Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-21
CLOSE CONTESTS
BEING PLAYED
in MINOR CAGES
Industrial Bask e t b a | |
League Games Well At
tended by the Followers
SCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT
Rx SPICK HALL

Games In tho Industrial League this sea-
son have been the closest played In any
circuit In years. All OF the teams appear
to be well balanced, and the clubs now In
the second division Of the race are apt to
be heard from before the season is very far
advanced.
Ono of the most pleasing features of tho
race Is the fact that the attendance has
been far more than last year and even more
than the most optimistic followers had
hoped. For example, last Thursday night
when Standard Roller quintet defeated
Dobson's. there were at least two thousand
fans present While the Eastern League
will probably always be the popular basket
ball organization of Philadelphia, the other
leagues are being patronlzed to an extent
hitherto unknown in the Quaker City All
of which indicates that basketball is be-
coming more and more the peoples game
Tonights games in the Industrial League
should prove to be as interesting as those
which have been pulled off.
Brill Meets Barrett
Tho league leaders. ]. G. Brill, tackle
Barrett, and all Southwark will be present
to root for their fnvorites. Great rivalry
exists between these two combinations and
the Barrett fans are backing their men to
topple the Carbuilders. II this happens
both teams Will be tied for first place The
Barrett five Is very fast and Graupner the
star forward, Is one of the smallest men
in the league, yet he and Hon have scored
heavily on their opponents and have been
ably assisted by Kelby. the big center. Bon
sail, McDonOugh and Pearl have alternated
at guard II these defensive men can hold
Van Osten and McInnis tonight, Barrett
will probably get the decision. 1t has been
the scoring of these two Brill men that has
carried the victories back to their plant
so far.
Van Osten is a hard man to stop from
scoring. He seems to possess that uncanny
sense of accuracy that cannot be denied.
He is big, powerful and has a long reach.
permitting him to score his baskets from
the scrimmages. McInnis is one OF those
pluggers who seems to get there by sheer
force.
Midvale Weak
In the other contest Hale s. Rllburn hopes
to have their first taste of victory at the
expense of the dsorganlzed Mldvale Ave.
Manager Kilroy, of the Lehigh Avenue
quintet. has obtained w. Marshall, s. Mar
shall. Skllton. Kilroy and Burkett Skilton
is the weakest link in the chain and is of
virtually no use to the other four men. He
had failed to score TO any extent and Is q
mediocre floor man. His one asset is his
defensive ability. The same to a lesser
extent Is true of Burkett.
Manager Johnston, OF MidvaIe, has played
in hard luck losing some remarkably good
men soon after the opening OF the season
At that time his roster of players contained
some of the best men outside the big
leagues. and that loss has handicapped the
5teelworkers greatly. Mldvale will not be
satisfied with a low position In the race
however, and will probably be heard from in
the near future, Jones' Longstrest and
perhaps Sherry are standbys. but at least
two additional good men are needed before
Midvale can hope TO accomplish any results.
Camden Advanced
Camden proceeded to creep up on the
heels OF the Jasper quintet In the race for
the first Eastern League pennant last night
in the cage at the Trenton ATmory, The
Potters found the South Jerseymen at top
form In every department except foul
shooting Jalhis Adams, who Is usually SO
reliable from the hfteen-foot mark, con-
verted only fourteen chances into points out
OF a possible twenty-sevsn-
Jimmy Brown and Disgan were very
tight on the defense. They allowed the op-
posing forwards to score but twice from
tho neId. Fred Geig made Trsnton's other
pair OF two-pointers Brown also ably
assisted his teammates by caging a couple
of neat goals in the last few minutes OF
play. thereby sewing up the game.
These same teams meet tomorrow night
at the Camden Armory II tho skssters
can repeat their performance OF last night
they viii be within a few points Of the Ken
sington team.