Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-25
GERMANTOWN HIGH
BEATS WEST PHILA.
Coach Lewis's Boys Sudden
ly Come to Life and
Win League Title
CENTRAL HIGH ALSO WINS

Germantown High pulled the surprise
yesterday when the uptown team took West
Philadelphia High School into camp by a
score of to .. In addition to losing this
game. the West Phillies were informed that
they must play Trades School over again,
as the ten-nning victory of last Friday
would not count in the league.
Dixon pitched for the Orange and Blue.
but he was in very good trim, while Kup,
the Germantown twirler, was doing great
work. He did not allow the West Phillies
a single hit until the fourth inning. Bu-
chanans timely triple in the first inning
scored Helm. Burnett and Surgeson.
It was just the tonic the Germantown
players needed
Keyed up to their highest form. they
added three more runs in the fifth inning.
Schaeffer's timely single and an error en-
abled Surgeson, Kidd and Kirkby to tally.
Browns home run in the ninth was the
only redeeming feature for the losers.
Central High is going strong in the Inter
scholastic League race. The victory over
Franliford High yesterday, to 6, gave the
Crimson and Gold second place in the
league. Trades School is now leading with
one game Won Silverman'S work with the
stick was the feature of Centrars victory.
Martin and Cravis did the pitching
When Drew, the Northeast High Twirler.
hit the ball clear down the field he scored
the home run which tied the score and
helped Northeast to end the game to c
with South Philadelphia.
La Sale College and ST. Joseph's Col
lege play their first big game at Potter's
Field, Front street and Erie avenue this
afternoon. Francis Mena, a Mexican, will
twirl for La Sale College. Coach Panzulo
also has Wescott ready to send On the
mound
Brown Preparatory cannot very well help
to win baseball games when Bob" Nc
Kenty pitches. If Connie Mack hasn't
already signed him up it wouldn't hurt
the Athletics manager TO look McKenty
over He has the stuff, as the Chestnut
Hill and many other schoolboy players will
admit.
Brown beat Chestnut Hill yesterday 4
to o. Rather, McKenty beat Chestnut Hill
In spite of the fact that Rometsch brought
down the house" with a catch In right
field, one-handed grab that robbed Nc,
kenty of two-bagger; Notwithstanding
the fact that Cramp gathered in Wittmaier's
long fly to deep center field by making al
"over-th he-feft-shouder'' catch and regard
less of Taylor's wonderful running catch
the Brownies won.
McKenty is the answer. He allowed only
one hit. That was Ross's single along tn,
third-base foul line. The Brownies think ht
should be credited with no-hit game bu
the Chestnut Hill scorer thought otherwise
At any rate McKenty's feat was eXcep
tionally good.
According to the Germantown Academy
boys the st. Lukes School baseball player.
thought they were perfectly justified il
leaving the field in the third inning and de
fauring the game to Germantown Acad
emy when Umpire Greer ruled that tn,
coacher at third base had no right Z,
touch the Wayne players who rounded
third on their way to the home plate
Greer says the Wayne coacher touche,
the men. The rules state that a player can
not be touched. If he is he is out. There
FORE st. Lulle's players erred in leaving tn
field. Even II the umpire made a mistake
in rendering such a decision the gam
should have been played and proteste
later. 1t is a poor policy for any team L
leave the field. and schoolboys should know
better.