Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-28
WEST PHILA. HIGH AND NORTHEAST
4 EACH CONTRIBUTE FOUR ATHLETE
TO ALL-INTERSCHOLASTIC ELEVEN
Germantown, Central and South PHILADELPHIA
Have One Man Placed on Mythical Castillo
Place for Frankford Player-Title
Under Protest
LL-INTERSCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL TEA
BY PAUL PREP

LTHoUGH the 1nterscholastic Football
"A league closed it's 1917 season last
c.,,rday. there is still some doubt as to the
s.sn, which won the championship. At the
.asent time Northeast High Is wearing the
p.ou,n and will continue to do 80 until the
ee,nervislng committee on Philadelphia high
shooI athletics rules otherwise.
The reason for the cloud of uncertainty
!. ,ne play which the officials. Lamberton
ed Murray, ruled ineligible in tho North
sast-Central High game last Saturday. With
:. few minutes TO play and Northeast lead
sre & TO 0. Halfback Trautwein, of Central,
caught one of Nick Carter's punts and ran
ninety yards for a touchdown. The Off
n,als. however, saw Trautwein step out Of
hounds on his own 32-yard line and the
touchdown was not allowed.
Central High Protests
IN Monday the football committee Of
Central High. through its chairman, Pro-
fessor Althouse, entered a formal protest
The supervising committee on high school
athletics, however. does not meet until
wednesday week. a special meeting may
he called to settle the dispute. If Cen
trails protest is upheld, the Central North
east game would have to be repayed 70 de-
eide the title winner. The teams have dis
continued practice and would hardly care
10 spend week in preparation for another
contest.
Excluding this incident, the 1917 season
was the best in the history of the league.
Northeast and West Philadelphia played
the most consistent game throughout the
season. Central High started off in fine
style, defeating South Philadelphia and
rrankford. but losing to Germantown and
West Philadelphia and ending the season
By holding Northeast to n Go score. Ger
mantown was the surprise of the year, fin
. tha Ia 1ui ,i,to
after dropping the opening contest to North
east by an overwhelming score. South
Philadelphia played in streaks, while Frank
ford High failed to get started
Absence of Stars
The past season failed In one respect. 1t
failed for the first time in many years to
produce any exceptional stars. Teamwork
was the outstanding feature. Games usually
have been won in the past by one or two
particular stars, but the eleven with the
best all-around squad won this season. The
absence of stars makes the selection Of an
all-interscholastic team more difficult than
usual. With only one or two looming heads
and shoulders above the rest the selection
resolves itself into matter of opinion, with
any one else's just as good as mine.
For ends Hertzler and Monroe, both of
West Philadelphia. have the edge on the
others Iiertzler Is the best wingman in
the city and his great work in the contests
with Northeast. Central and Frankford
earned him a place on the mythical. The
selection for the other position is hard
one. Monroe. Griffiths, OF Northeast: Leo
pold Of South Philadelphia, and Hen<les
Of Germantown, are on a par, with the
advantage II any. going to Monroe Monroe
is one of the best receivers of forward
passes in the city and is difficult TO box.
Line Material Plentiful
There is an abundance of line material
With the exception Of, Frankford all the
schools possessed a good line. McCool. OF
Germantown: Thomas, of Northeast
Adams and Swing. Of West Philadelphia
Krecker, of Central High, and Meehan, OF