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SATURDAY, OCTOBER TiH, 1 HL* i-•»#:nISOCCER LEAGUE I ORGANIZED HEREIRGThree Adams Countv And York High School Combine.Arendtsvilie at Biglerville.October 25th. Hanover at Arendts-ville.Biglerville at Littlestown. November * 1st, Littlestown {Arendtsvilie.Hanover at Biglerville.PCpatCon1mngji2 An association football league, com-1BRETHRENIpMl of throe Adaa.. coont.v hi*h | 1N ,133 SESSIONI[■schools and one York’ county highS school, was effected at* meeting oi jTw DefegateTi^m Here At-AND j representative* of . the respective tfn! ConT„tion at] schools at Hotel Gettysburg recentlv. They \ The league will be known as the Town 1 Msson-Dixcn Association Foot Ball j League, and the teams represented for | the 1922-23 season will be Hanover, s Arendtsvilie, Littlestown and Bigler-toj ville. Offeers were chosen end a ipany, i schedule adopted.early j Association football, or soccer, is » with j an English game which has been in- Carlisle.'Oi poul placimitt jburgS Octcafter; troauced widelv in this country. Itde in J is the original football game, the rug-Rgv. E. H. Hummelbaugh, pastor of the United Brethren church, accompanied by Robert Geisehnan as a lay delegate, went from here to the one j hundred and thirty-third annual ses-‘sion of the Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren in Christ Church, at Carlisle.It is estimated that nearly 200first on tthertriesFireadswirbe z Burs12,^ , i ; ministers and lav delegates from all! _Read-tov type so nopular among American I • * * -^ltim€. i i , j - - parts of Southeastern Pennsylvania!100 hi colleges having developed from it. |y , . {Fan™ ~ ^ iand Maryland gathered Wednesday* 1The game is far more desirable fori * „ {manhigh school boys, being much less | The Rev. W. ,1. Beatty, of Keetys-f Qutdangerous. Judging from the enthusi- M* ~ lt;£C“d *ordwSressedf^sm delayed by the promoters of ™t«y of the Conference for to* ensu-1r fire- the league, the sport is destined to “*?•“* ^ Rev. C. Leech,-of j p.ention! become xhe prime fall game amongjnzzn-Thereexclu-1I the schools hereabouts. Size and I town \ weight do not enter so much, into the ary of j game nor give the one side fcKe ad-cnoany * vantage as in the rugby game, lesdayl Paul T. Gantt, o? Hanover, was listingdiners,Baltimore, 3flt;L, was elected statisti- j cal secretary. Rev. Dr. A- 'B- Stat- j j10f^ ton, of Hagerstown, Md-, was- reelected conference superintendent.Reads Annual Reports The annual reports of the confer-y car. ; seats »m for hestra le Sre-.'chosen chairman of the league with ence were read bX the Dr.^tat-Rov Knouse, of Littlestown, as secre- j™n. *blch he told the conference tarv-treasurer. C. C. Meuhe, of Big- [that there were 1935 conventions aifr-lervilie, was appointe- press repre- fa* the past twelve months and 1932 i sentative and a committee of one to (additional members were enrolled in secure a league trophy. The league church, which was a net gain will consist o? the four teams named membership of *723rm! and the advisory board will be cora-• Lib-led the a. body of the unentsshort-posed of two representatives from each team. They are: Arendtsvilie, November Sth, Arendtsvilie at Han-Licenses Granted During the past year the following quarterly conference ^licenses were granted: Chauncev Seyling, of Yoe; Delton R. Fair, York; Roy E. Burk-Ihart, Meehaniesburg; Benjamin F.over.Littlestown at Biglerville. _ }November 15th, Hanover at Littles- jKecfeler, Enola; Charles M-. Acker-town. [brand, Fayetteville; Miss Mary E.aaytogefor.JcChixhasthisDayfron*be asho\Hanon- j — —Biglerville at Arendtsvilie._T \ VArornKA?- 90 A Ttfo’lp-rvPlp;Hair, Shermansdale, and Mrs. Grace I November 22d. BiglerviHe at Han-jH. Sponsler, of Frederick, Md. Mrs.aauar-t:starover.iakfasti! Sponsler is the fifth consecutive per-Aresdtsviile at Littlestown. son in her family to receive a license.The games in the league will be khe fine starting with Bishop Joseph, - ! olaved on Wednesdav evenings at four [Hoffman,rd ai- . . ' . . . 1begano’clock so as not to interfere with j -Annual Licensesso asscholastic work. The regulation 1 Annual licenses were issued during .periods of 45 minutes will not be jtbe year to the following: Paul E. L.SeV~[played, the official halves being 30 Rhinsehart, Baltimore, Md.; George _ ?*ras minutes in length. :B. Sponsler and Paul E. Cooper, ofap ^r'jE. A. Rice, Clyde Allison; Biglerville,-York; Horling Sponsler, Frederick; . ! j C. C. Muehe, Gerald Rebert; Hanover, - and Harry L. Fehl, of York.^, 4:! P- T. Gantt, James Huston; Littles-,--yrf.re j town, F. B. Wahl, Monroe Allison. A j n ire schedule of twelve games was adopted, jSHIP CARS OVERLANDbur?eng!daytaeigo IourtysfcfiresGet;eadingYorkBerkThe team winning a game will be j With many transportation lines_ given two points in the league race, [crippled as the-jresuit of strikes andis chiefA. tie game will give one point while »a car shortage the moving of automo-a defeat gives no credit. The silver j biles from the factories to eastern trophy cup which will be secured, will [cities overland has* been resumed. A s chief | be one ^ear Yyy the winning] string of fifteen-machines of the sedanisburg, - school. 1 rype passd through Gettysburg FridayThe schedule as arranged by the [morning, traveling eastward on the-league officials follows: j Lincoln Highway. During the fall of befied theand to ithetheumjlighhositeaiLincoln r- New FridayOctober 18th, Littlestown at Han-j 1919 processions of this kind were over. 1 1 Idailv occurrences.ihavnon
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