Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-22
INDEPENDENT TEAMS.
START 1922 SEASON
e.u.h Philadelphia, Dob.
1 am and Nativity All Play
! Ooeui,,g Baseball Games
Today @
,IRADE DOWNTOWN
Yudependent Baseball
.roDAY.s GAMES

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- 'ass''' SUNDAY GAMES
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rNrERCLUB LEAGUE
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Ssi.ds,phia Cricket Club ~. Princeton
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rbis was official opening day for three
n philadelphia's biggest independent
asball teams and parades, band con.
.ts and lag. .raisinss featured the trio
y clashes.
One Of the largest crowds that ever
,ueuded a semi i-pro contest in this
n, was in attendance at Shetzline
p,rs, Broad and Bigler streets, when
South Phillies lifted the lid with
= Fleisher Yarners. The Snuth Phils
k,ve one sweet lineup, composed OF
Ssy.rs who have received offers from
s league teams. - s.
=. hold over the streets of the down.
SSrn section. The marchers formed In
IIne al Broad street and Snyder avenue
mi oaraded to the grounds, headed by
|ve bands. .,
| The music dispensers were the bands
Gi,ard College Cadets, st. Monica's,
pipbany, Messiah and Cadets.
Tbe Hon. John NJ. Patterson, OF
M Board Of Arbitration of the Phila-
Sofia Baseball Association, tossed out
y iiu Srst bail. and Miss Shetzline,
'u,hter Of the man for whom the park
named, unfurled Old Glory. O..
sbson Is Ready
Up at the Falls Of Schuylkill the fans
htnessed the opening game between =.
J. Dobson and Chappie Johnson's
Philadelphia Royal Giants. The latter
wched the city this morning from
Richmond. where they played series
Nth the Richmond Stars.
Bob Bates made his debut as man.
ger, and as he Is popular with the fans,
Iey naturally are pulling harder than
her for the home team to come through:
Ates has two pitching stars In Lefty
eho6eld and big Mike Hoffman,.
The next opening scene was in the
Northeastern section. Nativity got into
otion again. A flag raising and band
pncert we're also parts of the program.
Many other contests were played in
lferent sections of the city, but they
ere all practice matches, with the ex.
ption Of the one Mt Twenty fifth street
ID Snyder avenue, between Forty
Rhth Ward and Hil1dalp