Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-29
NORTHEAST AND
GIRARD SOCCER
GAME POSSIBLE
Not Too Late to Adjust
Difference Between the
Two Elevens
SEASON ENDS EARLY

The Northeast High School soccer team
demonstrated beyond n doubt that IT was
by far the best in the interscholastic or
interacademc ranks this season. but it
would be interesting to pit the interschol
astic champions against GIrard College
\ writer recently fell into the error of
putting the Northeast team as far ahead
of Girard College in soccer ability.
II is doubtful If Northeast would have
much the better of the deal in n game
with the college. A game had been ar
ranged between the teams. but Northeast
claims that Girard College called 1t off
and the college claims that Northeast
did likewise. 1t certainly should not be
too late to arrange game between the
institutions in spite of the fact that
several of the Girard College team are
now playing basketball.
The trouble with school soccer is that
the season ends too early. lust when all
the leagues are entering the second stage
of the season. the schools quit. We are
likely to run into bad weather, II is true,
but 1t Is not imperative TO play soccer
in bad weather. The winter is long, and,
as a rule, the good days outnumber the
bad.
Unlike league teams, schools are not
confined to Saturdays. and 1t would be
very easy matter to pick and choose the
DAYS on which soccer could be played.
It is to be hoped that in another season
the school games will be prolonged
throughout the winter Even after the
interscholastic and interacademic sea-
sons are over 1t would he n very easy mat
ter TO arrange other games, or even bet
ter, n cup competition could be instituted
for the second half Of the season to in
clude all schools.
Manager John Bedford, OF the Disston
Club, announced yesterday that he had
signed up Mike Owens, who played with
the Tacony team three years ago and was
formerly with the Derry Celtic team
Manager Bedford has also practically
secured the signature of well-known
wing man, but at present he is not at
liberty to give out his name
The FeItonvlle Club of the United
League, has challenged the Putnam Club,
champions of the first division of the
Allied League, TO play a game for the
amateur championship of the city. II is
virtually certain that Manager Walter
Hemingway, of Putnam will accept the
challenge on behalf of his team. As Eel
tonville and Putnam will in all likeli-
hood win the championship of their re-
spective leagues this season it would
TO wait until later In the season, when
a series of three games could be played
for the championship. Such series
would undoubtedly arouse great deal
of interest.
The Selection Committee OF the Allied
League is not in any way 10 blame for
the poor showing made by the team
against the Blue Mountain League at
Bethlehem last Saturday. OF the l2 men
selected to go TO Bethlehem, only eight
turned up at Wayne Junction. On ar
rival at Bethlehem a very big crowd was
on hand, and in order to put full team
on the field the up-Staters furnished three
substitutes. The four men who agreed
TO go and failed TO put in an appearance
were entirely to blame for the fiasco. and
il is probable that they will be disciplined
at the next meeting of the Allied League
Not satisfied with the result the Allied
League has challenged the Blue Mountain
League TO another game, and it is prob
able that the contest will be brought
off at Sd street and Lehigh avenue at
an early date,