Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
|SCHOOL TEAMS
| SHOULD PLAY
COLLEGE RULES
Intercollegiate Code Con-
sidered Best for Local
ouintets to Avoid
Breaks
OTHER SCHOOL N E w S

,u ,be scholastic basketball teams in
~ ciiv and vicinity should play the
s.nl1o.colieglate League rules. This state
nv vas made by one of the most prom
~, of1cials in tho city. who has fol-
e.,d ned scholastic and college sports for
~. Vw'i .iast 20 wears, and who Is qualified
s ~ make an assertion OF this Kind.
4, nrosont a rather strained situation
s-ants tho school basketball players,
srirq TO the fact that there are two sets
=, rules in force, the intercollegiate
league and the Eastern League cage
loSes The High School League teams
eOJ VA ,bo majority of tho private and pre-
snSstory school quintets have taken up
~ intercollegiate League rules this year.
~ the other and, there are many
,,sns still playing under the old East
w League rules. All the quintcts in the
go for the Catholic school title are
.,sving Eastern League rules. Catholic
gg,,gh Iasalle College St. Joscph's Col
isgs and Villanova Preparatory School
have upheld the rules In force in the past
law years They have refused to play
rames under the intercollegiate code
,,,ions viii be dispensed with after this year
M that the teams playing the old-stytc caEe
EamIe EvIS ", T'' play. This would be a move In the
ggsyh3 Sirection Even tho coaches OF the teams
,sisyng the old rules admit that the change
,r-sst Come and sooner than they expected
A number of Instances whore there were, dis;
rutes over the rules 70 be used In schedG!ed
ssbsdSed s1I S'SS 10 play the Pennsylvania Military
fSasgs ISssge rules a are always played at p. NJ. c.
81 Joe would not play because OF ms o ana re- T%
half Intercollegiate rules.
Another instance was the Darby High School;
Chestnut Hin Academy game. Darby High and
ss s tssis Fastsrn m League rules. Darby wanted to
play Chestnut Hill, but not the intercq}iileSiai.e
style Of game ana Inc STnsoSf wS c@SG os Gb tbc
rules. As the colleges and so many OF the
schools hay9 @SfSP6 not 'aS HonEe 6s SenS
and standardized form Of cage play?
Germantown High won It's eighth conGseeptiyc
cage. defeating the strong. West Philadelphia
High School reserve team by score OF 10 TO
strenuous competition and the close guarding
" both squads For dGFm9mtGwn High G9l
BetEmer excelllng.
It was the same West Philadelphia High
lie for first place with Southern High for
the lead in the second team league, Danza-
reprCsented West Philadelphia. Allen led in
seld goal scoring, with three to his credit.
also did great work. Wheeler. of IIaverford,
vas the referee in this game and ho did
good work.
swarthmoro Preparatory School, with Hinch-
nan, BENJAMIN, w. STOW. Lungren and Hoyt
Paying their usual fast cage game. and with
farnall in the second half in place OF Ben
amin, won the contest with the Swarthmoro
College reserve team at Swarthmorc yesterday
2 70 II. The splendid work of HAchman
Benjamin and LunCren brought forth much
praise from the Swarthmore Prep ToOtcrs. The
college reserve team lined up with Ainsworth
and White, forwards; +. Stow. centre; Smith
and olln. guards,
. Northeast High students are not overlooking
the fact that E,inkerton, of West Philadelphia,
recent League game. Neither will they soon
torget the work of Sammy Asduth. Minchart
Nurgs, Gardiner. CHM or Captain Johnny
Hedelt. All they ask now is for Northeast
70 repeat In the game next Tuesday.