Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-20
TIGERS AND PENN
BOOM SWIMMING
FOR SCH00LBOYS
Princeton Lists Big Meet in
February-Red and Blue
Title Event Soon
OTHER SCHOOL NEW S

Roth the University of Pennsylvania
and Princeton University encourage
sc,olastic swimming competitions, and
IN January and February the big title
,nsets are held for the schoolboys. On
January Is the Red and Blue officials
utu hold the annual Penn champion
,hips at weishtman Hall, while on Feb
ruary l2 the Princeton interscholastics
will be held at Princeton.
west Philadelphia High School has
briebt prospects of retaining the swim
ming championship won last year, FOR
Coach Anthony, a teacher in the EnEllsh
denartment, former half-mile ntercollc-
siatc swimming champion, has likely
iookinr squad at work In the pool of
tSc West branch Y. NJ &. A. four after
Moons a week. Manager Jones has ar
ranged hrst-class schedule.
THE meet with the University of Penn
syivania freshmen, which was on the
schedulc for today, has been postponed
until after the Christmas holidays ms
many of the Penn swimmers leave town
for their vacation.
The West Philadelphia regulars include:
Fifty-yard dash. Captain kistler, Drash-
or Jones and Williams; lD-yard dash,
captain Nistler, Drasher and Allen; 20
ward dash, Williams, Dugan and Allen
plIinEp Tor distance, lJllHlIlhllsRs Allh'i
and Gilbert: fancy dive, Williams, Om-
merle. NTurdock and Harris; rea. team,
captain Kistler Drashsr, Allen, Jones,
william and DuEHn.
Evidently the Atlantic City High School
basketball play crS are not Superstitious,
for thirteen games have been scheduled
for this season. The first game Is with
Brown Preparatory School on January
z and 1t is expected that by this time
the Brownies will be in shape to play
at the shore,
one week later the Camden High School
quintet will visit Atlantic CITY captain
Talarerro, Cole, Eble, Dirago, Shaner
and Sweeney are the letter men on the
team and all hope to be ready 10 play IN
the opening contest
Southern High realizes that the High
School League basketball games which
start in January wiz be more closely con-
tested than ever before and Coach lngber
Is not losing any time in getting his men
in shape lie has ordered number of
practices during the Christmas holidays
so that the players will not get into rut
when the league series starts.
Coach Leroy Roth, of the Swarthmorc
Preparatory School, is following the eX-
ample of the local instructors and Is
training MS prOteBtS III tnc lnltICOlltSldl'
League rules. He is spending considerable
time teaching the candidates teamwork
in the open style of play. Hoyt, of the
football team, is the surprise of the
season in the cage at Swarthmore.
Dr. Henry l.. Chadwick. physical di-
rector of the Friends Central School,
will continue his series of indoor
baseball games Immediately after the
Christmas vacation. Friends Central
always places n strong indoor baseball
team on the floor. y game may be played
with the Central High School but If this
Is arranged 1t will no, be a representative
Crimson and Gold r,ne, for indoor base
ball has not taken hold at Broad and
Green streets.
Haverford School has ended very
successful soccer season, and much of the
credit Is due Coach Bishop, who worked
hard to place a winning team on the
field. Now that Havcrford College has
won the intercollegiate League soccer
championship. the Main Liners are even
more enthusiastic over the game than
heretofore. Haverford won eight OF the
nine games played. Now coach Bishop
will turn his attention TO the swimming
candidates.
Ice-hockey has been added TO the
Lower Merton High Schools athletic cur
riculum and the Ardmore youngsters
have secured permission to use the
Haverford College rink for practice
games. Henry Poll, Miller, Benson, Duffy.
Myers, Simpson, Reickenbaugh and Hal
comb are candidates for Coach Weller's
new team.
The Germantown High School letters
havt been awarded to the following ath-
letes for their work on the football field:
Butler, GOnover. Cowdrlck, McDevitt,
Cox, Alard, Meehan, Hausser, Long
street, Hanshaw, Young, Namely
Wooley, MacCaulley and Craig, German
town High will have a gymnastc team,
with McKaraher Langner. Ludascher
and FrearsOn as the most promising can
didates.
Southern High Schools basketball play
ers met a team composed of the pick
from the football team and the cage
players won, though not by large score.
This week West Philadelphia High
Schools regulars will meet a team made
up of gridiron warriors who think they
can play basketball The game is sched-
uled for Wednesday afternoon.
Haverford School had a very success
ful season in football and has also fin
ished brilliant season in soccer. Not
satisfied with honoTs won In these two
ball players are making a great record
with such all-round stars as Captain Jack
Lewis, Joseph Moore, Elmer Howell
Humphrey, Gellatly and Ehret Howell in
action Hayerford won the opening game
with the Lafayette College freshmen. 80
to IS.