Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
DREXEL HILL TAKES FIRST HALF
FLAG IN INTERBOROUGH LEAGUE
WHEN UNIONS INFIEID BLOWS UP
Losers Pile Up Seven Errors and Throw Game
Away in Tenth Inning -Normile, of Ward,
Wins in Is Innings and Fans 20 Batsmen

nlDLEN PARK secured a leg on the pen
IL nant in the InterborouEh League when
the baseball nine Of that town defeated
Union A. A., of Lansdowne, on Saturday
after ten hard fought innings by the score OF
to 6. Errors played prominent part in
the downfall of the Union aggregation, no
less than seven miscues being charged to the
losers. The contest was fairly thrown away
in the tenth Unions inield was very
ragged.
The game was all In favor OF Union in
the early sessions, and at the conclusion of
the sixth inning it was leading, to l. Rid
lev Park crawled TO within a run of their
opponents by counting twice in the seventh,
and when Right Fielder Kay hit circuit
cout in the eighth with two men on, went
into the lead. Union was not to be denied,
and evened the totals with brace of tallies,
and the figures at the termination Of the
eighth were Go. Each side drew blanks in
the ninth.
In the tenth Third Baseman Robinson,
Of Ridley, got to first when Stancr missed
the third strike sacrifice by Barker
gave him second, and he went to third
when Shortstop Smith threw wild on
Feeley's grounder. He then Tailed on
passed ball, and the run proved to be the
one which gave Ridley Park the pcnnant, as
Union failed to score in its turn at bat
Union and Ridley Park had fought
close race all season, with Ridley Park lead
ing at the close OF the InlTu Nttkt ana loI
a month after that the struggle was a neck
and-ncck affair. Three weeks ago Union
went ahead but the surprise of the season
was sprung on July 4, when DreNel Hill
handed Union shutOut by the score of 80
which evened up the standing and resulted
in Ridley Park winning out in the deGiding
contest
Autocar, which captured the nrst-half
pennant in the Main Line | eaguc, opened
the second series by easily winning from
Berwyn, l2-4. Dun & Co. found Bon Air
lust as soft and also registered the same
totals The Norrstown A. c. one of the
newcomers was humbled by Wayne, 1876,
and the Lee Tire Company, representing
Conshohocken, swamped West Chester l2-O.
Fred Cloughley, Of the Dun aggregation,
which has heretofore played as travelling
| club, announces that he has virtually
| secured permission from the authorities in
Narberth to use the athletic field n that
| borough. For three seasons Dun haS been
| travelling but under the new arrangements
will play home games.
Double-header day in the Industrial League
was featured by some hne baseball, although
SO b net Ime pTovdd to- be AZ Scm
! inning affair between Quaker city Rubber and
he n L. mound mRGu for o' Ward and was opposed td
| Duphaz an Indian hprlcr. Normill had an t9e
RSaTST Four hts. is While Rs tssmmSgs 9cEed bunhazs
| delivery for eleven N9rmill had twenty strike
| The leaders of the northern section had a
| close call with Hale Kilburn. In the FIRST
| gama tho EaWmakers blankCd until the
| ninth, 30, when they won out by counting three
| times In the aftcrpece they again vic
| torious, 5,8. j. & J, pobson, won from
| standard Roller Bearing 80 and ~ white
| Eanese Bronze, ia and 5-4 Hess Bright main,
| tained its perfect record In the southern dvi
| sion and made II eleven straight by defeating
| Philadelphia Roller and Machine, 6-l and ITO
Glenslde kept up its winning streak in tho
| MontFomery County League, although Il re-
auired ten innings to humble Fort, Washington
| tflenaide's victory due to home run by
| ''Whitey' Amber IN the tenth. Jenkintowr
| went into second place with lO-5 triumph over
| Amber when Willow Grove sprang the surprise
| OF the day by taking the champion Bethayres
| aggregation into camp 90,