Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-11

one OF Jne plgBeSS OF ulsappoiHt~
ments, was the telegram from Scott
High of Toledo, that the Buckeye
eleven had disbanded for the season,
That means that there will be no
contest for championship honors,
Local fans still believe that the
Maroon eleven has the punch to trim
the Buckeyes,
Out in Kane they think that they
have a team, and question Techs
right to the honor. They have scored
255 points to so by their opponents.
They also say that they have not
been scored upon at home, All they
want is so per cent. of the gate re-
ceipts to come in for Tech to play
with" Then Tech will get the bal
ance after several hundred dollars
are paid to officials and for the field.
But the Tech management Is be-
ginning to feel ashamed of itself to
ask the people to come to see a
championship contest and then stage
a track meet, as has been the case
the last two Saturdays. Then there
is another team in Rochester, Pa,
that wants to take trip to this city
to play Tech. Chances are they
want a chance to so through the
Capitol, and this is one plan they
have in view of coming East.
If Kane and Rochester can to-
gether pick an eleven, the Tech
scrubs will play them. Don't forget
that the Tech reserves. still have to
lose a contest. Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh papers have become alive
to the fact that there is real cham
pion team here in Dauphin county,
and those papers are not going to
take much account of these little
High schools. whom Tech could
spot 100 points.
Whoop Up Basketball
With the football season passed,
Tech athletes will turn their atten-
ton to basketball. One champion
ship has been annexed and now
Tech will try to repeat it's cham
pionship of last season. 1t is reason
able to expect that they will, as the
same squad remains. AS for track?
Well, Tech has always set the pace
for the last half dozen years. Three
championships for one High school
the same year would be some rec
ord. But it would not be surprising
to see the Maroon boys do the trick.
1t would be a great feat.
Roster of Battles
Following the Alumni game, Tech
has an open date for January 8. The
remainder of the schedule is as
follows:
January 10, Lancaster, at home.
January II, Allentown, at home.
January "a, York, away.
January 81, Lebanon, away.
February Z, Lancaster, away.
Eahr,,oYv IA MpKin1aV Mammal
Training, of Washington, pending.
February 81. York, at home.
February 2S, Lebanon, at home.
March 7, Reading, away.
March s. Allentown, away.
March IA, open.
March Is, Steelton, away
March 81, Reading, at home.
March 2S, open.
Out For Il Record
From the schedule it will be seen
that all but one of the regular con-
tests will be in the Central Penn
sylvania Basketball League. The
game pending with the Washington
team on Valentine Day is the eXcep-
tion. At a recent meeting of the
league officials it was decided to give
a cup to the runnerup in the league.
The Rensselaer, Polytechnic cup is
for permanent possession to the
winner. Then the Reading Times
cup has to be won three times for
possession. Reading, Central and
Tech each have a leg on this trophy.
Bearing in mind what Tech did
last year, it looks reasonable to eX-
pect Tech to repeat. Huston is the
only member lost by graduation.
To take his place are half a dozen
good boys who should make the
quintet stronger than ever. Mike"
Shaffner is the student manager.
First Game With Alumni
Two weeks from Friday the Tech
nical High school basketball squad
will open its season playing the
initial contest against the Alumni
five. 1t will be a Yuletide affair
staged at Chestnut street hall, and
the former Maroon students who
are home for the holidays will be
on hand to see the Central Pennsyl-
Vania champions start the season,
and incidentally will enjoy the
dance to follow the contest.
Powerful Material
Tech has practically the same
squad left over from last season,
that won the honors in the Central
Pennsylvania Basketball League.
Captain "Goldie" Huston will be
missed as will Dutch" Miller, a
substitute Huston's place will be
hard to fill, as he was one of the
best shots Tech has ever had. From
the fifteen foot line he could always
be relied upon to add another
point.
OF the regulars from last season
are "Buddie" Lingle at forward
"Doughnuts" Wilsbach at center;
Beck, Kohlman and Smith at guard.
These five players won their letter
as members of the quintet last sea-
son. In the school are many other
players who are of equal caliber
with those already mentioned.
"Haps" Frank will make a bid
for the center, or a forward posi-