Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
CAMDEN LEADS BY ONE GAME AS
THIRD WEEK OF SECOND SERIES
FS IN EASTERN CAGE RACE STARTS
Jasper, De Neri, Greystock and Reading Are in
Deadlock for Second Place Honor-Trenton
Five in the Cellar Position

4 advanced by Willie Keenan, as the or,,.
/ method TO keep basketball clean Rand
! Joes short speech: ''u
There Is one rule In the book which will
end II all, and It Is up to the referee In on.
force It, II has not been lived up 70 sinca
INC late Ellwood Rutschman worked I'm this
section" - '''''
Fogarty's solution is found in Rule
NN, Section 1, and reads
There shall be no shouldering trinnlns,
s'rlEing kicking, slugglng or intentional or
unnecessary rouRhness OF any kind VI
lation OF this rule constitutes an ofrenso
ana the referee may, for the first orfensa
ana snail for the second offense. disouoIjf,,
lne olender. who will be suspended for the
next game that his team is scheduled TO
play An oTense Is n violation of the ruIse
whether committed unintentiona1ly. ipno-
[Hhuy or otherwise. The fact that an Of
Iehse Is made Is the only guide for the Off
cial for calling the same"
other players share the views OF tho
grey captain, and agree that It would helm
'he game by excluding the offenders.
Dave Kerr Out
The doctors at the Episcopal HosnitaI
nave decided, according to reports that
i'aNe Kerr the big young center of the
Jewels, viii be out of action for some time
as ne Is suffering with n floating cartilero
removal u hp
same VIII no doubt be necessary
If the same ia undertaken il will bo NJ
in action.
The rumors that Hough will return 10 tho
lineup on Thursday are untrue. Rube
eastman wrenched his shoulder I'm tbe
Hreystook game Friday night. SO IL ia n
pretty badly crippled combination that will
Journey TO Trenton this evening. No now
hnlnR In l..
the owners of the Kensington squad are
hoping the operation on Kerr will vet be
avoided
The Referees Strike
The Strike" Of the Eastern League has
ketball officials will hardly occur, n was
a detrlment to the officials chances of vet
unS an increase when the matter beca me
public and the subject was not broached
IN the proper manner.
Hearing all sides, one is convinced that
certain remarks have been, as usual in nII
Sucn cases, enlarged upon. Referee Kelly
ilaue mistake in going to President
Scheirer, as it is purely matter for the
board of governors to decide
Now that so much publicity has been
accorded the subject, 1t Is not eXactlv
known how the league will view It when
It comes up for consideration at the month";
ly meeting at Cooper Hall on Friday night.
Had petition been prepared by the
oiiicials stating the reasons for granting nm
Increase and duly signed been presented, the
writer Is certain it would have gone
through. Possibly, when the facts in the
case are all gone over, the board of man
ayers will still hold the same view. Whether
II Is granted or not, this is certain, the men
are worth 1t. and virtually every manager
has admitted THIS
President Scheffer thinks the officials are
worthy of an increase, but cannot bC recon-
cued TO the manner in which 1t was started
The league head says Referee Kelly stinrI-
lated an increase OF SO. making so in ali
but all three officials have asked for S1O
and expenses per game