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Skeeters Brought Camden Only E.L. Court Crown
Jack Carty recalls the 1919-20 Camden Skeeters, who won the Eastern Professional Basketball League title at the Third Regiment Armory, and the league's collapse in 1923.
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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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Joe Hyde Succumbs From Heart Attack
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.
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Eastern League Opens Monday with Trenton Playing Camden
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.
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Trenton Downs Paterson With Campbell Playing Star Role
Jimmy (Soup) Campbell led Trenton's Metro League five to a 41-30 victory over Paterson at the Arena; Deighan played center for Paterson.
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Campbell Best Scorer
"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.
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Campbell Leading Eastern Scores
"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.
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Eastern League Goes Into Discard
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.
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Deneri's Winning Streak Halted by Greystock; Jimmy Campbell Is Sensation Against Beckman
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."