Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-07
SCHEFFER THINKS
ADAMS REFUSED
ON INSTRUCTION
League President Says Last
Nights Fiasco Will Be
Decided Tonight
OTHER AGE NEWS -

President william j. scheher of theeyn'it
Eastern Basketball League, stated todaysw y
that the fiasCo staged at Nonpareil Haiis0t..q#
last night when Camden refused to playt
Jasper because Bill Hummer was in the *
lineup. was probably promoted by the sNs
Camden management, and that he didJ9u<9f
not believe Jack Adams pulled it, one~Ar11
his own initiative - ss4
"Of course I have no way Of know
ing" said scheffer. 'but I Judge, from
the actions Of tho players on the floor.
that Adams had been instructed not to
play against hummer and that he dld.isffa7
not pull this Of his own accord. I heardaisss@
Dolan say to Adams, Come on, let's play 3tisA
VIVA, M the am o tbn ana ,r Aoas ase so
the game to begin Adams refused to letnr;rs
Camden play That is why think that
he must have been instructed. and that ..s-
he did not do 1T on his own Initiative
81 told Adams to go ahead and play and
that would stand behind him. also told
him that he had nothing to lose and allidii-s5'
TO gain by playing. because II Camden, 40
they would have the game, and f ..aA
they lost they could protest and might
win their But he refused. don't
know what will be done about the matter. eitst1s4
That is one of the things that with be ssff
taken mp tonight at the meeting at Cooper a., "
Battalion Hall"
IN. backiist for timnIng the ,Iesper team, Yoian'
last year Schaeffer said; THAT is am
other thing that am not certain about
and this will be decided by the league
at its meeting tonight"
Scheffer also was asked If it were true 'sH
that he had instructed the members of9feFitfs
Eastern League clubs not to play against~ .fofl.
Pennsylvania State Leaguers. He replied;-
This is absurd because some one of ~.
the Eastern League clubs plays some-N'Vts,slt a
where almost every night The only rule &c :os.
we have in regard TO this matter is that 10,
an Eastern League team playing as such t.t-z.
allowed to pIay against a team ON which is,nn'r
there is an Eastern player. -fr9ps
"a am not in position to say what will,s,s.
haPpem TO Huas Ior ms ansd 70 pay .-9
srs11e
The absence of McWllams from the -
lineup of the Greystock five has beenf pnNt
such serious handicap to the DOWN. .prif
towners that they rapidly being overs :, ~
hauled by Reading for place in the East
ern League race This evening Reading
has a chance to climb 9tlll higher by beat
ing the Greys. This task three weeks ago W
would have been formidable one, butt.
tonight the Greys far weaker than a,s<z
they were while Reading has been greatly. -
strengthened 49,
Shortly after the Eastern League II 49,
appeared that Greystock would make R1-SL
runaway race of II, but McWilamss in-y ~ Il
jury has sent his team down the ladders
and incidentally has caused more interest
in the proceedings than ever. Reading Is ~ ~
leading Trenton and Camden by just two cyTjf
games, while De Neri is close the -..rre
heels the two teams that are tied for -
third place. Jasper, in fact. Is the only s""e>
club in the league that could not reachisi ihts
the top by string of few straight vie -~-e7
tories.
Tonight's game Will be played al Cooper
Battalion Han The contest is scheduled
for o'clock. There win be preliminary a.r m
game. so