Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-16
|SUGARMAN TO JOIN CARBONDALE,
OF PENNA. STATE LEAGUE, MONDAY.
JOE FOGARTY TO PLAY ONCE MORE
Reading Plays Amateur" Five Against Jasper
and Loses, 35 to 18-Haggerty Jumps to
Nanticoke and Sears Is Released

Pennsylvania state League, was tipped
off to this fact Now Big George had
never been in a cage with Whitley" as
the eleventh man and friend warned
him to be on his good behavior and say
what he thought to himself.
During the match Horse committed
foul and Whitley called it.
You're rotten" was Haggertys COM
ment.
You're out" was the reply.
Haggerty was dumbstruck and an arGu-
ment ensued. Captain Andy Sears horned
I'm and when he learned what had taken
place said; Well. what will you do II l
say the same thing"
You're out. too" And they both were
Under no consideration would he allow
their return and Reading finished the game
with four men and Jimmy Kane established
an individual scoring record for single
game.
Readings Amateur Lineup
When Reading entered the cage al Nom
parel Hall last night the Beats did not
have a big Lacquer in action Their team
was made up of Snyder and Wendler. for
wards; BiXler. center. and G. Gaul and
Posey, guards. The latter formerly played
with Boyertown, Snyder and BiXler were
members of Reading Olivets and Wendler
from Reading High School Big Horse"
Haggerty has jumped to the Nauticoke five,
Of the Pennsylvania State League. and will
receive 5000 month with that club. Andy
Sears has been given his release.
The Bears gave the Kensingtonan5 a
scare and had them on the run all during
the first half and for a part of the second
period. After thirty minutes of the game
had gone the Jewels began to locate the net.
The assault on the basket was led by Leon
ard. who tailed five of Jasper's thirteen
field goals. Chris's all-around play was
the feature OF the contest. Pitted against
ND la yaI he hiryt AL
wonder and never allowed him a chance
to- get set for shot. The only member of
the visiting squad who was able to locate
the basket with any degree of accuracy
was Charlie Gaul, formerly of Boyertown
He was the smallest player in action and
also the fastest. The youngsters exhibited
abundance Of speed in the early stages
of play, but tired noticeably at the finish.
Jasper registered thitteen field goals to
five for Reading. The visitors only gar
nereG two in the second half. while Jasper
landed nine. They went to Leonard. 5 Nor
man, 3 Dark, 3 Noorehead. . White. l ;
Gaul, T. and Posey, l.
Reading tailed first on a foul, and Leon
ards twO-bagger sent the Jewels one ahead
on free chances the figures climbed to 49,
and Gaul Gagged a dandy sending the visitors
ahead 6-i. With the figures 7-6, White tai
! lied n field goal and sent the home crowd
ahead, but the advantage was quickly re-
Nersed when Gaul contributed his third
basket of the half. Jasper tied the going at
3, and before the period ended Moorehead
and Norman counted from the field. The
figures at the end of the first half were it'll
in favor OF Jasper.
Play was close for five minutes of the
second half and when Posev and Gaul
counted in succession Reading was only a
point behind at 17-lG. The reader can M
| agine how one-sided the rest of the play
was when Jasper registered IS points
| -. In
| Reading, 49, The players We're opposed as
| follows Snyder--White. Wendler-Leon-
| ard Bickler--Moorehead, Norman-Gaul
! and Dark-Posey.