Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-13
s,,itch in Pills Lineup
Comes Too Late and
{ Camden Wins by 1920

rpUE Camden Eastern League basket
hail champions have made quick
,o,owey in the second half Of the race.
Tho steeters won their second game Of
,ho week last evening at the Armory
sor,ine the Phillies by the score Of
oe to 90. While there was no especial
excitement during the forty minutes Of
nIov. nevertheless the fans witnessed n
Game that kept all in attendance on
sdpe until the finish.
Tho phils were coming fast at the
,;nd. M. having made seven noirts in
r.nid succession, while the home con
tinqcnt was standing still, and had
tbere been about five minutes more to
NAV some real excitement might have
been furnished the fair sized audience
IN attendance.
Manager Will Myers, Of the visiting
club, decided TO make a shift in bis
lineup with the advent of Dutch"
Dehnert. The state Lacquer played his
6rst game and warmed up in real style
In the final five minutes. Dehnert is q
star and no prejudice against him will
Seteriorate one iota from his cage
ability.
Starts at Center
lie began the game opposed to Eddie
D6lip at center and when the tall
skeeter pivot ringed his third basket
well on in the second inning q halt was
called and a shift in the line up made.
Dehnert was placed at guard to cover
Soup Campbell and not only shut
out the Camdenite, but ringed in a
couple of baskets. Judging from last
nights work alone, Dehnert is best in
the back6eld.
The Philadelphians appeared to be
working under strain and never really
rot started despite the fact that they
rallied and registered seven points at
the finish. Not one of the players on
Bill Myers club exhibited the pep and
speed they are capable Of, with the ex-
ception Of Lou Sugarman.
OF course, they had some tough
breaks, notable Of which were two Of
the softest kinds of opportunities to
score thrown Away in each instance by
Raymond Cross, who "blew" on two
sleepers. Then, again, a number of
times the old pill just rolled around
the rim, only to drop on the wrong side.
In this respect the home contingent
was even more unlucky, for they missed
"nearems" time and again.
Campbells Great TOsses
OF all the ten goals dropped in by
the winners, the two baskets of James
"Soup" Campbell were the money.
Both were about two thirds the distance
of the court and were made in the sec
ond half. The first broke the score at
and gave the home club a lead that
was never relinqushed.
The champions invariably resorted to
teamwork and not once did any player
attempt to take the ball. down the alley
by his own individual effort. They
followed shots with good results and
goals were scored thereby, for the first
Camden basket was registered by Dave
Kerr after he had missed two attempts.
but continued to follow up and later in
the game Dieghan and Dolin both made
goals after following up misses.
This is one art in the cage sport that
is sadly lacking in the makeup of cur
rent day basketball players. That it
is good asset to possess was demon
strated last evening for these three
follow up baskets virtually was respon-
sible for the home teams triumph, to-
gether with Dave Kerr's feat of blocking
Johnny Beckman.
Phils Take Lead
The Phils started off with a 3 to 1
lead on fouls. Then Kerr tailed and
tied the totals at 3. They were even
at and when Suggy and Steele made
two. pointers. Before the half was
concluded Campbell, Dolin, Steele and
Campbell rung in double deckers, while
the Phils were making foul and the
half ended Is to 7.
The opening of the second frame
was auspicious from Camden view
point. Baskets in rapid succession by
Dieghan, Kerr and Dolin found the
score p to 8. Then Skeeter Wright
broke the monotony with two pointer
and Eddie Dolin followed suit. The
totals were then "a to IL and Babe
klotz entered the arena displacing
Cross. Dehnert went to guard and
klotz to center.
The best the home talent could do
from then on was two fouls, while
the Phillies added nine on two baskets
by Dehnert and one by Klotz and
trio of one pointers. The only draw
back to a possible victory for the
Musical Funders was the sounding of
the bell which ended the game at 26
10 20. During the evening Camden
Just doubled the field total of the visit
ors 10 to 5. Before the game Manager
Myers announced the release Of Andy