Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-10

r,rosE phils from Musical Fund Hall
l. Invaded Camden last evening to meet
Il. sLootcrs in a game on which first
.,ooo IN the Eastern Basketball League
Jonopdcd and for twenty minutes heid
Iorscvmpp TO an even break, score
iii. On general play those Juveniles
t.or downtown really outplayed the
atomnions. but the totals did not say
20 and the half ended deadlocked.
1f ANYTHING is to be said in favor of
A.. phiIs Il will all have to center on
tho initial twenty minutes, for less than
.mortv seconds after the final frame
,roe under way it was curtains for the
Quaker City quintet, as the skeeters
w. Ioosc and. aided and abetted by one
rSd;o Dolin, simply ran rings around
tbcir opponents.
'hI " ;s ono of the mysteries of basket
,on Rctween the half the loyal Jer-
Va, p"'' 'rootors-thcre is n few Of them
octhered round and some were rasn
ssuo,,ob 70 predict that the Phils would
snncst n recent performance, when they
robbed the home talent. Of the first
boIf championship by defeating them
hv q single point.
That Second Half
The Phils had made three field goals
4, Tho first half, one less than Camden,
hnt in the second period the home talent
Uor Cone through with no less than ten,
haIf Of which were made by Eddie
T1nIin, When the tall tap-of player
~ the champs dropped in pair OF
taIlies on Skeets Wright few minutes
sfter the final frame was under way, q
sbift was made in the lineup and
Kiotz replaced Wright at center and
"Skeets" went to forward. -,
Eddie Dolin had an easier time with
Klotz and added three baskets against
him. Dave Kerr and Roy Steele were
very cl much in evidence. the. captain
casipg a trio Of baskets. while Davey
contributed four. Lou Sugarman had
nlenty of time, but could not connect.
while Willie Miller, who played him,
registered half of his teams goals.
Ono point that must not be over
looked in the victory rs the miserable
exhibition of foul tossing by Camden
Out of seventeen tries. the best I, e,y
could do was four safe throws. This Is
poor work, aud coming on top OF last
weeks equally ragged shooting, ha:
causcd the management to take note anc
Tho players will no doubt concentrate
~ this phase of the game for while.
Calhoun After Record
Howard Calhoun. Of many basketball
teams, is out to outdo the record estab
lshcd by Sam Moorehead, the Dobsor
crntcr, who last season participated II
1l5 contests. To date "MinIem,' a
he is famliarly called. has been seen II
sixty.two contests. He is a member o
three or four clubs at the present tim
and has been with seven different club
to date.
Calhoun in 1915 was a member o
Southern High and, since his schoo
days, he and Eddie Watson, forme
star scholastic center. have played to
gethcr At the start of this season Cal
foln was member of Coatesville ant
continued for while under its reglm
IN the Eastern League.
lie averages four games week ant
expects to surpass the record of Samm.
Noorehcad. Some Of the other clubs o
which he IS member are Nativity
American League; Barrett. Manufac
turers' League: Jack Kelly's Union a
A.. Of Lansdowne; ; Kayoula, Media. an
now he is also on Kid Dark's Tirs
Squadron, which plays at the Cavalr
Ormory on Mondays.
Aqu'nas Plays Wilkes. Barre
AQuinas Catholic Club has a stron
attraction for tonight. The downtown
ers will tackle the Wilkes Barre Y. NJ
&. A., an up state aggregation that !
On tour in this locality. Aquinas wi
have its strongest line up includin
O'Neill and McNamee, forwards; ia
Smith. Center; Pete Fitzpatrick, Nc
Guckin and GIenratty, guards. Aquin
IS hall is ut Eighteenth and Morri
streets.
Kayoula has moved it's regular wcckl
game from Friday until Thursday OF thi
week and will oppose Fiftieth, of tn
american League, at st. Anthony
Wall. Twenty fourth and Carpcnte
streets. Bcginning next week all th
"uncS of the Kuyoula club will /
layed on Monday.
Nativity has two hard games on fo
n" week cud. Tomorrow night at Il,
Richmond team hall at Allegheny ave
NJ" and Belgrade street the uptownel