Van Haltren First Left Handed Star for Chicago Club
Chicago baseball history notes Van Haltren as the first left handed pitcher for the Chicago Nationals. He joined in 1887 after signing by Anson to beat Detroit, then shifted to outfield and became a strong hitter. He compiled a 1,970 game big league career with a .324 lifetime average and 13 straight seasons of .800 or better in homers.
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Chicago
George van Haltren
New York Giants
Van
van Haltren
Pop” Anson
Anse van Haltren
Chicago Nationals
Boston
Anson
Detroit
George
Ezra Sutton
Joe Hornung
John Morrell
Joe Wise
Billy Nash
Mike Kelly
Foxy
Doescher
Michigan Maulers
Mike
Sam Thompson
Dan Brouthers
Rowe
Richardson
Deacon” White
George van Hxaltren
Anse
Michigan
Brooklyn
Penn State to Resume Sports with Limited Seasons
Penn State, College Station Pa, will resume winter and spring sports with curtailed activities and smaller schedules. The program aims to involve all undergraduates in competitive sports on a purely collegiate basis starting January 2. Wrestling hosts intercollegiates in March with five dual meets planned. basketball hopes for ten to twelve games with eastern and western trips.
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State College
Penn State
Yerger
Detar
Seven Pronged Deer Shot by Harrisburg Nimrod
William Lochman of Huntsdale telegraphs that W. D. Markley of the town shot a huge seven pronged deer yesterday. The killed animal was reported near the adjoining mountains with Lochman present at the scene.
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Harrisburg Nimrod
Telegraph
Mike
William Lochman
Huntsdale
Telegraph Daily
W. D. Markley
Schedule Set for 154-Game American Association Season
Minneapolis December 14. A 154 game schedule for the American Association was agreed at a club owners meeting. The season runs May 1 to late September with a schedule drawn up by a committee. Major leagues may cut to 140 games starting May 1. Ban Johnson says the change could end doubleheaders and cut costs. Heydler expects May 1 starts and notes possible innovations and a potential shift to a one-man commission, while maintaining respect for Herrmann but opposing the current three-man National Commission.
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Minneapolis
American Association
Ban Johnson
Chicago
National League
American League
New York
John Heidler
Heydler
American
Herrmann
Marsh Run Y M C A Offers Army Reserve Activities
The Marsh Run Y M C A organizes events for the Army Reserve Post New Cumberland. Weekly motion pictures on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm, Wednesday stunt nights with sketches and songs, and 8:30 pm religious meeting with Frank Fuller leading song service and W B Essick delivering an address. Current events discussions run 6:46 to 7:00 pm.
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Army Reserve Post
New Cumberland
Frank Fuller
Essick
Society of Gideons
War Savings Stamps Plan for 1919 Announced
The treasury outlines the 1919 sale program with January stamps at 4.12 for a 5 face value, rising by one cent every two months through December. Thrift stamps at 25 cents remain, blue in color, and new cards will be issued for attaching war savings stamps. Existing partially filled certificates stay valid.
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Washington
Treasury
Prince George Hosts British Boxing Wins in London Meet
London dispatches report King George did not watch the bouts but Prince Albert presented medals and the royal trophy after British Army clinched 50 points to 32 for the American Navy and 39 for the U S Army. Pat Moore defeated Jimmy Wilde as O Dowd, McGoorty and Ratner also shone for the Americans.
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London
King George
Alsbert Hall
Pat Moore
New Orleans
United States Navy
Jimmy Wild
Uncle Sam
Prince Albert
Mike O'Dowd
St. Paul
Harold Ralph
Canada
Oshkosh
Charrocks
South Africa
Billy Wells
Augie Ratner
Sergeant Fuller
Ratner
New York
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
American Navy
Australia
New Zealand
Jimmy Wilde
Pat'’ Moore
Wilde
J. W. Driscoll
State Game Commission Plans Major Wildlife Release Program
The State Game Commission outlines a massive expansion to release thousands of birds and deer across state preserves and woodland areas. Plans include 450 white tailed deer 8 000 ring necked pheasants 17 000 mature quail from Mexico and additional quail turkeys and other stock. Harris Stars defeated South Harrisburg bowlers by 202 points at Leonard Alleys.
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Pennsylvania
Charles B. Penrose
State Game Commission
Joseph Kalbfus
Game Commission
Harris Stars
Airship poised to beat plane as passenger carrier
London reports from the Civil Aerial Transport Committee of the Air Board say airships offer major passenger advantages in comfort navigation safety and lift. They note ranges up to 8600 miles at 98 mph with slower engines they could fly Cape Town to Southampton in three days and Atlantic hops without refuel. Future ships would reach 100 mph with saloons staterooms a roof garden elevator and weeklong airborne stays.
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London
Civil Aerial Transport Committee
The
Air Board
Cape Town
South Africa
Southampton
Atlantic
Pitt Football Ends 1918 Season With Difficult Schedule Ahead
The 1918 Pitt football season closes as Coach Glenn Warner notes a brief one month campaign. Eight regulars graduate or leave for service, including Captain McLar en Easterday Gougler and seven in the line. Pitt will seek Yale Harvard or Princeton dates while planning a tough future schedule. Elwood Maxton alias James Jones and others face two and a half years in Atlanta penitentiary for narcotics mailing. Lizzie Ball linked as local agent suspected of operating a dope joint on Cowden Street.
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Chestnut Street Auditorium
Greyatocks
Independents
Harry Rote
Rote
Central High
Gordon Ford
Telegraph
Gerdes
Wallower
McCord
Ford
Lingle
Beck
Greystock
Joe Fogarty
Huskies
Zahn
Lawrence
Campbell
McGregor
Ike McCord
Mark Vecchione
Camp Dix
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Glenn 8. Warner
Pitt
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Panthers
McLaren
Easterday
Gougler
Stahl
Allshouse
Harrington
McCarter
Hilty
Army Training Corps
Uncle Sam
University of West Virginia
Lehigh University
Syracuse University
University of Pennsylvania
Washington and Jefferson College
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pennsylvania State
Elwood Maxton
James Jones
James Matthews
Slick
Atlanta
Thompson
Philadelphia
Maxton
Harrisburg
Lizzie'’ Ball
Cowden Street
Ob Chenoweth
Maxten
One-Armed George Maxwell Dominates Ducks on Platte
Hastings Nebraska native George Maxwell a renowned one-armed trapshooter showcases skill in a Platte River duck hunt near Prosser. He mounts rapid doubles and precise shots despite quicksand hazards and icy weather, ending with a triumphant paddle back and the hunt’s conclusion.
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George Maxwell
Hastings
Nebraska
Maxwell
Platte River
Prosser
George
Crater
Perdition
Juniata Huskies Rout Altoona Y M C A In Season Opener
Juniata College beats Altoona Y M C A 40 to 28 in Huntingdon. New team unit shows strength with Carl Howe anchoring center and Benson of Altoona excelling on the foul line.
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Huntingdon
Juniata College
Altoona Y. M. OG. A
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Juniata
Carl Howe
Gump
G. Baker
G. Howe
G. Staufer
Custer
Neff
Linwood Geiger
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