Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
BASKETBALL NOW
HOLDS STAGE AT
ALL HIGH SCHOOLS
assing of Football Season
Brings Other Sports Into
Limelight = Southern Is
After Gage Honors.

With the drop OF the curtain on the
scholastic football season, following the
Central High-Northeast grldlron battle.
basketball has loomed up In the limelight
among the school boy athletic followers
The cage game attracts great interest
in scholastic ranks each year.
Southern High School, Interscholastlc
League champion of last year, sent out
the first call for basketball candidates
More than 40 aspirants for the quintet re-
ported to Professor Ker, who is coaching
the downtowners this season. He Is being
assisted by Jay Smith, the Red and Black
all-round star athlete OF last year.
Candidates for the flves at Central
High, Northeast High and West Phila-
delphia High have also started practice.
The Crimson and Gold gave Southern n
strenuous struggle for the interscholastic
laurels, while the other two schools were
also represented by fast flves
Physical Director Guerney, who cams
to Northeast from the University of Penn
sylvania, will look after the coaching OF
the Archives basketballers. He has com
menced working with the candidates
Doctor Guerney Is fully confident Of de-
veloping winning combination with four
veterans, viz, McComas, Asduith, Full
ton and Captain Hedelt. on hand.
The West Philadelphia boys are practi-
Doctor Lewis. About 80 candidates are
out for the team. Doctor Lewis hopes to
have a smoothly playing quintet by De-
cember s, when the West Philly season
starts. The team will play at home with
the School of Pedagogy.
Acting Captain Ward of Central High.
has been working out daily with the
Crimson and Gold basketballers. Among
the candidates who are showing UP we'll |
thus far are Krug, Stout and Leiberman.
The latter is said TO be a big fnd and It |
Is believed he will make a new mark in |
scoring. Stephens and Butler, last years |
guards, will not play with the team this |
season. as they are anxious to work up |
in their studies.
The Initial Interscholastic League con-
test this year will be played january 6.
when Captain "Tebby" Weinstein Of
High, leads his champions
against West Philadelphia, FIVE. The
opening match will be played in the latter
schools gym.
Besides about 30 candidates the veteran
team of La Sale College are participate
ing in basketball practice every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. Coach Belland
s optimistic relative to the teams
chances for the ensuing year. The vet
eran players are Captain Donnelly, Joe
Joe O'Loughlin and the Nc
Nlchol boys, Ed and Joe. The La Sale
I've will open it's season next Monday on
is home floor with Brown Prep.
Johnny Leahy is displaying finely IN
basketball practice with the Catholic
High School candidates, and 1t Is prob
lble that he will make the varsity team.
Coach Greer will send the asplrants for
he five through diligent practice start
ng today. The first date on the sched-
lie is December s. when the Catholic Ave
meets Girard College at home.
Although scholastic football is a mat
er of history just now. the soccer foot
all season will not como to a close
or about three weeks or So Northeast
iigh Schools final fray is scheduled for
december 21 with Germantown Academy
he Archive soccerites are playing the
est game of the English pastime among
ne local scholastic teams. Captain Dunn
'ill be back in the lineup next week
8 he has been coming to the front rap
lily with his studies.
Central Highs soccer team will meet
Vest Philadelphia at Houston Field, 18th ,
nd Cambria streets, this afternoon.
aptain Riley has his crimson and gold
playing together in fine style The
lst contest on Central's schedule is with
ortheast on the latter's field December
Great rivalry exists between the
,hools and a hard game will result.
Indoor baseball will be a popular sport :
Friends Central this season. Arrange !
tents have been completed for a series !
four games between the different I
asses and a silver cup will be presented 8
} the team winning the championship of
le school. DR.. Henry l.. Chadwick will
, in charge OF the indoor baseball cam
align. q
With the Intsracademic Football Y
eague finished, Episcopal has turned its !
.tention to soccer football Candidates =
ave reported for the II and Captain Gil
ore is working out earnestly with the
en-. The first fray is scheduled with
Friends Select December 4
-Four veteran football players will be
st to Friends Central School next year
trough graduation. Captain Masland
rs announced his intentions OF enter
g Dartmouth College. while Carris and
DOT Will go to Penn and Buzby expects
be on tho Princeton University roll
,ok.
Captain RamsdeI. OF Germantown
certainly displayed great gem
alship when he led his team on the
I'D in the last quarter of its contest
th Episcopal. the score against them
TO 3 and won out in the final minutes
play as a result OF two excsllently sx-
utsd passes. This victory entitled Ger
antown to second place In the Inter-
ademio League race.
,.-z1nv& nay, 1890 .xT-vy,s,.