The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-30
HARRISBURG saw A Great
YEAR OF SPORTS IN 1914
Central Pennsylvania Baseball League
Opened and Senators Copped Flag
in Tri-State-Tech Had the Better
of Scholastic Sports

The year 1914 in sports hereabouts
was big one. There were several
upsets in scholastic games and two new
projects have been started that are
bound to continue for years to come.
Foremost and of the greatest impor
tance was the esta bHshment of the Cen
tral Pennsylvania League of Baseball
Clubs, embracing Middletown, High
spire, Steelton and New Cumberland.
Not only was tn league started, but it
went through a remarkably successful
season for its first one and now it is
firmly established. plans are now afoot
to make it better for next season. Frank
"A. Stees, the president, deserves a lot
of credit for pushing the thing through
TO a successful finish, although the we'll
known rivalry between various of the
teams seemed to make it difficult
problem at times.
The past season saw the Harrisburg
team of the TriIState League take down
the pennant after hard race. 1t was
Manager Cockill's second success in
three years. He furnished good baseball
to the fans and several of his players
attained such regulations that they are
lost to Tri-State baseball. Since the
close of the season Chabek has been
drafted by Brooklyn, Adams by Pitts
hurgh and Miller has been sold to
Scranton of the New York State League.
All of these players brought money to
the treasury of the local club and the
season, while not bowling success in
that line, the hackers did not loose too
much money in giving Harrisburg good
baseball. An offer has been received
for another Harrisburg player and
daily those on the inside are expecting
that the sale will be consummated.
1t was also during this year that
President George M Graham conceived
the idea of increasing the league to in
clude eight cities and his plans have
been about completed. Definite action
will be taken soon at the annual meet
ing of the league. Not long ago Buck
Freeman and Jack Deal have signifed
their willingness to enter TriIState
baseball again. This planning for next
season is about as important as the ac-
tual playing season of 1914.
In scholastic athletics during the
year Tech seemed to have the bulge on
Central. The Maroon and Gray team
won the dual track meet from Central
High on May % by the score of SO to
33. Again Tech won the annual high
school track and field meet with a
score of S5. Reading was second in
this meet with 451a, Steelton third
391a, and Central fourth with 81. Beck
was the greatest individual point win.
ner and Elscheid broke the only record
for the meet by hurting the discus 109
| feet 5 inches.
Football is the most important of the
scholastic athletics and Tech had its
most conspicuous season, suffering but
one defeat at the hands of high school
eleven and winning for the first time a
game from the Central High school
This is the one thing that stands OUT
all important in scholastic athletics in
the year 1914. A lot of individual
honors were gathered in this sport by
Beck, the sturdy Tech fullback.
1914 saw the opening of the swim
ming tank at tine P. r. R. Y. IN. C. A
and the opening of swimming contests
A dual meet, which will likely be The
first of many, was held with the Read
ing Y. M. C. A. in the local tank.
Another important start was made il
basketball This season. The Harrisburg
independent basketball five to play
games in the Chestnut street auditorium
promises fast basketball. The year die
not see the stopping of any sport start
ed in former years. There were score.
of amateur baseball, football anC
basketball teams in the city.
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