Ty Cobb Wins Batting Honors for 1917
Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers repeats as American League batting champion finishing with a .383 average and 225 hits in 152 games. George Sisler and Tris Speaker trail, Cobb leads in runs and stolen bases with 55 steals and 336 total bases. White Sox place three hitters in the .300 club while Detroit tops AL team batting at .259 as the season closes.
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Peach
Sisler
Speaker
Cobb
John Henry Wagner
Pittsburgh Pirates
White Sox
Murphy
Felsech
Jackson
Stuffy
MelInnis
Athletics
Mack
Pip
New York
Veach
Detroit
Bush
Aveless
Wox
Ten Prong Buck Shot Near Hunters Run
West Fairview Pennsylvania December 17 Clinton Eckert was among many successful deer hunters this year after shooting a ten prong buck near Hunters Run last Monday.
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West Fairview
Clinton Eckert
Penn State Wrestlers Lose Key Men to War Outlook Dims
State College Pa Dec 17 With seven regulars from last season’s undefeated squad in the Army Penn State faces a weak start to Intercollegiate Wrestling League action Only three experienced matmen remain Captain Long Schultz and Czarnecki for the initial contest Coach W E Lewis has left for Camp Lee Va Chuck Yerger will coach the team promising material is listed for 115 125 135 145 158 175 and heavyweight classes J K Johnson has arranged meets including Cornell Navy Lehigh and the Intercollegiates at Columbia
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State College
Penn-State
Captain Long
Schultz
Czarnecki
W. E. Lewis
Officers Reserve Corps
Camp Lee
Ordnance Department
Smoley
Ostermayer
Mills
Fort Niagara
Higgins
Parrish
Nema
Tavenner
Cavalry
Nelan
National Army
Chuck” Yerger
Iowa State
Penn State
Leet
McMasters
Gonzales
Newton
Garger
Dettar
Fuer
Dale
Morrison
Babcock
Shanks
Hilbish
Hills
McCool
Shultz
Brown
Spangler
Bart
Riebe
J. K. Johnson
Philadelphia
Cornell Eersity
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maren
Lehigh University
Cornell University
Ithaca
Columbia University
All-Time All-Star Team No 3 First Base
The piece ranks first basemen through eras from Comiskey to Sisler. It highlights Hal Chase and Fred Tenney as leading candidates, notes Tenney’s defense and bat, praises Sisler’s pace to possibly supplant Tenney, and mentions McInnis Daubert and Frank Chance.
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Charley Comiskey
George Sisler
Buck Ewing
Christy Mathewson
Comiskey
Pop Anson
Roger Connor
Dana Brouthers
Hal Chase
Stuffy McInnis
Fred Tenney
Boston
New York
Cincinnati
Hal
Chase
Redland
Tenney
Frank Chance
Sisler
Brown
McInnis
Jake Daubert
Ewing
Mathewson
Willie Ritchie Teaches Priest Self-Defense Art
Willie Ritchie trains Father J. Galvan, ex Oakland pastor and chaplain of the 363d Infantry, in self defense. The priest believes true athletes master boxing and also promotes an interregimental soccer league at Camp Lewis.
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Willie Ritchie
Willie Richie
Father J. Galvan
Oakland
363D Infantry
Father Galvan
All American Grid Star Joins U S Army
All American grid star Frank Rydzewski of Notre Dame has enlisted in the United States Army in the Ordnance Department. The giant center, named to All American All Western and All Indiana teams, ends his stellar 1916 season as a major football figure in Harper’s selections.
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United States Army
South Bend
Ind
Big Frank" Rydzewski
Notre Dame
Uncle Sam
Ordnance Department
Rydzewski
Harper's
Central Pennsylvania Basketball League set to start next week
The Central Pennsylvania Basketball League elected Co. E. Bilheimer of York High School as president with Leroy Lightner of Reading as vice president and Joseph Malin of Steelton as secretary treasurer. The league will open December 21 and run through March with each team playing twice against every other team. A loving cup from Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NC will be awarded to the season winner, with Reading Times and permanent property rules noted for the trophy.
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Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. C
Reading
Central
York
Bob” Fluhrer
Harrisburg
Shorty
Miller
Dave” McConnell
Scotty
Adams
Allentown
Clauss
Steelton
Edgar Taggart
White
Lebanon
Smith
Four Games For Michigan With Big Ten Elevens
Michigan will face Chicago Ohio State Minnesota and Northwestern in Western Conference play next season. Athletic director Phil Bartleme arranged the schedule at the Big Ten meeting. The Michigan Chicago game will be in Chicago on November 9 and will renew the long rivalry last seen in 1905.
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Chicago
University of Michigan
Ohio State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Phil G. Bartleme
Wolverine Institution
Michigan
Locals Triumph Over Rookwood In Close Court Battle
Harrisburg Independents edged Rookwood 28 to 23 on Chestnut Street in a rough game. McCord starred for the locals with several high scoring shots while visitors showed passing flair but poor shooting and officiating drew audience hostility.
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Burg Independents
Chestnut Street
McCord
Rookwood
van Osten
F. N. Ford
Thompson
F. McFord
F. Haug
C. Sourbier
C. Deal
G. G. Ford
G. Frankel
G. McConnell
Independents
N. Ford
Frankel
Eppa Rixey Applies to Enlist in Gas Defense Battalion
Eppa Rixey filed an application to join the U S Army War Department gas defense unit and will be assigned to Norfolk if accepted. UVA chemistry chair Prof Francis P Dunnington recommended him as one of two Virginia graduates in analytical chemistry. Rixey, employed at a Richmond chemical plant, came to Charlottesville to secure necessary papers. if accepted, he is expected to leave the diamond permanently.
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Rixey
War Defense Department
United States Army
Norfolk
Francis P. Dunnington
University of Virginia
War Department
Virginia
Richmond
Islander Ball Player Joins Uncle Sam’s Forces
Salt Lake City reports Gard Gislason, a Pacific Coast League second baseman born in Iceland and raised in Ballard Seattle, is enlisting in the United States Army. Sports experts note he may be the nation’s only Iceland born professional player.
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Salt Lake City
Gard Gislason
Iceland
United States Army
Gislason
Ballard
Seattle
Gil- Jason
Champion Wrestler Gotch Dies After Long Illness
Des Moines Iowa December 17 Frank Gotch retired world heavyweight wrestling champion died at his Humboldt Iowa home of uremic poisoning He had been in failing health for two years Survived by wife son Robert brother Fred sister Mrs Charlie Kurth and mother Amelia Gotch The athlete built a fortune from wrestling and farm investments earning an estate estimated between 200 000 and 400 000 He won the American championship in 1904 and the undisputed world title in 1908 defeating George Hackenschmidt The two hour match at Dexter Park Pavilion Chicago is called one of wrestling history's greatest shows
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United States
Des Moines
Frank A. Gotch
Humboldt
Gotch
Robert Gotch
J’red Gotch
Charlie Kurth
Amelia Gotch
Circus
Bob Managoff
Carl Caddock
Stecher
Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago
Iowa
Tom Jenkins
Belingham
Wash
Jenkins
Humboldt Man
George Hackenschmidt
Dexter Park Pavilion
Frank Gotch
Hackenschmidt
White Sox
Hhis
Fred Beell
Marshfield
Wis
New Orleans
Beell
James Jeffries
Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Perils and Citizenship Training in Engineering Role
Dr. Ira N. Hollis retiring head of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers warns that natural science must aid humanity, not harm it. He urges engineers to train citizens for democracy, stressing service over luxury to prevent war and safeguard civilization.
Prospects Rise as PA Interscholastic League Opens
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic League resumes next Saturday with seven teams and bright prospects despite the loss of several scholastic stars to the Army. Connie Mack’s sales have yielded $181,500 from thirteen players since 1915, including Eddie Collins for $50,000. Talks of a Benny Leonard Freddy Welsh rematch surface as Welsh trains in Summit NJ. Hand grenade throwing may become an intercollegiate sport if western conference coaches approve. George Huff urges colleges to promote bomb training for wartime preparedness.
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Connie Mack
George Huff
University of Illinois
Bethlehem Girls Face Hard Basketball Schedule
Moravian College for Women in Bethlehem, Pa., starts basketball with Neal Kennedy coaching. Captain Miss Marian Artman, manager Miss Josephine Chidsey, and returning players Miss Gertrude Miller, Miss Artman, and Miss Louise Kuehl lead a schedule featuring Lansdowne High, Temple University, Beechwood, Easton High, and Moravian Prep School across January to March.
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Bethlehem
Moravian College
Neal Kennedy
Lehigh University
Marian Artman
Narberth
Josephine Chidsey
Easton
Gertrude Miller
Artman
Louise Kuehl
Philadelphia
Katharine Rebstock
Moravian
Mary B. Wilkinson
Linden Hall
Lititz
Lansdowne Highaway
Moravian Prep School
Temple University
Beechwood
Easton High
Moravian Prep
Elyrians Can't Bluff Trolley Conductor
In Lorain Ohio a Lorain-Elyria trolley car lingered over a cut off for more than two hours. Twenty Elyria men finally yielded and paid the fifteen cents fare as protests rose against a nine cent fare increase that took effect.
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Lorain
Hassett Five Open Season Versus Lebanon Valley College
The Hassett School five begins its season with a home game against Lebanon Valley College on Wednesday evening. Hassett plans to face only college teams this year with games signed for home and broadcasts with Gettysburg Juniata Albright State Forestry Drexel Carlisle Indians and Bucknell. Captain Red Atticks returns and Walters stars at guard as the team trains hard for two more practices before kickoff and extra bleachers and a postgame dance program are planned.
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Valley College
Hassett Five
Broad
Gettysburg
Juniata
Albright
State Forestry Academy
Drexel Institute
Carlisle Indians
Bucknell
Lebanon Valley
Red” Atticks
Walters
Hassett
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