Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-14

II ...o,. in this section this seaso" W."
-. rr,dsv afternoon, when the teams
...,,,ne the st. Luke's Academy oi
and Chestnut Hill Academy. OF
..,, tJ,,,. meet on the Main Line insti-
49,, rr,diorn, at Wayne. with no Army
yaie-Harvard. Princeton Harvard
nav, 80 season. this game. in the eyes
rmes students of the rival schools looms
Il u .ha ,rbIegest contest" of the year ana
up u,,I, rival the annual college grid
one u'a ",sss,cs in school spirit. local color
Nv. ~ ,he other essentials of big game
Iukes and Chestnut Hill have met on
.,,diron for more than sixteen years
"a mis- game winds up the season IoL eao"
~ ss, s, Tho Chestnut Hill victory last sea-
snoo. ahou, eyens the score Of contests
Un ~ each school The Killers victory was
w - the best things that could nave nap
V..S although you cannot make tne stu
s.nts Of the Main Line school neheVe IL.
oen'' ,hs game this week should be hard
TAUGHT from start to hnish'
Advance Rapidly
p.,h schools have made rapid strides In
a.. ,ss, few years and meet the best prep
ns s,o, eleyens around the city. although
NV have much smaller, student body
sroy, which to select their teams. Out IN
mv m,. Coach Fred Gillender has only sew
.,'sve boys In the entire school. OF whom
.n,v thirty are more than fifteen years OF
w.. o~' This handicap does not keep Coach
cI,.nder from arranging games with such
Wal. as Penn Charter, Frankford High
"a Germantown High. who have many
more husky boys from whom to make their
selections . r.
.r,dlron star, has been instructor of grid
;rnn tactics at ST. Lukes for eleven years
"a IA known as the dean of scholastic
caches" 1t Is doubtful If a coach Of any
rr.naratory or even a college team can
coint with pride to such record as Giilen-
der has made at st. Luke's
Only Thirty in Squad
with only thirty youngsters who have
passed their fifteenth birthday. year after
YEAR Gillender has turned out squads that
have competed favorably with the best In
and around Philadelphia. This season he
had TO turn his attention to boys under the
ateen-year mark. with the result that sew
eral members OF the team are only fourteen
wears of age Even with such light and
Inexperienced bunch, Gillender has devel-
oped team that has upheld the standard
al former seasons. Two defeats mar the
|. otherwise perfect record Penn Charter the
lnteracadem!c League champions ana
Frankford High, accomplishing the trick.
st. Luke's occupies a place among the
leading prep schools In this section. This
Il due to the untiring efforts Of Coach Gil
lander When the former Red and Blue
aar assumed charge Of the football mats
h rial at St Luke's in 1906 the majority OF
ihe teams now on it's schedule were con-
sdered too strong. But as the caliber or
the eleven became greater each year Coach
offender persuaded the authorities to allow
his pupils to meet Penn Charter. Episcopal
Academy, Radnor High and schools OF their
class.
Juniors Play
The younger boys Of the school in late
years have become interested In footbail,
and H. C. Sergeant, a member OF the school
faculty has organized a third and fourth
team The members Of these two teams
average eleven years and eighty pounds.
Scrimmages are held each afternoon. and
sames are played with surrounding schools.
The teams appear evenly matched. but
the St Luke aggregation appears to be
the stronger. judging from the respective
scores made by each school against Penn
Charter and Episcopal Academy. Coach
Gillender's proteges were beaten to by
Merritt's men, while Coach Dickenss pupils
were defeated 80 to 0 by the Interacademic
League champs. Coach McCarthy's Epsco.
pal team played 6-6 tie with Chestnut
HILL but lost to st. Lukes. 10 to 7.
z Chestnut Hill Loses
|
to P. ]. d. by the overwhelming score OF
E $40. In this game Coach Dickens had his
men all changed around. Owing to the
scarcity Of backfield material, Captain
Hooper tackle, was shifted to fullback
and Kent. an end, played quarteroack
These changes, however. failed to produces
any hidden punch.
Tho next game with Episcopal Academ,
aw different lineup. Captain Hooper
was back at tackle. The Killers outplayet
X thsir opponents and only for a fash In th'
second period would have registered a vic
tory. The November 2 game was walk
ever for Penn Charter. Tho light Hill team
fought all the way. but the odds were en-
sirely too great. Last Friday, the last pre-
lminary game Of the season. was droppet
Bryn Athyn, 1870.
81 Play Frankford
% Frankford High School helped to ope
u Luke's season. The h6avy high schoo
u team had it's full strength on the field an
won' to 0. Another Interscholastic Leagu
team was met the following Friday, Ger
mantown High. Through the individua
paying Of Horrocks the Main Line team
nnished on the long end Of 1913 score
rem Charter was the next visitor to Wayne
This match was the closest Of the yea,
neither team scoring in the first half. I
me third period a 2o-yard forward pas
rom Quarterback Sangree to Fleming CAV
heritts team the only touchdown of tn
.ame Sitley added the extra point fror
me goal after the touchdown.
u Luke's came back two weeks az
snd beat Episcopal Academy in a game fu
tnrtlling plays. A field goal in the .lai
psfiod gave st. Luke's 1877 victory. Lai
tnursday St. Luke's won the annual contes
X too
Neither school cares in the least what tn
Nsuits Of the games played SO far thl
~sson were. for victory for either team
snoays contest Is all that Is needed to hav
successful year. The athletic field at s
Lukes 10 so situated that a grand stand
n not necessary. The field IL q natural bow
snd the spectators sit on the banks, lookin
e d'"n on the gridiron.
n Schoolboy Fumbles
N LIS g. Lnke's team IL depending on Its bacl
sso ana ends to bring the victory to their schoo
ssm1.oerlake. left end. 10 tall and has proved n
sseMy 70 snatch forward passes. The Hillel
usnt this season and no doubt will depen
~eosn and trick plays.
r Us htsrscholAstic League game Thursday b.
u We south Philadelphia and Germantown wi
h. Ssysd yy,sxd on Northeast's field instead OF Hou
teLeSsss. Of Martins Ferry Hish School, drol
Sms the high school record.