Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-03
SCHOOLS PREPARE
FOR TRACK MEETS
Athletes in Swarthmore, Chel-
tenham and Glen Mills
Games

With the Penn relays history the
>choolboys will now turn their attcn-
tion to the meets to be held by tho
colleges and other institutions in this
section. The Swarthmorc intcrscho-
laSticS will be held at Swarthmore Col
lcgr next Saturday and this meet will
attract hundreds of athletes from this
city.
The Chcltenham High School inter
srholuStics. also on the schedule for
May :. will bring out the leading ath-
lct"S in Montgomery county. Abing-
ton. Cheltcnham. Amber and many of
the New Jersey schools. including
C"llingswood, Haddon Heights and
Iuddonfeld. will hav" entries in this
meet. Radnor High. Ridley PARK.
West Chester High and teams in Della
ware county will also enter athletes in
Track athletics will come in tor big
share of the weeks sports. Following
the Junior meet between Penn Charter
and Germantown Academy today comes
the Southern High Northeast High
meet at the Northeast High field. which
is on the roster for tomorrow. Col
lingSwood High and Palmyra High meet
at Palmyra on Wednesday. Girard
College and Penn Charter have dual
meet on Saturday.
School Leagues Attract Fans
With the race for the High School
League championship drawing to close
and the teams tightening up in their
race. the interest in the fight for the
Princeton cup is greater than ever.
Germantown High now has five straight
victories to its credit. Everything
seems to have worked just right for
the uptown Youngsters. The schedule
for tomorrow calls for Il game with
Central High. which should not prove
difficult. and then comes the game with
Catholic High on Friday.
West Philadelphia is now tied with
Frankford High for second place. but
the tie is not likely to last long. West
Philadelphia plays Southern High to-
morrow. Northeast and Catholic High
will play on the Catholic High field
The game Of the week in the High
School League will be between Frank
ford High and West Philadelphia on
the Frankford diamond, when Tarr will
oppose Travis on the mound.
In the Catholic School League the
sudden squirt by Nillanova Preparatory
has the fans guessing. Villan0va beat
st. Joe, and incidentally allowed Cath
oliC High to take first place. At the
same time it made the West Catholic
High fans rejoice, for in this upset
they see chance to stage a comeback
and hav" been winning their games of
late. The league leaders will play La
Sale on Thursday, and while Catholic
High is the favorite the Purple and
Gold is by no means sure of victory.
Penn Charter Needs Points
1t is by no means certainty that
Penn Charter has the lnterschola,tir
League tennis championship safety
tucked away. The victory over West
Philadelphia had much to do with the
present fortunate position Of the
Quakcrs. Since that 3-to2 win. Coach
Clinton Strong's prOtegcs have been
winning their league matches hands
down, TO o in the lntPrschoInStic
League and q to o in the Intcracadcmic
League. Penn Charter may not have
its usual first class baseball team. but
when il comes to tennis the Ouakrrs
appear TO be invinCible and are now
establishing record for consecutive
wins which will remain for years to
come.
While there is no question but that
the Yellow and Blue racket wicldcrs
are about as good as any in tn" city
and have been carrying off match after
| match. the title has not yet been
clinchcd. West Philadelphia could win
the championship in spite of the victory
Penn Charter scored over them in the
match which gave them 3-tO2 defeat
The championship is won on point
basis. As long as both West Philadpl- :
phia and Penn Charter continue to win
all points in all matches, the race will
| be as keen as ever.
Should Penn Charter lose number
of points in one or two matches and
still win these matches, the result
would b. the championship for West
Philadelphia. providing, Of course, the
West Phillics succeeded in winning
their matches and not losing an cQua'
number Of points. Penn Charter needs
points to win the title, not simply
matches.
Gilmore, Frankford High Star
Gilmore, of Frankford High, can't
very near scoring a point against Penn
! Charter and followers of the Inter
scholastic League tennis matches WHIT