Tech Athletes Receive Letters After National Title Win
Seventeen members of the Technical High school football squad that won the national championship were awarded their Tech letters at a Tech Athletic Council meeting. Captain Frank Beck Wilabach Lingle Garrett Books Malick Emanuel Arnold Comfort Aldinger Ellinger Smith Snyder Hoffsommer McCord Pleam and manager Bus Snyder receive letters. seniors get sweaters plus gold footballs at the December 23 Christmas event. Doc Miller named basketball coach. several returnees from last year. No captain yet. core players listed with others set to try for teams. Inter-class league to be revived to develop new material without hindering regular practices.
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United States
Tech Athletic Council
Frank
Beck
Wilabach
Lingle
Garrett
Books
Malick
Emanuel
Arnold
Comfort
Aldinger
Ellinger
Smith
Snyder
Hoffsommer
McCord
Pleam
Bus
Tech
Kohlman
Matter
Tech Gymnasium
Chestnut Street Hall
Harrisburg Shoe Company to Foster All Popular Sports
An athletic association formed at Harrisburg Shoe Manufacturing plans to foster AM sports. A basketball team will play away until a local floor is ready. baseball will be added later. The teams will be uniformed with local star athletes. Charles Farmer is basketball manager. Juniata College beats Tyrone YMCA 33 to 22 in Huntingdon with listed lineup. Middletown junior team seeks games. average age 16. contact Francis Douglas in Middletown, Pa.
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Harrisburg Shoe Manufacturing Company
Charles Farmer
Juniata College
Huntingdon
Tyrone Y. M. C. A
Juniata
Tyrone
Livinggood
F. Laport
F. Donaldson
F. Clark
F. Griffith
C. Morison
C. Butts
Castraino
G. Wolfgang
Laport
Middletown
Triangle
Francis Douglas
Main Street
Gettysburg Honors Local Stars in Annual Elections
Gettysburg Pennsylvania December 12 W F Booth and W B Scheffer both from Harrisburg have been elected football and baseball managers. Alterations to football schedule expected with Swarthmore Haverford and Johns Hopkins likely to replace smaller schools. Baseball season predicted to be successful with several prewar players returning to finish studies. Fourteen football men, including the manager, were awarded letters by the athletic council.
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Gettysburg
W. Fe. Booth
W. B. Scheffer
Harrisburg
Swarthmore
Haverford
Johns Hopkins
Athletic Council
Harold B. Martz
Victor Emanuel
George Dulebahn
Mason and Dixon
Maryland
Harris Nicely
Montouraville
Harold Briggs
Johnstown
New York
John Lerew
Dillsburg
L. P. Kiser
Mifflin
Clifford Moyer
Philadelphia
Harold A. Houtz
Samuel Phillips
Henry Bream
Arthur Fuhrman
Hanover
Atmore Bright
Norristown
William Burdinger
Jersey City
Willard Charged With Profiteering in Cord Wood Sales
Kansas City December 13 Federal warrant issued for former heavyweight champion Jess Willard charging profiteering in cord wood sales in violation of the Lever Act. U S District Attorney Fred Robertson signs the document.
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Kansas City
Jess Willard
Fred Robertson
United States
Kansas
Penn to Resume Football Ties With Columbia and 9 Opponents
The University of Pennsylvania athletic council announced Penn will resume football relations with Columbia University next season after a break since 1905. The schedule includes Delaware College Bucknell Swarthmore Lafayette VMI Pennsylvania State College Pittsburgh University Dartmouth Columbia and Cornell with dates to be set.
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Philadelphia
Athletic Council of the
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Pennsylvania
Delaware College
Bucknell
Swarthmore
Lafayette
Virginia Military Institute
Pennsylvania State College
Pittsburgh University
Dartmouth
Columbia
Cornell
Pitt Drops All Rivalry With Carnegie Tech in Athletics
University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Tech will not play each other in any sport after an athletic council vote and a student senate resolution. The decision ends a long standing rivalry and leads to cancellation of the two scheduled basketball games and any future meetings on the floor or gridiron.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Karl E. Davis
Tech
Pitt
Locust Gap to Meet Indies in Chestnut Street Clash
Locust Gap Independents clash with Harrisburg Indies on the Chestnut Street auditorium floor tonight in a season opener rematch style. Indies lineup likely unchanged with McCord and Wallower at forward and Moorehead at center while Locust Gap features Doyle as mainstay and Moorehead to defend.
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Harrisburg Independent
Chestnut Street
Sebastian
Moorehead
Ford
McCord
Wallower
Gerdes
Kline
Doyle
Locust Gap
McHugh
Latest Photograph of French Fighter Who Knocked Out Beckett
The image shows Georges Carpentier in training days before the bout in which the French light heavyweight defeated Joe Beckett. Critics blame English postal delays for the photograph not being published in America, with Burleson named as a possible scapegoat.
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Georges Carpentier
America
England
Burleson
Joe Beckett
Hershey Defeats Commonwealth Travelers 32 to 21
Hershey beat Commonwealth 32 to 21 at Hershey. Strine led scoring for Hershey with 6 field goals and 10 fouls drawn. Gerdes top scorer for Commonwealth with 5 field goals. Substitutions included Gordon for Zimmerman and Smith for Stewart. Referee was F. Clark.
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Commonwealth Travelers
Strine
Gerdes
Commonwealth
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F. Strine
F. Stewart
F. Elliott
Ec. W. Frank
C. Stover
G. Gough
G. Zimmerman
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Stover
Gough
H. Frank
Gordon
Zimmerman
Smith
Stewart
Kohman
F. Clark
Barrett Returns From Eastern Scout Trip
Steelton manager Joe Barrett returned home from Newark and Philadelphia after booking Johnny Gill and several prospects. He announced Gill will fight Harry Cross in Elizabeth New Jersey on January 8, with an earlier January 1 meeting with Knockout Brennan in Harrisburg or Steelton and a December 22 show planned for Steelton.
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Steelton
Newark
Philadelphia
Johnny Gill
Gill
Harry Cross
Elizabeth
N. J
Rbrennen
Harrisburg
Ida
Harold Hess Chosen Penn State Football Captain
State College Pa Dec 12 Harold Hess will lead Penn State football next fall as captain. The junior fullback is popular and follows in the footsteps of Bob Higgins. He is enrolled in the School of Agricultural Chemistry.
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State College
Harold Hess
Penn State
Bob Higgins
School of Agricultural Chemistry
Andy Truxal to Lead Franklin-Marshall Eleven
Lancaster Pa December 13 Andy Truxal star back for Franklin and Marshall this season was elected captain of the 1920 football team He is a senior with another year of football and will return for a postgraduate course He belongs to Phi Kappa Psi and is popular at the college The Steelton game was canceled due to the death of L E McGinnes Steelton superintendent of public schools
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Andy
Truxal
Franklin and Marshall
Phi Kappa Psi
Steelton
Millersville Normal School
L. EB. McGinnes
Local star is good cage boy at Penn State
State College Pa Dec 13 Next week will be busy for Penn State basketball and soccer. The basketball team opens Friday against Juniata College while the soccer squad heads east to meet Lehigh Swarthmore and Penn on successive dates. Captain Frank Wolfe leads the guard corps with Kilinger as his likely partner. Replogle Wagner Mullan and Young contend for forward spots as the Blue and White aim for strong showings in a tough schedule.
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Young
Bucknell Cage Schedule Is Busy For Entire Season
Bucknell announces a 23 game basketball slate managed by Robert K. Bell. The Orange and Blue play ten home games and thirteen away including matchups with Pennsylvania State Forestry Academy Johns Hopkins George Washington Navy Temple Philadelphia Lehigh Dickinson Franklin and Marshall Gettysburg and Lafayette among others.
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Temple University
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Lancaster
Gettysburg
Carlisle
Tarsus Volleyball Team Defeats Railroad Champs
Tarsus defeats Motive Power two games to one in a Motive Power Association match. Scores: 15-8, 9-15, 15-8. Officials: Bill Runk refereed. Tarsus lineup: Wallace Holahan Storey Gebhardt Long Ick. Motive Power: Wrightstone Yoder McCurdy Rudy Knoble Alcorny. Harry Long, manager for Tarsus, seeks more games. Bill Run, Motive Power manager, notes winter schedule and upcoming arena improvements.
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Harry Long
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Boyd Streets
Yale Takes on West Point in Bowl Game
Yale plans to strengthen its next season schedule with a game against West Point. The Cadets will be offered a date with the understanding Yale cannot visit the academy on the Hudson. The game must be played in the Bowl, with Yale proposing Army fill the Bowl as Harvard likely does next month.
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West Point
New Haven
Conn
Military Academy
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Army
Harvard
Christmas savings fund distributes $42000 in Gettysburg
Gettysburg banks report forty two thousand dollars distributed to town citizens from the Christmas savings fund. James Ford, colored, is in Harrisburg police custody awaiting a police court hearing on a serious charge Monday. In Washington the Irish question returns to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Gettysburg
James Ford
Harrisburg Police
Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Eastern Football Fans See No Clear Champion This Season
The New York Times divides 24 Eastern college teams into five groups amid a season of upheaval and surprising results. No undefeated favorite emerged, with Harvard and Stevens the only unbeatens, and teams like Colgate Dartmouth Penn State Syracuse Yale and others rotating in and out of contention. The grouping reflects a chaotic race where no single squad stood out as champion.
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New York Times
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Yale
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Syracuse
Colgate
Dartmouth
Penn State
West Virginia
Stevens
Crimson
Columbia
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Pittsburgh
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Navy
Army
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Brown
Georgetown
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Rutgers
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Galahads Travel to Elizabethtown for Tonight’s Game
The Galahads depart the Central Y M C A at 6 p m by auto to meet Elizabethtown with many supporters. Interested teams should write to J Robert Storey, Camp Curtin Trust Co Harrisburg Pa. Galahads previously defeated McSherrytown 60 to 22.
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Elizabethtown
Central Y. M. C. A
J. Robert Storey
Care Camp Curtin Trust Co
Harrisburg
McSherrytown
Fuel restrictions lifted in Pittsburgh by rail admin
Pittsburgh officials under Walker D. Hines lifted fuel restrictions on light heat and power. Office buildings may reopen and retail stores may stay open tonight. Coke restrictions were removed and coal output is expected to rise, though full normal production unlikely before next week. An estimated 10,000 miners returned to work yesterday despite the 13th being viewed as unlucky.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Committee
United States Railroad Administration
Walker D. Hines
Mrs Powell Recovers After Killing Daughter and Suicide Attempt
Philadelphia dispatch reports Emily Lippincott Powell of Denver who killed her 10 year old daughter Jacqueline and then attempted suicide. Her chief physician says she will recover and she can talk but recalls nothing of the killing or the attempt. District Attorney William E. Foley agrees not to file murder charges and will allow lunacy proceedings.
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Philadelphia
Emily Lippincott Powell
Denver
Colo
Jacqueline
Mine Closed Because It Can't Pay New Scale
Decatur Illinois December 13 Miners at the Moneaqua mine near Decatur were informed there would be no work until operators can charge higher prices for coal.
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Decatur
Moneaqua
Here
Railroads to Restore Train Service as Coal Shortage Eases
Regional directors instructed to resume all curtailed trains as coal supply improves. Hines says December 8 conservation order will be modified to allow more lighting heat and power as conditions warrant. Coal moves from east to west and production rises after the miners' strike ends.
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Chicago
Hines
Railroad Administration
Washington
Officials See Return to Normal Production Amid Relief
Chicago on December 18 reports partial easing of fuel restrictions, optimism for widespread production resumption, and substantial passenger train service restoration. Some miners and Central Pennsylvania operators remain dissatisfied with President Wilson's terms, but officials foresee a near return to normal.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Prices Fair But
The Federal Price Regulating Commission under District Attorney Clyne set fair prices for Chicago items. Men and boys uniforms range from 5.95 to 24.50 for suits and overcoats, women’s wear from 4.95 to 25.00, with stockings, underwear, and children's apparel priced to curb rising costs.
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Federal Price Regulating Commission
Clyne
Miners Hold Fast Amid Weather And Wage Pause
Severe winter grips the Pacific Northwest and plains as record cold and subzero temps strain fuel stocks. Blizzards delay rail, trains run hours late. Ohio and Illinois miners vote to stay out beyond the fourteen percent wage raise, while union leaders expect eventual return to work.
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Washington
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Mauretania Coming as Christmas Ship
London December 13 Americans in Europe rush to return home for Christmas raising demand five times the supply. The Mauretania sails from Southampton December 17 carrying 2 000 passengers, stops Cherbourg,预计 arriving in the United States on Christmas Day with 8 000 mailbags of gifts for relatives and British girls sending tokens to former American doughboys, marking the first Christmas voyage in five years.
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London
Europe
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Cherbourg
United States
Expedition Plans to Nova Zembia Explained
Dr. Olaf Holtedahl of Christiania University presents a plan to the Scientific Society of Christiania for a Norwegian natural science and geological expedition to Nova Zembia next summer. The project aims to explore the southern part of North Island and establish a temporary meteorologic station for meteorologic and magnetic observations.
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Olaf Holtedahl
Christania University
Scientific Society of
American Credit Talks Advance for Austria
Paris dispatches say negotiations between Austria and American bankers to provide wide credits for Austria have reached a point where final approval by the Supreme Council is all that remains. Advices from Vienna reported the progress.
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Austria
United States
Supreme Council
Vienna
Pittsburgh Post to Resume Regular Size Next Monday
The Pittsburgh Post, after days of eight page editions with only news, announces it will return to regular size next Monday due to a print paper shortage. The paper had limited content following a delayed newsprint shipment.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post
Post
Fire destroys new briquette plant in Lykens Pennsylvania
Fire at the American Briquette Company plant in Lykens began at 5 05 a m and destroyed the drier section and loading bins. Estimated loss about 40000 dollars, partially insured. Seventy five tons daily production had been reached since starting November 15 with twenty three workers and plans for a second shift. all workers temporarily out of work and the plant will be rebuilt. Investigation underway to determine cause.
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American Briquette Company
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