Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
DBASKETBALLL LEAGUE
OPENS SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT
WHEN UNITY TACKLES KEYSTONE
Schedule Is Divided Into Two Seasons Eastern
League to Hold Meeting Tonight.
Other Cage Comment

THE Brotherhood Basketball League, one
i of the city's strong minor organizations,
will open the regular playing season to-
morrow night when Unity meets Keystone
on the atter's home floor.
The schedule is divided into two halves.
Sixteen games will be played in each SERIES
or thrty-two games i'm all. and the winner
Of the first half will meet the seCond-half
title holders in a series for the league cham
pionship at the conclusion Of the regular
season.
The makeup Of the league is: Unity,
playing night, Tuesday; Evangel playing
night Thursday: West Park, playing nights,
Thursday and Saturday; Keystone, playing
nights, Tuesday and Saturday; Fraternity
Club playing night, Saturday. Inc teams
will be managed by: Unity. J. NJ, Maye
Evangel. j. McAllister: West Park, n For
riston: Keystone, William Miller Frater-
nifty c. Mckay.
Good Season Predicted
According to Benjamin +. Emery, chair
man of the basketball committee, the out
lool, for the season is real promising The
teams are all well balanced, although the
loss Of GreystoCk at the last minute hurt
considerably Speaking further he said:
This is one league that gets away to
good start and always finishes strong,
Financially il is certain to be our best
season 1 am firmly convinced that our
success lies in the fact that once rule is
passed we stick by the same regardless of
who it hurts and this firm attitude has al
ways carried us along
The keystone team which opens the sea-
son tomorrow night has lost its manager
Lewis Miller, Jr., but his brother Bill, CEN
ter man Of the team, will try his hand at
the management game, He has a strong
lineup in Bill and Randy Miller, Bobby
Wilson, Jamison, Buck Appleton, Morning
red and Meinhart.
The schedule has been adopted for the
first half and is as follows:
october 3O-Unlty a Keystone.
November Fraternity at Evangel; Unity at
November 3--Keystone al Fraternity; Evangel
November 8-Fraternity at Unity.
| November s-Keystone at Evangel; Fraternity
Novsmber ysn iio-west Park at Keystone; Evan
November oy n lSSS 'ii;8iGZKeystone a Unity.
November l7--Evangel at West Park; Frater-
IL November 20Gwest Park at Unity.
November 22-West Park at Evangel
November 24-Evangel at Keystone: Unity at
Novem6er 25-Erqternity, at Unity, =.
December 1-Keystone at Fraternity; Evangel
at Deeember @ss 44-west Park at keystone
| December G-Fraternity at Evansel; Unity at
West Park.
December s,-West Park at Fraternity.
BsSs%RBsT at Hns: Evanse
BsesBs Bscsm6sT 36-Gny al Eyahseii' Fraternity at
December 22-Keystone at West Park; Unity
BsosmSsT $4-Wsst Wst PsTk Ps K at EysSS., Enity
| December 29--Eyangel at Keystone West
The III second series will simply be a repetition
| Of the first half.
Eastern to Meet Tonight
The Eastern Basketball League will mee'
| tonight, but according TO an announcement
| the schedule for the season will not be mad'
| public, due to a switch in the playing nigh
! of the new West Philadelphia team. Man
ager Black has secured Institute Han, a
! Fortieth and Ludlow streets as his play
ing quarters and should have the best oi
the circuit II is not certain whether tn
home night will be Monday or Tuesday.
| owing to this switch, President Scheffe
has been compelled TO halt the drattin
of the schedule and will complete the sam
later in the week. Saturday was the da
For furnishing the list of professionals
be carried by each team and all club
| have picked their men but West Philade
phia. These are the selections: Jasper
| Ieonlrd, Sedran, Dark De Neri-BarloV
Dreyfus, Beclman Reading - Haggert'
Beggs, Morris. Trenton-Tome, Franckl
Deighan.
For the benefit Of the many local baske
ball fans who are interested in the Pen
State League we print herewith the regis
tered list Of players said to be signed b
each club. Many Of the players on the di
ferent teams are we'll known to the fans
this vicinity:
Plymouth--Dick Leary Leo Hornsb.
Long Herman, Bergkamp, Grimsted, Stew
art Berger and Diennes,
Nanticoke-Dick Leafy, Schimmel. He
man. Simberg Schecterly, Rogowicz, Dolii
Hornsby, Powell, Joe Evers and Willie Nj
| Carter
Hazleton-Johnny Beckman, Gil Schwa
Dick smythe. Pfaff, Russell. Geary az
| Rough.
s-Barre-Charley Biggane, Skee
Wright. Buck Miles, Dunn. Foster, Lo
Coopey. McHale Tom Dunleary and Kelle
Plttston-Harris, Stanley, Garvey Carr
schmeek, Hobby Fyfe, Jack Lawrence,
oBoyle, w. Hardy. Roy speice and
| Speice.
Scranton-Jlmmy Kane. Leo Malone, Lc
sugarman, Reese. Eddie Berger, Burk
Schuler Murphy and O'Nein
prrul1anoa- Frank RrIIrrV Al Earua