Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-22
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
FAIL TO NOTIFY
FANS OF CHANGES
Make No Effort to Keep
Basketball Followers
Posted on Games
OTHER SCHOOL NEW S

DR.. Richard A. Ker, director Of ath-
letics at the Southern High School, is au-
thority for the statement that the South
ern High-West Philadelphia High School
basketball game in the High School
League series would not be played until
tomorrow afternoon at the Southern High
School gymnasium. AS this is a holiday,
the downtown school is closed.
Central high and Northeast High meet
today at the West Philadelphia High
School gymnasium, The officials \in
charge of the High School League games
have been very lax in informing the pub
lie of 11th hour changes in dates and
places for the contests. Seldom is any
official information forthcoming, unless
solicited, and students and graduates of
the four schools are not kept posted when
games are postponed.
Team managers are also negligent in
the matter of informing the public or
even their own fans and followers when
games are called off, and criticism of this
apparent disregard of the students
wishes reflects unfavorably upon the Off
cials handling the High School League
matters.
Organizations Of this kind usually
make 1t a point to let the public know
what is going on and in plenty of time,
unless they care little about the box
office receipts and even less whether the
league followers attend the games or not.
1t may not be amiss here to point out
that the sporting columns of the EVENING
LEDGER and its contemporaries are open
TO official communications of this kind,
but the fact is evidently not known by
those handling scholastic affairs in this
city.
st. Lukes' School Joins with Chestnut HIN
The freezing temperature OF the past few days
has enabled the ice hockey squads to get busy
and he
the Haverford School team when Thornton
was the star by score of : to 0. d
team S"of Of the West Phllqdelphia High School
Won Won the second highest honors in the so yard
dash in the Hygtea Pool aquatic meet at AT;
sn'HS to E4Sa why se6aas e6 the former cen1Tal HFR
school swimmer, noY representing the Phil
This seems 10 be a record year for shatter.
Ing records among the schoolboys. The Cen
its share OF the new 1910 marks on Friday
three records fell In the Penn Fresh Combined
Schools meet. and one WAS equaIled. In the
freshmen races yesterday the team made up
Of Mondey. Woodruff; Wagner and Zelenziger.
representing Section Gs In the senior three-ap
race. ran the distance In minutes 80 Sec
ouds. The former freshmen record was
minutes . seconds.
There were only a few games 20 review in
scholastic realms yesterday One, the Temple
Preparatory Palmyra High contest, was played
at Temple and was won by the local athletes
20 10 %, The other girls game Note
the score; Darby High, o.; Chester High, 5.
There were number OF interesting incidents
TO both contests,
The Chester High School girls were "smply
furious with themselves for having allowed
Darby TO gather IN nine points IN the first
half when they could only score a couple
of fouls, and when the second half started
they forgo, all about the pink tea party In
the FIRST half and. 10! and also behold Darby
High didn't score another point while Ches-
ter rolled IN six more, and came very near
winning ths game at that.
Marvel. Roberts. Journey. Olson and Solt-
ginger all played she Temple Preparatory
School team yesterday, and all did good work.
A rather weak exhibition OF foul goal scoring
WAS given by both Marvel and RUbertE buf