Good Cage Game at Auditorium
Harris burg Independents clash with Rosewood tonight in a marquee cage matchup at the auditorium. Manager N G Ford promises top local talent, ref Clint White oversees the 8 15 start as Rosewood and Independents showcase veteran lineups and a potential record crowd.
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Harrisburg Independents
Independents
Rosewood
Wey
Clint White
R. Killinger
F. N. Ford
F. Lingle
F. Wallower
F. (McCord
Tittle
Sourbier
Devine
G. G. Ford
G Hh. Killinger
G&. McConnell
Where Trapshooters Will Try For Titles Next Year
State shoot locations for the 1918 trapshooting championships are listed by state with host cities. Lancaster is named for Pennsylvania. other cities include Phoenix Texarkana and Memphis among numerous entries. A separate note reports Louisville offers Thomas B. Chivington a one year business manager post with H Wathen.
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Peter P. Carney
National Sports Syndicate
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Phoenix
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Texarkana
Alabama
Birmingham Atlantic
California
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Colorado Springs
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Virginia City Point
West Virginia
Fairmont
Wyoming
Douglas
Washington
Tacoma
Wisconsin
Wausaw
Newjob
Chivington
Louisville
Thomas B. Chivington
American Association
H. Wathen
Louisville Association Baseball Club
Wathen
Goodrich Local Branch Sells Thrift Stamps War drive extended nationwide
The B F Goodrich Rubber Company announces thrift stamp sales at all 125 branches to aid government funding for the war. Managers and clerks will promote purchases with banners and literature, leveraging employee buy in from 22 000 workers who received stamps as Christmas gifts. Each branch will maintain stamp supply and reinvest proceeds to expand offerings.
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B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Floodrich Corporation
United States
Goodrich Company
Goodrich
W. F. Mower
Harrisburg
National Collegiate Athletics Conference Stresses War Era Reform
Nearly 200 universities and associations met at the twelfth NCAA convention in New York to discuss policy during wartime. President Faunce urged using the moment to evaluate college sports, proposing subordination to military training, expanded intramurals, reduced coaching costs, and maintained eligibility rules. New league officers were elected, with inaugural games set for January 2 between the Tigers and Capitals and the Stars and Crescents.
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New York
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Palmer E. Pierce
Baker
W. H. P. Faunce
Brown University
America
Taylor-Kennedy
Robert Hood
Harvey Taylor
B. Wharton
John O'Leary
Luther Burger
P. Miller
Tigers
Capitals
Stars and Crescents
Gasoline Shortage Alarm Provokes Debate Among Merchants
Local businessmen dismiss fears of a gasoline shortage as alarmist and harmful to public confidence. They cite rising prices but no imminent limits, arguing conservation via auto use reduces demand on rail and trolley systems and boosts overall national efficiency. Dodge Brothers officials echo the stance, noting autos aid business and resource conservation.
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Dodge Brothers
Detroit Motor Car
Movie Star Dons Jumpers In Big Chalmers Factory
Miss Myrtle Steadman, famed actress, spent ten days studying Detroit auto factories for a major film spectacle on the motor car industry. The feature, produced by her new New York company, will be a premier production and showcases her as an “outdoors crank” who knows cars like a veteran driver.
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Myrtle Steadman
Detroit
Miss Steadman
New York City
Barney Oldfield
Probable Contenders in Next Championship Battle
In a ten round no-decision bout Fulton seeks a shot at the champion by knocking out Willard. He must secure a knockout to claim the title, even if Willard insists the title isn’t at stake. Fulton’s win hinges on a decisive knockout within ten rounds.
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Red Cross
Fulton
Willard
Jess Willard
Fred S*ulton
War draws off sports stars in 1918 battles abroad
The piece contrasts athletes across boxing tennis golf and wrestling with enlisting for World War I. It notes many stars like Williams Johnston Church Carter and Oulmet serving or training for combat while champions such as Jess Willard and Frank Gotch take noncombatant roles or stay home. It forecasts new champions overseas and at home as 1918 approaches.
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Bat Nelsons
Benny Leonards
Jack Dillons
Dick Williamses
Billy Johnstons
George Churches
Phil Carters
Francis Culmets
Williams
Johnston
Church
Carter
Oulmet
France
McLoughlin
William Davis
Peck Griffin
Ted Mederith
Jones
Overton
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Modern motor car and moving pictures join in commerce drama
Miss Steadman spent ten days visiting Detroit plants and even operated a lathe at the Chalmers factory. She compared the moving picture and automobile industries as constructive, indispensable in war and peace, noting both are essential to transportation and national vitality and that pleasure cars are misnamed. She praised industry workers from leading ladies to extras.
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Toner
D. W. Griffith
Mr. Flanders
Europe
Man
Frankie Erne Returning to Fight on New Year’s Day
Frankie Erne, operator of a Lancaster physical culture school, plans a return bout on January 1 against Eddie Lincoln of Philadelphia. Also features Johnny Wolgast in a windup with K O Russell, plus several other local bouts. The event opens at 2 30 with strong title contention cited for Wolgast and Lincoln. Lebanon Club receives Bethlehem Steel silver trophy for 1917 league champions, held by the local team pending defense of title.
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Lars Caddock
Lewis
Gotch
Stecher
Hart
Eddie Lincoln
Philadelphia
Erne
Harrisburg
Lshape
Johnny Wolgast
Wolgast
K. O. Russell
Russell
Johnny Gill
Charlie Collins
Frankie Maguire
Morris Wolf
Henry Hawker
East
Sammy Kautz
Lancaster
Mickey Baker
Rube Bennett
Mount Joy
Whitey King
Phil Ryan
Lebanon
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Company
Enola Pa Bowling Dates Spark League Interest
Enola Pennsylvania reports a growing bowling season at the local Y M C A with one league under way and plans for two more. A mystery league earlier assigned players to teams, and the first matches December 18 featured Submarines versus Cruisers. Team rosters list Battleships captain Philip Fordney and players Johns Bryan Way McIntyre, Cruisers captain George Wallace with Baddorf Wingard Black Wiley, Destroyers captain John Knaby with Walters Voylesong Ackley Mellinger, Submarines captain Roy Greene with Kline Bachman Dorwart Doebler. The schedule runs January through February with battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines facing each other.
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Philip Fordney
R. H. Johns
C. G. Bryan
H. H. Way
Harry F. McIntyre
George Wallace
Ray Baddorf
F. B. Wingard
R. E. Black
George Wiley
John Knaby
C. A. Walters
Oscar Voylesong
Ira Ackley
Christ Mellinger
Roy Greene
Bert Kline
Edward Bachman
Walter Dorwart
Walter Doebler
Hassett Team Falls In Close Hershey Thriller
In Hershey last night the Hassett team lost a defensive battle 37 to 34 after two overtime periods. Leibfried led Hassett with 18 points as Hershey’s Wirth Shenk and Leibfried dominated the late play, and Hershey outlasted Hassett in a splendid contest at Hershey.
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Hassett
Hershey
Leibfried
Wirth
F. Slesser
F. Houston
F. Smith
E. F. Sourbier
C. Shen
Shenk
Gough
Snavely
Government Control May Not Affect Spring Trips
Chicago officials of the two major league clubs discussed how government control of railroads could impact spring training trips and the season schedule. They expected only minor disruption to the White Sox and Cubs plans, with possible reduced trains and sleeping cars and curtailed dining service on long journeys.
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Chicago
Chicago Nationals
Pasadena
Cal
White
Airbrake Shop Team Wins PRR League Match
Air Brake Shop bowlers defeated Pipe Shop on Hess alleys by twenty six pins. Individual scores include Finnen 261 178 149 478 Glass 152 160 138 450 Kepford 129 161 306 Mann 125 119 183 Palmer 135 188 170 493 Totals 688 775 741 2204 for Air Brake Shop. Pipe Shop totals 689 763 776 2175 with Leisman 482 187 182 422 Kulp 184 182 122 195 Wry 145 174 191 510 Rank 224 261 - McLane 102 122 174 899.
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Air Brake Shop
P. R. RR
Pipe Shop
Hess
ATR Brake Shop
Finnen
Glass
Kepford
Mann
Seeee
Palmer
Leisman
McLane
Athletics Shift To Civic Duty In Wartime Britain Tone
Athletics in colleges are urged to support the national war effort. Tech’s varsity basketball opens Monday against the Alumni All-Star five, while the Tay lor Kennedy Duckpin League boosts bowling interest with a Wednesday double header. Independent team rosters and a naval march of duty frame the season as leaders call for sacrifice over spectacle. Captain Hogan of the Marine Corps confirms Eddie Mahan remains a sailor first.
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Tech
Eddie Mahan
Superman
United States Marine Corps
Hogan
Marines
Mahan
Camp Hill High Bowl to All Star Alumni Five
Camp Hill varsity edged by alumni five 21 to 20 after extra period on the Camp Hill floor. Alumni featured seasoned players from Dickinson and Bucknell schools, while Camp Hill relied on green varsity talent. Hassett Girls defeat Camp Hill Girls 5 2 to claim first loss of season. Hassett's Scheffer and Patterson lead fouls.
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Camp Hill High
Hassett Girls
Dickinson
Sutton
F. Cain
Hil High
Keller's
I Nell
Ft. Cooper
Gettysburg
J. Gashore
F. Good
A. Nell, c. (Carnegie Tech
J. Nell
Sucknell
I. Harrison
G. Myers
Cooper
Good
Myers
Camp Hill
Bashore
B. Nell
A. Nell
Alugini
Hassett
Camp Till
Carlisle High Veterans Lead Ambitious 21-Game Basketball Schedule
Carlisle Dec 29 The Carlisle High school basketball team led by coach J E Kennedy and many returning players will open a 21 game schedule on January 5 at home against Oberlin High Other games include Hanover Gettysburg Camp Hill Annville Myerstown Shippensburg Newville Chambersburg Waynesboro Hagerstown and Myers Town with several home and away contests to set a school record for most games in a season
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Foot
Spangler
Coover
the Lackeys
Spahr
Dougherty
Blithe
Watts
Pittinger
Webb
Oberlin High
Carlisle
Hanover High
Hanover
Gettysburg High
Gettysburg
Camp Hill High
Annville High
Annville
Myerstown High
Myerstown
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U Newville
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Chambersburg
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Waynesboro
Hagerstown
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Shippensburg Normal
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