Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-17
INDUSTRIAL MINES
HAVE EABUSY DAY
Many Important Baseball
Games on Schedule
This Afternoon
LUPTON LEADS SUBURBA

4 number of interesting games are
on the card in this afternoons Manu-
facturers' League layout Monotype
should have little trouble beating Sellers
al Sixty-ninth street and Church lane
and reta lining their hold on first place.
Murphy, who has been pitching nice
ball, will try to pull surprise. krcns,
as usual. will pitch for Monotype.
L. c.. J. will have strong opposition
when it meets Stokes & Smith at Sum
merdale The latter has been playing
in-and-out ball and when right is ca
pable Of giving the best of them battle
Rever will most likely oppose Benkert,
At Broad and Bigler streets down.
town fans have an opportunity of see
ing Becker Smith & Page. minus its
captain and star first baseman. Harry
Passoc. meet Manager Willams's re-
juvena:ed Wheeler nine, which has been
PLAYING great ball of late. The wall
paper boys will take the field under the
leadership of Herman t"Doc") Watman.
the former South Philadelphia High
School athlete. Chick Passon will
pitch. while his opponent is not yet de-
cided upon. as Schaller, Manager Will
liams's latest pitching sensation, has
enlisted
The other game brings together the
league hard luck aggregation, j. 7.
Lewis and Link Belt. While Lewis Is
in last place. they have been playing
good ball. the breaks being entirely
against them. as can be seen by the fact
that eleven of their thirteen defeats
have been by one-run margin.
There is a possibility Of quite shift IN
tn? standing of the teams IN the rn,laae'Pnia ha ,t
ties Lup'on. the leaders, snsIe srdsrs an ehSF bnt
fI@r"tsh@n rcthnr games Mata should he close Fern Rock
has n ch,nce Of crawling up on even terms
With f5@nkrGsd II It s"G'esadd sSd ndlay c%S
also jump TO first division by win over
olney.
Ho, Culhoun's Dobson nine. Of the Main
H." caEH1b T pa@n5n SSHSf Tha East Ssof% Fall
did d PP{Td op this nHses
Noon mST.S The other contests on the, schedule
| are Union at Autocar and Dun Co az
WsyHsi KoaiSf nd dsy rs Hp5"F t saurdaH
a no-hit record against Wayne united states
MaTir"s.
The Delaware River ship League schedule
is virtually completed; 0ut seVe.ai postpohSbs n be
ggmHsd gnmsdd OF THIS hS afsrnoon At Beverly the Mer
! nine. of Hartman, ana Ol
! Cornwelis. other clubs are stasing sXhihi
| oon ut Upland between Chester. or the ShiT
! IelEuc. and Cost Accounting, or the navy
ynrd The latter has IN It's lineup such play
| srs as McWilliams and Cashman, ana these
| boys are familiar with every blade OF grass
| on the Upland field, being former member.
| OF that club. A record crowd Is expected te
| turn out.
Tb, first intersectiOnal game between
| ,aamS ~ 'prrstn nting the Atlantic coast ship
", rds viii be played at Hog Island this after
! noon when the Hog Island nine Will meet
companys team leaders II the ,I indHstra
| ti"nal League stars in its lineup. notably
| Eddie zimmerman, the former Montreal
| third baseman; Citrano. who starred at sec
ori for the Baltimore team and FrSck, wht
ssta blisheG quite record as "a pitcher with
League. Hog Island will present new In
| aeld for the game. with Gilbert at first: JOE
a. Rnurke of the Southern League, at second
| Riiiy Iai the fast shortstop of the Chimes,
nine. and Hans Lobert at third.
The big Camp Dix team will play Straw
bridge & Clothier at Sixty-third and Walnu
a splendid record. having met and defeated
| ali the camp teams In the East. The team
is made up of professional players from al
over the country. This will be the first tim,
| these teams have met and they will hav,
their full strength on the field Ericsson. VIII,
Bruggy will be behind the bat Tesh. short
stop. formerly of Bethlehem Steel, will b.
| In the lineup for Strawbridge Clothier