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Basketball champs 1914 - 1915, Tyrone Pennsylvania

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:33 pm
by Bob H
http://familypaper.blogspot.com/2006/08 ... -1915.html [/url]

This photo of the 1914 - 1915 basketball champs was taken in Tyrone PA at the studio of J.H. Holtzinger at 1247 Penna. Ave. Does anybody recognize any of these players or have any idea what team this may have been?

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:43 am
by Robbuck
If this is a tyrone team I would venture a guess that the fellow on the far left is Sam Hayes Sr. and the fellow in the back row next to last looks a lot like Jess Templeton... But this is just speculation on my part..

Basketball champs 1914 - 1915

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:47 pm
by Bob H
Wouldn't that be amazing if you've identified two fellows from that long ago. Any idea what the "B" on the basketball stands for? Was there a school in Tyrone where the team's name began with "B".

thank you very much for the info .... every little bit helps.

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:44 am
by jayestewart
Is that a basketball with a "B" on it or a Trophy. It might have been that they had an "A" fivision for larger schools and "B" division for smaller schools back in the early days. PIAA might be able to help you out on that if it is indeed a trophy and not a basketball.

Basketball champs 1914 - 1915

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:53 pm
by Bob H
I pulled out the old magnifying glass and took a closer look at the photo. That is a basketball sitting on a trophy. I can't see any lettering on the trophy, but the lettering on the Basketball was done by hand, maybe with white paint. The small lettering below the "B" is kinda sloppy, but it looks like P. A. R. YMCA. It was a YMCA TEAM! that lettering is very faint and I hadn't seen it before. thank you!