Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-16

passes in the third period, and two re-
suited In tOuchdowns The final score was
u 10 0. The first score was made by
Walsh, who caught a forward pass on
the 4O-yard line and sprinted along the
sideline for n touchdown. The other score
was made by Brown, who caught a pass
after two St Luke's players had fumbled
The teams were evenly matched, but
all OF the breaks of the game went TO the
visiting team. Several fumbles were
made, but they generally we're recovered
by Penn Charter. ST.. I>uke's showed up
better on the defense, stopping all plays
directed against the line and smeartnK
the end runs i'm fine style. II a stronger
attack had. been developed there would
be a different story to tell. Penn Charter
Fought hard for every inch OF ground
they gained. Several times they made
first down by n few inches and St Luke's
held them time and again.
Fred Offender has the makings Of q
good team at ST. Luke's and should be
successful In the remaining games. OIL
lender Is n Penn man and one Of the
best-known officials IN the East He
knows football and is bound TO have his
team in the front rank Of prep schools
before the season is over. ~
The weather man tried out several OF
his best brands during the battle. In the
first half the teams sweltered under a
hot sun and the excessive heat slowed up
the game. In the third period the tenn
perature began to drop and the weather
was ideal for football. But in the nnal
period several clouds let 60 at once ana
the game was played in a driving storm.
IL was impossible to see FIVE feet ahead.
yet the players refused to quit, and at
the end it was just like playing under
Niagara Falls.
There have been several complaints
about the officials at high school games
this fall, and an effort is being made to
have Central Board men in all OF the
contests. officials recruited from the
side lines sometimes make good, but gem
orally they mess things up and the game
results in n row.
The game between Catholic High ana
Lower Merton is an example Of this
Judging from unbiased reports, Catholic
High was not to blame for the trouble
that occurred in the game. 1t appears
that 1t was necessary to show the officials
the rule book to prove that II is unlaw-
ful to run into the fullback and knock
him down after he has punted. Several
other questions arose, and it is said that
the men running the game gave their own
decisions, regardless of what Walter
Camp and other football experts had TO
say.
In another game a referee picked up
from the spectators insisted that time be
called when the ball is not in play AS
result, the first period lasted 40 minutes
and the second 80. and only ten-minute
quarters were supposed to be played. II
the teams will insist on getting recognized
ohclals all of this squabbling will be
done away with
Walter Dunn's La Sale College team
scored It's frst victory of the year yester-
day. when it defeated p. I. ID. by the
score OF to 6. Dunn took a number OF
green men, many of whom had never
played the game before. and whipped
them into shape in a few weeks Mahoney
was the star of the game, making the
tohchdown after series of brilliant end
runs Coach Dunn is much pleased with
the showing OF his team, and hopes for a
victory over Catholic High next Friday.