League Decides Fate Of Harrisburg Team Tonight
The Harrisburg league stakes its future on tonight's decision affecting the local team as the 1917 season looms. Yale Will Not Play Football. Yale suspends intercollegiate football next fall due to war, citing player losses, military training hours, and uncertainty, with Harvard and Princeton sharing the view.
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Marysville Stars Injured in Halifax Game Hit by Military Callups
Dauphin Perry League notes Marysville star third baseman returns to form after a May 19 injury and aims to rejoin play in weeks. Enlistments shrink Marysville and Duncannon rosters as Kurzenknabe Palmer Heckendorn and Frankhouse sign. Illness also weakens squad with diphtheria and pleurisy outbreaks. Halifax suspends Aderholt for missing duty.
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Aderholt
Yale Reorders Day to Put Military Work Ahead of Athletics
The text argues reallocating hours from recitations to athletics to revive athletics, noting military work takes priority in Yale’s current essential schedule. It suggests shifting time slots now allotted for study to athletic activities to support revival efforts.
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Record of gains and losses in baseball history
The piece compares pitchers with poor win totals to show that raw records do not always reveal the true picture. It notes Walter Johnson Joe Bush Fred Toney and Ray Caldwell as top losses, mentions Eddie Collins and Joe Jackson in the White Sox, and observes training camps for officers as well as Tigers needing pitchers.
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Walter Johnson
Joe Bush
Fred Toney
Ray Caldwell
Leonard to Enlist First in Army Before Bout
New York report states Benny Leonard will delay a championship fight and theatrical offers until he enlists in the U S Army. Manager Dilly Gibson cites interest from Matt Hinkel and John Weismantel for a July 4 bout with Johnny Kilbane but none accepted pre enlistment. In a separate note Johnny Dundee and Joe Welling fought a ten round draw at St Nicholas Rink with Welling landing cleaner punches.
Kirby Goes to Scranton in New York State League Deal
Scranton Pa June 8 Manager Coughlin of the local New York State League club announced a trade with Rochester International League manager Mike Doolan to acquire Outfielder Kirby to replace the released Tommy McCabe who will join a Western League team. Coughlin also released Pitcher Wertz and Infielder Bill Purtell. Reading Pa june At George Field Reading High lettermen elected Stanley Nyquet captain of the 1917 Red and Black baseball squad defeating Potts by one vote in a close ballot.
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Mike Doolan
Rochester
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Reading
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Stanley Nyquet
Potts
Baseball Scores And Standings From Yesterday
National League results show Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 3 and St. Louis 9 Boston 4 with New York 1 Cincinnati 1 and Philadelphia Chicago game postponed. American League Washington 1 Chicago 0 plus several rain postponed games. Standing lists feature Philadelphia New York Chicago St. Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston Pittsburgh and others with mixed win totals and ratios. May take over sugar note added from Buenos Aires describing government action to requisition sugar and buy forty thousand tons.
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Harrisburg Baseball Club Faces Funding Crisis in Wilkes-Barre Meeting
With President J H Farrell gone and funding efforts halted in Williamsport bids are expected from Poughkeepsie and South Bethlehem tonight in Wilkes-Barre. Harrisburg faces criticism of Manager Cockill for delaying disclosure while local businessmen remain un approached. Harrisburg 1 Wilkes-Barre 2 as Barnes pitched well and Kraft produced two bases hits in a tense late innings. Two games sought for Saturday as Hick A Thrift and Engine men teams seek afternoon matchups.
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Boley
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Pfirman
Johnson
Harrisburg Washington Motive Power Game Called Off
Due to busy times at Washington the game with Harrisburg and Washington Motive Power in this city has been cancelled. A new date will be announced later. The local Motive Power team is ready to play any local nine at Island Park.
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French strike settled in Paris after three weeks
Paris reports the strike movement ending as employers meet the demands of the majority of workers. In a separate item, the West End A. C. will host the Goldsboro team tomorrow at Fourth and Seneca streets with both clubs strengthened for the contest.
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West End A. C
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Seneca Streets
Veteran Foreman Honored by His Fellow Employer
Patrick J. King of the Williamsport Division Pennsylvania Railroad was placed on the Roll of Honor after 35 years and 6 months of service. At retirement he led the Lock Haven freight station. A retirement reception featured speeches by Freight Agent McFadden Frank Beardsley and C F Kane and King received a handsome chair from the station staff.
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Mr. King
Why Harrisburg Lacks League Baseball Examined
A local Harrisburg baseball scene faces scarce teams and costly upkeep as Wilkes-Barre league meetings loom. Town leaders hope an active businessman could back a home team, while Reading and Scranton show close results and issues with weather impacting games. Managers and players forewarned of a tough season with Island Park events and ongoing franchise discussions.
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Harrisburg
Islanders
Yale Captain Fred J. Daly Forms First American Combat Unit Abroad
Dispatches describe Yale football captain 1910 Fred J. Daly organizing an American college student unit in France. A Cambridge native with Harvard ties Daly grew from Andover prep to lead, coaching Williams and Andover teams, and became among the first to swap mercy work for combat as U S forces sail to confront central powers.
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Cambridge
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Harvard
Phillips Andover Academy
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Andover
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