Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-08
CAMDEN CAGE FANS.
SEE FAST PREL|MS
Big League" Players in Ranks
Of County ouintets-Skeeters
Meet Reading Bears
SHORE FIVE A WINNER
By WILLIAM s. DALLAS

WHEN the Eastern Basketball League
w passed n rule that all games
should start at q p. NJ. with the excep.
ton Of Reading. wh"r" th" contests
tcs!n fifteen minutes later. and Coates
vile. wherr they start one-hnlf hour
sooner. n move in the right direction
was made.
By far the larger portion Of the fans
are IN their chairs long before start
INK aud 10 wait half and sometimes
three quarters of nm hour after the ap,..
pointed time has a tendency to take al
interest out OF the game when 1t really
begins. ;,
Ar some Of the Eastern League halls
i would have been far better to climin'
at" the prelims altogether judging by
the kind Of games that have been staged.
Camden IS one of the big exceptions.
as exciting and interesting as The big
show have been staged weekly in the
Armory. And many OF the 5000 at big
games have been there to zee the pre-
l!minnry boys battle.
Great This Year
eve have a great league this year.
was the way Frank Ryan. president ot
tE.c Camden County League. put it Inst
week after the clash between the Wy
om!ng Red Men and Greater Ceilings
wood. which vas won by the former -
10 10. Did you see who was in the
iiDp-in for Collingswood? he con.
tjnurd and was moro than pleased to
h.a, tina. we had witnessed the entire
To~ the winners there were Sam
Icn.oy and Joe Ny de. forwards. for
mnr members of ia" Camden Eastern
League team. "Ro!lo' Longstrcet. who
uas with Trenton at center. and larry
I.cnn0x and Charles Berdcur. the sen :
Sational Camden High School flash. nC
guards.
And 80 It runs with the majority, OF
r,ace promises to be n thriller. Juniata
arI Holy Name. the other two league
entries. meet this evening, and both
have formidable line-ups. This IS tn"
fftI season for the Camden County
IoaeYc. Its officers are: President
, FranE Ryan: secretary. Charles
V4',acs, and treasurer. Lou kohn-
TEr Reading Bears will he til"
attraction in the Eastern League ga'n'
in the armcry at Haddon avenue an"
Micklo streets tonight ana hcors'
. Morris will bring formidable aesre
CATION with him.
II;lhcr,, who nearly tops the scorers
4 IN The two games he has played, nno
Wo,,c- SwenSon. the old MckceSpori
rIGvn- who was with Camden tor
while. + also in the lineup. ms
los. uoyc was made when he induced
,,org" lIagCprty to sign n contrh"
ard Rcadiny fans are happy once NOR"
"VLa Ulrsn' will be on hand tonight
shor. Boys Win
.Do, Newman's Atlantic CT!
term. which makes its appearance io'
the first time nt Jasper tomorrow nlsh'
advanced q peg in the standings as
rosnl, uf timely "a 20 81 triumph ovc
CoaIcsvilIe last night down by the sea
\ biz lead piled up in the opening
rer,oI saved Npwman's outfit from
defeat. as rl.e Lincoln highway repre-
senratfvos staged n hurricane finish an'
ncnr,y came upsattiug the Jerseymen
w. were playing 10 Il large crowd o
fans.
\, ha.f.timc the figures were > to I
favor of Atlantic City, Coatesvil!e bcinl
ho!d to a solitary two pointer by .oI'
Sugarman, made almost as the hal
ended.
In the fnnl period the visitors, le
hy George Glasgow, started a lombard
n.ent Of double -deckers and wer
dangerous at nll times. The goals were
Atlantic City. o: Coatesville, 3. an
went to White. Newman. Brugr
Sugarman and Di"ghan, all onsr "nch
McWiliams and Ripley two each Will
Lawrence and Glasgow hit the cords TO
quartet Of two pointers.