Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-25

EVENTUALLY every player In the Eastern
W p..ketball League last season was a
-'.n Of abiilty, consequently there must be
scr,s rood reason why the Greystock nve
,-rn the pennant with such ease.
close analysis OF each teams play will
~ curtains will solve the question without
s,r,culty. Joe Bailey, the able manager
n the Greys. believes In and insists upon
"a players always being IN the best pos
sIble condition.
m order to get his players in shape for
the beginning Of the season Bailey has his
,,en report earlier than any other club
,nanager in the league, and he also sees
% II that during the summer months they
K r,ayers are doing something TO keep them
sslves in good physical shape.
FOR this reason, II for no other, the
4 Crews will again enter the race for the
no remnants prime favorites. Manager
4 palley believes that he has fully as good
! : chance TO win again this year as he had
I.st although he win not boldly assert
NAT his team will win either one or both
/ Of the flags this season.
( Want EN- Both
II am going to try to win the pennant
both seasons said Manager Bailey. II
/ know that Il would be somewhat better as
4 4 financial proposition II different teams
won the first and second season pennants
I and then played n series for the champion
shlp Nevertheless, you will see us in
I mere fighting our best both seasons, and
! am not going to allow the men to let up
moment"
On the subject of the new rule which pro-
xides that the schedule be divided In two
playing seasons, Manager Bailey remarked: :
( II think that this departure from the old
one-season game has put basketball on
frmer basis than 1t has ever been in
Philadelphia, and we had by no means
an unsuccessful season In 1915-16. This is
perfectly natural, because IL one team gets
too long n lead in a long season the interest
dies out and the attendance falls on. on
the other hand, no matter what the result
Of the first season may be, the interest
IN the second half will be just as great as
was in the first.
"Another new rule we are going to try
d the double-referee system. We intend
70 try this out for two weeks, no matter
whether 1t proves to be good or bad. II
we are to try II at all we have to try II that
long In order to give II a fair test. Per-
sonally, am not sure that IL will work out
all right, because the referee-in-chief will
at times be too far away from the scrim-
mage to get all of the details of play. How
sver. we will see how it goes"
Already at Work
The Greystock team has already been
at work In the cage at Cooper Battalion
Hall since the second week in September.
Manager Bailey announces that every man
Is now in perfect physical trim and that
when the season starts next week he ex-
poets every member of the club to play
midseason basketball. The men practice
three time week. Those who have been
signed and have been working at Grey
stock are Ray Cross. Jack Lawrence, Lou
sugarman. Mike Wilson, Allie Mcwil-
liams. Zoe Fogarty, Able Dawson and
Baker Dawson was formerly on the Grey
stock reserves, playing at forward Baker
made big hit with the fans along the
Jersey coast last season, Jumping center
for Wildwood He is the same type OF