Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
MANY IMPORTANT
GAMES TOMORROW
Radnor High Meets Penn
South Phila.
Opposes Camden High
FRANKFORT AT P. l. D.
By PAUL PREP

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The Penn Charter Radnor High School
and the South Philadelphia High-Camden
High School football games stand out as
the most prominent of the many scholastic
gridron fracases scheduled to be fought
out on the surrounding athletic fields to-
morrow afternoon.
Coach Dick Merritts Quakers are deter
mined to finish at the pinnacle Of the In
teraCademic League for the fifth consecu-
tive year, but as the league contests do
not begin until November 9, the South
twelfth street team must tackle outside
elevens in order to keep in shape for its
opening game with Friends Central The
game tomorrow at Queen Lane with the
strong Radnor aggregation will be more
than a scrimmage tusse to keep in the
best of condition. From the reports of the
prowess of the Main Line school, which
have been brought back to this city by the
Roman Catholic High School and the South
Philadelphia High elevens. the Penn Char
ter bunch will have to bring into play all
they have been taught about the fall sport,
and then some more.
The Radnor eleven opened its season
three weeks ago with Coach Glendon's
Catholic High School eleven. and the local
squad was glad to get away from RadnOr
with the score as low as it was The final
count was 27-0, Radnors light backfeld
tearing the heavy Catholic line to pieces.
Southern High was Radnors next opponent.
In this game last Friday the light but fast
Radnor backtield gained twice as much
ground as Coach Bunnin's men, but they
were unable to penetrate the Live Wires :"
line when few yards meant a touchdown.
southern had only one chance to score
against its opponents, and it made
good use Of the lone opportunity. A long
forward pass from Hamilton to Captain
Mark Bunnin, with a twenty-yard run as
finishing touch, completed the only score
Of the game. The out-of-town team is
coming to Queen Lane tomorrow deter
mined to put stop to Captain Sitley's star
backheld quartet. The embryo Hugh Full
lertOns will have a chance to compare the
relative strength of West Philadelphia
Germantown and South Philadelphia by
using tomorrow's struggle as a criterion,
as the Quakers held West PHILIPS speed
| boys to scoreless tie and walloped Coach
Lewis's Germantown men to the tune of
| $50.
South Philly at Camden
The championship South Philadelphia
| High School eleven, fresh from it's victory
| last Friday over the strong Radnor High
| School, Will ferry across the Delaware River
| to Camden to meet Camden High School
| tomorrow. Coach Dean Johnston's clever
| will not have any soft pickings, as the
| Camdenites have one of the strongest teams
in the history of the Jersey school, II
| F. Sweet, the physical director Of the ole
camden \. NJ. G. A. and an old-time foot
bah star, has whipped together a grea
team and has been drilling his men tn,
| past few days in special plays in anticl
| patton of a mighty struggle with the in
| vading Live Wires"
The student body at the Camden Higl
School is taking keen interest in tn
fall sport this season and has been turn
ing out in large numbers to watch tn
fellows in their daily practices. The schoo
| across the river opened its 1917 seasol
last Friday. Led on by Captain Car
Geiges, who gets his toehold in the so
from right halfback, they completely mas
sacred the visitors on their new athleti
field They surely gave their new field
great christening, the final score being s
to in their favor. Captain Geiges wa
the star of the game on the offensiv,
breaking away to two thrilling 40-yar
runs. Cragin the other halfback playe
a wonderful game on the defense, inter
cepting many attempted forward passe
by the Haddonheld quarterback. TIL
other members of the Camden backfield ar
Trettor, quarter, and Twoes, fullback
The game tomorrow will be played o
Camden Highs new athletic field in Fol
rest Hill Park, Parkside. A large crow
Is expected TO witness the contest. Man
students at the Red and Black Institute
will accompany the team and give thel
encouragement as the game is played.
Captain Geiges and his men feel conf
dent that they will be the first school tea
to cross South Philadelphia's goal line
two years.