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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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.

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.

Abe Corotis writes that Vic Hanson had sought Joe Sheehan for his Syracuse team, that Neil Deighan was still weighing an offer to manage Hagerstown, and that Joe Hyde had signed with Montreal.
Immaculate Conception took over the Camden Elks franchise in the South Jersey Basketball League after Millville beat the Elks 30-26, with manager Jim Mulligan keeping six local players, Neil Deighan among them.

"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.