Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-12
BLOOD EXPECTED TO BENEFIT THE EASTERN
ATTENDANCE AT BASKETBALL GAMES
WAY BEL LOW THAT OF FORMER YEARS
IN 8 CONTESTS PLAYED TO DATE
Sport Is Successful in All Other Departments and
Infusion of Young Blood Improves Play
Jasper Has Bunch of Foul Shooters

notlceable change in De Neri's work tho
play. W 'i'c
me feature Of the evening was not nee.
essarliy the field goals made by Johnny
Beckman. which possibly made certain a
De Neri triumph. hut even had tbev loet
one could not have detracted credit from
tne nhe showing made by MorninEred and
muller The former is a product of the
scholastic ranks and last year jumped for
iLdues school lie received the all
Scholastic selection from several critics
over such players as Dondcro Of South
ern, and Betzner, of Germantown Morning
red may not even make good--timc alone
VIII tell. but pitted against the gigantic
reorge Haggerty. he not only held his own.
nut completely outplayed his man, shutting
MN out and getting one field goal
Muller gave a wonderful exhibition Of
Freezing the ball" in the closing minutes
besides landing a pair OF clever shots Con-
sidering the fact that Beckman and Drey-
fus have been playing for a month they
failed to show anrthng unusual.
The score Of the game was 24-21, and II
is apparent that foul shooting viii play "A
big part in the final results. Reading Gagged
one more field goal than De Neri but the
Musical Funders landed II fouls to o. Of
Readings half dozen baskets Bud" Wen
dler landed four. He was lined w against
Chief" Muller and Dreyfuss against Bass,
switched. In fact. one could hardly tell
who the local guards were taking
Jasper's Foul Tossers
What a grand array Of one-point artists
Bill Kennedy will present against Grey
stock tomorrow night. The Jewel Chicftan
has at last signed a team, but three OF his
men have never even met before, and with
out moments practice they will face a
| handicap against the champions. Looking
| over the Jewels list we see Norman and
! Dark regular foul shooters, and Leonard
also a good one. OF the newcomers are the
| two possibly best in minor ranks Howard
| Wood and Charley White. The center of
| the uptowners will be Pat Hazlett, and he
| is not expected to establish any records
| tossing fouls. Kennedy has a lineup tina,
can be switched to good advantage. The
| team in its opening clash will be Dark and
| Norman forwards HaZlctt center. Leonard
| and Wood guards White is clever de
| fense man, also a forward. while Leonard
| regular position is center and both Dar;
and Norman can he switched to guard.
| The Industrial League was all ready &c
| start when Stetson was forced to quit anC
| Quaker City dropped out The latter i,
| abandoning ali sports. The storm AROSE
when several players were disqualified il
| soccer They are schoolboys who alsC
played on the ball team and work after
| school hours and on Saturdays. The has
| ketballers held the view of their soccer
| friends that the players in question wer,
| not regular" employees, so Quaker city
| gracefully withdrew The league will likel,
start with six teams and play at Nonparei
| Hall.
| Jack Fox was a spectator at Nusica
| Fund Hall on Saturday night, but up tt
| date has not even thought of playing bas
| lletball.