Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-18
BY sPICK HALL

with maximum Of only seven games
Tor any one club to play until tho close
OF tho first half OF tho Eastern League
season, II appears that tho pennant will
be captured by Kennedys flying Jasper
quintet. The Jewels have played the most
consistent basketball soen in years I'm
Schcfcr's circuit and II will take some
very remarkable work on tho part OF Cam
den 10 head the uptown fvo before tho
completion Of twenty contests
While Camden iH only onehalf n game
behind the league leaders. Henry's five Is
greatly handicapped by the absence OF Roy
Steele, who will not be able to get back
into the lineup for some time 10 come
Greeley has been playing fair game for
the SiIeeters. Nevertheless, the Camden
five was thrown completely off It's balance
when Steele was forced TO retire temporarily
ON account of Illness.
ON the hand until last week. tho Jasper
team had been playing the same men every
night that were In the lineup at the bc-
ginning Of tho season Hough rs out tenn
porarily, but It Is believed that lie will be
In shape for the final drive. Rube ChHs-
man, In the meanwhile. has been playing
In place OF the veteran forward
Camden Lost Chance
Camden lost the big opportunity TO make
n running fight for the flag when II fell.
and fell hard. before the onslaught of tho
Reading team on Saturday night The vig-
itora at the Reading Armory were COM
pletoly nt tho mercy of the homo crowd,
who tossed in nineteen goals from tho field.
II is true that the game was very open
one and Camden made thirteen field goals,
enough to win an ordinary game.
AS the count In games won and lost now
stands Jasper has captured ten and lost
three, while Camden has played one moro
than It's rvalB from KonsnEton, winning
ten and losing four. Jasper has two more
games this week. one with Dc Nerl and
the other with Camden Even II Camden
Is able to defeat the Jewels on Wednesday
night In the nrmory across tho Delaware,
the present leaders are sure TO come back
and defeat the DO Nerl-Alentown team
which is torn to smithereens right now
After Thurgday night there are no games
scheduled In the Eastern League for the
remainder of the week. The games that
would ordinarily have been played on Fri
day and Saturday evenings were scheduled
TO be played in the form of doublc-
headers on Christmas afternoon and night
Penn Wins Again
Lon Jourdets Pennsylvania team again
came to the front on the basketball court
Saturday night. The victim this time was
Muhenberg, This was Penns second try
out against an opposing team. A week
ago last Saturday the Red and Blue began
the season by easily trimming the UrsInus
Ave Judging the team from the two games
Il has played, II seems that Jourdet again
has n quintet that will he capable OF cap
turing the intercollegiate tltle provided II is
not Handicapped by the loss of any men by
injuries or inellglbllty
The Penn men literally ran away from
their Allentown opponents in Weightmnn
Hall Saturday night. The final count was
35 to 10. II was apparent as soon Rs the
contest began that II was only a question
of how many points the West PhlladeI-
phlans would run up on Muhlenberg. JEFF
ford was the leading feld-goal scorer for
Penn. lie had five TO his credit. However,
Jefford's work in passing. drlbbling and
assisting his teammates was moro spec
tacular than his goal shooting and was far
more effective.
I
WILLIAM II, MYERS. the Allentown
man who bought the franchise OF the Dc
Nerl team has made arrangements for his
club TO play exhibition games in South
Bethlehem on Saturday evenings All of
the Eastern League games which were
originally scheduled for Saturday nights at
Musical Fund Hall have been transferred
TO Allentown and viii be played ON Tues
day evenings. TIE exhibition games for the
fans OF Bethlehem will be staged In the
Coliseum.
IN THE RI1ADING-CAAfDEtN game Sat
urday night Andy Sears led his teammates
and foes by shooting six goals from the
field He also tossed thirteen fouls through
tho rim out of twenty chances, making his
total point score twenty-five.