Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-19
Penn Out of Running

rem Out OI running
When Penn was beaten by Yale at
| Weightman Hall on Saturday night 27-23
all hopes Of the Qual<ers annexing another
intercollegiate cage title vanished The
game was pretty rough, and the contestants
scored all their goals in spurts. first one
| taking the lead and then the other
The Quakers did not and have not dis
played the same form and perform as well
as last year. when they won the title. and
it is fully admitted they have sadly missed
Lou Sugarman both for his advice and
coaching activity.
And while Old Penn went down to de-
feat and is out Of the running one could
not let this chance ylp by to impress the
fact that the big, heavy Yale team. nat
urally rough and always playing that way,
WAS penaliZed on only six occasions by
Referee O'Shea. Six fouls in forty min
utes Of play is virtually impossible in any
basketball game.
The second Eastern League series prom
| iSpS to he hummer when one takes an
| ohservaut peep at the standing Of the clubs.
| While Jasper and Greystock are tie away
| for top honorS, Reading, Camden and Tren-
| ton are all but game in the rear and
| there is no telling when any of the trio
will forge ahead. OF course, the big fracas
| from a local standpoint, this week is booked
| for next Friday night at Cooper Battalion
| Hall when Jasper meets GreystoCk, and a
| CaDacity house is assured. for about that
| many followers Of the Jewels alone will
| make the ride To the scene of the melee.
| The feature of the week was the dropping
! Of two set-to" by Greystock and the winning
| Of the same number by Trenton. The sign
| ing Of Dark by Jasper also was a subject
| Of comment
| De Neri is demonstrating its ability and
| while Manager Mycrss proteges may not
| win the pennant they will cause all sorts
| Of trouble for opponents. They are looking
| forward to next year. and that is one Of
| the reasons why they landed Billy Hummer
! from Jasper The Jeanette star at present
| is on the blacklist and several magnates
show no disposition to lift the ban.
| Jasper's Basketball Team
When the Jewels take the floor nowadays
/ nine men are in uniform, and while several
| could be dropped, it is said Messrs Linton
! and Patterson have decided TO maintain the
whole bunch and perhaps this will not cost
! a penny II was recently pointed out that
! the Trenton payroll was $1,000 a month. but
! the Jewels are now handing out More than
| this amount, which only shows the expense
! of conducting the sport. There are several
| Trenton men who exceed Jasper players in
| salary. one player on the POtters is getting
| $50 a night, or $240 month for eight
| games, but all summed up. Jasper now has
the heaviest payrool in the Eastern League,
Sears Unjustly Knocked
Andy Sears was out of the Reading
| Jaspcr game on saturday night owing to
! injuries" " hut, according to the inside dope,
| q towhcad was in good shape. but has
| about become disgusted with unfair news
! paper criticism and knocks from the fans.
| and for this reason did not perform. Every
| time the Bears drop a couple of games,
| Sears and his pals are roasted and their
| condition criticized and it is enough to dis
| hcarteu any one The writer pointed out
! only last week that the same spirit did not
| permeate Reading games and il is natural
! to suspect that all this talk of signing new
| players and the endeavOr to secure others
| will have its effect.
Andy Sears has a great record. He has
| always handed out the best in the shoI
wherever he has played and always beer
loyal to Reading and the unfair criticism
is unwarranted The Bears are but one
game from first place and have never beel
beaten on the home floor. If the knockers
I,who never see a game away from hCm
would change their tactics the Berk
County clan would have a little more in
terest in it's work. And the writer, by
the way. is pretty intimate with Easter
League players and there is generally som
one on the various clubs who does not lik,
a man, but has never heard any one max
a kick about Andy Sears, and the old scou
says he is stll able to produce the good
and has never failed heretofore.