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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
11
Greystock, the world champions, visit Chestnut Street Auditorium Saturday with basketball great Joe Fogarty. The Quaker City five, top stars, will be announced by local management. the Independents prepare daily scrimmages and expect a strong showing before dancing follows the game.
Penn State will abandon all spring athletic events as the college closes in April to free undergraduates for farm and factory work. No lacrosse soccer tennis or outdoor track meets are planned though a few intercollegiate baseball games may occur early in April. Basketball and wrestling schedules will proceed this winter and indoor track limits are set to replace outdoor intercollegiate meets.
Chicago star pitcher Grover Alexander, newly acquired from Philadelphia, says $10,000 should be paid by the Phillies as his fair share of the sale price. He notes his rise from a $750 pay seven years ago to a $50,000 sale and plans to return home to St Paul Nebraska tonight without having signed a Chicago contract.
Tech High Christmas features include handing out letters and fobs to first and second football teams after victories over Central squads. Old Kris Kringle will present sweaters to Captain Lloyd and others, with gold fobs to first team and silver fobs to the second. list of recipients includes Lloyd Ebner Kohlman Essig and Frock among first team, plus Miller Bachman and several others among second team.
The discussion ranks John J. McGraw and Jimmy Collins as the top third basemen, with Tommy Leach Bill Bradley and Arthur Devlin also praised for hitting and fielding. Collins shines for long, versatile success in both leagues, while McGraw surpasses in offense and overall infielder skill.
Lee Coleman named captain of Steelton High basketball team with no coach yet and four returnees from last year. Captain Coleman leads practice in Felton Hall as a 20 game schedule unfolds through three months for Central Pennsylvania League play and trips to Middletown Allentown York and Harrisburg areas. P Weuschinski elected team manager for his business sense and proven play on football and basketball squads.
Frank A. Gotch, famed wrestling champion, is laid to rest in Union Cemetery Witnends Iowa. Public tribute includes Governor W Harding and hundreds of mourners from Des Moines Fort Dodge and surrounding areas. Funeral at Congregational Church led by Rev Alexander Bennett with Masonic rites.
In the Boyd Memorial League basketball opener the Franklins beat the Germans 10 to 9. Four teams compete in the new four club league with this first recorded game and lineup featuring Franklins Snyder Williams and Frank Germans Krebler McFadden Wyant along with goals tally. Willie Ritchie defeats Chick Simler in Scranton ten rounds with Olyphant’s Ritchie edging New York’s Simler. Semifinal saw Joe O’Neill knock out Tommy Higgins in two rounds as promoters arrange receipts.
Claus Spreckles, head of Federal Sugar Refining, told a Senate panel in Washington that he promised the Food Administration a set price for raw sugar but higher foreign bids diverted supply abroad. He claimed he would reopen his refinery if able to obtain US sugar.
Warren Pa Dec 20 Rinaldo Collins of Kinzua earned a place in local bear hunter lore by crawling into a nearly blocked cave to confront a large bear. After torch light failed he shot the wounded animal and exited to claim the prize weighing about 325 pounds. This stands as the season’s best bear story in a county with sixteen bears shot since first snowfall.
A Philadelphia boxing benefit raised over 7000 for the national smoke fund for soldiers and sailors. Nine bouts featured three world champions Mike O Dowd Benny Leonard and Pete Herman with notable results including O Dowd over Joe Welsh and Leonard defeating Fred Kelly. In Denver Langford stopped Kid Norfolk in the second round after a competitive start.
Dr B F Roller of Seattle set a record by throwing Pierre Le Belge of Belgium in 18 seconds with a body hold in New York. Wladek Zbyszko of Poland defeated Demetrius Tofalos of Greece in 17 minutes 14 seconds with a bridge hold and double arm lock. Ed Strange r held Tom Draak of Holland in 13 minutes 11 seconds with a head hold.
Dartmouth announces a 1918 schedule of eight games with opponents including Massachusetts Agricultural, Penn State, Syracuse, New Hampshire College, Penn, Boston College, Brown, and a return matchups in 1919 against Syracuse at Hanover and Penn State at State College and Penn at New York.
Trapshooting at Atlantic City shows growth with 6085 participants including 515 women, 3060 first timers, 410 women novices, and 2,510 male regulars. Best male score 99 by Harry Harrison, monthly and target totals listed. Other items note Western Union payout, possible yacht races, Bud Weiser draft note, and Garnets vs Hershey game in Harrisburg with manager contact.
The article notes P Welschinski as manager and Coleman as captain for Steelton High with high hopes this season, predicting a team as prominent as the steel town’s football eleven. It also mentions an upcoming game at St Pauls Gym between Tarsus and the Sons of Rest.
Hassett five defeats Lebanon Valley 42 to 15 at Cathedral Hall. Hassett shows superior shooting and floor work. El Sourbier leads Hassett with five field goals while Gough, Ed Sourbier, and Houston add multiple baskets. Fouls run high with 26 on Lebanon Valley and 24 on Hassett.
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