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Howell High School, Howell, Michigan, Basketball Team, 1908
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This photograph was labeled as Howell High School's "First Basketball Team - 1908", Howell, Michigan. The names of the persons in the picture are unknown.
A 1908 article in the Livingston County Press & Argus, newspapers.com/image/453093680/?terms=Basketball&match=1 (in library use only), described a high school contest between Brighton High School, and Howell High School basketball teams. The following names were associated with the Howell team: "Chuck" VanWinkle, Gus Schmitt, Walter and Wesley Kruger, Curley Barnes, B. McPherson, Redinger and Emil Bode. (and also noted in a 1907 article).
The players associated with the Brighton High School Team were: Max Baetcke, Gus Baetcke, F. Cushing, C. Hilton, D. Jacobs, and D. Placeway.