Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-18
SOUTHERN AIDS N. E.
AGAIN IN DECIDING
CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
Downtown Lowly Athletes
Prove Succor for Red and
Black Teams = Oppose
Each Other on Diamond
Today.
Today's Scholastic Schedule

Today's Scholastic Schedule
BASEBALL.
West Philadelphia High at Central High
southern High at Northeast High.
Gheltenham High at Chestnut Hill.
West Philadelphia High at Northeast uresh)'
Southern High At Central ra Hisn istd Hgb tresh,.
TENNIS
Northeast High at Germantown Academy.
Friends Central at Penn ts Gharterht srhoo,
CRICKET.
Central High at Germantown Academy.
Northeast High at Frankford High.
As in the Interscholastic Basketball
League campaign, when Southern High
School played an important part In de-
Gliding the cage championship in favor
of Northeast High School, the lowly
downtown baseball nine also assisted the
Red and Black to virtually win the In
terscholastic Baseball League laurels.
The Southwark hve finished at the bot
tom In the basketball organization. and
also will finish the baseball season in the
cellar position.
With West Philadelphia High School
leading the circuit and practically as
sured of the championship, Coach Millers
nine sprang the biggest surprise of the
baseball season by defeating the Orange
and Blue, thereby enabling Northeast to
take the lead. Since then the West
Phillies have been in slump, having
dropped four straight games
The regular Tuesday Scholastic League
schedule includes contests between West
Philadelphia High School and Central
High School and Southern High School
and Northeast High School. Unless
Coach Alker, of the Speedboys, shifts his
llne-up and gets the team out Of the rut'
Central High will go into second place
in the event of n victory this afternoon.
Southern Highs star slabster, Frankel,
Is out of the game for the remainder of
the season as a result of a sprainked
ankle suffered while rounding third base
In the contest with the West Phils. Be
sides showing up well on the mound,
trankel also is good batsman.
Coach Bromhead has his aggregation of
criCketers in splendid shape for the match
with Central High School at Mannheim
players who have proved their worth as
| cricketers are Captain Moorhead, the
beard boys, w. and D., Jones' Satter-
field, Sharpless Vail, Edmonds. Horton
Clothier and Taussig. cricket match
between Northeast High School and
Frankford High School, at st. Martins
also is scheduled today.
Friday afternoon, at the r. r. II. Y.
NJ. c. A. grounds La Sale College will
hold its annual track and field sports.
Among the schools to be represented in
the games are Villanova Prep, st. Johns
College, st. Francis High School and st,
Joseph's College. The Catholic grammar
schools championship will be decided,
with about a score of institutions repre-
sented in the events.
The annual intercolor contests of Ger
mantown Friends School will be held
Friday afternoon. The captains Of the
different colors follow: Reeves Morgan,
blues; Walter p. Shipley, Jr.. whites;
Gordon strawbridge, reds, and Warden
Bacon, purples.
Ernie Savage, of Chestnut Hill Acad-
emy has record of four victories and
one defeat in the box thus far this sea-
son. The big pitcher of the Killers has
won his games from Frankford High, De
Lancey School, Penn Charter and st.
Luke's.