Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-18

'SPEEDBOYS WIN 4
AND TAKE LEAD |
rs Victory Over North
east Gives West Phil'a-
delphia First Place
SOUTH PHTLA. TRIUMpHs

Holding the Northeast High school
Satsman runless after the fourth inning,
h'te his teammates we're successfully
Uaglng an uphill game, Lefty Weiner
virlsd the West Philadelphia High
All team into undisputed possession Of
~ place in the 1hterschoiastic League.
esterday afternoon. This7 game was
ostponed from last.week and although
was the Speed Boys home contest II
was played on the Archives athletic
:, ID Twenty-ninth and Cambria streets.
The final score was.7s5 ...k
Coach Harry snyder's proteges took
liking to Weiners slants right at the
tart OF play and before he could get-r
ettled had scored two runs In the nrstA
nninR ana another pair in the second
Another counter in the fourth .bfouRhtuf
lhe Northeast total up TO Ave Fnonbih
ibis time on weiner completely baf1ed :,
the Archives, striking out fourteen riiens''
West philadelphia however haAq3
trouble in connecting safely with Rays.
shoots and II wasn't until the, third.rs
'rsine that they scored run. Takine
their turn at bat In the sixth inninE. 70
with the score to in NortheastN5f
favor, the speedboys broke looses and,so
aided by several ntiscues on the part 4.
~ simon and Schneider, scored thte9 ~
ruHs. They continued the attack iAna
the seventh and tied the score "a dou,nit
ME by Weiner after PLY had previously
singled gave west Phiny the lead in a
the eighth which advantage. they heJdgw
until the end OF the game, ,secT
Tie for Second Place ~ I'D (
As result 81 yesterdays issT isaTiss So
games Northeast Southern. CentraiHA
High and .F'rankford are now dead .sfQ
locked for second place. Through thaf,~
splendid moundwork OF "Chick" Passon... ~.
south Philadelphia High won its firstru
tituIar match Of the season. defeating
trankford High, to 6. The downtown
teams defense was ragged at tinnes but
what DAMAGE resulted. from their de-
fectiNe fielding they overcame by timely
hitting, humping Filter for ten solid
| hts, four OF which were for extra bases
Geventer and Bernstein had triples and
kravits and Milestone doubles. -tsTFS
| Episcopal academy lost an Important
game to Swarthmore Prep yesterday Al =
SiNty-third and Walnut streets throueibk
| the inability Of Pitcher Williams 10 u.
pitch steady ball. Al times he had the ~
! out-of-town slugeers" At his mercy, but n
when not tanning the Swarthmore batsluk i
men they were solving his delivery. fosy.
| Safe hits Williams struck out eleven
bat between the hitIess periods swArth- ~
| more Slammed out thirteen safe hits sfoPW
| eleven runs. seven more than Episoopalrsa A
In the seventh inning Williams pitched
erratic bali and aided by several err
rors, .Swarthmore put the game on ice. -
sending Ave men across the plate. Terry A
and Gerhardt with. three hits each, !
starred for Swarthrnore. Johnny Earn y
and whiting were. best for Episcopafls "a
Haverford Loses First Game l., s-rss
Haverford School lost it's first game. :.
OF the season yesterday, the Art aud
Textile nine from this city accomplish ~
ing the feat ma long g-drawnsout ana
uninteresting game Sea, The Artos
and Textile squad won the game, ,by :.
punching hits In the fourth and seventh -
innings, scoring three runs In eacifi8t
round. Simpson was the leading siugsa 4
ger, with three safe hits. .t,t3g- "A
Peerless Pete Hurley wasn't in the
best OF form yesterday. so Brown prep
had little difficulty In losing It's hre0e.
the year to the strong PENN !.
Charter nine S-4. Breslin the Penn
| Charter twirler on the other hand was
in fine form and permitted but three
safe hits