Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-24
NORTH PILLS HAND
OUT BIG SURPRISE
Defeat PottstoWn Team With
Steinader and SeiboId on
the Hill by S to 2
OPENING GAMES PLAYED

THE North Philadelphia baseball
L team has sprung the first big sur.
prise Of the independent season. The
winsohocking artists have played sew
cral practice games, but the first real
tcst was staged yesterday at Pottstown.
In that Pennsylvania city the Phil
adclphia Terminal bunch holds forth.
and i. Il. boasts Of lineup that is
considered one Of the best. Well. the
phils took their measure before big
opening crowd by the count OF to =.
Manager Reifsnyder. of the winning
crew. used Ray Steinader and sock.
Scibold. formerly OF the Athletics: on
the hill. and. with the Phils looking
like a million dollars,' Relfsnyder'
gang came through.
With the Phils leading by to U
in the sixth, Steinadcr was yanked in
favor of Seibold. The Pottstowners
tied the score in their half, but the To-
calls came back and added couple
more. Tn until the eighth Eddie
Lennon hurled for the railroaders, but
Tommy Volz pitched the eighth and
ninth.
The game proved that there are a
bunch Of good clubs in the Philadelphia
Baseball Association, and some Of those
considered invinciblc are going to lose
a lot of games. For the winners the
playing Of Young, Nick Carter and
Jackall excellcd.
Two other Of the major local teams
also travelled out Of town and came
home with we'll earned victories, Brides.
burg handed Bushwicks, one OF
Gotham's premier mines. a jolt to the
tune Of 13 to .. and Eddie. Bolden tool;
his Hilldalo champs to Cressona and
trimmed that club 6 to 2. the game
going into extra sessions and the DarbS .
ties winning out in the tenth with four
tallics.
Saturdays Openings
Saturdays openings furnished the
fans in several sections plenty to think
about. Downtown at Broad and Big
Ter moro than 10000 persons crowded
into Shetzlinc Park to see the home
team lower the colors OF Fleishcr Yarn.
All the big league trimmings Of an
opening day we're handed the fans. but
the game wasn't much to brag about.
The players on either side can play .
whole lot better, and they can prove it.
Neither had played before and their
teamwork was trifie ragged.
This was particularly true OF F1eisher.
VINO nave DppU ". b''hb
unable to have their field for practice
Tho grounds at Twenty sixth and Reed
have been occupied by the soccer team
and no ball games have yet been played.
Fleisher has a good bunch and great
manager, and they will be right up
among the leaders.
Dobson Wins Opener
Only one other big team in the city
started at home. and that was Dobson.
The Falls champions lifted the lid at
East Falls and managed to squeeze
through by 8 to over Chappic John =
sons Royal Stars. The Stars have been
In some hard clashes, however. and had
played the four days preceding at Rich :
mond, Va.
A number Of practice matches were
staged. The North Phillies won over
the Moorestown Giants. 8 to A; Hill.
dale had little difiiculty in blankinl
Forty eighth Ward, to 0. and Hatch
Motor handed Media a bunch Of goose
eggs and won, B to 0.
Barney Slaughtcr's Lit team Travelled
to st. Barnsbas and beat Buck Bon
sails crew, o to 3: Marty Wolfson'
Merrill nine tripped p. II. II. ALI Stars
to 3: but the best showing Of any
was made by Frank Schallcr's Quaker
City Pros, who iourneyed to Soudertor
and annexed n 7-to-G victory from tn,
Montgomery County League champions