Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-28
By BILL DALLAS

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" eight games played this season.
Never beaten In three years Of com.
petition in the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.
Such is the remarkable record Of the
Car Service quintet Of the p. r. II.
Four Of the eight contests in which
the fair railroaders have participated
have been in the Philadelphia Girls
League. and Lehish Valley was added
to the list last evening at Yonah Hall,
"a to Q. At half time the totals were
81 to o.
One Of the regular guards. Eleanor
Eyre, who pairs off in the bnckfeld
with Hetty Schenckel, was missing,
but in her place Dorothy Walton and
Isabel Isinger, Of the second team.
divided the play and succeeded in up
holding the laurels of their team.
The Car Service girls are c0nsid.
crably lighter than many Of the femi.
nine teams now playing basketball, but
their speed more than offsets any dis
advantage in this respect. They handle
the ball more gracefully. and Betty
Schenckel is as proficient in this ca
pacity as the most experienced fellow
playing basketball
Scores Seven Baskets
Last night Betty made seven baskets,
besides being the big noise in the back.
field, by keeping the Lehish Valley girls
from scoring. She was not the only
player to hit the cords for two pointers,
however. Edith Bright made four,
Kitty Lentz two. Charlotte Walton one
and Isabel Isinger one. TIE lone talIies
Of the losers were on fouls by Miss
Guerrir nnd Miss Barlow.
Florence Eakin's Steel. Heddle pass.
ers won their second game in succession.
downing Keystone Telephone girls, I
to 4. At half time Steel -Hcddle was
trailing one to nothing. but the win
previous week when they rallied in the
second half and won out.
Three field goals were made during
the game all by Steel Hcddle. Eleanor
Atherholt was credited with two and
Mary O. sullivan with one. Miss Agnes
Aiken and Eleanor Atherho!t also made
good on foul tosses. The floor work OF
Eleanor Calvin featured.
The four points Of the Keystone
passers were fram fouls. Miss Weikel
made one and the other three were
Gagged by Miss Margaret Bigley. She
made n record for the season in doing
so, as she had but three tries from the
black mark. This feat has seldom been
accomplished by a female basketeer.
Keystone Nears Goal
Keystone Telephone moved up n
triflc nearer the first half pennant
in the Philadelphia Manufacturers
I.cague race by defeating Steel Hcddle
~ to 80. The telephone lads only have
to defeat Metal Edge next week and the
first half flag is theirs
All the keystOnerS took n hand in
the scoring and play was of loose ma.
ture. The winners dropped in twenty
two field goals 10 fifteen for the losers.
Costello. with seven, was high.
The Passon. Gottlieb & Black five
took second place by ,rouncing Over
brook Carpet )" to 2l The =. G.'s
Gagged goals from every angle, many
being oi the long. range variety and
sensational. Galley, at center, WAS the
star. with six two pointers.
No games will be played in the league
tonight, as scheduled. but three nights
will be utilized for playing of the final
games Of the first half next week.
Camden at Jasper
Tho Camden skeeters will oppose
Jasper tonight at the Rose Garden. The
Jcrscymen must win to keep in the
running for the first half flag.
The Jewels have come TO the front
with a rush as was evidenced in their
gnmcs with Coatesville and Reading.
TLcy have apparently hit their stride
with the reconstructed line up and in
tho last Two gaines James Brown has
scored twelve field goals.
On Camden's last visit to the uptown
hnll they won out in the closing min
ulce after Jasper had led all the way.