Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-09
GERMANTOWN ACADEMY HAS NO
WINNING ELEVEN, BUT TEAM HAS
RECORD FOR YOUTH AND WEIGHT
Mannheim Football Combination Has Average of
16 Years in Age and 130 Pounds-Plays Epis-
copal in League Match Tomorrow
By LOUIS II. JAFFE

| TERMANTowN ACADEMY'S football
~ team. entered with Penn Charter, Epis-
copal and Friends Central in the Inter-
academic League. which opens it's schedule
| tomorrow afternoons is the poorest con-
| tender Of the quartet for the championship
| now held by the Little Quakers. Yet the
Manheim eleven possesses double record,
| unique in itself Germantown hasn't been
| playing in winning form, but Its constitu-
| ents have a good alibi.
The record conceded TO the underdogs,
as II were, in the academic competition
comes as result of the excuses, which
| are perfectly legitimate. Germantown has
the distinction of having the youngest and
! lightest grldiron squad in Philadelphia ana
| its vicinity Sixteen years and 80 pounds
| is the way the Mannheim team averages.
| and there is not another eleven representing
| a higIeor prep school in Pennsylvania with
lower marks both In age and avordupois.
Battle Tomorrow
Episcopal Academy will be Germantowns
| first opponent In the league series. Tomor-
row afternoon will be the occasion Of their
annual gridiron scrimmage and the Straw
bridge Clother Field, Sixty-second and
Walnut streets, will be the scene OF the
battle. OF course, the Churchmen rule one
sided favorites there's no doubt about the
probable result. However. in comparative
strength 1t is n safe bet that Germantown
will be out on thea chalked-off battlefield
fighting for every inch of the 100 yards;
Episcopal will admit that II was in tough
tussle no matter how big or small the score
may result.
One of the players is only thirteen years
old and weighs about 130 pounds. He is
Perry, the center man. or rather youth.
While Perry, whose first handle is Carson,
is the youngest footballer here in scholastic
ranks, he is not the lightest by any means.
Ketcham the Germantown end and quarter
- Al. o. hall. h. m AaN
player in the city. He weighs 112 pounds.
Then there is Dippy, christened George.
who tips the beam at the 120-pound mark
and he holds down halfback job Is
there any wonder mere slips or lads like
these are unable to play VIGOROUSLY? It
apparently is not a matter of winning with
the Mannheim eleven; they like the game,
That seems TO be Germantown's idea in
peanut shell for having a representative
eleven
Material Scarce
Coach Stanley Sutton had no abundance
of material with which to build a strong
enough eleven to make an impressive
fight for the title held by Penn Charter
When he looked over his first squad Of
candidates he found only three veterans,
viz: Van Solver. Dinsmore and Williams
Recently williams. who was captain, re-
tired from football and Dtnsmore was
elected 10 succeed him as leader.
Frank Henson is the teams regular
signal shouter. and with Dinsmore and
Dippy, the halfbacks. and Middletown. at
full this quartet composes the backfeld
While Ketcham, who is understudy for
Henson at quarter, is the smallest Of the
Germantown bunch. he is the star. The
little l12-pounder is as fast as the wind
when In an open field. He usually is the
recipient OF the forward pass. and when
ever the opposing tacklers are scattered
Ketcham can be depended upon TO get
away for large gains before being brought
10 earth.
When Germantown Academy meets
Episcopal tomorrow the probable lineup
will be as follows: