Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-10
BARS Up AGAINST
DOBSON PLAYER
Larry Doyle Is Suspended by
Manager Bates, Who Sc
cures New Shortstop
NICETOWN SURPRISES
by WILLIAM s. DALLAS

Of the club, that he has been indefinitely
suspended. Doyle is under contract to
the weavers, who are members of the
Philadelphia Baseball Association, and
he will not be allowed to play with
any other team in that organization
until the suspension is lifted.
In the meantime the Dobson manager
has gone out and secured n new player
to take Doyle's place. and he W i'll play
lis first game this afternoon. when the
Falls champions meet Ephrata on the
other changes in the lineup unless
the team makes better showing than
in the last few games.
In explaining his reasons for dis
missing Doyle. the Dobson manager
! said: "Our team had not been going
good and ordered practice last Friday
! night. All the players were on tn"
/ field and Larry was standing around.
/ | told him to get suit on and he re-
/ Sponded by failing to do so and leaving
the field. He did not report on Satur-
day and left us in a hole. He failed to
| appear against the South Phils on Mon
| use an outficldcr in his place. The ac-
ton followed his appearing in the
lineup Of Doylestown against Stenton
Field Club the same night"
Bates expects DobsOn soon to regain
its winning stride. On Sunday big
Mike Hoffman held East New York.
which has scored eighteen victories in
nineteen starts this year. to six hits
and was beaten out in twelve innings.
to 4. The club PLAYS at s. p. II. A.
on Thursday, has 1Iilldnlc ut home on
Friday and meets Lancaster at the
East Falls grounds on Saturday.
Nicctown Wallops Berlin
One Of the big surprises of yesterdays
twilight program was the 14-to-2 vic
tory turned in by Ed Weiss Nicetown
athletes against West Berlin, at Fourth
and Jasper streets. Camden.
The uptowners pounded the delivery
Of Batcheler for fourteen hits. and Con-
roy starred at the bat with four safetes,
which included triple, double and two
singles.
Nicetown opposes Brdesburg tonight
at Tenth and Butler streets and expects
to lower the colors of Bill Whitman's
crowd. The Burgers scored 3-to-O
shut.out over Dclanco. with Gene
Costello in great form. He held the
Jerscymen to two hits and they never
had n chance.
Manager Whitman gave his lineup
quite a shakc-up and presented new
The newcomer handled fourteen chances
without the slightest semblancc of an
error.
Johnny Castles Shanahan club
dropped a game for change. The
West Philly athletes engaged st.
Barnabas ut Forty eighth and Brown
streets and were noscd out, . to l. The
Saints scored both runs in the opening
session, when they punched their hits
off the veteran Billy Lloyd.
The Trenton hurlcr was in fine form,
however, and after the opening session
the Saints never had chance. Lloyd
played star game in the field and had
ten assists.
Shanahan meets the American Chain !
gang from York this evening and Castle
will work Robinson on the hill.
Across the River
The Harry Mackey Club is out after |
revenge tonight when they meet Mar |
shall T.. Smith. The store boys. with |
their old lineup intact, defeated the |
politicians at Tenth and Butler streets !
; to l. Fry was on the hill for Smith |
and held Pat O'Brien's athletes to seven |
hits. while the winners garnered thir.
teen off Cullen. Chief Hart against |
Bill Mackie will be the opposing pitch
ers this evening when the teams clash !
ut rOFtN -SeNcHtH uHl SSlIuCt.
In the same neighborhOod the Dono-
van Armstrong aggregation takes on |
\. Il. II. 4. The dOwntowners were on !
the short end Of an STOP count with !
the Fleisher Yarners last evening. Man
ager Gottlieb will give Rubc Chambers
Il chance this evening and he will be .
piite against Lefty" Gullman.
The advertisers were beaten by South
Pills last night q to 0. Bill Rudolph
had new pitcher in the box from Will
mingtcn and he gave the DonOvanites I
but five hits. Fred Marks, the Chinese
player. made his first appearance for
the Sphas and he had batting average
Of | 900 with three hits and n walk.
Dick Spalding also had three hits.
The South Pills meet Fleisher this
evening in a return contest at Broad
md I,igler. The SpacS won the first
md the warmers arc after revenge. II
viii be Bill Griesbaher against Bill
Gallagher.
Hatch Mo tor and Hartman Fart engaged
nrcc sTssss s,Isa,s TIE M"tors's won OUT out in the
hal session; 10 4. They banged tho offer
ings OF Neyeep and vos@l hard from the
nix Tea turc. lie had hvo hits in as many
.imas at the bat, and played star ball in the
leld.
Ford & Kcndlg was noscd out in close
came with Philadelphia Tormtna! At High. (
md Park. The raiiroaders secured two OF
heir three runs IN the 9peninE SESSION; ,n ,, ana
fullerton pitched for Ford & Kcnd!g. while
ennon was on the hill for the p. T
STORE BOYS ARE READY