Pop Fogarty Battles Greystock Five In Harrisburg Showdown
Harrisburg Independents prepare for a sea son defining duel with Greystock tonight. Veteran Joe Fogarty leads the Quaker five opposite star Zahn while Bilson Campbell and Lawrence provide guard and center depth. After the game a holiday dance follows the battle.
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Harrisburg Independents
Greystock Five
Joe Fogarty
Harrisburg
Fogarty
Quaker Five
Zahn
Pop
Bilson
Joe Campbell
Jack Lawrence
Sport Writers Fight Show Boosts Tobacco Fund
Philadelphia reporters who ran the Soldiers Tobacco Fund Boxing Carnival at Olympia on Wednesday night audited the show’s accounts. A committee chair received a check for 7273.44 dollars to forward to Overseas Soldiers Tobacco Fund chair Mrs William Gray Warden.
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Philadelphia
Soldiers' Tobacco Fund
Olympia
William Gray Warden
Overseas Soldiers’ Tobacco Fund
Robert W. Maxwell
Evening Public Ledger
James W. Gantz
T’ress
Joseph Costello
Evening Telegraph
James C. Isaminger
North American
Richard Wi. Kain
Record
M. Nuegele Rawlins
Inquirer
New York
Donovan May Join Cardinals as Manager Next Season
Persistent reports from New York indicate Wild Bill Donovan, long-time manager of the New York American League club, may become manager of the St. Louis National Club next season. Branch Rickey of the Cardinals and Donovan are longtime friends, and negotiations are said to be close.
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New York
William
Wild Bill
Jack Hendricks
Indianapolis
American Association
Donovan
Kill Big Elk After Keeper's Narrow Escape
Allentown Pa December 22 The lord of the park the 1000 pound elk king of the Trexler herd was shot by Squire George H Marder acting as executioner after the animal freed Oliver Fry the keeper and killed a rival elk The slain bull was deemed the finest in America and was the first elk planted in the park in 1911. it was sourced from Austins Corbins Blue Mountain range in New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Harry C. Trexler
George H. Marder
Oliver Fry
America
Ile
Trexler
Austin Corbin
Blue Mountain
New Hampshire
All-Time Baseball All Star Nine From Past Skippers and Stars
A debate among managers players and writers narrows an all time nine to nine greats led by Mathewson and Ewing with Collins Cobb Speaker Wagner and Keeler among the survivors. The piece weighs batting averages stamina brains and team value across eras and ends asking which name could be dropped.
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Buck Ewing
New York
Cincinnati
Christy Mathewson
Fred Tenney
Boston
Eddie Collins
Philadelphia
Chicago
Hans Wagner
Pittsburgh
Jimmy Collins
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Tris Speaker
Cleveland
Willie Keeler
Baltimore
Wagner
Collins
Cobb
Speaker
Mathewson
Tenney
Keeler
Ewing
Prompt Payment Promises face off in insurance bragging match
A Yankee and an English agent spar over settlement styles. The Briton boasts of immediate payment upon death, while the Yankee retorts his firm pays as he falls from a forty-ninth story window, handing a check midair.
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First Post
Atlanta Journal
Carlisle Opens Pitt Schedule 1918 Football Plan
Pittsburgh December 22 1918 The Pitt football schedule mirrors last year with home and away games Penn will visit October 26 Washington and Jefferson and Penn State are also on the slate Carlisle Indians open October 5 West Virginia October 12 Syracuse October 19 Lehigh November 2 W and J November 9 Carnegie Tech November 16 and Penn State Thanksgiving Day The season features eight games with Carlisle a new attraction Westminster and Bethany dropped War conditions cut gate receipts. basketball schedule heavy. intramural baseball likely. track unchanged. wrestling dropped. athletes in service.
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University of Pennsylvania
Pitt
Pittsburgh
Washington and Jefferson
Pennsylvania State College
Penn
Glenn Warner
Philadelphia
Carlisle Indians
West Virginia University
Syracuse University
Syracuse
Lehigh
South Bethlehem
Carnegie Tech
Penn State
Westminster
Bethany
Major General Clement Not Reinstated at the Hearing Before Board
Washington reports Surgeon General Gorgas ordered elimination of medical officers not meeting strict standards. Officers deemed incompetent due to mental and physical incapacity, bad habits, or laziness face transfers or discharge. The case of Major General Clement was reopened but the board upheld the examiners. Reform targets National Guard officers with numerous honorably discharged personnel nationwide.
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Washington
Army
Gorgas
Baker
War Department
National Guard
Adjutant General
Charles M. Clement
Charles Muir
Camp Hancock
Pennsylvania National Guard
Department
Dickinson to Have Cage Team in Carlisle
Carlisle Pa December 22 For the first time in years Dickinson will field a basketball team aimed at joining the regular athletic program. Manager M J Sheedy seeks eastern opponents with a season opening after Christmas against the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The squad includes Francis A Dunn Lomisch Leander and Gun s Welsh with a Dickinson Law College schedule featuring Naval Academy Carlisle Y M C A Forrest Academy and the U S Ambulance Corps at Allentown.
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Carlisle
Francis A. Dunn
Elkins Park
Massilon Tigers
Lomisch
Central High
Philadelphia
Leander
Reading High
Joblin
Mervine
Stroudsburg High
Gorson
U. S. Naval Academy
Dickinson Law
Annapolis
Carlisle Y. M. C. A
Forrest Academy
Mont Alto
U. S. Ambulance Corps
Allentown
Osborne Seeks U S Senate With Progresive Platform
Former Michigan Governor candidate Chase Osborne declares Republican bid for United States Senate. He promotes woman suffrage prohibition organized labor and a world alliance while denouncing wartime preparedness policies as otiose. He argues government will be what citizens make it and urges nonpolitical handling of internal improvements.
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Chase Osborne
United States Senate
Sault Ste. Marie
Theodore Roosevelt
Michigan
Senate
House
Australia
Tasmania
Osborn
United States
Detroit News
Willard names terms for fight for Red Cross benefit
Chicago, Dec. 22. Heavyweight champion Willard states he will fight any man for a 10 round no-decision bout to benefit the Red Cross. He is open to meetings with Fred Fulton or Carpentier, prefers outdoor or big ball park venues, and wants the match arranged after the spring. He emphasizes the charity bout and his readiness to talk business.
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Willard
Mike Collins
Fred Fulton
Fred
Red Cross
Chary
Carpentier
Secretary Baker to Review 30000 Camp Meade Troops
Secretary Baker of the War Department will visit Camp Meade Maryland this afternoon and review more than 30 000 troops. General W J Nicholson acting commander and Brigadier General Everard E Hatch will be the reviewing officers. The event is open to the public and expected to draw many from Baltimore and Washington. Only a small portion may be granted Christmas leave with others departing in detachments to allow some home time.
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Camp Meade
Baker
War Department
W. J. Nicholson
Everard E. Hatch
Baltimore
Washington
Nicholson
FREE JAIL DINNERS HIT IN BERKS COUNTY
Berks County Controller Cyrus J. Rhode urges the nine jail inspectors to skip the customary large dinner after monthly board meetings. He notes the inspectors receive $250 annually for monthly sessions and argues dinners are not funded by public money, calling for an end to free meals and alcohol at the almshouse and jail events.
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Berks
Reading
Cyrus J. Rhode
Bowling Interest Grows With Promised Local Championship
Bowling slows for holidays but interest exceeds last year as promoters plan a Harrisburg area series. Joseph Lutz elected manager of Machine Shop Athletic Association basketball team in Bethlehem Steel Company games starting January 12 at Orpheum floor Steelton against Wiconisco ex-High Five. Harrisburg Independent basketball faces Greystock of Philadelphia. Clint White to referee. A rule to ban one player taking all fouls is urged as National Association rules apply in city games.
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Harrisburg
Joseph Lutz
North Fifth Street
Machine Shop Athletic Association
Bethlehem Steel Company
Orpheum
Steelton
Wiconisco
Lutz
Aire
Greystock
Philadelphia
Clint White
Carlisle Indians Return to Baseball After Seven Year Hiatus
Carlisle Indian School plans a Carlisle Indian baseball club for the coming season. They will play against colleges and local academic institutions, aiming to avoid highly lopsided games. Eugene Hanks, former Mercersburg coach, is signed to coach the team. The Indians seek game offers and expect about 75 percent of the schedule at home, with a summer-long campaign likely to continue.
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Carlisle
Bowling standings at Hess Alleys show Team No 2 ahead of Team No 1
Team No 2 leads Team No 1 in Hess Alleys bowling standings with Schriver listed as a player.
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Schriver
Garnets Lose In Close Game To Hershey Men’s Club
Harrisburg Garnets fall 29 to 26 in a fast nip and tuck exhibition against Hershey Men's Club. Captain Harry Dayhoff starred for the Garnets with strong field shooting, Pollock also contributing, while Wirth Leibfried and Shenk led Hershey. Teamwork in the second half sparked Hershey to the victory.
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Harry Dayhoff
Garnets
Polle
Wirth
Leibfreid
Shenk
Fershey
F.G. Fis
Dayhoff
Pollock
Killinger
Shoeman
Morrett
Csveveresssevace
Hershey
T Wirth
Leibfried
Smith
Cccese
Dressler
Hess
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Pop’ Fogarty
Sport Writers
Wild Bill Donovan
Mack's Ooices
Market Street
Gotch
Frank Gotch
Pi Orthshi
Grantland Rice
the Tribune Assoc
Hal Chase
Frank Chance
Mike Kelly
Radbourne
Johnson
Alexander
Matty
King Oscar
John
Herman & Co
Consulman & Co
N. 3Rd St
Oriental Cabaret
The
Chocolate Drops
Federal Machine Shop
Cranberry ST
Cov
University of Pittsburgh
Clement
Dickinson
Inson
M. J. Sheedy
Naval Academy
Allentown Ambulance Corps
Isaacs
Law School
Dunn
Fair United States
Benefit of the Red Cross
Jeas Willard
Lakewood
N. J
Camp Dix
Wiichtstown
Murphy
Mer
C. V. Murphy
Turkeys
Worm M
M. L. Ludwick Penbrook, Pa
Bell
Santa Claus
Daddy
Schell
Santa
Maine
Schell’s Seed Store
Wharton School
William R. Winn
Tech
Coke Oven League
Hess Alleys
la Het
Coccasss
Fickes
Wieken
Hershey Men’s Club
Local Five
Harrisburg Garneta
Ladies Consulman & Co
N. Ard St
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