Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-02
MAIN LINE TITLE
AT STAKE TODAY
Will Wind Up the
Season With A. M. and
P. M. Contests

The closing games In the Main Line
Baseball League will be played today,
and either Dobson or Autocar will win
the flag. They are tied for the lead and
there may be a play-off necessary unless
one team wins both and the other loses
one. To pick the winner is impossible.
Each club is down to meet the Wayne
Collins in the lineup, has won three in
a row.
The other games are with the tail
enders. Dobson opposing Lansdowne and
Autocar facing Dun & Co. The league
race was again tied up on Saturday
when Autocar and Dobson came to-
gether at East Falls and the home boys
were returned a WHINE after ten in
nings. Dobson chased Walt Kohler from
the box in the first inning and compiled
fourteen hits against nine. The contest
was the most wretched of the season
from a fielding standpoint, and a total
Of sixteen errors were recorded. ten by
Dobson and six by Autocar. The Wayne
U. S. Marines had little difficulty In
shutting out Lansdowne. 80. Pitcher
Brooke allowing only three hits.
The big game of the season Is on in
the Philadelphia Suburban League at
| Lupton Ball Park this afternoon, when
the home nine opposes Fern Rock in a
battle for the second half pennant title.
The WHINE of the game gets the honor,
and a large Grove will no doubt be on
! hand. Lupton lost on Saturday to
Olney, 81. Both clubs were held score
less until the eighth, when each side
| registered once. With Phil Smith on
second in the ninth Bob David sent a
slashing double to left and sent across
the plate the winning run. Barrett al
most won another game. but only sue
ceeded in giving Fern Rock somewhat
of a scare. The t%ailenders sent four
runs across in the ninth, just one shy
of tying up the scores, which was 9-s.
Lindley easily defeated ~Frankford
9-5.
Doylestown.s p~ennant hopes in the Mont
S %.rs se waIion.d when twIce 'f be- i the ta.Ir rHnn' Glen
out Fort WashiasI9n; 90 and S SGYisham m.
poyIestown at the latter place this after
noon, and a victory for Manager Howard
even though southampton. the ,runner-up
wins ali three games yet to be played.
The staten Island shipyard team ha,
the honor of winning the first championship
Sf the sH Try Staten tsasI Island an 'n Boys seT Sse aGT'
Robins Drydock team, defeated the Mors
nine at Ebbets Field by a score OF 2 to !
The game was a. pitchers battle betweel
Jack warhop, former member OF IN
iyn boy. The Robins won the game in tn
seventh inning by bunching their hits an
scoring two runs. The Morse team rallied i
Inc eighth. but after one run had been score
viii pIsy the winners Of the Delaware Rive
Shipyards League, the Harlan. 4 Hollings
worth team. at the Phillies' Park mex
saturday.
Quaker City increased its lead in III
Phiadelphia Manufacturers League by wa
loping Standard Steel, so. and knocking tn
bail to all corners for sixteen hits. Othe
one-sided totals were returned when. Hope
& Townsend laced Elliott.Lewis ia: an
Textile ia. -
Strawbridxe q Ciothier will meet Cheste
Ship, the deposed chsmpions Of the shiI
and Walnut streets. Manager Frank Mile
announces that Scott Perry will pitch fo
Chester. -
mark, at Fourth street and Montgomer
avenue. In the morning the Hatmakers wi
tackle Hsrrowgate, the northeast nine ths
has been beating all of them. and In tn
afternoon Apchor Giants viii play a retur