Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
PREP STARS FORM
STRONG QUINTET
Former High School Play
ers Anxious to Meet
Scholastic Teams
WITTMAIER AT CENTER
By PAUL PREP

| Ds j ~ - HLi
Having completed a successful season
OH the gr,dron the Philadelphia ALI
Scholast!cs have now turned their at
tention to basketball. The team which
Manager wittmaier will select from his
all-star squad Is fully deserving OF the
| title of All.Scholastcs. a $ all the candi-
dates are well known tc followers of the
local cage sport Oscar Minehardt for
mer Northeast High School star and one
of tho surest shots III the city; Pete
Sturgis. who was captain-elect of this
! years team at Northeast. and Fox. of
Georgetown Prep. VIII alternate at the
forward positions There is an over
abundance OF tirst-class material for the
guards in Al Hedet, captain of North
east flve in 19li-i5-l6 and member OF
last years Penn fresh quintet; Duke
| Fowler. former cantain of Central High;
| Bill Carter and Russ White. of North
east: Hauser. formerly Of Germantown
| High. and Doyle. of Eastern College.
Bill Wittmaier. Of Brown Frep and Per
kiomen. will iump center
Manager Wittmaier has arranged
games with many school teams in this
80 -, 80, go ,,,a ,..,os 20 ho
80 an,, evening S,turdav afternoons
or holidays.
The football team ended its season by
I holding the strong Cheltenham \. c. to
| a scoreleSs tic. There is nCeSiblity
of game being played with the Ewing
| A A. ON New Years nay for tho benefit
of the Red cross
! Coach sutton expects to gather "A
strong team together at Germantown
academy this season. and Judging from
the ability shown by several members
of the interclass teams the suburban
by one of the strongest auintetg in ecv.
erai seasons.
In to date four games have been
pIayed. The FIRST form team, captained
by Gentilu who is leader Of the school
five. defeated the second form, led by
Harry smith. The third form, led by
| Dinsmore won from the fourth. FinIe,
rontaiu In ,ha second round the frs,
form defeated the fourth and the third
defeated tho second The first and third
teams viii play tbs week Tor the cham
niorshjr
Al the games have been well pIayed
aud sutton /, n,eased with the showing
the boys made This week regular prac.
tire will bea,n and ron1petition for var.
sitv bertbs VIII be keen. \ schedul,
Is being prepared with such schools a.
chestnut nm Germantown Friends
Swartlmore Prep, etc. The 81. Martin
five are always the teams keeuest rival.
in basketball and a series of best tw,
out of three games will he PLAYED Las
wear Germantown won the series.
Military training occupies q larg,
place in the outside activities of til,
school Almost all the older boys ar,
drilling three times q week Lieutenan
Feist, of the Germantown Homo Guar,
Reserves, Is IN charge.
The candidates for tho George Schoo
afternoon in the school gymnasium II
preparation ior ,hc opening contest
INC season WIN 'ndlu q q
,''o's' "cnooi On odhueiE ~ 80
former Years 'he Heoree Hehool yum
te,S VIII meet 'he pe.l oi ~, I've I1 ,pca
SCHOOLS Northeast' ,ehllai iiisn' nav
crioru ana HWar''l'lole rrep. a. re
sun oil the n',er'iass saines M,i.n 'a,
nech plaEeu u ls l,eeis - ~ y,
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and second teams,. %, Peddie Institute
at IJiahtstowu first and second teams,
March 4 Weuouah Military Academy. a
Wenonsb first and second teams)
w 'NhN'e' ''''' 1870 ~