The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24
CHURCH LEAGUE
IS ORGANIZED
Six Teams Enter at Meeting Held at
the Y. M. C. A. Last Evening
Schedule Is
Arranged.
RULES OF THE LEAGUE
Local Association to be Closed To-
morrow and Part Of Sunday
Other Y. NJ. C. A.
News.

Last night at the Y. M. C. A., the
Keokuk Church Basketball league was
launched on its second season, with
six teams in the race. The six teams
are those that held the highest rec
ords in the league last year, and drew
positions as follows: Congregational,
st. Peters, Trinity, ST. PauPs, West
minister and Baptist. Two rounds will
be played, beginning January 4
The following schedule has been
made, on the same basis as the Com
mercial league:
Tuesday, Jan. Accommodations VS..
St Peters; Trinity vs. ST. Paul's.
Thursday, Jan. 6-Westminster vs..
Baptist; Congregational VS.. Trinity.
Tuesday. Jan. list. Peters W.
Westminster; st. PauTs VS.. Baptist
Thursday, Jan. -Congregatio
VS.. St. Paul; Baptist vs.. ST. Peters.
Tuesday, Jan 1S-Trinity VS.. west
minister; Baptist VS.. Congregational.
Thursday, Jan. 20-St. Peters VS..
Trinity; ST. Paurs VS.. Westminster
Tuesday, Jan. 25-Congregational
VS.. Westminster: st. Peters VS.. St
PauPs.
AUl Sddss jail CT i1AiLy VS.. Day
tist; exhibition game.
Second Round.
No games during week of Feb. /.
on account of Y NJ. c. A. minstre,
Tuesday, Feb. S-St. Paul's VS..
Trinity: st. Peters VS.. Congrega-
tional.
Thursday, Feb. 10-Trinity vs.. Con
gregational; Baptist vs.. Westminster
Tuesday. Feb. 1o-Baptist VS.. st.
Paul's: Westminster VS.. st. Peters.
Thursday, Feb. list. Peters VS.
Baptist; ST. Paul's VS.. Congregational.
Tuesday. Feb. 22-Congregational
VS.. Baptist: Westminster VS.. Trinity.
Thursday, Feb. 24-Westminste-
VS.. st. Paul's; Trinity vs. st. Peters.
Tuesday, Feb est. Pauis VS.. S..
Peters; Westminster VS.. Congrega-
tional; Baptist VS.. Trinity.
Times Of Games.
Gamessf o be played every Tuesday
and Thursday at Sis o'clock. Small,
admission will be charged, and non
members of the Y will pay the usual
bath fee. A banquet will be given
the players at the close of the league
and pennant awarded the winning
team.
The week proceeding the opening
of the church league, each team viii
be entitled to one full fortynve min
utes practice period, a schedule of
which appears as follows:
Monday, Dec. 81, 6:15 to TOO
Westminster.
Tuesday, Dec. IS. 6:I5 TO 7:0O-St
PauIs.
Tuesday, Dec 20. 500 to s:45-st
Peters.
Wednesday, Dec 20, 6:15 to 700
Baptist.
Thursday. Dec 30, 6:I5 to TOO
Congregational.
Thursday, Dec. 80, 500 to 8:45-
Trinity.
Rules Of League.
The rules governing the church
league are as follows.
Players must attend at least one
service of the church on whose team
they expect to play for each of the
two consecutive Sundays prior to the
first game in which they are to play.
which. in order to get into the first
game, will be Sunday, Dec. rs, and
Sunday, Jan. 2. And they must at
tend one service a week at the church
of their team, either Sunday school,
-churcn service, young peoples meet
ing, Or prayer meeting, each week
throughout the schedule, and II alb
sent from the city they may bring a
written note from someone in author
ity at the out of town church which
they attended.
There will be no deviation from
these rules. Written agreements will
be signed before the first game az
last year, and the captain of each
team will be responsible for his men
each week thereafter.
Y. M. c. A. to Close.
The Y. NJ. c. A. will close at 6
O'Clock tonight, and will be open
again Sunday afternoon from to !
o'clock Glasses will resume Monday
Senior Bible Class Changed
Beginning Monday, the senior Bible
class, which Rev. McAllister is lead
ing, will begin promptly at 1884
o clock instead of 1918 o'clock as be
fore. This class is open to all men
and lasts thirty minutes.
The high school basketball squat
will go through daily grind eacl
day of vacation to get in shape 70
the big Burlington game up nortl
New Years night. Mt Pleasant vii
be here on Saturday, Jan. 8.
New Works. Big Card.
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