Cobb Leads American League Batting for 1915 Season
Cyrus Raymond Cobb, star for the Detroit Tigers in summers and premier batsman in the American League, tops the official 1915 averages with .270. Eddie Collins sits second at .232, Tris Speaker third at .322, while Cobb also led in runs, hits, and stolen bases with 96. New York’s Paddy Bauman tops the local list at .292 for 76 games. Detroit owns the best team hitting, with Boston second and Chicago third.
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Cyrus Raymond Cobb
Detroit Tigers
Ban Johnson
American Organization
Cobb
Eddie Collins
Chicago White Sox
Tris Speaker
Red Sox
Collins
Speaker
New York
Paddy Bauman
Malsel
Johnson
Methodist Bishop Power Question Sparks Ministerial Address
Dr. Swallow challenged the idea that Methodist bishops should veto general conference actions, arguing bishops already wield too much authority in a democratic framework. He spoke at the Herrisburg Methodist Ministerial Association meeting at the Y M C A this morning. Later, Rev H W A Hanson addressed the Lutheran Ministerial Association on standards of theological curriculum. No major business occurred.
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S. C. Swallow
Herrisburg Methodist Ministerial Association
General Conference
Lutheran Ministerial Association
H. W. A. Hanson
Messiah Lutheran Church
Delegates From All Parts of World Discuss Commerce
The International Trade Conference opened in New York with representatives from commercial and financial bodies in the United States and abroad. Delegates from principal world chambers of commerce will discuss overcoming worldwide trade difficulties over a three day period under National Association of Manufacturers auspices. The event aims to outline four elements of a national foreign trade policy including federal government cooperation with banking manufacturing and transportation sectors.
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Associated Press
New York
Dec
United States
National Association of Manufacturers
Tech High Runners Win First Interscholastic Cross Country
Tech High won the first annual interscholastic cross country meet with 23 points, Harrisburg Academy took second with 39, and Central finished third at 158. The 2.4 mile course finished in 11 minutes 59 seconds with Suteh of Tech leading at the line.
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Tech
Harrisburg Academy
Central
Suteh
Hammond and Deming
Independents Top Vincome Team In Close Game
Harrisburg Independents outplayed Vincome A. C. 36 to 28 on Saturday night. Rote starred with sensational shooting and the locals’ passing keyed the win while McConnell led Vincome at guard. The dance program afterward drew 150 couples as the Sara Lemer orchestra delivered a big hit.
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Harrisburg Independents
Vincome A. C
Quakers
Rote
McConnell
Pike
Vincome
Sara Lemer
Gettysburg Fullback Stratton Named Next Year Captain
Doings in Sportl and Harry T. Stratton a Gettysburg football star was elected captain for next year. His home is Chambersburg. Steelton High basketball candidates practice daily. Felton Hall debuts with Camp Hill High Friday night December 17. Shippensburg Normal beat Methodist Club 29 to 26. Montgomery leads Casino Bowling League with 192 average over 27 games. Harrisburg Academy basketball candidates practiced. schedule opens next week. HH Albright and Sons hunted a 120 pound deer in Fulton county. Andrew Freedman dies after stroke. Spangler piano ad at 2112 Sixth St.
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Harry T. Stratton
Gettysburg
Chambersburg
Steelton High
Felton Hall
Camp Hill High School
Montgomery
Casino
Tatem
Harrisburg Academy
HH. Albright and Sons
Swatara Street
Fulton County
Andrew Freedman
New York National League Baseball Club
Telegraph team loses to stars in six day bike race
New York December 6 The seventeen teams in the six day bicycle race tied for a world record at 9 AM reaching 211 miles nine laps with Granda in front The prior hour record stood at 211 miles eight laps A football game between Oberlin and Highspire ended scoreless and no champion was decided in Dauphin county.
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New York
Granda
Oberlin
Highspire Elevens
Dauphin County
The Mexican Muddle by Frederic J. Haskin
The piece discusses Mexico’s search for a savior beyond Villa, noting his dual image as either bandit or patriot. It portrays Villa as impulsive yet capable and acknowledges American border opinions as influential in shaping views of his leadership.
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Mexico
Villa
Francisco Villa
United States
P R R Directors Name New Traffic Officials
Samuel L. Seymour is named assistant to the freight traffic manager with an office at Pittsburgh. He joined P R R in 1868 and became Western passenger agent at Buffalo during the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Promotions include William H. Johnson, Vernon C. Williams, Harold A. Hines, Walter S. Franklin Jr., and John T. Wray in various freight roles.
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Samuel L. Seymour
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Western
Buffalo
William H. Johnson
Star Union Line
Vernon C. Williams
Western Pennsylvania Division
Harold A. Hines
New Jersey
Walter 8. Franklin, Jr
John T. Wray
Southern
Roosevelt Sees Peril to Defense in Wilson Era
Theodore Roosevelt urges immediate naval buildup and a standing army of 250000, criticizing Wilson era defense mishandling as cutting U S strength by about half. Also reported are a $500 reward to detective W F B Harbaugh for aiding the 1909 Dayton swindle case and a boiler maker’s fall at Central Iron and Steel Co., causing injuries.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Associated Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
United States
W. FB. Harbaugh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newport
N. Mills
Mason
Dayton
Ohio
Mills
Harbaugh
Central High Star to Lead Penn State Team
Harold A. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Clark of 23 South Nineteenth Street, was unanimously elected captain of Penn State football for next season. A 21-year-old junior in industrial chemistry, he played fullback for Penn State the last three years and earned multiple All Scholastic honors. He prepared at Central High, led the track team as captain, and belonged to Omicron Pi Sigma at Central.
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Harold A. Clark
David Clark
South Nineteenth Street
Penn State
Unanimou
Clark
Department of
Industrial Chemistry
Tie
Beta Theta Phi
State
Central High School
Central
Omicrom Pi Sigma
Central High
Central High Eleven
Harrisburg
Shorty” Miller
Harrisburg Star Fielders Highlight International Standings
International averages show Harrisburg fielders prominent after last season. Buffalo leads IL fielding at .969, with Jersey City, Rochester, and Harrisburg also well represented. Top players include Kraft Tooley Tamm and M one r, while outfielders Smith Gilhooley and Witters taetter stand out. Haseltine, famed artist and dealer, dies of heart disease at 76.
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William J. Manely
Harrisburg
Buffalo
Bisons
Richmond
Judge
Washington Americans
Truesdale
Jersey City
McCarthy
Bues
Bucs
Arthur Devlin
Giants
Montreal
Stevenson
Rochester
F. Smith
Gilhooley
Wit ‘Terstaetter
Tooley
Tamm
Zimmerman
Mowe
Tierney
Mensor
Thorpe
Callahan
Witter
Surprise Honors for Veteran Pennsylvanian Railroad Conductor
Isaac Ki Poffenberger, longtime Pennsylvania Railroad passenger conductor born in Halifax in 1849, received gifts from Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen at a home presentation after forty seven years of service. He survived a 1909 nitroglycerine train holdup on the Pittsburgh Express, later served on the Ridge Avenue church and several railroad lodges.
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Isaac Ki. Poffenberger
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad
W. W. Hartman
Ridge Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Poffenberger
Halifax
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Harrisburg
Altoona
Lagman
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Lewistown Narrows
Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief Department
Robert Burns Lodge
Standing of the Crews Harrisburg Side Philadelphia Division
The Philadelphia Division crews standings list the Harrisburg side after 3 30 p m with entries for engineers at 128 111 108 wireman at 111 conductor at 148 flagmen at 128 and brakeman at 107. Engineers named Sellers Seifert new comer Gehr Burkley Albright Shock.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Sellers
Seifert
New Comer
Gehr
Burkley
Albright
Shock
Tech High Hall of Fame honors cross country team trophy
An athletic trophy joined the Hall of Fame at Technical High School after the cross country team won a silver cup on Saturday. Tech runners set a tough mark, with a clean sweep of the course and a record likely hard to beat. Also noted are Penn State football captain Harold A. Clark from Central High and other college gridiron honors, with mentions of Army Navy and Harvard figures.
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Hall of Fame
Technical High School
Tech
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