.
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New Cumberland
H. G. Newmyer
Bridge Street
Big Sale of Christmas Seals Planned For Enola
Enola Pa December 3-8 G Hepford general Secretary of the local P R Y M C A has been selected chairman of the committee to handle the sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals in the area. He will name assistants soon to aid in the campaign. In previous Liberty Loan and War Fund drives Hepford chaired the local committees and Enola subscribed its quota in both drives. G A R OFFICERS INSTALLED
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Enola
G. Hepford
Red Cross
Hepford
Hlepford
Anola
Mothers Night At Revival In Trinity church
The ongoing revival in Trinity United Brethren Church led by Rev Dr W P Knapp continues this week with Mothers Night on Wednesday. Services have drawn good crowds during the two week stretch. Milk in Marysville rises to ten cents a quart on December 1, up two cents, dairy men say the higher price is necessary to stay in business.
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New Cumberland
Trinity United Brethren Church
W. P. Knapp
Marysville
Flag Raising in Marysville by Merchant J. E. White
Marysville Pa December 3 merchant J E White will raise a large American flag atop his store building this week in a public display reflecting patriotic spirit and local commerce pride.
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Marysville
J. E. White
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Bucknell
W. E
Red) Swope
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Hyman Goldstein
Maurice Palm
Masiland
Lorimer
Smith
Fagan
Lehman
Dougherty
Gladhill
Robinson
Obermiller
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Walck
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Shope
Huff
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Minker
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Pritchard
W. Young
Minnich
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Dunn
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Healey
Paderbaugh
Goldstein
Rockwell
Bowes
Wertacnic
Hick-A-Thrift Basketball League
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BLUES
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Greens
Telegraph
Fink
Wm. Strouse
Elly
Chestnut Street
Pennsylvania Railroad System
Samuel G. Hepford
J. K. Johnston
Harrisburg Sportsmen's Association
J. C. Strickner
C. H. Shaffer
Horace H. Way
George FE. Eshelman
George Rudy
Roy H. Holmes
C.H. Shaffer
W. K. Burkholder
la. J. Fisher
G. Hepchief
Phillip Fordney
H. H
A. L. Wynn
Edward Hazzard
H. M. Bloser
C. IL. Cochlin
C. Z. Detweiller
B. F. Eisenberger
Grand Army of the Republic
J. R. Hutchinson
George Mathias
George Hess
Jacob Witmer
Charles Blessing
Jesse Oren
A. P. Bamberger
J. H. Young
Robert Sipe
Federal Square
King Oscar
Oscar
John C. Herman & Co
Six Cents Makers
Sai
Fence
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