Evening journal., 1915-11-24
GRIDIROA CLASSICS
on Thanksgiving DAY
HighletS VS.. Southern High
in Morning; Parkside vs..
DUPONT in Afternoon
SOLDIERS WANT
TO BE CHAMPIONS

me ndhkeSiNluS uoiiudf oean'i'
win show plenty of football High
School will finish a very successful
season tomorrow with a game with
. Southern nigh School OF Philadelphia
tomorrow morning The locals only
drawback was the Chester defeat. The
largest Thanksgiving Day crowd OF
many a year is expected.
Parkside will have two games be
fore the end of the week.
THANKSGIVING afternoon they Will
play Fort DUPONT a. Front and Union
streets. This game was really forced
upon Parksidc. u happened In this
way These two teams have played
two games, each winning a game by a
tiehi score These games completed
the mutual agreement. Then came the
Championship talk and finally the ar.
rancinc OF game between ChcsrOOk
and Pasksidc. Brownsou having given
up hopes of winning tho title due TO
injuries 90 members OF their squad.
This seemed TO satisfy local fans,
but then the soldiers thought they
had right 90 be. considered cham
pions ana they said until Parkside
had defeated them another time max
inr il tho best ont of three. they
would have their mat IN tho ring
limo was short and Parksidc had
baiiicshp team coming here Thanks
giving. but thought il best TO cancel
this game II possible In order not to
7pDrar yellow before the soldiers
ana their admirers Tho Navy Yard
was communicated with and II was
found that the hattlcship teams We're
I'm demand and they would not be
"sorc' Is the gamn was cancelled
Tho game was therefore drop
ped and the soldiers notified. Thus
the team that always causes rivalry
and draws biz crowds ie coming up
from Uncle sam fort TO give loot
bah fans their Thanksgiving dessert
The game viii start promptly al .
O'clock The two previous games
have shown that the teams are oven
Ia matched and the holiday battle
should be for blood. The teams VIII
line up as follows
lrorf Dupont Parkside
Hyan.......... LETT end ...- ochaHer
Curtis. left tackle ..... Halfner
Adams m left guard ....Cockran
Freshour. ..... centre ...... Seeiey
Williams. right guard 80. SaNille
Fields. $50. right tackle ..... Reeder
Perry ....... right end ...... Moore
NcVey. quarterback ..... Joyce
MUTT .. LETT halback 49,. Heilner /
McGovern right half back Prettyman
O'Counen.... fullback ....... Gray {
Each team win also be we'll forti-
fed with substitutes.
Uncle SANS men will also bring
two carloads of followers. There are
several stars ON each team, among
them being Fields. Perry. McVey.
MUTT. and O'Connell for the soldiers
and Schaner Joyce. Prettyman. Gray
and Heilner for the locals.
After this game Parkside will take
one DAYS rest and then on SATURDAY
go after Chesrook for the state cham
pionship title. Should the soldiers de-
feat parkside and Chesrook defeat
them also. It Is more than likely that
the army men will make Chesrook /
tackle them. or course. that will ,
have 40 be decided later. This Park. (
side-Chesrook game Is causing much /
comment for both are bitter sport
rivals. The expectation of a game
between them has hoen the sporting
talk of the town for month
Ihcsrook has a light. fast team
some of the city's best Youngsters
being I'm the squad Among them are:
Beuchy rOulk Bin and Frank Kerri-
gan Mat Donohoe. High Schools
. greatest punter knowlin and McGon-
igal