Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
LEAGUE CLAIMS NOTICE
SWIMMERS OPEN
SEASON TONIGHT
Intercollegiate Stars All
Set for Initial Game at
Weightman Hall
OTHER COLLEGE NOTES

The Intercollegiate Swimming Lcagus
opens locally tonight, when Penn and
the City College of New York teams
clash and splash in the weightman
Hall tank Besides the swimming, div
ing and plungin. contests, a water polo
match will be staged between the rep
rescntativcs of the two institutions.
Coach George Kistler has lost three
of his most valuable men from last
years swimming team and two of the
best from the water olo squad. but still
he has enough fair material to develop
a good team, and the undergraduates
look 10 the veteran tutor to- come
through With an aggregation that will
not suffer in comparison with Penn
teams Of other days.
Joe Russell. captain of last years
swimming team; Lincoln I,oat. the in
tercollegiate fancy diving champion,
and Scholz. an excellent plunger, are all
in the service. Bob Swami. the leader
of the 1861 water polo six. also Is
working for Uncle Sam. Russell played
on the polo team, as well as leading the
swimmers
There are four veterans on the swim
ming team and the same number on the
! polo six. The swimming veterans are
| Captain Simonton, Kline. Watts and
Bringhurst. and the polo men remaining
from last season are Captain Herb Col
| Ii. ;. Fairees. Godfrey and Fisher.
The s00-yard relay. which in the past
has been held as the first event on the
program. will be staged between the
| halves of the water polo match. The
meet tonight will start at O'Clock.
Eddie Shields. star distance runner and
| speedy swimmer. who was the best tank,
man at Penn last year. Is now in the Naval
| Aviation Corp~. Eddie was freshman
| last season and was not eligible to compete
for tho varsity.
| bob Swami. who captianed Penns water
polo team last season. Is now IN She Naval
Bob also played sub-guard on the football
| team and was awarded his varsity letter
| In the fall Of 1916
| NIuhenberg will be PENIS second opponent
| OF the basketball season at Weightman
Hall tomorrow night Lennox is the only
who started against the Red and blue a
year ago. Last season the figures were
80 to 10 in favor Of the ouahers.
| Jack Kelly. the famous Vcsper oarsman
and Camden basketball player. as well as
eleven. is trying to get a cage team to-
| gether among the players OF the University
of Pennsylvania Base Hospital Unit No. 20.
| Jack wants practice game with Penn 3
varsity. and il Is probable that a contest
will be staged next week.
Chester Ivory. sub guard on the Penn
cage squad has enlisted in the Ordnance
Department.; Chet has been out for the
Rsd and tss hss snos r the to
| this year as a regular had he not caught
the war fever.
private In Ambulance Unit No. 20. Tho
Penn idol will now try his hand at basket;
ball. He intends to go out for the medical
cage quintet.
Scrap Mellick. star halfbaclt at Mullen.
berg. has enlisted in the Lehigh County
Aero Squadron. and is now in San Antonio.
the football season ,ns snded Is oss
severe blow to the up-Staters basketball
prospects. He played forward on the Muhl-
| enberg cage team for two years.
Is trying to follow In the footsteps of his
| roomate and fellow oarsman. Carl CLAM.
Se d has ne not BEEN sm' snCcessfn CLAM is
in the ground school at Princeton.
Joe Straus. the sensational line plunGer at
/ Penn, has been cndeavoring to attract the
attention Of the critics ali season by his
! terrific line-cracking. and certainly he has
gained n great reputation as a halfback. He
| tried his hand at end in the early part
| OF the season. but he was not successful at
the wing. Imagine his surprise when he
picked up an Atlanta paper and discovered
| that he had been picked for All-American
| tackle by Southern critic. This is a
! case where honor Is thrust upon him.
Don Leopold is one of the most promising
| Youngsters on Coach Kistler's swimming
| squad at Penn. Don formerly competed in
the tank for the Central IIigh School.
Link Roat. intercollegiate fancy diving
| champion. who enlisted In the army In the
| early part of Penn's baseball season, now
Is an orderly to Colonel Brookfeld. former
| instructor at tho Central High School Link
| also IL n second baseman of no mean worth.
George Decker, coach OF the Penn boxing
class IL thinking of entering some of
his pupils in the A. A. u, championships
| at Pittsburgh. II any of the Quaker box
crs are sent TO the Smoky city. Harry
Rosetsky. the star full4ck Of the fresh
| man eleven. will be one OF them. Rosetsky
is the best boxer In the class. lie is a
| brother of Sammy Smith, one of the best
| lightweights in the business in his day.