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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1919
Page
9
Annville, Pa. Dec. 10 Lebanon Valley opens its basketball schedule with a home game against the Lebanon Y M C A five, then travels to Bethlehem to meet Moravian College. Captain Seltzer leads a strong squad with Moore, Fishburn, Harvey, and Wine in the initial lineup amid a large pool of candidates.
At the annual meeting of the Baseball Writers Association of America in New York the officers were re elected President I. S. Sanborn Chicago Vice President Robert W Maxwell and Secretary Treasurer Joseph M McCready Philadelphia. Directors named Jack Ryder Cincinnati Harry Gross New York Edward F Balinger Pittsburgh and James M Gould St Louis. The group agreed to admit writers from Class AA circuits as associates and to form a scoring rules committee. A fund from Tim Murnane’s memorial was used to purchase four sets of Charles E Van Loan’s books.
Yale's athletic board of control announced the annual letter Y awards. Twenty five football players received the insignia including Acosta Aldrich Allen Braden Callahan Campbell Dickens Galt Galvin Hammill Hubbard Hempton Laroche Lay Hunger Neville Reinhardt Robinson Sidenbers Vorys Walters Walker Webb Welles Zenner. Several will not return next season. Also announced were Haule Troache Jr of Charleston DC as Yale Football Association president succeeding Totten Heffelfinger. McNaughton of Fort Edward NY received the Y for rowing in the 1917 Penn game. Saunders of Emmettsburg was named hockey manager. The Hummelstown basketball team is organized with Ebersole as manager and listed players Shope Breckenridge Grill Ebersole Hood and Muldner.
Bowling totals show 589 699 657 totaling 1795. Schedule lists Wednesday December 10 with Yankees versus Pirates in a featured matchup.
Tech basketball opens three weeks from tonight with alumni as opposition. Local stars Red Huston Glenn Killinger Vic Bihl and Gil Ebner from Bucknell will pose top challenge if they suit up. Schedule includes Perkiomen Seminary February 6 and Yonkers or Perkiomen at Chestnut Street auditorium February 13 with dancing after each game.
Los Angeles December 10 Jack Kearns manager for Jack Dempsey says many offers for a fight have come and a cable from Decoin Paris requests a bout at Pershing Stadium next June or July. He has not answered yet and will seek the best offer, preferring higher pay for abroad bout. Dempsey may stay about three months, has rented a house and opened a downtown office.
Gettysburg College selects William F. Booth of Harrisburg as student football manager for next season. The plan includes scheduling Johns Hopkins Swarthmore and Haverford to replace smaller schools. Only Moyer departs by graduation, after leading the team for most of this season.
Totals 622 671 663-1956 These same teams will meet on the Casino alley next week for their second match for the championship of the county. RESERVES TO HOLD MEETING All members of the West End Reserve Club who are interested in basketball are requested to meet at the home of N. C. Boones, 2415 Reel street, at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. The following men are requested to be present: Longenecker, Robinske, Harling, Trotter, Kitzmiller, Karle, Karr, Sjalebaugh, Spotts, Penney, Bolten, Dill and Schinder.
American ice skating champion Robert McLean has accepted a challenge from Norway's world champion Oscar Mathiesen for a match race in Christiania next February, announced by McLean's manager in New York.
Knock Out Brennen and Johnny Gill have signed for a 10 round bout, with Harrisburg or Steelton as possible venues. A 900-seat hall is sought, with Motive Power Athletic Association coordinating and Joe Barrett arranging the contracts for a match seen as a step toward a title shot. Local promoters expect increased admission prices and notable out of town attendance if staged in Harrisburg.
A historical note on how football scoring evolved from goals from field to touchdowns, tracing points changes from 4 to 6 for touchdowns and 5 to 1 for field goals, and explaining the shift from kicking to rushing and passing in the game’s development. Quoted ideas attribute the change to William H. Wright of the New York World.
Camp Hill High School varsity five and girls team will host first joint bill in the Cross River school gym Friday. Gettysburg High meets the varsity five, Millersville Normal girls face the feminine outfit. Both games expected fast as Cross River squads trained hard for a promising season. The girls appear favored to win after improving over last year when they lost only once.
Center College will play Harvard University on October 23 next year in Cambridge. Harvard officials also said a proposed game with the University of Illinois was dismissed as a practice contest. A Portland high school team defeated Nice Tech to claim a national title in a weekend game officiated by V R. Okeson.
A regular course for prospective football basketball and track coaches will be held at Allegheny College Meadville Pennsylvania. Professor C F Hammett chief athletic director will supervise with theoretical and practical training in all three sports. Certificates will be awarded to those who pass yearly exams.
Annapolis authorities grant permission for an intercollegiate boxing tournament this season. The Naval Academy aims to stage one event with the University of Pennsylvania as the expected opponent. Spike Webb, ex Twenty-Ninth Division instructor and interallied boxing director in France, leads the academy program.
New York dispatch reports the annual National League meeting selecting a new eight member board with Stoneham, Grant, Dreyfus, and Veeck among directors. A 154 game schedule is favored with April 14 opening, spring training lengthened to six weeks, and cross-league player commerce eyed for joint talks. Also notes West Shore basketball teams from Camp Hill, Enola, and West Fairview, with plans for a West Shore championship series.
The proposal envisions building new sport facilities with Camp Hill and Enola schools as the only existing gymnasiums at present. The plan outlines the likely construction and impact on school sports programs.
Ithaca N Y December 10 Cornell will open the home basketball season tonight when Hobart College comes here to test Coach Ortner s organized squad after six weeks of tryouts The intercollegiate league schedule begins December 19 with Princeton as the opponent The Hobart game will help gauge Ithaca prospects for the Tigers lineup changes include Captain Joaquin Molinet 21 at left forward out of a 100 man pool Sidman a guard has not yet earned a varsity place with Moriner remaining as a nucleus after losses last year
Harvard graduates across the Pacific coast sent telegrams protesting the cancellation of the Crimson football team trip to Pasadena for a New Year’s Day game. The faculty and athletic committee will discuss the matter at tomorrow night’s meeting.
Johnstown reports Steve Latzo of Hazleton drew with welterweight champion Jack Britton after a tough start. Latzo faded early but finished strong in the tenth, pressing the pace and landing body punches while Britton held back, leaving Latzo battered yet aggressive to end the match.
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