Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
RIG CROWDS THE RULE
Statistics of Industrial
and Eastern Cage Leagues

Il ssfurday-t;reyst0ck at DE Neri; Trenton
4 at Reading.
The Industrial Basketball League con-
euded its season when j. & J. Dobson
Nv defeating Brill. won the championship
enlsbing with fifteen victories In seventeen
,ames a margin of one better than Stand
srd Roller Bearing. The second campaign
was a more marked success than the in
ausural season. Capacity houses were the
rule rather than the exception at all inn
portant games and contests between the
three leaders taxed the Quaker City Hall
10 It's 1900 limit
u The successful outcome was due In a
large extent to capable management by. ex-
4 perienced officials, President Cadwallader
+ Franklin, Vice President T. Walter Nc
(,rath and Secretary Treasurer Harry w
schroyer. Franklin and McGraths names
/ have been linked with minor league basket
ball for the last ten years Franklin is an
old Central High School pitcher and bas-
ketball star He was an official OF the first
Interstate League and manager of the
Camden team in that organization, and
has recently been elected president of the
Montgomery County Baseball League
McGrath is consistent follower of all
ports He was coxswain in PENIS crews
publicity manager and then vice president
, Of the American Basketball League. lie
tery's team in the Industrial League last
season.
Basketball is a new sport to Schroyer
but his experience as treasurer of the In
dustral Baseball League fitted him we'll for
his present post in the cage circuit. Unlike
any similar organizations none of these
men receives compensation for the work
but love for the sport has prompted them to
lend their effort toward the enterprise and
lee he
their government.
DobsOn Deserves Pennant
To the victor belongs the spoils and Dob
son justly deserves the trophy and incden-
tai cash prizes that go with the pennant.
Smiling Bob" Calhoun is the happiest
Individual in East Falls, for his players
weathered a most difficult campaign. Cal
houn had almost the same five men
Homewood Lees, Morehead, West and
Kindon, intact all season and their faml-
iarity with one another developed passing
: and general team work to that unbeatable
stage that resulted in the capture of the
championship. No individual can be Sc
lected as a particular star. for all displayed
equal ability Lees because of his foul
shooting, leads the league in total points,
while Homewood tops in field goals.
Standard Roller Bearing, the runner-up,
was the only combination to beat the
. chdnnploIS, anu dCCOnpllSHeu tnlS 1edt
twice. Manager Kane early in the season
had Pike, Wilson, Brown, Graft and Kill
patrick under his wing, and finished the
first round tie with Dobson with six vic
tories in seven starts. Pike and Graft and
later Wilson jumped to Peerless Kid Of
the Camden Industrial League, ana Kill
patrick was lost in midseason with broken
ankle. With Brown as a nucleus, this ne
cessitated the development of new five.
and the overcoming of this handicap
and the teams subsequent climb into Sec
ond place speak wonders for Kane's con-
structive ability
Brill, while always a contender, lacked a
consistent foul shooter to make it for
midable. The Carmakers never really had
? good foul tOsser, but boasted of many
other stars, such as Walt Keating, Nc
Nance, Van Osten, McInnis and Baird,
Midvale Was Lucky
Midvale by a streak of fortune, due to
the schedule, secured a place in the first
division, while Barrett, which defeated
II for place in the first division at the
conclusion of the second round was showed
back to fifth place because il had to
meet the leaders, while Midvae was play
ing with the tailenders in the last three
game round The Steelworkers, like Brill.
started new combination nearly every
game, and lacked teamwork to make a con-
! sstent winner, Barrett had young colIec-
,.n uU' Oh payers VINO II they SUCK together'
I'll pe hearo from faNorapiy later IN their
raairoahks was Keen disappolntmeht'
"Nna hhe-up composed or Rutt, Hlll VIII
svn, ANDERSON and Armstrong, IL dis
p,ayeo championship ball and captured hVe
os' OF It's hrst seven contests, but the loss
" most OF these men relegated II to
s,se,cond-division berth. D'sston and Hale Il
I niiourn never got above the mediocrity
sage, although the formers acquisition or
ioung resulted in capturing the last three
games In the third round.
cne me new schedule idea, planned by Nc
saans e second round the four leaders en-
sn"ra III thlrd round OF three sa,les
sanon themselves, and likewise the TOUR
\ rsOnu.ulvlslon rsO,, n quintets' rms resulted IN
incidentally permitted the tailenders TO bet
Ter their average.
Dobson is making a trip up the State this
week, playing at Tamaqua. Carbondale and
Jasper presented a some what Srppled
s'owa OF cage performers at Trenton last
evening and as n result the levels were
easy for tha p.t 90 49,, Iriod- :
man was Wv. ~. Iol.srs, oo--o' M~ars ~ ,,'Io