Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10
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Main Line Baseball Team Cap.
t,xes City and Suburban
Championship
TWO HITS OFF GRIFFITH
BY PAUL PREP

TIILLANOvA PREP SCHOOL to.
day reisns supreme on the baseball
diamond 30 far as Philadelphia and
suburbs are concerned.
Germantown High School. for the
last two years titleholder In the In
terscholastic League and the city cham
pion, was beaten for the Hrst time this
season yesterday Afternoon BY the Main
Liners on Pencoyd Field. Ridge ave-
nue. and Wissahickon drive. The final
score was 3 to 0. The win kept the
Catholic League champions slate clean
for the year and gave them the title.
Harry Griffith, one Of the best school,
boy twirlers In recent years. can be
given the credit for. bringing the city
and suburban championship to Villa
nova and handing Germantown its sec.
ond defeat in forty starts. Griffith
pitched a whirlwind game, and famed
twelve wearers Of the Green and White
uniforms. Ha walked four, but he
never was in danger.
For seven innings it looked as II the
big youth. who pitched two mol hit
games during his scholastic career,
would have another no.hit no run
game chalked up to his account. But
in the eighth inning his chance went
blooie. 49, q. ''...
Weak Batter Hits
Eddie Steel. Germantown's catcher
first batter to face the Main Liner. He
slammed one Of Grif3th's shoots over
first for a clean single. Karbach got
Germantown's only other hit In the
same inning when he poked one into
right.
THAT villanova played the better
game is fact that cannot be Ques
toned. The Catholic League cham
pions had great defense and a good
attack. The team never wavered and
played steady ball.
Two were out in the fifth when Aiken
scratched a hit to second. A short
base. Griffith rolled an easy one "a
Whitney. who had plenty Of time to
get the runner. The Cliveden twirler
threw the ball like a shot. however,
and Lungren WASH { set for the throw.
1t got through his hands. and Aiken
scored. Had Lungren caught the ball
the side would have been out.
Right after this Duhamel sent slow
one to Carberry, who came in after II
and the runner should have been out
easily. But the ball hit a pebble and
rolled to the left, about two feet past
Carberry. Both runners advanced on
a wild pitch and scored on McGuin 4
single to center.
The feature play of the game came in
the third inning. Whitney struck out
Griffith and Duhamsl. and then Me-
Guin cracked one to deep left for the
first hit Of the game. It looked good
for homer. However, Lightcap was
off with the crack Of the bat and raced
deep into the field. He picked up the
ball and threw 1t to Karbach in center,
Just as McQuin was rounding second
A perfect peg to George Steel nippet
the runner as he was sliding into thu
bag.
Whitney Pitched Well
Whitney was fitting opponent tc
the great Griffith. Six times Villanova
batters stepped to the plate and wen,
back to the bench, victims Of strikes
And Whitney did not issue a pass dur.
ing the entire pastime.
The last game of the season seems tc
be Germantown's jinx-especially IL q
prep school Is the rival. Last year thu
Clivedens had an .unbeaten record unit
the last game when they met Swarth
more Prep and were defeated. This
year was a duplicate until Villanova
Prep was met yesterday afternoon.
Villanova has won the Catholic
League title for the last two years, and
has not been forced to bite the dust
once this year