Four Coaches In Right New Year Graft Of U S Gridiron
New York Dec 26 King of the fall guys that coach. When he develops a winner he gets a bigger hand than the well known prince. Four coaches Gil Dobie Bill Roper Bob Zuppke and Charley Moran are in the running for all American honors.
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New York
Prince
Pussyfoot” Johnson
Havana
Gil Dobie
Bill Roper
Bob Zuppke
Charley Moran
Princeton
West Virginia
Colgate
Tigers
Roper
McGraw
Zuppke
Illinois
Ohio State
Charles Moran
Center College
Bob Folwell
Speedy Rush
Fielding Yost
Penn Folwell
Pennsylvania
Dr. Williams
Cornell
Charles Bartlett
Ithacans
Fritz Shiverick
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Yost
Larry Bankhart
Columbia
Ticb Dawson
Rutgers
Sanford
Sock” Sutherland
Lafayette
Buck O'Neill
Syracuse
Rob Tisher
Harvard
Glenn Warner
Pittsburgh
Spears
Dartmouth
Robingon
Brown
Harvard Is Coming Right Harvard Is Now Favorite
Pasadena reports ideal weather as Harvard trainer Donovan notes players still overweight. Oregon coach Huntington plans light practice after evaluating easterners. Harvard regarded as slight favorite for New Year’s Day game with Oregon.
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Pasadena
Cal
Donovan
Harvard
University of Oregon
Huntington
Oregon
Hick A Thrift Beats Excelsior A C In Cage Game
Hick A Thrift defeated Excelsior A C 42 to 12 in a fast basketball game last night. The box score lists players from both teams with substitutions and point totals by player.
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Hick-A-Thrift
Excelsior A. C
Excelsior
Wick-A-Thrift
F. German
F. Malseed
F. Lelker
F. Dunkel
Ellis
C. Strong
S- Hagar
S- Hagar, &. Pedrow, £. 1. Beck, &. Substitutes For Hick-A-Thrifts: MecGlaughlin
Hall
Wissler
Lingle
Dunkel
German
Felker
Lin
Beck
Pitchers Brace for Ban on Freak Deliveries in Major Leagues
Chicago December reports state both leagues plan to ban freak deliveries such as shine and spit balls. Johnson hints the American League will mirror the National League, with gradual elimination and a one year grace for new pitchers to adapt.
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Chicago
Johnson
National League
Brown University Nine Games Schedule Highlighted
Brown University announces a nine game football schedule with six home games. The slate opens in Providence with Rhode Island State Amherst Maine and Colgate. Big away games include Yale Harvard and Dartmouth with Colgate as a notable host.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
Brown University
Colgate
Yale
Harvard
Dartmouth
Rhode Island State
Amherst
University of Maine
Springfield Y. M
University of Vermont
New Haven
Cambridge
Boston
Colleges Lead in Various Sports Across Leagues
Leaders in sports across the college field show Cornell leading baseball Holy Cross NAVY swimming Princeton basketball Pennsylvania cross country Syracuse wrestling Penn State soccer football Pennsylvania fencing Columbia no undisputed football champion.
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Cornell Baseball
Holy Cross Rowin
Ecto
Reesecteres
Navy Swimming
Sopssaces Pele
Princeton
Pennsylvania Cross Country
Syracuse
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Columbia No Eleven
Chaney Outpoints Kilbane In Featherweight Bout
Young Chancey of Baltimore outpointed featherweight champion Johnny Kilbane in an eight round contest in Jersey City. Chaney weighed about 122 pounds to Kilbane's 125, winning rounds one three four and seven while Kilbane took two and eight. The fifth and sixth were even. Other bouts saw Jeff Smith knock out Jack Coyne, Gene Tunney KO Bob Pearce, and Tom Cowler defeat Al Reich. Illness kept Harry Greb from facing Augie Ratner.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
Young Chancey
Baltimore
Johnny Kilbane
New York Morning Paper
Chaney
Kilbane
Jeff Smith
Bayonne
Jack Coyne
Orange
Smith
Coyne
Gene Turney
American Expeditionary Force
Bob Pearce
Chicago
Tunney
Pearce
Tom Cowler
al Reich
New York
Cowler
Reich
Harry Greb
United States Navy
Augie Ratner
Harrisburg Independents to Meet Locust Gap Five in New Year Showdown
Harrisburg Independents face Locust Gap Five in the second meeting of the week at 8 15 p m with Ike McCord returning to the lineup and Eddie Wallower Kline Moore head Ford and Gerdes ready to play Locust Gap counters with Jimmy Doyle Sebastian McHugh TWetz Mariski and McGinn The game precedes a New Year’s dance program.
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Harrisburg Independents
Locust Gap
Ike McCord
Eddie Wallower
Kline
Moorehead
Ford
Gerdes
Independents
Jimmy Doyle
Sebastian
McHugh
Twetz
Mariski
McGinn
Ten MLB clubs shift training camps for 1920 season
Major league clubs plan training substitutions with ten teams changing sites from 1919. Yankees Tigers Cubs Robins and Braves stay at familiar grounds. Florida hosts most camps while Texas and Louisiana welcome several clubs. Details list 1920 sites and 1919 locations for each AL and NL member.
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New York
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Cardinals
Brownsville
Texas
Philadelphia Athletics
Lake Charles
Chicago
St. Louis
White Sox
Waxahachie
Browns
Mobile
Ala
Sox
Mineral Wells
San Antonio
New York Giants
McGraw
Atlantic Seaboard
Marlin
Washington
Tampa
Red Sox
Giants
Reds
Yankees
Tigers
Cubs
Robins
Braves
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
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Alabama
California
Boston Red Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates
Hot Springs
Jacksonville
Fla
Boston
Ark
Augusta
Philadelphia
Tex
Cleveland
New Orleans
Detroit
Macon
Acon
Gainesville
Brooklyn
Columbus
Tech Tossers Schedule Two Big Games This Week
Tech tossers have two games this week with the Alumni Five tomorrow night and Baltimore Polytechnic Friday night. Dance programs accompany all games and an added feature will be a Tech Reserves versus all star match. Alumni lineup lists Glenn Killinger Huston Bihl Ebner Scheffer Scheffer Shroy Miller McGann Harris and others. Beck’s football injury may force alternation with Emanuel while others remain ready.
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L. Scheffer
Gettysburg
R. Shroy
Galahad R. C
This City
Dutch” Miller
University of Michigan
Emanuel
Snyder
Tech
Beck
English Promoter Seeks Dempsey Carpentier Bout Sign
England promoter Charles B. Cochrane travels to America to secure Jack Dempsey’s signature for a contract to fight Georges Carpentier for the world championship. He claims Carpentier agreed to an 18 month deal after beating Joe Beckett in London and says he will pay up to £70,000. Dempsey’s manager Jack Verna is to meet him soon. DR. RUSSELL H. CONWELL III ill in Philadelphia after a rheumatic attack.
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England
Charles B. Cochrane
America
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Cochrane
Joe Beckett
London
Carpentier
Demancy
Jack Verna
Dempsevy
Women Trapshooting Champions of 1919 State Trials List
The record lists champions by state and their scores for the 1919 women trapshooting event. Notable entries include Mrs. O I L Garl Birmingham 254 and Miss Emma Wettleaf Nichols of Iowa 165. The national champion is Mrs. A H Winkler of Chicago with 200 targets.
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Alabama
O. IL
Garl
Birmingham
California
C. E. Great
Los Angeles
Iowa
Emma Wettleaf Nichols
Indiana
W. M. Meyers
South Bend
Illinois
Harold Almert
Chicago
Tidahe
O. M. Jones
Boise
Minnesota
R. R. Barber
Minneapolis
Michigan
L. C. Vogel
Detroit
Mississippi
J. L. Dogett Clarksdale
New Jersey
Alice Doerkin
Paterson
A. H. Winkler
Boxing Champions Crowned During the Year 1919
The world boxing champions for 1919 include Flyweight Jimmy Wilde Bantamweight Pete Herman Featherweight Johnny Kilbane Lightweight Benny Leonard Welterweight Jack Britton Middleweight Mike O Dowd and Heavyweight Jack Dempsey.
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Jimmy Wilde
Pete Herman
Johnny Kilbane
Benny Leonard
Jack Britton
Mike O'Dowd
Jack Dempsey
Harrisburg Volleyball League Forms as City Hosts Debut Friday
Local businessmen have organized a Central Y M C A league to play volleyball in Harrisburg. The first game is set for Friday night with matches each evening. A committee led by Dr. M. V. Hazen will handle scheduling and operations, and teams include White Sox Gray Sox Blue Sox Black Sox Brown Sox Pink Sox Red Sox Green Sox and more with listed captains and players.
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Harrisburg
Central Y. M. Cc. A
Enoey
M. V. Hazen
Norris Longanaker
Robert Storey
Mark Milner
W. H. Brackenridge
White Sox
John Herman
G. W. Preston
M. T. Milner
H. HW. Baldwin
R. IF. Einstein
T. Neale
J. P. Jones
A. C. Davies
J. Mel. Smith
W. L. Stern
D. Fink
Gray Sox
C. B. Price
C. W. Wolfe
H. C. Webb
E. EK. Miller
W. D. Everland
John C. Reed
L. EB. Showalter
I. L. Pennypacker
R. J. Earley
H. B. Orr
J. F. Rowe
H. 5
Smeltzer
Blue Sox
R. Griswold
Paul Renworth
Hd. Moore
L. D. Metzger
Berry Strouse
A. J. Simms
D. A. Burkholder
E. C. Lamey
Essick Brown Sox
J. A. Gebhart
Ssaprest
H. F. Cobaugh
Charles Beck
E. Glace
J. W. Hollahan
James Shope
D. Jennings
W. N. Hoerner
J. 8
Belsinger
J. Et Messersmith
H. G. Rochenour
G. C. Farrell
Pink Sox
R. Jobe
Charles Bell
B. F. Kahn
H. G. Perlow
E. N. Hershey
J. B. Lawrence
Charles Aaronson
Herman Tausig
Gus Steinmetz
M. W. Urich
B. T. Barnes
Maurice Gordon
Red
G. F. Lamb
Charles Brenner
J. Miller
W. H. German
C. B. Frantz
G. G. McFarland
J. W. Roshon
John Schwab
Tower City Monarchs Drill Past University of Pennsylvania
Tower City defeated the University of Pennsylvania Monarchs 44 to 21 before the largest crowd of the season. J Miller starred with eleven field goals as Tower City extended its unbeaten streak to seven games. They head next to face the Methodist Club of Harrisburg with Bowers and Lins among key players.
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Tower City Five
University of Pennsylvania Monarchs
Tower City
Methodist
Harrisburg
Bowers
Minersville
Tower City Boys
J. Miller
Tower City Monarchs
Miller
Updegrove
Erb
Achenbach
Bashore
C. Lins
Hennigh
G. Sersholtz
G. Snavely
Lins
Secesholtz
Snavely
Troutman
Reinhard
Milwaukee Ref Harry Trout to Ref Steelton Boxing Show
Harry Trout of Milwaukee will referee the Jack Britton versus Johnny Gill bout in Steelton on Thursday afternoon. Trout, an international referee, has officiated major fights for fifteen years and will also referee the Leonard Britton fight next month. The Steelton arena is nearing completion and ticket sales indicate a large crowd for the event.
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Harry Trout
Milwaukee
Jack Britton
Johnny Gill
Steelton
Trout
United States
Harrisburg
Leonard Britton
Gill
York
Williams~port
Rube Bennett
Lew Schupar
Joe Barrett
K. O. Loughlin
Dan Morgan
Barrett
Penn-Harris Hotel
Britton
Front
Chestnut Streets
Allentown
Reading
Lancaster
Eastern outdoor skating championship set for Newburgh New Year's Day
More than sixty entries including top eastern and Canadian skaters have been received for the eastern outdoor skating championship meet in Newburgh on New Year's Day. The program features quarter mile half mile and five mile handicap races with exhibitions and time trials.
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Newburgh
N. Y
East
Canada
Montreal
Cummings Signs to Manage Syracuse Club in 1920
Albany December 30 Anthony Cummings of Green Island announced he signed a contract to manage the Syracuse baseball club of the new International League in 1920. He has played in the New York State Connecticut Ohio and Pennsylvania Leagues.
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Cummings
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Anthony Cummings
Green Island
Syracuse Baseball Club
New York State
Connecticut
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wanted as General Agent for Life and Health Company
A splendid opportunity for an energetic man to become General Agent for a major Life Accident and Health company. Training provided. Send qualifications to B I Maxey Agency Supervisor 524 Connell Building Scranton Pennsylvania.
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B. I
Maxey
Connell Bldg
Scranton
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