Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-22
Camden Victory Ouer Goth
ties Only One of a Hun
dred Interesting Cage
Incidents in Eastern
League
BRICKLEY IS BACK

BASKETBALL news flew thick and
- fast in Camden last evening. Sc
many important news items were gath
cred by the cntcrprising scribes that
after carefully considering the same IL
was unanimously decided that as no
one cares. a couple Of hundred would
be omitted.
First the New York Celtics were
. scheduled to play the Skects. They
arrived on time. and with them was
big George 1Iaggcrty. 1t appears when
thc big boy went back to prctze'town
Do lo wanted the City Hall for playing.
and 50 was punished by being sold to
L the Cctics.
The Basketball Commission met.
passed upon dozen or more subjects
md then decided that. the Friedman
SedraN salary question was the most
+. ;mport, at. President Scheffer prepared
a statement for the newspapers which
jncudcd copy of the Dlayers' con-
tract. but the scribes promptly refused
10 print the same on the ground that
the public did not care whether they
we're paid the salary claimed due or
& not.
Iieferces Have the Floor
The referees were also called in con-
fab TO secure Il more uniform inter-
rreiation of the rules. not bad idea.
10 say the least. The veteran, Her
man Ractzcl. tod of his trouble at
Scranton on Monday night, and If haf
of what he said was true. Il couple of
Scranton players should be fined and
Francis Bruggy chased out of the
league.
Charlie Bricklcv was in attendance
nnd announced that he was in again.
lie now is owner of the Scranton fran
elise and will transfer the club to
Brooklyn. After the game he congratu-
lated the Camden owners on their VIC
tory and Informed them that he did not
know a single one of their players, not
even their names.
One manager short while previous:
" had been cndeavoring to make deal
with B"cklcy and was trying to land
star for couple Of players and the
manager in question was hoping that
BricklCy did not know anything about
the men lie was offering.
One Gothnmite produced n copy of a
New York daily which has President
Schc1cr rrsigning. No doubt. now that
New York is in fast basketball society
they desire to move the headquarters of
the league to Gotham.
scheff and fureys
After the game Prez Scheffer wasted
nearly an hour in fruitlcss endeavor
TO explain the rules to the Furcy
brothers. who appeared TO be very furi-
ous. The head of the Eastern League
was Informed by Johnnie Reckman. who
was passing by, that he should take his
hat off in the presence of his bosses,
- rnFn N n t.n
orders from Beckman.
The Fureys told Scheffcr just what
clubs thcy wanted to pay. and when.
and made it plain that New York was
the big squeeze. and that they should
play their games when and with whom
they tcd and whenever they desired.
They ',ilrd however. to explain how !
their world bCaters were soundiy wall /
l9rcd in the two league games in which !
they have appeared.
One Of the events of the evening was ,
collection taken for Walter Brady, who |
* i'll in A'bcrQuerquc. y. NJ. The sum |
Of $6S. 20 was realized. The scribes de- /
cded that the hapDenings Of the East
crn League are 50 many and varied |
that they will in the future cut out the
same and toll their rcaders something |
about the games which have been sadly |
neglected in order ito detail n lot Of hap /
pcnings about which nobody cares.
Srheircr Gets Tip
In one of Prez Schcffcr's impromptu
meetings in the hallway he was Tip.
ped off, that the large gathering OF
persons getting an earfu OF inside stun
were only ordinary fans and In
cludcd were ncwspapermen who may
spring another exclusive story.
Srhcfr said they were at liberty 10 use
anything lie said. but was positive they
would not do that, rs they would be
out Of form in that they generally use
what he doesn't say.
Bill Myers then gave the high sign
that he was about to release another
reel in theDtqeal scenario entitled The
Heavenly Twins Bnnishcd." Bill will
not pay Barney Sedran and Marty
Friedman $50 game and expenses so
has released them outright. Charlie
Brickley has them again. !,
Joie MANI. Of Trenton, is too "busy"
20 bother with basketball, but was in
Philly, SO hopped over to Camden to
see the boys. Joic is also going to re-
lease a big story after the Trenton
game on Friday night and Herman
Baetzcl has been delegated to bring 1t
back.
Skeeters TrOunce CcltS
Oh, yes; a game of basketball was
played. Tho score was ~ to II, and
the Originals were handed the worst
trouncing of the season. They returned
on the L. IL few tokens poorer than
they came, the same AS they did last
Friday night at Trenton. 4 good tip
would be to bet on the home games in
the future.
The entire aggregation was outplaycd
nom start to finish, Nat Holman. Beck
man, Reich, Dehnert, Leonard ana