Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-13
EPISCOPAL ACADEMY ELEVEN
STRONG INTERFERING TEAM
Display Against Haverford School Strongest Seen Here
in Years-Outlook for Coming Contests and
Scholastic Gridiron Gossip
BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL

A GOOD interfering team-that Is.
"A team composed OF players who can
block properly and sweep the tacklers
from the path Of the man with the ball
always makes a good showing in foot
ball game. II is one of the most difiicut
things to master IN the first part OF the
season, but once a player learns how TO
hurl his body In the path Of an opponent
his value to the team increases and he is
almost sure OF place in the regular line
up. Good lnterferers are scarce in prep.
school ranks, and any unusual display ex-
cites comment.
Episcopal, though beaten by Haverford
School last Friday, showed some of the
prettiest interfering seen around Philadel-,
phia for many a day. The halfbacks,
ends and some Of the lnemen got into
the plays as II they meant business and
repeatedly cleared a path for the runner.
The man with the ball always passed the
line of scrmmage and was brought 20
earth by the secondary defense. IL was
a pretty sight TO see play start around
one of the ends. Four or five Episcopal
players preceded the runner and one by
ono they would leave their feet crash
into the opposing end, halfback, or any
one else who stood In the way, until the
man with the ball was the only one left.
If the other players on Coach Washburns
team aided the backfield men, the game
probably would have been closer.
Radnor High School, that light, snappy
team which held Penn Charter to a III
tie last week, will play Germantown
Academy at Wayne next Friday. Radnor
is noted for its speedy elevens, and this
year is no exception. The players make
w for the weight handicap, however
with dazzling offense which generally
sweeps the opposing team off its feet
Germantown is working hard to correct
the faults shown in the Cheltenham game
and should play better football against
their lighter rivals.
Coach Johnson is having some hard
.uck at Northeast this year. First, Lou
Siegel left school to enter Pennsylvania
Military College and now Pickard has
matriculated at Lebanon Valley College.
This leaves two vacancies in the team
which are hard to fill. McCutcheon has
been doing good work at quarter and
probably will take Siegel's old place. and
SAMPLE, who played on the scrubs last
year, is likely to succeed Pickard in the
hackfield. The other two positions are
well taken care of by Shay and Hedelt,
their play this year showing them to be
two of the best backs in the scholastic
ranks.
Northeast lines up against Haverford
L school at Haverford on Friday and as
lhis Is the nfst meeting between the two
institutions, Coach johnson is anxious to
put strong team in the field
Prep. school coaches are beginning to
realize that it is necessary to develop
their linemen along scientific lines, and
already two schools have engaged special
coaches for their work. Gus Ziegler is
at Haverford and Dick Merritt has OBJ
tanned Ralph Farnum, of Dartmouth, to
look over his candidates. Farnum was
on the all-American team in 1911 and did
good work with the Penn Charter line
last year.
Central High has gone through the sea-
son thus far without being scored upon,
having defeated Wilmington High and
Villanova Prep by good scores. Next
Saturday, however, the Crimson and
Gold will face a tough opponent in Beth
lehem Prep at Bethlehem. The up
Staters defeated Lehigh Fresh by the
score of to 0 last week. and Coach Bar
ron is drilling his men hard for the next
battle. Harry Fritz has Joined the coach
ing staff at Central High and is giving
valuable assistance to Coach Howell.
Catholic High and St. Joseph's play