Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
NORTHEAST HIGH J
HAS EDGE ON ITS
GRIDIRON RIVALS
Two First-class Veterans
Back as Nucleus of the
Archives Eleven
CENTRAL HIGH OUTLOOK

The intense heat Of the last few days
has not affected the candidates for places
on the local high school teams. Despite
the sizzling weather. asplrants for grid
iron honors are working every day, and
although the practice has been made as
easy as possible the schoolboys are work.
ing just as hard as II Il were midseason.
Only light togs are worn. however. and
the practice consists chiefly Of rudimen-
tary work
The battle for the Gimbel Cup prom
slses to be sensational this year. Cen
trail High, Northeast and West Phlladel-
phia have strong elevens. and will put up
a great fight for the honor. At present.
Northeast, last years champion, seems
TO have the advantage. with Dudley
Thomas, the 190-pound iao.le, and his
running mate, Captain Pay Gardner,
back I'm school. the Archives have two
first-class players around whom to build
the team. 1t always Is difficult to de-
velop tackles on high school teams, and
Northeast is fortunate In having the posi-
ticns taken care of from the start. Aleck
Whitaker, the veteran centre, also will
be back. and his presence, too, will
greatly strengthen the team.
The backfleld will need no bolstering, as
Shay, Hardin and Hedelt, regulars on
last years team. again will try for the
eleven. This leaves but one place to be
filled, and with the large number of can
didates who have promised TO come out
for the team this should not be a diff
cult task. Mike Wilson, the sensational
end Of last year. will not be back, and his
loss will be keenly felt. Wilson was one
OF the best men in the East last year In
handling the forward pass and was "A
sure taclSler in the open field. He has
entered the Pennsylvania Military Col
lege, Chester, and should greatly streng-
then that team.
Frank johnson, brother Of George John
son, last years coach, will have charge
OF the team. johnson played on Penn sew
eral years ago and will try to teach the
Red and Blue system to his charges.
with only four veterans back in school,
Coach Howell. Of Central High, faces n
hard problem in shaping up this years
eleven. Captain Ben Butler, regarded as
the best fullback in the city; Harry Voss.
halfback; Gotwals. quarterback, and Alex
Farmakis, tackle, are the only varsity
men left. Voss will be the mainstay Of
the team, as he not only can run with
the ball. but also can punt, drop kick
and forward pass.
He is an ideal Coordination" man-one
VINO can keep the opponents constantly
on the alert when he plays back of the
line, as they never can tell whether he
will punt run with the ball or make
forward pass. His work won several
games for the High School last fall.
Forty candidates reported for the first
practice, the most promising being Mayer,
Knight, Lleberman, Gnzel, II. Mayer,
Conway, Eberle. Greenwood, De Long,
Krecker, Leopold, Ogden, Holmes, Pom
fret Ebert, Bradlee. Rhoades. Hackman,
Farmakis r. Davis, Granzow, -Paxon,
Steinback. Armstrong. Howard, Wilson,
Captain Butler, Jean Davis. Gotwals,
Supplee and Voss. @
West Philadelphia, under the tutelage
OF Jack Keough, threatens to regain its
lost prestige on the gridiron. There is a
different spirit in the new school and
the candidates now are preparing for the
big games which are to be played in
November. Dave Feaster, captain and
linesman. assisted by Kirchner and Rich
ardson. will take care of the rush line,
and Bill Feaster and Crowley are candi-
dates for the backfeld. Coach Keough
has big squad TO select FROM however,
and hopes to have a first squad selected
before the end OF next week.