Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
IRMORY Will BE SCENE OH SERIES FOR GAGE TITLE
IA SALE COLLEGE
WINS CAGE TITLE
q Toe Passers Fail to Score
Foul Goals - Donovan
Makes All Points
srMENDINGER is ST A R

a number OF good reasons why
r.,,. college won the Catholic schools
ss,hall championship Of the city by beat
81 Joseph's College at Musical Fund
.s.r ~ hsfore a capacity house OF some 1900
lns.ctstors, 20 TO II, last night. There are
- some very good reasons why st.
snD sn.s.s College lost this title game. The
sosams and the st. Joseph rooters are in
.as,tion to give various versions of this
utle affair.
r..r for team there is little to choose
( ...'ssn Ia Sale and st. Joseph's College.
-, was Indicated some time ago, when
eo,le won one game by a point and then
= Ioe in the next game played. also won
T. single point. 1t was nip and tuck be-
ss,.sn two speedy quintets. In team work
.rS all-around play La Sale had an advan-
use last night
wbv did La Sale College win? The best
.,sver TO this query is that Tim Donovan
s"s,ea twenty-two points. fourteen out OF
s.e.a,v.ave from the foul line and four field
s,s THAT makes the winning total of
s.n,v-two points Quick, clever passes by
r,n,nlIo Danny McNichol, Douglass and
s,r,sndlnger made this feat of Donovan's
possible. ..
az he overlooked. The work of "Cy' was
~ hest seen this season. He had Byrne
knHq
49, tho field Simendinger was with him
h,ocking the play La Sale had the punch
~hen II was needed. That's the real rea-
.or The North Broad street boys are the
Catholic Schools League champions.
a. Joe Players Miss Chances
why did St. Joseph's College lose? Aside
from the fact that the team was not play
I'M ND TO par and its usual good game, one
SInN n,,t nf t.x,nr nrtty
.,rs nerfectly good chances to score points
srom the foul line allowed by none other
,hsn Herman Baetzel, the Eastern League
,sferee st. Joe had the brilliant record of
nine out of twenty mine.
inability to score points from the foul
line was st. Joe's weakness and marked
me downfall of the former champions.
Bryne must have experienced terrible re-
verse His record of three out of pos
sble thirteen points is discouragng and
falls to come within the class of cham
picnship basketball. Then S. Martin made
only one out of four fouls and Gallagher
scored five out of twelve. Is 1t any wonder
that st. Joe lost this game?
As for the interest in the contest there
vas nothing lacking to make it a financial
success. Both the ST. Joe and the La Sale
athletic treasures should feel the good
effects Of this match. Even the Camden
and Jasper game last night did not at
tract the interest that was manifested in
the St. Joe-La Sale game. Musical Fund
Hall attracted a real crowd of scholastic
fans and automobiles lined Locust street
and Eight street for many squares.
Rowing at the Schools
1t is hardly likely that rowing will he
discontinued as sport for the schoolboys
Of this city. notwithstanding reports to the
contrary. Philadelphia has been represented
70 often by a crew it would certainly be
. dscredit to the local officials TO allow
the schools to discontinue their interest.
both active and otherwise. in the sport.
Central High, Northeast High and West
Philadelphia are able to put crews on the
Schuylkill River. The school oarsmen have
: received encouragement from the clubs
Along boathouse row. East River Drive,
Fairmount Park. This encouragement is
still In evidence. 1t would be a mistake to
place rowing under the ban. The superv-
pry committee would have to contradict
itsclf In order to place the ban on crew
work, and this is hardly feasible.