Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09

,,A. majority of the school football
.n,atns have been elected for next sea
sar bv the teams in this vicinity, anu
.ho choice Of the warriors SHOWS that tte
insmen have been equally as popular for
,ho ssiectlon of 1916 leaders as the back
snt Una stsrs who have greater opportunity
,o chow their prowess on the gridiron.
Tockles appear to be the tavorites.
Quits n few institutions have not yet
.,,acted their 1916 leaders. Captains
sove not been elected at Friends Gem
traI Camden High School, Northeast
tiivh. Lansdowne High. Swarthmore
preparatory. Pennsylvania Military Col
LACE or St Joseph's College. Within
,hs next week. virtually all the leaders
tnr next sea son will have been chosen
The captains elected to date and their
positions follow:
John VI. PiersoI, Penn Charter school,
quarterback.
Gilbert De Bcclen Hunt, Episcopal
Academy, tackle.
Archibald Elins, Chestnut Hill Acnd-
envy, tackle.
Harry wagner, Frankford High, half
bnck.
george Yocum, Lower Merton High,
tackle.
william Mcknrahnr, Germantown
High. hnlfbnck.
II. Paul Patton, GermnntONn tfiehus, /,
fuiIback.
school, fuIlbnck.
Thomas o'NeIn, In Sale College.
end.
Hobart E<istIer. West Philadelphia
High, quarterback.
Fred II. Sargent, St. Luke's School,
halfbnck.
Harry williams, Germantown Acnd-
smy, end.
wayne Wilson, Cheitenhnn High,
tackle.
The election of Harry Rosetsky as cap
tain of the Southern High School foot
ball team for next year was predicted
by those who knew the tenor of affairs
athletic at the school at Broad and Jack
son streets.
Rosetsky deserved the honor accorded
him, for he has been member of the
football team for three years, playing
two seasons as a substitute halfbach
and this year as regular. He succeeds
Captain Charles l.. Viguers. Jr., who has
led the team through a very successful
season.
The Germantown High School soccer
team has clean record in the games
played this season, and by reason Of
Northeast's forfeit yesterday, carries off
the championship of the Second Team
Leegue. The Germantown youngsters
have gone through a very good season.
Northeast failed to have a full team at
the field yesterday, and practice game
was played.
Reuben II Shaw, director OF athletics
OF the West Philadelphia High School,
has aroused considerable enthusiasm at
the school across the river over the 1916
baseball team, and West Philadelphia
again will be represented in the Inter
scholastic Baseball League and will vie
with the local scholastic mines for the
Princeton Cup. Baseball enthusiasm is
rather premature, for now the students
are thinking more about soccer, basket
ball and swimming.
Victor II. Boell. ATHLETIC director of the
Chester High School, Is conducting al
fairs pertaining to Chester Highs ath-
letics and interschool competition in a
Chester High is on the upward trend in
interseholastic sport. On December Is
the obstetrics will open their basket
ball season on the home floor in a game
with Media High School. Originally the
opening date was on December %, with
sWarthmore. 1t has been announced that
the open date. February l6, has been filed
Temple athletes form a group of three
basketball teams. First, there is the
Temple University five, which meets the
larger college quintets, opening the sea-
son with the All-Collegians on December
II at home; then there is tho Temple
preparatory squad, playing West Phila-
Saeiphia High, Camden Tiigh, Girard 'Col-
lege, Chester High and other scholastic
teams in this district, with the opening
GATE on Saturday, when Glen Mills will
ne played at Glen Mills; finally. there is
the girls basketball team. The girls
must not be overlooked. for they made
an excellent record in the tnterschooI
games last year.
Fowler, Pike. Mouradian, Tarr and
broomheld are numbered among the
BASKETBALL stars who are taking part i'm
she interclass games at the Central High
Hehool. These players will probably be
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