Hello Rex.
There was a Lebanon U in Lebanon Ohio that went bankrupt in 1917 and closed
according to the Warren County Historical society.
It was originally chartered in 1855 as Southwestern State Normal School. In 1870
the name was changed to National Normal School and in 1881 became National
Normal University. The name officially changed to Lebanon University in 1907.
Yingling would have been about 17 years old in 1907.....college age.
Upon bankruptcy the school actually merged with now Wilmington College in
Wilmington, Ohio....which is about 20 miles or so from Lebanon. Wonder if
Wilmington College would have records of Lebanon U students???

Yingling (Earl) was pictured on one baseball card that I know of.....a 1917 E135
Candy card of PCL players. I don't have the minor league records of Yingling but
according to Baseball Reference he was not in the majors in 1917 yet he was
before 1917 and after. As a hobby I collect sportscards, photos, postcards (any
images) of southern Ohio players. Yingling is from Chillicothe about 20 miles
down the road from me.

I could find nothing on West Ohio University.
Hope this helps.

Jim Mogan
Circleville, Ohio


----- Original Message -----
From: REX Hamann
To: SABRcollegiate@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 4:55 PM
Subject: [SABRcollegiate] Two Ohio Colleges?


Never thought I'd be sending two messages to my new group in one day, but
here goes:

I'm looking a player file card sent to me by Steve Gietschier at the
Sporting News for a pitcher named Earl Yingling out of Chillicothe, Ohio.

The first entry describing his player activity it lists "Lebanon Univ. and
West Ohio Univ. Dayton 1907-09.

Does anyone know if there actually was a Lebanon University (would have been
an awfully small town, just south of Dayton) or what college "West Ohio
Univ. Dayton" may have morphed into, if anything?

Thank you.


Rex Hamann
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Andover, Minnesota 55304

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