Big Cage Stars Battle Harrisburg Independents Saturday
St Elizabeth of Philadelphia brings an all star lineup to face the Harrisburg Independents this Saturday. Expected starters include Tom Dunleavy Walt King Jack Lawrence Deitrich and Cashman. The Independents aim to extend a nine game season with eight wins and look to add new opponents for post holiday matchups.
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Tom Dunleavy
Jack Lawrence
St. Elizabeth
Big Cage Stars
Philadelphia
Harrisburg Independents
Quakers
Sam Moorhead
Harrisburg Five
Pennsylvania
Gordon Ford
Walt King
Lawrence
Deitrich
Cashman
Ford
Harrisburg
Owever
Williamsport
Filipino fighter Dencio plans U S lightweight bid
Manila boxer Dencio aims for the world lightweight title, aiming to meet top ring stars in the United States. Army officer Konter cites Dencio as oriental bantamweight and featherweight champion, with Lew Edwards the only defeat. Hershey Post seeks away games, inviting teams to contact Iva L. Mease.
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Honolulu
T. H
Kid
Lew Edwards
Australia
Johnny Kilbane
Benny Leonard Ayeen
Dencio
Kanter
Harrisburg Forms Big Sports Body For Shopmen
A new athletic association backed by the District Federation of Shop Crafts and Keystone Lodge No 1070 will enroll about 500 members in Harrisburg. William A. Shipp leads the effort, aiming to foster all sports with two halls secured and meetings planned to elect officers. Only Pennsylvania Railroad employees eligible.
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Harrisburg
Keystone Lodge No
International Association of Machinists
William A. Shipp
Bill Shipp
Steelton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Keystone Lodge
Pitt to Have Strong Team For Basketball Series
The University of Pittsburgh announces a 15 game schedule for the varsity season opening January 2 at Trees Gym against Yale. Home games total nine with two slated against Carnegie Tech now canceled. Coach George M. Flint leads a strong floor squad as Pitt lists games through March 5 including Lafayette Ro Sun? No.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Trees
Yale University
Carnegie Tech
Pitt
Yale
Grove City
West Virginia University
Geneva
Allegheny
West Virginia
Morgantown
W. and
Lafayette
Easton
Rutgers
New Brunswick
N. J
Lehigh
South Bethlehem
Penn State
State College
Washington, Pa
Colgate
George M. Flint
Penn
Four Years in Football Without Missing a Game
Arlo Sanderson of Lost Nation Iowa a Cornell College senior has played four years of college football without missing a minute or having time taken out. He is an all Iowa football tackle for three years and has also excelled in basketball where he has two all Iowa selections. A star baseball and track athlete he scored nineteen points at the last field meet. Sanderson is noted for sportsmanship and has never been accused of rough play. He came from a town of 50 people and before college had never played football. He is president of the college student council and active in many student activities.
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Arlo Sanderson
Lost Nation
Cornell College
IoWa
Sanderson
Cornell
Sandy
Alexander Leads League Pitchers With 1.72 ERA
Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Chicago Cubs was the NL's most effective pitcher last season with a 1.72 ERA. Walter Reuther of the Reds led by games won and lost at .760. Jess Barnes of the Giants topped wins with 25, while Lee Meadows pitched most games at 40 for the St. Louis-Philadelphia club.
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New York
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Chicago Cubs
John A. Heydler
Walter Reuther
Cincinnati Reds
Jess Barnes
Giants
Lee Meadows
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cooper
Pittsburgh
Dubuc
Vaughn
Chicago
Alexander
May
Rudolph
Boston
Woodward
Philadelphia-St. Louis
Eller
Cincinnati
Barnes
Jacobs
Cheney
Meadows
What Kearns Wants In Dempsey Carpentier Fight Talks
Associated Press reports in San Francisco that promoter Jack Dempsey Georges Carpentier could generate a $1,000,000 gate. Manager Jack Kearns says he would demand a 50 percent guarantee and awaits a reply from Los Angeles. Cincinnati notes National Baseball Commission chairmanship question as August Herrmann discusses successors.
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Kearns
Associated Press
San Francisco
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Paris
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
August Herrmann
National Baseball Commission
John B. Foster
New York Nationals
New York
National League
Sparrow” Robertson
Tex” Rickard
M. Decoin
Decoin
Rickard
United States
Robertson
Rifle Shooters Back National Association and Clubs
An article cites military leaders and experts endorsing rifle training as essential to national defense. It argues accurate marksmanship wins battles, citing Lord Roberts Lord Kitchener Pershing and others, and notes low enemy kill rates per bullet while praising Marine sharpshooters.
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Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Maj
Germ. McLachlan
No-Man's Land
General Pershing
National Rifle Association Shapes Army Small Arms Training
The National Rifle Association has built a wide network of 2300 to 2400 affiliated clubs nationwide guiding civilian and military small arms instruction. It funds medals and hosts annual matches with National Rifle Matches, enabling state teams to attend schools of instruction under top authorities. Headquarters are in Washington with officers including Lieut. Col. William Libbey and Brig. Gen. F. H. Phillips Jr.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Rifle Association
United States
National Title Association
Maine
California
Alaska
Nual
N. R.A
National Board For
National Rife Association
Washington
D. C
William Libbey
William C. Harllee
S. W. Brockhart
C. C. Crossman
D. M. Flynn
F. H. Phillips, Jr
Four Boxing Bouts Highlight Promoter White’s Show
In York on December 18 promoter Harry White presented four lively bouts. Billy Angelo and Eddie Moy fought to a six round draw while Dick Gotwal t lost to Tommy Murray in six rounds. Joe Christy fell to Jack Perry by knockout in the second. Joe Green retired in the third after a beating from Henry Coen.
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York
Harry White
Dreamland
Billy Angelo
Eddie Moy
Allentown
Angelo
al Lipp
Moy
Dick Gotwalt
Tommy Murray
Philadelphia
Philadelphian
Jimmy Beckett
Joe Christy
Pittsburgh
Jack Perry
Joe Green
Henry Coen
Lancaster
Johnny Gill
Mike O'Dowd
Willie Laughlin
South Bethlehem
Campaign Aims to Fund College of City Football
New York December 18 The drive to create a permanent football fund at the College of the City of New York sets a $50 000 goal up from 10 000 to cover equipment coaching and enclosing Lewisohn Stadium The plan seeks to justify restoring football which has not been played since 1908 with pledges already exceeding 32 000 and undergraduates contributing 3 000.
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New York
College of the City of
Faculty Athletic Committee
Tubby Clark Poised for Harvard Fourth Letter in Baseball
Harvard star Charles Tubby Clark of Milton, already a three H letter man in hockey football and track, plans to try out for baseball under coach Jack Slattery. If he earns a baseball letter, he becomes Harvard’s first four letter man, adding pitching potential to a Crimson lineup. Yale’s Rabbit Sawyer leads a strong Yale nine this spring with solid pitching depth.
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Milton
Harvard
Yale
Crimson
Jack Slattery
Tubby
Milton Academy
The
New Haven
Capt. Howell
Rabbit” Sawyer
Edison High forms cage teams as season opens
Edison Junior High School begins basketball activity with coach Shorty Miller training boys and girls. The gym, delayed by material shortages, will host practices three evenings weekly for boys and remaining evenings for girls. The schedule centers on three key games with Camp Curtin, slated for January, February, and March, with possible neutral-site game.
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Edison Junior High School
Eugene
Shorty) Miller
Miller
Edison Boys
West End
John Knox
Section 9A-3
Steelton
York
Milton
Sunbury
Yale Football Notables Lose Influence With New Committee
The Yale board of control approved the 1920 football committee, ending the active roles of Walter Camp Vance McCormick and Joseph Swan. New members Louis Stoddard Lucius Bigelow and Theodore Lilley join chairman Brink Thorne and Kilpatrick returns to the board. The Acme A. A. named officers Leroy Potterger Claude Wein and Lawrence Garman at a December meeting.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Board of Control
John T. Callahan
Walter Camp
Vance C. McCormick
Sheff
Democratic National Committee
America
Joseph R. Swan
B. (Brink) Thorne
New York
Mr. McCormick
Europe
John R. Kilpatrick
Louis E. Stoddard
Lucius H. Bigelow
Theodore Lilley
Waterbury, Conn
Acme A. A
Lawrence Garman
Curtin Street
Leroy Potterger
Claude Wein
French child pianist Brard set for Kah Ta Lo recital
Madeleine Brard the 15-year-old French pianist who wowed New York with Saint-Saens G minor concerto returns to give a recital at Technical High School on Friday December 26 assisted by American tenor Frederick Gunater. The prodigy’s Metropolitan Opera House rehearsal drew astonished applause from seasoned musicians impressed by her poise and tone.
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France
Saint-Saens
New York Symphony Orchestra
Thi City
Mlle
Madeleine Brard
Technical High School
Mile
Frederick Gunater
la Petite M
Braid
Lutcher
Strong Interest In Next Show Promises Thrilling Boxing Card
Local boxing fans foresee a stacked Barrett’s card next Monday headlined by Johnny Gill vs Cyclone Scott in a six round feature. Also brewing is the Carson vs Sylvester bout with Paddy Sylvester from Philadelphia and Joe Carson of Allentown drawing plenty of talk alongside Langford and Mason in supporting bouts. The lineup includes Langford, Mason, Loew, Steelton’s SAGBE and Lehmer, and Eddie Billman set to face Chris Hildebrandt Steelton’s knockout King Billy Zimmerman of Hershey and Joe Strosko of Lancaster in several six round preliminaries.
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Ten Grounds
Johnny ‘Gill
Cyclone Scott
Boston
Joe Carson
Allentown
Paddy Sylvester
Barrett
Sylvester
Philadelphia
Carson
Johnny Herman
Tommy Sheridan
Billy Angelo
Langford
Mason Willie Langford
Gill
al Mason
Lancaster
Lancastrigue
Bhat Langford
Loew
Steelton Boys
Sagbe
Lehmer
Frank Erne
Eddie Billman
Chris Hildebrant
Steelton
Billy Zimmerman
Hershey
Harry Hildebrandt
Chris
Joe Stros- 26
Gill to Meet Laughlin in York Before Sailing
In York on Tuesday night Gill and Laughlin were at ringside for the Moy fight. Al Lippe, manager of Knockout Laughlin, announced plans to ship to Europe on January 15 and requested a match with Gill before departure. Barrett accepted the challenge at once at ringside. the bout is set for December 30 at the Armory A. A. in York.
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York
Johnny Gill
Angelo
Eddie Moy
al Lippe
Jett Smith
Laughlin
Max Williamson
Kid” Williams
Europe
New York
Loughlin
Gill
Barrett
Armory A. A
Dempsey to Meet Meehan Before Carpentier Bout
San Francisco reports Jack Dempsey world heavyweight champion will box Willis Meehan before facing Georges Carpentier if Meehan defeats Gunboat Smith, per manager Jack Kearns.
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Dempsey
Meehan
Associated Press
San Francisco
Jack Dempsey
Will
Willis Meehan
Georges Carpentier
Smith
Jack Kearns
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Lemoyne
Estella Brubaker
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Cora Zimmerman
Kathrin Zimmerman
Paul
Wilbur Zimmerman
S J. Johns
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Catherine Horner
George Horner
Ira Iwan Young
Columbia
George Wells Ely
Edison High
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Galahads
Galahad
Wave St. Joseph
Swatara St
riTe Bus
Ric Ute
Altu & Ashroplane Mechanical School
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Harrisburg Aerodrome
Fourteenth and
Sycamoure Sts
Longlife Lumber
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