
Joe Hyde Succumbs From Heart Attack
Camden Morning Post obituary of Joseph J. Hyde, 47, a Camden cafe proprietor and former baseball and basketball player who died of a heart attack at his home on Hayes Avenue.
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Camden Morning Post obituary of Joseph J. Hyde, 47, a Camden cafe proprietor and former baseball and basketball player who died of a heart attack at his home on Hayes Avenue.

Camden Evening Courier obituary of Joseph J. Hyde, 47, a Camden cafe proprietor and former baseball and basketball player, with his funeral set for St. Joseph's Catholic church at Twenty-ninth Street and Westfield Avenue.

The reorganized Eastern League was to open with Trenton's Bengals meeting the Camden Skeeters on the Camden Armory floor, with Neil Deighan expected to start at guard for Camden.

"Soup" Campbell of Camden led the Eastern Basketball League in scoring with 171 second-half points and set a league record of 135 field goals for the season; the scoring list also includes Kerr, Dolin, Steele and both Deighans.

"Soup" Campbell of the Camden Skeeters led the Eastern League in individual scoring with 112 points in 18 games, with teammate Eddie Dolin third, as Camden neared the first-half title; the scoring table also lists Deighan, Steele, Kerr, Lennox and Hyde.

The Eastern Basketball League disbanded for the season after Reading failed to attend a reorganization meeting, and the Trenton and Camden owners, B. C. Kuser and Dr. Charles B. Helm, agreed to play a seven-game series for the championship of New Jersey.

Greystock beat De Neri 21 to 17 at Musical Fund Hall as newcomer Jimmy Campbell outplayed Johnny Beckman, and a preview of that night's Eastern League game at Camden said the Skeeters' Deighan, Brown and Steele were "hooked up wrong."

Camden will again be represented in the Eastern Basketball League, with a meeting of the Alpha team and managers set for the Alpha Club, 708 Broadway, and "Bill" Steele signed for the coming season.