Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-04
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
AT CATHOLIC HIGH.
Crimson and Gold Players Show
Strength In Opening Tilt,
Beating West Chester

series rapidly approaching It is not
surprising that the La Sale Preps,
West Catholic High, villanova and st.
Joe followers were all interested In the
outcome Of Catholic Highs opening con =
test. The fact that the Purple and Gold
won from West Chester 40 to 0 made
an impression upon the rooters and 1t
was a very favorable one from the
standpoint of the Catholic High team.
Catholic High will be in the running
for this years championship. There Is
no question but that the Broad and
Vine team will make q commendable
showing. West Chester did not tax the
strength of the victors and scouts from
the other schools did not gain much
information which should prove valu-
able in planning a campaign to combat
Catholic High.
Catholic Highs backfeld made steady
gains. Kennedy, O'Brien. McNally and
Smith performed splendidly. Forward
passes and end runs were good for
touchdowns. Kennedy plunged through
for repeated gains and scored three,
touchdowns. T. Smith made two and
one. The longest run in the game was
Smiths sprint Of sixty FIVE yards for
touchdown.
Norristown Loses Captain Slough
Frank Slough, Norristown High S
all round star and captain OF the foot
ball team. is lost to the team for some
time to come. Norristown won the
Allentown contest IL to Z, but lost
their captain, who sustained dislo-
Gated knee. It was sad day for Nor
ristown. for not only was Slough car
ried off the field, but Borzillo. who re-
placed him, was carried to the. side
lines. He wrenched his knee and may
be out for two weeks.
Norristown has a hard fighting ag-
won't admit defeat. Allentown was
strong, but Norristown played them to
standstill. The up staters got into
the fight early and Slough's 20 yard
end run netted one touchdown in the
first quarter and forward pass to b.
Swede brought another in the second
quarter. Next Saturday the Norris
town boys line up against Lebanon
High. This game should not be such
test and Slough's loss will probably
not upset their winning streak.
! Many Big Games This Week
This should be n big week for the
schoolboys. Many important contests
have been listed. Episcopal Academy
takes trip to Haverford School and
from the ihowing Of the teams to date
the Churchmen will have terrible
A.. b. &c ho Main
Liners. That Southern I1avcrford
landslide and the Swarthmore- Episco-
pal walkaway have not yet gone down
in history and are fresh in the minds
of the rooters.
A battle which will be worth going
many miles to witness will be staged at
Queen Lane, when Penn Charter and
| Radnor High clash. This game is on
Friday. The Gimbel Cup series open
with the South Philadelphia German
town High game on Thursday and the
same afternoon the Frankford High and
Germantown Academy teams compete at
Tabor.
The worlds series games and all that
will not rrffle the warriors one bit.
Football is king with the schOolboys
Mt this time Of the year and there will
be no reason for investigating any Of
the side bets. 1t would be hard to say
who will buy the ice cream after the
Swarthmore High West Philadelphia
game, however. Radnor beat West
Philadelphia, 10 to o, while Swarthmore
was handing Episcopal terrible lacing
and now that victor and vanquished
meet It is hard to tell which way the
tide of battle will 81. Swarthmore is
rather peeved at West Philadelphia be-
cause Of the big upset caused when
there was talk of cancellation. The
fur will fly.
Friends Central Opens
Friends Central School will open the
season with West Catholic High. and
Coach John Bells proteges realize they
are going to meet strong. pluckv
squad of warriors. West Catholic beat
Germantown Academy 1S to o and Ger
mantown has no mean team. Friends
Central will fight hard The little
Ouakers are playing Independently Of
the Interacademic League this season,
and as they meet the league teams
later. Penn Charter excepted, every
game looms up with equal importance.
for it is no longer case of win only
the league games, but instead win every
game.
playing the Williamson School team
at Williamson School. This game
should bring out large squad. Phoe-
nixyille Journeys to West Chester High
on Saturday. Central High plays
Lower Merton on Friday at the Lower
Merton field.