Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-17

LITTLE LEAGUE LEADERS
SUFFER SEVERE SETBACKS;
SOUTHAMPTON SWAMPED
Autocar Also Annihilaed and Lupton Lands Suburban
Tite-Hog Island Halts Harlan and Hopes
& Townsend Trips Textile

7 EADERS in little baseball leagues
IL were lambastcd and on more than
one occasion dropped from their lofty
perches as a result of Saturdays games.
New faces are now seen at the head
| OF the Main Line, Montgomery County
and Delaware River Industrial Leagues,
| while Frankford Arsenal sustained its
| first defeat in the Northeast Manufac-
| turers' League and Philadelphia Textile
| met its initial reverse in seven starts
I in the Philadelphia Manufacturers cir
| cult.
Dun & Co.. has jumped out front
| In the Main Line League by troun-
sing the Autocar aggregation. The
expected close game turned out to be a
one-sided contest, due to errors behind
| Lefty" Black and mis- own wildness
The Autocar hurler issued seven passes,
and five errors were charged to his sup
port. The hitting was exceptionally
light, the winners turning four hits into
eight runs and the losers getting only a
single counter out of three safeties. 1t
was the last time the teams come to-
gether in the first half of the season.
which closes on July 4. Dun & Co. is
game behind the schedule, having
postponed affair with Wayne from Dec
Grafton Day, and it may be played of
on July (p m), when Dun and Wayne
are next booked to clash. It Is likely
that the first half pennant will not be
determined until that time.
Lansdowne Climbs
Lansdowne has climbed from third
position and Is tied with Autocar for Sec
ond place. The Union A. A. boys de-
feated j. & j. Dobson, 3-2. after ten
exciting innings Warwick had the better
of Wayne by 81 at the close of the
sixth session, but the Wayne batters got
busy in the seventh by making two runs
and with seven more in the eighth easily
won out, 10-5. The hitting of Rodgers
and Lewis featured
Doylestown tumbled Southampton out
of first place in the Montgomery County
League by winning with ease on the
home diamond, score 10-1. Knots"
Mayer was In fine form and held the
leaders to four hits. while the pitching
sensation of the season, S!chel, was
nicked for thirteen. Russell Earding
Doylestown's left fielder. starred at the
bat with four hits. including a homer,
with two on in the first inning. Pete
Siebert held Fort Washington to a trio
Of safeties and famed sixteen batsmen,
but it. required eleven innings for Am
bier to get the decision, Az. At Glen
side the home club lost to Souderton,
1876.
Wins Suburban Title
Lupton. first-half champions of the
Philadelphia Suburban League. The
uptown Industria!s annexed this title
by easily defeating Frankford. 20-6.
The latter secured eight hits off Pitcher
Kinzel and established a record for
errors with eleven misplays to its credit.
Olney and Fern Rock both improved
their league standing, the former win
ming from Barrett, 40, and the latter
defeating Lindley, S-4. Barr, of Fern
Rock, held Lindley to three hits and
struck out twelve.
Manager Gallagher. of Harlan Bethlehem
Of the Ship League. will find II necessary
to reuuistion the services Of Joe jackson IL
the Wilmington aggregation is to stay in
the running at all. They dropped to fourth
place by losing to Hog island. 4-3. In eleyen
innings. IT was the first game for Hog
Chester maintained a clean slate by winning
its sixth straight at the expense of Pusey
& Jones. 20, 1t was a pitchers battle be-
tween Twining and Caufman. each allowing
four hits. Manager brennan of Sun. up
held his premise to put a new team In the
field. and 80 least that can be said Is
that II is .'some'' team: Merchants was
at their best when they tackle Sun 1t was
the first victory of the season. Traylor lost.
as usual. New York Ship winning this
time, 81.
Fayette r. Plumb divides the honors IL