Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
scyoo1, LEAGUE STANDING

.,vn,ch school will win the FIRST isls
49,, is A question that has oeen asked
ute. ,uu,ber of followers Of inter-
w ,..,ic = sport. The query will be
fensssd next Saturday, when the uni
tnsw tn',.., =, pennsylvania officials hold the
Feissyi t,terscholastic swimming cham-
ann.,, annusi Meet IN the Weightman Hall
ploas",r The events start at 2.3O o'clock.
r .. voor west Philadelphia High
Ss, ,wjn,ners won the local title and
rsssss,,ona polnt to another w. r. II. 5.
s,u,orv this year. With such aquatic
'.s,a as Captain Kistler, Drasher, Jones,
.r,n. Dugan, omerle, Williams, Il,den
~ Drvznalia, II is hard to see how
ra.h Anthony's squad could lose the
.sart won in 1915. Central High APP
80 IN have the second strongest team
4 line for ttular honors,
M. High School Basketball League
.-,rs. Yesterday afternoon were the big
vents for the schoolboys and both Ma
ssrna Hall. at 18th and Wharton streets,
-hsra the Southern High-West Philadel-
Ma came was staged, and the Quaker
f r,,, athletic Club, where Central High
srd Northeast met, were crowded.
Tho results were:
Central High first, BIZ Northeast High
arrt. IS.
nigh second, is.
southern High first, ~, west Philn-
deipnin High frst, 28.
Southern High second, 30J West
philadelphia High second, 10.
The Central High School players are
ronE to fight hard for the 1916 pennant.
They showed this in their game with
Northeast High yesterday and North
easts two-point defeat showed how we'll
the teams were matched. Captain Fowler
played a particularly brilliant game. He
was all over the floor, passed well and
seemed invincible in scoring. He made
Eve field goals and IL fouls, total OF 2l
points for the Crimson and Gold. Mour-
adlan, Schneiderman, Stewart and Welsh
ali did their share in winning the game.
As result, Central and West Philadel-
phia are tied for second place with one
game won and one lost
pretty good record for me-" said Har-
old Hermann. one of the players on the
West Philadelphia second team in the
game with Southern High second yester-
day Got into the match for four min
utss. made four personal fouls in that
time was yanked out just as quick! Now
What do you think of that for luck? And
they saw me every time! After which
Harold wanted to know II the writer
thought Coach Hughes would use him
next Tuesday.
Southern High is now leading the High
school League. The AZ to 26 victory over
Vest Philadelphia's first team came as
! surprise to the cage fans, for the Speed
Boys were considered dangerous. The
hrst half score, 16 to 10, tells the story
q the opening Commute period. when 1t
vas about nip and tuck. Bunnin and
Batman, forwards; Watson, centre; Lip
ewitz and Black, guards, lined up for
ihe winners.
whats the matter with West Phillies?"
asked one of the high school students
Who resides across the river. After win
aing from Northeast High in the OPEN
ing league game, preceded by a victory
over the Red and Blue first-year men and
allowed by victory over Perkiomen
Seminary we thought the team would
Keep up its winning streak"
Perhaps Coach Herbert Hughes. of the
Orange and Blue squad. may have some
explanation to offer for West Philadel-
phias reversal of form in the second half
q the game. when Southern romped away
tgulars were all there-Bachman and
learkle. forwards; McClaskey, centre;
fmkerton and Hubert, guards: but in
me second half Lipkowitz, OF Southern.
ana Pinkerton, OF West Philadelphia, were
u mix-up and both sent from the floor.
sfosa took Pinkerton's place.