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RTOr.l PAGE 1 P0TTSV1LLE (PA.) REPUBLICAN HERALD MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008 7 Lasting Legacy discusses debate details, Maroons effort decision, based on the question. Some questions will require more elaborate answers and some will not," Lipton said. The debate is Lasting Legacy's latest effort to bring the Maroons controversy to the public's attention, while encouraging the NFL owners to give the legendary team its 1925 championship. The last time the NFL owners put the Maroons on their agenda, Oct. 30, 2003, the owners struck down a motion to reopen the 1925 files to re-examine the NFL Lasting Legacy asked Jim Coles, sports director for WNEP-TV 16, Moosic, to serve as moderator, and Lipton said Coles is donating his time.

The questions Coles will ask Fleming and Horrigan will be selected from suggestions submitted to WNEP-TV and The REPUBLICAN Herald over the past month, Lipton said. "Coles is selecting which ones he's going to ask," Lipton said. The debaters will each be given time limits in which to answer each question. "That's going to be the moderator's Rendell, a copy of a six-page article about the Pottsville Maroons written by Fleming in 2003, "Lost In Time," published in ESPN Magazine, a copy of "Breaker Boys" and a DVD copy of a ESPN video history of the Maroons. Two packages were sent to representatives of the San Francisco 49ers, based on Fleming's recommendations.

On April 2, Fleming encouraged Lasting Legacy to "be patient." He said he's hoping the movie based on his book would be made and released in theaters first. title with a vote of 30-2. Interest in the team resurged locally in October, when ESPN Books released Fleming's book, "Breaker Boys: The NFL's Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 Championship." In early December, Lasting Legacy of Pottsville mailed copies of David Fleming's book about the legendary team to 19 of the 32 NFL owners, according to Pottsville Mayor John D.W. Reiley. Lasting Legacy mailed 20 packages containing the book, letter signed by Reiley and Be sure to visit Friday night for online coverage of the debate.

Greystone Restaurant, 315 N. Centre from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday Then on Friday afternoon, the two will attend a press conference A time for this event has not yet been Lipton said. The Great Maroons Debate will be held at 8 p.m. Friday at 209 N.

Centre St. All 224 free passes to the event have been given out, Lipton said. Ohio Museums Association. As a pro football historian, he has served on several advisory committees, including the NFL's 75th Anniversary Committee, the Cleveland Browns Legends Panel, and the Washington Redskins 70th Anniversary Blue Ribbon Selection Committee. Horrigan said his greatest contribution to the football history was helping the effort to organize and expand the hall's archives when he was hired as researcher and cura-tor in 1977.

Adventure Pool Depot 2007 leftovers sale 'Jets nrnrr- Fibargiass In-Ground Pools Warehouse Pricing Cheap One Piece Pools Installed From Early Install Dates Still Available Adventure Pool Depot Bulls Head Rd Pottsville 628-0188 LMySatlOlosedWMjiSun When asked what inspired him to become a pro football historian, he said, "It's been my whole life." He said his father was a sports writer for the former Buffalo Evening News and went on to become the public relations director for the American Football League in the 1960s, then the vice president of public relations for the Buffalo Bills. "I received my first paycheck in pro football when I was the ripe age of 13. 1 was the runner for the AFL draft," Horrigan said. A 30-year employee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Horrigan previously served as the hall's curatordirector of research information. He has also worked for the National Football League as a member of an instant replay team as replay communicator.

A charter member and past president of the Professional Football Researchers Association, he was the 1991 recipient of that organization's Ralph Hay Award for career achievement. He also served on the editorial board of Sports History Magazine and on the Board of Advisors of Sports Heritage Magazine and is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the Women's Wellness: BY STEPHEN J. PYTAK STAFF WRITER spytakrepublicanherald.com The Great Maroons Debate will feature questions submitted by the public, a moderator and a video message from Gov Ed Ren-dell, said Eric Lipton of Lasting Legacy of Pottsvilla Lipton provided details about the event, and the hectic schedule the debaters, David Fleming of Davidson, N.C. and Joe Hor-rigan of Canton, Ohio, will experience, starting Thursday, when the two arrive in Pottsvilla Fleming and Horrigan will attend a meet-and-greet at MAROONS Continued from Page 1 "I had known of them beforehand from various publications and stories that I have read, but more completely when I got here," Horrigan said. And he had the opportunity to study that history more thoroughly.

On Dec. 6, 1925, the Maroons defeated the Chicago Cardinals at Chicago, 21-7. Then on Dec. 12, 1925, the Maroons defeated a non-NFL team, the Notre Dame All Stars, 9-7, in an exhibition game at Phila-dlephia's Shibe Park, according to Fleming's book. The Philadelphia-based Frankford Yellow Jackets claimed the Maroons invaded their territory The league fined the Maroons $500 and suspended them from all rights and privileges and declared their franchise forfeited in the league, the book states.

While the Cardinals refused to accept the 1925 NFL championship, Fleming said, it was never officially awarded. "As I point out to the folks in Pottsville, my initial exposure is as everybody's was, the story that kind of carried the idea ot the Maroons having had a championship taken from them and having played a college football team and that was against the rules. I POPE Continued from Page 1 The White House crowd will be the largest of Bush's presi- ucnty. 11 even ueais me duuieiiue last spring for Queen Elizabeth 5 which numbered about 7,000. Evening festivities will mark the first time the Bushes have put on a high-profile meal in honor of someone who isn't even a guest.

Wednesday is the pontiff's 81st birthday, and the menu celebrates his German heritage with Bavarian-style food. But Benedict's prayer service that evening with U.S. bishops at a famed Washington basilica preclude him from coming to the dinner, according to the White House. Catholic leaders will be there instead. The president explained the special treatment particularly the airport greeting.

"One, he speaks for millions. Two, he doesn't come as a poli some of the misinterpreted facts, but what I'm enjoying most is the flavor of the community, which I know a little bit about. It's an interesting story," Horrigan said. When asked to elaborate on those so-called misinterpretations, Horrigan said, "we'll save all that for the debate." Fleming said he's hoping Horrigan will view the history of the team a bit differently after the debate. "After he hears a sort of calm, rational explanation of where we stand, he'll sort of scratch his chin and say, All right.

I'm behind you guys." And we're going to gain one more strong voice with connections to the NFL," Fleming said. Fleming, of Davidson, N.C., said his appearance is part of the book's promotional tour and ESPN Books is covering his expenses. Meanwhile Horrigan, of Canton, Ohio, said Lasting Legacy of Pottsville is paying only his travel expenses. About Horrigan Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 16, 1951, Horrigan is veteran of the Air Force, and attended Canisius College, Buffalo, N.Y., and the University of Akron, Ohio, earning a degree in business and organizational communication, his resume states.

Paul II came on Oct. 6, 1979. Since then, such audiences have become a must-do. Every president has met with the pope at least once, often more. This week makes Bush the record-holder, with a total of five meetings with two popes.

There are more than 64 million reasons for this. Catholics number nearly one-quarter of the U.S. population, making them a desirable constituency for politicians to court. Worldwide, there are now an estimated 1 billion Roman Catholics. "The pope represents not just the Catholic church but the possibility of moral argument in world affairs and it is very important for American presidents to rub up against that from time to time," said George Weigel, a Catholic theo-, logian and biographer of Pope' John Paul II.

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Much of the theory that the Maroons had a "stolen 1925 championship" is based on "misinterpretation of information." Horrigan said he would save most of his arguments for the debate, but said, "the most compelling argument is when you get into understanding the terminology and the circumstances of the day You have to go back to 1925 and understand what was said and what it meant and what had come before it to understand the whole picture," Horrigan said. Real question "The real debate at this point is: Was the punishment befitting the crime? The crime was of a major proportion, of the standards of that day," Horrigan said. Had the Maroons not played that exhibition game and had finished the last two weeks of the 1925 season, Horrigan said, the Maroons would have won the championship based on their win-loss record. Horrigan said Thursday he was reading "Breaker Boys" and was halfway through it. "It's a good read.

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