Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-27
JACK KEOGH IS DRIVING SALE
FOOTBALL CANDIDATES HARD FOR
FIRST GAME WITH MEDIA HIGH TEAM
North Broad Street Institution Opens Gridron
Season Friday-Dean johnson Working Under
Adverse Conditions at South Phillv
BY PAUL PREP

ZACH Jack Keogh, of La Sale College.
,..s started to drive his men in prepara-
-, for their first football game with Media
,,.b school, scheduled for this Friday
IN, three members of last years team
rctnrned to school-Captain Simen-
s,nger. Graber and Mills.
wyl,h these three as a nucleus. Keogh ex-
- 10 build a winning team. Yesterdays
p.rtout was Coach Keoghs second prac-
NJ. with the La Sale eleven. Most Of
" ~ ,vork consisted of signal practice with
~. years regulars in their respective posi-
tons .. - -
...n,t of graduations and enlistments the
,srdldates for varsity positions showed
s,.o,Isinq form. The backs handled the
All eleanly and the ends showed wonder
M speed in getting down the field under
supts and aerial passes. Graber did most
Of the kicking,
..onising young linesman, broke his shou-
~ in attempting to tackle Lehman. MUIR
80 will be lost for the remainder of the
.ssson. This Is the second football acci-
s.nt Of the present season on local schC lastlc
,,hetlc fields, Bobby Sugerson. Of German
,oUn High, straining ligament i'm his thigh
~ early part Of last week. Bobby is now
NE to walk around with the aid Of
uutches.
Adverse Conditions at Southern
Under the most adverse conditions the
Eouth Philadelphia High School football
tam is slowly but surely rounding into
farm The fellows are confident of uphold
he the reputation made by last years
slsgen in winning the Gmbel Cup and
making the unusual record of not having
their goal line crossed.
Most of the fellows trying for the open
ysrslty positions are green. but under the
ilreetion of Coach Dean johnson and Cap
uin Bunnin they are learning the rudiments
q the rugby game rapidly. Time only will
Nil what they will accomplish in the league
matches.
Despite the lack of a good field. locker
rooms, in which to change from their regu-
sr clothes into moleskins and even with
out goal posts. the fellows are showing
plenty of spirit and enter into the daily
workouts full of pep.
Coach Johnson will build the team around
Captain Bunnln, who will call the signals,
and Hamilton, a husky veteran. Hamilton
lcoks like a second Harry Rosetsky. The
hardest fight at the present time is for the
end positions. Brick, Freed, Cowdery, Des-
sem Leopold and Goldblatt are the most
PROMISING candidates All the ends are
members of the school track team and are
exceptionally fast i'm getting down the field.
Three Veterans at Mercersburg
When Mercersburg Academy lines up for
me Kickoff next Saturday afternoon in it's
game with the Carlisle Indian scrubs, only
three Mercersburg veterans will be on the
playing field, The game is to be played at
Nercersburg.
Although the upstate prep school has only
three regulars from last season, Fred Har-
hn, former All-American linesman and cap
tain Of the Princeton University eleven of
1908, who is coach of the Mercersburg
eleven, expects to mold together another
Winning team this fall.
The first week of practice was devoted
10 learning the rudments of the gridiron
port, Since last Monday the candidates
have been put through daily workouts,
zach succeeding days work becoming
more strenuous. The men are now in fine