Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-06
READING IS WALLOPED
WITHOUT BIG GEORGE
sLoeters Lambast Pretsels
When Giant Center Must
Keep to Side Lines.
Ernie Reich to Leaue

It'll, ,,oving of two game by Tren-
l .oo will pretty near solve the trst
.,,ort of the Eastern Basketbail
,,o ma" The Pottcrs are due to mingle
''" ,'" ,ho Camden Skcetcrs in the Iren-
,an corc tomorrow evening anu on
s..,rJoy ". they will be the guests OF VIII
w.Ors ot his cage court on Locust
',soat Mss,' otherwise known as Musical
ura raant,r will finish in first place, II
,strl in both games, and the rot
euv,, .,ill have a chance for first IL they
W. Wv, camden on Friday and lose to
phiI, y on Saturday. providing German
..mn ~ con knock of the Reading Bears
Wv" saturday night. If Trenton loses
W., y" Games. Camden again gets the first
balf honor7. .,,ov,;h,o ;udo-
lT,o Tho article of ball the Pretzels
ns,iovod w at Camden last evening". wheh
aisPias , ,,.cre handed n severe trouncing by
tne' oore of 41-22. Completely out
the the.SJ 81 ;s n mild expression Of the man-
cIas't;n wbich the home team played
1n., ner ~ around the visitors. Ernie Riech
rlus' ,;ren his first shutout Of the sea
wa Ws' br Neil Dieghan, and played llstless
SoI, II was learned that kiech Is
,%rm,ph at Reading and the Eastern
Ioog,ie. rs he has received more ~ ~,
.rotiye position down east, ana nc VIII
So unable to play the cage game mere
any longer.
Bsggerty on Side Lines
rhoro have been occasions when i'm
.or,ont games were to be played ana
i,ar fails TO put in an appearance LAST
SUI. SUI wos md was not one OF these
nsorte nlsnt 4 star was missing from the
mol'',n'';; vn in George Horse Haggerty,
In, Inv ,%a %p h;g fellow was in civilian clothes
ou' t%e t%o Timers desk. Haggerty has
~ ';n III far some time. At Trenton last
UseI ,oat II Il was all he could do to play. =
S;rce then he has been in the care Oh
mbysician. who up until Yesterday
orn;no ordered that he stay INDOORS or
hS threatened with pneumonia. DesplIe
s,,cb orders he insisted on comlng rom
Reading and putting in an appearaaGbe, sraa bo
:. n.;l bc at least two weeks before ne
II VIII hool; ug into action, and with Riech
'at f Tho line up, the chances or the
m Iut VI n rho start of the second halt
a'y pVf far as any play off is concerned,
as Ia. u" manager Of Trenton. says
Al oVUI ,,.iIl bo no such thing. He is con-
sgsnt sie,v that thc Pottcrs will knock OF the
S,.sotors snsnt when they clash tomorrow
Shye Disbt and defeat the Phils on Satur-
LUZ Ins"' Joie Manz, owner OF trenton,
uas' c. nrnsent again and seemed to pc
r,ooSad m"o that the papers in big CITY
i,o"o onterprising enough to note thaI
,ros snectDtOr at last Saturua!
c,o Nv lore j'onnpr announced the sign,
;no % %of Billy Black. The loca! lad VIII
mako his first appearance hgalnst Ner
montown at Auditorium ila,l heA'
Tuesday night
Nothing to Game 49,,
The game itself warrants lite com
r,ont The home club played brilliant
Ion Its team work was perfect. ana
r"t ' on n single occasion did player
,oka long stab at the net. This Is
n he expected with a cub having a
Ioad of n score of points. Had the
Skoetcrs been tagging behind. it is more
than likely they would have attempted
all sorts of desperate chcanccs.
They managed to amasS total OF
eighteen field goals. and from the shot'
taken they should have scored twic'
a, many more. BY actual count. Eddie
Do'in missed twenty two attempts tt
count from the field, and every time
he aimed for the net the ball jus,
skinned the rim. This was true o.
several others. particularly Dave herI
and "Soup" Campbell.
Young Sailcr cssayed the role o
George IIaggcrty. and gave conclusive
evidence that big part Of the Read
ing machine j. "IlorSc" himself. Whi'
the youngStcr Tailed twice, they cam
in the closing moments. when there wa
little or no interest in the result, ant
when goals meant anything he did no
have chance.